Duke about this EP: Ironically one of my very first records was a disco sample in 1990 taken from Queen Samantha. I don’t know exactly what inspired me, but likely coming from the Hip Hop world where everything was looped and sampled brought me to doing the same for house and therefore the disco, funk etc samples for the house stuff. The first techdisco EP was done in 1995. I think there may have been a handful of other house records out that sampled disco tracks at the time. Harvey Mason’s Groovin you comes to mind. Sneak also had done a few, but maybe Pal Joey was one of the originals too that used loops, particularly Dance by Earth People. Joey also came from the Hip Hop world so we likely were inspired by the same style of loops.
The main concept was the idea of fusion. I was heavily into fusion jazz in the early 90s and that is really what spawned the techdisco and techfunk series. A mix between genres that hadn’t really been done before. Not saying I was the first, but I did my best to create a new and distich style.
I did everything myself when it comes to the techdisco series. In 1996 I traveled a lot DJing, in the states but mostly in Europe. I didn’t have time for a resicency at that time like I had prior to me being full time DJ/producer/label owner. I did do some remixes back then, but maybe not as many as I would have thought. Perhaps because people looked at me as having my own label and doing my own thing.

Tracklisting (in order): A1 No Mistakes A2 Keep On Sampling B1 The Rain B2 Duke's All Jazzed Out

Distributed by DBH, artwork by Lecsicu Remastered by Herb LF, cut by Andreas Kauffelt originally released on DJ Exclusive, 1996. Copyright: Smile for a while, licensed from Power Music

Power Music Records presents Mood ll Swing! This release will be available as limited crystal green edition.
On A side ther are the glorious originals from Mood II Swing "Move Me" and "Move Me - Alternative Mix".
On The B side we have 2 great remixes of Mood II Swing "Call Me" by DJ Duke.

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Artist: Mood II Swing
Title: Music 4 Ya Ears
Additional remixes: DJ Duke
Label: Power Music Records
Format: 12" Vinyl only, crystal green vinyl
Genre: House
Tracklisting:
A1. Mood II Swing - Move Me
A2. Mood II Swing - Move Me (Alternative Mix)
B1. Mood II Swing - Call Me (DJ Duke Deep Mix)
B2. Mood II Swing - Call Me (Piano Boys Mix)

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POWER MUSIC RECORDS RE-ISSUES SEX MANIA 01 BY PLEASURE DOME AKA DJ DUKE FROM 1993!!!
HIGHY RECOMMENDED!

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Artsit: Pleasure Dome
Title: 15 Minutes In The Mix
Label: SEX MANIA
Genre: House/ Acid House
Format: 12"
Cat: SEX-01
Release date: 04.12.2023
Tracklisting:
A. 15 Min. In The Mix
B. 8 Min. Of Trance

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Finally, the long awaited follow up to DJ Duke's house classic "Old Skool Deep Sampler Vol 1, which featured homages to Marshall Jefferson (Jefferson), Fingers Inc (Fingers), Larry Heard (Heard) and Ron Trent (Trent). This follow up E.P. (Vol. 2) features another string of worthwhile homages to the late Frankie Knuckles (Knuckles), Farley Jackmaster Funk (Farley), Chip E (Chip E.xtacy) and Boyd Jarvis (Jarvis).

Duke has always respected the pioneers that created the house/club scene and set the grounds for what's become of the biggest music crazes in the world. For example, Boyd Jarvis used to play live on air with Timmy Regisford on NYC radio station 107.5 WBLS using drum machines for the beats and then play keys on top of it. Duke tried to keep the tracks as close to the feeling of these pioneers, selecting the right drum machines, sounds, and overall vibe, but still keep the tracks fresh and not derivative.


Artist: DJ Duke
Title: Old Skool Deep Sampler Vol. 2
Label: Power Music Records
Cat: PMD-059
Genre: House
Format: 12"
Release date: 12.07.2019
Tracklisting:
A1. Knuckles (Warehousel Mix)
A2. Jarvis (107.5 WBLS Mix)
B1. Farley (Love So Strong)
B2. Chip E (xtacy)

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Another classic from the Power Music/ DJ Duke - imperium in the rebound.
This time it's PMD-039 from 1996 by Red Hook, including remixes by Kenny Dope and Johnick!

