The Druffalo Hit Squad welcomes you to a new irregular series of showcases, which will feature our personal highlights from the international bastions of rave. For no particular reason whatsoever, we would like to dedicate the first installment to the most underrated rave nation: Canada. We assembled some extra hi-biased strobe anthems for the occasion, and played them on +8.
Nick Holder – Erotic Illusions (Strobe) Psyance – Andromeda’s Dance (Plus 8) Infra-Red – Metamorphis (Strobe) How II House – Lift The Nation (Outer Rhythm) Infra-Red – Love Me, Love Me (Strobe) F.U.S.E. – Phase 1 (Plus 8) Z-Formation – Brutal (Hi-Bias) Nick Holder – Frantic (Strobe) States Of Mind – Destiny (Strobe) Psyance – EQ (Plus 8) Infra-Red – Falling From The Light (Strobe) Psyance – Motion (Plus 8) Infra-Red – The Verge (Strobe) Cybersonik – Technarchy (Plus 8) Chrome – My Reflection (Plus 8) How II House – I Want U 2 Love Me (Strobe) Trancendence – Magique Noire (Strobe) States Of Mind – Elements Of Tone (Plus 8) Infra-Red – Calibrate This (Strobe) Hayden Andre Project – Broken Chains (Strobe) The Uprising – You Can Wait (Hi-Bias) Blunted Dummies – House For All (Definitive) The R.A.S.E. – Say It Loud (Strobe) Christina Lorr – Dark As The Night (Hi-Bias) Syndicate 305 – I Promise (Hi-Bias) Helen Sharpe – Got 2 Have Your Love (Strobe) Subculture – The Voyage (Strobe) Infra-Red – Love Honey (Strobe)
The Druffalo Hit Squad with yet another hurricane session for the party boys (and girls) who only come out at night. We own your lonely hearts, and we show you images of heaven. Yes, it is love, and we don’t move away from it, darlings. We got the gloves on, we dream electric, and we don’t stand back. Reason? No. Boredom? No. Orchestras? Yes. To a Debussy beat, the city waits forever. It shines like destruction, it lives inside us. We can make you see it. And we think hard about the weather, too. We’re pretty sure it must have rained. We dress for action, and howl at many moons. Who do you love? Is it us? Is this a test?
Kim Carnes – Hurricane (EMI America) Foxy – Party Boys (T.K. Records) Peter Brown – They Only Come Out At Night (CBS) Local Boy – Thriller/Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Profile) Peter Godwin – Images Of Heaven (Polydor) Gang Of 4 – Is It Love (Warner Bros. Records Inc.) Culture Club – Move Away (Virgin) Visage – Love Glove (Polydor) Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey – Together In Electric Dreams (Virgin) Stevie Nicks – Stand Back (WEA) John Farnham – Age Of Reason (RCA) Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan (CBS) Andrew Poppy – 32 Frames For Orchestra (ZTT) Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices (Parlophone) Yello – Call It Love (Vertigo) Eurythmics –Love Is A Stranger (RCA) Data – Living Inside Me (Virgin) Cut Glass – Alive With Love (Ear Hole) New Order – The Perfect Kiss (Factory) Blancmange – The Day Before You Came (London) Steely Dan – Glamour Profession (MCA) Chas Jankel – Glad To Know You (A&M) Greg Phillinganes – Behind The Mask (Planet) Elbow Bones & The Racketeers – You Get Me High (EMI America)
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)
For this edition of the Druffmix experience, the D.H.S. hop the bus for the weekender. Gazelles are on, talc is prepared, purple hearts are still broken and faith is kept.
We dedicate this mix to Levi Stubbs. Reach out, we’ll be there…
Four Tops – I Just Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind Johnny Bristol – Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me Lenny Williams – Messing With My Mind Alphonse Mouzon – I’m Glad That You’re Here Brandi Wells – Watch Out Cool Runners – Play The Game David Williams – Holdin’ Back Alfie Davison – Who Is Gonna Love Me Booker T – Don’t Stop Your Love Greg Perry – It Takes Heart Jimmy Ruffin – Hold On To Your Love Moment Of Truth – So Much For Love James Mason – Free Gladys Knight & The Pips – It’s A Better Than Good Time The Dells – It’s All Up To You Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love Diana Ross – Remember Me
Welcome to the D.H.S. After Hours, the time when things make sense, friends will be friends and love is in the air. We firmly believe in the art of ending a night in style. In fact, we believe in it so firmly that we have become notorious for extending the very last song for quite some time. After all, there is always a next tune. Always. And who knows what tomorrow might bring?
