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At The Top Of The Stairs – 023 – The Revisionary Jukebox Vol. 2
Posted: January 13th, 2025 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Bomb The Bass, Coldcut, Eric B & Rakim, Kenny Dope, Marc Almond, Pet Shop Boys, ROVR, Talk Talk, The Blow Monkeys | No Comments »
https://www.rovr.live/show/1307
| Love Theme From Spartacus (Zero 7 Remix) | Terry Callier |
| Springtime For The World | The Blow Monkeys |
| Love’s Taken Over | Chanté Moore |
| Waiting For That Day | George Michael |
| Manchild (The Old School Mix) | Neneh Cherry |
| Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (Back To Bassics Mix) | Double Trouble |
| Strawberry Fields Forever | Candy Flip |
| Close To Me (Closer Mix) | The Cure |
| Life’s What You Make It (The Fluke Remix) | Talk Talk |
| Autumn Leaves | Coldcut |
| Joy And Heartbreak (The Raid Mix) | Movement 98 |
| Right Here (Extended Human Nature Mix) | SWV |
| Hey, Headmaster | Pet Shop Boys |
| My Hand Over My Heart (Grit and Glitter Mix) | Marc Almond |
| Anyone | Smith & Mighty |
| Walk On | Smith & Mighty |
| Wishing on a Star (Jeep 12″) | The Cover Girls |
| Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix) | Massive Attack |
| Paradise (Ronin Remix) | Sade |
| Paid In Full (The Coldcut Remix) | Eric B & Rakim |
| Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (Funkymix) | P.M. Dawn |
| Fascinating Rhythm | Bass-O-Matic |
| I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Marshall Jefferson (Symphony) | Soul Family Sensation |
| This Is Lour Life (Easy Life Mix) | Banderas |
| Baby Love Child (LA English Mix) | Pizzicato Five |
| Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime (DNA Mix 93) | The Korgis |
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart [Kenny Dope And Louie Vega Kenlou B-boy Mix] | Saint Etienne |
| Ghetto Heaven (Original Soul II Soul Remix) | The Family Stand |
| Walking Down Madison (Howard Gray 6am Ambient Mix) | Kirsty MacColl |
| The Air You Breathe (Dust Brothers Disco Mix) | Bomb The Bass |
| Get The Message (Extended 12″ Mix) | Electronic |
| Got To Have Your Love (Club Edit) | Mantronix |
| Two Horse Town | Stereo MC’s |
Finn Johannsen – Rewind Selection 1989
Posted: January 5th, 2025 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: 808 State, Baby Ford, Humanoid, Radio, Rewind, Rewind Selection, The Orb | 1 Comment »
Another year, another mix project! This is something I wanted to do for a long time: a series of mixes that build a retrospective of UK breakbeat music from 1989 to 1999.
The series has to start in 1989. This was the year where breakbeats began to seep into the club soundtrack on a wider scale, and you could notice there was something different and new going on. It was a transitional year. The acid house boom had just waned a bit, but it had provided so much fun and change, it simply could not all be a fad, and a lot of DJs and producers where trying keep the momentum up with fresh ideas. The still nascent house sound absorbed a lot of other influences, like hip hop, techno and dub and particularly in the UK it set a sound in motion that was was both using the clues from the US and continental scene and its own pioneering achievements and its roots in sound system culture.
As you can hear, the beats were still comparatively slow to what was soon to emerge, and mostly derived from fast paced hip hop and electro. But you can also hear that this year provided blueprints and prototypes that are still being referenced, early rave signals, different usages of low and high frequencies, yet unused sample material, and generally new grooves.
00:00:00 1 Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
00:04:16 2 De La Soul – Say No Go (House of Love Mix)
00:09:26 3 Stereo Mc’s – Bring It On
00:13:52 4 MC Buzz B – The Sequal
00:18:47 5 M.C. Mell’o – Bizzie Rhymin’
00:24:38 6 MC Tunes vs. 808 State – Dance Yourself To Death
00:28:54 7 A Guy Called Gerald – FX (Elevation Mix)
00:35:38 8 N.A.D. – Spheres
00:40:33 9 A.R. Kane – Love From Outer Space
00:45:30 10 The Black Dog – The Weight (Liposuction Mix)
00:49:58 11 Baby Ford – Children Of The Revolution (Full 12” Version)
00:56:23 12 Quartz – Meltdown (Original Mix)
01:01:23 13 Candy Flip – Evolution
01:06:42 14 Jesus Loves You – After the Love (Ten Glorious Years mix)
01:14:02 15 The Moody Boys – Funky Zulu (Your So Fresh) (Refreshing Extended Mix)
01:19:19 16 Renegade Soundwave – Ozone Breakdown
01:24:59 17 Renegade Soundwave – Ozone Breakdown (90 Uprising Mix)
01:29:36 18 The Dynamic Guv’nors Present: Jazzy Jason – Faster Than Fast (Hip House Ver.)
