Finn Johannsen – Quiet Please (1988-1990)

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00:00:00 1 小泉 今日子 – Kyon Kyonはフツー
00:07:06 2 Yazz – Fine Time
00:11:27 3 Liza Minnelli – So Sorry, I Said
00:14:23 4 A.R.Kane – Sugarwings
00:17:34 5 Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Dance Mix)
00:23:01 6 Pet Shop Boys & Liza Minnelli – Twist In My Sobriety
00:27:36 7 The Wild Bunch – The Look Of Love
00:31:08 8 Neneh Cherry – Manchild (The Old School Mix)
00:36:16 9 Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – What I Am (Soul II Soul Remix)
00:41:04 10 Style Council – Long Hot Summer ’89
00:46:11 11 Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Full Version)
00:52:31 12 Cocteau Twins – A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
00:56:12 13 Lorraine Chambers – Back To Bass-Ics
01:00:44 14 Lorraine Chambers – You’ve Gone (Alternate Mix)
01:05:32 15 Lorraine Chambers – You’ve Gone (Original Mix)
01:10:25 16 Malcolm McLaren – Call A Wave
01:13:45 17 Fresh 4 – Smoke Filled Thoughts
01:17:19 18 Fresh 4 – Wishing on a Star
01:20:17 19 Bomb The Bass – Say A Little Prayer (7″ Mix)
01:23:59 20 Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin’ (Feat. Caron Wheeler)
01:29:25 21 Adeva – Beautiful Love (Extended Mix)
01:34:00 22 Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life (UK Remix)
01:39:44 23 The Chimes – Stronger Together (Red Zone Mix)
01:46:12 24 Smith & Mighty – Anyone
01:51:55 25 Smith & Mighty – Walk On
01:55:35 26 Beats International – Dub Be Good to Me
02:00:41 27 Sybil – Don’t Make Me Over (Extended Remix)
02:05:31 28 Bardeux – When We Kiss (Sex Mix)
02:09:33 29 Coldcut – Not Paid Enough
02:16:27 30 Malcolm McLaren – Waltz Darling (extended version)
02:22:42 31 Thomas Esterine – Do You Still Really Love Me
02:27:27 32 Sade – Paradise (Extended Mix)
02:31:19 33 Soul II Soul – Get a Life (Club Mix)
02:35:25 34 Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (Club Mix)
02:41:24 35 Miles Jaye – Heaven (Celestial Club Mix)
02:48:00 36 Happy Mondays – Wrote For Luck (12″ B-Side)
02:53:21 37 Coco, Steel & Lovebomb – T.S.O.E. – Part 1 (The Sound Of Europe)
02:57:48 38 J.T. And The Big Family – Moments In Soul
03:02:40 39 Innocence – Natural Thing (Elevation Mix)
03:11:45 40 Sade – Nothing Can Come Between Us
03:16:02 41 Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version)
03:22:05 42 Swing Out Sister – Surrender (Disconet Edit)
03:29:17 43 Inner City – Whatcha Gonna do With my Lovin’ (Def Mix)
03:37:05 44 Tafuri – What Am I Gonna Do (About Your Love) (Original Silk on Steel 12″ mix)
03:43:31 45 The Pasadenas – Tribute (Right On) (The Q Street Mix)
03:48:36 46 Coco, Steel & Lovebomb – Miracles (Don’t Make Me Laugh Dub)
03:52:34 47 Coco, Steel & Lovebomb – Miracles (I Don’t Believe In)
03:56:17 48 Paul Johnson – You’re No Good (Deep House Mix)
04:04:07 49 Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing (Disco Mix)
04:11:02 50 Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be