Dedicated to those who are the last to order and the last to leave.
Andy Williams – The Village Of St. Bernadette Perry Como – We’ve Only Just Begun Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 – Look Who’s Mine Shirley Bassey – I Won’t Last A Day Without You Bill Conti – You Take My Heart Away Dusty Springfield – Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart Five Stair Steps – Ooh Child Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough The 5th Dimension – Magic In My Life Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me Carole King – Up On The Roof The Walker Brothers – My Ship Is Coming In Glenn Campbell – Wichita Lineman Mireille Mathieu – J’oublie La Pluie Et Le Soleil Andy Williams – A Song For You The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Fugs – Burial Waltz The Beach Boys – Feel Flows Lou Reed – Perfect Day Sammy Davis Jr. – I’m Over 25 But You Can Trust Me Telly Savalas – Looking Back At Thirty Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Without Her David McWilliams – The Days Of Pearly Spencer Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – The Beggar The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset Richard Harris – Mac Arthur Park Frank Sinatra – Sunrise In The Morning Elvis Presley – The Impossible Dream Vikki Carr – Eternity Mary Roos – Morgens Um Fünf
Todd Rundgren – Breathless Phil Manzanera – Frontera Yosui Inoue – Kagirinai Y?b? Love – Between Clark And Hilldale Lighthouse – One Fine Morning The Kinks – Shangri-La Roxy Music – Could It Happen To Me? David Bowie – Changes Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods – Who Do You Think You Are Merrilee Rush – Save Me Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love The Hollies – Draggin’ My Heels Daryl Hall – Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You The Four Seasons – Long Ago Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds – Fallin’ In Love Michael Franks – St. Elmo’s Fire JJ Cale – Magnolia Arlo Guthrie – Last To Leave
And yet another guest spot at Hamburg’s cherished Betalounge location. Well I told you before how much I loved playing there. If, as usual, I was playing records there that I selected for a gig in town later, that gig was probably a good one, as it contains a lot of records I always loved to play. I remember people hanging out during my set there asking me about Minako’s “Town”, a Japanese disco gem. Hamburg clubbers are often very knowledgeable about music so that surprised me. Result!
Mr. Fingers – What About This Love (Even Deeper Mix) Code 718 – Equinox (Heavenly Club Mix) Was (Not Was) – Listen Like Thieves (Giant Club Mix) De La Soul – A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays (Mo Mo Dub) De La Soul – A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays (6:00 A.M. Mix) ABC – The Greatest Love Of All (Mayday Mix) Thompson Twins – Groove On (Extended Groove Mix) Aurra – A Little Love (Just A Little Silky Mix) Johnny Dynell – Love Find A Way (Club Mix) Electribe 101 – Talking With Myself (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Wamdue Kids – That’s The Feeling Richard Rogers – Can’t Stop The Feeling (Morales Sleaze Mix) Swing Out Sister – Notgonnachange (Classic Club Mix) Tafuri – What Am I Gonna Do About Your Love? (Silk On Steel Extended Mix) Joanna Law – Love Is Not Enough (Mix D’Ambience)
There were the two veteran goth girls generously trying to teach goth dance moves to a veteran mod in the backyard of a hater’s party where the wall once stood. One deckchair, a bench, and a table were destroyed in the process. The veteran goth girls were still able to perform the moves most authentically, but the veteran mod failed disastrously due to stubborn groovyness, and not being able to remember that it’s one step forward, two steps back, and not the other way round. He could not produce the claws of desperation and a doomed expression either. This for you, veteran goth girls!
XTC – Dance With Me, Germany (Excerpt) Cocteau Twins – Cherry-Coloured Funk Felt – Primitive Painters Siouxsie & The Banshees – Dear Prudence Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon Tuxedomoon – Some Girls Japan – Ghosts Wire – Marooned Monochrome Set – Alphaville Gang Of Four – Call Me Up Sad Lovers & Giants – In Flux The Associates – Skipping Clock DVA – Resistance New Order – Sunrise Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat Hybrid Kids – D’ya Think I’m Sexy?
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
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