This particular Dance Mania EP was a local hit to say the least. Ollie Barkovic of Steel City records had it with him at all times and the local kids loved it. 'Da Bomb' and 'House-O-Matic' rule where ever and when ever they're played. Fact!
Dj Deeon "Funk City EP" Dance Mania 67
A1 - Akceier-8
A2 - House-O-Matic
A3 - Groove Mode
B1 - Da Bomb
B2 - Much Respect
B3 - In This House
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In carrying on with the Dance Mania spotlight, here's a Dj Deeon record (probably only one of a few I'll get to) that was first brought to my attention by Terry Mullan. Indeed Terry was my first exposure to a lot of Acid and Chicago as there weren't too many other guys playing it in Toronto that I knew of at that time. It was always a big deal in the mid 90's when we knew Terry was playing/coming.
strong>Dj Deeon Presents Dj Puff "Lime Green EP" Dance Mania 184
A1 - 131
A2 - Work This M.F.
B1 - Real Pimpin
B2 - Bang The Box
B3 - Vibe
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Even though there was some time spent on the subject of Dance Mania on Bleep Radio, there are still some people who obviously weren't paying attention!
I'm going to post up a handful of my favorite Dance Mania EP's over the next little bit whenever I can't find anything new. Think of it as another tribute of influences I guess.
DJ Deeon Presents DJ Jana Rush "The Armagedon 1996" Dance Mania 151
A1 - DJ Jana Rush "Terminal Velocity"
A2 - DJ Jana Rush "Spiderman (Remix)"
A3 - DJ Jana Rush "Crazy Bitch"
B1 - DJ Deeon "Area 51"
B2 - DJ Deeon "S.W.Y.M.G.Y."
B3 - DJ Deeon "Rough Sex"
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When I posted the info up for the 2nd EP in this Classic DM series I predicted Deeon's "House-o-matic" on the 3rd EP. I was wrong. Who knew predicting the future was a fool's game?
Seeing as how these Ghetto Classics are picking off the best of the Deeon I'm going to make a prediction..House-o-matic on #3.
I've also now --because of these Dance Mania represses-- realized that at one point I was going to do a Dance Mania themed Bleep Radio show. I think I'll see about finding the time to crank that bad boy out this weekend for a show sometime soon. Now that I think of it...if anyone else wants to do a Dance Mania mix (of any length) do it up and send it to me. We can do a mega DM Bleep show.
Or am I dreaming?
It's never too late to repress some gems.
I'd grab this for a fresh copy of Work this M.F.. Mine hasn't played right since day one. Of course that's got something to do with the record's bowl shape.
