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Broccoli Rabe Records is still in business to this day, although now I believe the co-founder, Brian Drago, runs it as a post production an...

I recently came to the realization that we haven't explicitly covered the band Slave here in the several years since BE's incepti...

This jam by The Bang Gang came out on Sugarscoop in 1981. It is an early track produced by the most prolific dance music producer of the 80s...

I finally unpacked my records, but managed to put each and every individual cable I needed to get the home rig set up in a separate box, as...

Jocelyn Brown is a bad ass. The beginning of this song is just stunning and rarely has a song about two timing love been so upbeat. "...

Just when I thought I was out of high caliber boogie records to post I went digging through my crates tonite and found this jam on Prism sub...

I moved into a new apartment this week, so all my crappy records are still in boxes, unmarked boxes with mixed and bizarre content, 7"s...

After hearing the disturbing news that several mp3 blogs were decimated last night by our friends at Skynet, I am stepping out of my cave th...

This is a heavy cosmic disco track that is almost guaranteed to get you laid this Valentine's Day. Demis has had a long and storied care...

With its anthemic backing track and trippy sped up vocals, Lady Bug is considered by many to be a definitive disco banger. I have always be...

Legendary dance music label Mirage Records was formed in 1980 by brother Bob and Jerry Greenberg, Bob holding down the West coast and Jerry...

These tracks may be a bit too smooth for some of you, but Valentines Day is coming up so all you foos better get with the program. Cecil and...

Using a picture of a tricked out, synthesizer laden studio from 1987 is a little misrepresentative of a orchestral disco track from 1977, b...

This track needs little introduction. If you are a boogie nerd and dig that 1984 sound, then you probably know and love the lone Exquisite T...

Starting slow and then building into a full on, jam packed disco groove, "Get Another Love" was Chantal Curtis' biggest hit. ...

The Guardian Angels are a vigilante force probably formed in Norwich, Norfolk in 1979, during the height of the disco era, as a public resp...

This release compiled and edited by Ron Hardy in 1989 showcased some of Frankie Knuckle's finest work on the groundbreaking Chicago lab...

This Plastic Bertrand edit by the late great Ron Hardy has a loop that you can listen to forever. It evokes a patient dance floor full of e...

We lost another soul great. There are obituaries for Teddy Pendergrass all over the media right now, and I'm no authority so I will ref...

Beyond the fact that singer/guitarist Steve Shelto (or Mr. Class as he is now known) recorded an exceptional 12" for Sam records in 19...

This lazer soul jam was released in 1985 on Genius Records, a Macola subsidiary. This track was born in the days of ultra slick modern soul ...

The not so aptly titled Wreckin' Crew formed in Chicago, Il. in the late 70's and you can read their bio here . At least regionally ...

Happy New Year from B.E, I hope everyone enjoyed themselves to excess. I guess this is the first post of 2010, so to keep things in a jubila...

The late Ray Caviano was the A&R man for T.K. Records and its offshoot Marlin during the peak 70's disco era signing Voyage, Kat M...

Fela Kuti was a very accomplished Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and recording artist who was the founder of afrobeat and funk. His 1975 re...

So this is a picture of classical jazz pianist Oscar Peterson with the Roland TB-303 and TR-606, taken from the original Roland brochure in...

In keeping with the spirit of Black Shag's Africa post and Beat Electric's permanent ban on any Christmas related music, today we c...

This track led to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis getting kicked out of The Time. The two band mates produced this record while on a brief hiatus ...

There are much better resources out there for African dance music than BE, in fact I should run up a list of some of my favorites an append...