Gun Club – Sex Beat Buzzcocks – What Do I Get? The Messerschmitt Twins – Sleeping With The Radio On Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out Thrash! – Time Will Tell Madness – Sign Of The Times The Divine Comedy – Your Daddy’s Car The Cure – Close To Me The Alljacks – Guilty Makin’ Time – Scarlet Sky Haircut One Hundred – Fantastic Day Aztec Camera – All I Need Is Everything Propaganda – Duel Veronika Fischer – Dann Ist Liebe Ein Teufelskreis Pulp – My Legendary Girlfriend Culture Club – Church Of The Poison Mind Fehlfarben – Tag Und Nacht Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Plan B / I’ll Show You Richard Ashcroft – A Song For The Lovers Blumfeld – In Der Wirklichkeit The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before The Go-Betweens – Head Full Of Steam Julian Cope – Bill Drummond Said The Chrysanthemums – Bullshit The Prisoners – Whenever I’m Gone Mission Of Burma – Dirt That Petrol Emotion – Can’t Stop The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress The Undertones – Teenage Kicks Orange Juice – Felicity Phoenix – Too Young Commercial Breakup – Holding On Everything But The Girl – Each And Every One The Clash – Lover’s Rock
Mix with some record purchases du jour, ranging between techno and house.
Santiago Salazar – Arcade Scuba – Ruptured (Surgeon Remix) Sound Stream – “Live” Goes On Equalized – Equalized 002 Raudive – Khaki Future Funk – Rhythm DJ Qu – Somethin’ Ta Feel Levon Vincent – Early Reflections Wireman – Armour André Lodemann Feat. Nathalie Claude – Searchin’ Portable – Release Quarion – A Night At The Zukunft Basic Soul Unit – Dank V.A. – Music Institute Anniversary Pt. 1 Track A2 International Pony – Bubble In The Bottle (Pépé Bradock RMX) DJ Sprinkles – The Occasional Feel-Good
> Backroom Productions – Definition Of A Track ( New York Underground Records) 1988
A rare tune from 1987. Indeed nothing but a track.
I knew this from the vinyl edition of the DJ-Kicks by Terranova. At that time it fit right in with what they were trying to represent with that compilation. I used to play this track regularly back then, it was very good for warming up.
So you actually know this for quite some time then.
Yeah, of course! I was not into Terranova that much, but the compilation had some brilliant tracks on it. East Flatbush Project and such.
This has some kind of Hip Hop vibe to it, too. But it does not exactly sound like 1988.
No, and I didn’t know that (laughs).
Would you still play it?
Definitely. I don’t know when and for what occasion but it is a class track.
It somehow reminds me of the bonus beats they used to have on the flipside of old House records.
Yeah, but bonus beats have gone out of fashion a bit, apart from Hip Hop. Argy had some for that Sydenham track “Ebian” on Ibadan last year. But I think it is not really relevant anymore for the current generation of House producers.
The percussive elements really distinguish the sound of that era from today’s productions. Lots of handclaps, or here it’s rimshots.
My problem is that I don’t really like all these percussion sounds from drum machines. I prefer sampled real instruments. This is probably some classic Roland drum machine, like a 606. I would take the bassdrum and hi-hats from somewhere else. The toms of these old machines are always cool, but the bongo sounds for example are not for me. I wouldn’t use that for my productions. I couldn’t do these 100 % authentic references. I think it’s supercool to listen to in a Prosumer record for example, but I couldn’t do that.
You got qualms about doing something like that?
No (laughs)! I’m just working on a new track for which I sampled an old Amen-break. I don’t care, if I like it I use it. This kind of break is in 90 % of all Drum and Bass tracks and nobody cares, so I don’t care either.
> Phortune – Unity (Jack Trax) 1988
This is an old track by DJ Pierre, from his Acid House days. But it is different to most tracks he produced back then. It is pretty deep.
It’s great. Awesome vibe for 1988, I could listen to this all day. It doesn’t tranquilize my feet, it’s not boring, it’s perfectly right. And I would grin from ear to ear if I would hear this in a club.
Some of its sounds have aged really well.
I really like this. I think it’s a pity that there are not so many tracks with great basslines at the moment. There are a lot of simple, functional basslines without much of a melody. Of course it’s effective and some current tracks need some of these dominating, functional elements, but a track like this for example needs a bit more, and I miss that. It’s also simple, but it has more and different harmonies. I like that, it gets me hooked. I would love to buy this on Beatport (laughs)!
Welcome to another Druffmix edition. The Druffalo Hit Squad is dedicating this one to the old school chapter of the International Disco Flamboyance Preservation Society. Never Surrender!
