00:00:00 1 Skule Toyama – Transmitting Memories 00:05:05 2 Myd – Sweatin’ (The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra Remix) 00:08:02 3 Persian – D Dub Twist (Picasso Twist Ya Arm Remix) 00:14:47 4 BLACK NINJA – Detroit Is The Name 00:19:46 5 Blint – Dalmatian Cut 00:24:05 6 mo w/rights – proof of concept (Monfils remix) 00:26:32 7 L own – Here Tonight 00:32:42 8 ILLIT – NOT CUTE ANYMORE (BRLLNT REMIX) 00:34:59 9 Ned Spencer – Paradise (Original Mix) 00:38:49 10 OMAAR – UNTITLED_35.01 00:43:59 11 Funkyjaws – So In Tune With U (Funkyjaws Edit) 00:50:00 12 John Tejada – Until the End of the World (Pacific Signals Mix) 00:54:28 13 Arma – Two People 00:58:47 14 unknown – untitled – a1 01:01:41 15 DJ Houseplants – Your Energy 01:05:32 16 DJ CRISPS – LAZER SHOT 01:10:26 17 Mak & Pasteman – Beneath 01:13:16 18 Young Pulse – Goodbye Teardrops 01:18:44 19 Tuff Trax – My Energy (Fantasy Mix) 01:23:10 20 L own – Rivalry 01:29:38 21 ADJ – Bubble Wrap 01:33:12 22 COMPLEX AKA ORLANDO VOORN – Prototype v1 01:37:29 23 RV820 – Memory Sequence 01:42:11 24 Swami Sound and gum.mp3 – DFAL (Break It Up) ft. FiFi Zhang 01:46:31 25 MoMA Ready – VELOUR 01:49:11 26 Rukus ft Blvk H3ro & Buggsy – Venomous (Sempra remix) 01:53:55 27 Myd – Song for You (Kink Remix) 01:57:37 28 Laze – Constant Watch 02:01:49 29 Noda & Wolfers – We Can Manipulate The World 02:05:49 30 Sully – The Still (Yaw Evans Remix) 02:09:41 31 Bodhi – T.O.P. 02:13:32 32 Linda Lo – SHAKE NOW 02:17:48 33 No Instruction – Charlie Shell – Nowhere Near Here 02:20:09 34 Euphoria Dubs – Helicopter Tool 02:24:02 35 Ragga Twins ft MC Fats – We Are Junglists (Borai remix) 02:28:04 36 Tim Reaper – the1 02:31:07 37 Anecho – Spiritual Blitz 02:35:42 38 Tim Reaper – going numb 02:40:23 39 WOOSH – Come Again 02:44:13 40 DJ BABATR – Lets Do It (te-te) 02:48:34 41 Micofcourse – Hi, Bye (Tre Mission Remix) 02:51:21 42 Jacob is – Boundary Plate 02:55:41 43 Ambit – In the Dark (Beatrice M. remix) 02:59:26 44 Tim Reaper – put things together 03:03:57 45 BufoBufo – Drifting World 03:07:46 46 Carl Hang – Criminal Minded 03:12:15 47 Tim Reaper – samaritans 03:16:56 48 Truant – A London Feel 03:20:04 49 Cameo Blush – Violet 03:22:33 50 Henry Greenleaf – Shivers 03:26:28 51 Tim Reaper – rise up edit 03:32:50 52 Dopplereffekt – Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse 03:37:54 53 Gioray – Idem 03:40:44 54 Bobbi Watson – Knock Knock 03:44:19 55 Lacaty – Movin’ (Carl Hang Remix) 03:48:19 56 Noda & Wolfers – International Microchip Energy 03:52:47 57 Chip Tha Ripper – TOSS IT 03:54:28 58 Snuffo – Dry Spell (Hang In There) 03:57:54 59 Void Waves – Outsider 04:00:44 60 L own – For U
