direct link to mix Hey kids! time for some genre breaking experimentation. i introduce to you all the “Young Junius Mixtape” wherein i team up with writer and internet blog/podcast/publishing machine Seth Harwood. Seth and i had been talking for a while about hooking up and creating a project together. He sent me the first chapter of his latest novel, and i sat and listened, and listened, and listened some more, then i broke out the computer, went into the DJ room of my modest crib, and boom! this is what happened. So here is what it is – it’s a soundtrack, and score, and a mood enhancer. Its what I hear when I hear Seth’s Young Juny story. This marks my entry into my foray at scoring stories. i love stories, i love writing them, i love reading them. So let me know what yalls think, some feedbacks, some critique, its all good, its all welcome. And please go over to Seth’s site and peep my boy, and his technique, its real fancy. become a Palm Daddy or a Palm Momma, its for your own good kiddies. as for this mix, there are several layers of beats used to create one textural soundscape – track list available to those who email me at mosart212@gmail.com . enjoy this… i am seriously psyched about this. oh and that "one other guy" Seth is talking about when he refers to the La MoDa team, is none other than world famous, dj extraodinaire, and bff4eva, Mantisounds.... yaherd!
Generally speaking, when Mo and I spin out together, we play a lot of funk, downtempo, midtempo, reggae, and hip hop, with some dancier stuff thrown in towards the end for good measure. So a lot of times, when I wake up on Sunday mornings and I want to mix for a while, I tend to play the complete opposite: bassed up, tweaked out, razor sharp breakbeats and electro. I've got a soft spot for big room breaks, as regular followers of this blog have learned. Unfortunately, it's a relatively under-represented sound out there in clubland/blogworld (but if anyone wants to remedy that...email a ninja, I got breaks for days!).
Anyhoo, this mix offers up my usual go-to breakbeat suspects: a couple of Bassbin Twins tracks and remixes, some Stanton Warriors, a couple of Finger Lickin' Records heavy hitters (Drumattic Twins, Soul of Man), some of my favorite classic Marine Parade joints (Apex, 9 Nickel). I worked a Basement Jaxx track in there in honor of their impending new release (get out there and cop that, kids!), and also managed to get two, count 'em TWO tracks by Bassnectar into this set list (one of the most slept on producers in breaks). And I finish this one off with a classic breaks staple in Easy B's "Found the Gonzo" which brings me back to 1998 (first heard this track on a Jesse mix tape in college).
I'd say this one's more of a "still up from Saturday night" kind of Sunday morning mix. I'm pretty stoked about it, though, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do. I know Kenny and Recon and Melnick and TBoo Ted Marshall will know what I'm talking about (what what?!?)...
I saw Mo's last post and thought the "one and done" approach to mixes might be a cool little project (if nothing else a project to consciously battle the OCD/perfectionism/second guessing instincts that most djs suffer from in varying degrees), so I tried my hand at it. I won't lie, I did it last night, and so even though I'm posting the mix as rendered, no mulligans, no obsessing over set lists, just press record and get going, I did give it a listen before posting (is that cheating?). I'm pretty pleased with the turnout, notwithstanding a few battles I had with some disco tracks that didn't want to stay mixed. I also worked in a track that my boys Recon and Earthrok threw down a few years ago called "Bikini Island" under the Lucha Libre moniker. The hook is in Catalan, so I have no idea what those ladies are saying, except I know it has something to do with Ibiza and it always reminds me of summer.