01:35:11 19 The Dynamic Guv’nors Present: Jazzy Jason – Make The Floor Burn (Bonus Dub)
01:36:59 20 No Smoke – Koro-Koro
01:40:43 21 Bang The Party – Bang Bang You’re Mine (Full Instrumental Remix)
01:47:25 22 Melancholy Man – Jealous Guy (Dub Mix)
01:52:43 23 Richie Rich – Set Yourself Free
01:56:22 24 Humanoid – Tonight
02:01:08 25 808 State – Magical Dream (Instrumental)
02:05:57 26 808 State – Magical Dream
00:00:00 1 Silver Bullet – Bring Forth The Guillotine (Darksidemix)
00:05:26 2 Silver Bullet – Bring Forth The Guillotine (DJ Beats Mix)
00:10:48 3 Unique 3 – The Theme (Unique Mix)
00:17:05 4 T.D.P. – Ladies (Lets Go) Club Mix
00:22:58 5 Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash (Money Talks) (Dime & Dollar mix) (12″ edit)
00:28:02 6 Nemesis – After The Storm
00:31:56 7 Baby Ford – The World Is In Love
00:36:33 8 A Guy Called Gerald – Specific Hate
00:43:38 9 Impedance – Tainted Love (Underground Mix)
00:46:40 10 Renegade Soundwave – The Phantom
00:50:30 11 Renegade Soundwave – The Phantom (Remix)
00:54:55 12 Kiss AMC – A Bit Of.. (12” Mix)
00:59:41 13 DJ Mink – Hey! Hey! Can U Relate (Hard Rap feat. The K.I.D & Carruthers)
01:04:08 14 Stereo Mc’s – On 33
01:08:37 15 Addis Posse – Let The Warriors Dance (Funky Funky Drum Drum Mix)
01:13:48 16 SL Troopers – Movement
01:17:37 17 MC Martay & D.J. D.B.M. – Beyond Control
01:22:57 18 Jamaica Mean Time Featuring D. – I’m Not Doing It Again (Bombay Mix)
01:26:38 19 Baby Ford – Let’s Talk It Over
01:31:29 20 No Smoke – Africa
01:35:56 21 Needlework – What I Need
01:41:05 22 808 State – Pacific State
01:46:57 23 The Black Dog – Age Of Slack
01:52:56 24 Nightmares On Wax – Dextrous
01:56:08 25 Ten City – Devotion (The Voice Of Paradise Mix)
02:00:50 26 Renegade Soundwave – Probably A Robbery (12 Gauge Turbo)
02:05:42 27 Stereo Mc’s – Toe To Toe
02:10:27 28 The Beatmasters – Ska Train (12″ Mix)
02:14:38 29 Longsy D’s House Sound – This Is Ska (Skacid & Dub Mix)
02:24:12 30 Merlin – Bust Da Move
02:27:32 31 Ester B – Pleasure Of The Music (Remix)
02:32:41 32 Nexus 21 – Real Love
02:37:39 33 Sweet Exorcist – Testone
02:44:13 34 Mad Musician – Jazz Out
02:49:19 35 N.A.D. – Distant Drums
00:00:00 1 Jamaica Mean Time Featuring D. – Rock To Dis (Hip Hop Mix) (feat. DJ Maxi Jazz)
00:06:06 2 The Beatmasters – Don’t Stop The Beat
00:12:41 3 Humanoid – Stakker Humanoid (Snowman Mix)
00:16:31 4 Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon (Originally Recorded 89)
00:22:31 5 Meat Beat Manifesto – I Got the Fear (Part 1)
00:28:06 6 The Mixbuster Featuring Liaison II – Dance Floor Justice (Dance Floor Justice Inst.)
