Madteo – We Doubt (Dresvn Remix) Madteo – Very Sweaty Palms (Kassem Mosse Remix) KGB – Stark Barnt – Stac Battle Box -Battle Box (Main Mix) Primitive World – Danceteria Tapenade – Untitled Mgun – Let Conversation Take Place Anthony Naples – El Portal Zombie Zombie – Illuminations (DJ Sotofett’s House-Chugging-Tuff-Trip-Mix) Blank – Still Bass Clef – You Don’t Know Don’t Know You Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go
(photo by Tom Lawton, very early morning @ Summer Sound System, Glasgow, 2005)
These days the Discogs Marketplace seems to outweigh the website’s initial purpose of building a research database and there is a lot of talk about the value of certain releases, and less talk about what said releases actually sound like. So I decided to compile this playlist by organizing my collection at Discogs for the highest median prices fetched at the Discogs Marketplace, and then selected items from the first pages that in my opinion justify demand by classic status. If this is what is wanted by so many Discogs users, you can thus have an impression of how the records sound in action, and decide for yourself if they are worth the effort. Items sought after due to recent hype and speculation efforts by producers, labels and sellers of any kind were decidedly neglected.
Dedicated to all the people who created the monster, and to those who do not abuse it. I salute you.
Andthoney & M. Kinchen – The Feeling (Prescription) Dream 2 Science – My Love Turns To Liquid (Deep Water Mix) (Power Move) Vil-N-X- What Cha Gonna Do (Vil-N-X Stra Mental Mix) (Island Noyze) DJ Sprinkles – Bassline.89.1 (Comatonse) Nature Boy – Unda Me (Ruff Disco Records) Unknown Artist – Untitled (Magnet Sounds) Jovonn – Back 2 The House (Goldtone) Shake – 5% Solution (KMS) Unknown Artist – Untitled (Chicago Underground) Kikrokos – Life’s A Jungle (Ron’s Edits) K. Alexi Shelby – My Medusa (Transmat) The Prince And The Wizard – The Music Is Kickin’ (City Limits) Gherkin Jerks – Parameters (Alleviated) Ace & The Sandman – Let Your Body Talk (Saber) Schatrax – Restless Nights (Schatrax) The System – You’re In My System (Atmospheric Dub) (Ibadan) Unknown Artist – Untitled (Other Side) Boo Williams – Make Some Noise (Relief) Circulation – Emotions Unknown (++Force Mix) (Balance) Freaks – 2 Please U (Surreal Visits Dub) (Playhouse) Moodymann – I Feel Joy (KDJ) MD – Cold Cuts (United States Of Mars) Octave One – Nicolette (430 West) Vincent Floyd – I Dream Of You (Dance Mania) Low Key – Lovemagic (Serious Grooves) John Beltran Feat. Open House – Earth & Nightfall (Sinewave) Claude Young – Dream Of Another Time (Utensil) Fingers Inc. – A Love Of My Own (Extended Club Mix) (Alleviated) B.F.C. – Please Stand By (Retroactive)
Dark Side Rhythm Tracks – Homey’s House Container – Acclimator Young Male – Black Satin Fan DJ Sotofett – There’s Gotta Be A Way (Vision Of Love Club Mix) Marcellis – Workshop 16 B1 Mzungu – Too Hot Durant – Vigo’s Jones Breach & Dark Sky – The Click Doubleheart – Grasso Terrence Dixon – Horizon Area – Bourbon Skies (St. Petersburg Three-Four Blues Remix By DJ Sprinkles) Sleeparchive – Diagnosis Oh, Yoko – Seashore (Sprinkles’ Ambient Ballroom)
Go Bitch Go! – Work This Pussy (Original Bitch Mix) DJ Sneak – Work It Sub-Culture Feat- Marcus – Dreams (Tribal Life Mix) Springboard – Be My Man (Club Mix) Todd Edwards – Winter Behavior Sound Design – Searchin’ Gypsymen – Bounce M.A.D.A. – The Good Stuff (Culture Mix) Mental Instrum – Bott-ee Rider (Open Wide!!) Gayland – Get By (The Instrumental) Georgie Porgie – Strawberry (Georgie’s Club Mix) Deep Style – …Down (Elementary Dub) L.J. – No Work O.D.C. – Model 9000 Aswad – Shine (Remix Dub) DJ Sneak – Come Together Nature Boy – Tobago The Cover Girls – Wishing On A Star (Magic Sessions Vocal Dub) Martha Wash – Carry On (Masters At Work