This is sometimes my favourite type of vintage dancing music, but it's not really a genre - more something people have dabbled with throughout the years.
Any good examples?
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Susan Cadogan - ShameJohnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement360 Degrees - MoneyAbba - Name Of The GameBelle Epoque - Miss BroadwayTalking Heads - I Get Wild Wild GravityBoney M - lots of things. Most obvious is Rivers Of Babylon, but I don't like it much.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
The first one that springs to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tID6rEcYMgc
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Not quite sure what you mean but maybe Ken Boothe's "Walk Away From Love"?
― Whirlwind Bromance (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure if you'd also include reggae covers of disco but Soul Jazz did a great comnpilation a few years back, including this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a8t8gDU08
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0u7PbcPBA
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:51 (thirteen years ago) link
that comp is fantastic, 2nded dorian. studio one also put out the 'disco mix' comp a few years back, which is ace.
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
although rereading dl's second post i think we're thinking of something else to the intentions of this thread
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Reggae that is disco; disco that is reggae - take it as you will :-)
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUA1CIipenY&a
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link
@stevie Yeah, I don't think we're on the same tip as those initial suggestions but I'll take any excuse to post those tunes.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
and i'll take any chance at listening to them!
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Eddy Grant - "Romancing The Stone," "Walking On Sunshine," "Electric Avenue"Lots of Grace Jones (esp. early '80s)Linx - first (and maybe only?) albumUSA-European Connection - Come Into My Heart"Stevie Wonder - maybe "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and/or "Master Blaster (Jammin'") (I'd need to doublecheck the disco quotient on these)Probably some Hot Chocolate songs, too.some Goombay Dance Band, I think
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Delroy Wilson - "I'll Do Anything For You"
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Coupla Funkadelic tracks, which only serve to illustrate that US funk/soul artists doing reggae is generally not a great idea
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCAVDg2uXWg
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO5VV5PISHU
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
kalyan were really a disco/funk/soca group, but i can't stop playing this album this week and i figure some people here will appreciate how awesome this track is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahF-RyUxiHc
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Slits' cover of Heard it Through The Grapevine is almost in this category.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, tons of Kid Creole and the Coconts/August Darnell, right?
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
peter tosh - buk-in-hamm palace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULXdGjFkKBc
― geheimnis (r1o natsume), Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Also maybe stuff like:
Gibson Brothers "Cuba" (and other tracks on their LPs probably)Johnny Chingas "Samba"
Though those probably have as much Latin-American in their rhythms as Jamaican. Probably still have at least as much reggae as "Miss Broadway" (which I always thought of as having more a Bo Diddley beat) or "Name Of The Game" (which I never thought of as reggae or disco, really, though that doesn't mean it's not), though.
Also, wouldn't plenty of Soca fit here? Or is the Caribbean influence in that always calypso rather than reggae? (Hard to know where exactly the line is drawn sometimes.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IornRX6v-kI
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't know if Sly and Robbie's "Rhythm Killers" qualifies (they cover Ohio Players and Pointer Sisters) and a rock guitar element is pretty pervasive through most of it, but I love that record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6bBsn2Z4w
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
rhythm killers is one of the greatest records ever made. i hated it at first, but there are so many great things going on. highly creative music.
― zingzing, Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8zAssTv7Y
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSaJB8bnW3Y
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTEEeOEfKw
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMkjslzs70
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i am so fucking psyched about getting home to listen to these.
If you guys like, I can make a DJ mix based on these tracks?
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I Roy's album, Whap'n'Bap'n is full of disco.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Alphabet, in particular is really great.
Although, now that i'm looking at it, the album is listed as Roy Reid.
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1780
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
That is I Roy
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
other super disco jam on the album is called Jive Time.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
It sounds like I Roy.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
this one melds the two splendidly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQJwVQMFXY
― beta blog, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I love this rhythm so much:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5U4tH4xl_A
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
wow, beta blog, that steel and skin track is wonderful
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow indeed. That's great. Gonna have to order that CD. Are the rest of the tracks good quality?
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
that steel and skin track was the first thing i thought of.
this is the second
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFehaMonSo
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry, that's a terrible sounding video (and why didn't he edit out the 30 seconds of fumbling to put the record on in the beginning?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpY2t2wBYs
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that Clout as in 'Substitute'?
