Danny Tenaglia – World Of Plenty Tafuri – What Am I Gonna Do (About Your Love) (Silk On Steel Mix) Inner City – Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ (Knuckles/Morales Def Mix) Ray Simpson – Crazy Pictures (Classic Club Version) Gladys – Made Up My Mind (Classic Club Version) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child (7“ Boilerhouse Remix) Ryuichi Sakamoto – You Do Me (The Justin Strauss Remix) Innocence – Let’s Push It (Push It Mix) Quartz – It’s Too Late (Overnight Mix) Stereo MC’s – Two Horse Town Monie Love – It’s A Shame (My Sister) (Monie Dee Mix) Don-e – Love Makes The World Go Round (Morales Extended Club Mix) Lenny Williams – Gotta Lotta Luv (House Mix) The Pasadenas – Moving In The Right Direction (Classic Deep Mix) Jesus Loves You – Love’s Gonna Get You Down (Popcorn Mix) Paul Johnson – You’re No Good (Deep House Mix) Daryl Hall – Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You (Heart To Heart Vocal Mix) Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be (Extended Version) The Todd Edwards Project – Get Carried Away (Out On The Town Mix) Eve Gallagher – Love Is A Master Of Disguise (Classic Club Mix) Alison Limerick – Make It On My Own (High Rise Mix) Clive Griffin – I’ll Be Waiting (Dance Mix) Nayobe – I Love The Way You Love Me (Nostalgic Mix) Swing Out Sister – Twilight World (Instrumental Dub) Swing Out Sister – Twilight World (12“ Remix) Jody Watley – I’m The One You Need (Extended Club Version) Motherland – Love Games (Dub) Motherland – Love Games (The Satoshi Tomiie Interpretation) Alexander O’Neal – What Is This Thing Called Love? (Dee Classic 12″ Mix) Chapter & The Verse – Stealth
Joanna Law – Love Is Not Enough (Mix D’Ambience) Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Dance Mix) Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Instrumental Version) 82 Carlene Davis – Dial My Number (Morales Club Mix) Nikki – Summer Breeze (Club Mix) Adeva – Beautiful Love (Instru-Mental) Adeva – Beautiful Love (Classic Club Mix) Carlton – Love And Pain (Drum & Bass Mix) Luther Vandross – The Rush (Morales 12″ Mix) The Cover Girls – Wishing On A Star (12“ Mix) The Chimes – Stronger Together (Red Zone Mix) Pet Shop Boys – How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously? (Mo Mo Remix) The Pasadenas – Reeling (Daytime Dance Mix) Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Marshall Jefferson (Piano) Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Marshall Jefferson (Symphony) Azizi – Don’t Say That It’s Over (The Classic Club Version) Banderas – This Is Your Life (Less Stress Mix) Mica Paris – Contribution (Peace Out Mix) Drizabone – Brightest Star (David Morales Classic Club Mix) Victoria Wilson-James – Through (Classic Club Mix) The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven (Remix) Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Kenlou B-Boy Mix) Loose Ends – Hangin’ On A String (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix) The Sounds Of Blackness – Optimistic (12″ Never Say Die Mix) Swing Out Sister – Notgonnachange (Classic Club Mix) Alexander O’Neal – All True Man (Classic Club Mix) Richard Rogers – Can’t Stop Loving You (Morales Sleaze Mix) Frankie Knuckles – It’s Hard Sometime (D.M Red Zone) Frankie Knuckles – It’s Hard Sometime (F.K. Classic Club Mix) Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version)
I was there the night Frankie Knuckles played at Hamburg‘s Front Club in the early 90’s, the first time you could ever see the DJ in the booth there, which was usually entirely closed except for some really small peep through holes. He entered the booth, set up a small fan, a bottle of cognac, hung a towel around his neck, and proceeded to play. He played very gracefully, letting each record play from beginning to end, at a moderate pace, but perfectly sequenced and mixed. I remember the crowd taking a while to get used to this DJing style, as the sets by the Front residents where usually comparably more dynamic and going back and forth, but it really told me a lesson how to let the music shine when it needs to shine and I was deeply impressed. And I remember that I felt very happy to be able to hear and also see him doing it. Still am. R.I.P.”
