Finn Johannsen – Seaside Mix 48

I contributed a mix for the cherished Mnml Ssgs in 2012 (you can find it here) which consisted mainly of fast paced Detroit Electro tunes. The main reason was that I had never done a mix like that and Chris Hobson from the blog had not hosted one yet either. Another reason was that I was working at Hard Wax then and often overheard people in the store disrespecting the genre, mostly because they claimed the sound palette of Electro was too limited to really matter in terms of musicianship. I did not agree with that.

Anyway, we went for it and the mix became surprisingly popular. In fact it is probably the most played mix I have ever done. And I have done quite a few… More recently I purchased a lot of Electro that was equally fast paced, but with a Disco and Funk flavour. I thought it would be an interesting idea to add some tunes that did not fit the first time round, and do a sequel. Hosted within a mix series of a comparable quality, like Seaside. So here it is. I hope you like it.

00:00:00 1 Dez Andrés – Sweetest Pain
00:05:02 2 Dez Andrés – Acuna
00:08:58 3 Dez Andrés – Tonight’s Function
00:13:27 4 Kenny Hooper – Neon Skies
00:18:58 5 Inoj – Time After Time (Lil Jon Remix)
00:24:06 6 1905 – Recorddeals
00:26:45 7 Carl Hang – Peanut Butter
00:29:35 8 Inoj- LYD (Love You Down)
00:33:20 9 Mr.De’ & Umar Bin Hassan – Paralyzed
00:38:07 10 1905 – Gimme’
00:41:11 11 1905 – Jucimane Bass
00:43:46 12 1905 – Soft Thang
00:46:21 13 DJ Godfather – Late Nite (Elektro Mix)
00:50:20 14 DJ Pirna – Booty Snapper
00:54:11 15 Mr. De’ – Extacy
00:58:46 16 1905 – Let´s Chill
01:02:39 17 Dez Andrés – Reign Forest
01:06:47 18 DJ Godfather – Late Night Funk
01:10:13 19 DJ Pirna – Cosmic G-String
01:13:11 20 Mr.De’ – They Can’t Stand It
01:15:34 21 Swoze – Church
01:19:01 22 Saligo – Riviera Drive
01:22:40 23 Swoze – HBIC
01:26:31 24 Whonleeone – Mr De’
01:31:04 25 Caustica – Wake Up
01:35:48 26 DJ Godfather – Put That Thang On Me ft. Good Money
01:39:38 27 DJ Pirna – Where you are, is not who you are
01:43:28 28 DJ Pirna – Freak Show
01:47:15 29 DJ Pirna – Terra X weiß nichts über den Methhead unter mir
01:49:56 30 Driss Bennis pres. OCB – One More Time (ft. Detroit’s Filthiest)
01:54:08 31 Mr. De’ – Renaissance
01:58:15 32 DJ Assault – Livin’ The (Good Life)
02:02:13 33 DJ Godfather – Days Of 92′
02:04:41 34 Mr. De’ – Dick Ridestrumental
02:08:37 35 Mr. De’ – Forgive or Forget
02:11:55 36 Andrés – Cybermate
02:15:13 37 Dez Andrés – GP Lalah
02:18:19 38 Footclan – Super Fun
02:21:47 39 Mr. De’ – Whatulike (Instrumental)
02:24:22 40 DJ Assault – Accelerated Funk
02:27:34 41 DJ Assault – Drip Drop (Instr)
02:29:29 42 DJ Godfather & DJ Starski – Let’s Go
02:32:53 43 DJ Godfather & DJ Starski – It’s Time
02:37:55 44 Urban Tribe – Program 17
02:41:57 45 DJ Assault – We Cry Together
02:44:55 46 DJ Godfather – Shawty (DJ Godfather Detroit Ghetto Tek Mix)
02:47:10 47 Detroit’s Filthiest – Essence of Darkness
02:51:36 48 Detroit’s Filthiest – Object of Affection
02:55:58 49 Detroit’s Filthiest – Laugh Now Cry Later
02:59:34 50 My Life My Passion – Mist Across The Window Hides The Lines

Rewind: Chris Hobson on “Aaltopiiri”

In discussion with Chris Hobson on “Aaltopiiri” by Pan Sonic (2001).

Pan Sonic go quite a long way back in the history of modern electronic music, being formed in 1993. How and when did you first become aware of their music?

I didn’t start listening to electronic music until around about 1997. I was introduced to Pan Sonic in 1999 by one of my best friends. We discovered and taught ourselves electronic music together. He put me onto Pan Sonic and it immediately had a huge impact. It was only in time that I made my way through most of their back catalogue.

Why did you opt for “Aaltopiiri”? Can you describe what makes it so special for you?

I chose ‘Aaltopiiri’ precisely because it was the first Pan Sonic album I bought. I had one or two of their earlier albums on cassette or CD perhaps, but this was my real route in. In terms of music itself, it probably isn’t my favourite release of theirs, but it is the most important for me. This album was central in a kind of sonic renovation my ears and head underwent around 1999 – 2001, the effects of which I can still feel today. What Pan Sonic really taught me is what techno could be. It broadened my mental horizons in quite radical ways. Beyond ‘Aaltopiiri’ being a key moment for me in this regard, what I like about it is that personally it has the right balance of Pan Sonic’s noisier side and its more bleepy and drone sounds. Some of their later stuff has been a bit too noisy for me, here there is a pretty good weighting between the two.