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Episode 45

DJ Dan
Beats 4 Freaks (1998)

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DJ Dan presents Stereo Damage - Episode 45 (Beats for Freaks Mix 1998)

Episode 51

DJ Dan - Tribute to James Brown mixtape
Original release circa 1993

DJ Dan presents Stereo Damage - Episode 51 (Tribute to James Brown Mixtape 1993)

Twenty years ago, electronic dance music in America was a much different beast than the Las Vegas-friendly industry it is today, divided into underground factions such as house and techno-rave [as they called it]. It was mainly the house and techno coming out of New York, Chicago and Detroit which enthralled and obsessed UK clubbers and record spotters, then in the throes of that amazing period which saw clubs up and down the country regularly packed and cavorting. Every week seemed to bring gargantuan new tunes which pushed out the boundaries and detonated crowds, throwing up new musical mutants as different styles collided and the clubbing communities, anywhere from Glasgow’s Slam and Leeds’ Back To Basics to Full Circle near Slough and Open All Hours at the Ministry, revelled in the ongoing fun and uproar. 

One of our favourite labels to appear in the early 90’s  San Francisco label Hardkiss, which were totally unlike the banging techno and trouser-napalming proto-trance mayhem sprouting at the time. Hardkiss was run by three brothers called Scott, Gavin and Robbie, who weren’t brothers by blood but shared a  spiritual and musical bond releasing a mixture of acid house music, trance music, and breakbeat techno together on their eponymous label.

Sadly the trio was reduced to a duo following the tragic passing away of Scott last March with Gavin and Robbie continuing on without their sorely missed brother. Now to kick off their 2014 we’re pleased to share with you an exclusive mix from Gavin and Robbie in celebration of the release of their new EP RetroactiveFuturisticPsychedelicFunkBump on Whiskey Pickle as the second single from their forthcoming album 1991 which is due to land later this year. Billed as a “ slick slab of electro-boogie rhythms,” the single features vocoded vox and a driving bass line that'll take listeners on an interstellar voyage from Cybotron to Planet Rock.

Exclusive Mix: Gavin & Robbie Hardkiss

Episode 56

Guest Mix:
Fleetwood Smack (Live at Leyenda Eterna)
soundcloud.com/djsfleetwoodsmack

Ed Wizard & Disco Double DEE - Saturday Night
Kinky Boots - Jack Herb (Original Mix)
Joey Negro, The Sunburst Band - Taste The Groove (Hot Toddy Remix)
Crazy P. - The Hit
Neighbour - Funky Stuff (Original Mix)
The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (Fingerman Edit)
Kurtis Blow - Party Time (The Breakbeat Junkie vs. DJP Edit)
Slynk - You’re The Fool
Jayl Funk - Dynamite Funk
Slynk - Fried Chicken Remix (Rufus Thomas)
Uncle Louie - Full Tilt Boogie (Slynk & Stickybuds)
Slynk - Hey You
The Beatles & Ghetto Funk Allstars - The Word (The Captain Remix)
Rufus Thomas - Itch & Scratch (Funk Ferret Edit)
J Paul Getto - Different Folks (Original Mix)
Fred Everything Feat. N’Dea Davenport - Don’t Nobody (Hot Toddy Remix)
Whitenoize - Horse Ride (Original Mix)
Kevin Kind - G-Funk
Garrett and Ojelay - Love You Better (Original Mix)
Felipe Avelar & El Seano - I Get High
Dj Dan - Fist Pump Broken
Whitenoize - Turn This Mutha Out (Original Mix)
Lord Of Groove - Brooklyn Funksion (Original Mix)
Demarkus Lewis - Houzin It (Original)
Jamiroquai - All good in the hood (Go Go Bizkitt! Rework)
Charlie Hustle - Swing On These (Original Mix)
Whiskey Dicks - Buggin Out With A 40oz (Original Mix)

Reggie Rude - Bassline Thump Volume 1

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