Finn Johannsen – Go Check The Survey (Elbee Bad)

00:00:00 1 L.B. BaD – The New Age Of Faith
00:04:19 2 L.B. BaD – Just Don’t Stop
00:08:18 3 L.B. Bad & The Lady – It’s Bad… So Dance (LaRhon’s Party People Club Mix)
00:13:17 4 Lord KCB – Boomin Boomin (Club Vocal)
00:17:55 5 Lerosa – Metaphor (Elbee Bad’s NYC Vox Re Rub)
00:22:01 6 Keith, Kat & Blondie – Gotta Get Some Money (Club Ladies & Gents Vocal)
00:28:38 7 Keith, Kat & Blondie – Gotta Get Some Money (Eerie Instrumental)
00:32:18 8 eLBee BaD – I Was A Slave! LaRhon original vox
00:39:23 9 L.B. BaD – E3 E6 Roll On!
00:45:33 10 L.B. BaD – Just Let Your Body Ride!
00:49:01 11 L.B. BaD – L.B. Says (Original Mix)
00:55:09 12 Lord KCB – Who Told U My Joint Was BIG? – Lord KCB
00:59:09 13 L.B. BaD – I’m Taking Control of House
01:04:42 14 L.B. BaD – Genesis The Peace 1990
01:10:51 15 Jonzhaft The Psychopath – Cum & Get It!
01:15:59 16 L.B. BaD – The True Story Of House Music (Body Mechanix Underground Mix)
01:22:02 17 L.B. BaD – Touch Me, Hurt Me !! (The T.T. Mix Remix)
01:25:39 18 The Prince And The Wizard – He Loves My Good-N-Plenty
01:29:55 19 The Prince Of Dance Music – This Dream Is Real (It’s Not A Dream)
01:36:51 20 The Prince Of Dance Music – The Saturn Dream Dub
01:41:27 21 The Prince And The Wizard – The Music Is Kicking
01:45:08 22 The Prince Of Dance Music – Genesis The Peace
01:51:07 23 L.B. BaD – Genesis The Peace – original
01:57:36 24 L.B. BaD – I Like To Move (Silent Mix)
02:03:06 25 The Prince Of Dance Music – Our Music
02:05:12 26 The Prince Of Dance Music – I Was A Slave (Mario Barrioskee Runaway Mix)
02:11:18 27 Lord KCB – I’m Housin’ It (Dub Version)
02:16:07 28 The Prince And The Wizard – The Wiz Is A Genius
02:20:55 29 The Prince And The Wizard – Latin Love Groove
02:25:53 30 L.B. BaD – The True Story Of House Music (The Unreleased Thrie Way Mix)
02:32:18 31 Jonzhaft The Psychopath – I Get Lifted (The Purrrfect Mix)
02:35:52 32 L.B. BaD – The True Story Of House Music (Body Mechanix Authentic Garage Groove)
02:40:01 33 L.B. BaD – New Age House
02:46:17 34 L.B. BaD – New Age House
02:54:26 35 The Prince And The Wizard – Mr. Terry Meets Mr. Fingers
03:02:12 36 L.B. BaD – I Wanna Feel It! – POD strumental
03:06:18 37 L.B. BaD – I Wanna Feel It!
03:09:16 38 Jonzhaft The Psychopath – Groove To Get Down!
03:12:28 39 Lisa Angel – Show Me
03:17:01 40 The Prince Of Dance Music – Bad Dreams
03:19:42 41 I Get Lifted (Whip Of The Wizard’s Wand Instru – Mentals)
03:22:12 42 L.B. BaD – I Wish I Had a Video!
03:27:27 43 The Prince And The Wizard – My DJ & Your DJ
03:32:44 44 L.B. BaD – I’m So Alone
03:35:53 45 Rashiid – I Go To Work (Deep Instrumental)
03:39:31 46 Rashiid – I Go To Work (Supermix!)