Dub Mix) Uncanny Alliance – I Got My Education (Underground Dub) Louie “Balo” Guzman – Don’t Shut Me Out The Miners – Calling You (Giancarlino Stress Mix) Mood II Swing Productions – I Need Your Luv (Right Now) (Balo’s Banji Mix) Full Swing – Choices (Choices Vocal Mix) Marina Van-Rooy – Sly One Lectroluv – If We Try (Hard Dub Edit) Pal Joey – Rat Race Celo-Sound – Every Day Every Nite Hardrive Feat. L.G. – Sindae (Kenlou Dub) Black Rascals – Sympathy (Club Dub) Three Generations Feat. Chevell – Get It Off Romanthony – Falling From Grace Interceptor – Together (The S-Man’s Miami Mix) Daniela Mercury – O Canto Da Cidade (Murk Boys Miami Mix) Mission Control – Outta Limits
Dee Dee Brave – Can’t Get Over It (Untitled Mix 3) 3 A.M. – I Love This Place (Second Place) Unation – Dreaming (Deep Down Dub) Trey Lorenz – Photograph Of Mary (Moody Dub) Elastic Reality – Cassa De X (Crowd Da’ Floor Vocal Dub) Deee-Lite – Thank You Everyday (The Spirit Mix Pt.2) Black Sheep – Strobelite Honey (Def Version) The Sugarcubes – Leash Called Love (Nu Beet) Scott Sellars – Let’s Dance Shall We? Instrum – Say Yeah (Say Wine Mix) Todd Terry – Logan’s Running House 2 House – Hypnotize Me (Trance Mix) Sound Design – Razen Theme The B-52’s – Tell It Like It T-I-Is (MK Dub) Pizarro Feat. Donna Blakely – Mine Forever Mine (Deep Street Mix) Jovonn – This Thing Is Jammin Shake – Ying Yang (Frictional Mix) The Swing Kids – Good Feelin’ (TNT Bonus Beats) Adolfo – Do I? (Ivan Iacobucci 6:AM Mix) Joe Roberts – Back In My Life (Classic Mix) Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles Kingston – Comment Te Dire Adieu (Part 2) Ce Ce Peniston – Searchin’ (Silk In The House Mix) Saundra Williams – I Want It, I Need It (Real Love) (MK’s Real Dub) Unknown Artist – Untitled DJ Pierre – Let The Music Take You Higher (Original Yo Yo Mix) Space 2000 – Release Me (DJ Pierre Vocal Mix) Shock Wave – The Mental Track (The Love And Sex Mix) Inner City – Pennies From Heaven (Kevin’s Tunnel Mix) Mind Readers Feat. Malik Hart – Living My Life Underground (Extended Club Mix) The Party – Free (Hurley’s 12” Without Rap) Betty Boo – Catch Me (Def Version) Visions – Is This Real? (Obsessive Club) Jovonn – Pianos Of Gold Davina – Don’t You Want It (Extended) Community Feat. Fonda Rae – Parade! (T.M.V.S. Mix)
I wanted to do a mix that was more mid tempo. A revolutionary concept for me at that time, believe me.
NRSB-11 – 685-471 2 Shades Of Rhythm – Exorcist Eric B & Rakim – Follow The Leader Sugar Bear – Don’t Scandalize Mine Mr. Fingers – What About Is Love (Even Deeper Mix) DJ Sotofett Presents Bhakti Crew – Sunrise Mix Four Tet – Love Cry Cos Ber Zam – Ne Noya (Daphni Mix) Olonga – Feel The Melody Far Out Disco Monster Orchestra – Keep Believing (Can You Feel It) (SS Translation By Theo Parrish) Joe – MB James Din A 4 – Untitled MM / KM – Birds Flying In The Sun Like U Know How Magazine – Happen Nearly Ra.H – Spacepops Dreesvn – Untitled Tase – Oh Boy Duplex – Below The Photic Zone Electribe 101 – You’re Walking (Ambient Groove Mix) Tommye – I Need To Go Away (Principle Theory Version) Specter – Do You Really Know? Ron Trent – Pop, Dip And Spin The Detroit Experiment – Think Twice Larry Heard Presents Ona King – Premonition Of Lost Love (Extended Adult Mix) Ethyl Meatplow – Queenie (MK Vox Mix) Designer Imposter – Good News (Pink Alert’s Good News Remix) Stephanie Mills – All Day, All Night (Def Mix) Inner City – Hallelujah (Spiritual Sample Mix) Pressure Drop – You’re Mine Kathy Diamond – Over Soul 223 – Almost Like It Used To Be Crusho – Someone To Love (Crusho TR Treatment) Xosar – Elixir Of Dreams John Beltran – Placid Angles Michaela Mélian – Convention Swing Out Sister – Notgonnachange (Classic Club Mix)
Mix I recorded for a Russian podcast. Which might explain the intro. Well, it did not help in the end.
