Vintage Articles: Sean Lawrence's Discaire Column - Peter & Celi & Bette &...
It has been some time since I've posted one of Sean Lawrence's Discaire columns from Christopher Street. I've had some moments to delve into the archives lately, and this, to me, is one of the most...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #10
Photo: George Duke and Katia Soghomonian by Laurent Leonard, 1984 Getting back to boogie and disco territory for this month's show. I still had some records out from a recent gig so some of those are...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #9
Photo: L.A.T.F., 1983 Had been wanting to make a Italo Disco mix for some time now, so decided I'd do just that for this month's episode of Body Rhythm. Most of these tracks are from the golden sweet...
View ArticleDisco Delivery Mix #16: Guest Mix for Disco Dose SOCIETY, Vol. 43
Was recently invited to make a guest mix for one of my favourite Instagram disco accounts, Disco Dose and their SOCIETY mix series. Many thanks to Øhm Sweet Øhm for inviting me to contribute! Kept...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #8
Photo: Grace Jones by Lynn Goldsmith (1979) Made this mix on the heels of the Toronto launch of my friend Christian John Wikane's new book A Night At The Disco (ACC Art Books). Christian has...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #7
Photo: David Bendeth by André Duval (1979) Here is Episode 7 of Body Rhythm for Another Setting Radio, broadcast on Sunday June 14, 2026. Went for a more straight-ahead disco sound all the way through...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #6
Here is Episode 6 of Body Rhythm, which aired on Another Setting Radio, Sunday May 10. This month's mix came together rather quickly. Mostly consisting of records I just had sitting around the decks;...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #5
Photo: Alvin Fields by Chris Callis, 1981 Episode 5 of Body Rhythm comes to Another Setting Radio on Sunday April 12th. A little more on the boogie/funk tip this time around, mostly early 1980s, though...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #4
Photo: Alexandra Hutchinson (l) of Dance Theatre of Harlem and India Bradley (r) of New York City Ballet by Ye Fan, 2023 March 15 brings episode 4 of Body Rhythm to Another Setting Radio. As always,...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #3
Photo: Melba Moore by Richard Avedon, 1979 February 15th brings episode number 3 of Body Rhythm. Bringing a more straight-forward soul and disco selection to this month's instalment. It's February,...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #2
Body Rhythm returns to Week 7 of Another Setting Radio! Another Setting's lineup continues to grow, this past Sunday's broadcast lasted most of the day. So, do check out their Soundcloud and take a...
View ArticleAnother Setting Radio: Body Rhythm #1
Photo: Potassa de Lafayette (r) and dancer at Studio 54 by Hasse Persson (1978) Happy to be part of the Week 3 lineup of a new online community radio project here in Toronto called Another Setting...
View ArticleDisco Delivery Mix #15: Music You Can Ride On
Photo: Studio 54 Dancers by Bill Bernstein (1978) Been holding onto this for a little while, since the end of January in fact, when I had recorded this. Wanted to make a mix using records I had...
View ArticleDisco Delivery Mix #14: Sign of the Times
Photo: Spadina Avenue & Queen Street W., Toronto (December 2023) Recorded this at the end of 2023, basically a mix of records that were sitting out by the turntables - mostly things that I had...
View ArticleDisco Delivery Mix #13: Sounds of '78 (Guest Mix for Sunshine After Dark )
A little over a year ago, my friend John Huck invited me to do a mix for his disco radio show, Sunshine After Dark, and just recently invited me to do another. We finally got to meet in person over...
View ArticleLove & Pain
Photo: Memorial Wall - Baldwin Street, Toronto (August 2023) Last week, in the run up to the most recent INTERGEN night my partner and I played at The Little Jerry here in Toronto, I thought to record...
View ArticleDisco Delivery Mix #12: Wheels Begin to Roll
Photo: Roller Boogie Boy by Stuart Reif, After Dark Magazine, year unknown. On a bit of a roll with these at the moment, so deciding to just post this instead of holding it back for another time. This...
View ArticleLost in the night
Photo: Nona Hendryx by Nick Sangiamo, 1984 Posting a little overdue mix for the start of summer... Some years back I had made a littletraditionof putting a mix up for Pride season, so am coming back to...
View ArticleHand in hand in the rain
Posting another mix, this one in a more House-oriented direction again, featuring a combination of mine and my partner, Andrew's records. Also recorded this at the end of January, yet feels right for...
View ArticleDisco Delivery Mix #11: Midnight Shift
Photo: Newsstand by Toby Old, 1999 Putting up another Disco mix I recorded back at the end of January. A combination of records I had recently acquired along with others from the recesses of my...
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