00:00:00 1 Moody Boys – Free
00:05:05 2 Everis – Topic – Summer Time (Street Mix)
00:09:47 3 Kyoko Koizumi – Good Bye My Love (MIX III)
00:12:34 4 Everis – Topic – Better Love (90’s Ragga Mix)
00:16:48 5 The Cure – Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix B-Side Of Close To Me Re-Release Closest Mix)
00:20:12 6 Associates – Where There’s Love
00:24:43 7 Pet Shop Boys – To Face The Truth
00:29:45 8 Kyoko Koizumi – Topic – La La La… (Back Tracks)
00:34:05 9 The Blow Monkeys – Springtime For The World
00:37:01 10 Pet Shop Boys – Only The Wind Parlophone
00:41:09 11 Innocence – Matter Of Fact (Matter Of Dub)
00:47:47 12 Lalah Hathaway – Baby Don’t Cry (Crybaby Club Version)
00:54:10 13 Joanna Law – Love Is Not Enough (Mix D’Ambience)
00:59:10 14 Alyson Williams – I Need Your Lovin’ (Extended Remix)
01:03:37 15 The Cure – Pictures Of You (Extended Remix)
01:11:14 16 Gucci Crew II – Never Seen You Cry (Talkin Mix)
01:16:08 17 George Michael – Waiting for That Day
01:20:40 18 Jesus Loves You – I Specialize In Loneliness
01:26:48 19 Jesus Loves You – One On One (Massive Attack Mix)
01:31:30 20 Cocteau Twins – Pitch The Baby
01:34:21 21 Double Trouble – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (Back To Bassics Mix)
01:38:37 22 Kyoko Koizumi – No No No (Dub Mix)
01:42:53 23 Oleta Adams – Rhythm Of Life (Full Length Version)
01:49:28 24 Loose Ends – Love Controversy, Part 1
01:52:21 25 Claudia Patrice – Forever
01:58:57 26 Carlton – We Vie
02:02:32 27 Cocteau Twins – Cherry-Coloured Funk
02:05:05 28 Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas
02:09:32 29 Sharon Dee Clarke – Guilty
02:14:30 30 The Times – Confiance
02:18:29 31 Carlton – Come On Back (Mad Professor Remix)
02:20:41 32 Candy Flip – Strawberry Fields Forever
02:24:39 33 Primal Scream – Loaded
02:31:27 34 Ruthless Rap Assassins – Just Mellow
02:34:21 35 Backbeat Convention – Love And Happiness (Quartz Dub All Over Mix)
02:42:00 36 Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It (The Fluke Remix)
02:47:33 37 The Cure – Close To Me (Closer Mix)
02:52:54 38 Young Disciples – Step Right On (Dub Mix)

00:00:00 1 Movement 98 feat. Carroll Thompson – Joy And Heartbreak (The Raid Mix by Oakenfold & Osborne)
00:06:34 2 Harlem Gem – Missing You (Missing Me) (Wild West Mix)
00:10:40 3 The Project – Don’t Be So Cruel
00:16:25 4 Primal Scream – Come Together (Andy Weatherall Extended Mix)
00:26:05 5 Leta Davis – You’ll Never Get To Heaven (Joey’s Groove)
00:29:26 6 Leta Davis – You’ll Never Get To Heaven (Club Mix)
00:34:10 7 Working Week – Topic – Testify (Blade Mix)
00:39:30 8 Beats International – Dub Be Good To Me (Smith & Mighty Remix)
00:46:19 9 Primal Scream – Come Together (Terry Farley Extended 12″ Mix)
00:54:00 10 Sheila Pate – Feel Like The First Time
00:59:22 11 The Pasadenas – Reeling (Extended Version)
01:06:22 12 Maureen Walsh – Thinking Of You (Rock Steady Mix)
01:12:51 13 Brotherly Love – A Whole Lotta You In Me
01:19:45 14 Carlton – True Colours
01:23:52 15 Massive Attack – Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix)
01:28:51 16 Propaganda – Heaven Give Me Words (The Beat)
01:35:43 17 Flowered Up – Phobia (Extended Play)
01:40:06 18 Chellé – Don’t Let It Go To Your Head
01:44:24 19 IJ & The Sound Wave – Adopt A Beat
01:48:30 20 Yunie – I Can See For Miles
01:52:17 21 Loose Ends – Don’t Be A Fool (Twilight Mix)
01:58:22 22 The Clash – Return To Brixton (Extended Mix)
02:04:28 23 Carlton – Cool With Nature (Massive Sounds Remix)
02:08:52 24 Army Of Lovers – My Army Of Lovers
02:11:51 25 Robert Palmer – Mercy Me Me / I Want You (12″ Remix)
02:18:15 26 After 7 – Can’t Stop (One World 12″)
02:24:16 27 C S Lewis – Are You Leaving
02:29:06 28 Kordak – Why Can’t We Live Together (Straight To The Bone Mix)
02:35:03 29 Pleasure – Please (Future Dub)
02:40:59 30 Massivo feat Tracy – Loving You (Summer Breeze Mix)
02:47:46 31 Alisha Warren – Discover me (12 Inch Mix)
02:51:29 32 Carlton – I Will Be
02:54:17 33 Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Symphony Mix)
03:00:05 34 Flowered Up – It’s On (Feel Pain Mix)
03:04:35 35 Eve Gallagher – Love Come Down (Psychedelic Sanyasin’s Dub)

