Happy Holidays! What better way to celebrate than with a new mix? This is just a taste of the epic NYE set… Been playing around with internal controls lately, especially with the addition of the second Trigger Finger, but this is with vinyl control. Needle to the record, baby.
Track listing:
01 Grand Master Flash - The Message (Datashat remix)
02 Teddybears - Different Sound
03 Cazwell - Watch my Mouth
04 Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
05 U-Tern - Gwen Guthrie vs. Daft Punk (club version)
06 Human League - Don’t You Want Me
07 The Mitchell Brothers - Michael Jackson (Calvin Harris remix)
08 Pase Rock - So Fucking Disco
09 Coconut Records - Nighttiming
10 Blur - Girls & Boys
11 Michael Jackson - Thriller (Woodhead Ghetto re-edit)
12 Tepr - Minuit Jacuzzi (Data remix)
13 In Flagranti - Coquine (Supermarked remix)
14 Headfuzz - Lisa (Dolby Anol remix)
15 Purple Crush vs. Justice - Phantom Shopping
16 Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80s
17 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
18 Modjo - Lady
Mikey, Jesse and I went to see Relm a few years ago in SF at 111 Minna when I was up visiting and had a crazy time. Almost got into a fight with the opening DJ and had late night diner delectables. Really enjoyed Relm, too.
Fast forward to now–Jesse was back in town, I was up here for the Bomb Shelter Session and Relm was playing again. The venue was kinda weird since it was cash only and 18+. Bad timing to be around young kids since I had just shaved my beard and left a moustache for laughs at the gallery. Felt extra old. I digress.
Relm was fun and did a good job of playing to the audience. His scratching and genre-blending were good, and he has added a VJ element with some video scratching to his gig since we saw him last. From what I could see, looked like he had two decks, two mixers, a CDJ and Serato running. Gotta love the signature glasses and dorky suit, too.
The set was impressive, and I couldn’t help but smile when he started scratching over Linus and Lucy again. But it reminded me of a quote I read a little while ago by Krafty Kuts about DJing to make people dance rather than all stand there and stare at the DJ’s amazing skills. I feel more like former, probably because I do not have skills to stare at! The set kinda felt rehearsed (he didn’t wear headphones at all), and the big VJ screen behind him was a bit distracting. People were cheering but not really dancing that much. I guess this was really more of a turntablist/VJ performance than a club night, so maximum respect for a unique performance.
A good show and a good night. Probably could have done without the peanut butter milkshake at 3:00 am, but it seemed like a great idea at the time.
Been wanting to try playing with some different styles lately, and decided to pull out some of my favorite tracks from my trip hop and down tempo craze a couple years ago. Dusted off some other old gems as well.
Track listing:
01 Dady Mimbo - Bouba
02 Nightmares on Wax - Ease Jimi
03 Clifford Gilberto - The 10th Victim
04 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - I Got a Love
05 Aim - Ain’t Got Time to Waste feat. YZ
06 Rae & Christian - Catch a Rude Awakening
07 S.O.S. Band - Just be Good to Me
08 Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive (Teddybears remix)
09 Quannum - I Changed my Mind feat. Lyrics Born (Stereo MC’s remix)
10 Dr. Dre - Keep Their Heads Ringin’
11 RJD2 - Ghostwriter
12 Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness
13 People Under the Stairs - Tales of Kidd Drunkadelic
14 Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground (Nellee Hooper edit)