Pieces of a Dream – Mt. Airy Groove (instrumental)
Considered by many to be a classic B-boy anthem, this sublime slice of laidback rare-groove funk from Philadelphia’s Pieces of A Dream was released in 1982 and was taken from the album We Are One. A trippy excursion into disco, boogie and electro, ‘Mt Airy Groove’ has been sampled [...]
The Pointer Sisters – Going Down Slowly
The sassy Pointer Sisters released their smokin’ version of Allen Touissant’s ‘Going Down Slowly’ way back in 1975.  This was the storming closing to track to the Sister’s Steppin’ Out album and the raw ‘n’ funky intro has delightfully been sampled by many a crate diggers since. My personal highlight [...]
Single of the Day – Carly Simon – Why
Ahhh, the summer. There’s nothing like the summer with a bit of Carly Simon. What’s Carly Simon got to do with the summer? I hear you ask. Well, my friends this timeless ‘Balearic’ classic will tell you ‘why’ (arf!). Produced by the mighty Chic in 1982 for the flop movie ‘Soup [...]