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.)
The Druffalo rave saga continues. This time round the Druffalo Hit Squad travels back to the New York City of the early 90′s, when labels like Nu Groove, Strictly Rhythm and many more dropped several bombs each week on the city’s manic floors, and the according sound was a sample-heavy and stylistically irresponsible mixture of roots in Disco, Hip Hop, Freestyle and clues from worldwide House and Techno proceedings. An overdose of signals both deep and kicking, and a decidedly street approach to structure the madness.
At that time you could even dance to that, whenever and wherever you wanted to.
We sure did, and still do.
How about you?
The Sound Vandals – Extasy (Nu Groove) Full Moon – Allelujh (Dope Slap) Jam To It Again – Aquarius (City Limits) Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Change The Track (Minimal) Bobby Konders – Let There Be House (Nu Groove) Intellectual Harmonious Sanction – Save The Whales (R&S) Mental Mayhem – Joey’s Riot (Atmosphere) The Untouchables – Trippin’ (Strictly Rhythm) Direct – Techno Gone Mad (R&S) Project 86 – Industrial Bass (Nu Groove) Sound Factory – Cuban Gigolo (Capitol) Jovonn – Back To House (Goldtone) Static – The Native Track (Strictly Rhythm) House Syndicate – Jam The Mace (Dopewax) The Dope Wax Allstars – Angelo’s Groove (Dopewax) 33 1/3 Queen – Searchin’ (Nu Groove) Gypsymen – Bounce (E Legal) Foremost Poets – Reasons To Be Dismal (Nu Groove) Metro – Straphanger (Nu Groove) Open House Feat. Pace – Seven Day Weekend (Nu Groove) Arthur Baker And The Backbeat Disciples – Silly Games (A&M) KC Flightt – Planet E (RCA) Earth People – Reach Up To Mars (Underworld) J. Of Barcelona – Red Light District (Rey-D) Landlord – I Like It (Bigshot) A Bitch Called Johanna – I’m A Bitch (Project X) Ooscha – Ich Will Dich (Quark)
Bridging the generation gap right here, the Druffalo Hit Squad lends a helping hand with a heads up call to the hopes and dreams of boys and girls anywhere, anytime, anyplace. You might feel disillusioned, disenchanted, shattered, heartbroken, isolated, ignored, left over, left out, misunderstood, mistreated, underestimated, unwanted and unloved. We’ve been there. We suffered. We nearly dropped. But we draw conclusions. And we reached out. And we set in motion. And we found what we were looking for. This is for the survivors…
The Colourfield – Castles In The Air (Chrysalis) Heaven 17 – Let Me Go (Virgin) Mike Francis – Survivor (RCA) Chris Rea – Josephine (Magnet) David Bowie/Pat Metheny – This Is Not America (EMI America) Laid Back – Fly Away (Metronome) Madness – Yesterdays Men (Virgin) The Pale Fountains – Unless (Virgin) ABC – All Of My Heart (Neutron) Culture Club – Romance Beyond The Alphabet (Virgin) Icehouse – No Promises (Chrysalis) Tears For Fears – Advice For The Young At Heart (Fontana) The Dream Academy – The Love Parade (Blanco Y Negro) Talk Talk – It’s My Life (EMI) Bryan Ferry – Don’t Stop The Dance (EG) The Stranglers – Always The Sun (Epic) Electronic – Getting Away With It (Factory) The Lotus Eaters – You Don’t Need Someone New (Arista) Spandau Ballet – Gold (Chysalis) Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer (Virgin) The The – Uncertain Smile (Epic) Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring (Parlophone) The Go-Betweens – Bachelor Kisses (WEA) Blancmange – Waves (London)
Brian Protheroe – Pinball Ned Doheny – Get It Up For Love Bobby Caldwell – What You Won’t Do For Love Hall & Oates – Sara Smile Roxy Music – Just Like You Yvonne Elliman – I’ll Be Around Samantha Sang – Emotion Hot – Angel In Your Arms Angela Bofill – Angel Of The Night Maria Muldaur – Midnight At The Oasis Elkie Brooks – Only Love Can Break Your Heart Karla Bonoff – Personally Jorge Santana – Tonight You’re Mine Toto – Georgy Porgy Lulu – You Win, I Lose Rupert Holmes – Him Frankie Valli – Grease Mary Macgregor – I’ve Never Been To Me Olivia Newton-John – Please Don’t Keep Me Waiting Boz Scaggs – Lowdown Bette Midler – Hang On In There Baby Salazar – Never Gonna Let You Go Fleetwood Mac – Sara Genesis – Follow Me, Follow You Jan Hammer Group – Don’t You Know Elton John – Mama Can’t Buy You Love Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me The Korgis – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime Climax – Precious And Few The Hollies – Ait That I Breathe David Bowie – Moonage Daydream Scott Walker – Do I Love You Crosby, Stills & Nash – Just A Song Before I Go Al Stewart – End Of The Day
We’re sorted out for E’s and Wizz, the stereo of the overcrowded Jensen Interceptor heading up the M25 is blasting out The Spinmasters, while the Druffalos either make guestlist calls, read the latest Morley or WSC, sort out which trainers to wear or look nervously on the fuel display. We await 20000 hardcore members in longsleeves in a disused hangar in the middle of a field. We saw the lasers a while ago but we already missed the exit three times, ran out of water and beer, got police on our back, and it’s getting pitch dark.