00:00:00 1 Pet Shop Boys – Jealousy (Extended Mix)
00:07:51 2 Cool Down Zone – Cool Down Zone – Heaven Knows
00:12:03 3 Lil’ Louis – Nyce and Slo (Tony Humphries Wildlife Mix)
00:19:38 4 Paul Rutherford – That Moon (Club Mix)
00:23:48 5 Tara Kemp – Hold You Tight (All Night Instr. Mix)
00:27:26 6 Bass-O-Matic – Fascinating Rhythm
00:31:13 7 The Grid – Floatation (Subsonic Grid Mix)
00:37:58 8 Inner City – ‘Till We Meet Again
00:42:10 9 Caron Wheeler – Livin In the Light (The Original Story)
00:47:33 10 Mica Paris – Contribution (The Revolution Remix)
00:54:19 11 Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Version)
00:58:24 12 Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
01:02:40 13 Carlton – I Know
01:07:33 14 Massive Attack – Any Love (2)
01:11:10 15 Joanna Law – First Time Ever (12” Mellow Groove)
01:16:46 16 Innocence – Silent Voice
01:22:15 17 Neneh Cherry – I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Extended)
01:27:06 18 The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven (Original Soul II Soul Remix)
01:31:26 19 Cool Down Zone – Waiting For Love (Extended Remix)
01:37:06 20 Saint Etienne – Kiss And Make Up (12″)
01:42:32 21 Kicking Back with Taxman – Devotion (Dangerous Mix Part 2)
01:46:46 22 Loose Ends – Love’s Got Me (Remixed by David Morales)
01:53:13 23 Kiss The Sky – Living For You
02:00:01 24 Kyoko Koizumi – Yoru (Instrumental)
02:05:06 25 Sheer Taft – Cascades (Hypnotone Mix) Ace
02:09:59 26 Happy Mondays – Step On
02:14:43 27 Richard Rogers – Can’t Stop Loving You (Morales Sleaze Mix)
02:22:16 28 Pinky – I Wanna Be The One (Dub Mix)
02:26:49 29 Marisa – Love Is Just A Game
02:31:48 30 Arthur Miles – Helping Hand (Incisive Mix)
02:36:02 31 Paul Haig – I Believe In You
02:39:32 32 Tfm – Out Of Bounds (The Final Mix)
02:44:21 33 Salt N Pepa – Expression (Brixton Bass Mix)
02:49:40 34 Urban Tribe – Covert Action
02:54:45 35 Stereo Mc’s – Two Horse Town
02:59:07 36 Hypnotone – Dream Beam (Hypnotone Original Mix)
03:03:55 37 Lenny Williams – Gotta Lotta Luv (House Mix)
03:11:26 38 Jesus Loves You – Love’s Gonna Let U Down (Popcorn mix)
03:17:18 39 The Sound Of Shoom Feat. Eusebe – I Hate Hate (Dub Mix)
03:25:06 40 It’s Immaterial – Heaven Knows

Finn Johannsen – Full Support (2026-02-18)

Posted: February 18th, 2026 | Author: | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

