Apr 18
Got another new mix up. Back to the CD length. This one leans more to a four on the floor beat, but there are a few breaks in there and a few different styles.
April 07 mix: 07-04-17april07mix.mp3. File Size is 110.1 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:20:06
Frank McGahon: 07-04-17 April 07 Mix
01. Believer (Jazzanova Remix) – Randolph (Still Music) 2007
02. No Holding Back – Demetrius Price (Raw Fusion) 2007
03. Musick (Yam Who? Rework) – Stray (Little League Productions) 2007
04. Zumbi (Isoul8 Remix) – Frankie Valentine (Soul Seduction) 2007
05. To Know You Is To Dub You – Bloodfire Vol. 5 (Bloodfire) 2007
06. You Can’t Go – Prince Language (Editions Disco) 2007
07. Mi Gente (Louie Vega EOL Dub) – Hector Lavoe (Fania) 2007
08. Movin’ On (Instrumental) – Ron Trent & Robert Owens (Needs2Soul) 2007
09. The Damn Thing – Karizma (R2) 2007
10. Bounce – Gypsymen (E Legal) 1992
11. Plastic – Phuture Scope (Emotive) 1993
12. Timeline – Millenium to Millenium (UR) 2001
Feb 28
Got quite a few different styles on this one, so I thought I’d give it the above title. I was going to do it a bit longer with about 8 more tracks but the last record skipped near the end and I thought I’d take the cue to just finish it off, seeing as it’s a reasonable enough length as it is. This makes a total of four mixes this month: had a bit of a backlog since December, I guess. I’ll be sure to do at least one for March but no promises for any more than that.
Mix-Up Selekshan: 07-02-27mixupselekshan.mp3. File Size is 113.2 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:22:22
Frank McGahon: 07-02-27 Mix-Up Selekshan
01. Twilight – Maze (Capitol) 1985
02. Tuch Me (Special Mix For Break Dancing) – Fonda Rae (Streetwave) 1984
03. Clear – Cybotron (Fantasy) 1983
04. Move Aside (AE Instrumental) – Bugz In The Attic (AE) 2007
05. Back By Dope Demand – King Bee (Big One) 1990
06. Hi-Tension – Hi-Tension (Island) 1978
07. Do You Wanna Bump – Boney M (Supersound) 1975
08. Galaxy – War (MCA) 1977
09. Bangin’ The Boogie – René & Angela (Champion) 1983
10. Sparkle Train (Marc De Clive Lowe Instr.) – Soul Head (Sony) 2006
11. Ooh, You & I (Phil Asher Instrumental) – Lyric L (Altered Vibes) 2007
12. Rain Falls (Roger’s Favourite Mix) – Frankie Knuckles (Virgin) 1992
13. Afroshock – F.O.N. (Heading Home) 2006
14. Alfaz De Pi – Blackbelt Andersen (Full Pupp) 2006
15. The Darkness (Acid Black) – Dj Pierre’s Afro-Acid Project (DJP) 2005
16. Hip To Be Disillusioned (Shango Dance Edit) – Ron Trent & Chez Damier (Prescription) 199?
17. Mambo De Casa – Afronaut y Las Estrellas De Candela – (Bitasweet Candela Dubplate) 2007
18. Samurai (Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix) – Jazztronik (Especial) 2006
19. Another Day (AE Edit) – Fertile Ground (AE) 2007
Feb 13
Special mix for Valentine’s day!
Valentine Mix: 07-02-12valentinemix.mp3. File Size is 96 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:09:53
Frank McGahon: 07-02-12 Valentine Mix
01. Portuguese Love – Teena Marie
02. Little Sunflower – Freddie Hubbard
03. Twisted РUltra Nat̩
04. Feels Like Makin’ Love – Isaac Hayes
05. L.O.V.E. And You & I (Madlib Remix) – Jazzanova
06. Ride Away Getaway – Agent K
07. Oops Here I Go Again – Edna Wright
08. Hot Butterfly – Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie
09. Risin’ To The Top – Keni Burke
10. What’cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ (Danny Krivit Edit) – Stephanie Mills
11. Golden Lady РJos̩ Feliciano
Nov 23
Ok, as promised, here’s the “epic” mix I intended to record earlier in the week. Like the 32 Tune mix, this is another double length mix, also with 32 tunes (assuming both sides of the Alice Russell 7″ count as two separate tunes) and also with a range of different type of stuff on it, but this one has less of the Soul and Balearic and a bit more of the Funk and Afro-Beat. There are one or two sketchy moments, but not bad enough to make me want to go back and re-record the whole thing again!
