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@ NTS Radio – Live From Berlin

Hot Wax: dBridge – Wonder Where

I must admit that I did not buy that much Drum and Bass in its mid 90s heyday. I simply loved too much of it, thus it seemed purchasing what I loved would drain my budget for good, as there was enough already going on elsewhere I needed to keep track of. I bought a whole lot of mixtapes though, trying to devour the most and best of it as it was intended to shine. I applied the same pattern with Dubstep as well later on. There were just too many interesting records to add the them to the shopping list I already had week in week out. I went to nights, bought some mixtapes again, kept in touch. But then some day 5 years ago, I was going up the stairs to Hard Wax, and DJ Pete was booming this over the store PA. With every step up I became convinced more and more that this was not like anything I heard in either Drum and Bass and Dubstep so far, yet it sounded like it belonged to both, but it had very determined sound aesthetics more linked in my mind to Techno as well. The half time tempo had me confused at first. Of course you could always mix Drum And Bass or Dubstep with slower paced downtempo tracks, but this particular track seemed to be built for the purpose, only the other way round. Its beats were really heavy, yet agile. It’s atmosphere dark, yet totally engaging. The vocals floating above, adding still to the austerity. I asked what it was, and bought it instantly. There will be a time you will drop this, and it will do serious damage, I thought. I was right. I also fucked up my budget by extending my purchasing schemes to this area, for years to come. Sometimes, you just have to give in.

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@ Killer Album Release Rave

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Finn Johannsen – Whatever Happened

I really have to ask myself why I recorded so many mixes with old music in this period. Actually I was buying new records all the time. And compared to later phases the early 00s felt less generic and stale. But if I take a look at this playlist a common denominator is funk. I love techno that is funky. Funky basslines, funky grooves, funky ideas. I remember when I started working at Hard Wax a few years later we were hearing the daily news on the store pa, and DJ Pete, with whom I was working with mostly, said about some techno records that there was just not enough music in it. I still think about that regularly. DJ Tools are fine, and needed. But musicality is an important aspect.

Adonis – Lost In The Sound
Chez Damier – Untitled
The Closer – Strong Meets The Weak
Vitamin B – You Make Me Feel
Seven Grand Housing Authority – Love’s Got Me High
Pet Shop Boys – Go West
Inner City – Praise
Induceve – Monolevel
Orlando Voorn – Dream World
Sluts ‘N’ Strings & 909 – Past The Gates
Trackman – Don’t Stop
Hardlife – Hardlife
Minimal Man – Treatment Feel
Minimal Man – Outside The Window
KC Flightt – Voices
Chaser – Sides Of Iron
Psyance – Motion
Octave One – Octivate
Octave One – I Believe
Black Dog – Erb
The New Birth – Don’t Blame The Young Folks (For The Drug Society)