00:00:00 1 Erika de Casier – You Got It! 00:01:55 2 Father – Silly Rabbit, When You Met Me I Was Slime 00:03:33 3 Lord Finesse – Electric Impression 2 00:06:12 4 The Other Guys – Next Up 00:07:21 5 Yasushi Ide – Outer Space feat. DJ Krush – Chris Coco Remix (Inner Space Extended DJ Dub) 00:11:03 6 Vanilla – Brasil 00:14:46 7 Virna Lindt – Out Cold (Extended) 00:20:32 8 Pet Shop Boys – New London Boy 00:24:38 9 Raisa K – As It Seems 00:27:12 10 Momus – Situationship 00:30:27 11 Mad Professor – Avianca Dubs (Dub 1) 00:33:27 12 Saint Etienne – Sweet Melodies 00:36:33 13 Leila – The Gamble Room 00:39:01 14 Father – Sodom 00:40:30 15 Daniel Welch – The Day Of Night (Ambient Mix) 00:41:56 16 The Blow Monkeys – Long Lost Child 00:45:58 17 Jadu Heart – Heaven 00:48:33 18 Space Dimension Controller – Reflect Itself 00:50:50 19 Kelman Duran – One Million Haitians and Africans (ft. Bamba Pana and Makaveli) 00:54:00 20 El Cousteau – Supa Cousteau (feat. A$AP Rocky) 00:55:55 21 AJ Suede – Autonomy 00:58:01 22 Tierra Whack – Tip Toe 01:00:50 23 Smerz – You Got Time And I Got Money 01:04:55 24 Euphoria Dubs – The Sun Rising (Euphoria Dub) Instrumental 01:08:01 25 Daniel Welch – Heaven’s Night (Club Mix) 01:11:55 26 Father – If You See Something, Say Nothing 01:13:37 27 Passport Rav x RoadsArt – Boundaries (feat. David Jame$) 01:16:15 28 RSD – Cut Deep 01:19:01 29 Smerz – Close 01:22:57 30 RSD – Field Lights 01:26:08 31 Lithe (feat. Don Toliver) – Cannonball 01:27:54 32 Jimi Tenor with Cold Diamond & Mink – Summer Of Synesthesia 01:32:19 33 John Rocca – I See Love Now 01:36:21 34 Father – Thumb Thru A Check 01:38:04 35 Westside Gunn – Power House Hobbs 01:41:49 36 Queen Herawin – Denial (feat. Pretty Bulli, Illa Ghee) 01:45:53 37 John Glacier – Home 01:49:13 38 Domo Genesis & Graymatter – World Gone Mad 01:51:26 39 Raisa K – Dreaming 01:53:33 40 Yugen Blakrok – The Shining 01:57:00 41 Dan Deacon – One Coin 01:59:03 42 Black Milk – Numb 01:59:53 43 DJ Flipcyide & Raekwon – Dreams To Make Cream (feat. Raekwon) 02:01:29 44 Dun Dun & Nástio Mosquito – Love Vs. Trust 02:04:36 45 New King, Noah, D.Foe – Life is Good (D.Foe Remix) 02:07:46 46 The Other Guys – The Sound Of Letting Go 02:09:11 47 Enrico Mantini – inlove 02:11:01 48 Kim Mulligan – Wishing On A Star (Dub) 02:15:19 49 Panthurr – Keep Going
00:00:00 1 Pet Shop Boys – My October Symphony (Live – Performance) 00:05:50 2 808 State – Spanish Heart 00:09:24 3 400 Blows – Let The Drums Speak (Live Mix) 00:12:11 4 Bomb The Bass – Understand This 00:16:59 5 Black Radical MKII – Sign Of The Beast 00:20:54 6 HardNoise – Mice in the Presence of the Lion, Pt. 1 00:24:53 7 Gunshot – Interception Squad 00:28:11 8 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (Instrumental) 00:32:07 9 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy 00:36:39 10 Wolfman – Consciousness (Rob Davis Mix) 00:41:02 11 Electronic – The Patience Of A Saint 00:45:05 12 Chapter & The Verse – Stealth (Fixed Wing Mix) 00:49:17 13 Pet Shop Boys – DJ Culture (Extended Mix) 00:55:44 14 Caveman – You Can’t Take It 01:00:33 15 Rebel MC – Afrikan 01:02:40 16 Mark Samson featuring Sharon – Love Come Down (Big Beat Mix) 01:07:54 17 Chapter & The