Mix with current record store finds and some old favourites. Pretty much what I was playing in clubs around that time.
Africans With Mainframes – Micro-Electronique Daniel Wang – On The Moon RV Feat. Los Updates – Baile Prostitune – Lotions DFA – Cause Of Suffering $tinkworx – MKB Pépé Bradock – Path Of Most Resistance The Foster Kidz – Butterscotch Jack Peñate – Tonight’s Today Afefe Iku – Mirror Dance Terre’s Neu Wuss Fusion – A Crippled Left Wing Soars With The Right Bang The Party – Bang Bang You’re Mine Johnny Dangerous – How Deep / Deep Mental Marcello Napoletano – A Prescription Of Love Chez Damier – Sometimes I Feel Like Danell Dixon – Dance Dance Portable – Ok Then DJ Sprinkles – Grand Central Pt. 1 (MCDE Bassline Dub) Newworldaquarium – Trespassers (541 Dub) Obsolete Music Technology – My Neurosis Cabin Fever Trax- Don’t You Know Tony Lionni – Found A Place Yukihiro Fukutomi – Open Our Eyes Rolando – The Afterlife
Theo Parrish – Space Station Bocca Grande – Bremen Orchestra Allen Wright – Talking Heads Sneaky Tim – Mental Kombat Freaks – Mindless Funk Levon Vincent – Solemn Days DJ Qu – Air’s Force Peverelist – Funktion (Shed Remix) Millie & Andrea – Temper Tantrum Intrinsic – Dream Express In Sync – Storm Lil Louis & The World – I Called U (Why’d U Fall) Mind Control Music – M.C.M. Steve Poindexter – Feen For Rhythm Traxx – Mysterio Jody Fingers Finch – Jack Your Big Booty Marvin Dash – MD Dolby A – Knack Armando – Don’t Take It Mutant Beat Dance – In A Daze Steve Poindexter Presents Andreas Gehm – My So Called Robot Life The Circle Jerks – 2 Far Gone Junior Rafael – 4 All Da Men In My Life Millsart – Inner-Self DJ Bone – Circus World Omar S – Blown Valvetrane Kissing The Pink – The Last Film (Medusa Edit)
The Druffalo rave saga continues. This time round the Druffalo Hit Squad travels back to the classic sound of Motor City. No, we didn’t ask for permission.
Never On Sunday – The Journey (Retroactive) Constant Ritual – Hard Way To Come (Network) Psyche – Elements (Planet E) R Tyme – R Theme (Transmat) Mia Hesterley – Spark (Ten) Intercity – Out Of Control (KMS) Neal Howard – Perpetual Motion (Future Sound) Vice – Mindmelt (430 West) Suburban Knight – The Worlds (Transmat) Reese – Bassline (Fragile) H&M – Sleepchamber (Axis) M5003MB – The Cosmic Courier (Metroplex) Open House Feat. Placid Angles – Aquatic (Retroactive) Octave One – Octivate (430 West) Mayday – Nude Photo 88 (Kool Kat) Model 500 – Electronic (Metroplex) Blake Baxter – Forever And A Day (Ten) Esser – Forces (KMS) 69 – My Machines (Planet E) E Dancer – Feel The Mood (Incognito) Octave One – I Believe (Transmat) Underground Resistance – Hi Tech Jazz (Underground Resistance) Pod – Vanguard (Buzz) Inner City – Praise (Ten) Alien FM – Art Of Illusion (430 West) Psyche – Crackdown (Buzz) Paris Grey – Don’t Lead Me (Network) Never On Sunday – Urban Rains (430 West) New Birth – Don’t Blame The Young Folks (For The Drug Society)
Jigsaw – Sky High North End – Kind Of Life (Kind Of Love) Platypus – Dancing In The Moonlight Don Ray – My Desire Frankie Valli – Heaven Above Me Teri de Sario – Ain’t Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You Carrie Lucas – Keep Smilin’ Crown Heights Affair – I Don’t Want To Change You Fern Kinney – Love Me Tonite George McCrae – Don’t You Feel My Love Voyage – I Love You Dancer Patti Labelle – Get Ready (Back To The Music Box Edit) Donna Summer – Our Love Gary’s Gang – Makin’ Music Alba – Only Music Survives Jimmy Ruffin – Hold On To Your Love Phyllis Nelson – I Like You Jody “Fingers” Finch – Jack Your Big Booty Jomanda – I’ll Give It To You (Come Get It) Gallifré – Night Beats (House Rhythm) Dunamis feat. Sarah – You Can Make It Bim Marx – Stronger Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today
If the D.H.S. or any other member of D*ruffalo should drop whilst in the club from contamination, put them outside, but remember to tag them first for identification purposes.