00:00:00 1 The Jacksons – Show You The Way To Go (Edit By Mr. K)
00:07:35 2 Gil Tamazyan – 1. Waterfalls – feat: Syndee Winters
00:09:56 3 Morewood – Yesterday
00:12:22 4 Suga Free/Too Short – With The Flow
00:16:05 5 The Notwist – How the Story Ends
00:19:35 6 Restless Mosaic and Declaime – A Trillion Neurons
00:22:42 7 Gil Tamazyan – Sel Gris – feat: Syndee Winters
00:25:08 8 HOLGER CZUKAY / Tarwater & Immersion – Gvoon – Version 9 (Beautiful In Here)
00:30:24 9 Robohands – Leonid The Athlete
00:31:58 10 Your Ex – Love Provider
00:37:18 11 Atjazz – Hold It Tenderly (feat. Ernesto & The Basement Gospel)
00:40:39 12 Arma – Clouds (Arma’s Breaks Edit)
00:44:14 13 sugar plant – calling
00:48:02 14 Ajukaja – Sunda School 3
00:51:25 15 Alexander IV – This Won’t Do feat. Cézanne
00:53:44 16 Arma – Don’t Be Afraid (Arma Edit)
00:58:05 17 Escaflowne – 3 steps down a empty street
01:02:33 18 JON E CASH – GHOST
01:07:41 19 Scienz Of Life & Figub Brazlevic – Destroy The Name (Remix) (feat. Invizible Handz & John Robinson)
01:09:39 20 Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler, Andrés – What Would You Do? (12″ Mix)
01:14:17 21 Ladytron – I Believe In You
01:19:42 22 Amamelia – The Floating Opera
01:23:15 23 City Girl & Guided Tour – In the World Below
01:25:24 24 Dub Specialists – Heavy Dub (Chuggy Re-Edit)
01:30:22 25 GL – Coco
01:32:47 26 LNS – Sweet Acid
01:36:30 27 Niontay – Neymar
01:37:58 28 TAIGA TOKUNAGA – ESPIRT
01:45:41 29 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Heaven 7
01:48:00 30 Crooked Man – Don’t Leave Me This Way
01:59:01 31 Julian Bainbridge – One And Only
02:02:01 32 Giomini – House Music Statement
02:07:21 33 Ajukaja – Sunda School 4
02:09:44 34 Ellis Aaron and Sean McCabe – Got It Bad (Sean McCabe Dub)
02:16:00 35 GL – Luz
02:18:17 36 Miki Berenyi Trio – 8th Deadly Sin
02:22:38 37 Rahaan – For That Lovin’
02:29:15 38 Ben Sun – Trip
02:36:33 39 Crooked Man – Seesaw
02:42:39 40 Shy One – I Can Tell (feat. George Riley)
02:45:33 41 207737 ft Kinesis – Enjoy This Monent
02:49:16 42 Ashmute – Bridge
02:50:35 43 Ashmute – White Shirt
02:53:32 44 Giovanni Damico – The Power (Edit)
02:57:45 45 pdqb – El Misterio de la Suoivex hddnflg (Instrumental Egyptian Lover Remix)
03:01:20 46 Neneh Cherry – Moody (Edit By Mr.K)
03:05:10 47 Blackadder – Remedy
03:07:21 48 BufoBufo – Magpie Inkcap
03:11:13 49 Crooked Man – Maladjustment To Love
03:16:05 50 DJ Dipshit – Shove Your USB Sticks Up Your Ass
03:21:04 51 Kareem Ali – On My Heart
03:26:33 52 Lowtec – new atlantis
03:33:23 53 Ben Kaczor, Tibi Dabo – A1 Peace In Mind
03:39:56 54 ARCHIVE163 – A1.
03:45:35 55 Dames Brown, Eddie Fowlkes – Do It (Extended Mix)
03:50:39 56 Fred P – Henosis Transit
03:55:20 57 Jam City – star 2
03:58:24 58 Jam City – angels
04:02:50 59 Para – New Jersey Dub
04:06:56 60 TSHA – Back Off
04:10:28 61 Seven Davis Jr. – I AM A VISITOR
04:13:44 62 Caru, Brandn Shiraz – Back 2 Back
04:17:13 63 LYMA, Daniel Mougerman- I Just Want You 2 Love Me Back (SJM)
04:21:21 64 Ash Brown – Tabs
04:26:07 65 Soft Blade – Hilda
04:29:10 66 SPD – Novel

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Finn Johannsen – Kotti Hill Carnival Vibes

Posted: August 26th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

A set of mixes with some downtempo favourites.

