The latest Feel Up podcast mix comes from long time Brownswood contributor, Slim...

Slim’s musical history includes running the Risky Disco night in Brixton together with Rupi where their guests included Jason Boardman, Toby Tobias, Gatto Fritto, Ali Renault, Red Rack'em, Felix, Jonny5, Jonny Nash, Frank Tope and the To The Bone crew.

Slim’s words on his mix are:

For this mix, having lots of music in digital format and not yet owning Torq, Traktor or Serrato, I sacrilegiously used Ableton Live, recording the few bits of vinyl needed in first. I enjoyed doing it and it’s spurred me on to doing more mixes as I haven't done one for a while.

It’s a less spontaneous way of working but has lots of potential and was useful for editing. I avoided using any fancy tricks that the program allows (next time perhaps!), but I did pitch them to blend, which I think makes for fairly 'comfortable' listening. The downside being there's perhaps less drama in the mix than I'd personally like... See what you reckon… This isn’t a definitive selection by any means, just a few of the tunes I've been enjoying recently. Hopefully some of you may make it to the end

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - Cisco
Caroline Loeb - C'est La Ouate (Vocal/Instru Edit)
Five Letters - Tha Kee Tha Tha
Architeq - Dark Matter
James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Re-Edit)
Al Usher - Lullaby For Robert (Bogdan Irkak Remix)
Loin Brothers - Heavy Helmet (Mock & Toof Remix)
Stereo - Somewhere In The Night
Holy Ghost! - I Will Come Back
Wild Geese - Macho Disco Master
Damian Lazarus - Neverending (Brennan Green Instrumental Remix)
Woolfy Vs Projections - Neeve (Permanent Vacation Tropical Heat Mix)
Flying Rhythms - Dragon Balls
Tevo Howard - 60660
Room With A View - Dark Edge
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (The Revenge Rework)
Ur - Illuminator
Hardfloor - The Trill Acid Theme (Erp Remix)
Bappi Lahiri - Jimmy Jimmy Aja (Todd Terje Edit)
Geoffroy & Kolombo Present Mugwump – Fears Inc.

Feel Up podcasts are back and this time we welcome Mark Russell to the family…

Musically Mark is a self confessed ‘soul boy’ at heart and during his years as a DJ he held residencies at Club UK, Mars, Gods Kitchen, Sonic Mook, Babooshka, More Tea Vicar, The End and The Bridge & Tunnel playing alongside the likes of Danny Rampling, Bobby & Steve, CJ Mackintosh, Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, Norman Jay, Bob Jones and Eric Morillo…

Though first to admit he’s a true house head, Mark’s productions encompassed a range of musical styles. Recording with Domu as Realside he released tracks on LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking off-shoot – Cookin’ Records where the vibe was hip hop, downtempo and deep house.

Mark digs deep in his extensive vinyl crates to record this soul boy mix for Feel Up.

Mark Russell Feel Up! Mix Tape, 13/10/09

01 James Mason - Sweet Power Your Embrace (Rhythm Of Life, Chiaroscuro Records 1977)
02 The Pockets - Come Go With Me (Columbia 1977)
03 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (Tamla Motown 1972)
04 Harold Melvin - Prayin' (Source Records 1979)
05 The Voices Of East Harlem - Cashing In (Just Sunshine Records, 1973)
06 Betty Wright - I Like Your Loving (Betty Wright, Epic 1981)
07 Al Jarreau - We're In This Love Together (Breakin' Away, Warner Bros. Records 1981)
08 Hipnotic - Are You Lonely (Street Level Records 1983)
09 Sherrick - Just Call (Warner Bros. Records 1987)
10 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Live In Me (Masterjam, MCA Records, 1979)
11 Quincy Jones - Turn On The Action (The Dude, A&M Records, 1981)
12 Julia & Company - Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba) (London Records, 1983)
13 Inner Life - Your Love (Personal Records, 1986)
14 K.I.D. - Hupendi Muziki Wangu?! (You Don't Like My Music) (Sam Records, 1981)
15 Khemistry - I Got A Feeling (Khemistry, Columbia, 1982)
16 Sinnamon - I Need You Now (Jive 1983)
17 Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes (B-side track to Coming Down From Love, T.K. Records 1980)

