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EBONY CUTS - AUDIO RESTORATION!

2011-12-25T12:53:00.003+01:00

Ebony Cuts - Audio Restoration & Remastering

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Recent examples of audio restoration and remastering.
The main goal here was to make these rare records playable in a DJ set,
side by side with contemporary music

Most of these were to be pressed on dubplate.

MIXED AT EBONY CUTS: SANDY BARBER (BBE REC)

2011-12-25T12:51:00.004+01:00

Check out AL Kent's Remixes of Sandy Barbers "I Think I'll Do Some Stepping" on BBE Records. Both mixed At Ebony Cuts!

http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?track=GBEQT1002956
http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?track=GBEQT1002985

bbe : I Think I'll Do Some Stepping (On My Own)(Al Kent's Classic Mix) - Sandy Barber

www.bbemusic.com

MIXED AT EBONYCUTS

2011-03-21T11:41:00.002+01:00

Katzuma "All Across The Land" Al Kent Ghettotastic Remix
mixed at ebonycuts

Out now on Katzuma Records

Get it here:
http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/411582-01.htm

Hygher Baby "Strugglin" Tropical Treats Remix out now on Raw Fusion!

2011-02-24T12:12:00.005+01:00

Finally it's out - took about two years to finally see the light of vinyl:

Get a copy here:
Strugglin - Tropical Treats Remix at Juno

Playing for Sofrito in London

2009-11-12T11:44:00.012+01:00

OK, since we got a lovely daughter in march there hasn't been much time to dedicate myself to music. So here's an update:
After our release of the Tropical Treats 12inch on GAMM there also was a release of my Disco 2000 edit on Junior4 Records, furthermore our Tropical Treats remix of Cumbia Colombiana will be out on Sofrito Records soon, closely followed by our remix of Hygher Baby's "Strugglin" on Raw Fusion.

And on Saturday 21 nov. the mighty Tropical Treats soundsystem will clash with the mighty Sofrito crew at the new empowering church in London - for more details check http://www.sofrito.co.uk

I will be dropping a bit of tropical discofunk as well as playing the congas while my friend Rickard Masip drops his heavy selections!

Selfmade Millionaire - Rockin & Poppin / Heading For Depression 12"

2009-05-28T14:16:00.021+02:00

SMM1006, the 6th 12" in the Selfmade Millionaire series! Strictly limited to 500 copies! Mastered at Ebony Cuts.

Listen to "Rockin & Poppin":

Listen to "Heading For Depression":

Should be hitting the stores around this weekend!

New guestmix: John Cunningham Afro Sounds Mix!

2009-04-19T19:22:00.005+02:00

John Cunningham, head of Here & Now Recordings hits us with his killer selection of rare afrobeat gems!
Download his mix here:

download it here (128kbit, 65MB)

Enjoy!

Contact Mr. Cunningham via www.hereandnowrecordings.com/

Tropical Treats - Afrikan Riddims / Waarewaah 12"

2009-04-10T22:11:00.008+02:00

Finally it's out! The massive Tropical Treats remix of African Riddims backed with the Waarewaah reedit on the flip, a killer piece of Kenyan funk! Available now on GAMM 12inch!

Listen to a clip from Afrikan Riddims:

Listen to a clip from Waarewaah:

Street Dance - Reedit

2009-02-14T13:09:00.007+01:00

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Another ageing reedit for you - a great Fatback cover, but sadly only available on 45. So here's what I think a 12inch mix of this should have sounded like:

download the full quality version here (16mb, 320kbit)

Enjoy!

EBONY CUTS - show #43 online!

2009-02-08T11:32:00.004+01:00

Almost a year has passed since the last show,
and a lot has happened in the meantime!!

The 43rd edition of Ebony Cuts is packed to the brim with tons of killer Discofunk, Latin grooves and sweetest soul choons à la original, reedit or remix,
all selected exclusively for you by Cuebism and garnished with a sweet touch of Gloria on the microphone!

