My love for all kinds of rave music from back in the day re-emerged during hibernation (UK lockdown 3) and after digging around for months on end to get the right tracks together, I've now recorded some mixes - straight up DJ sets using a pair of technics 1200s and a Rane62 mixer. Mostly oldskool underground classics with the occasional newer tune thrown in. This is the first of a four part mix series - links to the others below.

TRACKLIST:

Rebel MC & Little T - Rich Ah Getting Richer
2AM/FM - Werkin House
Leftfield - Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Mix)
Underground Resistance - Jupiter Jazz
The Step - Yeah You (Roberts Mix)
Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk - The Acid Life
AFX - CAT 00897-AA1
Steve Poindexter - Born to Freak
A homeboy, A Hippe & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion
Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Heartbreak
Goldie - Inner City Life (Rabbit’s Short Attention Span Edit) 
Helter Skelter - Private Caller
Mani Festo - All Potential Badboy
Zuli - Trigger Finger
Pearson Sound - Alien Mode
Apex Twin - Digeridoo
Senate - Borrow Dub
Skanna - This Way
Roska - 480 BC
Scott & Keith - Get Busy Cru
Foul Play - Ricochet
C.M.C - Jungle Fever
Metal Headz - Saint Angel 
Hyper-on-experience - Disturbance (Tango Remix) 
Q-Project - Champion Sound
Foul Play - Finest illusion
Fracture - Big up all the ladies
DJ Solo - Darkage
Equinox - Acid Rain VIP (Breakage Final Chapter Mix)
Omni Trio - Feel Good ’95
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Rave Dreaming Vol.2
https://soundcloud.com/dj-madbeats/mdbts-rave-dreaming-vol2

Rave Dreaming Vol.3
https://soundcloud.com/dj-madbeats/mdbts-rave-dreaming-vol3

Rave Dreaming Vol.4
https://soundcloud.com/dj-madbeats/mdbts-rave-dreaming-vol4

MDBTS (RAVE DREAMING) Vol.1

DK digs a little deeper into the vinyl vaults for the second half, starting with a boogie selection from Windy City, Universal Robot Band, Wickett and onto Buddy Miles, Don Thomas and two P & P classics from Queen Yahna and Florence. It's back to 1969 for killer Tropicalia from Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso, then Northern Soul at it's finest with Roy Roberts and a couple of funk 45's from The Touch and Backyard Heavies. We cross to Belgium for Placebo, Canada for electronic wizardry from L'Infonie and Czechoslovakia for Jazzrockova Dilna. David Axelrod crosses over with Charles Stepney's Rotary Connection,  followed by two modern soul classics from Michael Kiwanuka and Raphael Saadiq, before taking it down with Arnold Blair, The Prime Element, Gil Scott Heron and finishing with the sublime Irresistable Force mix of Autumn Leaves by Coldcut. 
Just some of the vinyl in this mix https://vine.co/v/h25LXzg1Qtp


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PART 3	+  4   -  	DK		
				
Windy City	_	Chicago	_	Basic Fingers
Universal Robot Band	_	Barely Breaking Even	_	Moonglow
Wickett	_	Can't get enough	_	Mr. T Records
Buddy Miles  	_	The Segment	_	Mercury
Don Thomas	_	Come On Train	_	NUVJ
Queen Yahna	_	Ain't It Time	_	P&P Records
Florence	_	Groove I'm in 	_	P&P Records
Carl Holmes	_	Investigation	_	C.R.S.
Caetano Veloso	_	Alfomega	_	Philips
The Third Wave	_	Love train	_	MPS
Roy Roberts	_	Got To Have Your Love	_	Ninandy
Harold Johnson Sextet	_	Kealiians	_	Revue
Jean Cousineau	_	Fugue avec Marie	_	Dinamic
The Touch	_	Pick and shovel	_	Lecasver
Backyard Heavies	_	Expo 83	_	Scepter
Gregory James Edition	_	Ain't No Sunshine	_	Brunswick
The Undisputed Truth	_	Sandman	_	Whitfield Records
Placebo	_	Humpty Dumpty	_	CBS
L'infonie	_	L'affaire	_	Polydor
Jazzrocková Dílna	_	Svedek Sveta	_	Panton
David Axelrod	_	Holy Thursday	_	Capitol
Rotary Connection	_	Tales of Brave Ulysses	_	Cadet
Michael Kiwanuka	_	Tell Me a Tale	_	Communion
Raphael Saadiq	_	The Answer	_	Columbia
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir	_	Nobody Knows	_	Light In The Attic
Jo Ann Garrett	_	It's No Secret	_	Chess
JR Bailey	_	Just me and you	_	MAM
Arnold Blair	_	Trying to Get Next to You	_	Gemigo
The Prime Element	_	In the dawn of time	_	Trova
Gil Scott-Heron	_	Me & The Devil (NYC Orchestral version)	_	XL
Coldcut	_	Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force Mix)	_	Ninja Tune