*A Tribute To Marvin Vol 2*

the star spangled banner
inner city blues (make me wanna holler)
trouble man
i'm going home (alt mix)
that's the way love is
come get to this
funk me
brockin' after midnight
cakes (instrumental)
checking out (double clutch)
you sure love to ball
i want you (vocal & rhythm)
mandota (instrumental)
life is for learning
symphony (undubbed version)
ain't nothing like the real thing
loving you is sweeter than ever
where are we going? (alternate mix)
after the dance
the lord's prayer

*ISA FeelUpMix2*

sbtrkt - 2020
Cooly G - Love Dub
Buki Cole & Free Radikal - What do I do (T&Q instrumental mix)
MCDE - Raw Cuts #6
Chamboché - Ipso Facto (pete herbert remix)
Dani Casarano - El Zapo Hablo (Motorcitysoul remix)
Alpha Child - Gamma Ray
2020Soundsystem - Falling (James Priestley & Dan Berkson's shep guitar mix)
Marcin Czubala - Don't need the sun to shine
Two Armadillos - Warriors
Vincenzo - Shonen Jump
The Martian - Sex in zero gravity

Isa is co-organiser and resident of the legendary All Ends Up warehouse parties in London, which has hosted DJs including Mark Seven, Sean P, Faze Action, Tony Nwachukwu, Benji B, Trevor Jackson and Matman DMC among others.

The next All Ends Up party is an intimate affair at one of the most recent additions to London's East End bar scene - The City Arts and Music Project (CAMP). The All Ends Up 'Red Light Room Residents' will be joined on the night by Simon Haggis of Whistlebump fame - coming out of DJ retirement especially for us! And there is also rumoured to be a second very special guest - we could tell you but then we'd have to kill you...

All Ends Up at CAMP
Saturday 26th September
8pm - 4am
Free entry all night.

Stay up to date with All Ends Up parties here: info@allendsup.com
http://www.allendsup.com

Weldon Jonathan Irvine, Jr.

A jazz-funk master, he also served as bandleader for Nina Simone - the man was a true don.

Irvine himself wrote over 500 songs over the course of his career, including the lyrics for "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"; which became the official Civil Rights anthem.
Regarded highly by artists in the world of hip-hop for whom he served as collaborator and mentor - even giving piano lessons to Q-Tip and Common - he was a composer, a playwright, a poet, a pianist and an organist.

In April 10, 2002, the Associated Press released this news article:

'A man killed himself with a rifle yesterday on the front lawn of a Uniondale office complex, Nassau police said. The apparent suicide took place at the EAB Plaza, on Hempstead Turnpike, just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway and across from Nassau Coliseum. It happened about 3:20 p.m., while workers were inside the large office complex.

Homicide Det. Sgt. Richard Laursen said police do not know who the man is or how he got there.

He said the man was wearing a tailored button-down shirt, gray slacks and black shoes and was dark-skinned, possibly Hispanic or light-skinned African-American. They had no age estimate for the man. He apparently carried the .22-caliber rifle used in the shooting in a black garment bag, according to police.

The body was taken to the Nassau medical examiner for an autopsy.'

The man was identified a week later as Weldon Jonathan Irvine, Jr.

Irvine left no suicide note, so we can only speculate as to what pressures could have led to this tragic end. Friends close to Weldon at the time of his death spoke of him contemplating selling the rights to his music to settle the $200,000 debt owed to the Internal Revenue Service. Weldon never owned anything in his life that could be liquidated except for his music rights, and this is the one thing he fought hardest to retain.

What he had, he gave to art, to the development of young musical talents and to worthy causes for which little return would be forthcoming. His was the gift of giving. What he lost were financial gambles at the race track from which he could never recover, thus depriving himself of attaining the peace of mind he so desperately sought throughout most of his life.