Ours is the last mix that you will ever hear. Do not be alarmed.
ABC – Overture Philip Jap – Save Us Frankie Goes To Hollywood – War (Hide Yourself) (Excerpt) Propaganda – Duel (Bittersweet) Frankie Goes To Hollywood – One February Friday Marc Almond – Prelude Marc Almond – Jacky Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes (Annihilation) Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices (The Disco Mix) Pet Shop Boys – It’s Alright (Extended Version) Pet Shop Boys – The Sound Of The Atom Splitting Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Well… Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Real Altered) Propaganda – p:Machinery (Polish) The Art Of Noise – Egypt The Art Of Noise – Beat Box (Diversion Two) The Art Of Noise – Close-Up The Art Of Noise – Beat Box (Diversion One) Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax (International) (Excerpt) Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax (Sex Mix) Malcolm McLaren – D’ya Like Scratchin’? Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock Cheer Malcolm McLaren – First Couple Out (Extended Mix) Malcolm McLaren – Merengue Propaganda – Frozen Faces Dollar – Hand Held In Black And White ABC – The Look Of Love (Part Four) ABC – The Look Of Love (Part One) Spandau Ballet – Instinction Marc Almond – Trois Chansons De Bilitis (Extract) Marc Almond – The Days Of Pearly Spencer Propaganda – Das Testament Des Mabuse Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Rage Hard (+) Malcolm McLaren & World’s Famous Supreme Team – World’s Famous (Radio ID) Dollar – Videotheque Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Black Night White Light Propaganda – The Chase ABC – All Of My Heart Dollar – Give Me Back My Heart Anne Pigalle – Why Does It Have To This Way… The Art Of Noise – A Time Of Fear (Who’s Afraid?) Propaganda – Dream Within A Dream Godley & Crème – Cry (Extended Remix) Grace Jones – The Crossing (Ooh The Action) Grace Jones – Don’t Cry-It’s Only The Rhythm Grace Jones – Ladies & Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones Marc Almond – My Hand Over My Heart (Grit And Glitter Mix) The Art Of Noise – Moments In Love (Beaten) Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (Leave The Rest To The Gods)
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean Coco Bill – Billie Jean Lydia Murdock – Superstar Slingshot – Do It Again The Residents – Kaw-Liga Losoul – Overland Tex & Erobique – Billigjeans
Peter Kruder – The Law Of Return (Macro) Red Sparrow – That’s The Way Of The World (United States Of Mars) Santiago Salazar – Arcade (Stefan Goldmann Mix) (Macro) Technose Distrikt – Untitled (Rush Hour) Katelectro – Plug (Ultradyne Remix) (Mighty Robot Recordings) DJ Sneak – Fear The World (Defiant) Reggie Hall – I’ll Keep On Workin’ You (Urgent Music Works) The Pig – Are You…? (Rush Hour) Aaron Carl & Benjamin Hayes – The Struggle (Remix By The Plan) (Wallshaker) DJ Sprinkles – Sloppy 42nds (Glorimar’s Deeperama) (Mule Electronic) Raudive – Tul (Macro) Pépé Bradock – 100% Coton (Kif Recordings)
As a respected journalist, in many ways you educate your readers. Would you say that this comes across in your DJ sets as well?
