I would not claim to be an expert with dub and reggae, but I always liked it. While I was working at Hard Wax we played on the store PA all the time. I was getting good advice from Mark Ernestus, Christoph Grote-Beverborg and of course DJ Hops and bought a lot of records in that field. But I did not really play it in clubs. So when DJ Fett Burger approached me to contribute to his Trushmix series we agreed it would be a good idea to do something with hit, and it became a ten part series that was really popular. I once played at Charlie club in Munich and they were using my mixes for the soundcheck. I thought that was quite a compliment. It was a bit weird that these mixes were more loved than other mixes with music I was more knowledgeable with, but hey.
Jah Shaka Meets Pepper – Fire Dub Commandments Of Dub – Rastafari Dub Milton Henry – Follow Fashion (Version) Jah Shaka – Positive Dub Keith Hudson – Darkest Night Roots Radics Band – Send Another Moses (Version) Jah Shaka – Life Dub Keith Hudson – I Can’t Do Without You Horace Andy – Money Money Soul Syndicate – Bad Minded (Version) Michael Prophet – You Are A No Good (Version) Jah Shaka – Know Dub Jah Dub Creator – Earth Dub Johnny Osbourne – He Can Turn Tide Jah Dub Creator – Very, Very Good Dub Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s – Dub With A Difference Heptones & Mudie’s Allstars – Love Without Feeling Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s – String Dub In Rema Jah Dub Creator – Jah Light Dub Eek-A-Mouse All Stars – Land Dub Black Roots Players – Jamming Junior Dan – House Is Not A Home Dennis Brown – Changing Times Leroy Smart – Happiness Is My Desire Glen Brown – Melodica International Gregory Isaacs – Cool Down The Pace Johnny Osbourne – Love Is Universal (Version) Jah Warrior – Dub From The Heart Sheila Hylton – House On The Rock Glen Brown – There’s Dub Super Chick – Roach Killer Wayne Smith – Time Is A Moment In Space Niney – Quiet Jah Dub Creator – The Spirit Dub Ras Clifton – Look Over Yonder Michigan & Smiley – Diseases Robert Lee – Dreams Cocoa Tea – War Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s – Heavy Duty Dub Horace Andy – Skylarkin Delroy Wilson – Live Good 4th Street Orchestra – Dubber Anthony Red Rose – Tempo The Tamlins – Baltimore Cocoa Tea & J.C. Lodge – Time For Love Clement Irie – Kolo-Ko Barrington Levy – Here I Come Ken Boothe – Memories Keith Hudson – Trust & Believe The Heptones – Mistry Babylon Horace Andy – Quiet Place Junior Reid – One Blood Ricky Melody – What A Act Ackie – Call Me Rambo Foxy Brown – Love Is Where You Find It Suzan Cadogan – Do It, Baby Roman Stewart – Seasons In The Sun Norma White – I Want Your Love Johnny Clarke – Enter His Gates Cutty Ranks – Chop Chop Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s – Full Dose Of Dub Prince Buster – Dancing Time Otis Gayle & Sound Dimension – I’ll Be Around Sly & Robbie And The Taxi Gang – Billie Jean Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign Your Name (Lee Perry Dub)
DJ Duke – Escape From N.Y. Sensorama – Quarzzeit Circulation – Memory Schatrax – First Heartbeat Kevin Yost – Natural High DJ Sneak – Latin Seoul GU – I Need GU 3-Play – Summer Breezz The Ghetto Kids – Summer In The City Sensory Productions – Houseluck Gene Farris Presents The DEB Project – Visions Of The Future Dave Angel – Fever Suburban Knight – Echo Location Trackman – Don’t Stop Pete Conman – The Range Count LoSoul – Open Door Product Of Da Neighbourhood – Living In Brooklyn Global Communication – The Way Wamdue Kids – Memory And Forgetting Moodymann – I Can’t Kick This Feelin When It Hits René et Gaston – Merluche Ideale Mood II Swing – All Night Long Boo Williams – Home Town Chicago Model 500 – I Wanna Be There Jonny L – This Time DJ Linus – Pleasure Netto – Like Ghosts Projekt: PM – When The Voices Come Faze Action – In The Trees Motorbass – Les Ondes
We go back in the days when DJ rooms only existed as an expanding Facebook page. Finn Johannsen, author, label owner and DJ from Berlin sent us his wonderful room, packed full with records. Of course we’ve had a little interview with him…
Tell us and our readers, when you started DJing:
“I’m playing records in public since the mid-80’s”
What else can you tell us about you:
“I’m an author for several mags (de:bug, resident advisor, sounds like me, groove and numerous other print and web publications). I’m also co-running the label Macro Recordings, and working at Hard Wax. I live in Berlin”
The size of your record collection?
“I think around 8000 records”
What equipment do you use in your room?
“2x Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntables, 1x Ecler SmacFirst mixer, 1x Yamaha RX-495RDS Receiver, 1x Harman Kardon HD7300 CD Player, 2x 1970′s Bang & Olufson speakers, 2x JBL Control 1 Pro monitor speakers, 1x Sony MDR-7506 headphones, 1x Technics Stereo Cassette Deck RS-TR373, 1x Technics Cassette Deck RS-B675″
The first of a series of mixes that contain records I most played at my residency at Tanzdiele club in my hometown Kiel, from 1995 to 2001. The artworks are from a fake newspaper form the future that we made for a sci-fi themed night once.
C. Damier & R. Trent – Morning Factory
Millsart – Gamma Player
Ron Trent – Untitled
Round Two – New Day
Chez Damier & Stacey Pullen – Forever Monna
Wamdue Kids – Dreams
4th Measure Men – The Need
Jellybean – Twilight Dome Pt. 2
Ratcliffe – Grape Soda
The Salsoul Crew – Salsoul Mega Mix / Firebird
Whirlpool Productions – It Happened Last Night
Rockers Hi-Fi – Push Push
Daniel Wang – Not Feeling It
Todd Terry – Melissa’s Dream
Romanthony – Ministry Of Love
JohNick – Play The World
Ultra Naté – Party Girl (Turn Me Loose)
The Mole People – Break Night
Green Velvet – Flash
House Music Lovers – Listen Carefully
The S Man Featuring Orchestra 7 – Rhumba
Wildchild – Renegade Master
Ian Pooley – My Anthem
Seven Grand Housing Authority – Love’s Got Me High
Another prevalent argument has more to do with artistic merit. When Tom Moulton and his peers made the first edits on reel-to-reel tape, they were, intentionally or not, designing a musical experience that had never existed before. The same could hardly be said for many of today’s edits. “You have this glut of edits which are no longer interested in diving deeper and deeper,” says Finn Johannsen, the DJ, music critic and Hard Wax employee. “Back then, there were no computers, so beatmatching and the convenience aspect was not the point of it. Today, there are a lot of edits floating around where the only purpose is to make DJing easier.” He finds many of the arguments in favor of edits “valid but lazy. You can always say ‘It’s always been this way,’ and of course it was, but to make that your main mission… it’s just a question of what you’re aiming for as an artist.”
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