Miami’s nastiest team up with Jerry for a lil’ somethin’ ridiculous.

THE 2 LIVE CREW - LIVING IN AMERICA (MIAMI BASS VERSION)

Denboy gave this record among a bunch of charity shop 12″s about five years ago for my birthday but for some reason I never listened to it until now. That was my loss because this is pretty special hi-nrg.

CAROL JIANI - TOUCH AND GO LOVER

There was a time when Rephlex could do no wrong in my eyes. In the late 90s they released so many gems. My favourites include the especially retarded stuff like Bodenstandig 2000’s Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3, Chaos A.D’s Remixes and Freakwincey’s I Farted. I also adored DMX Krew’s We Are DMX album and Cylob’s Living In The 1980s and Rewind - when those two made pop it was uniquely clever and fun. Fuschimuschi’s Super Sexy Lady was cool  and, yeah, Lektrogirl’s I Love My Computer has many moments of extreme genius too.

I don’t know if it was me sheepishly following fashion but by 2002 that scene seemed too retro (lol) and it felt like an incestuously chinstroking closed shop of egos and geekdom. These days I realise every scene’s the same and none of that matters and now I love all those 12”s again.

Here’s a long out of print track from their more unashamedly retro back catalogue that showcases why most plugins don’t match Roland analogue synths*

RAILWAY RAVER - PUMP UP THE HOUSING BENEFIT
and here’s another
RAILWAY RAVER - I WANT TO HELP U, ROLAND

* It’s an issue that I spend a lot of time thinking about.

I wish I had a copy of this 1992 record by the mysterous Michael Knight on Devon Records. The 12″ costs £90 on Discogs so all I have are these mid-fi MP3s.

MICHAEL KNIGHT - KNIGHT RYDER (12″ VERSION)
MICHAEL KNIGHT- KNIGHT RYDER (DUB MIX)
MICHAEL KNIGHT- KNIGHT RYDER (HIP HOUSE MIX)

This 1988 Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley remix of Roberta Flack’s heartfelt song about being dumped takes it to another level. The vocal’s really sad but the beat is so acid it makes me want to hump the walls. There’s another remix from my numero uno hip-hop- hebrew Arthur Baker on the a-side but it’s nowhere near as good.

ROBERTA FLACK - UH UH OOH LOOK OUT, HERE IT COMES (STEVE HURLEY HOUSE MIX)

3. House Party (1990)

2. Breakin’ (1984)

1. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

Right, this is enough blogging for a while. Time to get back on track to reality.

“Don’t be stupid be a smarty - come on join the Nazi party”! I love Mel Brooks.

MEL BROOKS - TO BE OR NOT TO BE (THE HITLER RAP)

Are you married?
Are you occupied?
You got kids?
How about HIV?

DETROIT IN EFFECT - R U MARRIED?

How the hell did that happen? At 3am I was having the worst night in recent months. The Korsan was empty and the manager said if Melanie Houston didn’t stop playing techno he’d… well… I didn’t stick around to find out. Things changed. Fast forward 90 mins I was having fun and… OMG… the manager was dancing along too!

Anyway back to 3am… I missed my DJ set due to technical problems and was in a stinking mood. The few that came were leaving and by then there were just 10 people. I was in such a bad mood even my reassuring friends were unable to offer comfort - a lot of them had gone - sob, sob, etc.

It was pretty bleak but as the Korsan emptied out leaving just the Night Slugs crew I stopped focusing on everybody else and started focusing on the only thing that was reality - the music - it was suddenly getting REALLY good when GUNIT played. I came on and had a blast spinning back to back with Jam City, Charisma and the star of the show Melanie - that girl is crazy and fun - she was the party. I played Chimo Bayo, Adult, Black Devil Disco Club, DIE, Fast Eddie and… er… Miss Kittin and the Hacker. She played horrible shit which just sounded SO right. Even after the lights went on she kept playing track after track and we kept dancing for at least an hour.

At 4.30 we were so danced out that we had to take the needles off the decks to stop her playing. That couldn’t stop her - she started playing a skipped CD glitch?!? (or maybe it was static) and cross fading a rhythm and filtering and EQing the sound into the most amazing minimal beat - for five incredible minutes. It reminded me of that Viz cartoon character, Ravey Davey, who danced to pneumatic drills in the street or Tires in Spaced with zebra crossing beeps. I felt like I was on drugs. In fact, maybe I was, perhaps somebody put something in my drink??? Back to bed now.

Believe it or not my party isn’t the ONLY thing happening this weekend! Those good fellas from Cocadisco and Top Nice are putting on a frenzy of freestyle called Hotel Pacific the night before.

