Good Morning sports fans, and welcome to another Monday morning... Fresh off the back of another successful weekend, with 420 day on Saturday along with my housemates 30th, Record Store Day and the first BBQ of the season - a rad time was had by all. On top of that throw in a fresh new mixtape from me (more on that soon) and getting offered a new job, one could say it was a weekend to remember. Maybe that lucky bus ticket no.21 in my wallet is working it's magic... And so on to the business end of the blog, and today I've got another little number from Manchester's Andy Peek (C'mon Feet, Go Dumb!, Surround Yo' Sound Show). And This month he's done a Record Store Day Review spanning Soul, Disco, Funk & Rock. It's got a bit of Bowie, Dr John, Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Orb as well as exclusives from Grizzly Bear and Sly and the Family Stone. More podcast than mixtape this one but hey-ho, I write the rules, so I can break them. Until next time...
Here is the first 90 mins of Boca 45's gig at The Harley for last Saturday's Thirsty Ear Jukebox 45s night. It's a tasty selection of funky 7"s to get those toes tapping this Tuesday morn. Slick flyer art by Mister Hope, too. "...probably 5 pints in, about to get onto The Makers Mark - let me know what you think" - Boca 45
Ahoy-hoy, I'm back from my trip to Switzerland, and what a lot of fun it was playing Aprèssets in the shadow of the mighty Dom mountain at Snowpoint Bar & Grill - big up yourself Laura, Henry,Tricky and Hev - cheers for having me. Also props to Flav at Nightlife for hosting the annual SFDJ competition once again (you can check out my drunken offerings from the first heat here). Sadly didn't get to retain the crown, but a thoroughly brillo night, none the less. Congrats go out to DJ Hometown for delivering the winning set. Lastly a special thanks to the Happy Bar for having me back once more - always a pleasure to rock that place, 'til next year! So back to the UK with a bang, and about time I posted some of the mixes I've been bouncing around to. So this week I've a few vinyl only mixes for your listening pleasure. Always a fan of a good genre-spanner here in the crypt, first up is a sweet little number from Belgium's DJ Jules X. Playground 4 is an aural assortment of funk, rock, hip hop, electro, rave and much more, cut up with a few movie samples to create a party mixtape that is sure to make you twitch like Bill Oddie during hatching season. Check out more of his mixes on the website here. Traklist 1. Intro: jules X 2. Marlena Shaw: California soul 3. 2 Pac&Dr Dre: California love 4. Ronnie Hudson & The street people: west coast poplock 5. Madonna (holiday) vs The beastie boys (triple trouble) 6. Todd Terry: weekend 7. The Hollies: bus stop 8. De la Soul: 3 is the magic number 9. David Bowie : Dj 10. The Bouncer : kicks like a mule 11. L’Trimm: cars that go boom 12. Gary Numan: Cars 13. Heart: Barracuda 14. Kool & the Gang: Jungle Boogie 15. Nas: made you look 16. Public Enemy: Public enemy nr1 17. Average white band: pick up the pieces 18. Gesaffelstein: Viol 19. Neneh Cherry: Buffalo Stance 20. Ice Cube: wicked 21. White Zombie: more human than human 22. Lil Kim: the Jump off 23. The Simple Minds: Don’t you forget about me 24. Ice T: rockers 