Ok, here’s my first upload: 05-10-01mix.mp3. File size is 108mb and was encoded at 192kpbs, Runtime is 1:19:06. Tracklisting below (I plan to add links to Gemm, MusicStack and Discogs for each track when I get a chance)
Frank McGahon: 05-10-01mix
I did this mix back in October just before a trip to London. I had just bought a bunch of tunes from Juno and Vinyl Underground (I’m going to add a shops section to the sidebar soon) and I wanted to put a few together. Some of the tunes I had been looking for for a while – the first two in particular, originally heard on Benji B’s 1xtra show. It starts off with broken beat, Aerodescent has a nice lighter jazzier feel, especially with the little bit of cuica. Another way has a stripped down quality, drum, snappy rimshots and winding bass with an explicit reference to Faze-O’s classic 1977 cut Riding High. This mix is the original demo, the more cluttered remix loses its minimal quality. The next two tracks felt right – more crisp broken drum programming, winding keyboards, the second with more of a latin flavour. Which leads into Osunlade’s deep house, latin percussion cut. The next track, Crescendo has more of a jazz flavour but appears to be based on live drumming, at least at the beginning, couple this with a slightly larger hole in the centre of the vinyl, and it was a bugger to mix in. I think I managed to avoid the horses-galloping-down-the-stairs associated with a dodgy beat-mix but it took one or two attempts. More jazz 4-4 but a bit more punchy with Jazz Room and then a trio by Louie Vega. His mix of Truby’s Allegre is another I had been looking for for a while, it’s basically a little slicker than Truby’s with some extra keyboard action. I’m normally a big fan of Bah Samba but for this particular tune I prefer Louie’s instrumental mix over the vocal mix with its simple repeated latin-ish riff. Next is a stripped down mix of V get’s Jazzy. It was the full version of this track – a cover of the KC Flightt original (or more accurately the Blaze Dope Dub of same) – I first heard on Benji B or Gilles Peterson. But, when I got the record, this minimal version – drums, bass and percussive voice riff – stuck out. The pattern reminded me of an old DJ Pierre track from 95 so I pulled it out and I think it worked ok. Flying High has a tougher feel which seemed like a good opportunity to bring the breaks back with Zinc’s mix of Kelis’ Milkshake, then Seiji’s Ragga-Broken fusion, rounding off with another Co-Op fave: Afrospace.
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January 14th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
[...] This mix was recorded around the same time as the one below but has a slightly different feel, starting with a slightly slower tempo and with a bit more of an organic feel, and a little Balearic influence. It starts off with Began Cekic’s cover version of a Paradise Garage fave, The Police’s Voices Inside My Head. The original is a great tune and was given an extended edit by Dj Harvey back in the mid-1990s for use at his late night/early morning Ruling sessions at the Ministry of Sound. But, I like the feel of this version, with added funk and effects. Next track is Kenny Dope’s re-rub of Manzel’s breakbeat classic, Space Funk. The mix in and out of this this is a little bit rough but bear with me, it gets better! More info and cover to come… [...]