Despite the demolition of most of its former playgrounds, the legacy of the classic era of European punkfunkateers remains indestructible. The Druffalo Hit Squad was actually raised on a diet of edgy dancing, nervous drinking, and romantic industrialism. As we move to the vicious dub, panic horn sections, flat snares, slap basslines and vigorous chants like we used to, we press record. Now you press play…
23 Skidoo – Coup (Illuminated) The Flying Lizards – A-Train (Virgin) The Wolfgang Press – Assassination K. (4AD) Kazino – Binary (Carrere) A Certain Ratio – Mickey Way (Factory) Shriekback – My Spine (Is The Bassline) (Y Records) Thompson Twins – In The Name Of Love (T Records) ABC – Tears Are Not Enough (Neutron) Gabi Delgado – Amor (Virgin) Simple Minds – Theme For Great Cities (Virgin) The Raincoats – Animal Rhapsody (Version) (Rough Trade) 400 Blows – Return Of The Dog (Illuminated Records) Futura 2000 Feat. The Clash – The Escapades Of Futura 2000 (Celluloid) Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt. 3 (Stiff Records) Modern Romance – Can You Move (Midnight Mix) (Atlantic) Haircut 100 – Ski Club Of Great Britain (Arista) Medium Medium – So Hungry, So Angry (Intercord) Fehlfarben – Dollars + Deutschmarks (Special Dance Version) (Welt-Rekord) The Members – Chairmen Of The Board (Dance Mix) (Arista) Quando Quango – Love Tempo (Factory) Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (Chrysalis) Clock DVA – Breakdown (Remix) (Polydor) Gang Of Four – At Home He’s A Tourist (EMI) Czukay/Wobble/Liebezeit – How Much Are They? (Welt-Rekord) The Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Island Records) Marianne Faithfull – Why D’ya Do It (Island Records) Colourbox – Look Like We’re Shy One Horse (Virgin) The Specials – Friday Night Saturday Morning (2 Tone)
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
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
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
Well, it was about time for another round, wasn’t it? In fact, we’ve been promised red hot sessions by wonderful people, but apparently those recordings are so complex and uncleared that they are still in production hell.
In the meantime, the Druffalo Hit Squad sat down, took some sips, pondered and went selecting. This time we decided to drop the tempo and go all epic. Monolithic beats, sweetest tunes and late night to early morning street cred, rhyming and scheming, with a pinch of stardust. We even went busy with the crossfader at some point, if only on one record. It’s a new technique we call “The Absorber Scratch” that will wreck competition worldwide and can only be used sparsely. The first one to locate it in the show gets a free round of kisses, hugs and Anchovy Bellinis at Berlin’s Roses pub on Oranienstr, next time we crawl there.
We are a problem that no one can fix, with Druffmix 6!
Alain Delon – Comme Au Cinema (Extended Version) Chaz Jankel – I Can Get Over It (If You Can Get Over Here) Bomb The Bass – Winter In July (Cosmic Jammer Club Mix) Digital Underground – Freaks Of The Industry Adina Howard – Freak Like Me (Remix Without Rap) Destiny’s Child – Girl (Single Version) Fresh 4 – Smoke Filled Thoughts MC 900 Ft Jesus – The City Sleeps (Album Mix) Young MC – I Come Off (Southern Comfort Mix) Leta Davis – Joey’s Groove Robert Palmer – Every Kinda People (Reproduction Extended) The Pasadenas – Reeling (Extended Version) Malcolm McLaren – Waltz Darling (Extended Version) The World’s Famous Supreme Team – Hey D.J. (Instrumental Version) Summer Slams – Mellow Moment Massive Attack – Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix) People Under The Stairs – Tuxedo Rap Pizzicato Five – Baby Love Child The Cover Girls – Wishing On A Star (Jeep 12”) Saint Etienne – Spring Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm (Blooded) Martine Girault – Revival Lalomie Washburn – Try My Love (Radio Mix Extended Vinyl Version) Richie Rich – Coming From London Dungeon Family – Trans DF Express (Club Mix) Maxi Priest – Peace Throughout The World (The Video Remix) Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds – Unity Banderas – This Is Your Life (Less Stress Mix) Massive Attack – Any Love (Larry Heard Mix) The Style Council – It Didn’t Matter Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version) Caron Wheeler – Livin’ In The Light (Brixton Bass Mix) The Sindecut – Tell Me Why (Part 2 – The Exchange) Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Kenlou B-Boy Beats) Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (Vocal) Tony, Toni, Toné – Oakland Stroke (Brixton Club Mix) Intime – Second Sight Danny Tenaglia – World Of Plenty Chapter & The Verse – Which Way Is Up? Pressure Drop – You’re Mine (Album Version) Stereo MC’s – Two Horse Town Jesus Loves You – Love’s Gonna Get You Down Mr Fingers – What About This Love (Even Deeper Mix) Mica Paris – Young Soul Rebels (Original Version) Julia & Co – I’m So Happy Inner City – Hallelujah (Leftfield Glory Mix)
We’re still wiggling from the fabulous boogie investigation that was Druffmix 4, but that Druffalo Hit Squad won’t stop for long. And you know us, we’re equipped with hearts and taste buds of equal grandness, and we’re going to use it. So let us take us you on a sentimental journey that embraces the meltdown of most supreme moments in House Music and P-O-P, incorporating some of our favourite adoration targets, as remixed by classy top old boys from Chicago to Madchester and all points in between. On display: classy divas of all genders, startling cover versions, in your face camp, boundless love, utter confusion, hip swing, liberation anthems, hedonist mantras, and pianos pianos pianos pianos pianos pianos
