Marshall Jefferson - I Got Da Feeling (Club Mix)

 Straight-up garage house sleeper from a Chi-town originator live on the channel now. 

Perhaps all that needs to be said for those who don't know Jefferson is that in 1986 he wrote The House Music Anthem. Born in a Chicago mail room, and released on seminal label Trax Records, he created the soundtrack for the burgeoning dance music juggernaut that would take the world by storm.

This record comes from 1997, long after Chicago House had taken over the US underground, the Acid House craze had spread across the pond and penetrated the mainstream. 

By this time, Jefferson had started releasing on a number of labels across the pond like Soap and KTM in Germany, plus Black Label and Pleasure in the UK.

This release comes via Strawberry Records which had a string of releases in the mid-90s, some notably from another Chicago head Felix Da Housecat, but mostly from label boss Bradley Carter and collaborators.

I Got Da Feeling is eurphoric, hands-in-the-air house that can only come from Chicago. Yet, there's clearly the influence of the garage sounds from NYC and the UK in the percussion! 

The thing that drew me to this banger before I even listened to it, was the label note that I also want to reiterate, verbatim, as a summary of my love of this record:

"Many thanks to... I guess Chicargo"

Check out the record on Discogs here.

Single Gun Theory - Metaphysical (Subglobal Dub)

Underground b-side cut from legendary Aussie outfit Single Gun Theory, via even more legendary label Volition records up on the channel now!

I've already posted some work by one third of Single Gun Theory, Pete River-Carnacc, which you can read here. I've also previously uploaded some stuff from Volition here.

First heard this one on fellow archive Volt.2023, and they remarked that this remix single rarely made it online. I then found a copy in the PBS archives, had a proper listen to this b-side and luckily was able to snag a copy in the northern suburbs.

Single Gun Theory were a big name in Australian electronic music, carving a niche in burgeoning electronic and industrial synth-pop scene of the late 1980s. This single came off their final album, Flow River Of My Soul in 1994. 

Rather than the raw, experimental sound they Single Gun Theory had made their name on, things in Australia were moving toward progressive house and primed for the trance explosion that I so often lament. 

While Single Gun Theory might have been the height of their fame, Subglobal Impact, or David Corbett, who are credited with the remix here, have very little other work out there. They contributed one other track to Melbourne based Sirus Music, which is trance-y, eurodance-y and hard for me to listen through! 

Luckily, apart from one overly flanged breakdown, Metaphysical (Subglobal Dub) stays away from anything too cheesy. The bassline, samples and intergalactic synth rolls are given space to shine. But what I think really ties it all together is the percussion. 

The offbeat, shuffled snares give the tune an almost garage house sound, which I think contrasts really well with the techno and trance typicalities. I find that when I listen to this it's the percussion that sets it apart as a mix worth sharing, from a deep back catalogue of one of Australia's great electronic groups.

Check out the record on Discogs here. 

Brekky Spread on PBS

 Covered The Breakfast Spread on PBS this week.

Mixed bag of morning stuff - some house in there of course!

Click the photo for the show page and tracklist:

Butch Le Butch - Diablo (7th Dub)

Dipping back in the Cosmetic Records catalogue today!

Picked this one up almost a year ago when I was getting into Tony Crea and Paul Main's label from the early 2000s. I uploaded a couple of Moisture Rich Foundation tracks from the first Cosmetic release but I slept on this one at that time. 

I played the a-side, which also appeared at the time on some Ministry of Sound compilations, while covering VG+ on PBS last year, but then it just sat on the shelf.

Butch Le Butch is still pumping out edits and hosting parties, after being a big time player in Melbourne's disco dance scene for over 20 years. While some of those more recent productions don't quite hit for me, much like the other two cuts on this record, Diablo (7th Dub) is a hidden deep gem.

The organic percussion sample, dubbed out and stretched to the limit, is hypnotic. While in the original version some of the horns and instrumental samples dominate things too much, the overzealous echo of almost every element creates a disco haze that envelopes you in this version.