RIP brother Weldon - thank you for your music.

*Weldon Irvine*

Morning Sunrise (Saucerman LP The Sisters)
Intro to Blast Off (RCA LP Spirit Man)
Homey (Nodlew LP Time Capsule)
Mr PC (Luv n Height LP Weldon & The Kats)
Turkish Bath (Strata East LP In Harmony)
Deja Vu (Nodlew LP Time Capsule)
Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk (RCA LP Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine))
I Am (Nodlew LP Time Capsule)
Mr Clean (Nodlew LP Liberated Brother)
Bananas (Nodlew LP Time Capsule)
Sister Sanctified (Nodlew LP Liberated Brother)
We Gettin Down (RCA LP Spirit Man)
Watergate - Don't Bug Me (Nodlew LP Time Capsule)
Fat Mouth (Strata East LP In Harmony)
Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) (RCA LP Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine))
I Love You (RCA LP Sinbad)
Music Is The Key (Luv n Height LP Weldon & The Kats)
Honey Baby Theme (RCA LP Honey Baby, Honey Baby Soundtrack)
Softly (RCA LP Spirit Man)

One rainy day not so long ago friend of Feel Up Simon Purnell was in London’s leafy N8 district when he happened across two huge crates of records that had been left out in an alley way. Where the records came from is a mystery – could they have been chucked out in a fit of rage by a DJ widow? Or maybe they made way for digitised versions of the vinyl originals? We shall never know...

What we DO know however is that whoever owned the records was a man/woman of taste as you can hear for yourself as Si selects his choice cuts from the treasure chest he came across on that fateful day and lays down a brand new mix for the Feel Up podcast…

SCP’s Lost & Found Mix

Brenda & Herb – I Wanna Make You My Sweetheart
Grey & Hanks – How Can You Live Without Love
The Whispers – Can You Do The Boogie
The O’Jay’s – Don’t Take Your Love Away (Extended Mix)
KoKo-PoP – On The Beach
Midnight Star – Operator
Rene & Angela feat. Kurtis Blow – Save Your Love (For No.1) (Club Mix)
Paris – Girl U Need A Change of Mind
Forgemasters – Track With No Name
Sterling Void – It’s Alright
Liquid Liquid – D D Dig We Must (Remix)
D Train – You’re The One For Me

Hello my breadbins! This week we're delighted to welcome Curious People back to the Feel Up podcast - this time David is laying down the platters that matter (sorry) with a delightful mix of disco-tinged loveliness.

You can check out more fab Curious People mixes here: http://www.curious-people.com/

See you at Carnival!

K&B xxx

Imagination - Changes (DFP is Nightdubbin Remix) -BBE
Lady Love - Wrap Your Arms Around Me (Greg Wilson Ruff Wrap Edit) - GW Ruff Edits
Advance - Take Me To The Top (instrumental)- Polydor
Firefly - Love (is gonna be on your side) Re-edit - Excaliber
Peech Boys - Don't make me wait (extended mix) - NYC West end Records
Rockers Revenge - Dubbing In Sunshine - Streetwise Records
Gino Soccio - I wanna Take you there - ???
Super Value Special Edits 5 - Zulu - Super Value Special Edit
Q - Voice Of Q (instrumental) - ???
Dennis Coddey - wings of fire ( re-edit) - ???
Mikki -Dancer Lover (dub) - BBE
Wuf Ticket -The Key (Dub) - BB

This week we've got a lovely guest mix from Lloyd Evans and Daniel Farry - promoters and resident DJ's over at Nocturnal http://www.nocturnal-music.co.uk

Established in 2004, Nocturnal is one of the south coast's finest underground club nights.

Small but perfectly formed, Nocturnal is home to a dance floor full of like-minded musical souls, a crystal-clear sound system and some of the best DJ talent from across the disco galaxy including Ame, Maurice Fulton and the Unabombers.

