Last Friday's party

Had a brilliant night, with the Hello My Name is crew dropping some superb selections all night long! Great to see plenty of familiar faces too - audio and pictures to follow :)

Hello My Name Is....top 5 chart!

To give you a taster of what to expect at the party this Friday, Ian Martin aka PP aka Geek Chic has knocked up a lil selection of his current favourites:

1. The Beautiful Memory / Rondenion
2. Who Got The Floor / Be
3. You Got / Ilija Rudman
4. Mr Goove / One Way
5. Roll of the Beast / Clyde

Expect this sort of goodness in the upstairs bar all night long on Friday :)

Neil Maclean - October Mix

1. East/West Edits 1 - Donnell & Thelma
2. Be - Whogothefloor
3. Chow Daddy - Never Fade
4. The Revenge - Night Flight
5. Mattski - Something Called
6. Jazzanova - Let Me Show Ya (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
7. Andy Ash - Erika Wants
8. Kenny Larkin - Wake Me
9. Solar House - Got 2 B U (Fresh and Low Remix)
10. Lawnchair Generals - The Truth
11. 6th Borough Project - Planets
12. D-Train - Keep On (KZR Edit)

Neil Maclean - October 2008 Mix

Here's an edit of one of my favourite Quincy Jones tracks, with the brilliant Patti Austin on vocals. Its an edit me and my good bud Stu Clark clark did - hope u enjoy :)

Quincy Jones - Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me (NMSC Edit)

Mickey's latest show - Oct 7th 2008

Little Big Bee - Searchin (Atjazz Remix)
Sound Stream - Makin Love
Schmoov / Vincenzo - Skylines & Concrete
Three Chairs - Congo Mambo
Ethnic Heritage - People Are Runnin (Charles Webster Remix)
Frankie Feliciano - One Note Samba
Larry Heard - Love & Justice
Ame - Tonight (Visions In Session Edit)
Collective Spirits - Better Way (DEMO from forthcoming LP)
Reelsoul Ft Stephanie Cooke - 1000 Ways (Groove Assassin Remix)
Incognito - We Got Music (Matt Coopers 'outside' Mix)
Phil Asher & Friends - Runnin (Reprise)
Larry P Rauson - Peace Of Kotto
Hippie Torrales Ft Farrah - Always
Tama Waipara - Where I Go (Nathan Haines Remix)
Su Su Bobien / Barbara Tucker - Carefree (Melchyor A Hmida Remix)
Todd Gardner - Do You Still Know House (Rob Rhythm Bounce Mix)
Mentalinstrum Ft Giant Storm - Trust Yourself (280 West Remix)

DOWNLOAD HERE

There's now a Facebook group to keep up with all goings on at The Embassy Bar in Islington, London. We hold our Visions In Session night there, and we are part of an exciting Friday night line-up which is making it THE destination for your Friday-night music fix! The line ups are shaping up well for autumn and winter and each week you can expect two floors of the finest soul infused dance beats with DJs and special guests playing Jazz, Funk, Soul Disco, Boogie, Afro, Latin, Deep & Soulful House over the two floors of this intimate Islington bar with an ace sound system, pub prices and a friendly crowd of party people. We're back on October 17th (see details below) :)

You can join the Friday Night Disco Facebook group HERE

And dont forget to join our Visions In Session group HERE

Mickey Blanco's Autumnal Aural Top 11 (October 2008)

1. Reelsoul Ft Stephanie Cooke - 1000 Ways (Groove Assassin Remix) - Forthcoming on Deephaven

2. Dozie - Sensuality (Aybee's Midnight Creep) - Deepblak.com

3. Nicole Conte - Love In - Universal (Rituals LP)

4. Peven Everett - Sexy One (Rework) - Peven Everett Music (Digital)

5. Collective Spirits vs Djinji Brown - CDR

6. Sleepwalker - Thank You (Danny Krivit Edit) - Especial

7. Djinji Brown - Martas House - Yoruba

8. Down To The Bone - Yo Mama's So Phat

9. Jill Scott - The Way (Live In Paris 2007)

10. Larry P Rauson - Peace Of Kotto

11. Tama Waipara - Where I Go (Nathan Haines Remix)

Our good friend Armon at http://www.deepblak.com/ has recently released this wonderful compilation. With a exciting array of talent (many you might be hearing of for the first time) this compilation provides something for you all.

