For this edition of the Druffmix experience, the D.H.S. hop the bus for the weekender. Gazelles are on, talc is prepared, purple hearts are still broken and faith is kept.
We dedicate this mix to Levi Stubbs. Reach out, we’ll be there…
Four Tops – I Just Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind Johnny Bristol – Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me Lenny Williams – Messing With My Mind Alphonse Mouzon – I’m Glad That You’re Here Brandi Wells – Watch Out Cool Runners – Play The Game David Williams – Holdin’ Back Alfie Davison – Who Is Gonna Love Me Booker T – Don’t Stop Your Love Greg Perry – It Takes Heart Jimmy Ruffin – Hold On To Your Love Moment Of Truth – So Much For Love James Mason – Free Gladys Knight & The Pips – It’s A Better Than Good Time The Dells – It’s All Up To You Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love Diana Ross – Remember Me
This mix is well informed by my visits to Hard Wax at that time. I was living a 10 minute bike ride away and was going there several times a week to meet people and dig for new sounds. At that time both techno and uk bass music was buzzing with ideas, apart from the house stuff I was looking out for anyway. It was generally a very inspiring period.
UB313 – Q (The Black Dog Bitez Down On Beatz And Bleepz Mixx) TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn’s DCM Remix) Link – The Augur Martyn – All I Have Is Memories Shed – Warped Mind Luke Hess – Renewal Part 2 Mikkel Metal – Lumever Substance – Relish (Shed Remix) B12 – 32 Lineup Brothers’ Vibe – Cuero Para Mi Gente (Altered Vibes Mix) Stefan Goldmann – Radiant Grace Vakula – Loop For My Friends (Lerosa’s Unsavoury Mix) Herb LF – Sunliner (Demo) Prosumer & Murat Tepeli – Serenity (Soundstream Mix)
Welcome to the D.H.S. After Hours, the time when things make sense, friends will be friends and love is in the air. We firmly believe in the art of ending a night in style. In fact, we believe in it so firmly that we have become notorious for extending the very last song for quite some time. After all, there is always a next tune. Always. And who knows what tomorrow might bring?
Dedicated to those who are the last to order and the last to leave.
Andy Williams – The Village Of St. Bernadette Perry Como – We’ve Only Just Begun Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 – Look Who’s Mine Shirley Bassey – I Won’t Last A Day Without You Bill Conti – You Take My Heart Away Dusty Springfield – Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart Five Stair Steps – Ooh Child Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough The 5th Dimension – Magic In My Life Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me Carole King – Up On The Roof The Walker Brothers – My Ship Is Coming In Glenn Campbell – Wichita Lineman Mireille Mathieu – J’oublie La Pluie Et Le Soleil Andy Williams – A Song For You The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Fugs – Burial Waltz The Beach Boys – Feel Flows Lou Reed – Perfect Day Sammy Davis Jr. – I’m Over 25 But You Can Trust Me Telly Savalas – Looking Back At Thirty Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Without Her David McWilliams – The Days Of Pearly Spencer Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – The Beggar The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset Richard Harris – Mac Arthur Park Frank Sinatra – Sunrise In The Morning Elvis Presley – The Impossible Dream Vikki Carr – Eternity Mary Roos – Morgens Um Fünf
Todd Rundgren – Breathless Phil Manzanera – Frontera Yosui Inoue – Kagirinai Y?b? Love – Between Clark And Hilldale Lighthouse – One Fine Morning The Kinks – Shangri-La Roxy Music – Could It Happen To Me? David Bowie – Changes Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods – Who Do You Think You Are Merrilee Rush – Save Me Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love The Hollies – Draggin’ My Heels Daryl Hall – Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You The Four Seasons – Long Ago Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds – Fallin’ In Love Michael Franks – St. Elmo’s Fire JJ Cale – Magnolia Arlo Guthrie – Last To Leave
A mix I contributed to the excellent blog Another Night On Earth, which sadly seems not to be active anymore. Blogs were really important in those days. I read a lot of them and I tried to support them with mixes as well. Then along came Facebook and whatever else followed, and killed off the whole scene. And now the blog spirit is back at platforms like substack, because so many people yearn for such content again. It’s a funny world.
B-Side – Bones Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria Clock DVA – Sound Mirror Act – Snobbery And Decay The Fyling Lizards – Hands 2 Take 400 Blows – The Charmer Soft Cell – ….So Visage – Again We Love Japan – Life In Tokyo Shriekback – Accretions Godley & Creme – Woodwork Altered Images – Disco Pop Stars Matia Bazar – I Bambini Di Poi Thomas Dolby – Urges The Residents – Excerpt From “For Elsie” Tuxedomoon – Atlantis Gentle Ihor – Psalm 151 Yazoo – In My Room A.P.O. – O Superman
And yet another guest spot at Hamburg’s cherished Betalounge location. Well I told you before how much I loved playing there. If, as usual, I was playing records there that I selected for a gig in town later, that gig was probably a good one, as it contains a lot of records I always loved to play. I remember people hanging out during my set there asking me about Minako’s “Town”, a Japanese disco gem. Hamburg clubbers are often very knowledgeable about music so that surprised me. Result!