Hope you enjoy the mix! =)

*Nocturnal Feel Up Mix*

Deetour - Karen Young
Nights over Memphis - The Revenge (Dub)
Motorcycle Theme - Motorcycle Boy (FM edit)
What's That You Are Doing - Spotlight
Dance Disorder - Ilija Rudman (Faze Action remix)
I Can't Go For That - Beatconductor
AM / FM - Natasha King
Weekend - Class Action (Larry Levan remix)
Get On Up - Jazzy Dee
Majikboogie - Snap and Cmish
Kilode - Tony Allen (Carl Craig mix)
Disco Drummer - Marius (Pete Herbert mix)
To Know You - Rainer Truby
No Static - Bottin

Baron Fabien of E5 is back to tickle our fancies with another slice of disco mayhem. I'm Rick Stein bitch! Hold my fish! xx

*Warehouse Disco Vibes*
Plastic Ian "Straight From The Goolies"
Game “Gotta have your Love”
Roundtree “Hit on you” (Idjut edit)
Dancing Days “Theme”
Ray mang “bend your knees”
Atmosfear “dubbed in Space” (MAW)
ESG “Party Music” (DJD rework)
Bumblebee Unlimited “Ladybug” (Harvey edit?)
Phantom Slasher “I got love”
sly mongoose “Snakes and Ladders”
Unknown (Eggs and Bacon Edit)
Flashback of a Genius “San Salvador”

Today we've got a mix from Feel Up's favourite fount of house music knowledge - Mr Miles Simpson.

Miles has been an occasional DJ for around the last 20 years and like many children of the (acid house) revolution, his first love is indeed house music. However, in recent years he has probably become associated with playing more disco orientated sounds at parties such as Faith, Horse Meat Disco, Disco Bloodbath, Kiss My Black Ass and Dream Machine.

Here Miles returns to what he loves most, cobbling together a mix of some of his favourite deep house records of recent months. It includes music from some of the most interesting producers on the modern house scene - Jus-Ed, Anton Zap, Mugwump, JC Freaks and Mojuba stalwart, Nick Sole.

Aside from his sporadic DJ appearances, you can also catch Miles blathering on about stuff on his blog, Beyond the Stars http://ultraastrum.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the mix!

*All Moths Must Die - A Miles Mixx*

Jason Fine - Half (Anton Zap Remix)
John Daly - This Lonely Beat
The Lost Men - Pace of Mind
JC Freaks - Source
DJ Jus Ed - Sweetness
Nick Sole - Simple Things
Anonym - Roots Muziek
Trickski - Roman
Mugwump - Fears Inc

This week we welcome back Joey Negro to Feel Up, this time with a mix under his 'unashamedly musical' guise, The Sunburst Band. Joey, aka Dave Lee has been producing as the Sunburst Band since 1998 with three albums to his credit. Now his Z Records label has collected together all the best remixes old and new onto one double unmixed CD.

There's also a competition running to Remix the Sunburst Band's cover of David Bowie's 'Fashion'. Any styles will be accepted and you could get your remix released on Z and go into the studio with Joey Negro to mix and master your winning Remix.

Check the Z Facebook group for all the details:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5577417010

Here's the tracklist for the mix:

Serious Intention - You Don't Know
Floating Points/Real To Real - Love Me Like This
Jestofunk - You Gonna Love Me
Pieces Of A Dream - Mt. Airy Groove
Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Waiting For Your Touch (Domu Mix)
Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Put A Lyric In It (The Revenge Mix)
Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Sitting On Top of The World (DJ Meme Mix)
Mario Bondi - This Is What You Are
Agora - Montayo (Mark Grant Club Mix)
Toto - Georgie Porgie
The Sunburst Band - Everyday (Cool Million Mix)
Lee Oscar - Feeling Happy
Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Free Bass (Joey Negro Extended Mix)
Faze Action - Venus & Mars

As promised a few weeks back we're delighted to present the second guest mix from Friend of Feel Up Simon ‘Freaked’ Brant.

