In my spare time I like to DJ and have been doing so since 2000. My styles have been in a constant state of flux; I think you can plot my musical journey briefly via the following DJ’s and artists:
I doubt that reflects my musical style very well because… well I don’t really have one! Perhaps you could say I just like music and if two tracks sound good together then I say “why not put them together!” (even if it’s 80′s cheese next to techno).
Nowadays I do the odd live gig. I mostly do mp3 sets because they allow for so much more freedom and creativity than vinyl, but I still love my vinyl though!
List of Mixes
This is one of the April Mix of the Month for 2006. It reflects what I’d been listening to a lot over the previous few months… Electro! It covers a wide range of electro styles. The bland bare melodic stuff, the funk-tinged stuff, the acid-tinged stuff, and the breakbeat side of electro. The last 10 minutes or so of the mix is one of my mini-mixes I’d been working on since Christmas 2005. I’d began experimenting more & more with Mixmeister; looping samples, overlaying 3 or 4 tracks at once and messing around with keys of the songs. I was trying to create stuff that when played out people would recognise parts of the separate tracks, but not put together with other recognisable tracks. For example we have Breathe by the Prodigy, with the 7 Nation Army bass line and a classic house vocal sample all at the same time. I know when I hear tracks i know in a club, I get excited, so I guess I’m doing what I think others may like.
- Disco 128 – Chritopher & Raphael Just
- Lately (Ges-E and Visionary Underground Mix) – Nitin Sawhney
- Rackrash (Bahamut Remix) – Bahamu
- Freestyle Disco (Wyvern Grill) – S.I. Futures
- Girls (Idiotech Remix) – The Prodigy
- Talks – Zombie Nation
- Happy Happy – Thomas Anderson
- Washing Up (Tiga’s Na Na Na Na Na Remix) – Thomas Anderson
- Walking Away (Tocadisco Remix) – The Egg
- Sugar Lips – Coburn vs. Dumb Blonde
- Do Not Break – Ellen Allein & Apparat
- What 2 Need 2 (Trentemoeller Remix) – Sharon Phillips
- I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia Labour Of Love Remix) – Depeche Mode
- Breathe (Like An Aphex Twin) – The Prodigy
- Seven Nation Army (Adam Freeland Remix) – White Stripes
- My House – Phil Keiran
- You Gonna Want Me – Tiga
- Rez – Underworld
- Technologic – Daft Punk
- Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Remix) – Primal Scream
- Swastika Eyes – Primal Scream
This was my first mix of 2006. It’s a mixture of hip hop, jazz, funk, drum & bass, electro. It’s kinda Scruff like i suppose. I tried re-editting certain songs so they’re not the original, like the DJ Shadow has samples from Drop It Like It’s Hot & Destiny’s Child in, and the Mr Scruff’s Bonce is bootleged with DJ Vadim.
- Beginning – Nostalgia 77
- What Does Your Soul Look Like [Peshay Remix] – DJ Shadow
- Proper Hoodidge – Amon Tobin
- Hardcore [Instrumental] Hip-Hop – DJ Shadow
- No No No Part 2 – Destiny’s Child
- Drop It Like It’s Hot [Live - Radio 1] – Roni Size
- Bonce – Mr Scruff
- Ghetto Rebels – DJ Vadim
- Organic – Othello
- That Sound (Quantic Soul Orchestra Remix) – Ohmega Watts
- Clean Living – RJD2
- Heaven and Hell – 20th Century Steel Band
- I Can’t Stop – Buckfunk 3000
- Bus Stop Bitties – RJD2
- The Boogie That Be – The Black Eyed Peas
- Lost in the K-Hole – The Chemical Brothers
- Krack – Soulwax
- Grind – Si Begg
Well heres a new mix I did in about 3 hours, just mucking around. It still needs some work, expecially the beastie boys bit. It’s not the most amazing thing Ive done, but it’s got lots of random stuff in it. I kinda started off wanting to do something floaty and light with Hybrid and Ils, but that went out of the window as I started to bring in other things. It’s a random mixture of electro, 80′s cheese, bit of brazillian/french jazz, rock. There’s a bit of Amon Tobin and Aphex Twin thrown in for good luck! (PS: The last track is awesome, thank Derek for discovering that gem!)