Charly Brown – The Twilight Zone DJ Spinna – Ladbroke Groove Deep Sensation – Can’t Give You Up Stan Francisco – Lover 2 Lover Les Claudettes – Alexandrie Alexandra Joey Negro – Universe Of Love Disco Elements – Muzik Takes Me Higher Solar House – Peace Of Mind Ratcliffe – Grape Soda Jasper Street Company – Music Rhythm Section Feat. Donald O – Do You Know Victor Simonelli Presents 21st Century Rockers – Ease Into The Dance Stevie Wonder – All I Do (Remix) Chubby Chunks – Testament One Terrence Parker – The More I Want Stacy Kidd – Lost Angels The Meat Men- All Locked Up Dino + Terry – Moon Dub Armand Van Helden Feat. Duane Harden – You Don’t Know Me Deep Sensation – Togetherness Deep Sensation – Soul Heaven Dazzle – You Dazzle Me (Kenny Dope Edit) Black Science Orchestra – Where Were You Kerri Chandler – Dizko Satisfaction Romanthony – In The Mix Brothers Of Soul – Disco Era
Welcome to another Druffmix edition. The Druffalo Hit Squad is dedicating this one to the old school chapter of the International Disco Deconstructivist Conspiracy. Venceremos!
Johnny D & Nicky P – Like Morning Agent X – In The Morning Sensory Productions- Houseluck House 101 – I Got The Music Glenn Underground – I Need GU Jellybean – Twilight Dome Pt. 2 Freestyle Orchestra – Twi-Lite Glenn Underground – Functions Mada – Good Stuff Raw Grooves – Three Markus Nikolai – Rood Audiomatrix – Miss You Level One – Give It Up Nature Boy – Tobago Travis Nelson – Breakin’ Rocks Mike Dixon – Love Is… Nail – Dancin’ Netto – Kula DJ Spen – Tedd’s Beat Goes On Johnny Dangerous – Kill For A Day Daniel Wang – Not Feeling It Whirlpool Productions – It Happened Last Night Sound Stream – Motion Stacy Kidd – Take It Easy Paul Johnson – Hear The Music Ghetto Godfathers – Love Junkie Brother Of Soul – Eyes Of Love Bim Marx – Stronger Eddie Kendricks – Thank You For The Memories (Dam Edit)
Haruomi Hosono – 3.6.9 (Monad) Ryuichi Sakamoto – The End Of Europe (Ariola) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Neue Tanz (Alfa) Masami Tsuchiya – Kafka (Epic) Hajime Tachibana – Theme From Nihon No Sugao (Ralph) Virginia Astley – Some Small Hope (WEA) The Beatniks – Le Sang Du Poète (Plexus) Logic System – Convulsion Of Nature (EMI) Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Garden Of Poppies (Plexus) Lizard – Sa Ka Na (Phonogram) Haruomi Hosono – Alternative 3 (Another Record Company) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Snakeman Show (A&M) Miharu Koshi – Petit Paradis (Alfa) Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Private Music) Name – Do We All Need Love (Soft) The Bach Revolution – Narega Tama, Akumuyori Mezameyo (Excerpt) (RCA)
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Before Long (CBS) Hajime Tachibana – Arrangement (Ralph) Masami Tsuchiya – Secret Party (Epic) The Beatniks – No Way Out (Statik) Ryuichi Sakamoto & Robin Scott – Just About Enough (Plexus) Susan – Ah! Soka (Epic) La Sellrose Can Can – Happy Morning (Soft) Logic System – Clash (EMI) Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Thomas Dolby – Field Work (Ten) Haruomi Hosono – Body Snatchers (Another Record Company) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Taiso (Alfa) Ryuichi Sakamoto – Rain (I Want A Divorce) (Virgin) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Shadows On The Ground (Alfa) Miharu Koshi – Parallelisme (Alfa) Ippu-Do – Magic Vox (Epic)
Ippu-Do – German Road (Epic) Salon Music – Hunting On Paris (Phonogram) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Key (Alfa) Miharu Koshi – Ryugujo No Koibito (Alfa) Earthling – You Go On Natural (Phonogram) Hajime Tachibana – Liquid (Ralph) Sandii & The Sunsetz – Sticky Music (Alfa) The Eastern Gang – Charlotte (Miracle) Minako – Town (Alfa) Yukihiro Takahashi – Drip Dry Eyes (Alfa) Miharu Koshi – L’Amours Toujours (Alfa) Testpattern – Modern Living (Alfa) Yukihiro Takahashi – Walking To The Beat (Alfa) Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian – Bamboo Houses (Virgin) Ippu-Do – Morning Menu (Epic) Ryuichi Sakamoto – Kimi Ni Tsuite (Nippon Life Insurance Co.)
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