Simon was taken from us close to his 34th birthday in 2006 after losing a short, tough battle against Leukaemia. A Northampton native, Simon moved to London and worked as a web designer, becoming an integral part of the BBC online development team which allowed him to combine his love of online media with his passion for music. Alongside this Simon also wrote a monthly column – ‘Freaked’ – in music magazine Straight No Chaser and made frequent DJ appearances, amassing not only hundreds of amazing records but also an army of devoted fans and friends – if you were into your music and spent any time in Shoreditch in the early days chances are you’d have bumped into him.

Simon was a keen cyclist and for the past few years a group of his closest friends have been honouring his memory by riding the 26 miles of the London Bikeathon - raising money for Leukaemia Research, the only national charity dedicated exclusively to funding research throughout the UK into the causes, treatments and cures of all blood cancers.

You can sponsor ‘Team Freaked’ and help make a difference right here: http://www.justgiving.com/TeamFreaked.

Thank you

Billie & Kerry xx

*Freaked Afro Mix*

01 - Buari - Karam Bani
02 - George Danquan - Just a Moment
03 - Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band - Bukom Mashie
04 - Buari - Advice From Father
05 - Africa Messengers -Talking Drum
06 - The Uhuru Dance Band- Agbadza
07 - ? - Ise Owo
08 - The Ogyatanaa Show Band – Ageisheka
09 - Vis a Vis – Kankyema
10 - Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka – Zombie
11 - Lijadu Sisters - Orere Elejigbo
12 - Marijata- No Conditions is Permananent
13 - Sir Victor Uwaifo – Joromi Monkey Yanga

*Lovingly Compiled by Simon Freaked*

*Photograph of Simon taken by his friend Nicola Dracoulis*

This week we're delighted to welcome Frank and Rob aka 'Cool Million' who have provided us with a veritable treasure trove of soulful delights!

*Cool Million Feel Up Mix*

Controllers – Stay
We kick the show off with a personal favorite, from the incredible vocal group Controllers and one of their biggest tunes produced by Barry Eastmond back in 1986. Also it perfectly present the sound and style Cool Million try to capture… almost 25 years later.

SOS Band – No Ones Gonna Love You;
Maybe not the most common SOS Band track to be played out, but nevertheless a beautiful piece of 80’s soul from a group that did very well, thanks to Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis whom Cool Million definitely salutes.

The Sunburst Band – Everyday (Cool Million’s Retr-O-Matic Remix)
Things can happen quickly… Cool Million are a good example on that. We released our debut album ‘Going Out Tonight’ in September last year and less than a year after we got the chance to remix one of our musically hero’s – inform of Joey Negro and his Sunburst Band – we think it came out nicely…

Raw Silk – Do It To The Music (Club Mix)
Ever since this came out on West End Record in 1982 it has been a wicked piece of music and it still sounds very fresh… No secret that Cool Million love most of West End joints that came out in the heyday of the 80s…

Sunfire – Never Too Late For Your Lovin’
Another big influence for Cool Million is the legendary producer team James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The two did an album with Sunfire back in 1982 – this track is from 1983 and a much sought after 12inch produced by Reggie Lucas.

Intrigue – I like It
A mysterious group and a peculiar track – as far as I know this was the UK group first release and a hard one to track down on the original label. However it’s an eminent track.

Cool Million ft. Diane Marsh – Make Me Yours (Tom Moulton Remix)
This is an exclusive version of one of our tracks from our debut-album, and a track that isn’t released yet, it will be on a coming remix album featuring a true disco hero - the one and only Mr. Tom Moulton on the re-edit/remix knob

Phylis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me
One of the best up-tempo soul tracks ever in our humble opinion – seamlessly produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas for a true diva back in 1979 – you just can’t get enough of this epic tune.

Cool Million ft. Laura Jackson – Lift Me Up (To The Sky) (Tom Moulton Remix)
Another Moulton remix/edit from a 12inch we released in February 2009 on the Swedish tech house label Deep Play (a double A side) a true collector item with Tom Moultons signature all over!!