Verse – Miss You 01:11:48 18 Gunshot – No Sell Out 01:16:22 19 Silver Bullet – Guns of Mind Alone 01:22:42 20 Nation 12 – Electrofear (Shemsijo Mix) 01:26:02 21 Altern 8 – Real Time Status (Hand Of God Remix) 01:30:13 22 Shut Up And Dance – On A Street Level 01:34:20 23 The Sindecut – Panic Stricken 01:37:03 24 Shut Up And Dance – Rest In Peace (Rap Will Never) 01:40:35 25 Metronome – In My Mind (Vocal mix) 01:47:05 26 Cabaret Voltaire – Alright 01:52:03 27 Raphel – Latino 01:55:51 28 Jesus Loves You – After The Love (Prophets Of Doom Mix) 02:01:20 29 Orbital – Midnight (Original 12″ Mix) 02:07:32 30 Shoot The Moon – Sax Machine (Mix One) 02:13:48 31 Primal Scream – Don’t Fight It, Feel It (Scat Mix) 02:20:46 32 Primal Scream – Don’t Fight It, Feel It 02:26:53 33 Hijack – The Contract (ft. Shaka Shazam, The Icepick & Huntkillbury Finn) 02:31:13 34 Plaid – Scoobs in Columbia 02:36:05 35 Rebel MC – Rebel Music (From The Soul Mix)
00:00:00 1 Eon – B Cool #1 (8AM Mix) 00:04:03 2 Andromeda – Dance Everybody Dance 00:08:48 3 Julie Stapleton – Where’s Your Love Gone (Remix) 00:13:56 4 808 State – Ooops (Mellow Birds Mix) 00:17:29 5 House Fusion – Ceaseless Motion (6am mix) 00:23:18 6 Rebel MC – Soul Sister 00:26:55 7 The Ragga Twins – Tan So Back 00:30:40 8 Automation – Eat The Bee 00:33:59 9 Mr Selfish – Gonna Make It 00:39:16 10 Holy Ghost Inc. – Stealth 00:43:26 11 MC Buzz B – Never Change (Sparse) 00:49:26 12 Language – Tranquility Bass 00:54:04 13 The Ultimate Dance Banger – Untitled 00:59:27 14 Ministers Of Dance – Tiny’s First Journey 01:02:22 15 Euphoria – I’m Going To Explode 01:05:39 16 Cabaret Voltaire – No Resistance 01:10:44 17 Return Of The Living Acid – Twin Tub 01:16:03 18 The Step – Yeah You (Robert’s Dub #2) 01:19:57 19 The Step – Yeah You (Robert’s Remix) 01:25:04 20 The Step – Yeah You 01:30:27 21 Subsonic 2 – Addicted To Music (The Nightmares On Wax Mix) 01:34:19 22 XON – Midnight Express 01:40:11 23 The Wolfgang Press – Time 01:46:18 24 Phuture Assassins – Africans Must Be Free 01:50:16 25 A Guy Called Gerald – Wonderful World 01:54:53 26 Satin Storm – Chill Out 02:00:51 27 2001 – Weighless Condition 02:07:46 28 Animal Magic – Animal Magic – Turn To West Ham 02:11:43 29 Epitome Of Hype – Let The Freak (Vital Remix) 02:17:02 30 Watt Noize – Baby Be Good to Me 02:21:08 31 Parralax – Deep Frieze 02:25:16 32 Gems For Jem – We’re On The Move (Peak Energy Mix) 02:29:51 33 The Sindecut – Simple Jealousy (12 Mix) 02:36:07 34 WBI Red Ninja – Bad Piece (A Short Tune About Killing) 02:40:51 35 Carl Cox – Let The Bass Kick