25. Newcleus: jam on it 26. Roy Orbison: in dreams 27. The Twilight zone: trailer 28. Praga Khan: injected with a poison 29. The Prodigy (poison) vs Ministry (Thieves) 30. Dj shadow vs Beastie boys (root down) 31. Men without hats: safety dance 32. Man Parrish: boogie down Bronx 33. Grandmaster flash: pump me up 34. Run Dmc: King of rock 35. Jules X: transition beat 36. Michael Jackson: smooth criminal 37. Alice in Chains: man in a box 38. Beach Boys: California Girls 39. The Outer limits: trailer 40. MIA: bad girls 41. Dmx crew: bang that 42. The Police: message in a bottle 43. Sbtrkt: wildfire 44. Skream: Exothermic reaction 45. Twisted Sister: the kids are back 46. Beastie trailer 47. Beastie Boys: 3 mc’s & one dj 48. Beastie Boys: super disco breakin 49. Beastie Boys: hold it now 50. Beastie boys: tough guy 51. Beastie boys: b boys makin with the freak freak 52. Beastie boys: the new style 53. Beastie boys: no sleep till Brooklyn 54. De la Soul: Plug tunin Boca 45 up next ahead of his Thirsty Ear appearance this weekend at Jukebox 45's - it's an hour long mix consisting of 45 x 7" including the likes of Pigmeat Markham, Fort Knox 5, Herbie Hancock and Kraftwerk to name but four. It truly is a funky little number, I'm certain the gig at the weekend will be pretty special. Check it out... Tracklist PIGMEAT MARKEM _ HERE COMES THE JUDGE _ CADET GIZZELLE SMITH _ HOLD FAST" BOCA 45 REMIX _ WAH WAH THE BODY BEARD BROTHERS _ ORIGINAL LOVE INJECTION" BOCA 45 REMIX _ WHITE THE BELEIVERS _ ACROSS THE TRACK _ KING STEZO _ ITS MY TURN _ FRESH BEASTIE BOYS _ BRASS MONKEY _ DEF JAM BOCA 45 _ 45 TOOK HUDSON _ JALAPENO INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND _ BONGO ROCK _ MGM MONGO SANTAMARIA _ SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE _ ATLANTIC MC DONALD AND GAYE _ HEARD IT THRU THE GRAPEVINE _ DIGGA PLEASE KENNY DOPE _ GAZZILIAN RHYME _ BOZO MEKO HERMAN KELLY _ DANCE TO THE DRUMMERS BEAT _ ALSTON FANTASTIC SOUL _ INVENTION BREAKDOWN _ OR TOM JONES _ LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW _ DECCA COLDCUT _ BEATS AND PEICES _ NINJA TUNES FUNKTOMAS _ SHAKE SHOT _ WACK DARK PHAY _ D R MADE YOU SHACK UP _ THIRSTY EAR ITSU UNO _ BBOY RAVE FOR THE AGEING HIPSTER _ FAT HOP FORT KNOX 5 _ PARTY PUSHERS" BOCA 45 REMIX _ FX5 RECORDS BOCA 45 _ DOWN TO MEXICO _ GRAND CENTRAL CHUBB ROCK _ TREAT EM RIGHT _ CHAMPION KRAFTWERK _ TOUR DE FRANCE _ RCA GARY NEWMAN _ CARS _ ATLANTIC PRINCE _ KISS _ WARNERS MAGGIE THRETT _ SOUPY _ WHITE MARIA LAFORET _ SUNDAY MORNING _ STONED CIRCUS THE SONICS _ HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL _ NORTON JOE SHERMAN _ FEVER _ EPIC BARRET STRONG _ MONEY _ MOTOWN THE MAR KEYS _ LASTY NIGHT _ SATELLITE HERBIE HANCOCK _ BRING DOWN THE BIRDS _ MGM SIR JARVIS _ THE HIT BANG _ BADASS 45 PIGBAG _ PAPAS GOT A BREAND NEW PIG BAG _ ROUGH TRADE THE APPLES _ KILLING _ FREESTYLE SMOV AND DEDY DRED _ NO DIGGIN _ WACK J STAR _ NO DIGGIDY _ WHITE ALTHEA AND DONNA _ UPTOWN TOP RANKING _ WHITE THE UPSETTERS _ RETURN OF DJANJO _ TROJAN BIZ MARKIE _ WHEN I FALL IN THE STUDDA STEP _ WAX EM PRINCE FATTY _ INSANE IN THE BRAIN _ MR BONGO RESONATORS _ SWEET LOVE AFFAIR _ WAH WAH THE HEAVY _ COLEEN _ COUNTER HUNDRED STRONG _ STYLIN FREE _ HIGH NOON MARLENA SHAW _ CALAFORNIA SOUL _ CADETPin It
