FRIED TOFU - Vol. 2

In an overcompressed reality, the german label Fried Tofu stand their ground and delivers soulful disco-edits true to the originals.
Their second release includes edits of Fat Back Band, Pam Todd & Love Exchange and some other Greg Carmichael-ish disco stomper.

The edits are great in a K.I.S.S.-kinda way and stay within the strict rules of this here blog! A must-have for those sexy-late-night-DJ-sets.
Expect no digital distribution: like food and sex, Fried Tofu like their music physical and on vinyl (the edits are on vinyl - not the food and the sex...)
Visit the Fried Tofu-website to find your favorite vinyldealer.

FT02 Gettin Together [snippet] by Fried Tofu

Three degrees - Mercy (Greg Wilson Edit)

Greg Wilson has added a volume two to the series "Credit To The Edit". And all 12 edit are done in Greg's usual style: respectfully and very professionally. The acts are as diverse as Roxy Music, A Guy Called Gerald and O.M.D.

Another artist that get's the "Wilson-treatment" is The Third Degree and their Duffy Cover "Mercy". A straight up edit that "just" prolongues the good parts. Btw: The Third Degree project is masterminded by founder of Acid Jazz, Eddie Piller, Frederik Ekander, Swedish label guy with acess to the legendary Cosmos studio, and Marshall Chess, son of Chess label founder. Their mission is to further "real" live recorded music as opposed to digitally recorded music made across the web.

Also on Greg wilson's site I've found a 101 on how to edit with reel-to-reel tape. Maybe just a fun fact, as I guess not even he him self uses this method any longer. Read Greg Wilson's How to edits 101

Check out the rest of Greg Wilson's site as it is a DJ source of interview, history and footage.

Electrofunkroots : Greg Wilson's site
"Credit To The Edit Vol. 2 " at Juno
TriSound at myspace

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Do Your Thing (Lulu Rouge Edit)

This one's beautiful. Danish producer team Lulu Rouge vs. Charles Wright in a dancefloor frenzy. These guys know their dancefloor suspense-and-release routine. The track is Wright's 1968 hit "Do Your Thing". The Lulu guys left out the guitar solo, which is perfectly alright, and added percussion and a complementary bass-synth (yeah, yeah.. I know it's breaking the rules of this blog..). I loved "Do Your Thing" before, but now...wauww!

Thanks to Fat Berri's for this one. He's got more Lulu Rouge edits on his site

Lulu Rouge myspace
Charles Wright website

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Do Your Thing (Lulu Rouge Edit) (on Fat Berri's blog)

First Born: Al Downing: I'll Be Holding On (1974)

Well, maybe not the first, but one of the first available to the public (..or Tom's friends at least). Al Downing: "I'll Be Holding On" (1974) was edited by the magnificient Tom Moulton (picture) and cut on acetate 10". However, it wasn't release until 2006 on the Soul Jazz comp "A Tom Moulton Mix"
A typical cut'n'paste mix - by far his best - but nevertheless a good example of the possibilities of the time.

Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo/Mad Decent Edit)

This is a 101 on re-editing, if there ever was one. Diplo has utilized this 1968 classic to the fullest without takin' the groove and soul out of it. He's snatched strings from one channel and mixed it up, added delays, EQ and looped the short breaks. Admitted: the "wh-wh-wh-what is it!" sample works, though it's against my rules!

IMO, this is how it should be done! Off the "Verve // Remixed 4" album.