Sure You'll agree it was worth the wait:

download it here (128kbit, 105MB)

Enjoy!!

DJ Friction - Italo Boogie special

2009-02-06T18:27:00.006+01:00

German producer and legendary DJ Friction graces us with this on point selection of tracks from the italo-side of early 80s boogie!

download it here (128kbit, 68MB)

Enjoy this!

Oh and you can contact DJ Friction via his myspace here:
www.myspace.com/djfrico

Cuebism guestmix for Press Play

2008-11-20T12:55:00.010+01:00

It was in May that I made a promise to do a guestmix for Chris Keys' excellent Another Night On Earth website.
It was in September that I finally sat down to record it.
And it was in November that it got published at:

http://anothernightonearth.blogspot.com

Sometimes things need their time to ripen - let's see if you think it was worth the long wait.

Disco Credit!

2008-10-21T15:57:00.012+02:00

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A little tribute to Disco from back in 2002, all with seering strings, loud hihats & cheesy moaning!
Been sitting on this for many a year now and had even forgotten about it - until yesterday when I woke up with a start at three in the afternoon, all soaked in sweat and champagne, crying out: "Disco credit!"

download the full quality version here (16mb, 320kbit)

New Mix: Hard Times with Cuebism & Recession

2008-10-13T17:45:00.014+02:00

(Stream in low quality)

Stock markets crashing! Inflation going up! Recession! Depression!
Hard times lie ahead.
Find out all about it in this new mix with a message.

Download the full quality version here (67mb, 128kbit)

Do not dispair! Things are gonna get easier!

Henri Rich "Be You" Cuebism edit on PPU

2008-09-06T12:11:00.023+02:00

Listen:

The mysterious Peoples Potential Unlimited imprint releases the cuebism vocal & instrumental reedits of this incredibly rare and sought after discofunk monster on strictly limited small hole 45 vinyl!

Get it here!

Cannot You See Me?

2008-09-03T17:41:00.009+02:00

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Best Of Learn Disco mix - 2003

2008-08-06T18:41:00.009+02:00

Only few people know that before there was Ebony Cuts, there was Learn Disco.
Very, very few people actually: Lars, Christopher, Åsa and Mitch.

Between 2001 and 2003 I found no other way to get that Discofunk out of my system than by recording tons of mixtapes with my latest disco discoveries. Tons meaning 18.
My audience: Lars, Christopher, Åsa and Mitch (and occasionally my brother Julian, though he'd gone lost to the 80s new romantic sound that was accompanying his youth).

Learn Disco was the self explanatory name for these tapes and even became the theme for a sweet little exhibition about the coverart of disco. Only few people knew about that exhibition as well.

To sum it all up, Best Of Learn Disco was recorded in october 2003 and later reused for the fourth edition of Ebony Cuts, cut down to only 60 min though. Hamburg's local radio Tide 96.0 couldn't bare with more than one hour of disco back then.

But you can.
So here's the full 80 minutes:

download this mix here (74mb, 128kbit)

or listen to it in 96kbit here:

"Changing/Rearranging" Cuebism Reedit

2008-06-24T19:25:00.004+02:00

A lovely and completely overlooked tune by one of my favourite obscure Disco bands out of New Jersey gets changed and rearranged during coffee break.

download this reedit here (9mb, 256kbit)

Lady Midnight guestmix may 2008

2008-05-31T13:07:00.004+02:00

download this mix here (70mb)

Meet Lady Midnight! Raised on a steady diet of male vox power ballads, Lady Midnight eventually abandoned Foreigner for the intriguing sounds of Menswear.
At university, she would get into promoting with the weekly disco night Elevation. Installing herself as resident, Lady Midnight would happily provide bottle upon bottle of pale ale for the likes of Danny Wang, Idjut Boys and Terry Jones and occasionally even spin a few love songs.
Now residing in the beautiful city of Stockholm, Lady Midnight spends her time handing out records in exchange for small amounts of cash while searching for the perfect lipgloss to impress other ladies.