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Aaaargh...meant Denroy Morgan obviously. (See "Performers With Names That Practically Rhyme" thread. Whenever I think of this song, "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" accidentally sneaks into my head.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Never thought of Belle Epoque's "Miss Broadway" as reggae. I always buy Beckett 12 inches in the hopes that they will be disco-reggae.
― bamcquern, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
omg yes. a friend was playing that steel an skin album in his car a few months ago and i had forgotten what it was until now!
this is one of my favorite genres of music as well, fwiw
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
can't forget about this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yn5I7g_DIg
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
lots of laid back songs, actually
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
no mention of island records yet is weird guys...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byj0LFfjEDY
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SizxCxCJZjs
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Thinking lots of British pop-funk stuff from the early '80s (not just Linx, who I mentioned above, but also Junior, the Quick, Imagination, David Grant solo) could fit here as well. (Hot Chocolate obviously a major inspiration for that whole scene.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's another good reggae/disco track that hadn't been mentioned yet and is not available on spotify.
Capo And The Crew -- Mad Blank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEzXav84ACk
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
wow Moka, amazing! I'll have to dust down my copy of spotify and take a listen.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 19 November 2015 09:25 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHEljAd13M
bought this on vinyl this week. almost reggae house music - but i guess reggae disco. amazing tune.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 May 2016 09:52 (seven years ago) link
so good. i had been chasing it for years so was delighted it got put out again.
― stirmonster, Monday, 9 May 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
Why has this song changed to B.B. Seaton - Dancing In The Moonlight?
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/orpheu-the-wizard-jamie-tiller-at-lente-kabinet-festival-28052016
anyone know the id of the tune at 1 hour 1 minute? it is total fire.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Paul-Reggae-Music/release/4840338
according to the comments. i think that's right but i'm struggling to find an online sample
― Tom Watson in a fedora (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
yeah I couldn't find on either, but it being US-produced makes sense and this sounds like the same dude years later: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mpaulitopia
― rob, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
turns out it's this: https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Paul-Reggae-Music/release/4840338
xpost yeah otm. can't find it online.
this is also good, the first track on the below ep - at 1 hour 14
https://www.discogs.com/Staffud-Reggae-Revival/release/2941696
not reggae, just disco but the track at 1.15.48 is amazing as well. anyone know what that is?
it's a brilliant mix, especially from about 55 mins in.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/2016/06/240516-w-chris-bonato-left-ear-records/
there's a mix on there with the same Michael Paul track, so it's definitely that track, but he's barely released anything else i can find. great tune tho.
― Tom Watson in a fedora (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
others:
22 mins (heard this a lot, asked already on ilx but no dice)37 minutes
xpost yeah it is amazing, such a good example of DISCO-REGGAE
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
excited to listen to the whole thing later. actually digging this Noise in my Head mix right now. current track is very Studio-y
― rob, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1RLtpPCpAE
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
posted a fern kinney song before (groove me) but this one is just as great (it's the b-side of her massive hit, together we are beautiful):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxyQF0jegQ
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
Mersh AF but definitely fits in here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozv4q2ov3Mk
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
You can still get the original mix I made for this thread here: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/ - never leaves my phone's music library
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
good mix here: http://www.largeup.com/2017/07/07/deejay-theory-dancehall-by-day-disco/
― rob, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
this is a jam. (verrry loose cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIhONKNyhOM
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Okay, here we go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQn_4cg-Abo
Taggy Matcher seems to specialise in this exact kind of style.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Friday, 29 January 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
favorite recent discovery: this anti-disco-but-still-pretty-disco/rapso anthem from Brother Resistance (RIP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXVDNeP-hw
― rob, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
Nice!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
What a wonderfully funky groove, not unlike Kuti/Allen
― willem, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
i dug this out this weekend. so good - sad it took him leaving us for me to fully appreciate it.
― stirmonster, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
sadly I'd never even heard of him until he died, but yes the whole EP is really good!
― rob, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
yep, me neither and it's a shame as so much of the stuff i've heard is so great
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
some discofied afro reggae from osibisa member kiki gyan. went down a wormhole of the (mostly silly and wild) album art of dutch designers myosotis, came upon this, and thought of this thread.
keep it coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYChjAFjgs
just one nighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTr_7pOq1o
peace for africahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5gBme1S10
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXAVEUo_eY
another great one by him
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 10 August 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
Lots of dead youtube embeds itt, but is it really possible no one ever posted Keith Hudson?