00:33:17 7 The Mixbuster Featuring Liaison II – Dance Floor Justice (Club Vocal)
00:38:30 8 Jazzy Jason Presents The Mixtress – People Of The Universe
00:43:51 9 Baby Ford – Wigan
00:49:54 10 808 State – Fire Cracker
00:53:39 11 The Orb – A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Bucket & Spade Mix)
00:57:52 12 The Black Dog – Tactile
01:02:49 13 Yin Yang – Oh-One (Oh-Too Mix)
01:07:55 14 Exocet – Sweet Talk
01:11:09 15 Forgemasters – Track With No Name
01:15:34 16 Nightmares On Wax – Let It Roll
01:18:38 17 MC Untouchable – Cold House 3D Mix (D’s Devastating Dubbb)
01:20:51 18 Silver Bullet – 20 Seconds To Comply (The Omen Mix)
01:26:28 19 Silver Bullet – 20 Seconds To Comply (The Final Conflict)
01:32:08 20 Nexus 21 – Still Life Keeps Moving (Mental Dub Mix)
01:37:07 21 The Black Dog – Virtual
01:46:03 22 Bizarre Inc – To the Rhythm
01:50:35 23 Meat Beat Manifesto – Strap Down (Part 1)
01:55:40 24 Nexus 21 – Detroit B Boy
01:58:39 25 Cookie Crew – Got To Keep On (12inch Version)
02:03:12 26 Bisca – Learn (Suspiria Mix)
02:08:40 27 Mad Musician – Braek Out
Finn Johannsen – Hausmusik 46 (2001)
Posted: January 2nd, 2025 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Hausmusik, Jeremiah, Philip Marshall | No Comments »Red Sparrow – Reboot Your Head
Marvin Dash – Untitled
Red Sparrow – That’s The Way Of The World
Mille & Mr. Hirsch – Rhythm You (To Be Real)
Marvin Dash – Liquid Strings 2
Jeremiah – Sun
Glance Feat. Marlene Johnson – Everyday (Second Life Dub)
Boobjazz – Midnight Ceremony
Red Sparrow – Agfa (For Henry Chinaski)
Nµwalker Feat. Ken Cesar – Second Of September
Peter F. Spiess – Kinderspiele Im Glascontainer
Jan Jelinek – Tendency
2025-01 Paloma
Posted: January 1st, 2025 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Gigs | Tags: Alex Solman, Berlin, Paloma, Programm | No Comments »
At The Top Of The Stairs – 0022 – Strings Attached
Posted: December 30th, 2024 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Radio, ROVR | No Comments »
https://www.rovr.live/show/1306
| She’s Leaving Home | Harry Nilsson |
| The North Wind Blew South | Philamore Lincoln |
| Didn’t Want To Have To Do It | Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends |
| Without Her | Ricky Wilson |
| Make Mine As Good As Yours | The Skyliners |
| Seeds | Alan James Eastwood |
| Montague Terrace (In Blue) | Scott Walker |
| So Close | Jake Holmes |
| Someday Soon | Grapefruit |
| So Many People | Paul Williams |
| Astral Cowboy | Curt Boettcher |
| In My Head | Scott Fagan |
| He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother | The Hollies |
| The World Is Cold Without You | Nirvana |
| A Whiter Shade Of Pale | The Everly Brothers |
| Alone Again | Eternity’s Children |
| The Jeweller | Pearls Before Swine |
| 1:25 A.M. | Richard Twice |
| Love Without Sound | White Noise |
| Dealer | Chuck & Mary Perrin |
| Highways | Jim Sullivan |
| Down River | David Ackles |
| Spring Never Came Twice | Jason Cord |
| Look To Your Soul | Johnny Rivers |
| Can I Stay With You | Nick Garrie |
| Footprints On The Moon | Johnny Harris & His Orchestra |
| Reason To Believe | The Critters |
| Touch Me | The Arbors |
| My Ship Is Coming In | The Walker Brothers |
| Leaving It All Behind | The Original Caste |
| Promises I’ve Made | Emitt Rhodes |
| Cosmic Sea | The Mystic Moods Orchestra |
| If You Must Leave My Life | Richard Harris |
| Forest And The Shore | Keith Christmas |
| Sunday Morning | Spanky & Our Gang |
| Theme One | The George Martin Orchestra |
| Gemini | Del Shannon |
| Is It Better To Live Or To Die | Mary Saxton |
| Abstract Prince | Mike Tingley |
| Song For Insane Times | Kevin Ayers |
| No Regrets | Tom Rush |
| My Death | Mort Shuman |
| Straight Man | Harriet Schock |
| Don’t Know What I’m Gonna Do | Harumi |
| Love, That’s Where It Is | Sunshine Company |
| Ordinary Man | Freedom North |
| The Windmills Of Your Mind | Noel Harrison |
| Rainy Day | Susan Christie |
| Let’s Ride | Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends |
| Here’s To You | Hamilton Camp |
| One | Al Kooper |
| Nowhere World | Humphrey |
| Day Is Done | Nick Drake |
| The Sound Of The Door As It Closes | Ottilie Patterson |
| Drive Inns | Bob Siller |
| Care of Cell 44 | The Zombies |
Finn Johannsen – Fancy Footwork
Posted: December 18th, 2024 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Berlin, Chicago, Footwork, Groove, London, Loner, Roy Ayers, Vocals | No Comments »
I always loved ghetto house, cut-up disco house, UK breakbeat music and hip hop. So when I was working at Berlin’s Hard Wax store and the first footwork releases from Chicago hit the shelves I fell in love with it instantly. So many styles and samples and sounds I thought I was familiar with were in there, but the way they were used was crazy and fresh, particularly in connection with the rhythms that seemed to be all over the place, yet completely locked you in.
