Magenta - She's Model

Sigh, the sad loss of another icon. Wanted to grab a tune to commemorate the legendary smile and hairstyle that was Farah Fawcett and this one from 1997 seems to work.

The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye

RIP Michael Jackson. My favourite memories of him will always be Jackson 5 ones.

Earth People - Reach Up to Mars

Thank God its Friday and time for another rave classic, this one from Joey Longo in his Earth People guise, released on US Underworld records in 1990.

Nexus 21 - Techno Symphony

More 'rave-era' brilliance, this time from 1989 and the North of England, Stafford to be precise. The first Nexus 21 release was '(Still) Life Keeps Moving', a vocal techno smash. It was followed by an album 'Rhythm of Life' that was strongly influenced by Detroit but with a definite British flavour. Here is one of the standout cuts, 'Techno Symphony'.

Sha-Lor - I'm in Love

In preparation for the DJ Flicks 'Rave' screening on Friday here is an enduring and quite beautiful New York house classic from 1988 that has never left the Keep Love Alive 12" box of love.

DJ Ficks - Rave

DJ FLICKS is a simple idea: watch great dance music documentaries, then dance the night away as legendary DJs recreate the era you’ve just seen on screen.

The first DJ FLICKS night back in April, DISCO, was a roaring success.
Kicking off with a Q&A with veteran producer Arthur Baker, we showed The Godfather of Disco, introduced by its director, Gene Graham. Then, right after watching classic footage from 1970s New York, we recreated the era with blinding sets from London’s original disco king Gareth Marshal and new guns Disco Bloodbath.

Linda di Franco - My Boss

Speaking of Linda Franco, here she is performing 'My Boss' live on Italian television supported by the Invisible Man Band, doing that classic "knock knees" dance from the 80s and delivering the brilliant lyrics "My boss has taken all my heart and now he's tearing it apart..."

Discossession - TV Scene

A rare, new vinyl addition to the Keep Love Alive collection. Here is a version of Linda Di Franco's Balearic fave 'TV Scene' released in Japan by Discossession. Featuring a great Soft Rocks remix (thanks Piers!) and the blissful, floaty 'Celestial Mix'. Copies of the expensive Japanese import seem to have disappeared from the UK stores so buy it online at Jet Set records in Japan.

Manzel - Space Funk / Jump Street

Two great, break-fuelled funky sides.
'Space Funk'

'Jump Street'

Eugene Record - Overdose of Joy

So they find this man, he's collapsed in the middle of the room. Robbery is quickly ruled out as the motive because "... on his arm he wears a watch, on his hand he wears a ring and ..." (the clincher) "... around his neck he wears a costly piece of jewellery". A doctor on the scene, sensing the presence of a lady, quickly announces a diagnosis ... yes, "This man is suffering from an overdose of joy". Pure, soulful genius.

Mach - On and On

A cut 'n' paste classic. Originally released in 1980 on the b-side of a bootleg put together by a Miami DJ it features excerpts from Lipps Inc 'Funky Town', Donna Summers 'Bad Girls', Playback 'Space invaders' and Munich Machine 'Get on the Funk Train'. By the mid-1980's, pioneering house DJs had made this an underground club smash in Chicago.



If you haven't seen this amazing DJ Rahaan youtube clip, watch all the way through to see this track smashing the dancefloor 20 years on. And on (beep beep!).