This is the sound of the Druffalo Hit Squad’s UK edition of the international Rave Chronicles. Now hear this!
Bassheads – Non Verbal Communication (Deconstruction) Shades Of Rhythm – Musical Freedom (Aquatic) Yin Yang – Oh One (Rumour) Dr. Baker – Kaos (Desire) Orbital – Fahrenheit 3D3 (FFRR) The Garden Of Eden – The Serpent In The Garden (Pepper) Mark Rutherford – Get Real (Fourth & Broadway) Nemesis – After The Storm (Intrigue) Break The Limits – Fire Away (Break The Limits) Hardcore – Get A Little Stupid (XL) Nicolette – Single Minded People (Shut Up And Dance) Paradox – Jailbreak (Ronin) For This II – Trak 1 (Ozone) Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (RCA) Midi Rain – Always (Vinyl Solution) N Joi – Malfunction (Deconstruction) Bizarre Inc – Technological (Blue Chip) Baby Ford – Fordtrax (Rhythm King) Altern 8 – Objective (Network) C & M Connection – Bio Rhythms (Network) The Black Dog – Erb (General Productions) Nightmares On Wax- Aftermath (Warp) Unique 3 – The Theme (Ten) Cyclone – A Place Called Bliss (Network) Fila Brazillia – Mermaids (Pork) A Guy Called Gerald – Untitled (CBS) 808 State – Pacific State (ZTT) Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
The Druffalo Hit Squad welcomes you to a new irregular series of showcases, which will feature our personal highlights from the international bastions of rave. For no particular reason whatsoever, we would like to dedicate the first installment to the most underrated rave nation: Canada. We assembled some extra hi-biased strobe anthems for the occasion, and played them on +8.
Nick Holder – Erotic Illusions (Strobe) Psyance – Andromeda’s Dance (Plus 8) Infra-Red – Metamorphis (Strobe) How II House – Lift The Nation (Outer Rhythm) Infra-Red – Love Me, Love Me (Strobe) F.U.S.E. – Phase 1 (Plus 8) Z-Formation – Brutal (Hi-Bias) Nick Holder – Frantic (Strobe) States Of Mind – Destiny (Strobe) Psyance – EQ (Plus 8) Infra-Red – Falling From The Light (Strobe) Psyance – Motion (Plus 8) Infra-Red – The Verge (Strobe) Cybersonik – Technarchy (Plus 8) Chrome – My Reflection (Plus 8) How II House – I Want U 2 Love Me (Strobe) Trancendence – Magique Noire (Strobe) States Of Mind – Elements Of Tone (Plus 8) Infra-Red – Calibrate This (Strobe) Hayden Andre Project – Broken Chains (Strobe) The Uprising – You Can Wait (Hi-Bias) Blunted Dummies – House For All (Definitive) The R.A.S.E. – Say It Loud (Strobe) Christina Lorr – Dark As The Night (Hi-Bias) Syndicate 305 – I Promise (Hi-Bias) Helen Sharpe – Got 2 Have Your Love (Strobe) Subculture – The Voyage (Strobe) Infra-Red – Love Honey (Strobe)
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