DEL
DEL lives in the city of brotherly love & SOUL, philaDELphia, where he listens to, dances to, makes & spins music! With a vast library of classic vinyl, he has created edits, remixes, original productions and the "A DEL Mix" series.
DEL's Foundations on the rise and fall of the quintessential vehicle for '70s dance music - the disco mixer.
The little known history of the undercover brothers and sisters of Incognito, in this month's Foundations by DEL.
FOUNDATIONS has focused a lot on the seminal days of dance music, particularly the period between the mid-'70s and mid-'80s. The group...
A Stabbing, a Car Accident, Paralysis, a Coma: Nothing Could Stop the Heatwave - the Pre-Eminent Multi-Ethnic Band of the Funk, Boogie and Disco Era.
While noodling about this issue's subject, it occurred to me that during the foundational period...
Crazy P, Daft Punk, Cajmere, Stanley Clarke and Michael Jackson make an appearance in DEL's Essential George Duke Playlist, compiled for his column Foundations.
Related: Foundations: George Duke: Master of the Game
I Want You For Myself
('79; #23 Dance-Disco / #23...
George Duke was the Master of the Game - a creative force that applied an academic and theoretical knowledge of music composition to pop music and a wide array of dance music's foundations.
DEL's Foundations series searches through the roots...
Peter Brown, Kat Mandu, Gino Soccio and Ralph McDonald join Anita Ward and KC and the Sunshine Band in DEL's essential TK Disco Playlist, compiled by DEL for Foundations.
Related: Foundations: TK Disco: Ray Caviano and the Lost Art of...
The signature bamboo, blue skies and palm trees meant this was a record worthy of the name TK DISCO. Ray Caviano made sure DJs played it.
DEL's Foundations series searches through the roots of modern dance music in print every...
Some artists are very well known. Some are known well by those that KNOW music! This is the case with this tight EP on the well-known Vega Records label by a guy that music lovers, DJs, and NYC Shelter-heads...
Dimitri from Paris, Kon, Theo Parrish and more make an appearance in the essential Sylvester playlist, compiled by DEL for his Foundations column.
Related: Foundations: Sylvester Fabuloso!
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
('78; #1 Dance-Disco/#20 R&B charts) - Sylvester literally got...
I recently did a lecture and DJ'd a party for Brian Cassidy's Cave Cast series where I discussed some of the foundations of philaDELphia music.
During the podcast, I mentioned the impact that AIDS had on the arts and music...
Tom Moulton, Greg Wilson, Prince Language and more make appearances in The Essential Gino Soccio Playlist, compiled by DEL for Foundations.
Related: Foundations: Whatever Happened to Gino Soccio?
Dancer
('79; #1 Dance-Disco / #60 R&B / #48 Pop charts) - An all-timer...
As I drove back from Brooklyn with my friends, DJ colleagues, and orchestrators of the seminal Sundae party in Philly Dirty and Lee Jones, we were all taken aback by what we had just witnessed. A 73 year...
DEL's Foundations counts down the required songs from Vincent Montana Jr.'s extensive discography.
Related: Foundations: Remember Vincent Montana, Jr.
It Looks Like Love
('78) - Goody Goody - "#1 Dee Jay", "Super Jock", and "Bio-Rhythms" (which I loved) were actually the songs...
The death of a memorable and influential person is always a cause for us to be saddened. Often, we pause to reflect what was. Sometimes, it brings forth a regret. All of these are part of the sad passing...
Timmy Regisford, Mousse T. and (of course) Michael Jackson make appearances in the essential Quincy Jones playlist, compiled by DEL for his Foundations column.
Related: Foundations: Quincy Jones, the Genius
Razzamatazz
('81; #3 Dance-Disco / #17 R&B charts) - As with many...
This installment of FOUNDATIONS is focused on a media genius. Quincy Jones has not only left an indelible mark on music but, also on TV and film, as an author, and with countless humanitarian endeavors. In his eighty years...
Black Motion was formed about five years ago as DJ Murder (aka Robert... Let's stick with that!) joined forces with Smol (aka Thabo). Well they set me on fire with "Set Me Free" in late '11 and I guess...
Few people in our world can be unilaterally identified by one name. Few people are known simply by a moniker... especially when that moniker has such a lofty status: The Maestro. That rare person in "dance music" (more...
There are few nightclub DJs that have accomplished as much, across as many genres, as Rich Medina (facebook, twitter, themarksmen.net, afrobeatles.com, crazylegsworkshop.com). He has worked with music legends like De La Soul, Erykah Badu, Roy Ayers, Gil Scott-Heron, The...
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