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
Dear me, I was recording so many mixes with early 90s house in 2007/08, it almost feels like I was trying to ignite a revival all by myself. The 90s house revival eventually happened not much later, but then I was interested in other music and did not care anymore. I had all the records so I probably could have done a lot of gigs milking the monentum, but hey. My timing is often so bad, it is almost proverbial.
The Opious Project – Jazz Party The Rude Awakening – The Dip Maurice – Melody Sure Is Pure – One Drop Of Rain Rags – Abstract Sound Source – A Naked Theme Davina – Don’t You Want It The Sugarcubes – Leash Called Love Sound On Sound – Time To Feel Loveroot – Hold Me Right Mental Instrum – Bott-ee Rider Hidden Agenda – Story Of My Life The Believers – Who Dares To Believe In Me? S.D.M. – Where Did House Go Joe T. Vannelli – Play With The Voice Sensory Elements Vol. 1 – Something 4 U Yohan Square – Love Of Life
At last, The Druffalo Hit Squad comes down from the mountain for the tenth time. And you better believe the gospel according to…
Data – Living Inside Me The Associates – Waiting For The Loveboat Sparks – Music That You Can Dance To Bobby O – German Girl De Rogue – Nightlife Fashion Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try The B-52’s – Summer Of Love Neil Young – Computer Age Was (Not Was) – Anything Can Happen A Certain Ratio – 27 Forever Kevin Rowland – Tonight The Blow Monkeys – This Is Your Life Karen Finley – Tales Of Taboo Animotion – Obsession Matia Bazar – I Feel You Moses – Our Revolution M.K. All Stars – Bohemian Rhapsody
This is the sequel to the mix “The Boo In My Boogie” as featured in newsletter Finnished 0002. Feel free to check the backstory there. The title is the other half of the quote by two elderly George Michael fans from a documentary about him. The music? Another exploration of disco and synthpop records I played around clubs back then. The picture is a rare glimpse of the setup I used to record mixes, and still use. A Yamaha Stereo Receiver I have since I was a teenager, plus Bang & Olufsen speakers from the 70s I got from my parents. Two Technics SL-1200 MK2s and an Ecler Smac First mixer I bought in 1995. Yes, I am not an audiophile person.
Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team Show – World’s Famous (I. D.) I Level – 3 A.M. Richard Jon Smith – Baby’s Got Another (Dub Version) Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (Version) Savage Progress – Dark Town Blancmange – Feel Me (Extended Version) Regina – Baby Love (Vocal Long Version) Thelma Houston – I’d Rather Spend The Bad Times With You… Teri Wells – I’ll Be Around Crown Heights Affair – I Don’t Want To Change You Imagination – Burnin’ Up Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team Show – D’Ya Like Scratchin’? Bad Manners – What The Papers Say Heaven 17 – Penthouse And Pavement (Instrumental) Pigbag – Hit The ‘O’ Deck (Instrumental) Funkapolitan – As The Time Goes By (Long Version) Modern Romance – I Stand Alone Gichi Dan’s Beechwood #9 – On A Day Like Today Carrie Lucas – Tic Toc Natalie Cole – Party Lights
Hello friends near and far. The D*ruffalo Hit Squad is back in full swing. And we brought something with us.
The Gist – Love At First Sight Everything But The Girl – Bittersweet The Smiths – Work Is A Four-Letter Word The Beat – Save It For Later Aztec Camera – Oblivious Tracie Young – Invitation The Style Council – How She Threw It All Away Prefab Sprout – Cars And Girls Orange Juice – I Can’t Help Myself The Icicle Works – Love Is Wonderful Colour The Pale Fountains – …From Across The Kitchen Table The Fun Boy Three – We’re Having All The Fun Dexys Midnight Runners – Tell Me When My Light Turns Green Madness – Disappear Makin’ Time – Feels Like It’s Love JoBoxers – Just Got Lucky Nick Heyward – When It’s Started To Begin It’s Immaterial – Ed’s Funky Diner (The Kleinholz Caper) It’s Immaterial – Ed’s Funky Diner (Album Version) The Company She Keeps – What A Girl Wants The The – This Is The Day
Sailin’ on the good ship Druffalo you are, and through salt water windows you see the light, and through alert ears you hear melodies, and riffs, and riffs and soothing strings, and beats. Ahoy!
Richard Pryor – Nigger With A Seizure (Excerpt) Tim Moore – Second Avenue Daryl Hall / John Oates – She’s Gone Was (Not Was) – Betrayal Fleetwood Mac – Sentimental Lady Harry Thumann – You Turn Me On Bell & James – You Never Know What You’ve Got Boz Scaggs – Jojo Robert Palmer – Every Kinda People Peggy Lee – Sweet Talk Olivia Newton-John – Magic Ph.D. – Poor City Crosby, Stills & Nash – Dark Star Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again Ace – How Long Roxy Music – Still Falls The Rain Andy Gibb – Too Many Looks In Your Eyes Robbie Dupree – Steal Away Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy Eric Clapton – Behind The Mask Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat
To be honest, I do not remember why I did this mix. I was probably in the mood for some bottom heavy 90s house from the US, yet again. The sound of your formative years, you never forget it. Just try to not get stuck in it, I suppose.
U2 – Lemon Daniela Mercury – O Canto Da Cidade Tito Valdez – Tumbe G.M. – Housax Elastic Reality – Cassa De X Shock Wave – The Mental Track The Potion – Dumbwayo St. Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart QX-1 Presents A Black Girl Named Sally – Say You Love Me Mood II Swing – I Need Your Luv Doug Lazy – H.O.U.S.E. Deep Style – …Down Mirage Feat. Gary L – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright Slam Mode – The Dance (Move Your Feet) Fingers – Dead End Alley North/Clybourn – O Ban 1
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