- Freeland – We Want Your Soul
- Duran Duran – Girls On Film
- h.a.b. – Feel For You
- Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix)
- Beastie Boys – Ch-Check It Out (Acapella)
- Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
- Soulwax – NY Lipps
- Zuco 103 – Peregrino (Dave Walters Remix)
- Zuco 103 – Peregrino
- Phil Collins – Susudio
- Muse – Time Is Running Out
- Amon Tobin – Chronic Tonic
- Black Box – Ride On Time
- Richard X – You (Better Let Me Love You)
- Fingathing – Synergy
- UNKLE – Nursery Thyme
- Rachid Taha – Rock El Casbah
This is the music that me and Derek produced for the Tearfund fashion show. We were originally going to use loads of world music because we thought thats what the clothes were gonna be like. However, when we found out they were jus like normal western clothes, we changed it to western music too. We tried to avoid using well known cliched songs, but that went out of the window a few times. The intro was a brilliant idea by Derek to represent the fact that these clothes are from all over the world.
Intro – Radio scan of world music
Session 1
- Mad Flava – Fatboy Slim
- Tricka Technology – Krafty Kuts and A.Skillz
Session2
- 1976 – RJD2
- Cross The Tracks – Maceo And The Macks
Session 3
- Watermelon Man
- No Pollution – Beck
- Don’t Phunk With My Heart – Black Eyed Peas
- Feel Good Inc – Gorillaz
Session 4
- Do Your Thing – Basement Jaxx
- Jacques Your Body – Les Rhythmes Digitales
Session 5
- Whole Lotta Love – Goldbug
- Morzepellin (Go Home Productions) – Morcheeba & Led Zepellin
Finale
- If Everybody Looked The Same – Groove Armada
- A Little Less Conversation – Elvis Presley vs JXL
This was the birthday mix I made for my dear buddy Rick (aka Mul – hence the title). I know Rick’s musical tastes very well, it’s something that we have in common. I aimed to try and cram as much cool hip hop and other stuff in to the mix and add in a few special bootleg bits of my own. The only problem with it (as my flat mate pointed out) is that the Who isn’t on for long enough. If I’m honest I think this is my favourite mix ever. It’s just so damn funky!
- Ex-Factor – Lauryn Hill
- Don’t Believe The Hype – Public Enemy
- The Seeker – The Who
- The Game – Jurassic 5
- Electric Relaxation – A Tribe Called Quest
- Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang – Dr Dre feat. Snoop Dog
- The Message – Grandmaster Flash feat. The Furious Five
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Hot Breath – Solesides
- Are You On It? – Skitz feat. Covert & MK
- Buddy – De La Soul feat. Jungle Brothers
- Entropy Part A – DJ Shadow
- Break It Down – Jazzy Jeff feat. J-Live
- Concrete Schoolyard – Jurassic 5
- Unknown Track – Advertising The Invisible
- Countdown – Deckwrecka
- Jam Master Jay Tribute Medley – Hidden Beach Recordings
- Tripper Trouble – DJ BC and The Beastles
- Incudoubt Hellamania – Party Ben (Incubus, No Doubt and Devo)
- Lose My Freedom – Go Home Productions (Destinys Child and Devo)
- Another One Bites Da Funk – Daft Queen
- Bite – The Kleptones (Queen and ODB)
- Robot Rock – Daft Punk
- Take A Little Time – Les Rhythmes Digitales
- Apache – The Sugarhill Gang
- The 900 Number – 45 King
- Clonque Rock – Osymyso
- Nothing In Its Right Place – Radiohead and U-God
- The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash – Grandmaster Flash
- Guaglione – Perez Prado
- Crazy In Love – Beyonce
- Crazy!?!? – DJ Monkey boy and his Famous Friends
- Beautiful Crazy – Space Raiders
This is the first half of the run through of the set I did at my 21st Birthday party. It’s full of bootlegs and I aimed to try and create a set which had a bit something for everyone. I actually got slated for trying to cater for too many tastes, but I think it is an cool set! The highlight of the night was the S-Club 7 into KRS One. some people stopped and tutted when I put on S-Club, others jumped for joy. Then, when it slipped into KRS One, the attitudes changed! Those that were tutting, put on a huge grin and those that were whooping just looked puzzled! *sigh* Made me laugh.