Solid Steel Radio Show 13/12/2013 Part 3 + 4 - DK

Strictly Kev furnishes us with a special Brian Eno-themed mix this week - More Volts: The Funky Eno. Most people think of Roxy Music, Bowie, Ambient, Talking Heads, U2 and errrr Coldplay when they think of 'the Bean' but he's turned out some seriously funk-fuelled pieces in his time. Here's an hour from across his career including collaborations with David Byrne, Talking Heads and the Grid, as well as the man himself of course.



Check out the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.solidsteel.net/">Solid Steel</a>&nbsp;website for the latest shows, plus all the news, photos and videos.



PART 3 — Strictly Kev

ARTIST TITLE LABEL

Brian Eno -I Fall Up Virgin

Brian Eno &amp; Snatch -R.a.f. -Opal/virgin

Brian Eno &amp; David Byrne -Regiment -Virgin

The Grid -Heartbeat (brian Eno Squelchy Mix) -Virgin

Brian Eno More -Volts Editions -Eg

Brian Eno -Ali Click -Opal

Brian Eno -Untitled -Opal/virgin

Brian Eno -No One Receiving -Virgin

Brian Eno &amp; David Byrne -America Is Waiting -Virgin



PART 4 — Strictly Kev


ARTIST TITLE LABEL

Brian Eno &amp; David Byrne -Defiant -Virgin

Brian Eno -Strong Flashes -Virgin

Brian Eno -What Actually Happened? -Opal

Talking Heads -"i, Zimbra" -Sire / Warner Brothers

Brian Eno &amp; David Byrne- The Jezebel Spirit -Virgin

Brian Eno -Fractal Zoom -Opal

Talking Heads -Crosseyed And Painless -Sire / Warner Brothers

Brian Eno -Kurt's Rejoinder- Virgin

Brian Eno & David Byrne	  	 -Help Me Somebody	  	 -Virgin



Solid Steel Radio Show 29/1/2010 Part 3 + 4 - Strictly Kev

In hour two we welcome back official Solid Steel resident and undisputed mixtape champ, DJ Moneyshot. This week he hits us upside the dome piece with the Jogging Bottoms mix. In the blender this installment we have another deftly crafted play list of classic hip-hop, pedigree funk and wobbly breaks. New music from Parker and Boca45's Bee Keepers project and Moneyshot's Joe Driscoll remix nod to the hear and now, but vintage crate diggin' in the form of The Beginning Of The End, Run DMC, The Brady Bunch and Ezee Posse doff royally to the blessed old school. Hats off Moneyshot, sir. Another day out for the ears.

PART 3 + 4 -		DJ Moneyshot		
				
Gramatik	_	The Culture	_	Cold Busted
Run DMC	_	Dumb Girl	_	Def Jam
Rhombus	_	Haver	_	Sony Music Entertainment (New Zealand)
Alice Russell	_	Humankind (acapella)	_	Tru Thoughts
DJ Vadim featuring Zion	_	Got to Rock	_	BBE
Basement Freaks	_	Makes Me Wanna Scream	_	Jalapeno Records 
Vent	_	Lunatics	_	Colony Productions
Featurecast	_	Run for Cover	_	Baffin Island Beat Brigade
Kooqla	_	Mute (Pimpsoul remix)	_	Lucky Break Recordings
Speedometer	_	The Shakedown (Say Yeah)	_	Freestyle Records
Joe Driscoll 	_	Mixtape Champ (DJ Moneyshot's Jackin' Mix)	_	Joe Driscoll
Basement Freaks	_	Down in the Basement	_	Jalapeno Records
DJ Quik	_	Get at Me	_	Profile 
Lee Fields & The Expressions	_	Money I$ King	_	Truth & Soul
Wu-Tang Clan	_	Da Mystery of Chessboxin'  (acapella)	_	Loud Records
The Chambers Brothers	_	All Strung Out Over You	_	Columbia
Neighbour	_	Baby Brother	_	Punch Out Recordings
The Beginning Of The End	_	Come Down	_	Alston Records
The Bar-Kays	_	Tripping Out	_	Metronome
The Beekeepers	_	Queen Bee	_	Jalapeno Records
The Brady Bunch	_	Drummer Man	_	Paramount Records
Patti Jo 	_	Make Me Believe In You	_	Wand
Archie Bleyer	_	Hernando's Hideaway	_	Cadence
Ezee Posse 	_	Everything starts with an E (acapella)	_	More Protein
BTK	_	Rigamarole 	_	Ignition
Gramatik	_	To Get By	_	Cold Busted
Concordia Sex Education Series	_	Take the High Road	_	Concordia Sex Education Series

Solid Steel Radio Show 27/5/2011 Part 3 + 4 - DJ Moneyshot

Take a trip back to 2019 and put your ears on this 3 hour DJ set by Jimpster! Recorded live at Open Studios in Vancouver, Canada.  

