The Soft Sell..
This is a live all 45 mix made with one turntable and a loop pedal. It was constructed for Red Bull's 45 night on October 27 2008 in LA. This mix includes some cutting room floor ideas from The Hard Sell (DJ Shadow and I on 8 turntables and two loop pedals) and elements from what would later be part of my one turntable/loop pedal live mix CD "Sound Of The Police", which is out now.
Enjoy!

P.S. The end is a train wreck!!!

The Soft Sell

Preview Megamix of skratching highlights & remixes from the upcoming vinyl & 9 piece puzzle shaped picture disc set coming soon 1st for our Kickstarter backers! Plus bonus material not found on DJ Qbert's albums Extraterrestria & GalaXXXian! Stay tuned to djqbert.com & thudrumble.com. Add Q on twitter/instagram: @djqbert 

GalaXXXian Extraterrestria Omnibus

EAST LONDON GRIME DUB BASS MIX 2014

Hey music lovers, it's the July edition of Hang Loose with The Allergies. On the show this month we have our brand new single 'Coming On Strong' to play you, our remix of Laíz & The New Love Experience’s ‘Se Segura’ (out now on 45), and other upfront goodies from Battle Weapons, NeedleDrops, Echo Edits, High Contrast and DJ Platurn.
Plus, we reminisce on our recent experience in Ibiza, and play a stand out tune from the Jalapeno Records’ night at Pikes. Get amongst it!

Hang Loose (July '25)

1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.

I'm Strictly Kev aka DJ Food, I've been DJing for over 30 years now and collecting vinyl for longer. I've no idea how many records I have but it's probably in the region of 10,000 7", 12" and LPs plus lots of other odd formats that I collect as well as just the music. It's housed in my studio in custom built shelves that include drawers for 45s, cassettes and CDs. There's a fairly extensive article with photos on the Dust & Grooves website with a special mix of my musical influences http://www.dustandgrooves.com/djfood/


2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

I like that the songs are short and sweet, there's no chaff so the track says what it needs to and then it's done, which is essentially what a DJ needs in today's ADD society. I like the size and weight of them compared to 12"s and LPs because I've used digital means to DJ for 8 years now and, when I do go back and play vinyl, I don't want to break my back like I used to lugging a 30 kilo record box around. 

3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?

There's a lot of guitars, fuzz and distortion in this one, lots of solid drums too, I'm really digging a lot of the funkier side of rock and psyche in my 45 sets and this comes out here.  Some of it is where rock and electronica cross over though so you'll have DJ Shadow remixing John Spencer Blues Explosion, Brendan Lynch's dub mixes of Paul Weller or Graham Massey's Toolshed project. There's also straight up rock by The Zutons, The Go! Team or Primal Scream and more diggers delights like The Protein Bros, Chaps and Alan Copeland. I try and have a good mix of contemporary stuff in there too, the 45 format shouldn't always be about old, hard to find stuff from the 60s and 70s, there's plenty of great new music around, just as hard to find too.

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music? 

My Mixcloud is a good place to start https://www.mixcloud.com/strictlykev/ and I've also contributed to Coldcut's weekly Solid Steel radio show for over 20 years now, some of which are archived here on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/sets/dj-food
You can find out where I'm playing by checking my dates on www.djfood.org

5) Top 5 all time fave records

Hahahahahahahahahah! Impossible

45/7 #20 ARTIST: STRICTLY KEV aka DJ FOOD

It’s Burning Man time again and I’ve found an OG Burning Man mix on the hard drive for you. Temple of Breaks 2006 for those who know. It’s a mix of vibey early UK dubstep, Dub, Reggae and HipHop oriented breaks alongside some half time tunes and a bunch of unreleased FreQ material too. A couple of highlights  - the demo mix of ‘Creator’ featuring Santigold after making it in NYC with Switch, early versions of Dub Kirtan All stars material, and some unreleased collabs that just never came out… Enjoy!

Many thanks to The Purgatory Cruiser, Miracle Gro (The DoLab),  Disorient EXpress/Freek Factory,Abundant Sugar, the Los Angeles Breakbeat Association, Electric Theatre (now Eridu Society), and PatricioMotta for bootlegging this mix from the mixing desk haha!

FREQ NASTY AT BURNING MAN -  TEMPLE OF BREAKS 2006

After the soul ballads warm up the party, drop this deep funk dance floor mix for the prime time party

Deep Funk

A megamix of all things Herbaliser- Acapellas and instrumentals from across The Herbaliser's huge catalogue of releases cleverly mixed together by clever people..

Herbology (mp4)

Noises in The Right Order

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Dj Shadow & Cut Chemist-Product Placement   2/1

"In 2009, I was asked to play the video game convention E3 in support of the release of Activision's DJ Hero. There were only two rules: include some of the mash-ups I made for the game, and no cursing please. I obliged (mostly), and there's some fun moments....recorded several months before the 2009 Halloween set, this is less about the dance floor than an attempt to reference the broader contributions of the DJ and DJ-based music. Watch out for the Coldplay/Bonecrusher mash-up, which is one of my favorite things I ever did."- DJ Shadow

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