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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.

MUSIC MENTIONS

- Sonic Youth
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Green Day
- LASPEES
- The Come Ons

Early 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

Q&A

- 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
- Weezer

Discovering music today (34:19):

- Shazam
- Friends, DJ’s
- Justin Strauss
- James Mulry
- JKriv
- Razor-N-Tape

First album ever purchased (43:10):

- “Violator” by Depeche Mode
- “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd

Most recent album purchased (46:05):

- “I hit the water” by Lollise
- “Pay Attention To The Bass” by Tyler Pope

Artists discovered in the past year (49:58):

- Kate Fagan
- Tik and Tok
- Todd Terje
- Jex Opolis
- Angela Werner
- Örö
- No More

Desert 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