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Emergency! Paging Dr. Beat!

By Matthew Rutledge on 02.03.2010

I finally got around to creat­ing a new mixtape — one that I have actu­ally planned off and on for over a year now. I didn’t exactly put much thought into it, at least not compared to some previ­ous efforts. But it’s still a good repres­ent­a­tion of disco, italo disco, new wave, industrial, […]

Posted in Mixtape | Tagged Disco, freestyle, industrial, italo disco, Mixtape, MP3, new wave, playlist | 1 Response

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Fin de siècle: a mini mixtape

By Matthew Rutledge on 12.27.2009

Here is an ad hoc, interim mixtape that follows very little rhyme or reason — it’s just a collec­tion of what I’ve been listen­ing to lately. Goodbye 2009, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Eddie & Sunshine — People Talk
Bagarre — For Your Pleasure
Nathalie — Mon cœur qui craque
Munich Machine — It’s […]

Posted in Mixtape, Music | Tagged italo disco, Mixtape, MP3, Music, new beat, new wave | Leave a response

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How to pick up girls? LEARN TO DANCE. How to pick up girls? LEARN TO DANCE.

By Matthew Rutledge on 09.17.2009

Bobby Orlando is three things: a homo­phobe, a miso­gyn­ist, and a great one-trick pony. His songs all sound the same, but his trick is an amaz­ing one — it is an insist­ent, fun, driv­ing synth beat that ties the line between disco and techno while never, never forget­ting that pop is the name of […]

Posted in Disco, Music | Tagged bobby O, bobby orlando, dance, Disco, italo disco, Mixtape, MP3, Music, synthpop | Leave a response

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