The Reddings - Remote Control (1980)

This was the first and most successful single for The Reddings, a band formed by two of Otis Redding sons and their cousins, nice live bassline, great horns and a powerful soul voice make this a delightful slice of eighties funk.

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The Reddings - Remote Control (Extended Version).mp3

Dancio - Crazy Love (1994)

This is a strange instrumental track that is a B-side of a Dutch single from Dancio on the Label Basic Beat that always offered originality on vinyl. A sort of hand played breakbeat drum loop gets enriched by jamming keyboards and saxophone samples, it reminds me slightly of "Plastic Dreams" by Jaydee, funky and captivating.

Dancio - Crazy Love (Just For The Funk Of It)

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Kleeer - De Kleeer Ting / Get Tough (1981)

Kleeer (yes, with 3 e!!), was an American band that went through different metamorphoses, they started with the name Pipeline, then they become Jam and after Universal Robot Band (with the legendary Patrick Adams ) and finally they settled down for Kleeer, those are taken from their 3rd album "Licence To Dream", "De Kleer Ting" has a wonderful intro/countdown and then explodes in a funky track with minimal vocals but extremely powerful, "Get Tough" is more elegant, astonishing percussion in the intro and then a guitar driven vocal track hard to forget!!

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Kleer - De Kleer Ting / Get Tough (album Versions)

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PRELUDE

And let's start this adventure. let's free our minds and let the beat begin, is my absolute intention in taking ya on a trip that will touch many styles of Dance Music during the years, this beautiful soundtrack that filled our nights (.....and so often mornings and days) in Clubs and Discos, during gathering of people that get together with the only purpose of having the time of their lives, dancing and sweating to the rhythms and the drums, to the strings and the keyboards, to the extraordinary effects and the wonderful vocals, to all the amazingly coordinated elements that are part of the make-believe world of Club Music.

Enjoy The Ride!