Massive Attack – Safe From Harm (12“ Version)

Sade – Feel No Pain (Nellee Hooper Remix)

Billy Mackenzie – Free

The Fatima Mansions – Everything I Do (I Do It For You You)

Alyson Williams – I Need Your Lovin’ (Extended Remix)

La Rue – Wish I Could Find Another (12“ Jeep Mix)

Lewis Taylor – Bittersweet

The Cure – Pictures Of You (Extended Remix)

Golden – Don’t Destroy Me

The Style Council – Long Hot Summer (Tom Mix)

Everis – Love Has Arrived

Carlton – Come On Back (Mad Professor Remix)

Neneh Cherry – Manchild (The Old School Mix)

Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – What I Am (Soul II Soul Remix)

Double Trouble – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (Back To Bassics Mix)

Oleta Adams – Rhythm Of Life (Full Length Version)

Emma Haywoode – Don’t Poison Me

Mica Paris – If I Love U 2 Nite (Nellee’s Club U 2 Nite Mix)

Towa Tei – Technova (Smith & Mighty Flavour No. 2)

Bomb The Bass – Love So True (Depth Charge Remix)

Candy Flip – Strawberry Fields Forever

Sugar Daddy – Sweet Soca Music (Remix Instrumental)

Bomb The Bass – Winter In July (Brighton Daze Mix)

Less Stress – Don’t Dream It’s Over

The Wiseguys – The Real Vibes

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Dream Warriors & Gang Starr – I Lost My Ignorance (Tim Bran Remix)

Ruthless Rap Assassins – Just Mellow (Amazon Mix)

Chapter & The Verse – Keep On It (Towerblock Rock Mix)

Saint Etienne – Avenue (Venusian Mix)

Mark Stewart – Stranger Than Love

Movement 98 – Joy And Heartbreak (The Raid Mix)

Smith & Mighty – Anyone (Remix)

Fresh 4 – Wishing On A Star

The Wild Bunch – The Look Of Love

The Cure – Close to Me (Closer Mix)

Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It (Fluke Remix)

Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin’ (Club Mix)

Coldcut – Autumn Leaves (Nellee Hooper Vocal Mix)

McKoy – Family (Radio Mix)

Smith & Mighty – Walk On Remix

Carlton – Love And Pain (Drum & Bass Mix)

Bomb The Bass – Say A Little Prayer

Robert Palmer – Every Kinda People (Reproduction Extended)

Chapter & The Verse – Bloodless Coup (Surf’s Up Slight Return)

Robyn – Searching

Charlene Smith – Feel The Good Times (Old School Mix)

M People – Search For The Hero (Smith & Mighty Dub)

Pet Shop Boys – Hey Headmaster

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B.E.F. Feat. Green Gartside – I Don’t Know Why I Love You (But I Love You)

Saint Etienne – Spring

Leta Davis – You’ll Never Get To Heaven

Propaganda – Heaven Give Me Words (The Beat)

Beats International – In The Ghetto (Version Three)

Azizi – Midnight Lover (Full Moon Mix)

Sybil – Don’t Make Me Over

Maureen – Thinking Of You (Rock Steady Mix)

Beats International – Dub Be Good To Me

Carlton – Cool Nature (Massive Sounds Remix)

Marc Almond – My Hand Over My Heart (Grit And Glitter Mix)

Pleasure – Please (Future Mix)

The Bygraves – Set Me Free (Alexander Park Mix)

Tammy Payne – Free

Smith & Mighty – Same

Reborn – Right To Be (Epic Mix)

Massive Attack – Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix)

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Martine Girault – Revival

Loose Ends – Don’t Be A Fool (Extended Version)

Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby

Lalomie Washburn – Try My Love (Radio Mix Extended Vinyl Version)

The Clash – Return To Brixton

Banderas – This Is Your Life (Easy Life Mix)

Azizi – Don’t Say It’s Over

Ruth Joy – Soul Power (Soul Mix)

Massivo Feat. Tracy – Loving You (Summer Breeze Mix)

Sade – Paradise (Remix)

Soul II Soul – Back To Life (12“ Mix)

Nomad Soul – Candy Mountain (Nellee Hooper Remix)

Soul II Soul – Get A Life (Club Mix)

Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)

Bassomatic – Fascinating Rhythm (Lisa Loud Mix)

P.M. Dawn – Set A Drift On Memory Bliss (Ultimix)

Coco, Steel And Lovebomb – T.S.O.E. Part 1

William Orbit – Water From A Vine Leaf (Radio Edit)

Massive Attack – Any Love (2)

Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

World Of Twist – Sweets (Barratt 200 Mix)

Joanna Law – First Time Ever (Mellow Groove)

The Sindecut – Slow Down (Part 2)