Marc Sadane – One Minute From Love
A true 80’s modern soul pearl and again a wicked track produced by Mtume & Lucas.

Jessie Rogers – One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
Another great track from 1983, and hard to find on vinyl. Again a great example on who move us.

Cool Million ft. C. Robert Walker – Pullin’ Me Back (Tom Moulton Remix)
We close our show/mix of with another Tom Moulton remix this one is currently only available on digital download – but it will be featured on the coming remix album – rumor say that folks been calling radio stations to hear if this was a undiscovered SOS Band track… what more can you ask for

Enjoy – Cool Million.

****

Cool Million was founded in the summer of 2007 by Denmark’s Frank Ryle, founder of leading soul music website www.soulportal.dk Over the past 7 years Frank has built up a huge worldwide network of artists, friends, record companies, and DJ’s.

Rob Hardt (Seductive Soul) of Germany is the second half of Cool Million - the musical ’maestro’. Rob is a well respected musician, remixer, songwriter and producer whose production, remix and song-writing credits include; Chaka Khan ’Never Miss The Water’, Keith Sweat ’Twisted’ and Roger Troutman & Zapp ’Livin For the City’ – all on Reprise Records – and together Harry Zier he produced the acclaimed debut album of Donald McCollum “U Don’t Want My Love”, released on Dome Records in 2006. Other releases from Rob include his own jazzy deep house project The Defloristics “Back In The Days” on Lil Angel Records.

The first Cool Million song was 'Naughty Girl' featuring Danish singer Lene Riebau which featured on compilation “Soul Togetherness 2007” (Expansion Records). The song recieved attention and recognition from many soul DJ's in the UK, Germany, Holland, Sweden and the US.

Their most recent release is "Walk Away" featuring Scottish artist Eleana - a Kleeer inspired track which is making waves across the industry and is to be featured on the most recent Sundae Soul Recordings release (out of Germany).

Frank and Rob are currently putting the bits & pieces together for the Cool Million debut album 'Going Out Tonight' which will include a variety of artists – both new and established. Drawing heavily on the music they were listening to at the start of the 80’s you can expect to hear plenty of 80’s drums, hand-claps, uplifting party music and strong vocals from some of the best singers around today.

Cool Million have a heartfelt desire to “take soul back to the future” whilst preserving the essence of the word "soul".

http://www.myspace.com/coolmillionproductions
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cool-Million/21984941859

This week's mix is a tasty little 'amuse bouche' from Paul 'Mudd' Murphy - a few of his favourite songs designed to whet your appetite for 'All Ends Up presents: An Evening With Claremont 56' - a warehouse party with a difference this Saturday July 4th at a secret east London location. DJ's on the evening include Mark Seven, Mudd, the AEU residents, Feel Up residents and a special 'we're not allowed to tell' guest - all of whom are guaranteed to lively up the dancefloor!

Email AllEndsUpParty@gmail.com for location info and to get yourself on the guestlist.

See you down the front!!

K&B xxx

From his early days break dancing on the mean streets of Hertfordshire to his involvement with UK nu-house pioneers Akwaaba, Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy certainly knows his music. More recently his Claremont 56 label has been releasing beautifully crafted music including the ‘Originals’ compilation series which has seen the likes of Moonboots, Balearic Mike and Mark Seven digging deep into their musical knowledge to share their favourite ‘secret weapons’.

A sunshine mix from Jim Lister. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a whole lot of love...

*Springfield Park Massive*

ednah holt - 'serious sirius space party' (dub)
fela & afrika 70 - 'equalisation of trouser and pant'
smith & mighty - 'come fly away' (dub)
the lafayette afro-rock band - 'darkest light'
funkadelic - 'you and your folks, me and my folks' (7" mix)
african dub all-mighty chapter three - 'angolian chant'
traffic - 'dream gerrard'
paul weller - 'lullaby fur kinder'
d'angelo - 'feel like makin' love'
jacksoul - 'unconditional love'
kenny garrett & pat metheny - 'lonnie's lament'