Today is the beginning of something new (or maybe old I think)! Its called Classic Series and it means that each month or so we will be featuring a classic Soul Clap mix on The Adventures... Not, because we like future music any less, but because we love these old mixes and put tons of work into them. We also think it's important for you to hear our roots so you know how we got where we at. For the Classic Series 1 we dig out "The Torch Bearers" a mix we recorded in summer 2004. This mix was done right before our US tour and shows our soul, hip-hop, latin and african influences, plus alot of vocals. Enjoy... Tracklist: Rockers Revenge ft. Donnie Calvin - Acapella Sunshine - Streetwise Martin Solveig - Im a Good Man (Mousse T. Breakbeat Mix) - Mixture X Digital Underground - Kiss You Back (Smackapella Mix) - Tommy Boy Lonesome Echo Production ft. Mutabaruka - Spirit of Drums (SUMO�s Afrobounce Remix) - Disorient Mood II Swing ft. Carol Sylvan - Closer (DJ Behrouz Remix) - King Street X Mood II Swing ft. Carol Sylvan - Closer (Swing To Mood Dub) - King Street Eli Bingham - Teenage Wasteland - Movim X Monica - Knock Knock (Acapella) Hollis P. Monroe vs. Etta James - This is Goodbye (Deeper Mix) - White Jody Whatley - The Essence (DJ Yellow Remix) - FiveSix Bondservants - Mochico 9 - Mochico Frankie Knuckles - Bac N da Day (Clepto Mix) - Definity S.U.M.O. - Supra Sumo (Supra Bounce) - Soulfuric Jembelatine - Baccara (Laurent Wolf Re-Edit Mix) - Ritmo Dynamic Paul Johnson - She Got Me On - Yellow Masters At Work Unreleased Project - Kiss - MAW Brian Alexander Morgan - Dont You Worry (Silks Funky Filter Mix) - Thick Metro Area - Proton Candy - Environ DJ Oji and Carolyn Victorian - Hes My DJ (Sanctuary Spiritual Journey Vocal Mix) - King Street Eric Kupper presents Organika - Cuchifritos - Wave Too Shai - White Label [audio:http://soulclap.us/podcast/classicseries1.mp3] Classic Series 1: The Torch Bearers SUBSCRIBE

Trentemoller - Moan (Vocal Remix ft. Ane Trolle). You know I hate youtube videos on the blog, but this is kind of a Masssssive tuuuuuune! P.S. Someone tell Cnyce to stop flirting on myspace and get his post on. It's been like 2 weeks son.

I don't know why this dude has not blown up yet. He's from Austria and makes beats that are part Solid Groove part Henrik Schwartz part RZA. Really original shit that covers all styles from techno to dancehall to hip-hop to broken beat to baile funk. Maybe it's because he hasn't dropped enough material yet? Because quality is not the issue here and each release is on a heavyweight lablel (G-Stone, K7, Man Recs). Hopefully his new album "Keepin' Me" (which you can buy on CD here and digital here) will help push dude's name to the forefront where his sounds already live. Wake up people. The tracks below are house, techno, broken-beat and baile funk. For Stereotyp's dancehall and hip-hop sounds check his myspace and listen to the mix at the bottom. [audio:stereotyp-taketheweight.mp3] Stereotyp - Take The Weight DOWNLOAD This one is off the new album which you need to buy! [audio:faunaflash-question-stereotypsbootycallremix.mp3] Fauna Flash - Question (Stereotyp's Booty Call Remix) DOWNLOAD Fauna Flash is amazing too. They have a techno remix on the Keepin' Me remix EP that you can cop here. [audio:stereotyp-jecevaladao.mp3] Stereotyp ft. Edu K & Joyce Muniz - Jece Valadao DOWNLOAD Man Recordings is a German baile funk label that releases nothing but heat. Buy all their releases. [audio:http://www.stereotyp.biz/stereolive.mp3] Stereotyp ft. MC Coppa - Live Mix

