Golem was a really nice basement club in Hamburg, which sadly closed down.
Recorded live at Woodwork, Golem, Hamburg, March 27, 2015.
Pic by Katja Ruge
Short mix with Japanese house tracks for 10Trax
Kouji Nagahashi – 2 (Last Dance Over Me)
Bocca Grande – Adlibitum
Shinichi Atobe – Butterfly Effect
Soichi Terada – Alright
Takuya Matsumoto – Jump Rope Music
Nokko – I Will Catch U
Nami Shimada & Soichi Terada – Sunshower
Kyoko Koizumi – Drive (Extended Version)
Kyoko Koizumi – Drive (Gota Re-Mix)
Yukihiro Fukutomi – A New Morning
MACRO M41 – Elektro Guzzi – Circling Above
Joanna Law – Love Is Not Enough (Mix D’Ambience)
Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Dance Mix)
Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Instrumental Version) 82
Carlene Davis – Dial My Number (Morales Club Mix)
Nikki – Summer Breeze (Club Mix)
Adeva – Beautiful Love (Instru-Mental)
Adeva – Beautiful Love (Classic Club Mix)
Carlton – Love And Pain (Drum & Bass Mix)
Luther Vandross – The Rush (Morales 12″ Mix)
The Cover Girls – Wishing On A Star (12“ Mix)
The Chimes – Stronger Together (Red Zone Mix)
Pet Shop Boys – How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously? (Mo Mo Remix)
The Pasadenas – Reeling (Daytime Dance Mix)
Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Marshall Jefferson (Piano)
Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Marshall Jefferson (Symphony)
Azizi – Don’t Say That It’s Over (The Classic Club Version)
Banderas – This Is Your Life (Less Stress Mix)
Mica Paris – Contribution (Peace Out Mix)
Drizabone – Brightest Star (David Morales Classic Club Mix)
Victoria Wilson-James – Through (Classic Club Mix)
The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven (Remix)
Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Kenlou B-Boy Mix)
Loose Ends – Hangin’ On A String (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix)
The Sounds Of Blackness – Optimistic (12″ Never Say Die Mix)
Swing Out Sister – Notgonnachange (Classic Club Mix)
Alexander O’Neal – All True Man (Classic Club Mix)
Richard Rogers – Can’t Stop Loving You (Morales Sleaze Mix)
Frankie Knuckles – It’s Hard Sometime (D.M Red Zone)
Frankie Knuckles – It’s Hard Sometime (F.K. Classic Club Mix)
Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version)
I was there the night Frankie Knuckles played at Hamburg’s Front Club in the early 90’s, the first time you could ever see the DJ in the booth there, which was usually entirely closed except for some really small peep through holes. He entered the booth, set up a small fan, a bottle of cognac, hung a towel around his neck, and proceeded to play. He played very gracefully, letting each record play from beginning to end, at a moderate pace, but perfectly sequenced and mixed. I remember the crowd taking a while to get used to this DJing style, as the sets by the Front residents where usually comparably more dynamic and going back and forth, but it really told me a lesson how to let the music shine when it needs to shine and I was deeply impressed. And I remember that I felt very happy to be able to hear and also see him doing it. Still am. R.I.P.”
Now a year has passed, and a lot of things have happened since his passing. I was sure that I would never forget how much he mattered to me with everything he did, but I was also accepting that it would occupy my mind less and less with time passing by. Except it didn’t. I kept pulling old records with his “Classic Club Mix” credentials from the shelf, humming TUNES, and not tracks, taking a bow at the elegance and SOUL of the Def Mix arrangements and constantly wondering why there is so little left in my environment of what he established. So I decided to do pay my dues and start an irregular series of Hot Wax shows that simply ask: “What would have Frankie done?” I could only guess, so forgive any inadequacies.
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