Mr. Fingers – What About This Love (Even Deeper Mix) Code 718 – Equinox (Heavenly Club Mix) Was (Not Was) – Listen Like Thieves (Giant Club Mix) De La Soul – A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays (Mo Mo Dub) De La Soul – A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays (6:00 A.M. Mix) ABC – The Greatest Love Of All (Mayday Mix) Thompson Twins – Groove On (Extended Groove Mix) Aurra – A Little Love (Just A Little Silky Mix) Johnny Dynell – Love Find A Way (Club Mix) Electribe 101 – Talking With Myself (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Wamdue Kids – That’s The Feeling Richard Rogers – Can’t Stop The Feeling (Morales Sleaze Mix) Swing Out Sister – Notgonnachange (Classic Club Mix) Tafuri – What Am I Gonna Do About Your Love? (Silk On Steel Extended Mix) Joanna Law – Love Is Not Enough (Mix D’Ambience)
And yet another guest spot at Hamburg’s cherished Betalounge location. Well I told you before how much I loved playing there. If, as usual, I was playing records there that I selected for a gig in town later, that gig was probably a good one, as it contains a lot of records I always loved to play. I remember people hanging out during my set there asking me about Minako’s “Town”, a Japanese disco gem. Hamburg clubbers are often very knowledgeable about music so that surprised me. Result!
Heaven 17 – …(And That’s No Lie) (Remix to Enhance Its Danceability) Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – Call Me Antena – Mummy’s Not At Home Tonight 400 Blows – Groove Jumping Clock DVA – Breakdown Medium Medium – So Hungry, So Angry Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 (Long Version) Thompson Twins – In The Name Of Love Konk – Machine Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) Quando Quango – Rebel The Members – Going West (Dance Mix) Modern Romance – Can You Move Haircut 100 – Ski Club Of Great Britain Dislocation Dance – Show Me (Extended Mix) Johnny Bristol – Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me Minako – Town Venus – Twilight Zone Syncbeat – More Music Adonis – Lost In The Sound (Lost Mix) Hanson & Davis – Can’t Stop (Piano Dub) Will Downing – A Love Supreme (Psycho Supreme Remix) Fred Fowler – Times Are Changin’ (5:00 AM Mix) Queen Latifah – Come Into My House (Zanzibar Mix) Jomanda – Don’t You Want My Love (Bizzy Ass Breakdown) Project 122 – Kiss Me Baby (Club Vocal Mix) C-Bank – Nightmare Of A Broken Heart (Dub Version) Fox The Fox – Precious Little Diamond (Special Remix) Les Rita Mitsouko – Singing In The Shower Adele Bertei – Take It To The Bridge (Instrumental) Atlantic Starr – Does It Matter Womack & Womack – Baby I’m Scared Of You
There were the two veteran goth girls generously trying to teach goth dance moves to a veteran mod in the backyard of a hater’s party where the wall once stood. One deckchair, a bench, and a table were destroyed in the process. The veteran goth girls were still able to perform the moves most authentically, but the veteran mod failed disastrously due to stubborn groovyness, and not being able to remember that it’s one step forward, two steps back, and not the other way round. He could not produce the claws of desperation and a doomed expression either. This for you, veteran goth girls!
XTC – Dance With Me, Germany (Excerpt) Cocteau Twins – Cherry-Coloured Funk Felt – Primitive Painters Siouxsie & The Banshees – Dear Prudence Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon Tuxedomoon – Some Girls Japan – Ghosts Wire – Marooned Monochrome Set – Alphaville Gang Of Four – Call Me Up Sad Lovers & Giants – In Flux The Associates – Skipping Clock DVA – Resistance New Order – Sunrise Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat Hybrid Kids – D’ya Think I’m Sexy?
I do not remember why I did this mix, but after a string of mixes revisiting my past days, here at last was one with then (mostly) new music I played in clubs. I recorded it for Ali Tillett’s Warm booking agency. I do not recall if there were talks about me joining them of if it was just one of many favours I did for friends and friendly people asking me for mixes. If you think I tend to care more about recording mixes than my actual DJ career you are probably right. The mix title is probably me making fun of that. Contained here is Tuomi – The Expense Of Spirit, the third release of the label Macro which I co-founded with Stefan Goldmann a year earlier. I just wanted to mention that.
Snoop Dogg – Sexual Eruption (Instrumental) Phatt Pussycat – Hold It Down Netto – Like Ghosts Mad Imbecile – Waiting For A Brain Mujaba – Fuelta I:Cube – Prophetization Syclops – Where’s Jason K 2020 Soundsystem – Scott Sounds Namlook – Subharmonic Atoms (Pépé Bradock Remix) Omar S – Psychotic Photosynthesis Tuomi – Expense Of Spirit Contra Communem Opinionem – Dreamin 21st Century Body Rockers – Ease Into The Dance Hercules And Love Affair – Blind (Frankie Knuckles Vocal) Osborne – 16th Stage
It’s been too long, but now the Druffalo Hit Squad decided to skip the distractions (and there are so many!) and get back to duty. The result is a most exquisite invasion of your audio senses, laden with strings, drama and a thorough analysis of today’s society and the detours of love. We dedicate this Druffmix edition to Katherine Hamnett and Super Hector.
Liza Minnelli – Tonight Is Forever Marc Almond – My Hand Over My Heart (Grit And Glitter Mix) Heaven 17 – And That’s No Lie It’s Immaterial – Happy Talk Bronski Beat – It Ain’t Necessarily So Pet Shop Boys – My October Symphony Thomas Dolby – Cloudburst At Shingle Street (Edited Version) ABC – Ocean Blue (Atlantic Mix) Propaganda – Dream Within A Dream Spandau Ballet – Through The Barricades (Extended Version) Madness – One Better Day The Walker Brothers – My Ship Is Coming In Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (Leave The Rest To The Gods) The Art Of Noise – Moments In Love (Intro) Ryuichi Sakamoto – Before Long
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