Artwork by Sam Demoe.

Jimpster at Open Studios in Vancouver - 10/05/2019

Follow Mr. Scruff:

Website: http://www.mrscruff.com
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1zapbOC
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mr-scruff
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Mr_Scruff
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrscruff1

As a DJ, Andy Carthy aka Mr. Scruff plays across the board, flitting between soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, reggae, latin, african, ska, disco, house, funk, breaks, soundtracks and loads more. As a producer he makes music that draws on these influences, with a large dose of cheek and good humour. His cartoon drawings illustrate gig flyers, record sleeves and CD covers, and usually accompany him at gigs as live animated visuals.

Carthy’s first encounter with mixing was as a 12 year old in late 1984, when a friend played him some of his uncle's electro records, notably the StreetsoundsLP Crucial Electro Volume 1, opening his eyes and ears to the art of mixing records. Soon after he was constructing his own crude pause-button mixtapes, inspired by the electro compilations and various radio shows on stations such as Piccadilly, Radio Lancashire & Southside that exposed him to electro and hip-hop, soul, reggae and early house music. Shouts to John Peel (of course),Greg Wilson, Robbie Vincent, Richard Searling, Stu Allan, Lee Browne, Ranking Miss P, Scotty, Tony the Greek, Steve Barker, Gary Hickson, Sam Brown & Waxmaster.

Little by little Andy was building a collection fuelled by this knowledge, all the while improving his DJ skills. By 1987 he was proficient at turntable mixing and editing, although he was still using primitive home hi-fi gear. His first break came in 1994, when he met Barney Doodlebug, a DJ/Doodler who gave him his first Manchester gig, on a Sunday night in a venue called Dry Bar. He also passed on a demo tape to local label Rob's Records, which resulted in them releasing the first Mr. Scruff 12" single.

A regular on the Manchester scene through ’94-’95, he released a string of 12”s on Rob's Records subsidiary Pleasure, as well as sides for Echo Drop, Grand Central & Cup of Tea. His work for Grand Central with Mark Rae inspired some four-deck club performances, including friendly “battles” with DJ Food, which introduced him to the Ninja Tune fold.

Gigging across the UK (with Electric Chair, Off Centre, Fat City and Tru Thoughts) and Europe (with Grand Central), Mr. Scruff signed to Ninja Tune in 1998. His debut album Keep It Unreal arrived a year later, featuring the certified classic "Get A Move On", kick-starting his Manchester club night of the same name, borne of a desire to play exactly what he wanted, rather than having to fit in with the music policies of other club nights.

These were the beginnings of his famed “all-night-long” DJ sets cheerfully spanning blues, jazz, soul, funk, 60s R&B, disco, boogie, deep house, reggae, ska, rocksteady, dancehall, electronica, electro, hip hop, African, Latin, drum & bass, breakbeat… and bolstered his standing as a passionate, digger, collector and, above all, an unrivalled selector of the good stuff.

Trouser Jazz (2002); the epic mix CD Keep It Solid Steel (2004); and Ninja Tuna (2008) cemented Scruff’s rep as a premium freaker of frequencies, the latter featuring collaborations with the likes of Quantic, Danny Breaks, Alice Russell, Andreya Triana, Pete Simpson, Kaidi Tatham and Roots Manuva.

A fistful of EPs and singles populated 2009-2013 including Wobble Control(2011), Feel It / Bounce (2011) and Be The Music (2012).

In 2010 Big Chill Festival invited Mr. Scruff to host his own tent, testament to his inimitable raw dancefloor magnetism as are his regularly rammed-to-the-rafters Keep It Unreal sessions at Band On The Wall (Manchester) and KOKO (London).

After receiving a mighty nudge by the giant elbow of Ninja, the majority of 2013 was spent in the studio recording new album Friendly Bacteria, featuring Denis Jones, Matthew Halsall, Phil France, Vanessa Freeman & Robert Owens.