Over the years I gathered a digital collection of footwork and juke, but as I am still playing vinyl in clubs, most of it was only for my ears. But then I decided to get creative with it and do some digital mixes. The result is this, my favourite tunes spread out over twelve sets. The selection is really subjective and quite determined by my fascination with how especially disco and soul was sampled in this field, but there are other styles in there as well.
Heavee x H.E.R. – Could’ve Been
DJ Diamond – Ready Motherfucker
Traxman – See Things My Way
Elmoe – Lost And Found
DJ Rashad – Well Well Well
DJ Earl – Y U Do Dat
Taso Teklife – Spell On You VIP
Traxman – Elements Of Style
Traxman – Know Da Truth
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Come Into Knowledge
DJ Earl – Souf Side Daydream
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Don’t Look Away
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Unforgettable
EQ Why – Just 2 Good
DJ Earl & King Agee – Scared 2 Come Outside
DJ Wicked – Thoughts (Flame 2022)
EQ Why & Cuenique – P.O.M.
DJ Earl & King Agee – New Pack Landed
EQ Why – When It’s This Good
Traxman – Setbacks
DJ Earl & King Agee – F**ck Da Haterz
DJ Manny – Hard Drive
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Metropolis
DJ Tre – My Cry
DJ Clent – Let Me Hit And Freak
DJ Earl – Woke Up
EQ Why – 17 Inside
Cuenique – Some Problemz
EQ Why – Chilling
DJ Oreo – Rocket Man Stevie Intro
Comfort Noise – Don’t Hold Back
Heavee – Show’s Over
DJ Earl & King Agee – Turn My Musik Up
Traxman – Too High (Over Da Edge Funk Rework)
DJ Rashad, Tripletrain & DJ Spinn – Pass That
Traxman – Lady In My Life (Mics Supa Rework)
DJ Oreo – Call Your Name (Imma Call You)
DJ Oreo – Rocket Man Stevie (I Still Love You)
DJ Rome – Show Me
Traxman – U Taken Me
EQ Why – Count Me Out
DJ Manny – Where Are You
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – See You In The Morning
DJ Phil – Get Over
Traxman – Zang Ga Zoo
EQ Why & DJ MC – We Got Grandz (Street Mix)
DJ Rashad – Walk For Me
EQ Why – Juke Signs
EQ Why – Don’t Come Back Hot
Traxman – We Can Go Anywhere
EQ Why – How Do You
Jana Rush – Old Skool
Cuenique – It’s A Revolution
DJ Acey – Blue Light (Fallin’)
DJ Earl – Freak Da Beat
DJ Clent – Saturday Luv
DJ Clent – Strings Of My Life
Traxman – Goddest!!!