1. trouble man intro 2. chaka khan - fate (todd terje edit) 3. beatfanatic - let us pray 4. beatfanatic - music (Remix) 5. dr. rubberfunk - beats working 6. chris joss - wrong alley street (part 1)(fort knox five remix) 7. brothers johnson - aint we funkin' now (todd terje radio mix) 8. all good funk alliance - top brass 9. featurecast - disco diesel 10. mark ronson - stop me (chicken lips remix) 11. the legion of doom - crazy as she goes 12. u-tern - give it up 13. earth wind and fire - system of survival (ok ma re-edit) 14. the karminsky experience inc. - belly disco (beatfanatic remix) 15. beatfanatic - how deep (deep love remix) 16. omegaman - disco love (featurecast remix) 17. neighbour - pistachio ride 18. omegaman - super hi-fi funk (b-team remix) 19. lucha libre - bikini island 20. krafty kuts & a skillz - happiness
Ok so I am at work. i have a new mix. i have work to do, so.... I wont be saying much about this mix other than, i am very excited to post this mix. i will post the tack list later on. so for a long time i have been thinking about just posting my practice mixes, no edits, no checks, no nothing, just a freestyle, off the cuff, sunny afternoon mix... its a bit hard putting this out in the world, warts and all. it may be ugly, it may be pretty, but i actually dont know, i havent listened to it, and i dont plan to either. this is an experiment in, uhm, something. so remember kids, La MoDa loves you. well, not all of you, but most - wait, no thats not true either, we love who we love and maybe you are in that group...hows that? ok seriously back to work america....
direct link to mix Being a yuppie of the utmost standing, there's nothing i like more than a sunday morning/afternoon with the paper, a coffee, and my wife. in my stately home, surrounded by all the gadgets that signal my arrival at massah's house. move over beethoven! i usually tune into one of the jazz radio stations on my realplayer or my itunes radio. good stuff. but sometimes i make myself a little playlist. smoove, easy going, something old, something new. i present to you without much more fanfare: the sunday morning paper mix. hopefully it reaches you on a lovely sunday morning/afternoon, or perhaps you may throw it on tonight as you make an awesome dinner before heading back to the grind tomorrow....wherever you are, enjoy!
track list: Ethiobirds - Andrew Bird Spooky Couch - Albert Hammond Jr. Five Day Morning - The Clientele The Lengths - The Black Keys Before You Cry - Camera Obscura The Makings Of You (backing tracks, take 32) - Curtis Mayfield Channel 1 Suite (fourtet mix) - The Cinematic Orchestra Les Professionnels - AIR How Did We Forget - El Perro Del Mar Fiction - Belle & Sebastian Montara - Bobby Humphrey Buena Vista Socail Club - Buena Vista Social Club Cry To Me - Bob Marley Summertime - Chet Baker Intuition - Feist
With all the introspective, and downer-type mixes I have been posting lately, i felt like i wanted to put something out there to make you feel funky, tap your feet, and get you boogie on, the way mantis does when he drops one of his bangers. Feel free to dance when you listen to this. the songs selected are my personal favorites for the dance floor from 07 and 08. I start it off funky as I try to start off all my uptempo mixes and sets. An homage to the funk era, summer is here, is produced by a friend, and fellow enormous room dj, Dr. Claw. Be on the lookout for this kid, he is seriously ill, his project Electrik Cocaine is not to be missed. Next we hit up the Middle Eastern Vibe that I am so fond of, back to back with pandora and cleopatra in ny. I think its sexy and it sets the tone and says, “hey I aint no run of the mill top 40 dj. Perk your ears up, expand your mind. you can dance to this even if it aint on the radio...” Hot Chip is Hot Shit, nuff said. Listen to over & over, and tell me you don’t wanna dance now. I just couldn’t resist the David Gray drop before the Hot Chip. Don’t deny your love for “babylon”. the mix gets back to the funk but with the breakbeats now thrown in by those breakdance inducing bad asses, the torpedo boys, this is my "baddest mutha". i switch gears and bring back the weirdness to remind you just who you messing with gongloveishow. This is a gem, and i collect gems, africa style. I spend about 20 hours a week in search of new music, and otto’s journey, is one of my favorite finds of all time, by one of my favorite groovey producers of all time - Its that electro with a hint of disco. I played a lot of disco when I was starting out in the clubs. Can you Dig it !?. Back to the future with zdarlight (bag raiders shout it out edit)! The lyrics on this stateless track are dark, moody and have just enough sexy edge to get you into a proper dance zone. The smiles are gone and replaced with the concentrated look of sweating to the beat.
i pull double duty next with the original and the remix of alla som inte dansar, i just couldnt decide between the two. another tip of the hat next to the new generation of club rappers, this remixed version of they wanna know, has got attitude, humor, and a great old school sample. Back to the breakbeats, this time with some innovative synths that reminds me of break dancing. Break out the cardboard for another mosart212 original blend, this time featuringi heard you were deadand baby (breakbot remix). next up is Manila, old school rhyme skemes with a new school sensibility, 12-year-old Michael Smith rips the lyrics up, which are silly, and nonsensical in the way old school rap used to be. I love his voice. It gets the crowd hype.