Now a year has passed, and a lot of things have happened since his passing. I was sure that I would never forget how much he mattered to me with everything he did, but I was also accepting that it would occupy my mind less and less with time passing by. Except it didn’t. I kept pulling old records with his “Classic Club Mix” credentials from the shelf, humming TUNES, and not tracks, taking a bow at the elegance and SOUL of the Def Mix arrangements and constantly wondering why there is so little left in my environment of what he established. So I decided to do pay my dues and start an irregular series of Hot Wax shows that simply ask: “What would have Frankie done?” I could only guess, so forgive any inadequacies.
Lushus Daim & The Pretty Vein – The One You Love (Disconet) Elevation – Traitor (Razormaid) The Weather Girls – No One Can You Love More Than Me (Disconet) Risque – Starlight (Disconet) Natasha – AM-FM (Disconet) Colonel Abrams – Over And Over (Disconet) Swing Out Sister – Surrender (Disconet) Eighth Wonder – I’m Not Scared (Razormaid) Propaganda – P Machinery/Frozen Faces (Razormaid) Propaganda – Dr. Mabuse (Razormaid) Do Piano – Alone (Razormaid) Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria (Razormaid) Skipworth & Turner – Thinking About Your Love (Disconet) Alphonse Mouzon – I’m Glad That You’re Here (Disconet) Miquel Brown – Close To Perfection (Lightspeed) Bucks Fizz – I Hear Talk (Disconet) Cabaret Voltaire – Don’t Argue (Razormaid) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (Razormaid) Miami Sound Machine – Falling In Love (Uh-Oh) (Disconet) Grace Jones – Pull Up to The Bumper (Disconet) Was (Not Was) – Robot Girl (Razormaid) Kid Creole – Endicott (Razormaid) Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing (Hot Tracks) Risco Connection – Ain’t No Stopping Us Now (C.S.) Sparks – With All My Might (Disconet)
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)
A mix I contributed to the great website deeprhythms, run by Tomi Rotonen since 2001. That is quite the achievement and I hope it will go on for many years to come. Cheers Tomi!
Here are the liner notes:
And we’re back with another fine guest mix – this time by Finn Johannsen, familiar to those who frequently visit discogs and it’s board. I asked Finn for a mix and what a treat he provided us with! It’s not house – just great, great music, perfect for the summer, brings back a lot of memories. In his own words: “What led me to record ‘After Season’ was actually the old-fashioned desire to give something personal to my loved one on a lazy weekend when we both again forgot about the day we came together. We both didn’t really mind forgetting about it, as it had happened more often than not for some reason, but still we were getting a bit sentimental over the time we spent together and all we could share. I guess we all made tapes for our loved ones at some point for lack of better words and I felt this was a perfect occasion to revive that. Other than that I was getting a bit irritated by the recent flood of ‘balearic’ sets, many of which seemed more intent of displaying obscure beautiful mellow music than what was really played there from the late 80’s on. Being involved with club music back then meant you were automatically exposed to this style even if I was never really intentionally looking out for downtempo records. Still, I had some personal favourites then which I regularly revisited, so I wanted to assemble some classics of the deeper variety that always moved me, ranging from melancholia to bliss, with an admittedly large does of strings. Some of these, like Chris Rea and Electribe 101, are confirmed balearic classics, others like Marshall Jefferson’s mix of Dusty Springfield or Plaid’s take on Deee-Lite may not be so obvious and again others like the remix of Salt ‘n’ Pepa are just included because I have this opinion that the production talents of Blacksmith should never ever vanish from sight. You may, however, just take it for what I hope it would turn out to be, a pleasant set of fine tunes.”
Dusty Springfield – Nothing Has Been Proved (Instrumental) Massive Attack – Safe From Harm (Instrumental) The Beauty Room – Don’t You Know Deee-Lite – Try Me On (Plaid Remix) Reborn – Right To Be (Rocker HiFi Remix) Innocence – Senza Voce The Family Stand – Ghetto Heaven (The Remix) Soul Family Sensation – I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Symphony) Quartz – It’s Too Late (Overnight Mix) Electribe 101 – Talking With Myself (Next Big Thing Mix) Swing Out Sister – Notgonnachange (Mix Of Drama) Chris Rea – Josephine (La Version Francaise) Salt ‘N’ Pepa – Expression (Brixton Dub Mix) The Wiseguys – The Real Vibes Dream Warriors & Gang Starr – I Lost My Ignorance (Tim Bran Remix) Shanice – I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Dub Remix)
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