- Green Day – Imperial Death March
- LCD Soundsystem – Disco Infiltrator
- The Cantina Band – The Cantina Song
- Kylie – Slow
- Mark Ronson – Ooh Wee
- Nelly – Number #1
- The Mooney Suzuki – Alive And Magnified (+ excerpts from The Doors, Outkast, Mansun & Alicia Keys)
- Blueboy – Remember Me
- Destiny’s Child – Bug-a-boo
- S Club 7 – S Club Party
- KRS-One – Sound Of The Police
- Public Enemy & Moby – Make Love F*** War
- George Michael – Outside
- Can – I’m So Green
- Kool & the Gang – Jungle Boogie
- Royksopp – Eple
- House Of Pain – Jump Around
- Will Smith – Miami
- Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats
- Public Enemy – The Rebel
- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Country Mike – Country Delight
- Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Home
- Beastie Boys – Triple Trouble
- Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
- The Beatles – Oh Bla Di
- The Beatles – Unknown
- Jay-Z – Encore
- XTC – Love At First Sight
- Grandmaster Flash – The Message
- Pink – Get The Party Started
- ZZ-Top – Unknown
This is the second party time mix, this time with a dance competition voice over. I used more of a mixture of styles, taking elements of mixes from my very first mp3 mix (I lost that mix unfortunately – but I used Destiny’s Child with Jimi Hendrix and Chemical Brothers with Nirvana). Infact, I recently modified the destinys child over Tomoyasu Hotei (the Kill Bill theme) with an acapella I managed to get from a random French bloke so there isn’t a clash of tunes. Overall, it’s a wicked mix (if i do say so myself).
- Braille feat Rob Swift – Hip Hop Music
- Blake Knight – Not That Serious
- Mr Scruff – Vibrate
- Mase – What You Want
- John Reuben – Re-Record
- Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle Without Honor or Humanity
- Destiny’s Child – Independent Women Pt. 1
- Jimi Hendrix – Foxy Lady
- Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room
- Destiny’s Child vs Stevie Wonder – BootyStition (Sm@ash Mix)
- Blackstreet feat. Janet Jackson – Girlfriend/Boyfriend
- Flynn – Love Is Dead
- The Procussions – Down To One
- DJ Shadow – Six Days (Soulwax Mix)
- The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats
- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- KJ-52 feat Pillar – Rock On
- Will Smith – Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It
- The Beatles – Lady Madonna
- Led Zeppelin – Moby Dick
- Beastie Boys vs Herbie Hancock vs INXS vs AC/DC – Intergalactic (Soulwax Bootleg)
- Snap! – The Power
- The Herbaliser feat Blade – Time 2 Build
- Outkast – Church
- Pigeon John – Cry
This was the first mix in a series of (2) cheesey party mixes. It was heavily inspired by DJ Yoda & his whole How To Cut & Paste Mix Tape series. I thought I’d try my own style/homage/version (without the amazing scratching)! Throughout the mix there is a musical statues game going on (hence the title). So you can actually play along (although it’ll take over an hour).
- What’s Real? – BK feat. The Tunnel Rats
- Beautiful Sharp Little Chicks – Pigeon John
- Grange Hill (Monkey Boyed!) – Underground Rise
- Re-Record – John Reuben
- Dreamin’ – L.A. Symphony
- She’s Ms.Sin – Verbs feat. Lisa Kimmey
- WeGotta! – The Procussions
- Jammin John & Mixin’ Manny – John Reuben
- No Opinion? – John Reuben
- All That It Takes (Revisited) – The Procussions
- I Want You Back – Jackson 5
- Mr Chris.T.Ian – Ill Harmonics
- Comp USA – Freddie Bruno
- Next – L.A. Symphony
- All Around The World – BK feat. MG! The Visionary
- Can I Kick It? – A Tribe Called Quest
- Ring Ring Ring – De La Soul
- Jump Around – House Of Pain
- Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
- Come Alive – Krafty Kuts & A Skillz
- Rock The Casbah – The Clash
- U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
- Praise You – Fatboy Slim
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) I’m off to get my train in about 30mins and I’m quite excited and apprehensive. I mainly apprehensive that I’ve forgotten some really important paper work or I won’t be able to lug my two suitcases across London (they’re mega heavy!!!) I expect when I meet Will, we’ll give up on the cases and go for a drink instead (I get free drinks in First Class 
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