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The mid-70s was tough time for New York. The city's reputation for crime and disorder still very much a part of residents daily lives - with then Mayor, Ed Koch repeatedly warning that the ‘dirt, crime, and racial tension continued to weaken the once great city’. 

The illegal drug trade flourished, causing a soaring murder rate, and dividing the city into areas ruled by different drug lords. The NYC Subway fell victim to a crime epidemic that saw more crimes being committed on the subway each year than in any other subway system in the world. Landlords would burn tenant buildings for insurance money – displacing hundreds of people.

Between 1970 and 1980, 40% of the South Bronx had been burned down or abandoned. 

From these ashes, NYC spawned and supported the birth of Disco, Hip Hop, Post Punk & New Wave. 

Here’s a love letter to those critical years - by no means a definitive list, but a collage of genres, loosely hanging together with the help of some tape delay. 

Musical nods to the people that drove this creativity; Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Larry Levan, François Kevorkian, Tee Scott, David Mancuso, John ‘Jelly Bean’ Benitez, Boyd Jarvis, Tony Humphries and artists like Keith Haring and Andy Warhol and the avant garde, art rock and self-proclaimed ‘freaks, dropouts and wackos’: Konk, Talking Heads, Pylon, Chic, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Liquid Liquid, Blondie & Suicide. 

This collective ‘sound’ would bleed out into the ether, through clubs and radio, out to Chicago and Detroit and ultimately, the world; Disco would mutate into House, Rap’s ‘five elements’ would settle into Hip-Hop and the low-fi, outsider aesthetic of Post-Punk & New Wave would continue to inspire the best of bands. Both then and now. 

Put together lovingly with two 1210’s, a two channel mixer and a space echo – here’s a snapshot of NYC 1978 – 1986 (mistakes and all).

NYC - A Love Letter [1978 - 1986]

First was old skool meets nu skool… now here comes U.S meets UK!

Ric Atari drops some magic on a brand new spin on Retrospexx’ R.A.V.E.R…and the results are killer!

Ric is hot stuff right now. You may remember him from his work with Drake, and also the amazing Like a G6 remix  where he featured alongside The Game, Collette Carr, & Cherry Cheryy Boom Boom (which hit the #1 spot Stateside)!

He also has upcoming records with Brandy, Snoop, Jill Scott, and Gucci Mane … putting Retrospexx in very fine company!



RETROSPEXX - R.A.V.E.R. Feat J2K, Skibadee, Ric Atari & Leee John

Side B Nu Sound 1977 live at 127 Park aka BOOTY LAND in East Elmhurst that's in Queens NY.  

Nu Sounds 127 circa 1977 Side B

Visit ddski.com - New site!

2 hour plus interview with Double Dee and Steinski. Highlighting their career and Steinski's "Nothing To Fear" mix. 

Recorded 2002 at Irving Place Studios

DDS SOLID STEEL PART 2

DDS SOLID STEEL PART 1

A DJ mix of club bangers from WE.ARE.LIZARDS resident DJ 'DESTRUCTION'


DJ DESTRUCTION-WE.ARE.LIZARDS PARTY MIX 1

je vous présente mon nouveau morceau......il était une fois... mon premier morceau en duo avec la participation de red-kat.. bonne écoute 

Il Était Une Fois....feat...RED - KAT

Je vous présent.... versus...N.1...bonne écoute.... et Mercie...

versus....n1....melvin....vs....mooz.....

Clyde Stubblefield played drums for James Brown for 6 years but his legacy has lasted a lot longer than that. His rhythms have been extensively sampled and particularly his 'Funky Drummer' break helped lay the foundations of Hip Hop, and later jungle and a whole world of electronic music.

RIP Clyde Stubblefield April 18, 1943 – February 18, 2017

Tracklist

James Brown - Ain't It Funky Now (Parts 1 and 2)
James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud
James Brown - Cold Sweat Part 2
James Brown - Funky Drummer
Big Daddy Kane - Mortal Combat
Bad Meets Evil - Living Proof
Kool Moe Dee - I'm Blowin' Up
Diggin - It's a Demo (feat. Kool G Rap, Polo)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Sweet Tee and Jazzy Joyce - It's My Beat
Pharcyde - Officer
Roxanne Shanté - Have A Nice Day [Remix]
Stop The Violence Movement - Self Destruction
The 2 Live Crew - Coolin' (Fresh Kid Ice's Side)
Mellow Man Ace - River Cubano
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Common - Blows To The Temple
Digable Planets - Where I'm From (LP Version)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Go With The Flow
Ice Cube - Jackin' For Beats
King Bee - Back By Dope Demand
Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
Luke Vibert - Homewerk
Clyde Stubblefield Solo at the Boston Garden (Live)
James Brown - There Was A Time
James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
Mos Def,  Black Thought,  Eminem  - BET Cypher 2009

Clyde Stubblefield Tribute Mix

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30-minute mix put together for The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on BBC 6 Music, made up entirely of my own remixes and re-edits from over the years.

