Time To Move

I found all these old Chicago party flyers on Devastating Dennis's myspace page, I must have downloaded about twenty or so. They are reminiscent of that time around the mid or late eighties when I first started to notice aesthetic, or soak it in at least, and the DIY style of the time reminds me of the cheaper small skateboard company ad's I would cut out and collect. I couldn't afford imported new wavey skateboard gear, and I didn't go to late eighties house raves and the tune I'm posting isn't even from Chicago (I think it originates from Michigan) but the spirit is still the same, so with that fine segue...on to Carmen's Time To Move!

This is an all female production, with Daisy Earnest working the boards, and a classic boogie 45 with an almost freestyle quality to it. Carmen did go on to record another vocal for track named 'Throw Down' produced by Kevin McCord that became an underground proto house classic, but I didn't post it as my copy of that particular 45 is beat to hell and I feel Time To Move is the superior track of the two anyway. I played this in a basement in Chinatown recently at the surreal and highly recommended Sweater Funk party and a friendly out of town DJ who was visiting asked me to throw this one up on the site, I can only oblige:

Carmen - Time To Move