So I am in New York City for the week. Black Shag and I DJ'd in Montreal last weekend to a very enthusiastic crowd and our biggest observation about Canadians was their overall laid back attitudes and lack of pretension. In general American scenesters just seem to be a bit too jaded. That said, from what I am told New Yorkers are the most unpretentious, accepting group of people on the planet and I look forward to seeing them prove it. Tonite I DJ in Brooklyn for the east coast debut of SF's Donuts party and in honor of the occasion I am posting one of my deepest boogie cuts from Castro Valley, California, just south of Oakland.
Squirmin Herman put out two 12 inch singles on their own To The Top Productions label. I have them both but the second and more rare Move and Shake your Body is the superior release. Move and Shake is from 1988, a late period boogie number with some modern elements but I imagine it might have sounded a bit dated upon its release. Either way, its a heavy record. This is one of my secret weapons and I am sharing it with you because that's how we roll in a post modern un-jaded America.
Squirmin Herman - Move And Shake Your Body (Club Version)
Squirmin Herman - Move And Shake Your Body (Instrumental)
Huge smokin' beat....THANKS.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff last night! I've been reading/listening to this blog for a couple years, and it was real cool to get to see you spin. Come back soon!
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Thank you for sharing all these killer tunes.
ReplyDeleteOops looks like I caught this in my rss blog feed a little late in your visit. Glad you made it out here to NY. The Donuts party sounds like fun, but hope you were able to also check out the parties native to NY like Body & Soul, 718 Sessions, Libation, Coney Island Sandcastles, etc. Frank's Lounge in Brooklyn also throws a GREAT Saturday night party. I'm a Bay Area transplant to Brooklyn - nothing like the dance parties out here. And you're right - the NY parties that have been around for a long time lack the pretense of scenesters.
ReplyDeleteGreat show in Montreal, danced my face off! Thank you!
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Wading through the scenesters can put a real drag on the SF party experience. Hard to believe anyone would bother pretending to be into this music. It's so unpretentious. There's nothing fashionable or self conscious about it, unlike the scads of imitators lurking on the chart fringes these days. So much fake attitude. What a waste of time. Drop it and join the party!
ReplyDeleteThe instrumental of this is made for the dancefloor - it just pounds away nicely.
ReplyDeleteIt can be hard to find though - at least in Australia. Thank God for eBay. :)
Thanks for your posts.
come play in Toronto! funn post
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