Civilisation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIiffl1IQOE
Too Expensive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GeeXzMmwE
I suppose it is possible, since despite considering Hudson one of my all-time faves, I'd ignored Too Expensive for years due to its (wildly, infuriatingly wrong!!) rep as a failed crossover--a deranged narrative that you should only take on board if you are literally Richard Branson.
Also, it's maybe not quite disco but "Central Kingston" off From One Extreme to Another is also a massive jam and that album really deserves a legit reissue: the version on streaming sounds like a vinyl rip
― rob, Sunday, 5 December 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
f**k me! those are both ace. 'civilisation' is sooooo good. thanks. i've been on a huge keith hudson tip recently but had skipped over too expensive.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 December 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
Central Kingston too; syndrum-tastic! i need to hear the rest of this now.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 December 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
wow those are great! Is it just me or is there a bit of a an ian dury vibe on 'too expensive'?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 6 December 2021 06:52 (two years ago) link
I should probably take this to a Hudson thread, but both albums are superb imo. If you're expecting polished soul you'll be disappointed, but if you already dig Hudson's shambolic approach, I can't imagine being disappointed.
As annoyed as I am that I bought the critical line on Too Expensive without even listening to it for so long, the lack of a reissue for From One Extreme is a puzzle since Pressure Sounds put out its dub, Nuh Skin Up, ages ago
― rob, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
I have a bit of an on/off thing with Hudson but these are all killer. Made me wish for a sweaty front room dance.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 6 December 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
At one point I took some selections from this thread for this playlist and iirc keith hudson hasnt been mentioned:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ObTLc46jR2QPzUvtEWESp?si=9AuQfReTSWqAPXmQkovcZQ
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 6 December 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
nice cover image there, Moka!
― rob, Monday, 6 December 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 6 December 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
And, as if by magic; Front Line comp comes out -
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/virgin-front-line-sounds-of-reality/848318-01/
― stirmonster, Friday, 10 December 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
Okay. Serious jam here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGScGuAKmW0
― Night of Olay: The Resurrection (I M Losted), Thursday, 3 February 2022 11:47 (two years ago) link
Anyone here familiar with the French Patchworks label which seems to chug out a huge amount of music in this vein? My friend sent me this playlist and it's largely top drawer: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HOOBwOtmgyPKhY49FEOkK?si=fe9b615c70054664
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:12 (two years ago) link
Xp you're right this is a serious jam
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:14 (two years ago) link
most stuff by eddy grant!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/disco-reggae-rockers?fbclid=IwAR32tK6UhQOi4XsFSEblqBPyiG3WNfN9TL758HJfSmEN_F2_WR8td0BmnPg
― giraffe, Friday, 30 September 2022 12:32 (one year ago) link
(sorry for the formatting mishap)
A new disco-reggae compilation.
not going to click through all the youtubes to figure it out, but hopefully this thread didn’t get to 200 posts without mentioning tyrone davis “rise up” (wackies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OrOahkRgvA
― the late great, Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
More reggae-disco than disco-reggae, but I just pulled out "Nightflight to Venus" and I'm def adding "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" to my playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaXcIAcLY0
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 02:46 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah that's a classic. I think I put that on my original mix made from suggestions to this thread. I absolutely love it
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 10:51 (eleven months ago) link
Atmosfear's Dancing in Outer Space has a couple of moments when it becomes almost reggae - the laser-ska bit between 2:17 and 2:52, and that liquidy dub bit between about 5:25-6:25 which sounds like the dubwise equivalent of paddling a canoe in choppy waters.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 19:12 (seven months ago) link
This is joyful and I think it deserves to be included in this thread: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chi-town-reggae
― giraffe, Friday, 10 November 2023 14:50 (four months ago) link
Great stuff!
I thought I'd posted about it here already, but the Risco Connection comp has been a highlight of my year: https://riscoconnection.bandcamp.com/album/risco-version
― rob, Friday, 10 November 2023 15:00 (four months ago) link
xp hah, I opened this thread wondering if it was going to be that!
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Friday, 10 November 2023 17:12 (four months ago) link