Another Long Mix: 06-11-22anotherlongmix.mp3. File Size is 206.6 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 2:30:23
Frank McGahon: 06-11-22 Another Long Mix
01. Hurry On Now (Boub Remix) – Alice Russell (Tru Thoughts)
02. Hurry On Now (Version) – Alice Russell (Tru Thoughts)
03. Gonna Get You – Barna Soundmachine (Funk For Your Face)
04. Talk Talk Talk (Danny Krivit Edit) – Wunmi (Documented)
05. Revolutionary Dreams – Wonder Wheel (Wonderwheel)
06. Pussy Footin’ – The Bamboos (Tru Thoughts)
07. The Witch (The Bamboos version) – The Broken Keys (Tru Thoughts)
08. Planet Rock Pt. 2 – Breakout (Melting Pot Music)
09. Slingshot Pt. 2 – The Broken Keys (Tru Thoughts)
10. Grito (Seiji Dub) – Demogustico (Far Out)
11. Solar System (Domu’s Zoltar Mix) – Mowgly (Freerange)
12. Cockfosters (PT Edit) – Jacob London (Movim)
13. Bright (Bonus Bounce) – Mowgly (Freerange)
14. The Sun Can’t Compare – Larry Heard Presents Mr White (Alleviated)
15. En:Code (As One Remix) – Jazztronik (Especial)
16. It Is What It Is – Rhythim Is Rhythim (Transmat)
17. Haunted – Quentin Harris (Un-Restricted Access)
18. Black Man’s Techno (Dubbin Mix) – Rude Boy Science (Future Vision)
19. Jus Dance (Quentin Harris Re-Production) – Mr V (Vega)
20. Why Do The Wicked Ones Rule (Say It Twice Edit) – Dante & Dhula (IWII)
21. Space Ridims – Hip To be Disillusioned (Prescription)
22. Rogue Element (Jimpster Remix) – Milton Jackson (Freerange)
23. Rushing (Mood II Swing Dub) – Loni Clark (Nervous)
24. Eastern Stars – Niall (Roc Soul)
25. Remind Me – Franck Roger (Real Tone)
26. My Definition Of House Music – DJ Hell (R&S)
27. Ipe Amarelo (Spiritual South Remix) – Quasimode (Raw Fusion)
28. Hambone – Orgone (Nuff Rope)
29. Moustache (La Stache) – Blackjoy (NRK)
30. Afro Disco – Wonderwheel (Wonderwheel)
31. Loose…. Done Turn Me – Friday (Weekend)
32. I Thought It Was You (Barna Soundmachine Remix) – Kimiko Kasai & Herbie Hancock (Funk For Your Face)
Oct 30
Here’s something else different. As with the last one, the idea was to get a range of stuff over a longer mix, but I also had been meaning to do a straight up all broken-beat mix plus a straight up all house mix. So, I decided to split this one up into three parts, beginning, middle and end, each around the hour mark and under 100mb. The first part has a mix up selection of down- to mid-tempo : space funk, bossa, breaks, hip hop, hip house, disco. The second part is all broken-beat ranging from deep to manic. The third part is all house with new-school mixed up with old-school.