00:00:00 1 400 Blows – Play Like A Human (Ambient Mix) 00:03:37 2 Cabaret Voltaire – Jazz The Computer (Part 1) 00:08:08 3 Son Of Noise – Master Of Menace 00:10:56 4 Bomb The Bass – You See Me In 3D (Remix) 00:14:28 5 Fantasy UFO feat. Jay Groove – Mind, Body, Soul (24″ Melt the Speaker Mix) 00:17:46 6 Plaid – Slice of Cheese 00:23:06 7 Earth Leakage Trip – Psychotronic 00:27:50 8 Automation – Comedown (Extended) 00:32:55 9 Ultraviolet – I Wish That (Radical Mix) 00:39:39 10 Cabaret Voltaire – Shout 00:44:35 11 V.I.M. – Maggie’s Last Party (Club Mix) 00:50:12 12 Earth Leakage Trip – No Idea 00:55:33 13 Earth Leakage Trip – Over 92 00:58:44 14 Cabaret Voltaire – What is Real (Virtual Reality mix) 01:04:46 15 Cabaret Voltaire – What is Real 01:10:30 16 Kings Of Peace – 1000 (Album Mix) 01:15:05 17 4 Hero – Put Your Thinkin’ Caps On 01:16:20 18 Cabaret Voltaire – Keep On Pushin’ 01:20:35 19 Cabaret Voltaire – Don’t Walk Away 01:25:33 20 Cabaret Voltaire – Smooth 01:30:37 21 808 State – Lift (7″ Mix) 01:33:19 22 Shades Of Rhythm – Sweet Sensation 01:37:52 23 Andromeda – Simple 01:40:08 24 Tomas – Mind Song 01:45:01 25 Cabaret Voltaire – Jazz The Computer (Part 2) 01:49:44 26 Desired State – Work My Body (Over) 01:54:56 27 Andromeda – Savage 01:57:41 28 Tuff Little Unit – Join The Future 02:02:09 29 The Wizzard – Millennium (Genesis Mix) 02:09:21 30 Outrage – Religious B-Boy 02:12:35 31 Shut Up And Dance – Because Of My Vocals 02:15:59 32 Hooligan X – The Sound 02:21:46 33 Tomas – African Dream 02:26:25 34 Body Base 2 – Clan Terminology 02:31:27 35 Coco Steel And Lovebomb – Feel It (Original Mix) 02:38:10 36 Attitude – Attitude – Some You Win, Some You Lose (Instrumental) 02:42:41 37 Attitude – Attitude – Some You Win, Some You Lose 02:47:47 38 Coco, Steel And Lovebomb – Discodub (After Hours Mix) 02:53:18 39 Coco, Steel And Lovebomb – Discotechno – 1991 02:59:10 40 Andromeda – Control 03:03:34 41 Caveman – Pages and Pages 03:08:44 42 Bassix – Close Encounters (Bassix Mix) 03:12:48 43 Bassix – Close Encounters (Club Mix) 03:17:09 44 Bassix – Close Encounters (Acid Dub) 03:21:41 45 Temple Of Life – EDP 03:26:56 46 Tomas – Architecture 03:32:42 47 Beat Club – Dreams Were Made To Be Broken (Beat Mix) 03:38:13 48 R. Solution – Skinny Long Git (Mix 1) 03:42:13 49 808 State – Techno Bell 03:46:51 50 Feedback Max feat T.T. – Cheeni Ek Chammach
I always loved ghetto house, cut-up disco house, UK breakbeat music and hip hop. So when I was working at Berlin’s Hard Wax store and the first footwork releases from Chicago hit the shelves I fell in love with it instantly. So many styles and samples and sounds I thought I was familiar with were in there, but the way they were used was crazy and fresh, particularly in connection with the rhythms that seemed to be all over the place, yet completely locked you in.
Over the years I gathered a digital collection of footwork and juke, but as I am still playing vinyl in clubs, most of it was only for my ears. But then I decided to get creative with it and do some digital mixes. The result is this, my favourite tunes spread out over twelve sets. The selection is really subjective and quite determined by my fascination with how especially disco and soul was sampled in this field, but there are other styles in there as well.