Pet Shop Boys – My October Symphony DJ Sprinkles + Mark Fell – Say It Slowly (N.U.M. Mix) Robert Hood – Torque One DJ Qu – Times Like This King Felix – Spring 02 Schizolectric – Traveller Circuit Paranoid London feat. Paris Brightledge – Paris Dub 1 Cheap And Deep – Words, Breaths & Pauses (Jonsson/Alter Remix) Frak – Untitled (DJ Sotofett Remix) SVN Feat. Paleo – Track 1 Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold – The Special Place Theo Parrish – Black Mist Funkinevil – Night Heatsick – Benelux Innerspace Halflife – Wind Four Tet – Percussions Bookworms – Love Triangles Aardvarck – Nubian Joy Orbison, Pearson & Boddika – Faint Mark Fell – Side 3 Track 5 Stefan Goldmann – Rigid Chain Secret Mixes Vol. 14 – I’m Warning You Pépé Bradock – Katoucha? Trance Yo Lie – Cosa C’e Sotto? KiNK feat. Rachel Row – Hand Made (Main Mix) Soundstream – Disco Crash Da Sampla – Over Unfinished Business – Out Of My Hands (Love’s Taken Over) Dez-Andrés – Seasons So Long Lil Louis – Fable (Frankie Knuckles’ Directors Cut Classic Club Mix)
UK Bass/Dubstep special, recorded for m50’s radio show in Chicago.
Kahn – Like We Used To DJ Abstract – Touch djrum – Turiya Taylor – Squeege Nautiluss x Lord Skywave – Ultraviolet Zed Bias – Reminisce About The Phuture Elgato – Luv Zombie Pangaea – Inna Daze Kuma – Dawn Stepped Outside (Horsepower MK7 Mix) Grey Goo – See Me Irrelevant feat. Brad Sucks – Better Off In Me Graphics – Name This Bandshell – Rise Em Instra:mental – Thomp Untold – Bones (Rockwell Remix) J Beatz – Subwoofer (Grievous Angel Remix) Helix – Stacks Riddim No Symbols – Straight Kode9, Benny Ill & The Culprit – Fat Larry’s Skank Djrum – Turyia (Tessela Remix) West Norwood Cassette Library – Coming On Strong (Pangaea Remix) Djrum – The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Undercoat Pt. 2) LD – Traumatic Times Lorca – Hold Back Pangaea – Memories Synkro – Don’t Know Luke Envoy – So TRG – Surreal (5AM) Forsaken – Hypnotised Horsepower Productions – Voodoo Spell Double Helix – LDN RSD – Pretty Bright Light Killawatt – Sidewinder (Ipman Remix) Kahn & Neek – Percy Geeneus – Congo Untold – No One Likes A Smart-Arse Data – The Construct Data – Knives From Heaven Photek – Closer (Pinch Remix) Pinch – Elements Opus – I’m Goin In Dub War – Funky Deal Anti-Pop Consortium – Ghostlawns (LFO Rik Waller Mix)
For the majority of releases in club music history, rhythm is a crucial ingredient. Two of the labels included in this mix even proudly carry it in their brand names – Strictly Rhythm & Rhythm Beat. But, in most of the said releases, rhythm is the backbone, the carrier for other sounds that establish the groove – basslines, keyboards, pads, vocals etc. Yet, the rhythm is prominently dictating the pace, taking turns and breaks, sometimes even shifting in tempo. Especially in the late 80’s to early 90’s, House and Techno often had music on a record’s tracklist that was originally destined only for skillful DJs – bonus beats, rhythm tracks, instrumental versions. Some only formed a reprise of the original material, taking up some of its key sounds for mixing double copies into little symphonies. Some were only the rhythmic skeleton of the original, displaying little more than beats, claps, percussion. Most of them were only a small portion of the original track in terms of length as well. Then there were original tracks that were just interested in being rhythm and not much else. Reducing a track to its very basics in the process, and neglecting the musical elements that, in most ears. make a track a TRACK. For some, that might be too little to attract attention, but for others, that might be all that matters. If well programmed and arranged, pure rhythm is just that: something pure. Something engaging, too. Something that can knock you out of your natural habits of listening. Something that urges you to move. Something where the rhythm is just a part of the whole picture.
While I went through my shelves recently to select records for a gig, I stumbled upon several records that had: a) basic rhythm tracks in a DJ tool sense b) tracks that were just made out of rhythmic elements or c) bonus beats and versions of regular dance tracks. Some of these tracks were just astounding, even if they did not much more than show what then young kids could jam together with their Rolands, or showing off that their tracks were still extraordinary with all the juicy bits and arrangements left out. It struck me that such tracks still exist, but way less than before. In some cases, producers may not want to spread out their ideas for tracks that only few people use or listen to, and DJs may not require it any longer anyway, because they can extract every element of a track with software and loop it into infinity if they want to, without even setting their drink aside. This mix, however, is not for showing how you make extended versions with bonus beats, or how you beef up a track with a different rhythm tool underneath. It is a tribute to the bonus beats and rhythm tracks on their own. That beatin’ rhythm Richard Temple once sang about in a revered Northern Soul song, albeit without hearing a drummer get wicked, but a drum machine.
There are enough great tracks around to record several sequels to this mix, and it is well worth digging for your own personal favourites. I might do a sequel with just the acapellas I found in the process. But that’s another story.
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