To a certain extent. In the days before the internet made all sorts of musical knowledge easily accessible it was more important, because apart from what you could gather in the print media and some specialist TV and radio programs, the DJ at the club was the one to offer the glimpse of what was going on. I have benefited a lot from the skills and taste of DJs like Klaus Stockhausen and others back then, who knew what music really mattered and who also knew how to best spread their knowledge as an intense party experience. If that works, it is the perfect way of learning about music. I was always interested in the historical context of culture and I like to connect the dots between prototypes and later developments and so in the past I felt the need to adopt that, playing a lot of records I felt missed out on the deserved recognition along better known stuff, in order to make people wonder and dance at the same time. I still do that, but now a lot of the rare records I would say are worth discovering are very likely to be discussed on specialist boards anyway, and you can easily gather the information with a few clicks that once took quite a while of digging and research. But this inevitably led to DJing with a mere collector’s approach, which often results in a showcase of rare items and not in a good party. I also don’t like when such sets are presented like the real deal and authentic, as I have been around clubs for a long time now and DJs playing whole nights of just obscure music were the absolute exception. I am very aware of the privilege of having been there when some the music people still dance to today was in early progress, and so I like to play older records like I remember them being played at the time they were introduced. And of course I use the web myself to learn how pioneering DJs played certain records in certain clubs. That is not obliging for how I choose the records for the night, but it satisfies my curiosity. I always make a few steps forward and a few steps back with what I play, and I reserve the specialist program for radio shows and mixes I make or get asked for. For gigs, the way I put my record box together has always been the same, I just pack the tracks that I would like to dance to if I was attending the club the same night, and that’s it.
Tell us a bit about Macro and the label’s plans for the future.
Macro was conceived by Stefan and me to be both a platform for his productions and other music we like, with no artistic and stylistic restrictions apart from a high quality standard. We just wanted our label releases and identity to stand out via artwork and concept from other output we deemed interchangeable and risk-free. Thankfully our ideas caught on so quickly that we got approached by other artists and producers we admire who like the idea of releasing on a label that is laying emphasis on individuality and some lasting impressions instead of just exploiting the trends of the season. You can hear some of the results in this mix. There is a track from our first release this year by Oliver Ho as Raudive, Stefan’s stunning remix of Santiago Salazar’s “Arcade”, which is about to hit the shops, and a track from the forthcoming 12″ Peter Kruder produced for us. Furthermore Stefan’s edit experiment with Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du Printemps” is going to be released in early June and later this year we will unleash a very special album project with an accompanying series of 12″s, the preparations of which have kept us well busy and buzzing with anticipation since last year. We think it is quite a sensation.
You are known for fusing Disco and Classics in your DJ sets. What changed in your approach for the Sweatlodge set?
I still play a lot of sets where I combine Disco and other related older genres with modern electronic music, but I don’t want to do so per se. I like to treat every set as a new position, be it topical, stylistically or based on a certain purpose. This is basically an excerpt of some favourite sounds I play at the moment as a DJ representing Macro. A hopefully coherent mix of old and new. On another day it could have turned out to sound completely different, but this is how I felt it should be at the time I dropped the needle on the first record. Generally, I have a lot of records to choose from and I try to make good use of that.
Where have you played in the past that you would really want to re-visit again?
We just had our first label night at Panoramabar, and that was predictably an experience I very much look forward to repeat. I also did a nine hour plus back-to-back Disco set with Hunee last Summer at Picknick’s yard which was quite immense and shall happen again. Berlin is buzzing with great clubs, partys, DJs and devoted dancers at the moment, but I have no preferences but a good night out, and I have no doubts I will have some of that for the rest of the year. I’m also looking forward to some gigs lined up beyond Berlin, because I like to travel around and witness some other cities and the according scenes. We’re also working on taking the label out for some dates, and I happily await some fine experiences lying ahead of me with that.
Terry Hall – Sense Stereolab – Miss Modular The La’s – There She Goes Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Opportunity Superpanzer – Geheimer Star The The – Heartland Spandau Ballet – I’ll Fly For You The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon Lewis Taylor – Say I Love You XTC – The Loving Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tex & Erobique – People Of A Destimate Prefab Sprout – Electric Guitars Jack Peñate – Every Glance Tuxedomoon – In A Manner Of Speaking John Cale – I Keep A Close Watch Glenn Gregory – Perfect Day The Monochrome Set – Goodbye Joe David Sylvian – The Ink In The Well It’s Immaterial – The Better Idea Thomas Dolby – I Scare Myself The Special AKA – Racist Friend The Beat – Drowning UB40 – The Earth Dies Screaming Carmel – I’m Not Afraid Of You Matt Bianco – More Than I Can Bear Human League – Louise Pet Shop Boys – Hey Headmaster Osymyso – Fiver To Bigwig Saint Etienne – Hobart Paving The Style Council – Changing Of The Guard Robert Wyatt – At Last I Am Free
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
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