To purchase this digitally then follow the following link:

http://payloadz.com/go?id=507382

For more information from the Deepblak camp then see the links below. Believe us, these guys are the real deal !

+ http://www.deepblak.com/

+ http://www.myspace.com/deepblak

+ http://www.urbanelectrik.com/

Visions In Session on Global Soul Radio

Here is a show from a few weeks back, hope you enjoy the music. Mainly vocals this for this show.

Visions with Mickey Blanco 16th September 2008
www.globalsoulradio.com

USG Presents African Blues - Great Meditator
Joi - Gentle Rain (Rain Forest Version)
Naoyuki Honzawa - La Lune (mOOn)
Chase Von Heckler - Super Fun
GA Ft Pete Simpson - Like What You Do (Dom Navarra Latin Magic Mix)
Lizz Fields - Gotta Go (DJ Spinna Remix)
Kemal Ft Michelle Weeks - Come Together
Rich Medina - Too Much (DJ Kemit Remix)
Greg Gauthier & Tony L Ft Sabrynaah Pope - Someone For You (String Quartet Mix)
Gazzara - Spirit Of The Sun (Edit)
GU - You Are Love
Tonya Renee - About You (Pablo Martinez Vocal Remix)
Moodmen - Feeling This (Matt Hughes Edit)
Viola - He Is Lord (Blancke St Mix)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ax6jb6

Basement Soul

Our good friends who helped us launch our Visions In Session night in style last month. The lads have been causing quite a stir with their edits and compilation albums, and run very successful parties down in Brighton as well as guesting regularly in London and Tokyo. Find all you need to know here:

Basement Soul

RAW

We'll be posting up a lot of our mixes, and here's one to get things started - its a guest mix Neil did for the RAW Promotions site a couple of years back, mixed on that set-up above (not really, just wanted to post a picture of the amazing set up at Club Love in NYC!)

Tracklist to follow :)

Neil's RAW guest mix from 2007

Dis Poem

Did this remix a while back with Matt Hughes (the UK one lol). The original mixes of this track have always been a fav of ours, and bring back memories of The Shelter in NYC. Hope you enjoy our new interpretation:

Mutabaruka - Dis Poem (Neil Maclean & Matt Hughes Remix)

Collective Spirits

I'm in the process of doing an album with our good friend Jonny Montana from Camio Recordings. Our debut EP ' Love Planet' was really well received, with support from Tony Humphries, Groove Assassin and many more. Our latest track 'Organ Ride' appears on the All Jazzed Out EP on Camio - and our album is due before the end of the year. Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far - we'll be having album launch parties both in London and New York so keep checking back for dates.

You can listen/buy the releases here:

Love Planet EP

All Jazzed Out EP

Mickey Blanco Presents Visions

You can catch Mickey's show each and every Tuesday night 9-11pm GMT on Global Soul Radio.
Expect a showcase of the finest upfront and classic dance music lovingly selected by Blanco.

Vision In Session Vs Hello My Name Is @ The Embassy Bar London

Fresh from their 1st Birthday with Domu on Friday in Southampton, the Hello My Name Is.. lads are our special guests for the 2nd Visions In Session party at the Embassy Bar. Stu, Ian and Ryan have been building an excellent reputation over the past year with their open-minded music policy and pure enthusiasm for a good party. Its a buzz to see their night going from strength-to-strength and guests in the past year have included Atjazz, Development, Orin from Bugz In The Attic, Andy Bird, and our previous Visions guests Basement Soul. The boys will be hosting the upstairs bar all night, with Mickey and me spinning downstairs from about 11ish!

The Embassy Bar, Essex Rd, N1
17th October 2008
9pm to 2am

To check the sort of stuff to expect from the lads, check out their blog and sign up to their podcast:

Hello My Name Is....

8 for October

from Neil

1. Brother's Vibe - Platter Sugar

2. D-Train - Keep On (Kai Alce Edit)

3. The Revenge - Night Flight

4. Kenny Larkin - Wake Me

5. Chow Daddy - Never Fade

6. East/West Edits 2 - Collective Spirits Vs Djinji

7. 6th Borough Project - Planets

8. Andy Ash - Carnival De L'Spirit LP

Welcome

Thanks for dropping by Visions . Here you'll be able to keep up-to-date with party-news, grab free edits, check our latest charts, download the latest radio show, and loads more. To kick things off here's a lil' edit from me, hope u enjoy :)

East/West Edits 1 - Donell & Thelma