My love for Tomas Barfod started a few years ago when I came across his remix of Bon Iver’s Re: Stacks and realized he was the founder of WhoMadeWho. Unfortunately I missed his DJ sets down here last WMC but given his new album Salton Sea is pretty awesome I’m sure he’ll be invited back in the near future. (I’ll be adding Salton Sea to our rotation albums list at wynwoodradio.com)

Bio:

Tomas has played drums since he was 10 years old, but at some point he started buying vintage synthesizers, samplers and sequencers. He slowly started djing and producing music. Since then he has been doing a variety of electronic produced music, both alone and together with different partners (fx. Kasper Bjorke) and on various important record labels.

After some years in the electronic club scene live music was slowly catching in on him again, and he started Whomadewho with two fellow danes, where he plays drums and produces. In general you could say his career has been rather diverse – basically he has been doing everything from ambient techno to Japanese pop.

For Tomas Barfod the kickstart came with the ‘Tomboy’ acid / disco 12” series on Gomma records, shortly afterwards came releases on Get Physical, Kitsune and Turbo, where ‘Samba’ and ‘I.K. Guitar’ became club bangers. Tomas also is a much requested remixer and has done remixes of such diverse artists as Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz, Lopazz, Telex, Chromeo, Asia Argento just to name a few. As a dj he has played legendary clubs like Fabric (London), Panorama Bar (Berlin), Bar 25 (Berlin), Goa (Roma), Magazini Genarali (Milan), Razzmatazz (Barcelona), Lux (Portugal), Social Club (Paris).

Tomas Barfod – Till We Die (feat. Nina Kinert)

Tomas Barfod – Only Human (feat. CHLLNGR)

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Nitemoves is the monkier of Rory O’Conner, a talented musician and sound designer who is heavily involved with the boys over at Moodgadget and Ghostly Int’l. His debut LP Longlines was produced in the back of trains, planes and automobiles whilst touring as a drummer for Com Truise and Tycho over the last year. To be sure, based on whom he colludes with you know quality of the music is going to be high. With its hip-hop influenced beatsmithy, dark 80′s synth work and entrancing production methods  Longlines has all the tell-tale signs of a good summer album. This release is best enjoyed chilled at dusk or dawn with the windows down and bass blasting, just sayin’. And besides, the word “night” is in the name so you know we love it .

By Laurence ‘Pucho’ Henriquez

One of our most posted about artist is Todd Terje. We must like him right? Anyway, Terje (pronounced a bit like Perrier but with a rolling R) will be hitting up The Electric Pickle tonight for one of our Nightdrive shindigs. We’re super excited about this as dude rarely plays in the US and is only playing 3 North America dates this time around. If you’re wondering how disco got popular again, fingers point to this guy (amongst a few others).

BIO:

Following a string of celebrated releases leaning on everything from kitschy euro sounds to deep funk and latin jazz, the relatively new to the scene Todd Terje has already made his mark within dance music circuits. Gems such as the cheese monster “Eurodans” and the latin disco-fuelled edit of Jacko’s “Can’t Help it” under his Tangoterje edit-moniker instantly made industry types and clubbers alike go bananas, and whatever the 25 year old Norwegian puts his fingers on, it always comes out with that crucial blend of musicality and playfulness.

Growing up in the rural village of Mjøndalen, dance music influences were scarce, and no, there was never any Diskoklubb there. Not a lot of obscure disco or acid house in his milk either. However, during the early/mid nineties dance culture sneaked it way into even the most remote parts of Norway, thanks to the popularity of acts like The Prodigy and national radio stations filling prime time slots with underground jocks Olle Abstract and Pål “Strangefruit” Nyhus. On the more personal level, Terje’s sister was a close friend of the late Tore “Erot” Kroknes, and the tapes she brought home to the young Terje became a major source of inspiration. Playing around in his early teens on a crap PC together with his mate Dølle Jølle, Terje made his first attempts on house and jungle, which they played from cassette tapes on junior high school-dances. Maybe too young for old music back then, Terje reckoned that disco was all a bit silly – until Bjørn Torske’s “Sexy Disco” caught his ears in 1999. (read more)

Tune into Nightdrive’s radio show today on WYNWOODRADIO.COM (every Thursday 2-4pm est) for a chance to win a pair of tickets to tonight’s event.