00:00:00 1 eLBee BaD – A1 It’s The People! VOXeMOTIONaLmixx
00:07:43 2 eLBee BaD – Eyez! …all day!
00:10:27 3 eLBee BaD – Imagine!! (If u will) Free 2BU Version
00:15:55 4 featuring JonZhaft The Psychopath – feelin freedom/An Uphill Piece Of Mind – Gilly Dreds Gong Sound Version
00:19:36 5 Platinum Enterprise – It’s All The Way Live lil vox verzion
00:26:03 6 eLBee BaD – Peace 2 Everybody – Surpryze – Nervous Dj edit
00:29:28 7 L.B. BaD – Just Don’t Stop The Dance
00:33:36 8 eLBee BaD – Black is Black White is White in other dimensions that ain’t right
00:39:19 9 The Prince of Dance Music – EyE Shot The Pop Boy but I didn’t shoot the Techno Girl
00:48:07 10 eLBee BaD – Monster in my Pocket
00:51:54 11 Elbee Bad – I’m Sorry !
00:58:39 12 eLBee BaD – Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery – Tuff Gong’s Rasta Version
01:00:45 13 The Prince of Dance Music – Hot As A Fever
01:08:24 14 eLBee BaD – Ya Gonna Give Me Some? VoX
01:16:01 15 Elbee Bad – Smooth Sailing In A Green Spaceship
01:20:31 16 Platinum Enterprise – Let The Soul In To Let The Soul Out *extended
01:24:46 17 eLBee BaD – time Don’t Exist – eLBee BaD
01:27:38 18 eLBee BaD – Hide In My Music! Tunnel Version
01:31:03 19 eLBee BaD – What Do U Do? – tell a lie sax mix
01:36:11 20 The Prince of Dance Music eLBee BaD – Flight 101 …welcome aboard
01:42:57 21 Elbee Bad (The Prince Of Dance Music) – Fly! Tobi Tai!! feat. Dj Mieko
01:46:59 22 The Prince of Dance Music eLBee BaD – Flight 101 Pilot Speaks Remix
01:53:13 23 Platinum Enterprise – Theme Song
01:57:43 24 L.B. BaD – Platinum Enterprise Theme song
02:00:56 25 Elbee Bad – Move This Way !
02:05:12 26 The Prince of Dance Music – Just Let Your Body Ride
02:08:40 27 eLBee BaD – a Fat Plumpp
02:14:04 28 L.B. BaD – (your a leader of) A New Age of Faith
02:20:35 29 Elbee Bad (The Prince Of Dance Music) – Copper Color Ppl (Been Lying)
02:24:22 30 eLBee BaD – BBoys Bee Housing
02:29:24 31 eLBee BaD – Big Gals Bounce
02:34:12 32 eLBee BaD – Just Watch BaD Go
02:37:23 33 L.B. BaD – Genesis, rebirth
02:44:04 34 The Prince of Dance – Medicinal Future motion eL mix
02:48:22 35 eLBee BaD – Toxic Tropic (Hawaii red mixx)
02:54:23 36 eLBee BaD – Plump-p- ill- Listic
02:59:03 37 L.B. BaD – U Hold The Light!!
03:04:37 38 eLBee BaD – I’m ole Skool (I got a box)
03:08:57 39 Elbee Bad (The Prince Of Dance Music) – We’re Not Programmed!
03:13:53 40 Elbee Bad – Request Monster (feat. Joel Holmes (Piano)
03:17:56 41 eLBee BaD – What’s An Artist Supposed 2?
03:22:55 42 eLBee BaD – Brown Skin Girl
03:31:45 43 eLBee BaD – I Want U!!!
03:36:30 44 eLBee BaD The Prince of Dance Music – Amongst The Chaos We Chillin!
03:41:22 45 eLBee BaD – Smoove Smokebelch/Leader Of A New Age Faith
03:48:33 46 eLBee BaD – I’ve Been Lookin 4 U
03:52:21 47 eLBee BaD – Sexy Bra club mixx
03:56:41 48 The Prince of Dance Music – We Bee Djs!

