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Finn Johannsen – Betalounge 03/07

Second appearance at Betalounge in Hamburg. At that time I was still celebrating by rekindled love for disco, mostly with Hunee, whom I got to know in a record store, of all places. We were some kind of go-to tag team when a floor required some vintage gems and we had tons of fun. Playing a set of that kind in Hamburg was a bit like carrying owls to Athens, though. After all I learnt most of what I knew about disco in that city and its clubs, and there were really many DJs and collectors there who were hard to impress with this playlist. Anyway, I had to try, and paying dues and so on.

Live @ Betalounge / Hamburg / Germany / March 31 2007

Tracklist

1. Roxy Music – A Really Good Time
2. Take Three – Can’t Get Enough (Of Your Love) (Soul Mix)
3. Banderas – This Is Your Life (Less Stress mix)
4. The Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene (Re-Mix)
5. Bryan Ferry – The Right Stuff (Latin Rascals Edit)
6. Orange Juice – Rip It Up
7. Aural Exciters – Marathon Runner
8. Dennis Parker – Like An Eagle
9. Yukihiro Takahashi – Walking To The Beat
10. Black Gold – Don’t Stop
11. Sinnamon – I Need You Now
12. Sparque – Take Some Time (Vocal Mix)
13. Jocelyn Brown – Love’s Gonna Get You (Dance Mix)
14. Central Line – Walking Into Sunshine (Original Version)
15. Change – Paradise
16. Sylvester – Tell Me (Remix)
17. Firefly – Love (Is Gonna Be By Your Side)
18. Tracy Weber – Sure Shot
19. Evelyn King – I’m In Love
20. Chagrin D’Amour – Chacun Fait (Dub)
21. Robert Palmer – You Are In My System
22. Chemise – She Can’t Love You (Remix 88)
23. De La Soul – A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays (Dave’s Home Mix)
24. Sylvester – Blackbird
25. Dionne – Come And Get My Lovin’ (Remix)
26. Chocolate Milk – Who’s Gettin’ It Now
27. Curtis Hairston – I Want Your Lovin’ (Just A Little Bit)
28. Modern Romance – Nothing Ever Goes The Way You Plan
29. Martha And The Muffins – Black Stations / White Stations
30. Will Powers – Dancing For Mental Health
31. Wuf Ticket – The Key (Instrumental)
32. Jesse’s Gang With Jesse Saunders – Real Love (Is It Real?) (Edit)
33. Liz Torres Feat. Edward Crosby – Can’t Get Enough (Club)
34. Turntable Orchestra – You’re Gonna Miss Me (N.Y. Pumpapella Mix)
35. Don Ray – Standing In The Rain
36. Bohannon – Let’s Start II Dance Again
37. Azoto – San Salvador (Instrumental Version)
38. Loose Joints – Tell You Today (Original 12” Vocal)
39. Machine – You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
40. Talking Heads – Making Flippy Floppy
41. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – Get On The Dance Floor (The “Sky” King Remix)
42. Debbie Deb – Lookout Weekend
43. CT Satin – I Found A Friend
44. Trammps – What Happened To The Music (Dub Mix)
45. Dazzle – You Dazzle Me (Kenny Dope Edit)
46. Kleeer – Tonight’s The Night
47. Jeree Palmer – Late Night Surrender
48. Donna Summer – Could It Be Magic
49. Saint Tropez – Fill My Life With Love
50. Cheryl Lynn – Shake It Up Tonight
51. Gayle Adams – Your Love Is A Life Saver
52. Bettye Lavette – Doin’ The Best That I Can (New Mix)
53. Delegation – Stand Up (Reach For The Sky)
54. Chanelle – One Man (One Mix)
55. Blaze – Can’t Win For Losin’ (Chris, Josh And Kevin Mix)
56. Full House – Communicate (Bell Mix)
57. Kid Creole And The Coconuts – Caroline Was A Dropout (European Mix)
58. Dana & Gene – Dario, Can You Get Me Into Studio 54
59. Cristina – Blame It On Disco
60. Blue Rondo A La Turk – Slipping Into Daylight (Crucial Cut)
61. Brainstorm – We’re On Our Way Home (Re-Edit)
62. Billy Paul – Your Song

Finn Johannsen – Let’s Make This Precious

If there was one music missing in those Berlin days it was disco. Meaning disco in nearly all its forms. It was just not happening, anywhere. I was among a few people like Daniel Wang, Hunee, Nomad, Benji DF or Emil Doesn’t Drive trying to change that. We set up nights in small clubs, parks, warehouses, temporary and private spaces. It did not matter. All that mattered was that we could try to fill this void, and actually we achieved that. This mix is a good example for how this burgeoning scene was approaching the topic. Sets were not specialized in certain disco styles yet, you just played what you felt playing and threw anything into a big pot and stirred it

Dexys Midnight Runners – T.S.O.P.
Tracie Young – Invitation
Adele Bertei – Build Me A Bridge
Angela Parisi – Wherever Forever
Propaganda – Frozen Faces
M + M – Song In My Head (Dub Mix)
Modern Romance – Nothing Ever Goes The Way You Plan
400 Blows – Breakdown (Re-Interpreted)
Konk – Machina Jam
Raul Orellana – The Real Wild House (Wild Passion Mix)
Chris Rea – On The Beach (Summer ’88)
It’s Immaterial – The Sweet Life
Yello – Vicious Games (Vicious Remix)
Miharu Koshi – Ryugujo No Koibito
Peter Jacques Band – Fly Like The Wind
The Manhattan Transfer – Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone
Roxy Music – Angel Eyes
Herbie Mann – Etagui (Instrumental)
Elbow Bones & The Racketeers – You Got Me High

Finn Johannsen – Sugar And Spites (@innervisions.com)

Let me give you some context here. In 2004 I was located in Berlin for one year. I made my master at university in my hometown before my move, where I was studying German and English/American literature, and I had a focus on movie history. I arrived in Berlin trying to get a hook in film journalism, but apart from writing movie reviews for de:bug magazine it never really took off. Some friends from back home were working for de:bug, and since I was looking for a job they asked if I wanted join in. First I was an editor for their extensive section of reviews, then I started writing my own. I also made friends with other fine and interesting people, and I started to enjoy the Berlin clubs more and more also. In short, I was back in nightlife again. When I moved to Berlin I was ready to stop DJing, and now due to new DJ friends like Hunee, Stefan Goldmann or Gerd Janson I was persuaded and motivated to pick it up again. One of the regular nights that I really enjoyed and went to often was Inner City, a house night Dixon set up at the Weekend club. You have to understand that at that time house music in a more traditional sense was pretty much dead in Berlin, and Inner City put it back on the map. There was a common feeling of resurgence among regular guests like me, and slowly something evolved from it. The most prominent sign was the label Innervisions by Dixon and Âme. The sound of the label was actually a tad too slick for me, but it felt good to be part of something that was gaining momentum and had impact potential. In 2005 Dixon asked me if I could contribute a guest mix for the Innervisions label website, and I recorded this mix for the purpose. In hindsight I already knew that their career would take off soon, and it would have been wiser to do a mix that highlighted my capabilities as a club DJ, but my timing throughout my years as a DJ was mostly more determined by what I was just in the mood for than by what would most likely pay off well (later several of my booking agents were quite desperate about my urge to keep my freedom to do what I felt I should do rather than develop a signature sound that was easier to sell), so I wasted the opportunity and just mixed some personal downtempo and house faves. Is it balearic? I’d say yes, somehow, but who cares.