Needless to say more, just listen to this beauty!

Zafar Chowdry guestmix - may 2008

2008-05-31T13:00:00.002+02:00

download this mix here (55MB)

Having been a DJ since the mid 80s, collecting since 1977 and managing the legendary Reckless Records in London for 17 years, it is about time you meet the mighty Zafar Chowdry, the true mastermind behind all those recent P&P compilations on Suss'd Records as well as the amazing "Deep Disco Culture 2" sampler!
This man truly knows his trade, so expect nothing less than 100% first class joints from this killer guestmix for Ebony Cuts!

You can contact Mr Chowdry here: zzafc at btopenworld.com

ebony cuts show #42 online!

2008-05-29T17:32:00.007+02:00

Finally it's online - another piece of freshness mixed by DJ Cuebism, garnished by the lovely voice of the magnificent Gloria! The show was actually recorded on the 11th of april, but then a lot of stuff happened that kept it from being finished...until now!
So check it out - almost two hours of finest discofunk and soul from us to you with love!

download this mix here (104MB, 128kbit)

If that is too big a file for those with slow internet, you can choose to download the lower bitrate version (64kbit, MONO) of this show at:

http://www.ebonycuts.com/LoFi/

Enjoy!

"Plain Out Of Luck" Cuebism Edit

2008-05-26T21:28:00.003+02:00

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Yet another one - about time I share this choon! Done the edit in 2007.

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"Do What You Will" DJ Cuebism Reedit

2008-05-24T18:13:00.007+02:00

A quickie from 2005:

download this reedit here (9mb, 256kbit)

"The City" DJ Cuebism Reedit

2008-05-24T18:09:00.005+02:00

And another nice one from 2006:

download this reedit here (13mb, 256kbit)

"Dancing Hard" DJ Cuebism Reedit

2008-05-24T18:03:00.006+02:00

About time I post some of my aging reedits - here's one from back in 2006 of my favourite funky old school joint:

download this reedit here (11mb, 256kbit)

Alan Champ guestmix - march 2008

2008-05-21T18:10:00.002+02:00

download this mix here (50mb)

Finally! Alan Champ - the one and only six million disco man graces us with his appearance at ebony cuts! He has the technology to produce a mix better, stronger and deeper! So don't mess with this bionic bizniz from England!

Check out the legendary six million steps website hosting some of the best mixes that can be found anywhere on the web:

http://www.sixmillionsteps.com

Joseph Colbourne guestmix - february 2008

2008-05-21T18:09:00.000+02:00

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Joseph Colbourne hails from Boston, Massachusetts (where he's just been elected for Boston's best DJ), spreading great cheer through his love of soul, funk, and disco.
A DJ for five years and a collector for longer, this man chooses cuts with spirit, depth, and energy, and broad appeal for the dancefloor.

His selections are both rare and classic and specialize not only in 70s northern-soul inspired disco but in the 80s boogie sound. Or to cut a long story short:
Expect nothing less then the true A1 quality 100% original and genuine, ultra-rare HOTNESS!

Check out his blog: http://josephcolbourne.blogspot.com/

Loeb & Smeedow guestmix - january 2008

2008-05-21T18:08:00.000+02:00

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Loeb and Smeedow, providers of the finest Stockholm Soundtracks to date and masterminds behind http://www.mixtape.nu deliver us a vintage discodub masterpiece deluxe!

If you missed these steady suppliers of funkyness at the last Stockholm Båtklubb, here's your chance to sit back and relax to their smoking vintage dub mix!