These twisted, wonky and enthralling edits are the ones I really enjoy. Would love to see this work late at night in a smoke-filled room!

Check out the record on Discogs here.

The Artisans - Don't Have To Choose

 Something a bit different today. An Indie pop gem from an underground powerhouse in Australia.

Greasy Pop Records was started in Adelaide by Perth Native Doug Thomas. Throughout the 1980s they put out a bunch of sought after and slept on rock, punk and pop records from a bubbling South Australian scene.

This record, the only release by The Artisans, came in 1990, when the label was starting to move into punk and garage rock. Don't Have To Choose is full of naivety, hope and youthfulness. While the band members must have got older, this serves as a snapshot of their forays into indie music experimentalism.

The catalogue of Greasy Pop Records, similarly, provides a relevant window into the South Australian underground in the 1980s. While you might think it would be all Cold Chisel or The Angels, there were passionate alternative artists making genuinely interesting music.

Check the record out on Discogs here.

I came across this from my volunteering at PBS in the Music Department, cataloguing the extensive vinyl collection. There will be more to come on the Empty Archive, but for a teaser of what's to come, you can listen to my fill for Radio City using some of those bits here.

Radio City on PBS

Back on PBS today with a cover for Crispi's legendary show, Radio City!

I played a bunch of Australian stuff that I have dug our through my volunteering in the PBS Music Department. 

Lots of old 80s pop and funky stuff that maybe you haven't heard anywhere else, plus a few you might have heard on Empty Archive already!

Click the pick:

Artist	Song
The New Don Burrows Quintet	Takeda
Arena	The Long One
Bachelors From Prague	Great (Extended Remix)
Simone Dee & The Desires	Come On Boys
Mix	Do You Do It?
I'm Talking	Someday (Extended Mix)
Dennis Garcia	Door To Dimension Four
The Igniters	More Flaming Dub
Deckchairs Overboard	Mixed Low
XL Capris	Tokyo
Andrew Duffield	What It Is
The Reels	Return
Johnny Batchelor	Be Strong
Claire	Room In My Heart
Dropbears	Shall We Go (Extended)
Dark Tan	Kiss You All Over
Mars Needs Women	Hello, I Love You
Duffo	Take A Walk On The Wild Side
Le Club Foote	Outa My Hands
Game	Shouldn't Have Done It
The Czars	Five Nuns In A Scrum
THe Thought Criminals	Problems By Numbers
The Garden Path	Strangers
July 14th	All Because Of You
The Letterstick Band	Gonna Rain Again

Full Bag on Skylab Radio

Another episode of Full Bag with Empty DJ is up on the web for replay now.

Ended up mostly playing some electronic stuff, starting out downtempo and moving into some big time house belters!

Lots of stuff from my channel got a run. Tracklist below. Hope you enjoy!

Artist	Song
The Blue Hour	The More Things Change
Seb Fontaine & The G	Dubbin On The Moon
Wicked Beat Sound System	I Don't Wanna Know (Sheriff Lindo Mix)
Brush	Superglossy
Doctor Uggs	Angel Dust
Victoria Wilson-James	Through (The Drop Deep Dub)
Zan	Nobody Else (Ambient Mix)
Vincent Stone	Girls (Trouble In Alexandria Mix)
Moisture Rich Foundation	Moods (McCalls 'N' All Mix)
Floatin Fusion	Floatin Fusion
Basil Hardhaus 2	Make Me Dance (Hard For The D.J.)
Child Of Slan	Always Say Evey (Balo's Dub)
D'Pac with Terrence FM	Everybody
Nathan G	The End Of The Beginning
Takesu	Az One
S-Witch	Sensual Motion (The Sensual Re-Mix)
Smoove Society	Baby (LP Version)
Jimi Polo	Express Yourself (Underground Mix)
Sweet Paulino	Sweet Like Honey
909	Got To Have It (Trans-Mix)
DJ Popup	Love Potential
Soundlab	Normalise This
Love From San Francisco	Final Fantasy