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Intime – Second Sight

The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven (Remix)

Shades Of Black – Blurton Road (A Chance In Life)

Mary Pearce – Legacy

Saint Etienne – Kiss And Make Up

The Orb – Perpetual Dawn (Solar Flare Extended Mix)

Fresh 4 – Take Control

Kirsty MacColl – Walking Down Madison (Urban Mix)

Maureen – It’s My Life (Boilerhouse Remix)

Kiss The Sky – Livin’ For You

Neneh Cherry – I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Extended)

The Sindecut – Tell Me Why (Part 2)

Mantronix – Got To Have Your Love

Bomb The Bass – The Air You Breathe (Disco Mix)

Pressure Drop – You’re Mine (Club Mix)

Electronic – Get The Message (12“ Mix)

Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child (7“ Boilerhouse Remix)

Stereo MCs – Two Horse Town

Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be (7“ Version)

Mica Paris – Young Soul Rebels (Remix)

Lisa M – People (Nellee’s Rave Mix)

Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper Instrumental Mix)

Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy

A Beginner’s Guide to Neneh Cherry’s Essential Songs

Posted: November 12th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Reviews, Texts English | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The Slits – In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (1980)

At the age of 15, Neneh Cherry was introduced to seminal feminist Post Punk group The Slits by her stepfather Don Cherry, and joined them for a brief period, providing backing vocals on several tracks, including this one. The Slits were integral to the early days of UK’s Punk scene, but they quickly became musically adventurous beyond that and incredibly funky as well, further aided by producer Dennis Bovell’s dub expertise. Edginess was rarely as charming, but The Slits had loads of attitude to boot. One can assume that Neneh Cherry took her clues from the experience.

Rip, Rig & Panic – Those Eskimo Women Speak Frankly (1981)

The next band Cherry joined was a Bristol collective that included two members of the legendary Pop Group. Their music was a feverish mix of Punk Funk, avantgarde elements and Jazz. As with The Slits, Don Cherry was a collaborator, but his stepdaughter was more to the core, switching to lead vocals and displaying the mixture of charismatic Soul and Rap stylings that would make her famous later on. But before that, Neneh Cherry briefly retired to become a young mother, and the band fell apart. In 1983 the band reformed with Neneh Cherry under the name Float Up CP, and released one album, then fell apart again. But if you find a band in those years with a constant line-up, it might have been dull anyway. Rip Rig & Panic sure were not.

Raw Sex, Pure Energy ‎– Give Sheep A Chance (1982)

After collaborating with On-U Sound’s mighty New Age Steppers, Cherry teamed up with its bass guitarist George Oban and the drummer of 70s Fusion Jazz band Karma, Joe Blocker. They covered Edwin Starr’s Motown standard „Stop The War Now“ in reaction to the Falklands War, and „Give Sheep A Chance“ is its wonderful icy computerized dub version on the flip, sheep noises included. In the years leading up to the next entry, Neneh Cherry also became a pirate radio DJ, danced in a Big Audio Dynamite video, and duetted marvellously on The The’s „Slow Train To Dawn“.

Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance (1988)

Neneh Cherry, the pop star. Seven months pregnant with her second child but rampant with energy, she performed this ever infectious song on Top Of The Pops and stormed the top ten. „Buffalo Stance“ was referencing Malcolm McLaren’s Gals, stylist Ray Petri’s fashionable collective, and was in fact a cover version of a Stock, Aitken & Waterman produced single by her future husband Cameron McVey from two years earlier, where she already rapped about „Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch“ on the B-side. And the famed Bristol sound system was indeed involved with the accompanying „Raw Like Sushi“ solo debut album, as were McVey and Tim Simenon of Bomb The Bass fame at the controls. In 1988 Hip Hop and House still looked at each other and the UK club scene was vibrant, as documented by magazines like I-D, The Face and Blitz. Neneh Cherry was styled by Judy Blame and photographed by Jena-Baptiste Mondino rather iconically, but underlying were lyrics that dissed gigolos and moneymen and celebrated female self-esteem. So don’t you get fresh with her!