EGLO.002 Mr. Scruff

James Petrall formed the group White Denim in Austin in 2005 with friends Josh Block and Steve Terebecki. They now reside in northeast Pasadena on the edge of last week's inferno. James has led many groups under the name White Denim since the beginning and they have performed in a variety of styles all over the world. They have many interests in the world of music and constantly find inspiration in recordings from the past and through collaboration with others. 

Check out their mix for Radio L’envie now streaming on Mixcloud, Soundcloud and Spotify! 

Linx in bio & story 

Isotope 217 - La Jeteé 
Wire - Outdoor Miner 
Love - Seven and Seven Is 
Sun Ra - Somebody Else's World - a.k.a. Somebody Else's Idea 
The Kinks - I Go to Sleep - Demo Version 
Prince - Starfish And Coffee 
Pat Metheny Group - Last Train Home 
Sly & The Family Stone - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 
Shira Small - Eternal Life 
Moondog - Voices of Spring 
Robert Palmer - Woke Up Laughing 
Arthur Lyman - Ebb Tide 
Lead Belly - Relax Your Mind 
NRBQ - Ridin' In My Car 
Big Maybelle - This Bitter Earth 
Frank Sinatra - Michael & Peter 
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free

L’envie #213 :: White Denim

This week it's another treat for your eyes as well as your ears, as the 1st hour is available 3 ways. 

You can listen to the Audio mix through Soundcloud as normal or you can watch the AV mix on Solid Steel through <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/29957353" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vimeo</a> plus you can also download the Video Podcast from the Solid Steel page in <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/solid-steel/id88395834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>

'This is a Journey into Beats 'n' Frames' famously riffs off of two classic Coldcut trademarks and checks the render setting to 'highest'. St. Petersburg's Mr Armtone becomes only the second person to have a guest AV mix on Solid Steel, supplying a packed hour with his trademark tight mixes and equally syncopated imagery . Each video has undergone his own edits, remixes and tweaks and the quality is top notch throughout. It features music and visuals from the Ninja Tune stable with Daedelus, Hexstatic, Diplo, DJ Kentaro and Coldcut all making an appearance, plus more from Tipper, Ian Brown and the Pixies remixed by Bassnectar.

You can catch him performing his AV set on Serato Video-SL alongside DK tonight at the Jesus club in St. Petersburg.

PART 1 + 2-Mr. Armtone - 'This is a Journey into Beats 'n' Frames'
Mr. Armtone	_	Vintage Intro	_	Unreleased
Jurassic 5	_	Quality Control	_	Interscope
Ming &amp; FS	_	The Human Condition	_	OM
DJ Kentaro ft. MC Spank Rock	_	Free (Acapella)	_	Ninja Tune
Hexstatic	_	Communication Breakdown	_	Ninja Tune
Defkline &amp; Hammerstix ft. Common	_	Universal Mind Control (Booty Breaks Mix)	_	Booty Breaks
The Chemical Brothers	_	Get Yourself High	_	Freestyle Dust
KillaQueenz	_	Break The Rules (Loot &amp; Plunder Remix)	_	White
Daedelus	_	Make It So (Moonstarr Remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Frankie Valli &amp; The Four Seasons	_	Big Girls Don't Cry	_	Prism Leisure
Kraftwerk	_	Tour De France	_	EMI Electrola
Diplo	_	Percao	_	Ninja Tune
DJ Icey	_	Glance (V2.2 Remix)	_	Zone
Mistabishi	_	Printer Jam (Barbarix Remix)	_	Hospital
Nero	_	Innocence	_	More Than Alot
Rusko	_	Woo Boost	_	Mad Decent
Parker	_	Where Is My Monkey	_	MP3
Cluekid ft. Reggae Steppa	_	The Sound	_	Aquatic Lab
Freq Nasty ft. Rodney P	_	Come Let Me Know (Acapella)	_	Skint
Dizzee Rascal	_	Bonkers (Doorly Remix)	_	White
Awesome 3	_	Don't Go (Kicks Like A Mule Remix)	_	XL
Freestyler ft. Pendulum	_	Painkiller (Mr. Armtone Re-Edit)	_	White
DJ Shadow	_	Walkie Talkie (Irn Mnky 'Beat Down' Mix)	_	Reconstruction Productions
M.I.A.	_	Paper Planes	_	Interscope
Tipper	_	Razor Back	_	Tipper Music
DJ Revolution	_	Man Or Machine	_	Duck Down
Bassnectar	_	Bomb The Blocks	_	OM
Coldcut	_	The State We're In	_	Ninja Tune
Ian Brown	_	Just Like You (The Prodigy Remix)	_	Fiction
Beastie Boys	_	An Open Letter To NYC	_	Capitol
Steady	_	Alarming Frequency (Instrumental)	_	Tru Thoughts
Z-Trip ft. Aceyalone	_	Automatic At It	_	Decon
Deltron 3030	_	Positive Contact	_	75 Ark
Coldcut	_	True Skool (Acapella)	_	Ninja Tune
Kraak &amp; Smaak	_	Sqeeze Me (A-Skillz Remix)_	Jalapeno
Ultramagnetic MC's	_	Poppa Large (Acapella)	_	Mercury
Foreign Beggars &amp; Noisia	_	Contact (Video Edit)	_	Dented
Sub Focus	_	Rock it	_	RAM
Cyantific	_	Bounce It	_	Cyantific
Noisia &amp; Mayhem ft. KRS-One	_	Exodus (Instrumental)	_	Vision
D Minds	_	T-10 (Gangster Step Mix)	_	D-Style
Busta Rhymes_	Woo Haa (Acapella)	_	Crib Underground
The Pixies_	Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)	_	MP3