Don't forget to peek at their myspace-site for their latest dates in Stockholm:

http://www.myspace.com/mixtapenu

rare acetates & bootlegs book by Discopatrick released

2007-11-20T18:32:00.009+01:00

Calling Vinyl Villains!
Bootleg Buffs, Acetate Enthusiasts and Vinyl Villians were making their way to the Mega CD and Record Fair in Utrecht 2007 to get their hands on Discopatrick’s book debut:

Discopatrick Presents: The Bootleg Guide to Disco Acetates, Funk, Rap and Disco Medleys.

Over 28 years of collecting and research into the illegal business of bootlegging has
now been documented, and Discopatrick’s obsession is now yours to own.

This is the first reference book that covers disco acetates and bootleg vinyl medleys released between 1974 and 1986.

The book contains:

• Listings of the most famous acetate bootleg labels – Sunshine Sound, Melting Pot Sound and Disco Queen
• Histories and interviews with acetate mixers John Morales, Rick Gianatos and Rich Flores from the people who were there
• Over 500 full colour, high resolution pictures of acetate labels and vinyl bootleg medleys
• Unique, previously unreleased pictures of DJ’s, Walter Gibbons memorabilia, disco flyers
• Tracklistings of more than 400 bootleg vinyl and acetate medleys

You can find out more about this book as well as order your own copy at: http://www.discopatrick.com

We highly recommend you to heed these directives and get your copy of this unique book as long as they are in stock!

Nick The Record guestmix - september 2007

2007-09-26T18:03:00.000+02:00

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Nick The Record enters the ring covering us with a swift series of deepest cuts and beats!

Here's a man who knows what he's doing - apart from his countless productions and remixes over the last ten years, his 60000 strong record collection has gotten him a name amongst DJs, collectors and producers all around the world.

So make sure you check also out his very own recordshop at http://www.djfriendly.co.uk for some of the world's most sought after jazz, folk, afro, soul and funk killergrooves!

Rickard Masip guestmix - september 2007

2007-09-02T18:02:00.002+02:00

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RICKARD MASIP put his 16 years of digging, his countless years at Stockholm's Recordmania Records and his passionate love for DJing together and stirred up a heavy mix of - as he calls it:
"american-sounding music of the 70s from every place in the world BUT the U.S."
The result was the final and definite proof of global funking being in full effect!
Do not miss his monthly appearance in the steamin' "hemma hos Cornelis" room at Raw Fusion in Stockholm!

Until his myspace-site is up and running you can contact him via rickardmasip AT hotmail.com

see also: http://www.myspace.com/rawfusionjugglin

Superdisco Paolo guestmix - september 2007

2007-09-02T18:02:00.000+02:00

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Superdisco Paolo from London - one half of the funky TUTTO MATTO from Tummy Touch and Jam Block Records dropped a clusterboogiebomb on us with deadly precision, filled with hundreds and hundreds of discofunk bomblets so tightly mixed together not even Kate Moss could fit in between! Don't try this at home!

Superdisco Paolo at myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/supersuperpaolo

Tutto Matto at myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/tuttomatto

Båtklubben Stockholm 2007

2007-09-01T13:47:00.000+02:00

Here's a grainy bit of footage from the last Stockholm Båtklubb party -
though there wasn't much time to film there, everyone was just too busy dancing, drinking and spinning:

DJ Friction - BC Records special - august 2007

2007-08-28T18:04:00.000+02:00

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DJ Friction german DJ legend, remixer and producer feeling the funk 24/7 has done it again with an astonishing special about the legendary BC Records label!

An exclusive musical journey through the back-catalogue of one of the obscurest labels of the golden age of disco and boogie!

see also:

http://www.djfriction.de
and
http://www.myspace.com/djfrico

Discopatrick guestmix vol.2 - april 2007

2007-04-13T18:01:00.000+02:00

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It is now exactly ONE YEAR ago that we published discopatrick's debut mix which has already gained legendary status.

Now we are proud to present the SECOND MASTERPIECE of this internationally acclaimed DJ, collector and author of nearly encyclopedic proportions!