Neneh Cherry – Manchild (1988)

Neneh Cherry telling the boys some more news (albeit with a bit more sympathy), in a fantastic downtempo song co-written by Cameron McVey and Robert Del Naja AKA 3D of The Wild Bunch, and soon-to-be Massive Attack (fellow member of both Mushroom provided a booming remix). In the rather weird video she proudly sports her now born second child Tyson and a further refined fly girl outfit with a pair of cycle shorts that were de rigeur in 1989. Ok, men mostly wore the matching cycle tops. The „cause I believe in miracles, words in heavy doses“ ending still rules supreme.

Neneh Cherry – I’ve Got You Under My Skin (1990)

This a contribution to „Red, Hot & Blue“, an AIDS charity compilation on which several artists covered Cole Porter songs. AIDS was still spreading fast, and given the topic the title is very well picked, with Neneh Cherry rapping an introduction that makes it very clear that it is not only love creeping through the body, but also very lethal disease. The heavy and brooding downbeat groove already foreshadows Massive Attack’s „Blue Lines“ album, to which she would also contribute. The video by Mondino is appropriately dark, without any misplaced pretensions. „Share the love, don’t share the needle“, it ends.

Neneh Cherry – Buddy X (1992)

Lifted from her second album „Homebrew“, Cherry again adresses men that like to play around, wrapping her criticism of male hypocrisy and infidelity with fetching Hip Hop pressure. The song still features prominently in club playlists due to its Class A Masters At Works remixes. At the height of their powers they apply their raw swing to a groove that most successfully merges Hip Hop and House sophistication, without ever distracting from the message. Deadly dubs, too.

Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry – 7 Seconds (1994)

Neneh Cherry collaborates with the famous Senegalese singer for a moving celebration of humanity without prejudice. By then the combination of a downbeat and dramatic strings had almost become stereotypical, but the trilingual „7 Seconds“ still proves why it became so efficient in the first place. First, you need a good song. Second, you need good performers. Third, you will see that the tried and tested arrangement will even up the ante. The stylish monochromatic video was directed by Stéphane Sednaoui, and it works.

Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Dream Baby Dream (2012)

Neneh Cherry works with a Scandinavian Jazz trio that named itself after her stepfather. She was a longtime Scandinavian resident and Jazz has a healthy tradition there, it should not have come as a surprise. But after a long hiatus from recording music, it was. The resulting album consisted mainly of well chosen cover versions that seem to stand for Cherry’s whole life in music. They are interpreted quite freely, and Cherry still delivers. Take her version of Suicide’s No Wave classic „Dream Baby Dream“ for example. In my ears it rather sounds like her very early days than former pop star croons the standards for Christmas.

Neneh Cherry – Everything (2014)

The overdue comeback as solo performer, with an album of material that mourns the death of her mother in 2009. Four Tet is at the helm, and his sparse production focusses on rhythmic textures and subtle electronic arrangements, performed by Rocketnumbernine. The album decidedly neglects pop obligations and Neneh Cherry is evidently very motivated, and even if her songs here are very personal, they sure are engaging as well. The remixers on duty for „Everything“, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer, must have agreed, as they already let the song seep into their trademark Micro House jam setup after only two and a half minutes.

Electronic Beats 11/2015

Druffmix 39 – The Sound Of Our Soul

Posted: January 15th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Mixes | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

So true funny how it seems
always in time but never in line for dreams
head over heels when toe to toe
this is the sound of our soul

Lani Hall – Hello It’s Me
Melissa Manchester – Talkin’ To Myself
Carly Simon – Tranquillo
Martha Velez – Up To You
Joe Jackson – A Slow Song
Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven
Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Dance Mix)
Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry – 7 Seconds
Jim Diamond – I Should Have Known Better
Heart – Alone
Anita Baker – Sweet Love
Laibach – Across The Universe
Matt Bianco – More Than I Can Bear
Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
Style Council – Long Hot Summer (Tom Mix)
Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face
Martika – Love Thy Will Be Done
Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Eurythmics – It’s Alright
Linda Di Franco – T.V. Scene
Any Trouble – Touch And Go
Amii Stewart – Friends
Spandau Ballet – True
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Lonely Disco Dancer
Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know
Johnny Bristol – Take Me Down
Andy Gibb – Shadow Dancing
Robert Palmer – Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You
Palais Schaumburg – Beat Of 2
Banderas – This Is Your Life
Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
Richard Ace – If I Can’t Have You
Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker
Barbra Streisand – Woman In Love