@ Fractal Day & Night LND Launch
Posted: July 30th, 2018 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Gigs | Tags: Fractal, Hashman Deehay, London | No Comments »
Finn Johannsen – Live @ The Pickle Factory, London, May 19th 2017
Posted: May 24th, 2017 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: A Made Up Sound, London, Peverelist, Pickle Factory | No Comments »
@ The Pickle Factory
Posted: May 8th, 2017 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Gigs | Tags: A Made Up Sound, London, Peverelist, Pickle Factory | No Comments »
Finn Johannsen – OSM 020
Posted: March 8th, 2017 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: A Certain Ratio, Arthur Russell, Fun Boy Three, London, Oval Space, The Clash, The Flying Lizards | No Comments »Post Punk Dance mix for OSM in London.
Orange Juice – Flesh Of My Flesh
Lio – Sage Comme Une Image
Shriekback – My Spine (It’s The Bassline)
Brian Eno & David Byrne – The Jezebel Sprit
Liquid Liquid – Cavern
The Raincoats – Animal Rhapsody
The Clash – The Magnificent Dance
The Clash – The Magnificent Seven
Gang Of Four – Is It Love
A Certain Ratio – Wild Party
ABC – Tears Are Not Enough
Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Caroline Was A Drop-Out
Funkapolitan – As The Time Goes By
Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1
The Men – I Don’t Depend On You
Futura 2000 – The Escapades Of Futura 2000
ESG – Moody
Modern Romance – Salsa Rappsody
Comateens – Get Off My Case (Dub)
Culture – Club – White Boy
Haircut 100 – Prime Time
Altered Images – Don’t Talk To Me About Love
Konk – Machina Jam
Pigbag – Hit The O Deck
Arthur Russell – Get Around To It
Fehlfarben – Dollars Und Deutschmarks
400 Blows – Black & White Mix Up
Czukay/Wobble/Liebezeit – How Much Are They
The Flying Lizards – Money B
Colourbox – Baby I Love You
Au Pairs – Headache
The Slits – Heard It Through The Bassline
Fun Boy Three – Life In General
David Byrne – Big Business
James White & The Blacks – Contort Yourself
Clock DVA – Breakdown
Family 5 – Traumvers
Blue Rondo A La Turk – The Cities Are Dying
Blue Rondo A La Turk – The Heavens Are Crying
Dislocation Dance – Show Me
Aztec Camera – Walk Out To Winter
Rewind: Call Super on “My Answer”
Posted: June 4th, 2015 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Interviews English | Tags: Abacus, Call Super, Charley's Vault, Chicago, Derrick Carter, Electronic Beats, Glasgow, London, Luke Solomon, Paris, Rewind | No Comments »
In discussion with Call Super on “My Answer” by Charley’s Vault (2000).
How did you come across „My Answer“? Was it in a record store, or in a club?
A club. The End in London.
Why does this record mean so much to you? Is this a time capsule of a certain kind? What is its appeal?
It very much is. Although it is of its time in certain ways I don’t really feel it has dated. It was a record that I heard quite a few times before I had any idea who it was. I was usually too shy to ask DJs back then and there were lots of tracks that you would hear and just know because you’d heard them before and maybe one day you’d actually turn it up in a store, or meet someone in the club who could tell you, or it got used on a mix. Which is how I found out what this one was.
The thing I love so much about it is it creates a mood that is perfect at any time of the night or morning. It has the exact balance of menace, tension, joy and release that the perfect DJ tool needs. The mixdown is really nicely done, the way it ebbs, flows and kicks at certain points. I have a distinction between what often gets called ‘tools’ which to my ear are usually just drum tracks with a stab or a pad or something and the really useful stuff which usually has a fair bit more going on and can always take you up, down, reset, roll out, maintain… anything that you ask of it. This is one of those tracks.
I guess most people stay true to their formative years in the clubs of their youth. What made The End so special?
It was a club that was very well designed. Loosely based upon The Tunnel in New York but with a crucial difference of placing the booth in the middle of the floor so the DJ was cocooned by the crowd, who were in turn were cocooned by the sound system. The fact that this set up existed in a tunnel created two opportunities. The first was that it was very easy to lose yourself at the back by the system without feeling any disconnection from the place. The second was that this architecture created a particular atmosphere that I think must have meant certain DJs would have fun in a way that more disconnected settings don’t encourage. Its obviously a truism to say that good DJs play to the setting they are in, whilst bad DJs do the same thing no matter where they are. Well, this was a space that I feel coaxed the best from people.