Damn, it looks fun. There’s a special top secret guest. I dream TKA do a live PA. I’m not a gambling man, well, not a successful one anyway, you should have seen lose at Walthamstow Dog Track, but, I bet it’s Ed DMX. Ed may live in Wood Green rather than Miami but he’s good. Here’s a mix he did live at La Boom De Luxe in France in ‘98. The first half is probably my favourite mix ever and I’ve been basing my DJ sets on it for years.

The party looks a blast but drink responsibly and don’t stay out too late - YGM?

Mixes from JAM CITY and MELANIE HOUSTON now on Divshare.

7 Year Glitch returns on Saturday 23 August - I’m REALLY excited. I want everybody to get wasted and have fun.

Top Nice’s LOUIS ENCHANTE is playing - he’s starting a night dedicated to freestyle music soon. I’m a huge fan of the genre too. Here’s a freestyle-style minimix I made on Sunday afternoon at DAMAGE’s while recovering from Field Day.

1. Jailbait - Be The One - Atlantic - 1987
2. Break Machine - Street Dance - Record Shack - 1983
3. Shannon - My Heart’s Divided - Mirage - 1984
4. Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx - Boiling Point - 1984
5. Latin Express - Brooklyn Knight - Dfo Record Group - 1995
6. Lisette Melendez - Together Forever - Columbia - 1990
7. Bobby Coleman - Must Be The Music - Micmac - 1990
8. Ffwd - Baby Don’t Go - Criminal - 1987
9. Midnight Star - Operator - Solar - 1984
10. Company B - Fascinated - Bluebird - 1987
11. Noel - Silent Morning - 4th & Broadway - 1987
12. Shannon - Give Me Tonight - Mirage - 1984
13. Freestyle - Party Has Begun - Music Specialists - 1984
14. Egyptian Lover - Egypt - Egyptian Empire - 1984
15. Trinere - Alone Or Last - EKG Entertainment - 1992

I miss Adam. I haven’t got a clue what he’s doing now. For about a year after I met him outside the drummer from Franz Ferdinand’s wedding reception until I spazzed out at him at Catch about house music we were pretty close.

My favourite memories include when he took me on my first trip to Uptown Records - I bought a white label of Forward (it came in the shop that day), and when we cleared the dancefloor of 7 Year Glitch with Sash’s Encore une Fois. I remember him being dead impressed with this acid 12″ made by NYC reggae producer Bobby Konders for Nu Groove and scribbling all over the sleeve.

It wasn’t all good times and drama, Adam made some good music too - check this DJ Assault/Doobie Brothers Baltimore style bootleg - I’d kill to remix it.

I haven’t put on anything for SO SO SO SO SO SO SO long. The last time was over a year ago at Corsica Studios with DJ ASSAULT, RUFF SQWAD, REKLESS and loads more - ahhhh - good times - hey? This time I’m not after an all star line up just pure party vibes - that’s why I’ve brought some of my favourite DJ friends together to play to you for free.

1. Chenelle Featuring Cham - I Fell In Love With The Dj (T2 Remix)- Positiva - 2008
2. Becky Rhodes - Angry 2008 - Maximum Bass - 2008
3. Apple - Segalizer - White Label - 2008
4. Venom And Damage - Paradise Slugs Vip - Unreleased - 2008
5. Mr Virgo - Jack In The Box - Strickly Bangorz - 2008
6. Taio Cruz - Come On Girl (Delinquent Remix) - Universal - 2008
7. DS1 - The Lock Off - Darker Sounds - 2008
8. Witty Boy - So Happy - Illusive Entertainment - 2008
9. DJ Influence - Vendetta - Illusive Entertainment - 2008
10. Subzero Ft.Mnt Sg - Hmm Yesss - Label Unknown - 2008
11. Starkey - Just A Friend - Dubplate - 2008
12. Moves! - All Skate - Dubplate - 2008
13. Venom And Damage - Love In The Club - Unreleased - 2008
14. Crookers - Big Money Comin - Southern Fried - 2008
15. Drop The Lime - I Love Ny - Trouble And Bass - 2008
16. Lethal Bizzle - Selfridges Girl Not On Myspace (Boy 8 Bit Remix) - V2 - 2007
17. Math Head Ð Turn The Music Up - Trouble And Bass - 2008
18. Sirens - Club La La (Dj Q Bassline Remix) - Kitchenware Records - 2008
19. 3rd Face - Canto Della Liberta (Venom And Damage Remix) - Unreleased - 2008
20. Douster - Nosebreak (Venom And Damage Remix) - Unreleased - 2008
21. Disco D - What Color Is Yo Thong Feat. Dean & Helluva - Gringo Louco - 2006
22. B. Calloway - Lola Falana - Electrofunk Records - 2001
23. Venom And Damage - A Millie (1990s Style At The Boutique) - Unreleased - 2008