EQ Why – I Keep Wild Wild (No Wild Wild)
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – What’s Yo Phone Numba
Traxman – With Each Beat
Traxman – Toast To Da Foolz
Dj.Mc – Payback Is A Dog
DJ Clent – Piece Of My Mind
Curren$y – Don’t Miss This Jet (DJ Earl Remix)
DJ Rashad x DJ Spinn x Taso – Nothin’s Gonna Stop Me
DJ Acey – U Not Safe
DJ Paypal – Come Back
RP Boo – All Over
Traxman – Check It Out
Taso & DJ Izzo – How He Werk
DJ Taye – The Best
EQ Why – Loner
Traxman – Our Song
EQ Why – Been Waiting For You
DJ Manny – Lost In Da Jungle
DJ Rome – Go Deep
Traxman – Lifeeeee Is For Ever
DJ Manny – How It Feels 20
EQ Why – N The Cut
Traxman – Shadow Bangin
DJ Earl – Luv Has No Time Or Place
DJ Earl – U.K.F.W.M.S
EQ Why – Anniversary Moments
DJ Earl & King Agee – Want Smoke
DJ Earl – Neverending Story
EQ Why – Get It On
DJ Acey – Can’t Save ‚Em (Alcohol)
Comfort Noise – Starting Over
Traxman – Trax Go Um Going (Da On Point Supa Remixx)
Traxman – Don’t Ever Go
EQ Why – EQ Is Gonna Give It
Traxman & DJ Twan – Passed Me By
DJ Earl & King Agee – Belt 2 Azz
DJ Rome – Deep Waters
DJ Corey – Someone Special
DJ Nate – Free
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Posted: December 16th, 2024 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: ROVR | No Comments »
https://www.rovr.live/show/1305
| By The Sea | Wendy & Bonnie |
| Daydream | Wallace Collection |
| Let Me In | The Osmonds |
| I Can’t Quit Her/For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her | The Arbors |
| Love (Can Make You Happy) | Mercy |
| Look, Here Comes The Sun | Sunshine Company |
| To Put Up With You | The Sandpipers |
| The Sky’s The Limit | The Duprees |
| Wear Your Love Like Heaven | Peggy Lipton |
| To A Flame | Heaven & Earth |
| Another Time | Sagittarius |
| We Could Have It All | Nancy Priddy |
| Can’t Find The Time To Tell You | Orpheus |
| Good To Have You | Daughters of Albion |
| God Only Knows | The Four King Cousins |
| Autumn Afternoon | Teddy Neeley Five |
| I Can’t Go Wrong | Keith |
| I’m Gonna Make You Love Me | Nick DeCaro |
| The Senses Of Our World | Bugaloos |
| Cast Your Fate To The Wind | Shelby Flint |
| I’ll See You There | The Poppy Family |
| Distant Shores | Chad & Jeremy |
| She Sleeps Alone | The Parade |
| Sunshine And I Feel Fine | Ram Jam Big Band |
| The Drifter (Remastered Version) | Harpers Bizarre |
| And I’ll Be There | The Peppermint Rainbow |
| Suicide Is Painless (M.A.S.H.) | Johnny Mandel |
| Cherish | Petula Clark |
| She’s Too Good To Me | The Five Americans |
| Someday Man | The Monkees |
| Like To Get To Know You | Spanky & Our Gang |
| Morning I’ll Be Moving On | Match |
| Naturally Stoned | Avant Garde |
| The Time Has Come | Schott |
| Livin’ Above Your Head | Jay & the Americans |
| Magic Time | The Ballroom |
| Children Of The Mist | Design |
| For All That I Am | The Tokens |
| Changes | Crispian St Peters |
| It Doesn’t Matter Anymore | The Cyrcle |
| Time Will Tell | Universal Voices |
| Everyday | The Main Attraction |
| Put It Out Of Your Mind | The Pleasure Fair |
| Trust | The Peppermint Trolley Company |
| Solo Flight | Cat |
| Love Is A Rainy Sunday | The Love Generation |
| I Fell | The Four King Cousins |
| Always You | The Sundowners |
| Just Beyond Your Smile | Sunshine Company |
| The Rain The Park And Other Things | The Cowsills |
| Just What I’ve Been Looking For | The Vogues |
| Night Of The Lions | Marc Eric |
| It’s As Easy As 1, 2, 3 | Jan & Dean |
| Happiness | The Anita Kerr Singers |
| Transparent Day | The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band |
| Peaceful | Helen Reddy |
| Don’t You Care | The Buckinghams |
| Thru Spray Colored Glasses | Dino, Desi & Billy |
| Don’t Take Your Time | Roger Nichols & The Small Circle of Friends |
| Talk It Over In The Morning | Anne Murray |
| A Million Lights | The Eighth Day |
| Love So Fine | Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends |
| I Can See Only You | Roger Nichols & The Small Circle of Friends |
| Baby Let’s Wait | The Royal Guardsmen |
2024-12-14 Live At Power Disco (Filippo Moscatello, Finn Johannsen)
Posted: December 15th, 2024 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Berlin, Filippo Moscatello, Paloma, Philip Marshall, Power Disco | No Comments »
@ Power Disco
Posted: December 9th, 2024 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Gigs | Tags: Berlin, Filippo Moscatello, Paloma, Philip Marshall, Power Disco | No Comments »
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