The lead track from our 1999 Kings of the Wild Frontier "Trans-Am" EP on Massimo's Dust2Dust label and a cut-n'paste party extravaganza. I've never seen it fail to move a dancefloor. Freddy Fresh licensed it to a compilation he did not long after, but unfortunately a bunch of copies of the 12" weren't centred properly including the one Freddy got his hands on, so the money shot horn break in the middle sounded like a drunkard weaving his way home. Shame, but we got to DJ with Freddy once at DPercussion in Manchester and he's super cool so we don't mind.

Kings of the Wild Frontier - Trans-Am

Our remix of "Unsorry" by Sean Dickson's (he of the Soup Dragons) High Fidelity from around 98. Got edited and released as a b-side a couple of years later as I recall. This is the original version ripped from the only vinyl test-pressing I have (I tragically threw away a couple of un-labelled TPs by accident many moons ago and I never got the DAT back).  I always really liked the track, although the mix could have had a bit of a bigger bottom. The lovely strings were recorded by Sean in India.

High Fidelity - Unsorry (KOTWF remix)

Here's a slow-mo soul-sampling breaks number we did I guess in 98 for Massimo's "Love Making Music" compilation on Dust2Dust. I remember me and Wax having our biggest music making argument while we were putting this one together.  Wax was right, and the track was better for it. I got a real kick when Mr Scruff told me he liked this one. It got licensed here and there and even turned up on an Alan Titchmarsh gardening TV show once.

Kings of the Wild Frontier - Our Girl in Havana

This was our biggest track (although not our best - I think Trans-Am wears that crown).  It was recorded in 99 then mothballed. In 2002 Mumbo Jumbo Cliffy put it out on the third Battlecreek EP on Illicit alongside The Nextmen, Deckwrecka and Boca 45. It got licensed by Fila Brazilia for one of their comps I think in 2003 which is when it blew up, then it got used on ITV football and later boxing. It's lots of fun but a bit relentless. A DJ friend of mine once said he found it hard to mix out of cos it never lets up. Even after you've had enough it just keeps on giving, like the dessert counter in an all-you-can-eat restaurant.

Kings of the Wild Frontier - Theme from 17

Here's the only other remix we did which is of "Sam" by Lee Van Cleef on Dust2Dust. I think this was 98. Some cheeky samples in there, plus some great live vibes from Wax (albeit with a bit of key editing after the fact). I was going for more of an electro funk vibe with the drums - this was around the time of Waiwan, the Sluts'n'strings & 909 "Carrera" EP and the impeccable Only Child remix of "F.U.N.K." by Zum and all that good stuff.

Lee Van Cleef - Sam (KOTWF remix)

We did this mix I think in early 99 for Oxygen student radio in Oxford. Lots of fun, complete with some fairly random but nonetheless fine breaks and plenty of mixes thrown against the wall (although not as badly as during some of our spirited DJ debacles). I like the "Can't Take My Eyes of You" / "Apache" number we cut together on the Emu for the end - would have made a nice full length bootleg.  The mix intro became the intro to our track "Theme From 17" a little while later. I remember hearing the "returning to London" vox sample used afterwards as a sting on Xfm and I always wondered if they nicked it off us. Fair enough really - I nicked it from somewhere else after all.

Kings of the Wild Frontier - Live at the Saloon Vol 1

In about 2002 or so, not long after Fila Brazilia licensed "Theme from 17" to their "Another Fine Mess" mix compilation, we got asked to do a mix for Radio One which was super exciting. I think it was for Annie Nightingale's early morning weekend show but my memory's a bit fuzzy. We recorded it in sections live on three decks then I went round to my pal Ewan Pearson's studio and he cobbled it all together for us on his fancy big computer (I was still using Cubase Compact on a decrepit old PC at this point). I actually heard the mix go out live at about 5am on a Sunday cos I was driving to a work thing early. I was gutted they cut it short before our own "Trans-Am" came on at the end, but it was still very cool.

Kings of the Wild Frontier - Kings on One mixtape

I've dug the low electro-disco groove of Broke One's Tempo for years, and who doesn't love a bit of Humpty. Match made in heaven. Threw them together for the Brighton Shakedown in Nov 2022.

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