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
Jul 12
Ok, so here’s the second mix for July I promised below. This one is more orientated to new and recent stuff and also features House, Broken and Jazz with a bit of an Afro-beat flavour to the first track:
Second July mix: 06-07-11julymixtwo.mp3. File Size is 100 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:12:47.
Frank McGahon: 06-07-11 July mix two
01. Soul Freedom – Chico Mann (Kindred Spirits)
02. The Disciples Theme – The Disciples (Soundscape)
03. Ebioso (Shelter mix) – Milton Cardona (Un-Restricted Access)
04. Canyons’ Talk – Franck Roger (Earthrumental Music)
05. Cloud 9 (Quentin Harris mix) – Donnie (Giant Step Promo)
06. Indians & Bagpipes (Ricardo Miranda dub) – Glenn Underground (Gotsoul)
07. Batacuda Mondiale – Big Bang (Arision)
08. Parisian Soul – Oscar (Denote)
09. Suave – Nu Tropic (Soultronik)
10. Odyssey – Delgui (4Lux)
11. Keep It Movin’ (Domu mix) – Hajime Yoshizawa (Especial)
12. Pianophone (Freedom Beats) – October (Striking Hand)
13. Future Warrior (Daz I Kue dub) – D’Stephanie feat. Phillipo (Sonar Kollektiv)
14. Dangerous Times (Instrumental) – Domu ft. Yolanda (Co-Op)
15. Sow Into U (Bugz In The Attic mix) – RoisÃn Murphy (Bootleg)
Jun 28
Got another slightly deeper mix – mostly between about 108 and 118 bpm. There’s a mix of old, recent and new stuff and it opens out towards the end into a bit of funk and afro-beat. The transition between 06 and 07 is a bit sketchy but I’m reasonably pleased with the rest of it.
Another deeper mix: 06-06-27anothermix.mp3. File Size is 93.2 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:08:02.
Frank McGahon: 06-06-27 Another deeper mix
01. Livin’ The Truth – Guy Monk
02. Keep Smilin’ (Mark E edit) – Gabor Szabo
03. It’s Hard Sometimes (Red Zone dub) – Frankie Knuckles
04. Right Where You Are – Amp Fiddler
05. Optimistic – Sounds Of Blackness
06. A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays (6.00 AM mix) – De La Soul
07. Love Honey – Sugardaddy
08. Let’s Go – Fast Eddie
09. Rubbish – Seiji
10. The Music Has Begun – Offworld
11. Gorilla With A Gun (Underwolves mix) – Bell Cafe Band
12. Amber Lady – Roman Andre feat. Gladys
13. Love Traveller – Cro Magnon
14. Transcend Me – The Bamboos feat. Alice Russell
15. Busy – Nomo
Jun 12
This one is a bit sketchy in places but I think it turned out more or less alright. The idea was a selection of Soul, Jazz & Funk at around 100bpm or so. It’s all at that tempo except for the middle section of Chameleon which speeds up to around 120 (and includes that famous Ballistic Brothers’ sample) and the end of Windy C.
Midtempo mix: 06-06-11midtempo.mp3. File Size is 84.6 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:01:35.
Frank McGahon: 06-06-11 Midtempo mix
01. Keep Smilin’ – Gabor Szabo
02. It Ain’t No Big Thing – Rainbow Brown
03. The Sweetest Pain – Dexter Wansel
04. Wind Parade – Donald Byrd
05. Younger Than Me – Gwen Guthrie
06. Make It Last Forever – Inner Life Feat. Jocelyn Brown
07. I Love You More РRen̩ & Angela
08. LA Nights – Yasuko Agawa
09. Chameleon – Herbie Hancock
10. (Fallin’ Like) Dominoes – Donald Byrd
11. Windy C – 100% Pure Poison
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
Apr 03
Did this one last night. April mix: 06-04-02.mp3. It’s a mix of new and old and leans more to house than broken. File Size is 109.7 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:20:04.
Frank McGahon: 06-04-02 mix
01. Tighten Up – The Bamboos 2004
02. Nowhere – Atjazz feat. Clara Hill 2006
03. Hooter (Carl Craig mix) – Ultramarine 1993
04. Untitled Love Affair (Mr V dub) – Demarkus Lewis feat. Lady Sah 2006
05. When Animals Manifest – Franck Roger 2006
06. Spank Spank – Phuture 1986
07. Stuck – Peven Everett 2005
08. Runaway Child – D’Stephanie feat. Wunmi 2006
09. Black Water – A Hundred Birds 2006
10. Disco Dementia – Ray Mang 2006
11. Beyond the Clouds – Mr Fingers 1986
12. Bone of my Bone – Franck Roger 2006
13. Divinity – Joy Jones 2006
14. Seven Samurai – Paul Murphy 2006
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
Mar 13
Another one from the vault. It was ripped from a 90 minute cassette, encoded at 192 kbps and is in two parts.
Side 1 here: 96-03-31mixtape1.mp3, file size is 63.4 mb, runtime is 46:07.
Side 2 here: 96-03-31mixtape2.mp3, file size is 62.9 mb, runtime is 45:45.
Frank McGahon 96-03-31 side 1
01. Shout-N-Out – Lood (MAW)
02. Play The World (Kenny Dope mix) – JohNick (Henry Street)
03. Look Who’s Lovin’ Me – Smokin’ Beats (Smokin’ Beats)
04. ? – ? (?)
05. In Your Soul – Latino Circus (Urban Hero)
06. What a Sensation (Sensational Beats) – Kenlou III (MAW)
07. Freedom (Make it Funky) – Black Magic: A Lil’ Louis Painting (Strictly Rhythm)
08. ? – ? (?)
Frank McGahon 96-03-31 side 2
08. ? – ? (?)
09. Whoktish – Idjut Boys & Laj (U Star)
10. Rumour (Maw mix) – Bel Canto (Lava)
11. The Garden of Earthly Delights (Ballistic Barrio Boom) – D*Note (Dorado)
12. The Garden of Earthly Delights (Kumo mix) – D*Note (Dorado)
13. Acting Crazy – Round Three (Main Street)
14. What a Sensation – Kenlou III (MAW)
15. ? – DJ Sneak? (?)
16. Mind Fluid – Nuyorican Soul (Nervous
Feb 27
Did this one over the weekend. Like the Deeper mix it has a combination of newish and old stuff but probably is a little more diverse musically (hence the title). I’m not 100% pleased with some of the mixing on this and contemplated re-recording the whole thing but I decided to put it up anyway, few rough edges and all. 06-02-25Diverse.mp3. File size is 109.4 mb and it was encoded at 192kbps, runtime is 1:19:38.
Frank McGahon: 06-02-25 Diverse mix
01. Festeira – Marcos Valle 2001
02. People (Timmy Regisford dub) – Soul II Soul 1990
03. Your Love – Aphrodisiac 1989
04. I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) – Daryl Hall and John Oates 1981
05. Morphine- Love The Action 2005
06. No Title Track – Spymusic 2005
07. Celestial Journey – Anthony Nicholson 2005
08. A Love Supreme – Ballistic Brothers 1997
09. Ladies – Agent K 2001
10. Praise (Mayday mix) – Inner City 1993
11a. Distraction – Jammin’ 2000
11b. Let it Roll (Acapella) – Doug Lazy 1989
12. Elegba – Lekan Babaiola 2005
13. Sume Sigh Say – House of Gypsies 1993
14. Let’s Get Jazzy (Blaze Dope Dub) – KC Flightt 1989
15. Bra (Danny Krivit edit) – Cymande 1972
