New York City native and longtime contributor to its music and nightlife scene, W. Andrew Raposo is best known as a crazy dog dad and for his work with DFA records--most notably with Hercules and Love Affair, Still Going, and Jayson Green & The Jerk--and as a founding member of cosmic dance floor stalwarts Midnight Magic. His studio, La Piscina Recordings, has hosted such clubland luminaries as Justin Strauss, Eli Escobar, and Nomi Ruiz as well as rocketing torchbearers The Illustrious Blacks, Muscle Cars and Cesar Toribio. Raposo continues to tour both on stage and in the DJ booth with Hess Is More, Midnight Magic and 79.5 (Razor N Tape) bringing his three layer dip of post-punk, psychedelic disco, and haunted-house to sweaty basements and debaucherous mountain chalets all over the world.
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Formed in 2009 by Tiffany Roth, W. Andrew Raposo, Morgan Wiley, and Carter Yasutake, Midnight Magic is responsible for some of the most beloved 'new classics' from the disco-revival era of the early oughts including club mainstays "Beam Me Up" and "Drop Me A Line." Through their collaboration with Brooklyn jazz legend Nick Roseboro, former Charles Bradley & The Extraordinaires drummer Caito Sanchez, saxophone and synthesizer wizard Julio Monterrey and past members Max Goldman, Andrew Frawley, and Jason Disu, Midnight Magic casts a genre defying spell on sweaty discotheques and festival stages across the universe.
Sonic Youth
Johann Sebastian Bach
Green Day
LASPEES
The Come OnsEarly days of Midnight Magic (16:20):
Bernard Herrmann
Ennio Morricone
Angelo Badalamenti
Goblin
ESG
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Grace Jones
Chaka Khan
Selda Bağcan
“Yaz Gazeteci Yaz” by Selda Bağcan
Wendy Carlos
“The Shining” by Rachel Elkind & Wendy Carlos
Sequential
Dave Smith
Patrick Crowley
August Arnell
Patsy Alley
Jorge Roeder
Patrick Adams
“Journey into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story” album
Larry Levan
DFA Records
Factory Records
Beastie Boys
Bernard Edwards
Bootsy Collins
H0L0 (NYC)
Toribio
Antenes
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by TLC
“Let’s Talk About Sex” by Salt-N-Pepa
Tyler Pope
!!! (chk chk chk)
LCD Soundsystem
Interference Pattern
“Australia und vorbei” by Angela Werner
“Stop The War” by Örö
“Suicide Commando” by Echo Park and No More
“Síntesis Moderna (An Alternative Vision Of Argentinian Music 1980-1990)” by Various Artists
“Ain’t That Better (Harari Edit)” by Toby
Aphex Twin
Sylvia Striplin
Faze-O
William Devaughn
Denise Williams
Patrice Rushen
WeezerDiscovering music today (34:19):
Shazam
Friends, DJ’s
Justin Strauss
James Mulry
JKriv
Razor-N-TapeFirst album ever purchased (43:10):
“Violator” by Depeche Mode
“Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink FloydMost recent album purchased (46:05):
“I hit the water” by Lollise
“Pay Attention To The Bass” by Tyler PopeArtists discovered in the past year (49:58):
Kate Fagan
Tik and Tok
Todd Terje
Jex Opolis
Angela Werner
Örö
No MoreDesert island discs (59:28):
“Standing On a Beach” by The Cure
“Catching Up With” by Depeche Mode
“Champion Sounds (Funk)” by Various Artists
“Selected Ambient Works II” by Aphex Twin
“Roseland NYC Live” by Portishead
“King Sunny Ade” by Juju Music