I went maybe twice a month on average for about two years, then less frequently for the next few years because I had relocated to Glasgow, but in that time almost every night held surprises at what had been played, or how it had been played. The video of Mills covers a little of that ground. You cannot understate the importance of having these experiences to draw on when you end up doing this for a living, your own constellation of places and people that inspired you. That’s what gives you your distinct voice and I feel massively grateful to have had that club incubating me. Read the rest of this entry »
Finn Johannsen – Hot Wax 017
Posted: June 1st, 2014 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Berlin Community Radio, Four Tet, Hot Wax, London, Soichi Terada, Stefan Goldmann | 1 Comment »
October – Unstable Phenomenon (Joey Anderson Remix)
STL – A Million Lights
Jay Daniel – Royal Dilemma
Amir Alexander – Star Tigress
Anton Mitchell – Sahara
Kinetic Electronix – Astral Kin
Ajukaja & Andrevski – Expensive Shit
Ratchett Traxxx – Nut On U
Beautiful Swimmers – The Zoo
Vellico – Beck’s Brew
Crazy Bald Heads – First Born (Four Tet Remix)
Môme – Heading Feel (Stefan Goldmann Remix)
John Beltran – Return To Nightfall
Wada – Moonlight On Your Life Pt. 2
Hashman Deejay – Orbis Tertius
Romanthony – Trust (MCDE Instrumental Dub)
Pepp – You Know My Eyes
K. London Posse – Caught In Luv (Rhythm Mix Dub)
Dionne – Feel Da Rain (D’Pac Dub)
Vincent Floyd Feat. Chan – Your Eyes (Instrumental)
Vincent Floyd Feat. Chan – Your Eyes (Vocal)
Loftis #V – Dreamin (Joe Smooth Vocal Mix)
J.D. Hall – Into You (Jonathan Morning Mix)
Nami Shimada & Soichi Terada – Sunshower
Ajukaja & Maria Minerva – All The Heart Breaks
Eric D. Clark – Another Night, Another Disco (Reprise)
Finn Johannsen – Trushmix 56
Posted: May 2nd, 2014 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Escort, London, Trushmix | No Comments »Jackie Mittoo – Mash Down Babylon
Courtney Melody – Tell Dem
Freddie McKay – Mop & Cry
Cornel Campbell – Righteous Rastaman Dub
Little John – Janet Sinclair Side B
Bunny Lee & The Aggrovators – Idling Dub
Johnny Osbourne – Ice Cream Love Version
Wayne Jarrett – Youth Man
Nitty Gritty – General Penitentiary
Willi Williams – Sweet Home
Sugar Minott – Devil Is At Large
Puddy Roots – When I Release
Nitty Gritty – Can’t Test Me
King Kong – Paro Them Paro
Allan Kingpin – Escort To London
Wayne Jarrett – Jah Live On Dub
Angela Prince – Joker Lover
Nitty Gritty – Under The Moonlight
Trevor Junior – Run Around
Senya & Wailers Band – Children Of The Ghetto
Sammy Dread – Rude Boy
Ras I – Wicked Man
The Aggrovators – Dub
Pablo All Star – Dubbing Bothe
Bunny Lee & The Aggrovators – Lifetime Dub
Super Chick – Me A Champion
White Mice – Nothing Ever Done Before The Time
King Kong – Agony & Pain
Naphtali – Hold Up Your Hand
I Roy – Rootsman
Mystic – Youths Get Tricked
Tony Tuff – Come Along
Joy Card – Black Girl
Sugar Minott – Sheriff John Brown
King Kong – Mi Have A Little Sound
Dave Robinson – Have To Go Thru
King Everall – After All
Red Rose And King Kong – Two Bad Bull
Anthony Red Rose – Dub Organizer Part Two
Terence Smith & Cassette & Tape – V.I.B.
Tenor Saw – Victory Train
Philip Myers – Gheto Struggle
Mikey Murka – Back Your Automatic
Wayne Marshall – Gunshot
Willie Williams & Cousin Marshall – Rocking Universally
Sluggy – Done With The Badness
Rockers International Band – A Fool Says Dub
Wayne Smith – Come Along
Pad Anthony – Charge Dem
Gregory Isaacs – Rumours
Augustus Pablo – A Java Instrumental
Pablo Levi, Clive & Clevie – Danites Dub
Shorty The President – President Mash Up The President
Errol Bellot – What A Wonderful Feeling
Kenny Knots – Watch How The People Dancing
Chuck Turner – Trying To Conquer I
@ 30… Truly
Posted: March 26th, 2014 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Gigs | Tags: London, Neverland, Truly-Madly | No Comments »
@ Plastic People
Posted: March 3rd, 2014 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Gigs | Tags: London, Plastic People | No Comments »
Finn Johannsen – Hot Wax 011
Posted: December 13th, 2013 | Author: Finn | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: Berlin Community Radio, Hot Wax, London, Radio | 3 Comments »Bmore Club special.
DJ Rod Lee – Sweet Dreams
DJ Big Red – Jakybodi
Chavy Boys Of London – Request Line
Uncle Jesse – Stricker
Scottie B – Niggaz Fightin
DukeyMan – Roof About To Blow
DJ Rod Lee – Blow Me
DJ Technics – The Theme
DJ Technics – DJ’s List
DJ Rod Lee – The Best DJ
DJ Rod Lee – Road Keys
DJ Rod Lee – Family
DJ Rod Lee – Let Me See What U Workin With
DukeyMan – Shorty You Fat
DJ Rod Lee – Hey Shorty
Diamond K – Go Down (Beat)
Diamond K – Go Down
Dukeyman – Thongs
Da Yo Boyz – Butt Naked
Bukshot – Buk Naked
Frank Ski & Kenny B – Eastside Westside
DJ Technics – Where U At
DJ Rod Lee – Where You Come From
DukeyMan – Living In The Alley
DJ Big Red – I’m A Alkholik
DJ Boobie – Alcoholiks Anthem
DukeyMan – Alcoholic Chick
DJ Rod Lee – Epill
DukeyMan – Fiesta
DJ Rod Lee – Rump
Scottie B – Find A Way
Chavy Boys Of London – Zoe Jawn
DukeyMan – Rockwilder
DJ Rod Lee – No Hook
Chavy Boys Of London – London Wild
DukeyMan – Doo Dew Rock
Chavy Boys Of London – Ofra Bhangra
Emynd – We Gon Make It
Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls (Scottie B Remix)
DJ Technics – Girlfriend
DJ Rod Lee – What They Do
Scottie B – B-Mo Club Medley
DJ Technics – See About Me
DJ Technics – Pillow Talk
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