Daniel Vangarde 1971 -1987
I think everyone is a bit Daft Punked out, but not Dazed & Confused it would seem, as they've commisioned super excellent dj overlord CK303 to produce this retrospective mix of Daniel Vangardes works. Daniel Vangarde if you don't know goes by the real name of Daniel Bangalter and is dad to Thomas Bangalter from Daft [...]
Kid Koala – Scratchcratchratchatch
Back in the burgeoning Turntablist scene of the 90's there were a lot of Scratchbased mixtapes floating about. Pretty much everyone of note dipped their fingers in that pie, but most were little more than audio rips of practice sessions. Tapes like Hot Sauce in the Dick hole (nice name), DJ Babu's Comprehension et al were [...]
Interesting Blends presents: Project Tempo vs The Balkan All Stars
People who followed the blog previously will know we've long had a tradition of procuring irregular mixtapes and palming them them off as Podcasts. Well not quite, but we're pretty proud that we've hosted some particularly good ones in the past. A big contributor to this has been the Parisian based edit project, erm… Project Tempo, of whom i’m an irregular [...]
The Psychonauts – Time Machine
Sometimes Youtube just throws up some insanely good finds that you’d completely forgotten about, or like me lost their copy. The Psychonauts – Time Machine (Full Mo’Wax Mix)”>The Psychonauts – Time Machine is one of them. It's essentially a multitrack/studio DJ mix by Pablo Clements and Paul Mogg, under their Pyschonauts monikers, working their way through [...]
Instruments Of Rapture : The Final Party
I've long been a fan of the Instruments of Rapture record label. Run by Ali Ooft! the label has released some truly brilliant 80's soaked re-edits, and is probably one of the labels most responsible for kick starting the whole re-edit scene that has dominated the more relaxed house sounds over the last 4-5 years. Instruments Of Rapture isn't only a re-edits label [...]
The Walk to Work – March 2013 Podcast
I also contribute to The Walk To Work blog and occasionally we get off our backsides and do a podcast. Which is what this is, Fourbearsjr one of TWTW team has delivered a cheeky little mix of Disco, house and electro pop that i’ve bene bumping for a few days now. The tracklist is: 01: Glass Candy [...]
Mr. Dibbs Mini Mash-Ups Vol. 1 (Jay-Z vs RhymeSayers)
One of my favourite turntablists ever was Mr Dibbs. Part of the whole Rhymesayer collective he is as great a producer as he is a DJ, and i think "Minimashups" shows that. Taking Jay-z accapellas and Rhymesayer instrumentals and mashing them together, the concept is nothing new -Dangermouse the Grey album anyone? but it's slams, [...]
DJ JS-1 & Dj Spinbad – ColdCutz Remixes (1996)
wow, a blast from the past that i just stumbled upon on DJ JS-1s Soundcloud page. I was always a massive fan of the DJ JS-1 & DJ Spinbad mixtapes and this along with their Clueless mixtape was pretty much the first turntablist mixtapes i owned. Two amazing Dj's just ripping through classic Hip Hop, on [...]
Dicky Trisco & Pete Herbert – Disco Deviants Pulse Radio mix
I'm a big fan of the two DJ's in this mix, and of their respective record labels, but more than that Dicky has been a long time friend and I've known Pete by proxy from back when he ran Atlas records in Londons Soho (in fact it was he who sold me Dee Patterns – Who's [...]
Henry Pope – Root Society 2012
A litle while ago a mix landed in my inbox from Henry Pope, that despite really liking i could never quite find the appropriate moment to blog it. Thankfully today a new mix by Henry arrived, which is his set from Burning Man. In all seriousness, i'm blogging this because it's a cracking energetic listen [...]