00:00:00 1 L.B. GooD – 1st Time poeticmixx
00:02:22 2 eLBee BaD – Sing A Sweet Luv Song
00:08:43 3 featuring eLBee BaD – We Don’t Want War! – Citizens Insist Mixx
00:13:56 4 Elbee Bad – Wondering ?!
00:18:31 5 eLBee BaD – Is It All Over My Face?
00:24:16 6 Elbee Bad (The Prince Of Dance Music) – Don’t Wanna Lose Ya Dub
00:28:54 7 EEDIO – In/so (Elbee Bad POD Nervous remix)
00:33:52 8 eLBee BaD – She Smiled – The Maestro Bass Mixx
00:40:05 9 eLBee BaD – Since U Been Away
00:44:47 10 eLBee BaD – Cast Dem Out! – da mornin sermon mixx
00:49:50 11 eLBee BaD – Brown Skin Lullaby/Beautiful Blackness
00:55:29 12 eLBee BaD – The Listener.
00:56:54 13 eLBee BaD – R U one of eye? (BaDVox Version)
01:01:11 14 eLBee BaD – R U one of eye? (Lovelee Mix)
01:06:17 15 eLBee BaD – We Can’t Keep Killing – Battles pon dem people mixx
01:12:35 16 eLBee BaD – & I Thought U Were The One! 2far-gone-mixx
01:21:49 17 eLBee BaD – Make A Lil Cut – eLBee BaD
01:25:37 18 Elbee Bad – A Lot Of Jazz As A Child (Sun Ra’s Children)
01:29:41 19 The Prince of Dance Music – From Dawn 2 Dusk
01:33:15 20 eLBee BaD – Music She’s My Wife
01:40:49 21 eLBee BaD – Clip Curl the Funk
01:44:03 22 eLBee BaD – Pleiadians Universal LuV – smoove mixx
01:48:06 23 eLBee BaD – Lost Poem / Universal Luv Taking Over – Light & Luv Lifted Me Mixx
01:55:26 24 eLBee BaD vs. L.B. GooD – A2 Tracks Drop
01:59:28 25 Elbee Thrie – The More iii Get 2 no U
02:03:05 26 The Prince of Dance; SØN; Elbee Bad – Invisible Love(The Nervous Dj)
02:10:10 27 The Prince of Dance Music – Stick Em Stuck Em!
02:15:46 28 eLBee BaD – Ascend / Don’t Give Me Them Drugs!!
02:20:42 29 eLBee BaD – Luv it when ya call me
02:24:43 30 eLBee BaD – Dont it make you feel Good?
02:28:52 31 eLBee BaD – Eye Know Ya Like It – Stupid Face
02:34:11 32 eLBee BaD – Do the freaky Dance
02:40:42 33 The Prince of Dance Music – Tingling Green Space Ship vox
02:46:05 34 eLBee BaD – Living In Light!
02:53:12 35 eLBee BaD – I’ve Tasted U – Lola’s pregunta
03:00:51 36 – True Story Of House Music (1999 Vox)
03:05:01 37 eLBee BaD – Alcohol & Cigs – promoted mix
03:11:11 38 – The New Age House (UK Flip Mix)
03:14:44 39 Elbee Bad – Crossing Dimensions (Extended Dub Edit)
03:25:23 40 Elbee Bad – Crossing Dimensions (In The 5th Edit)
03:31:41 41 – True Story Of House Music (Tech House Dub)
03:36:01 42 eLBee BaD vs. L.B. GooD – A1 Mutha Fuckin DJ’s
03:41:56 43 eLBee BaD – The Force knowledge & defense
03:44:55 44 eLBee BaD – 21st Century Hip Hop
03:49:00 45 LeLe Bad (LB4) – Sensations Vibrations Version
03:55:09 46 eLBee BaD – Ya’ll Feel Me! catching feelings version
04:00:58 47 eLBee BaD – feelin lovely & sharing it
04:07:44 48 Elbee Bad – If EYE Was From The D
04:10:52 49 eLBee BaD – Your names Annie?
04:16:03 50 eLBee BaD – Dark Moon Light on the moon mixx

Rewind: Lerosa on “Electric Café”

In discussion with Lerosa on “Electric Café” by Kraftwerk (1986).

There was „Computer World“, then the „Tour de France“ single, then a silence of several years. I was impatiently waiting for their next move, and it kept getting renamed and postponed. Then the first thing I heard at last was „Boing Boom Tschak“. I thought that was pure genius. I suppose you were already a fan before, too. How did you experience that comeback and what did you think of it?

My first encounter with Kraftwerk was when I was 14, the video for „”Musique Non Stop”“ premiered on MTV Italy, with its groundbreaking CGI it was unique at the time. The only similar music I might have had come across then was probably Art Of Noise’s „Close To The Edit“ and Herbie Hancock’s „Rock It“. I didn’t have access to a lot of music as I had no older clued-in sibling nor were my parents into music, perhaps bar my mom who loves her Charles Aznavour and Lucio Dalla, so to be honest I had no idea who these guys were but I was blown away. To me this was new music from a new band! Sometime later I made friends with a guy from Bolzano who told me to check out the „Breakdance“ movie to see Turbo do a routine to „Tour De France“, a freaky song with electric pulses that sounded like a bike chain. After a few months of looking for it I watched the movie, and heard that, too. A year later on holiday in Rimini I shoplifted „Autobahn“ and „Radio Activity“ and I loved both but also not understood them very well as they packed a lot of references to more experimental music I wasn’t quite well versed as a 16 year old. It wasn’t until much, much later that I finally heard „Computer World“. I don’t think I have heard the first two albums yet. I think for a lot of kids back then “Musique Non Stop” was their first meeting with Kraftwerk. Like a lot of people I was a bit disappointed with „Electric Café“ at first. I thought the A-Side was a wonderful statement, but the B-Side lacked the same consequence. I liked the sounds, but I was not that impressed with the tunes. But it has grown on me immensely, starting only shortly after.