Monday and Tuesday we made our monthly trip to NYC for Deep Space and record shopping and returned with these jewels: Hit Dancetracks after getting lost in alpabet city (as usual). Found serious Jeff Mills / Purpose Maker represses on the techno wall, also grabbed an amazing GAMM gospel workout by 7 Samurai (will do a Roots & Future piece on him soon), plus crazy Rancho Relaxo Allstars on Abe Duque Records, some shit thats sounds like Theo Parrish and newness on Kompakt Extra. Then we got wasted at some expensive wine tasting for free (thanks Adam). Deep Space was mostly the tits. REKID / Radioslave / Quiet Village (I linked there because that website is fresh) was Francois K's guest and played like 5 tracks after we got there at midnight (including the crazy Prins Thomas mix of Toot D'amore), before the king of dub took over for the rest of the nite. It was kind of weak that we only got see dude for so short, but Kevorkian never disappoints with his reverb machine (does anyone know how he does this) and the Funktion1 sound system at Cielo is so perfect. Thankfully Kevorkian played alot of techno and then dropped some crazy wash of sirens into a short set of dubstep, which sounds retarded on that system, next was some classic soul into Swizz Beatz' "It's Me Bitches", which has the most retarded of all hip-hop beats right now. It started to slow down at like 3 and we went to Le Souk which is better for euro shit on a Monday then Boston is on a Saturday plus it's DJ Dove and Disciple's night so it's good soulful tribal house. Tuesday hit TTLab and scooped that Prins Thomas remix, 2 dubstep tracks (one with a Busta sample and some Shackleton, which is twisted african dub drums - dude is slaying right now) and a Raw Fusion track. They had sold out of the new Moodyman dammit (anyone have that for me digital?)! Only had like 20 minutes at A1 (the best record store left on the east coast?), but got Ma Foom Bey Tony Humphries edits from '86 and more Jeff Mills. Caught the bus, got back to boring old Bean. Best part of the story? I forgot my ID in Boston and still got in everywhere and got wasted, it's so much more chill in NYC. Sorry to bore you to death. Here are the goods (you probably should be paying me for doing all the work and buying $13 import records for you, or at least all the fake DJs need to start buying vinyl and learn how to mix): [audio:jeffmills-power.mp3] Jeff Mills - Power DOWNLOAD This is on the Jetset EP, the best track is "The Shaker" on the b side, buy Jeff Mills' records here [audio:7samurai-godsprops.mp3] 7 Samurai - God's Props DOWNLOAD There's also 2 ridiculous techno/reggae tracks on here, but you need to buy the vinyl to get 'em. [audio:culturalvibe-mafoombey.mp3] Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version) DOWNLOAD Go dig at your local used record store [audio:shackleton-newdawn.mp3] Shackleton - New Dawn DOWNLOAD Buy Shackleton vinyl here and if anyone has more of his shit on digital PLEASE shout at me (imports are expensive).

The 90's yall. Much more baaayaayounce! Soul Clap's pre-millennium obsession continues and now it's the whole 90's. Lot's of house and dance jams plus hip-hop, r&b and a little alternative. RSVP to get in free and make sure to goto your mom's house and dig out your 90's gear. The 90's Dance Jam is the 1st Thursday of every month at Redline. The 90's Dance Jam is 21+ and there is NO COVER if you RSVP. Redline is at 59 JFK Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, USA, Earth. Here is a map. Always wear 90's gear.

I hope you enjoyed techno week and anyone who made it out to see Carl had as much fun as me. Pictures will be up as soon as I find my camera and we have audio from the nite that will be up soon too. Now, onto important business, The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 7! You've probably been seeing Paulo mentioned on our site for awhile now, from the minifunk party he played with us to his insane nites at Sagra in Davis Square to rocking techno in a friends dorm room til 5:30am last nite, dude is killing it right now and this week we finally get a chance to feature the music of our favorite Frenchy. Young Paulo knows as much about the minimal sound as anyone I know and for this mix he blesses us with some new favorites plus older gems. So subscribe now and then come to minifunk 2 on Friday, May 4th at Caprice! Tracklist: [audio:http://soulclap.us/podcast/episode7.mp3] Episode 7: Paulocast SUBSCRIBE

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First off, sorry the links from part 3 weren't working before. They work now. Second and more importantly, today we feature 3 of my all time personal favorite tracks, not just by Carl Craig, but really by anyone. These are all under his Paperclip People alias and were all released between '94 and '96, but the sounds and structure are so innovative that they easily could have come out yesterday. Please enjoy these responsibly and come to see Carl at Rise tomorrow night. Thanks. [audio:paperclippeople-throw.mp3] Paperclip People - Throw DOWNLOAD [audio:paperclippeople-theclimax.mp3] Paperclip People - The Climax DOWNLOAD [audio:paperclippeople-floor.mp3] Paperclip People - Floor DOWNLOAD Buy "Secret Tapes of Doctor Eich" a collection of all the dope Paperclip People tracks here.

Tonight I return to my old T.U. stomping grounds and apparently my French dude Paulo (he's on the controls for the next episode of the podcast) is killing Sagra, a new restaurant turned dance party on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Lots of new house music will be played and some S. Clap originals and some old favorites. We now return to your regularly scheduled techno week programming...

[audio:buginthebassbin.mp3] Innerzone Orchestra - Bug In The Bassbin DOWNLOAD Innerzone is Carl Craig alongside Detroit musicians Craig Taborn, Francisco Mora Catlett and an entire orchestra. Released in 1996, this is probably Craig's most well known track thanks to a slew of remixes on "James Lavelle's legendary trip hop label", Mo' Wax. [audio:heartbestill-carlcraig1996.mp3] Deee-Lite - Heart Be Still (Carl Craig 1996) DOWNLOAD Can't really beat this take on everyone's favorite early 90's dance group. Craig cuts the vocal up and adds a brutal bassline for full on smash sensation. Buy "Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities" a collection of Deee-Lite remixes here. [audio:moscowdiscow-carlcraigremix.mp3] Telex - Moscow Discow (Carl Craig Remix) DOWNLOAD Originally released in 1979, this track by Belgian "all-electronic disco pop band" Telex proved to be a major influence on the Detroit techno movement and received the Craig remix treatment in 1998. Buy "Designer Music VI" a collection of Craig's mid-late 90's remixes here.