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Greg Wilson DJ set recorded live @ All Out War, Sheffield 14-11-09

Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester's majorly influential Legend. He was a pioneer of mixing in the UK and in 1983 he became the first ‘dance music’ DJ hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester's now legendary Hacienda club. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’.

Greg Wilson DJ set recorded live @ All Out War, Sheffield 14-11-09

Video: Greg Wilson @ Youtube

Ron Hardy Live @ Music Box, Chicago - 1986

01. Nightlife Unlimited: Peaches & Prunes (edit)
02. Two of China: Los Niños Del Parque (Tormenta-Mix)
03. Virgo: Free Yourself
04. Frankie Knuckles: It’s A Cold World
05. Frankie Knuckles: Baby Wants to Ride
06. Tempest Trio: Do You Like The Way It Feels
07. Hercules: 7 Ways
08. The Originals: Down To Love Town (edit)
09. Parlet: Pleasure Principle
10. Sleeque: One for the Money
11. Carl Bean: I Was Born This Way (Better Days Version)
12. Billy Paul: Only the Strong Survive (edit)
13. Loleatta Holloway: Catch Me on the Rebound (Disco Madness Remix edit)
14. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way
15. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face (Male Version/Female Version)/reversed
16. Blue Magic: Welcome to the Club (edit)
17. Teddy Pendergrass: The More I Get, The More I Want (edit)

Ron Hardy Live @ Music Box, Chicago - 1986

Contact: Ron Hardy @ Myspace

Dj 3000 @ Spherik Session 9.0 - 02-01-2010

If you ask most producers and DJ's about their musical upbringing, most, if not all, will point to the influence of their parents and their relatives. DJ 3000 is no different. Born and raised in the Detroit enclave of Hamtramck, DJ 3000 was inundated with both the sights and sounds of his neighborhood, a highly ethnic area of Detroit, as well as with the influence of the music of his parent's native Albanian background. This diverse collection of influence shaped the make-up of both DJ 3000 and the vision of the Motech Records label.

Dj 3000 @ Spherik Sessions 9.0 / 02/01/2010

Contact: Dj 3000 @ Myspace

Hip Hop that Doesn't Suck - New D J 1 3 8 mix

01. DJ Julian - I'm back Mutha Fuckaz (2012) - this is a pete rock beat from his last album "NY's Finest" which came out in 2008. PR is still the fucking man.
02. Fashawn - Stars (2009) - this fresno, ca dude has been putting out mix tapes for a few years - this is a dope LP track from his debut album "boy meets world", released this year
03. B.o.B. - Generation Lost (2008) hottest kid out of atlanta. One of the most interesting MCs I've come across lately. Look for his "B.o.B. VS Bobby Ray" mixtape
04. Elzhi - Deep (2009) detroit - from slum village, his solo album "the preface" came out in 2008. This shit is so dope it makes me smile that Hip Hop is actually not dead after all
05. Ghostface - She's A Killah (fuck autotune edit) (2009) both ghostface and raekwon came back hard in their last couple years. I edited this track to remove the freakin' autotune chorus
06. Termanology feat Bun B - This Is How We Rock (2009) - underground kid from Massachusetts. I've been a long time of fan of Bun B. Primo on the sick ass track.
07. Panacea - Steel Kites (2006) - Two brothas from DC with serious skills. This is from their "Ink Is My Drink" LP, which is really solid all the way through.
08. Floyd The Locsmif - Fuzzy Navel (2008) - Producer kid from Georgia who made some noise a few years back with an Outkast remix tape. He's currently signed to Giant Step. This is just a nice instrumental to break shit up a bit
09. Roddyrod feat Phonte & Carlitta Durand - this time (2009) - another Detroit kid. Gotta love that he keeps it old school with the name. Phonte from Little Brother guests on this.
10. Ab & Daru - Soul Can U Feel Me (14KT RMX) (2009) - NY drummer and Detroit producer combine to make one of the most original sounding experimental hip hop records in decades. And they gave it away for free too. Peep it. LINK
11. Kool Kieth & Dennis Deft - Executive Suites (2009) - Kool Keith still keeping it crazy for 2009. This mutha fucka said "That's right / I'm a pro / I play for St. Johns / Tonight we eatin'a few PRAWNS" LOL
12. Mickey Factz - don't be light (2008) - new kid from the Bronx - not to be slept in IMO. And the beat is just beautiful.
13. illa J feat Guilty Simpson - R U Listening (2008) - more heat from Detroit, this time from Dilla's own brother. They say he has a vault of unreleased gems to make his debut album with.
14. BK-One feat Phonte, Brother Ali & The Grouch - here I am (2009) - brother ali's DJ with some guest MCs. The beats on this whole album are fucking tight.
15. De La Soul - Forever (2008) - this is from that mixtape they did for Nike last year. De La can still deliver, twenty years later no less
16. Brand Nubian - Step To The Rear (1990) - Puba at his peak. This was so hard to play in a club back in the day cuz the LP was pressed so low.
17. Mc Lyte - Paper Thin (1988) - one of my favorite Hip Hop beats of all time. I mean, how the fuck do you just dream shit like this up outta your head? Peep the video

