#Kurtis Mantronik

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Mantronix – Simple Simon (You Gotta Regard) (1988) [X]

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Kurtis Mantronik (Mantronix)

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Kurtis Mantronik - Baby, You Blow My Mind (I Sing The Body Electro, 1998)

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Back to Burn (Long Version)

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Mantronix - Flower Child (Summer of Love)

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Here's the list of the mixes I used: Mary J. Blige - You Remind Me (Dub Mix) Mary J. Blige - Real Love (Global's Broken Love Mix) Mary J. Blige - Reminisce (Masters At Work Bootleg Mix) Mary J. Blige - All Night Long (Bottom Dollar Vocal Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - You Bring Me Joy (E-Smoove's Joyous Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - I Love You (Moto Blanco Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Love Is All We Need (Boris Dlugosch Elusive Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Everything (Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Missing You (Curtis & Moore Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Deep Inside (Hex Hector Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Your Child (Junior Vasquez Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Give Me You (Soulforce Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Family Affair (Dance For Me) [David Guetta Extended Mix] Mary J. Blige - Dance For Me (G-Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - He Think I Don't Know (HQ2 Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Give Me You (Nino Club Mix) Mary J.Blige, Method Mad - Rainy Dayz (Thunderpuss Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Family Affair (Thunderpuss Club Anthem Mix) Mary J Blige - Ooh! (Jonathan Meyer Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Love @ 1st Sight (Kurtis Mantronik's Rock Lobster Vocal Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Be Without You (Moto Blanco Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Enough Cryin (White Chocolate Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - MJB DA MVP (Bootleg House Mix) Mary J. Blige - We Ride (Rafael Lelis Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Just Fine (Moto Blanco Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Work That (Moto Blanco 2010 Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Stronger (EDX's Belo Horizonte At Night Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - I Am (Moto Blanco Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - Only Love (Doctor Love Club Mix) Mary J. Blige - I Still Believe In Love (DJ Donovan Harley Quinn Club Edit) Mary J. Blige, Anderson.Paak - Here With Me (Andre 3000 Extended Mix) Mary J. Blige, Remy Ma & DJ Khaled - Gone Forever (RVBZ Edit)

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I Sing the Body Electro by Kurtis Mantronik OMW (Oxygen Music Works) 1998 Electro

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Today’s compilation:

That's My Beat by Mantronix 2002 Hip Hop / Electro / Post-Disco / Synthpop / Funk

Man, this is such an amazing little document of a late 70s/early 80s New York City club sound era, when DJs could spin so much different cool shit and no one would complain about it at all. Nowadays you have DJs who stick to one style of music, like dark and moody progressive house or something, but back then, there were way less barriers and specificities as to what one could play; the singular hard and fast rule was that as long as it could move bodies, it was acceptable. And we need more of that open-minded, anything-goes ethic now more than ever, I think. DJs, diversify your damn sets! *shakes fist*

Anyway, this recounting of an excellent period of Big Apple dance is told through the eyes of 80s music legend Kurtis Mantronik, a much vaunted DJ, producer, and remixer who was the brains behind hip hop group Mantronix and whose creations went on to inspire hip hop and party rap movements in the south like Miami bass and trap, despite the fact that he and his crew hailed from New York.

With this collection of tunes, Mantronik simultaneously shows us the music that inspired him to start making music of his own as well as a diverse blend of bangers that lit up dancefloors across the five boroughs over a relatively short, yet tumultuous period of time. That's My Beat comes with unforgettable hip hop classics, like the Funky 4 + 1's "That's the Joint," a song that beloved NYC-based critic Robert Christgau ranked as his top song of the entire 1980s; it has early Japanese electro goodness from Yellow Magic Orchestra and its co-founder Ryuichi Sakamoto, whose "Computer Game" and "Riot in Lagos," respectively, proved to be influential on the development of Detroit and UK bleep techno as well as Afrika Bambaataa-styled hip hop and electro; there's Machine's "There But for the Grace of God Go I," a super uptempo one-hit wonder bit of disco-funk and proto-house brilliance that Christgau also rated as the best disco single of 1979; and then there's probably my favorite song within this whole slate, an irresistible post-disco-funk bop from a briefly extant group called Unlimited Touch, whose "I Hear Music in the Streets" reached #6 on Billboard's dance chart in 1980 and manages to leave an impression upon me like no other song on this compilation does. Clap-along beat, funky bass groove and guitar riff, dazzling high-pitched lead vocal, and a chorus that very unexpectedly pounces on the soul 😌. Good lord.

New York's dancy late 70s and early 80s period—when DJ sets were full of ephemeral flakes of hip hop, electro, disco, post-disco, funk, and synthpop gold—seems like one of the best times and places to have ever been around when it comes to music. And this compilation that was put together by Kurtis Mantronik proves to be a shining example of why that's the case.

Highlights:

Yellow Magic Orchestra - "Computer Game" Suzy-Q - "Get On Up and Do It Again" Visage - "Pleasure Boys" Funky 4 + 1 - "That's the Joint" Machine - "There But for the Grace of God Go I" Yello - "Bostich" Jimmy Spicer - "Super Rhymes" The Art of Noise - "Beatbox" Unlimited Touch - "I Hear Music in the Streets" Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Riot in Lagos"

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THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 28JUN24

THIS IS GRAEME PARK:

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 28JUN24

In this week’s Long Live House Radio Show:

Housemaster Baldwin presents Suburban Boyz

Unknown Artist

Third Attempt

Gene Farris

Todd Terry

K'Alexi Shelby

Floorplan feat. Earthtone

Kurtis Mantronik

Terrence Parker

Sophie Lloyd feat. Pauline Taylor

Virgo

Loleatta Holloway and more.   

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 28JUN24

Title (Mix), Artist

Insane, Housemaster Baldwin presents Suburban Boyz

Hijo De La Noche, Les Castizos

Destiny Song (Gledd Remix), Mike Steva feat. Stevo Atambire

My Stereo (Fouk Remix), Pete Philly & Perquisite

Find A Friend, Unknown Artist

Call, Mascolo

People Are Beautiful, Third Attempt

Euphoria, Gene Farris

We Need To Be Free (Dub), Todd Terry

Amsterdam Nights, Yannick Roberts

The Ron Hardy Memo (Manda Moor Remix), K'Alexi Shelby

Wabi Soba (Jex Opolis Remix), Magic Words

The Plan, Floorplan feat. Earthtone

Give Me Back The Love, On The House

Cuban Gigolo, Sound Factory

How Did You Know? (2020 Club Mix), Kurtis Mantronik

That's The Way Love Is, Ten City

When Love's The Feeling (Lenny RX & Kenny Summit Remix), Terrence Parker

Angels By My Side (Floorplan Remix), Sophie Lloyd feat. Pauline Taylor

Who Dares To Believe In Me?, The Believers

R U Hot Enough?, Virgo

"Little" Louie Anthem, The Untouchables

Love Sensation (Dr Packer Remix), Loleatta Holloway

Can U Dance?, Kenny “Jammin’” Jason & “Fast” Eddie Smith

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KURTIS MANTRONIK - KING OF THE BEATS - PART 1 - FOUNDATION LESSON #28 - ...

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a young Kurtis Mantronik  (Kurtis el Khaleel) 

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Kurtis Mantronik with his Roland TR909, 1986

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Kurtis Mantronik - TrickStyle | Respawned Records | 2021 | Orange Translucent

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I’m in a spin.

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T La Rock – Back To Burn (Annihilate)

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Mantronix: Dont Go Messin' With My Heart