MIA :Marc by Marc SS08 : from frillr.com

I love DJ-ing in Jamaica. I think DJ-ing was invented here (lol). The placed is drenched in beats and bass at every turn. I was at a party tonight and got in trouble for playing Peaches " I U She". If you know the sentiment to that song you would know it was a direct provocation . That said cruised through frillr.com for my daily digest of all the SS08 ads that are dropping now in all the glossies. To my delight I bumped into MIA posing for Marc by Marc . Yay Marc! He made us happy by venerating the goddess. MIA was the very first post in TI back in August, and in that upload we prayed for the sight of our London lady laying down some ruling imagery as a latter day fashion icon. Dreams do come true! So with MIA in the middle, here's TI's playlist of 10 tracks we loved during 2007, in the sequence we would play them at a party.

Calvin Harris: Acceptable In the 80's: I Created Disco
Bright, brittle plastic dance pop always gets the party started right

In Flagranti:G***** Blue Room: Wronger Than Anyone Else
Very rail thin, drop dead, deadpan nightclubbing gla-mour

Black Ghosts: Face:Afterhours Ibizia
This song's been around a bit but it makes me just want to slip into a Lanvin tux and go!

Black Devil Disco Club:Coach Me:28 After
Very sinister, super-creepy. Totally Pre-Guliani Times Square strip joint

Van Sudenfed:The Rhinohead:Tromatic Reflexxions
I can't listen to the latter half of this LP now but the Rhinohead still gets it done...and that Fledermaus video on youtube! Hilarious and iconic!

Calvin Harris: I Created Disco:

Had a lunchtime meet with Scott Lipps at 1 Mgmt today. Scotty always knows what's new and now in music. I said "Name that one group/band/song/ that is ruling it right now". Scott knows I'm an ex-club kid and lifetime dancehead and recommended Calvin Harris "I Created Disco" . "Very you," he assured. "Merrymaking At My Place" is getting played a lot at places like The Rose Bar down at The Gramercy he assured. I Myspaced Calvin Harris and like the wiggle of his boogie. And I love his mythology. Nice Scottish boy from Dumfries becomes ill as a teen, locks himself in his room for two years and starts to make dream dance music on his ancient Amiga computer. He works at the local supermarket saving enough to move to London. London proves to be so expensive he works all the time and makes no dosh , so moves back (tail between legs) to Dumfries. He almost gives up, but gives the dream one more try, even warbling on his new tracks. He puts em up on Myspace in 2005. Next thing you know he draws a manager, Pete Tong starts banging "The Girls" in his sets, Columbia signs Calvin up and Kylie's people call up to write some tracks ("Into My Arms", "Heartbeat Rock") for the new album. Now the boy is a superstar producer with a band and everything. I find all this truly inspiring. If it is all a hustle its all the more genius for it!