Remixers (3 Nominees):
Jim Burgess
A star DJ in New York’s gay underground in Manhattan and Fire Island, and a classically trained opera singer, Burgess specialized in blue-chip pop smashes whose dance elements he magnified for the club DJ, without ever stepping away from the essence of the original song and production. Selected Credits: “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy,” by Rod Stewart; “I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round),” by Alicia Bridges; “Hot Butterfly,” by Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie; “I’ve Got the Next Dance,” by Deniece Williams; “Runaway Love” by Linda Clifford; “A Lover’s Holiday” by Change; “If There’s Love” by Amant; “Dance to the Drummer’s Beat” by Herman Kelly and Life.
Walter Gibbons
Gibbons was one of the most popular DJs in the New York underground when he mixed the first commercial 12-inch single, “Ten Percent,” for Salsoul Records, reportedly for a fee equivalent to a night’s worth of missed work at a club. His radical approach to mixing called for intensely rhythmic percapella breaks, as well as sudden drop-outs, breakdowns and builds that reflected the way DJs worked the crowd with two copies of a record. His approach was not only rhythmically explosive, but musically fascinating, as he uncovered and spotlighted microscopically every nuance of the rhythm and orchestral arrangements. Selected Credits: “Ten Percent,” “My Love is Free” by Double Exposure; “Hit and Run” and “Catch Me on the Rebound” by Loleatta Holloway; “It’s Good for the Soul” by Salsoul Orchestra; “Doin’ the Best That I Can” by Bettye Lavette; “Law and Order” by Love Committee; “Time Out” by the Clark Sisters.
Tom Moulton
Moulton‘s work for Scepter Records and DCA Productions wrote the rulebook for every remix consultant and DJ/producer to the present day. Among concepts originated by Moulton: extending the high frequencies and tightening the bottom for better sounding play at high volume; lengthening tracks for greater musical and emotional impact by repeating key passages. Selected Credits: “Never Can Say Goodbye” and “Casanova Brown” album medleys by Gloria Gaynor; Philadelphia Classics album, including 1977 MFSB “Love is the Message” remix; “Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied),” “Express” by B.T. Express; “Disco Inferno,” “That’s Where the Happy People Go,” “Hold Back the Night” by The Trammps; “Do It Anyway You Wanna” by People’s Choice; “More, More, More” by Andrea True Connection; “Hold Your Horses” and “Doctor Love” by First Choice.
DJ's (10 Nominees):
Bobby “DJ” Guttadaro
David Mancuso
David Todd
Francis Grasso
John “TC” Luongo
Larry Levan
Nicky Siano
Pete “DJ” Jones
Tee Scott
Walter Gibbons
