So is anyone on the mailing list for David Mancuso's Parties? ie "New York City Loft Party - May 28, 2006"

anyone ever go to the beauty and the beat/deep church parties in london? run by these extremely friendly french audiophile dudes (led by cedric woo who i think was "mentored" by david mancuso and is a member of some kind of secret dj clique made up of loft alumni). the deep church parties are held at their house in north london. the music (and sound) is amazing, lots of loft classics, deep house, disco, krautrock, dub, techno, postpunk, anything goes pretty much if you can dance to it. beardo i guess. and the atmosphere is great, really relaxed (and debauched). and i think mancuso himself comes over every so often. some of the best parties i've been to all year if not ever. here are some links:

http://www.houseparty.org.uk/
http://www.voicescollective.com/

These comps are some of the best shit evar ! Mancuso's selection is out of control.

I think the last Loft party was this past sunday. I always hear about it but forget to do anything to get on the list to find out/be allowed.

Ok, anyone who has even the slightest smattering of interest in disco and dance culture in general absolutely needs to get these comps. If you are a hi-fi head, the sound is gorgeous, apparently Mancuso had very strict guidelines with Nuphonic in terms of how to press the vinyl, took exacting measures to get the most out of the original recordings. I am so surprised there is not more discussion on these comps on ILM.

xp: bug p-chop about an invite, Dan.

Ok, anyone who has even the slightest smattering of interest in disco and dance culture in general absolutely needs to get these comps. If you are a hi-fi head, the sound is gorgeous, apparently Mancuso had very strict guidelines with Nuphonic in terms of how to press the vinyl, took exacting measures to get the most out of the original recordings. I am so surprised there is not more discussion on these comps on ILM.

-- oscar, Saturday, June 7, 2008 11:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

they are like impossible to find right?

I got volume 2 on vinyl and no turntable. :(

I bought these way back when mail order directly from Mancuso. I came home one day and the man himself had left a message on my machine to call him if I "had any questions about the recordings." (!!!)

I think the last Loft party was this past sunday

"the last" as in it's all over? what's the story? not that I would likely ever go, it was just kinda cool to know it was still running after however many decades

or did you mean "most recent"

by last I meant "most recent". Far as I know.

I'm listening to the comp and to my surprise it's unmixed..

but mancuso famously doesn't believe in mixing.

I think he was joking, no?

Could be.

RIP :(

http://pitchfork.com/news/69820-david-mancuso-iconic-dj-and-loft-founder-dead-at-72/

huh, had no idea he was still alive

loved the parts in Love Saves the Day about him (I recall being surprised at how much the origins of the nyc disco scene resemble today's hipster sleazy loft dance party scenes), and that nuphonic mix was a crucial intro to disco for me

RiP

RIP

RIP

ah shit RIP

Could never find affordable copies of the Nuponic vinyl Loft collections, though haven't looked in a while---this Mancuso-inspired (incl. no mixes) set might or might not be available now:

Siano the Times

Mercury rising as disco evolves out of its prior knowledge

by Don Allred
January 11th, 2005 2:14 PM Issue 02 village voice

Nicky Siano's Legendary the Gallery: New York's original disco 1973-1977
Soul Jazz import

In the early '70s, a teenage DJ named Nicky Siano traveled the space-wise
dancefloor of David Mancuso's Loft, before launching his own Gallery. (Gallery
kid Larry Levan later levitated Paradise Garage; he and Siano also worked with disco mystic Arthur Russell.) Despite acid, balloons, and
the food bar, the Gallery wasn't always totally blissed-out. In the booklet
included with his new Soul Jazz Records compilation Nicky Siano's
Legendary the Gallery, Nicky describes an innovative sound design, logically
based on and evolving with the rooms and scenes he performed in as the feast
moved around NYC.
The Gallery opened in the summer of '73. Couch-potato arena rock ruled. Not
waiting for a "new" radio hit formula, club DJs and dancers (especially blacks,
Latinos, gays) were among those who chose to carve fresh heat from the vinyl
beast. And The Gallery is mercury still
rising, through scientifically selected, crosstown funk, soul, and one gospel
song, personalized: Gloria Spencer proclaims: "I got it! I don't understand it
I got it!" A jet blasts (like, "Amen!") out of Exuma's "Obeah Man." The Temptations
lay down the "Law of the Land": "You might not like who you are, but you
better start. 'Cause you sure can't be nobody else." But the music spins like a
roulette wheel. Meanwhile, turns out that Bonnie Bramlett's "Crazy 'Bout My
Baby" is crazy like a tambourine and a fox, shaking in wait for that slowhand
dobro.
Other adepts, like Loleatta Holloway, Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, the Isleys,
and Undisputed Truth, also make the most of prior knowledge and surprise.
Without waiting for the remix: These are original (full-length) LP tracks and
seven-inch singles. Yet great breaks burst out of (and roll through) good
grooves, good songs. Often.
See http://www.nickysiano.com/ and http://www.timlawrence.info/.
More online resources by now, no doubt.

tribute show underway on WFMU

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/69562

Listening and just now tweeted about it, thanks for the news!

"Dance your dance, do the rhythm"

Okay, "to the rhythm", but DIY too, if you dare

His friend, David Leifer has uploaded the two long deleted Loft compilation CDs in WAV format for free download (for the next 4 days anyway).

Volume One

Volume Two

Fantastic, thanks!

I picked vol. 1 up on CD from a charity shop in Lewes about 10 years ago, a good find!

"he sometimes thought there was one big party going on all the time, and occasionally we just try to tune into it.

https://jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/goodby-david-mancuso-we-loved-you/

http://www.electronicbeats.net/legacy-dave-mancuso-tim-lawrence/

Mancuso's 7-hour set from the first London Loft party: https://worldwidefm.net/episode/london-loft-party