In tribute to Armando's birthday, we're pulling this mix out of our archives. Published in February 2008, Armando's Tales from the Trackside was originally transferred and cleaned up from cassette tape by Rees Urban. As we wrote at the time, "From some of the tracks included here, such as Mike Dunn's 'God Made Me Phunky', we can tentatively date this to approximately 1994 or 1995, though Armando of course had access to classic tracks like these from Mike and other friends well before they appeared in record stores."
The (incomplete) playlist below was compiled by a user at discogs.com, for which many thanks. Label info was filled in to the extent possible by me, and some of it is certainly misleading as many of these classic tracks were released domestically and overseas on different labels (and not always legally). Any corrections or assistance with the missing track IDs would of course be greatly appreciated.
This year's annual tribute event in honor of Armando is this Thursday, February 11th at Betty's Blue Star (1600 W. Grand, 10pm-4am, free) featuring special guests Paul Johnson, Eric Martin and Urban's House resident DJ Rees Urban, with hostess Czarina Mirani from 5 Magazine.
(For the curious, the photo above of a youthful Armando, Felix da House Cat and Mike Dunn is from Volume magazine's compilation Trance Atlantic 2, released October 1995.)
For more mixes, radio shows, podcasts from more of the greatest House Music DJs on the planet, check out past episodes of New Mix Monday, the 5 Magazine Radio Show and everything in one place at our audio archives page.
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| + Playlist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 01: Armando | Worldbeat | Radikal Fear |
| 02: The MD X-Spress | God Made Me Funky | Nite Stuff |
| 03: Armando | Morse Code | Trax |
| 04: Armando | Radikal Bitch | Radikal Fear |
| 05: Armando | Pleasuredome | Trax |
| 06: ??? | ??? | n/a |
| 07: Armando | Transaxual | Radikal Fear |
| 08: Aphrohead | In the Dark We Live (Thee Lite) | Bush |
| 09: DJ Deeon | Raw | Dance Mania |
| 10: DJ Funk | Work That Body | Dance Mania |
| 11: ??? | ??? | n/a |
| 12: DJ Deeon | Sex | Freak Mode |
| 13: DJ Deeon | U.G. Classic | Freak Mode |
| 14: Back In Da Days | Doggie Style 92 | Dance Mania |
| 15: Traxmen | Wet Floor | Dance Mania |
| 16: Cajmere | Conflict | Cajual |
| 17: Steve Poindexter | Work That Mutha Fucker | Musique |
| 18: ??? | ??? | xxx |
| 19: Playground Production Z | Vertigo | Dance Mania |
| 20: DJ Funk | Reactivate It | Dance Mania |
| 21: The MD X-Spress | Welcome 2 Da Klub | Nite Stuff |
| 22: Speedy J | Something For Your Mind | Plus8 |
| 23: Speedy J | Pull Over | Music Man |
| 24: Robert Armani | Invasion | Dance Mania |
| 25: Mike Dunn | Magic Feet | Muzique |
:: posted feb 8 2010 by terry matthew in new mix monday, audio, february 2010 issue
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