Nuphonic, Vol. 2

Nuphonic, Vol. 2

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
House. This Compilation features New Tracks, Recent Singles and Album Tracks. Sometimes Dance Floor, Sometimes Jazzy and Other Times Soulful.

Tracks:

Moving Citites (Alternative Version) - Faze Action
Michael - Roy Davis Jr.
The String (Album Edit) - Soul Ascendants
Departure (Album Edit) - Lacarno & Burns
My Beat (Swag's Spiritual Mix) - Blaze
The Sky Is Not Crying - Tiny Trendies
Born Under Punches - Fuzz Against Junk
On The Beach - Marcel
Palais Mascotte - Rollercone
And That's Saying A Lot (Natural Calamity Alternative Remix) - Natural Calamity

Album Details

House. This Compilation features New Tracks, Recent Singles and Album Tracks. Sometimes Dance Floor, Sometimes Jazzy and Other Times Soulful.

Customer Reviews:

Perfect party CD.......2000-06-13

Let's say you're stuck with a group of people who'd rather talk than dance and another group of people who'd rather dance than talk... And they're supposed to meet -- say, on the 8th floor deck of a downtown NYC apartment on a hot, balmy night in early summer. What do you do then? You play this CD. The first track by Faze Action serves notice that this is not a normal CD. The symphonic strings accompanied by the disco beat are reminiscent of late 70s disco but its electronic synthesizers that ride over everything will just remind everyone that this is today's dance music. The winning track is track 5 by Blaze. It's a perfect mix of spoken word with dance music that practically challenges you to dance. Those who like to talk will listen and those who heed the challenge will dance. This CD was easily the winner among a set of great CDs that I've played or heard played at private parties in New York (and once in Jamaica). Other great party CDs are both Body and Soul's Vol. 1 and 2, Masters At Work compilation CD vol. 2 (you have to go Club Vinyl in NYC on a Wed. night for this one) and Copa Mundial Muzique.

Average customer rating:

Different dance music
Good to get a party started
Great!
Gourmet Dance Music by A Conniseur

The Loft, Vol. 2
David Mancuso Presents
Manufacturer: Nuphonic [Studio]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004YRZA
Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

House Party [Full Length Version] - Fred Wesley
Can't Fake the Feeling [Original 12" Mix] - Geraldine Hunt
L.O.V.E. Got a Hold on Me - Demis Roussos
Keep On [Vocal Version] - D Train
How Much Are They? - Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit, Jah Wobble
Woman - Barrabas
Notice Me - Sandee
Conquistadores Chocolates - Johnny Hammond
Can't Live Without Your Love [Full Length Version] - Tamiko Jones
Girl You Need a Change of Mind - Eddie Kendricks

Tracks:

Nervous Track [Ballsy Mix]
Harmonica Track [Generation Mix]
212 North 12th - David Mancuso
Set Fire to Me [Latin Jazzbo Version] - The Salsoul Orchestra
#5 (Go Bang!) - Dinosaur L
Chapter Three - Joe Gibbs
Walk on Air [Sun and Moon Mix] - Holy Ghost
Macho City - Steve Miller Band
Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb
Rain - Dorothy Morrison

Amazon.com

This expansive double CD features choice sides that DJs have spun at this legendary New York club. The sprawling comp is light years away from the contemporary music world of micromarkets and niches within niches. Here, anything goes as long as it's got a good groove. Where else would you find tracks by an avant-garde composer (Dinosaur L), a salsero (Willie Colon), and a reggae artist (Joe Gibbs) jammed up against each other? Generally speaking, the newer tracks are cooler than cool, while many of the old school jams are both funny and funky. Just about everything sounds good, and both discs end on a strong note. The first disc closes with Eddie Kendrick's "Girl You Need A Change of Mind," a big, elegant soul production. Dorothy Morrison's "Rain," a rousing gospel song from 1970, wraps up second disc. Emphasizing the connection between the church and the dance club, those twin homes of spiritual uplift, it's a great choice for a closer. --Fred Cisterna

Album Description

The origins of disco (and clubland in general) lie in the early '70s and David Mancuso's Greenwich Village apartment, where he sponsored weekly after-hours parties for many of the city's gay men. This double CD features more of the highly influential tracks that made the parties, a diverse selection of disco, jazz, soul and leftfield music. Includes a 20 page booklet focusing on the foundations of the Loft, it's unique sound system and it's effect on the current dance climate. 20 tracks including, 'Keep On' (Vocal)-D-Train, 'How Much Are They?'-Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit &Holger Czukay, 'Notice Me'-Sandee, 'Girl You Need A Change Of Mind'-Eddie Kendricks, 'The Nervous Track' (Ballsy Mix)-Nu Yorican Soul, '212 North 12th'-Salsoul Orchestra, 'Set Fire To Me' (Latin Jazzbo Version)-Willie Colon and 'Macho City'-Steve Miller Band. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case housed in a slipcase.

Album Details

A 2CD Set from the Loft Club, Its Unique Sound System & Its Effect on Todays Dance Climate. Highly Influential Tracks Here that Present a Diverse Selection of Disco, House, Jazz, Soul & Leftfield Music. Sleeve Notes Written by Chris Menist, plus Contributions by Francois Kevorkian, Steve D'aquisto, Danny Krivit, Nicky Siano, David Depino & Adam Goldstone.

Customer Reviews:

Different dance music.......2002-04-11

This cd contains dance music that differs from the mainstream. Vey dancable and addictive grooves and baselines on the first cd especially. If the song "You can't fake the feeling" doesn't make you move, what does? As a curiosity there is the only disco song of Demis Roussos, the over 10 minute long L.O.V.E. It was almost a religous experience to hear this sentimental greek singer do it. And many others. Not only for dancefloors and parties, but suitable for listening too.

Good to get a party started.......2001-08-19

This is a compilation of two cd's, one for early in the evening the other for late hours. The material contains mixed 70's Disco tracks from the famous nightclub The Loft in New York. Cd 1 sets of with a funk track called "House Party" slowly building up the entire party. Cd 1 just keep on bulding up the party atmosphere offering groovy harmonic dance tracks. Cd 2 (late)is not so much 70's Disco tracks as the first cd. It offers more deeper House tracks with a dash of groovy sexy vibes in them hopefully making the female guest at the party to let themselves a bit more loose on the dancefloor and in their conversations with the male guests. I recommend this one because it is nice to have something that almost everyone like in your House collection.

Great!.......2001-08-17

This is a nice compilation of 70's funkable Disco tracks from the Loft in New York. Your party is guaranteed a perfect begging!!

Gourmet Dance Music by A Conniseur.......2000-11-12

David Mancuso brings us more tracks from his long career of hosting The Loft dance parties. This two CD set ranges from 70s music like Fred Wesley's "House Party", Gerladine Hunt's "Can't Fake the Feeling" and Tamiko Jone's "Can't Live Without Your Love" to music from the 80s and 90s like Dinosaur L's "Go Bang", The Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds" and "The Nervous Track" by Nuyorican Soul. The clarity of the recording seems to match Mancuso's efforts at The Loft to provide sound that enhanced the music without being over loud. I've enjoyed this set even more than his first one. Some stuff you don't find in most other collections like the "ballroom punk/industrial" music of "How Much Are They" by Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay and the Santanaesque Latin-rock of Barabbas's "Women". If you have open, wide-ranging tastes in dance music or an interest in it's recent history, get this.

Music Review:

Music Review

music review