Heavee x H.E.R. – Could’ve Been
DJ Diamond – Ready Motherfucker
Traxman – See Things My Way
Elmoe – Lost And Found
DJ Rashad – Well Well Well
DJ Earl – Y U Do Dat
Taso Teklife – Spell On You VIP
Traxman – Elements Of Style
Traxman – Know Da Truth
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Come Into Knowledge
DJ Earl – Souf Side Daydream
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Don’t Look Away
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Unforgettable
EQ Why – Just 2 Good
DJ Earl & King Agee – Scared 2 Come Outside
DJ Wicked – Thoughts (Flame 2022)
EQ Why & Cuenique – P.O.M.
DJ Earl & King Agee – New Pack Landed
EQ Why – When It’s This Good
Traxman – Setbacks
DJ Earl & King Agee – F**ck Da Haterz
DJ Manny – Hard Drive
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – Metropolis
DJ Tre – My Cry
DJ Clent – Let Me Hit And Freak
DJ Earl – Woke Up
EQ Why – 17 Inside
Cuenique – Some Problemz
EQ Why – Chilling
DJ Oreo – Rocket Man Stevie Intro
Comfort Noise – Don’t Hold Back
Heavee – Show’s Over
DJ Earl & King Agee – Turn My Musik Up
Traxman – Too High (Over Da Edge Funk Rework)
DJ Rashad, Tripletrain & DJ Spinn – Pass That
Traxman – Lady In My Life (Mics Supa Rework)
DJ Oreo – Call Your Name (Imma Call You)
DJ Oreo – Rocket Man Stevie (I Still Love You)
DJ Rome – Show Me
Traxman – U Taken Me
EQ Why – Count Me Out
DJ Manny – Where Are You
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – See You In The Morning
DJ Phil – Get Over
Traxman – Zang Ga Zoo
EQ Why & DJ MC – We Got Grandz (Street Mix)
DJ Rashad – Walk For Me
EQ Why – Juke Signs
EQ Why – Don’t Come Back Hot
Traxman – We Can Go Anywhere
EQ Why – How Do You
Jana Rush – Old Skool
Cuenique – It’s A Revolution
DJ Acey – Blue Light (Fallin’)
DJ Earl – Freak Da Beat
DJ Clent – Saturday Luv
DJ Clent – Strings Of My Life
Traxman – Goddest!!!
EQ Why – I Keep Wild Wild (No Wild Wild)
Sirr TMO THANKYOUGOD9999 – What’s Yo Phone Numba
Traxman – With Each Beat
Traxman – Toast To Da Foolz
Dj.Mc – Payback Is A Dog
DJ Clent – Piece Of My Mind
Curren$y – Don’t Miss This Jet (DJ Earl Remix)
DJ Rashad x DJ Spinn x Taso – Nothin’s Gonna Stop Me
DJ Acey – U Not Safe
DJ Paypal – Come Back
RP Boo – All Over
Traxman – Check It Out
Taso & DJ Izzo – How He Werk
DJ Taye – The Best
EQ Why – Loner
Traxman – Our Song
EQ Why – Been Waiting For You
DJ Manny – Lost In Da Jungle
DJ Rome – Go Deep
Traxman – Lifeeeee Is For Ever
DJ Manny – How It Feels 20
EQ Why – N The Cut
Traxman – Shadow Bangin
DJ Earl – Luv Has No Time Or Place
DJ Earl – U.K.F.W.M.S
EQ Why – Anniversary Moments
DJ Earl & King Agee – Want Smoke
DJ Earl – Neverending Story
EQ Why – Get It On
DJ Acey – Can’t Save ‚Em (Alcohol)
Comfort Noise – Starting Over
Traxman – Trax Go Um Going (Da On Point Supa Remixx)
Although acid house exports provided the sound blueprints for Second
Summer of Love in the late 80s, the rawness of the US originals often
did not really match the ecstasy fuelled day-glo hedonism that was
sweeping UK clubland. Of course the pioneering tracks from Chicago,
Detroit and New York had the same huge impact in English clubs as
they had in Continental Europe, and the American originators brought
music that was informed by no less aspiring ambitions, but it was
also often produced on the equipment that you could afford in
problematic social environments, and its initial target group was
more local, and on another street level than the almost proverbial
MDMA hugs between football hooligans or other thugs and the dancers
they were previously beating up. But UK pop and club culture had
interpreted outside influences into something more pop before and
sent it back, as it had happened with the British Invasion in the 60s
and lovers rock in the 70s, and house, and particularly acid house,
was no exception. In the UK, some clever people not only heard a
difference, they also understood that it had potential far beyond
that. Just a new, small and dedicated scene at first, but maybe more.