Trip-tych Part 1, Space Funk, Bossa, Breaks, Disco etc.: 06-10-28trip-tychpart1.mp3. File Size is 82.7 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:00:09
Frank McGahon: 06-10-28 Trip-tych, Part 1
01. Serious, Sirius Space Party – Ednah Holt (West End) 1981
02. Cosmic Love – Beatfanatic (Soundscape) 2006
03. Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton remix) – Alice Smith (BBE) 2006
04. You Got It (W/ Cornelia) – Markus Enochson (Sonar Kollektiv) 2006
05. Broken Samba – Nature’s Plan (Far Out) 2006
06. Blow Your Head – Fred Wesley & The JBs (People) 1973
07. Blaze ‘N Cook (PK’s Jiggy Mix) – Stereotyp Meets Al’Haca (Klein) 2005
08. King of the Beats – Mantronix (Capitol) 1988
09. The Chief – Toni Scott (Champion) 1989
10. Batonga – Angelique Kidjo (Great Jones) 1991
11. I Specialize in Love (Track Bandits edit) – Sharon Brown (White) 1981/2006
12. Love Like Bubble – Cro-Magnon (Jazzy Sport) 2006
13. Your Mess (MdCL Instrumental) – Omar (Ether) 2006
14. Fly Away (MdCL remix) – Phuturistix feat. Fyza (Phuture Lounge) 2005
Sep 13
Afro-beat, Balearic, Boogie, Bossa, Broken Beat, Disco, Funk, House, Jazz, Latin, Soul
I thought I’d try something different. This one is over twice as long as the usual mixes (which means it won’t fit on one cd – sorry). The idea was to try and get a lot of different types of stuff on it. Soul, Jazz, Funk, House, Broken, Latin, Afro-beat, Disco, Balearic. It’s a bit of an epic in more ways than one. I actually recorded (or thought I recorded) it on Monday night but the file didn’t save properly to my computer (had to happen for the really long mix, didn’t it) so after abandoning the third rescue attempt, I went ahead and re-recorded the whole thing last night in the same sequence, adding in one extra track (04.).
32 Tune mix: 06-09-12thirtytwotunemix.mp3. File Size is 225.9 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 2:44:30.
Frank McGahon: 06-09-12 Thirty-Two Tune Mix
01. Montara – Bobby Hutcherson 1975
02. The Star of a Story – Heatwave 1977
03. People Make the World Go Round – Freddie Hubbard 1975
04. Mongotee – Lonnie Liston Smith 1977
05. After the Dance (Instrumental) – Marvin Gaye 1976
06. (I Got) You (Re-edit) – Maze featuring Frankie Beverly 1977
07. Stars in Your Eyes – Herbie Hancock 1980
08. Think Twice (Re-edit) – Donald Byrd 1975
09. Sound is Everything – Chico Mann 2006
10. To the Full Every Minute (Yam Who? Rework) – Big Bang 2006
11. Jibaro – Elkin & Nelson 1974
12. Zombie Dance (Part 1) – Nostalgia 77 Octet 2006
13. Moving Like A Train – Herbert 2006
14. A Little Something – Diesler 2006
15. Back and Forth – Franck Roger 2006
16. For Real – Atjazz 2006
17. The Chase – Franck Roger 2006
18. Dr Doo-Wah – Kongas 1977
19. Siboney – Ruppert Town 2006
20. I’m in Love – Sha-Lor 1988
21. Find a Way (Instrumental) – Russ Brown 1986
22. Apache – The Incredible Bongo Band 1973
23. The Logical Song – Loose Pigeons 1995
24. African Pirates (Troubleman mix) – Nightmares on Wax 2006
25. Sunshine (Daz I Kue mix) – Raul Midon 2006
26. Te Queiro – Zero Db 2006
27. Black Barbie (Stereotyp instrumental) – Jahcoozi 2006
28. Giving It Up – Icasol 2006
29. So Good Today (Domu mix) – Ben Westwood 2006
30. Bada (Domu Dub) – Bakura 2005
31. Let It Reign – Inner City 1991
32. String Free – Phortune 1987
Jun 08
Here’s a new one for June. This is another diverse type mix with a bit of everything – new, old, Balearic, Brazilian, Jazz, Funk, House, Breakbeat & Broken and a range of tempos from about 105 to 140 bpm.
June mix: 06-06-07.mp3. File Size is 101.9 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:14:21.
