HELLO, BROOKLYN!

10.17.06

Picked up a few gems from a street vendor in Williamsburg.

1.  Planet Patrol - Cheap Thrills [Tommy Boy] Electro boogie business.

2.  Hot Butter - Popcorn [SR International] German pressing of the Moog classic.

3.  Mantronix - Music Madness [Sleeping Bag Records] Serious electro.

4.  Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus [WMOT Records] Classic b-boy break!

5.  End of the Century - Maiden Voyage [Ranwood] From this

6.  Orchestra Harlow - Hommy: A Latin Opera [Fania] It is just that.

7.  Maurice - This is Acid (A New Dance Craze) [Vendetta] Classic acid house.

8.  Herbie Hancock - Hidden Shadows [CBS] The heavy funky sounds that are the basis of the Headhunters LP.

9.  Midnight Star - Electricity [TSR] From a collection of European record pool remix contest winners.

10.  Ben Sidran - Now I Live (And Now My Life is Done) [Blue Thumb] Laid-back, trippy funkiness. I didn't think I'd enjoy this album, Puttin' in Time on Planet Earth, as much as I do. Turns out Ben was listening to a lot of Ohio Players and wanted to get that feeling in his own recordings. Very nice indeed.