Prince Fatty vs The Beatles - A Day In The Dub (Sam Redmore Mashup)
Yes King - Overproof (Sam Redmore Remix)
Quantic presents The Flowering Inferno vs Erykah Badu - On & On (Sam Redmore Mashup)
DJ Vadim feat. Sena - Boneshaker (Sam Redmore Remix)
Greenwood Rhythm Coalition vs Missy Elliott - Work It En Cumbia (Sam Redmore Mashup)
The Gene Dudley Group - Learn To Jackpot / Teach To Jackpot (Sam Redmore's Soul Food Celebration Mix)
Yes King vs Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Sam Redmore's Re-Rub)
Q-Tip vs Eddie Kendricks vs Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Vivrant Thing (Redmo's Change Vocal Mix)
Johnny Kowalski & The Sexy Weirdos - Kill The Beast (Sam Redmore Remix)
Eddie Amador - The Funk (Acapella)
James Brown - I Feel Good (Sam Redmore's Afromix)
The Brady Bunch - Drummer Man (Sam Redmore Re-Edit)
Feist vs Magic Drum Orchestra - Sea Lion (Sam Redmore Re-Edit)
The Apples vs Masters At Work - Killing (Sam Redmore's Work Edit)
Bob Marley - Is This Love (Sam Redmore's Acoustic Takedown)

Sam Redmore's Trunk Of Funk

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Lox - Chest 2 Chest Freestyle

THESE.ARE.MIXES.MADE.SPECIFICALLY.FOR.OUR.MONTHLY.CLUB.NIGHT.AT.THE.BOOK.CLUB.HOXTON.
WE.ARE.THERE.ON.THE.SECOND.FRIDAY.OF.EVERY.MONTH.
COME.ON.DOWN.
WE.ARE.LIZARDS.

Army Of Guns&Gloss (Bjork v WuTang v lil Mama v Busta) WE.ARE.LIZARDS

Not In Step (Ciara v Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith) WE.ARE.LIZARDS

Believe it or not it's been over 10 years since I’ve put together a recorded mix which I'm very ashamed to admit, after all it was my mix appearances on the radio, park jams or warehouses that originally establish my reputation well before I officially gained any type of DJ title! This mix is the 3rd in a series I've titled the missing mixes, its my apology to the my real Hip Hop family that encouraged and fuelled my creative ideas throughout the best parts of my career, I hope you all enjoy my selection of music which has always been down to personal taste, a responsibility that most of today's DJ’s seem to have forgotten, we play what we like not for popularity or beacuse we're told too, after all that's the way it's meant to be or what would be the point putting your name to something that everybody else has done before in the same old industry style!?! Finally some of the technical skill I demostrate throughout this mix for the unaware I PIONEERED them 20 + years ago, you’ve just been enforced! Tha En4cers + Imperial mixers = Cutmaster Swift: 1983 till present.


CMS The Missing Mix Volumes No.3 (2010)

Dirty Old Loser (Beck vs ODB) WE.ARE.LIZARDS

Here's a short old school breaks and beats mix that I put together for a bit of fun. Hope you enjoy........

DJ DESTRUCTION - B-BOY BREAKS MEDLEY PART 1.

In 1991/92 Destruction was a UK finalist in the DMC championships, which eventually led to taking steps into production. He is credited with CO-production on the highly acclaimed ‘Kaos’ album, released on EMI in 2001 and has worked with artists that can only be described as Hip Hop Royalty, (Redman, M.O.P, Capone-n-Noreaga, Pharoahe Monch, De la Soul, Guru and LL Cool J), the latter of which went platinum in the U.S and was a Billboard number 1 in its first week. The Redman single Smash Sumthin achieved a U.K top 10 and a gold disc to boot. Ross has since worked on remixes for Pay As You Go, Elephant Man, Kidda, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and Flux Pavilion to name a few as well as completing 2 Lethal and Destruction albums, both of which were heavily rotated on 1Xtra and Kiss FM, leading him to work with  acts such as Canibus, Ric Atari, Leee John (Imagination), J2K (Roll Deep), Skibadee, Harry Shotta, Tor Cesay and Scroobius Pip. Destruction is currently a resident DJ for Scroobius Pip’s club night We.Are.Lizards held at The Book Club EC1 and Proud Camden.

RETROSPEXX - R.A.V.E.R. Feat J2K, Skibadee, Ric Atari & Leee John

Destruction (producer)

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