Frank McGahon: 06-06-07 mix
01. Stories – Izit
02. Maracatu Atomico – Gilberto Gil
03. Primavera (Stop Bajon) – Tulio Di Piscopa
04. Cannibal Rock – Jazztronic
05. Space Love – Cro Magnon
06. Starwaves – Kirk Degiorgio presents Esoterik
07. Christa Star – Franck Roger
08. Chase The Butterflies (Kenny Dope Rubber Dub) РMalena P̩rez
09. Love To The World (Drum) – Ron Trent
10. Across The Universe – Indigenous Space People
11. Don’t Push It – Jimpster
12. Porno Futbol – Nutmeg
13. Man Do Para – Zumen
14. Twilight – Marc De Clive Lowe feat. Lady Alma
15. Carnaval (Misa Negra) РAfronaut Present̩ Son De Batey
May 12
I’m going to be dj-ing at Discotonic in Dublin on May 27 (details here) and have been putting together some records I might like to play. This is the second of my Discotonic practice mixes and, even though it sags a little in the middle, I’m much happier with this one than the first one. I’m not sure if I’ll actually play many (or even any!) of these tunes at Discotonic but this is the type of stuff I’m thinking of playing: 06-05-11discotonicpractice.mp3. It was encoded at 192kbps, file size is 102.3mb, runtime is 1:14:25.
Frank McGahon – 06-05-11 Discotonic Practice Mix
01. Burning Spear – S.O.U.L.
02. Electric Africa – Manu Dibango
03. Bad Times (I Can’t Stand It) Pt 2 – Captain Rapp feat. Kimberley Ball
04. You Don’t Know – Serious Intention
05. Go On Girl (dub) РRoxanne Shant̩
06. Weekend – Class Action
07. Beat The Street (dub) Sharon Redd
08. I Need You Now – Sinnamon
09. You’re Lyin’ – Linx
10. Glide – Pleasure
11. Mi Sabrina Teque̱a РIngram
12. Free – James Mason
13. Leaving This Planet – Charles Earland
14. Mother Of The Future – Norman Connors
15. Highest Good – Eddie Palmieri
Mar 13
This is one I did last year featuring a mix of rare groove, disco and paradise garage type stuff: 05-02-14raregroovediscogarage.mp3. File size is 71.7 mb and it was encoded at 128kbps, runtime is 1:18:17.
Frank McGahon 05-02-14 Rare Groove to Paradise Garage
01. The Message From The Soul Sisters – Myra Barnes
02. Message to the People – Shirley Caesar
03. 90% Of Me Is You – Gwen McCrae
04. Space Talk – Asha Puthli
05. Sandman – Undisputed Truth
06. In The Light Of The Miracle – Arthur Russell
07. Life Is Something Special – Peech Boys
08. I Know You, I Live You – Chaka Khan
09. Don’t Go Lose it Baby – Hugh Masekela
10. Timewarp – Coach House Rhythm Section
11. Dancer – Gino Soccio
12. I Got The Feeling – Two Tons of Fun
13. Space Bass – Slick
14. Thousand Finger Man – Candido
15. Love in C Minor – Cerrone
16. I Can’t Turn Around – Isaac Hayes
Feb 10
One more from the archives before I post the latest new mix. This was my debut guest appearance on Power FM in April (I think!) 1994. The occasional voice-over is Brian from Power FM. It was ripped from a 90 minute cassette, encoded at 192 kbps and is in two parts.
Side 1 here: 94-04PowerFm1.mp3, file size is 64 mb, runtime is 46:33.
Side 2 here: 94-04PowerFm2.mp3, file size is 63.1 mb, runtime is 45:54.
Frank McGahon 94-04 PowerFm side 1
01. Spread Your Love – Joey Negro
02. Never Been in Love Before – ?
03. As I Am – Sound of One
04. I’m Leaving You – Ulysses
05. Activator (You Need Some) – Johnny Vicious
06. Running Away – Kamasutra
07. ? – ?
08. Love & Happiness (beats) – River Ocean
09. I Want You – Juliet Roberts
10. All Because of Me – Georgie Porgy
11. Friday – Weekend
Frank McGahon 94-04 PowerFm side 2
01. Don’t Let it Go to Your Head – Chantay Savage
02. ? – ?
03. Disco Inferno – The Trammps
04. Tell Me – PJ
05. What is House Music? – Phuturescope
06. Skip to My Lu – Lisa Lisa
07. ? – ?
08. ? – ?
09. ? – ?
10. Got the Cure – Thrillseekers
