A Brooklyn Life

Rounding out our tour of guest DJs, we present DJ Spankie Hazard (Dion Corbett). Spankie’s musical disposition formed in the 80’s with heavy influence from his family. His father schooled him on psychedelic and mod rock, while his older brothers pumped his head full of King Crimson, Talking Heads, Y.M.O. and Kraftwerk. From this cultivation, Dion formed his love of soulful classics and genres that include disco, garage, techno, electro and hip-hop. His early musical schooling started him on an endless crate digging expedition that continues today.

Since 1991, Spankie has played to audiences at parties around Melbourne, Australia. From ‘96 to ‘03 he secured various residencies around the city with an 18-month break in Tokyo around the millennium. During his later years in Melbourne, he also did a radio show for 3RRR FM called “Walking In Rhythm” and wrote columns for Play/Inpress Magazine where he interviewed Francois K, Jazzy Jay, Roy Ayers and Steve "Silk" Hurley among others. In June ‘03, Spankie moved back to Tokyo and became a regular guest at Loop, Module and Ball playing his blends. In ‘05 he was invited to headline a special event, Jive Party, at Mint club in Shanghai.

Spankie’s mix was recorded as a tribute to Brooklyn’s Environ record label run by Morgan Geist of Metro Area. Regular listeners who loved Attitude City’s "Shake Your Rhombus," and Adam and Bethany’s mixes will appreciate the soulful classics. Spankie also provided a few other mixes we will post in upcoming weeks as regular episodes and bonuses.

1. Spank you very much
2. More Money (Edit) – Prince Charles & The City Beat Band (Virgin, ‘84)
3. Just Because I Want You (Edit) – Instant Funk (Salsoul,’83)
4. Let’s Get/Trapped – Metro Area & Colonel Abrams (Environ, ‘01 & MCA, ‘85)
5. Backtrack (Inst. Edit) – Cerrone (Pavillion, ‘82)
6. Partners (Edit) – Partners (T.K. Disco, ‘79)
7. Probs – Morgan Geist (Environ,’02)
8. Over & Over (Edit)  – Reggie Simms (PBI,’82)
9. Lullaby – Morgan Geist (Environ, ‘01) 10) Emergency 999 (Dub Mix) – Loose Ends (Virgin, ‘85)
10. 24K – Morgan Geist (Environ, ‘01)
11. Knock Me Out (Dub Edit) -  Gary’s Gang (Radar, ‘82)
12. Ain’t Changin’ (Inst. Edit) – Recloose (Planet E, ‘02)
13. You Should Have Told Me (Disco Mix) – Donna McGhee (Cobago, [Perhaps] ‘82)
14. Atmosphrique – Metro Area (Environ, ‘99)
15. Can’t Believe – Nancy Martin (Neige, ‘82)
16. Square Pattern Aura – Metro Area (Environ, ‘02)
17. I’m Caught Up (Long Mix) – Inner Life (TCT, ‘79)
18. Caught Up – Metro Area (Environ, ‘00)

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