Solid Steel Radio Show 07/10/2011 Part 1 + 2 - Mr Armtone

DK returns to the show with 'Cymatic Frequencies II' and as before it's another AV mix. This is Part 1 of 'Best of 2011', taking personal favourites from his mixes this year and adding suitable and sometimes breathtaking visuals to compliment the audio. This Video Mixtape includes a few of the artists Original video's but in most cases visuals have been sourced from animation, CGI, Short Films, archive footage and edited to each track in the mix. Some of the 2011 musical highlights include Africa Hitech, Machinedrum, Peverelist, Skream, Pearson Sound, Thundercat, Michael Kiwanuka and the Stepkids, plus there's a few dips into the archive with Wayne Smith, Tribe of Issachar, Herbie Hancock, Burial and Vangelis. Part 2 to follow............. Watch this space.

You can view and download  'Cymatic Frequencies II' here in HD http://vimeo.com/33334939


http://twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel


PART 1 		DK - Cymatic Frequencies II		
				
The Clonious 	_	Alter-Ego-Cate	_	Affine
Africa Hitech	_	Out In The Streets	_	Warp
Machinedrum	_	GBYE	_	Planet Mu
Chrissy Murderbot	_	Braaain	_	Planet Mu
Wayne Smith	_	Under Me Sleng Teng	_	Jammys
Skoobz	_	Sleng Teng	_	Rockers Dubs
Tribe Of Issachar	_	Junglist	_	Congo Natty
Return of Macka Brown 	_	Dub Heaven (Edit)	_	unknown
Jo	_	R-Type 	_	Awesome
Jo	_	R Type (T.Williams Refix)	_	unknown
Peverelist	_	Dance Til The Police Come 	_	Hessle Audio
Herbie Hancock	_	Nobu	_	Sony
Albert	_	Side showed out	_	Studio Rockers
Pearson Sound	_	Blanked	_	Hessle Audio
Addison Groove	_	It's Got Me	_	3024
Skream 	_	Where You Should Be (Seiji Remix)	_	Tempa
Stagga	_	Prehistoric UFO Rhythm	_	Rag & Bone
My Panda Shall Fly 	_	Injury (Nightwave Remix)	_	Growing Records
Pangaea	_	Runout	_	Hessle Audio
Hexstatic 	_	So Good	_	Lower Level 
Burial	_	Archangel	_	Hyperdub
Pearson Sound	_	Stifle	_	Hessle Audio
Bang On!	_	Got It (Martelo's Dungeon mix)	_	Big Dada
MJ Cole & Wiley	_	From The Drop	_	Prolific
Pangaea	_	Won't Hurt	_	Hessle Audio
SBTRKT	_	Ready Set Loop	_	Young Turks
Thundercat	_	For Love I Come	_	Brainfeeder
Michael Kiwanuka	_	Tell Me a Tale	_	Communion Records
Raphael Saadiq	_	The Answer	_	Columbia
Vangelis 	_	 Let It Happen	_	Vertigo
The Stepkids	_	Wonderfox	_	Stones Throw

Solid Steel Radio Show 9/12/2011 Part 1 + 2 - DK

DJ E.A.S.E -Nightmares on wax  weekly radio show Wax Da Box Tuesday 6-7pm CET   on Ibizasonica.com 

DJ E.A.S.E(Nightmares on Wax) on Wax-Da-Box-10-01-12

The Dads of Quarantine

Ninja Tune has established itself as one of the world’s leading independent record labels. Now a bonafide global music institution, synonymous with diverse, uncompromising releases and equally visionary artists—from breaking-through to GRAMMY-winning, internationally acclaimed acts—committed to pushing the boundaries of music.