Or even much more.
Baby
Ford seemed to have a very clear vision of what was missing for the
music to really cross over and reach such potential, and with his
first promising releases from 1988 up to his first album „Fordtrax“
he brilliantly merged inspirations from Larry Heard, Derrick May or
Todd Terry with a knowledgeable pop sensibility. But in contrast to
other successful London cohorts of the Rhythm King label like Bomb
The Bass, S‘Express, The Beatmasters, and Coldcut on their label
Ahead Of Our Time, he did not succumb almost entirely to the charms
of the wild days of sampling, instead aiming more for his own
musicianship than a wild collage of references with a beat. And in
contrast to Manchester artists like 808 State and A Guy Called
Gerald, who achieved a similarly distinctive sound, he was ready,
willing and able to sing as well, and he implied his sense of humour.
Be it „Ooochy Koochy“ or „Chikki Chikki Aah Aah“, his music
was catchy and smart, but instrumental gems like „Fordtrax“
already proved that he knew how to arrange and set a mood. He seemed
to make fine use of his influences as much as he made them his own,
and he established a mini-canon of his own work in which his ideas
naturally referred to each other.
Already a year later his second album „’Ooo’ The World Of Baby
Ford“ aimed considerably higher. There are variations of „Fordtrax“
material but in a different, more mellow mood („Milky Tres / Chikki
Chikki Aah Aah“). Which is perfectly ok if your source material is
good enough to be reinterpreted in such a short time. Other tracks
like „Let‘s Talk It Over“ or „The World Is In Love“ have a
similar mood, somehow as urban as pastoral, sublime and full of hope.
„Beach Bump“ or „A Place Of Dreams & Magic“ are more over
the top, reviving the camp fun of „Oochy Koochy“ and other
livelier tracks he made before. And then there are tracks that hint
at the idea of this album as a continuation of gone but yet still
lasting UK youth cultures. In terms of music „Poem For Wigan“ and
„Wigan“ have not much in common with the 70s northern soul haven
Wigan Casino (or the Jazz Funk and later Electro played at Wigan Pier
club by its resident DJ Greg Wilson), but Baby Ford grew up near
Wigan and experienced what happened there, and both tracks have a
sentiment true to the inspiration. You may now flock to other clubs
and dance to other sounds, but the spirit is the same. Else the cover
version of T.Rex‘s „Children Of The Revolution“ is more
obvious, putting the 70s glam rock anthem into the context of the
acid house movement, whose children won‘t be fooled either. It is
time again for the UK youth to rise up against it, and this is how it
sounds. And then the according modern grooves also meet the
modernized version of the hippie era aesthetics that the tabloids and
authorities directly diverted to blame and prosecution. Where there
are loved up messages and melodies, psychedelic colours and a quest
for an alternative way of living, there must be something for society
to fight back, regardless of what you are afraid of in the 60s, 70s,
80s, or the decades to come. Us against them, forever irreconcilable.
This
album captured the revolutionary spirit and joy of that time
perfectly, and it indirectly predicted why it could not last. It was
not widely perceived as a defining statement and Baby Ford did not
become the defining pop star, and he seemed to abandon his bright
ideas soon after. First with the subsequent 1992 album „BFORD9“,
which still had some traces of his prior optimism left, but which
also confrontationally displayed disillusionment, darker topics and
harder sounds, until he reduced his persona and sound more and more,
albeit still with consistently great creative results. Either way,
Baby Ford‘s world may have not been big enough, but you still think
‚Ooo‘ when you think of it.
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