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Peter Hecher began his musical career as a house music dj and producer in the 90′s. Since then the Canadian native developed his alter ego, PH Groove, which reveals his space disco and italo influences. Hecher has releases under various Canadian labels and has also been reviewed in Mixmag, Muzik Mag and XLR8.

Ph groove goes back to his 80′s roots with a synth infused electronic sound and has recently released his latest EP Hyperdrive under Relux Rimini. Hecher currently runs and owns his own record label called Tonite Records and claims he ‘will always keep producing music’, we hope so.

PH Groove – Starship Discoteque

PH Groove – Arcade Life

Dark Side of the Spoon (PH Remix)

Hyperdrive EP

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Roberto Rodriguez from Helsinki has been in the business of producing quality deep house for over a decade, both as himself and under his more recent “Manolo” moniker, but 2012 marks the release of his debut full-length album, Dawn. In contrast to his previous material, the new record flexes some strong disco influences throughout, as highlighted by its lead single Tell Me. All in all, a nicely assorted and very solid collection of tracks.

Dawn is available now on Beatport.

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We love new releases from Ceremony home to Albert Swarm, Young Athletes League, and Dag för Dag. Their latest and greatest is Swedish DJ/ Producer Bam Spacey who’s last release Land reminds me  a little of  The Tough Alliance and Studio with traces of  “deep pop” (a term I just learned). It’s got that Swedish summer feel but is also relatively danceable. I just wish I spoke Swedish.

Bio:

There’s more to this mix than a well-curated assortment of dance tracks cleverly arranged with clean transitions.  There’s a clear concept and a spirit behind what Miami-based DJ Santiago Caballero puts out.  Months in the making, this mix coincides with the relatively new weekly party in the Miami scene lewdly titled Slap & Tickle.

Curiously held on notoriously challenging Tuesday nights, S&T is a dancer’s dance party.  Resident DJs and close Nightdrive comrades Pirate Stereo, Troy Kurtz, and Caballero himself bring some serious heat to El Bolero Room at The Electric Pickle with local guest DJs every week. The faithfully packed room along with a discreet and unassuming vibe make this party the panacea for any jaded Miami local.  These guys are on to something and they’re doing it for all the right reasons.

…and check out Slap & Tickle mixes 001 and 002 HERE

Let’s shift our attention to the oh so glorious italo disco genre for a second. Mexico’s Zhino has a real appreciation for this stuff and comes out with the best of italo edits. He’s been involved with several side projects such as not-so famous and DiscoRollers. His soundcloud features a bunch of “fractured edits” which are reinterpretations of italo jams many of us global mutts grew up listening to.

Bio:

He’s been Djing since 1996, constantly looking for new sounds of electronic music. In his mixes tries to take a flow between the Deep House, Tech-House, Obscure Space & Cosmic Disco and Techno music. During his career has performed in many parties, nightclubs and electronic music festivals, also in FM, AM and web radio stations.

Now he is working as one of the hosts of “The Underexposed: Resolution” Radio Show from Proton Radio and chasing new sounds for the label “Raccoon Records”.

Alaska & Los Pegamoides – Bailando (Edit de DiscoRollers)

Azoto – Anytime Or Place (Fractured Edit)

Magazine 60 – Don Quichotte (Fractured Super Dub)

For all of you, like myself, who are way too dependent on digital technology, the boys of proto nu-disco revolutionaries Metro Area have re-released their  ”5″ and “6″ EPs for our downloading pleasure.  These were EPs that were released back in 2004 and 2005 respectively in vinyl format only.  Now these gems are no longer for the turntable-weilding elite, but for the unwashed cyber-masses as well.  I knew those discoheads were a bunch of commies…  Listen to them here but head over to Environ and drop a few bones for our buddies Morgan and Darshan.  There’s also a tidbit of news that Storm Queen (Geist) will be releasing his next single Let’s Make Mistakes.

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Finnebassen (Finn Peder Wang) is, in his own words, “a 24-year-old guy who makes house music.” Modest as he may be, the young Norweigan’s productions have garnered significant attention in a very short period of time, most recently having been featured in Aeroplane’s April chart mix. That track, a deep take on Aaliyah’s If Your Girl Only Knew, marks his first commercial release via Electronique, and with a follow-up due soon on The House of Disco, it’s safe to say that the buzz around Finnebassen is only going to multiply as the year goes on.

Grab If You Only Knew here and watch out for more amazing stuff from this guy.

Guest Post by Luciano Medori