Last Friday, I went and checked out local Seattle deejay, DJ Riz, at his weekly Friday night gig at the Re-bar. He really blew me away a couple of weeks ago at Studio! where he played a special rare set of disco and funk cuts. I was excited to see him at his usual residency, which consisted of more deep house and funk grooves. I found the set to be as equally brilliant as a few weeks back. That being said, he ended his set with Edwin Starr's 1978 disco classic "Contact" and I haven't been able to get it out of my head ever since. This track, which was released on the Clean LP, can be described as Starr's re-emergence into the club and disco scene of the late 1970's. The track has some solid percussion work, and does a nice job blending the lines between his move into the disco realm and his earlier soul roots. It's safe to say Edwin Starr had a very accomplished musical career with many solid releases during the late 60's and 70's, however there might not be another song in his collection that can move a floor like "Contact". Edwin Starr - Contact
I would also recommend checking out DJ Riz every Friday night at the Re-bar (1114 Howell Street) for some great mixing of deep house and funk.
5 comments:
Boy, this track sure brings back memories of 1978. Great find!
Edwin Starr's soul period is infinitely better than his disco output, but Contact is good; far better though is Get up - Whirlpool from the same period; this one got even rockers on the dancefloor.
jan, Nijmegen, NL
I believe his other disco "hit" was "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio," which did not have the same amount of "oompf" as "Contact"did. Still, a decent enough record.
Is that the same Riz who pressed up a fantastic cut-up some years back of classic funk and soul sides?
the beat broker does a really nice remix of this track...
http://beatbroker.net/tracks.php
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