Search and Destroy: DJ Kicks!

i think you could make a pretty solid case for the booka shade one being the strongest dj kicks mix ever

HMV have got a selection of these CDs in their current 2 for £10 promotion. All the incentive I needed to finally pick up the Daddy G and Chicken Lips mixes. Both are great.

no mention of cj bolland's?

Speaking of DJ Kicks, what the hell happened to Burial's ?!

It's already been listed and rated on Amazon UK:

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will this ever come out? 5 starts because its gonna be good when it does.

haha

I've never heard CJ Bolland's

The Juan Maclean and Kode9 sets are both really great. Haven't picked up James Holden (yet?).

The James Holden one is pretty decent.

Listening to the Apparat one right now. He's pretty good at defining his aesthetic, isn't he?

Haven't listened to K&D one for years, sounds like a good idea for a rainy afternoon.

definitely want to check out apparat, if only for the telefon tel aviv track.

I always overlook K&D's DJ Kicks mix in lieu of their K&D Sessions one, because it's the best thing ever.

Oh yeah, DJ Kicks is way inferior to K&D Sessions. Still enjoyable though IIRC.

The Juan Maclean and Kode9 sets are both really great.

Kode9 is excellent.

essentials:

carl craig
nicolette
terranova
smith & mighty
playgroup
four tet

Search: Erlend Øye, K&D, Annie, Four Tet

Actually, those may be the only ones I know well enough to judge.

Still enjoyable though IIRC.

"Bass & Several Cars" is all-time

not sure there's ever been a particularly poor dj kicks

I liked the Daddy G one as well, some good rootsy reggae.

The Apparat one just came out and is pretty fucking fantastic.

Can't get into the Apparat one.

Search: Kid Loco, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Booka Shade, Playgroup.

i don't get the appeal of the juan maclean one. ordinary tracks, ordinary mixing. it's like some random mix from the internet.

8-X DEATH IN VEGAS 8-X

so this thing starts out with chopped and screwed italo, then moves into something that sounds like a cheesy "trans europe express" rip at first but suddenly breaks down into a tuff abstract techno break thats as chopped and phased as a prime urban tribe track. then there's a third section with super tight electro zaps over what sounds like a klaus schulze track. anyway the third track is the one that takes my head off into future shock territory. the washed-out and slowed down choir that starts the thing is at like the exact midpoint between chillwave, witch house and old rising high chillout tracks, but then there's these echoey balearic freak folk guitar / middle eastern string stabs that fleck the whole thing, and then throbbing gabber-like bass under the whole thing. basically this mix couldn't get more "secret history of goth crunk" if it tried.

that reads like a crunk boomkat review

And, um, I'm going to be dumb -- is that about the juan maclean one? Haven't heard of a death in vegas one.

WHOOPS sorry that's a fabric mix, not a dj kicks

Cool, I thought that is what you meant. I'm going to check it out -- FabricLive 23, right?

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The Apparat one just came out and is pretty fucking fantastic

So hooked on this

The Detroit mixes were pretty good. Still listen to the Stacey Pullen sometimes although I prefer his BBC Essential Mix from around the same time (which included a few of the same tracks). Such a great DJ in his day - the recent mixes of his I've heard have been uber-generic tech-house...yawn.

The Claude Young is decent too but harder.

Erlend Oye one is the all time classic for me. Sure the mixing is pretty awful (but not as bad as Annie's one. jesus christ!) but the tunes...it's the record that got me into microhouse ergo probably the most important record of my teen years. Timeless stuff really.

Apparat one is nice enough, not listened to it much. Hoped that playing it on a longish car journey through the Fens with my dad would get me into it properly...just made me a bit bored tbh.

ha ha I bought Annie's one the other week for $5 and have not played it yet, but thought it can't possibly be as bad as her mixing was live!

Some nice tracks on that mix though the mixing is indeed poor.

Yeah, she picks some great stuff (That Bumble Bee Unlimited track, the Alan Braxe remix of DFA 1979, 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' by La Bionda etc) tbf to her.

ha again, I opened it and read the sleevenotes after posting that, and they apologise upfront for the mixing being shit!

This Apparat mix is my cold weather chillin' music.

i keep forgetting to listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuxE5ZA4WPM

(vocal starts around 2:35)

the moodymann dj kicks is so so so good

Seconded although I need to give it a few more spins.
The Dam Funk mix is also great - flows really nicely.

track 3-5 on the Dam-Funk one are incredible

whole thing's good but that stretch + the original stuff on the second half are definitely the highlights

the verticle lines "theme from beach boy" instrumental is sooo my shit

agreed, map -- moodyman is by far my fave album of the year

what's the scoop on Yaw of the first song on the Moodyman DJ Kicks? can't find anything about it online

figured it was some classic 70s track but... seems not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5RW-X2QTc

yeah i googled this a while ago too & came up with this, which has a lil bit of info - http://latenightdj.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/yaw-where-will-you-be.html

the vocal harmony at 2:16 is the one of the best moments of music i've heard, just heavenly

moodyman digs so deep, respect

I like Gold Panda's a lot.

Kamaal Williams is mixing the next DJ Kicks. Looks like there will be a broken beat theme....which is a good thing.

01. Budgie - Sometimes
02. Kamaal Williams - Snitches Brew (Live In Atlanta)
03. Karriem Riggins - Summer Madness S.A.
04. Lord Tusk - Space Invader (Vocal Mix)
05. Seiji - Buggin' Out
06. Steve Spacek - Hey There
07. Max Graef - Speed Metal Jesus
08. Kaidi Tatham - Two Tens Madam
09. Freeez - Southern Freeez
10. Peven Everett - Stuck (Original)
11. Hard House Banton - Sirens
12. Diggs Duke - 'Cause I Love You
13. DJ Harrison - MovingUp
14. Ratgrave - Ein Kola Bitte!
15. Wbeeza - He's So Crazy
16. Awanto 3 - Pregnant
17. Henry Wu - 117 Careplan
18. Lone - Airglow Fires
19. Henry Wu & Earl Jeffers - Projections
20. City People - It's All In The Groove
21. Phil Asher - Peace And Love
22. Tenderlonious - Song For My Father
23. Yussef Kamaal - Lowrider
24. Steven Julien - XL (Original Mix)
25. Kamaal Williams - Shinjuku (DJ-Kicks)
26. Henry Wu - Wivout U
27. Dego - Nuts
28. K15 - Time Humbles Us All
29. Kamaal Williams - Strings (ATL)