18. Buckshot feat Kardinal Offishal - I Gotcha Opin 09 (2009) - This was a promotional thing for Smirnoff Vodka, and it ain't half bad
19. Jungle Brothers - Beyond This World (138 superrhymes blend) (1988) one verse from the JBs over the outro beats from super rhymes
20. Busta Rhymes - Don't Touch Me (2008) - Solid party track from busta. Samples the Diplomats "I Can Give You Love" LINK
21. Panacea - Startlite (2006) - another album track from these kids
22. Blackmilk - Give The Drummer Sum (2008) another Detroit native. This is from his 2008 "Tronic" LP. He also makes dope beats
23. Dilla feat Black Thought - Reality Check (2009) - from dilla's posthumous "J stay paid" album that came out earlier this year. One simple loop that makes me want to bang my head.
24. Finale - Heat (2009) - yet another Detroit rapper. They dominate this whole CD. Props to the midwest for finally getting theirs. This is from his debut album "a pipe dream and a promise"
25. A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (138 nod factor blend) (1993) - the classic track with a madskillz acapella running over the intro loop
26. Kool and The Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight (EDIT) (1971) from the classic "Live At The Sex Machine" LP - Gotta teach these kids a lil' somethin, nah mean?
27. Oddisee feat J-Live & Stik Figa - what's crazy (2009) a Sudanese-American rapper & producer from DC. This is from his Mental Liberation LP
28. B.o.B. - I'll Be In The Sky (2008) - sure this sounds exactly like Andre 3000 but who cares, it's a dope track. I like everything this kid does.
29. Jay Electronica - The Pledge (EDIT) (2008) - this is a short snippet from his original 9 minute track that you can barely even call a track. It's more like a musical landscape. no beats. Just weird strings and samples. Check out the rest of his work. This dude is on some next shit, for real.

Dj JB - Hip Hop that doesnt suck!

Contact: Julian Bevan

Omar S - Kyle Hall Mix December 2009

Detroit's Omar-S (Alex Omar Smith; aka DJ Snotburger, DJ Snotinburg) emerged in 2003 as an underground techno/house maverick, releasing rigidly funky productions, made with analog gear, on his FXHE label. Though his 12" releases were pressed in small quantities with handwritten labels (and with run-out etchings like "Techno music is my heritage -- techno is not dead DAMN IT!" and "Thanks to Rick Wilhite -- I know I get on your nerves"), it wasn't long before his releases reached specialty shops in the U.K. and Germany. Though he was building a cult following and was often placed by writers within the same context as fellow Detroit natives Moodymann and Theo Parrish, it wasn't until 2009 that he truly strayed from his low-profile, self-sufficient mode. Parrish's Sound Signature label released his "Blown Valvetrane" 12", and shortly after that, Smith provided the 45th mix for London club Fabric's self-named mix series. The majority of Smith's output was released on vinyl, but he also has full-length CD titles to his credit, including 2004's Collaborating (billed as Oasis, co-produced by Smith and the possibly nonexistent Shadow Ray) and 2005's Just Ask the Lonely. The latter was reissued on FXHE in 2009.

Omar S @ Kyle Hall mix dec 2009

Contact: Omar S @ Myspace

Carl Craig @ Big City Beats on Big FM 17/12/2009

There are DJs who grab bigger headlines, and producers who invite more press. In the ebb and flow of what's popular in electronic music, there are those who have larger followings or whose names are on more bloggers' fingertips at any given moment in time. But no artist in the genre commands as much respect, from fans and peers alike, as consistently and influentially as Detroit-based DJ and producer CARL CRAIG. As an artist, a label-owner and club DJ, he is one of the few who has literally helped shape the sound of modern electronic music, with an inventive career that has spanned 18 years.

Carl Craig @ Big City Beats on Big FM 17/12/2009

Contact: Carl Craig @ Myspace