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Beats in Space has been a constant source of new track discoveries for me for the past few years. For over a decade, Tim Sweeney has been bringing some of the most interesting DJ’s and producers into the studio at WNYU to lay down rare grooves and reveal a bit about their unique perspective. Eddie C is one name you should know about if you are into the world of the disco edit. Recently on BIS, he dropped this delectable edit by Ptaki (Polish for ‘birds’), featuring a mysterious Polish source that remains unnamed. I wish I could understand the vocal, what a sick slow burner. The Very Polish Cut-Outs will be on my radar from this point forward.

Edit Murphy has also been making waves with a handful of material, including this wildly catchy edit that you can find for free if you look around a bit. The title Motown Edits Vol. 1 is a bit misleading, there really isn’t much of the classic Motown sound, but this matters little– the music, more 80’s-sounding than the title would suggest, is sultry and warrants repeat listening. Perfect track to get everyone in the mood either early or late at night.

I caught this track being posted on the wall of a Ghostly event by the event’s co-curator, the brilliant Will Calcutt. Initially drawn to Calcutt’s photographic and design work for Ghostly and Spectral Sound, I soon found a new reason to love this man’s creative output when I heard his DJ set last spring. Since then, I make a point to press play whenever something of his gets posted– check out his recent mix on the Ghostly podcast, and keep an eye out for the No Big Deal / Real Talk parties in NYC.

Finally, here’s a track I heard on the Freerange Podcast recently. Tough to put my finger on what I find so appealing about this track, it’s aggressive-sounding at points, soothing at others, with up-front percussion that leaves no question about where this sound belongs– on the dance floor. I’m not sure if I’ve heard Deft before, but I will be sure to keep an eye/ear out for more in the future.

Posted in Music Posted by on Mar 06 2013 12:04 pm

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