Is this album perfectly flawed, a good example for an album that does not lose its impact due to shortcomings?

I think after getting the 12“ for “Musique Non Stop” and eventually finding the LP I too might have been not very enamoured with B-side with its cringey songs (in English, that’s the version I had). It was too much like the music on Italian commercial day time radio and I was being drawn to these new sounds, Hip Hop and early House, that were starting to seep in through the late night radio stations and occasional afternoon clubs we had in Italy for 14 to 17 year olds. I wanted to hear this new Rap music and these new weird electronic House beats, I had no time for the „Telephone Call“ etc. Nevertheless I was charmed by them as the melodies and arrangement were very catchy.I am not sure if I ever thought of it as flawed; it felt like a cohesive whole, just one where I failed to connect the dots, which is how I normally felt whenever I heard something new that really alienated me, say Peter Gabriel „IV“. I just always thought I didn’t know enough to understand it rather than thinking, „oh this is a bit shit“. I think it is insecurity that made me look at it with respect rather than try to judge it as an album. I don’t think I owned many albums back then at all.Whichever way it is, the B-side songs eventually have become the ones I play most often, especially „Telephone Call“, which I love very much. And likewise I love a lot strange pop albums like Peter Gabriel’s „IV“, or Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s debut album or indeed „Who’s Afraid Of The Art Of Noise“.

Ralf Hütter had a severe cycling accident that slowed the work on „Electric Café“ down considerably. Do you think the flaws of the album are there because they rushed proceedings to not lose more momentum?

Who knows. I’d like to think that this was delivered the way it is quite intentionally to showcase the connection between the new sounds and beats of the A-side and the more traditional songs on the B-side, all held together by the electronic sounds. I think I always looked at this record like that; as a sort bridge between the old and the new.

The working title of the album was „Techno Pop“, and they even renamed the album later on. But isn’t the B-Side more Techno Pop than the A-Side? Could’t they have made one album that was pop, and one that was pure rhythm?

Well, I am sure that back then I probably wished the same, I would have loved more of the A-side but in hindsight maybe that would have really made it too niche and austere an album to their ears, coming as they were from a mixed background of musicality and experimentation, I suppose they were trying to find a balance on one record rather than being too pragmatic and split it into two separate entities.

I once imagined that „Sex Object“ was actually a first glimpse of a whole other concept album that was neglected, just for the lack of a better explanation why it was included. Especially the lyrics seemed to clash with their usual man machine infatuation, they are very human. As are the lyrics of „The Telephone Call“. How human are Kraftwerk?

I think they are very human and that’s why they are so popular to this day. Their appeal goes way beyond the mere “electronic music” tag, it doesn’t rest on the laurels of introducing a lot of complex machinery to music. They articulated the new relationship between humans and the technological world with sounds that managed to be extremely human and extremely non-human. Quite the trick. Read the rest of this entry »

Finn Johannsen – Last Heard In The Wires

This mix is well informed by my visits to Hard Wax at that time. I was living a 10 minute bike ride away and was going there several times a week to meet people and dig for new sounds. At that time both techno and uk bass music was buzzing with ideas, apart from the house stuff I was looking out for anyway. It was generally a very inspiring period.

UB313 – Q (The Black Dog Bitez Down On Beatz And Bleepz Mixx)
TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn’s DCM Remix)
Link – The Augur
Martyn – All I Have Is Memories
Shed – Warped Mind
Luke Hess – Renewal Part 2
Mikkel Metal – Lumever
Substance – Relish (Shed Remix)
B12 – 32 Lineup
Brothers’ Vibe – Cuero Para Mi Gente (Altered Vibes Mix)
Stefan Goldmann – Radiant Grace
Vakula – Loop For My Friends (Lerosa’s Unsavoury Mix)
Herb LF – Sunliner (Demo)
Prosumer & Murat Tepeli – Serenity (Soundstream Mix)