Search and Destroy: DJ Kicks!

Disc: 1

1. Supa Sista (Modaji Downlow Mix) - Ursula Rucker
2. No Government - Nicolette
3. Sometimes I'm Blue - Nick Holder
4. Black Baby - Kruder & Dorfmeister
5. Humanity - A Guy Called Gerald feat. Louise Rhodes
6. Can't Take It - Recloose feat. Dwele
7. Sensuality - Vikter Duplaix
8. Motion Control - Spacek
9. Suddenly - Herbert feat. Dani Siciliano
10. Same (Ashley Beedle´s Afroart Vocal Mix) - Smith & Mighty feat. Tammy Payne
11. Gute Laune - Tosca feat. Tweed
12. Song 2Wo - Earl Zinger
13. Wake Up Everybody (Rae & Christian Remix) - Rae & Christian feat. Bobby Womack
14. Inside - Shantel

Disc: 2

1. The Audience (vs. Jami Lidell And The Mysterious Szizlas (Music No Last)) - Herbert feat. Dani Siciliano
2. I Want Some Fun - Funkstörung feat. Jay Jay Johanson
3. Behind The Wheel (DJ Kicks Electroca$h Mix) - Playgroup
4. Hot In Herre - Tiga
5. Make Up Your Mind - Swayzak feat. Clair Dietrich
6. Vortex (Disco Up Mix) - Ghost Cauldron
7. Do It Like A Robot (Hell Rocks The Equalizer Remix) - Princess Superstar
8. I Dance Alone (Silicon Scally Mix) - Swayzak feat. Adult
9. Grammy Winners (Instrumental) - Funkstörung
10. Sublime - Terranova feat. Mike Ladd
11. Whole World (Album Mix) - Ghost Cauldron feat. Apani B Fly
12. Jet Pack - Mike Ladd
13. Double Drums (DJ DSL Mix) - Peace Orchestra
14. No Peace - Terranova feat. Ari-Up

surely you mean "is the best thing ever"?

i'm with you. that song makes me feel soiled.

search:

smith & mighty - is totally magical. beautiful dubby trip hop intro which suddenly shifts into a "best-of" of underrated bristol jungle. you probably need it just for more rockers "show love" which has the greatest diva break ever, the filtering making her voice sound like a rocketship straining to drag the whole track into space. and also krust's remix of "bass speaker", under rakim's "kick a hole in the speaker" sample he throws down these frenzied bass farts that sound like he's trying to strangle the woofer from the inside.

what about those of us who don't like either?

does it actually have that brilliant black strobe mix of martini brothers or am I imagining that?

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)

Looks great. The Peven Everett tune was on Motor City DE's DJ Kicks too.

Very excited to hear it's Avalon Emerson up next. Looks like a proper dancefloor mix but with plenty of original material.

1. Avalon Emerson – Long Forgotten Fairytale
2. Avalon Emerson – Wastelands & Oases
3. Butterfly – Tranceonic
4. Waveform – Breakers in Space (DAT Remix)
5. Avalon Emerson – Rotting Hills
6. Anthony Acid – Doe Doe Doe
7. Little Mike – Dirty Pusher Man
8. DJ Sense – Finest
9. General Midi – The Future
10. Oni Ayhun – OAR004-A
11. Oklou – Just Level 5 Cause It’s Cute
12. Oceanic – Yellow Cone
13. Smith & Hack – Ultra Range Process
14. Soundstream – 3rd Movement
15. The Dirtbombs – Shari Vari (Avalon Emerson’s cybernedit)
16. !!! – Hello? Is This Thing On? (Thomas N’ Eric’s Rub And Tug Throwdown)
17. Avalon Emerson – Poodle Power
18. Lady B – Cruising Around Motor City
19. Regular Citizen – Ultramarine Dew
20. Austra – Anywayz (Avalon Emerson 14th Life Version)

luv her

her release on the FKA Whities label is one of my fav techno records ever

Anthony Acid – Doe Doe Doe

Love the vocals on this. emotional content

Yeah I want acid and bleeps and bangers and beguiling space melodies.

Just listening to Long Forgotten Fairytale now, it's great

Its v poppy, not bleepy and banging at all really. Tho as the opener maybe not indicative of the rest of the mix

always nice to see !!! get some respect

were people only allowed to vote for the releases that have been cleared for streaming !?

https://ra.co/features/3943

as someone who loves the Tiga entry into the series, I really didn't need to have it explained to me that it was "fun" because it contains an unexpected cover, multiple times

this thread got me fixing to revisit the series for entries that i haven't heard, which i'm realizing now is quite a few. are there any sucky ones that i should avoid?

oh shit Jesse Lanza did the most recent volume? ok!

*Jessy