Mixtape Sunday

Wow a ‘Mixtape Sunday’ posted ON Sunday (as of 5:41 PST)!?! I was debating whether to post this special Italo edition as a ChristmasHannukahKwanzaa present or post it next week as the ‘champagne toast’ to start off the new year. It’s too good to hold to so let’s sample some real music…..

Tronik Youth is at it again. This is the eighth mix is his italo series that he does for fun in all of his spare time, haha. C’mon now, youre making the rest of us look bad….

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Tronik Youth – Winter Lite Mix

Next is from first time Big Stereo postee, RobNoBorders. He’s a friend from San Francisco who acts as my musical historian and always seems to be able to call out the original disco/italo track that current songs are sampling (probably due to his enormous wall of vinyl). So here’s your italo disco 101….

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RobNoBorders Italo Mix

Sally Shapiro’s producer, Johan Agebjörn, throws down a few italo tracks that have inspired many of their tracks. So i guess the Swede’s DO know italo….

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Johan Agebjorn – Crying On the Dancefloor

The last little surprise is from Lauren Flax. While she isn’t dabbling in the italo world in this particular mix, she’s bringing back a few of her favorite house tracks.

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Lauren Flax – Let’s all Feel Good Mix

So Blessed BlogHouse Bangers, Feliz French Touch, Champagne wishes and caviar dreams……

tracklisting

Tronik Youth
Winter Lite
1 Human League – Being Boiled (Peter Visti Edit)
2 Lovefingers – Kentucky
3 Plastic Bertrand – Stop ou encore
4 Peter Visti – Berlin
5 Chromatics – Nite (Demo Version)
6 Paul McCartney – Frozen Japan
7 Klaus Nomi – Icurock (Razormaid Edit)
8 Neon – Skydiver
9 Bagarre- Dirty Love
10 Metro Area – Read My Mind – (Special Dub)
11 Les Rita Mitsuko – So Called Friend – (Daniel Wang Mix)
12 Debbie Harry – Rush Rush (Tronik Youth Re-Edit)
13 Amplified Orchestra – The Jungle – (Re-Edit)
13 Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race
14 King Creosote – You’ve No Clue Do You – (Pilooski Re-Edit)
15 Lorraine – ??? (Cdr)
16 Sun La Shan – Catch (Disco Devil Remix)
17 The Paradise – In Love With You

RobNoBorders Italo Mix

1. Shout
2. Steel Mind – Big Boss Man
3. G.A.N.G. – K.K.K.
4. Righiera – Tanzen mit Righiera
5. Kinkina – Jungle Fever
6. Maze – Twilight
7. B.W.H. – Stop
8. Doctor’s Cat – Feel the Drive
9. Scotch – Disco Band
10. Charlie – Spacer Woman
11. Knight Rider – Tangoterje edit
12. Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F.
13. Mr. Flagio – Take a Chance
14. My Mine – Hypnotic Tango
15. Miko Mission – How old are you
16. Duke Lake – Dance Tonight
17. Fern Kinney – Love Me Tonight
18. Supermax – Lovemachine
19. El Coco – Cocomotion
20. Kat Mandu – The Break
21. Machine – There Before the Grace of God Go I
22. Ugly Edit – Got a Match

Crying on the Dancefloor:

1. Fake: “Empty Garden” (Sound of Scandinavia) 1984
2. Valerie Dore: “Get Closer” (Merak Music) 1984
3. Sally Shapiro: “Skating In The Moonshine” (Paper Bag / Permanent Vacation) 2007
4. Squash Gang: “I Want An Illusion” (Indalo Music) 1986
5. Sandra: “Around My Heart” (Virgin) 1989
6. Angie Care: “Your Mind” (Merak Music) 1984
7. Nicolas Makelberge: “Dying In Africa” (Rico) 2006
8. Nixon: “Anorak Christmas” (Benno) 2001
9. A-ha: “Take On Me” (WEA) 1984
10. Sally Shapiro: “Jackie Jackie (Dyylan’s Subzero Nocturne)”

Lauren Flax Feel Good
1) Sunday Brunch – Midsummer Night (original mix) / SVEK
2) Blaze – Lovelee Dae (20:20 vision main mix) / Playhouse
3) Mood II Swing – All Night Long / Groove On
4) Isolee – Monitor / Playhouse
5) Lego – El Ritmo De Verdad / Afterhours
6) Cajmere – Chit Chat / Clubhouse Records