Teaser: https://bit.ly/2Nnzeo6

Artist: Red Hook
Title: Your Love
Label: Power Music Records
Genre: House
Cat: PMD-039
Additional Remixes by: Kenny Dope, Johnick
Release date: 17.05.2021
Tracklisting:
A1 Your Love (Kenny Dope Remix)
A2 Your Love (Johnick Dub)
B1 Your Love (Original Mix)
B2 Jammin' (Bonus Cut)

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Rose Cornelius – Here – Disco Bizarre 003

Here we‘ve got two tunes that come with a fascinating story. Recorded in the late 70’s, but never released, this music was thought to be lost.But let’s go back to the beginning. Rose was originally a member of family affair called „The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose“ heralding from Dania Beach, Florida. The group had early success with a recording contract with United Artists, which produced two albums in 1972 & 73 respectively, plus an extensive number of single release taken from these albums, which included the million seller ‘Too late to turn back now’. But Rose’s story starts even further back, singing solo and as part of the Gospel Jazz Singers in the late 60’s, with even a solo appearance on The Ed Sullivan TV show. In 1970, at her mother’s request, she returned home to form the family group and to use her contacts in the music industry to move things forward. The group stayed together until 1976. Soon after Rose returned to a solo career, but few further releases appeared. During this time she recorded a number of tracks in Miami at The Music factory with producer Shirley Cowell, who later received a grammy nomination for her work with Lena Horne. Arrangement was done by gold-certified studio veteran Frank Owens. By this time the Disco sound had taken over much of the music industry and these tracks had a Hi-Energy feel that was much in favour at the time. This session produced the titles ‘Here’ and ‘I want you to stay with me’ but no release was forthcoming. For many years they became almost forgotten, until the next chapter of the story.In 2018 DJ and record collector Dave Thorley saw an old & dusty acetate disc for sale online, credited to Rose Cornelius. When listening to it he realised that this was indeed Sister Rose of the aforementioned group and purchased it, initially with the intention of simply playing it in his DJ sets. Dave offered the disc to his friends of the Disco Bizarre crew from KitKatClub / Berlin for their record label. Rose, in turn, was contacted and she was kind enough to give permission for its release and additional contemporary remixes/ re-edits. Thus New York producer veteran DJ Duke and San Francisco Disco authority Jim Hopkins landed on the bill. You now have the results of this story on Disco Bizarre’s latest release - a story that has spanned fifty plus years. We at Disco Bizarre are excited about the final results and are happy we‘re able to share it with you.

DJ Duke presents another masterpiece from the past - Can You Feel It/ Disco-Tech from 1996 will be out in April with unreleased mixes!

Highly recommended!


Artists: DJ Duke
Title: Techdisco Vol. 7 E.P. (The Unreleased Mixes)
Label: DJ Exclusive
Cat: XDJ-026
Format: 12"
Genre: House
Release date: 10.04.2020
Tracklisting:
A. Can you feel it (2019 Feel The Stomper)
B1. Disco-Tech (2019 Reprise Groove Mix)
B2. Can you feel it (2019 Stomper Beats)

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Another great re-issue from the vaults of DJ Dukes imperium. This time it's the Music For Your Ears #8 by The Visionary aka Felix Da Housecat from 1996! On top of this Dj Duke included an unreleased remix to this gem (B2). A must have not only for those who missed this record in the past!

Artist: The Visionary (Felix Da Housecat)
Title: Free My Soul
Label: Music For Your Ears
Genre: House
Cat: MF-08
Format: 12"
Release date: 13.01.2019
Tracklisting:
A1. Free My Soul (Da Housecat's Soul Mix)
A2. Free My Soul (Duke's Deep Mix)
B1. My Life Is Music (Bonus)
B2. Free My Soul (Dukes Visionary Mix)*

*unreleased till now

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SEX MANIA is back! DBH Music will present most on the great past productions and also new releases! We're starting with the re-issue by DJ Duke aka Techfunkers - Techfunkers The Album:Techfunk Is Where It's At (Vol 1 Out Of 3) - originally released 1995! Stay tuned for more!

Artist: Techfunkers
Title: Techfunkers The Album: Techfunk Is Where It's At (Vol 1 Out Of 3)
Label: SEX MANIA
Genre: Electro
Format: 12"
Cat: SEXLP-02

Tracklisting:
A. Looking 4 Da Perfect Beat
B1. Techfunk Revenge
B2. Don't Stop Bonus

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