We strongly recommend you to keep an eye on this man in the future as his mission is not yet accomplished!

see also: http://www.discopatrick.com

Dan Zacks guestmix - february 2007

2007-02-01T18:00:00.000+01:00

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Dan Zacks, creator of the magnificent Waxing Deep radioshow with it's legendary 'too many good records' editions serves us the funky fruits of his digging-trips to latin America!

Just in time for the release of Waxing Deep's very own compilation
'Si, Para Usted - The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba' an exclusive selection of rare and undiscovered Cuban funk!

Get this compilation via his website http://www.waxingdeep.org

Paul Phillips guestmix - january 2007

2007-01-11T18:00:00.000+01:00

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London's Paul Phillips of soulful grooves radioshow fame graces us with a magnificent mix of rarest modern soul and boogie gems!
If there was a way to measure the amount of drool spent over one website, mr Phillps' site http://www.soulmusiccollector.com would be topping the charts by far!
Check it out and drool over tons of scans of rare original soul records that you will never ever be able to own yourself!

Tom Noble guestmix - december 2006

2006-12-11T17:59:00.000+01:00

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Tom Noble from Lotusland Records conjured up a deadly mix of rarest disco, boogie and soul that proves anyone wrong who claims they heard it all and know it all!

If you want to find such music or check their wonderful reissues, go to http://www.lotuslandrecords.net and give yourself a treat!

DJ Luuso guestmix - december 2006

2006-12-06T17:59:00.000+01:00

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Check out this amazing collage of old school freshness straight out of Finland!

Rotary Soldier guestmix - october 2006

2006-10-19T17:58:00.000+02:00

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The one and only ROTARY SOLDIER hits us with an immaculate soultan from sunny california! Take a bite of his very own blend of obscure indie soul!

Gino Grasso guestmix - september 2006

2006-09-28T17:57:00.000+02:00

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DJ and collector GINO GRASSO out of lovely Italy serves us a wonderful three course menu of rarest disco delicacies!

Contact mr Grasso at http://www.myspace.com/ginograsso

Discopatrick guestmix - may 2006

2006-05-19T17:56:00.000+02:00

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The legendary Patrick Lejeune aka DISCOPATRICK from the Netherlands put together an incredible discofunk epic for ebony cuts!

This is more than just a mix - this is a piece of music!
see also: http://www.discopatrick.com/

DJ Friction guestmix - april 2006

2006-04-28T17:55:00.000+02:00

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DJ Friction - DJ, producer and remixer for acts like Freundeskreis, DJ Thomilla and even the Jackson 5 cutting up funkiest 1979 blockparty vibes for ebony cuts! Also make sure you check out his amazing cover of "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" released on FOUR Music 12"!

see also: http://www.djfriction.de/

DJ Coolcut guestmix - march 2006

2006-03-06T17:54:00.000+01:00

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A TRUE LESSON IN DEEPNESS - that would be the proper way to describe the impact DJ Coolcut's first guestmix for ebony cuts had among collectors and DJs alike!

Check it out!

Contact DJ Coolcut via http://www.myspace.com/discofunky

Kiyoshi Urano guestmix - february 2006

2006-02-16T17:53:00.000+01:00

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Our friend DJ Kiyoshi Urano from Japan with a serious mix of rarest oldschool gems!
enjoy!

Also make sure you check out his killer mix for Million Dollar Disco at:
http://www.milliondollardisco.com

Al Kent guestmix - december 2005

2005-12-24T17:50:00.000+01:00

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The one and only Al Kent from Million Dollar Disco Records and Tapes, mastermind of the legendary Million Dollar Orchestra and true King of the Reedit graces us with the very first guestmix addition for ebony cuts!

And while you're at it, check out http://www.milliondollardisco.com for tons and tons of exclusive killer disco and soul mixes, reviews and interviews as well as the most secretive online-forum known on the web yet, the original home of the disco nerd!