M.I.A. has been killing it for quite some time, and 07/08 were huge for her. Bamboo banga is my fave of all her party bangers. Its got it all, killer beat, her voice sounds superb, the production is tight, that bollywood sample is perfect. I drop a blend in there with say whoa, an offering by one of my hero’s a-trak, annoyingly young mother fucker doing his thing. i hate/love that! then its back to the marty mcfly tip with a ramones remix blitzkrieg bop by a-trak’s homeboy tittsworth. I don’t like the whole remix, too many break downs for my taste, but I grabbed and looped the last half where things really heat up. And then we have a new take on an old club standby, pump up the jam remixed by the tenderloins. We have another hip hop club mixto protect and entertain, the original song is banging but with this crookers remix, the middle section and the rap by murs, is where its at.
finally I end it with a track from left field, young folks, was a huge summer anthem, don’t front on it, you know you loved it. on a side note, the track itself is based off a great and beautiful song by rodriguez. You couldn’t go anywhere in Boston without hearing someone whistling the hook. The phones remix leaves the lyrics intact but introduces all sorts of nice noise to wind the night down. I fade it out and leave it up to you to figure out what to do next. enjoy!
track list: Dr. Claw – Summer is Here Arno Elias – Pandora Nicodemus – Cleopatra in NY Hot Chip – Over & Over (mosart212 babylon fallin edit) Torpedo Boys – Give Me a Bass Line (mosart212 badd ass blend edit) Fourtet – Gongloveishow Mylo – Otto’s Journey Digitalism – Zdarlight (bag raiders shout it out edit) Stateless – Bloodstream (pilooski edit) Alla Som Inte Dansar – Maskinen (mosart 212 og and new skool blend) Adam Tensta – They Wanna Know(jeansie fix) Turntable Rocker - I Heard You Were Dead (mosart212 whoa baby blend) PNAU – Baby (breakbot remix) Manila – Seelenluft M.I.A. – Bamboo Banga (mosart212 on trak blend) A-Trak – Say Whoa Ramones – Bliztkreig Bop (tittsworth edit) Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam (tenderloins remix) Busy P (ft. Murs) – To Protect and Entertain (crookers remix) Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John (the phones edit)
Remember that scene in Beat Street when the Beat Street Breakers battle the Bronx Rockers? And it's actually all the dope dancers from Rock Steady Crew throwing down on the floor at the Roxy in 1984? Remember skinny Kay Slay (with a lisp) rapping at the writer's bench? Totally not surprised by this footage of Jean Claude Van Damme enjoying a breakin' circle on Venice Beach? If you know what I'm talking about, this mix is for you. The mix finishes with an electro flare, but for the most part this is the sound of fat laces and fat caps, Kangols and end to end burners, popping and locking and uprocking. Enjoy...
1. bronx dogs - mixed blood (mambo roc radio edit) 2. dj junk - damaged brain 3. bronx dogs - 212 (reprise) 4. jadell - come and get some 5. deadly avenger - live at the capri 6. hydroponic soundsystem ft. furious - breakneck speed 7. clockwork voodoo freaks- dead mick's throwdown 8. sugarhill gang - eighth wonder (pressure drop remix) 9. beatbox allstars - livin beat 10. bassbin twins - ESW 11. dee patten - who is the badman 12. osmosis - junglefreak (skeewiff remix) 13. soul of man - gonna keep on (ben chapman remix) 14. criminal element orchestra - put the needle on the record (drumattic twins vs. lee coombs remix) 15. hal9000 - blow 'em out 16. freestylers - don't stop 17. eurythmics - sweet dreams (dj infinity remix)
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