Brothers and sisters, you better believe in the gospel according to…
Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers – Power To Move Ya (Smoove Power) Jimi Somerville – Heartbeat (E-Smoove Anthem 12” Vocal) Bruce Roberts feat. Elton John – When The Money’s Gone (E-Smoove Club Mix) Billie Ray Martin – Your Loving Arms (Sound Factory Vocal) INXS feat. Ray Charles – Please (You Got That…) (Club Mix) The Sugarcubes – Birthday (Tommy D Mix) 10000 Maniacs – More Than This (TNT Extended Mix) Yazz & Aswad – How Long (Earl’s Whirl) ABC – The Real Thing (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Pet Shop Boys- Being Boring (Marshall Jefferson Remix) The Associates – Heart Of Glass (Auchterhouse Mix) Dr Robert & Kym Mazelle – Wait (Long) Double Dee feat. Dany – Found Love (Historic Danny Tenaglia’s International Mix) Latour – Cold (Ralphi’s Club Mix) Julio Iglesias – Guajira/Oye Como Va (Main Pass) Sisqo – Incomplete (Jonathan Peters Mainstream Extended) Ultra Naté – Free (Mood II Swing House Mix) M People – How Can I Love You More (Sasha’s Master Mix) A Certain Ration – Won’t Stop Loving You (Bernard Sumner Remix) De La Soul – A Rollerskating Jam Names Saturdays (6:00 A.M. Mix) Scandalous feat. MJ White – Still Irresistible (Club Vocal) Jackie 60 pres. The Jackie MCs – The Jackie Hustle (Johnny D’s Duelling MC Mix) Uncanny Alliance – I’m Beautiful Dammitt! (Radio Version)
2007 was the year D*ruffalo was born. It was a semi-anonymous collective and a webzine established to feature aspects of club and pop culture we loved and to terrorize anybody responsible for aspects of club and pop culture we did not love at all. It started on MySpace, of all places, and later we published on our own webspace druffmix.com, which ran on the server of the Innervisions label, until we made too much fun of them as well and they pulled the plug. So D*ruffalo is defunct, but you can still find traces via Wayback Machine or Instagram. Here are the people responsible for all the madness:
From left to right: Editor 5 (Sebastian Gaiser aka Icasol), Editor 6 (Holger Klein aka DJ Groover Klein), Editor 1 (me), Editor 2 (Michael Kummermehr aka King Kummi), Editor 4 (Marc Schaller aka Schalli) and lying down (Sebastian Dresel aka DJ Seebase)
Here is the inaugural manifesto:
“the high life versus the lowlives! hello this is the editorial executive team of DRUFFALO, the pravda which is born to lead not to read. Some say we are cut-and-paste-punks with no html skills, others say we are a group of directional dressers running black ops from the shadows of glamour, the most clued up, edgiest, strongest and smartest lame ass crusties in town…towns in fact. we love ibiza raves, 80s synthie pop, salsoul, punk and rockabilly. we love northern soul dos and reggae soundclashs, hip hop backrooms and rock’n’roll bars.we are acid house and football. we love beer and champagne, apc and stone island. ok people say we are gay nuyorican amateur football casuals riding scooters in dior homme suits and red wayfarers (optional bjorn borg tops and adidas rom) who love to listen to new wave and dance to disco – so what? actually we are a secret cabal of ueberhipsters with a serious attention deficiency syndrome who during daytime disguise as nerds. as a very smart man from across the river danube has wisely put it: Un ballo nuovo porta ritmo nei fiancho della cittá Ci vendiamo, trovimo, chiediamo che cosa si fa Ma non cercate die volori, e magari sensation La notte e’nostra fin al mattino abbiamo illusion no E’la fine del viaggino, ce’ sempre un domani e Ci sono dimensioni, con illusioni e sensazioni. Give me more … Young romans – there is a night before each day and that price is still to pay Never stop this old erosion phantastic voyage……. and if you have something to say (or believe so) please send your snippets and artifacts to us. if you want to be a member of the shadow society ™, do not contact us, we will contact you. watch this space for more-”
As soon as we started annoying people left and right we also founded a DJ team which was no less notorious. It was call the D*ruffalo Hit Squad, later described as:
“The D*RUFFALO HIT SQUAD is the official political arm of D*ruffalo – The Daily Excess Magazine (R.I.P.) that still goes public from time to time to wreck havoc on international dance floors.
“We drink. You dance!”
We also published the Druffmixes. A lot of them were done by me, and I will feature those here, with the original artworks by the D*ruffalo Graphic Squad (King Kummi) and liner notes.
The The – Flesh And Bones David Van Tieghem – Night Of The Cold Noses Steve Winwood – While You See A Chance Sun Yama – Subterranean Homesick Blues Dee D. Jackson – Galaxy Police Connie – Experience Paul Haig – Time The Colourfield – Take Ian Dury – Wake Up And Make Love With Me Antena – Be Pop Blue Rondo – Samba No Pé 400 Blows – Movin’ Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom Bryan Ferry – Kiss And Tell Robert Palmer – The Silver Gun Visage – Move Up A Certain Ratio – Wild Party The Associates – Love Hangover Bette Midler – My Knight In Black Leather Duncan Brown – The Wild Places Squeeze – Last Time Forever
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