Hello everybody! It’s Dougie back with another edition of No Particular Order. This week it’s Top 10 essential dance tracks. These are tracks that in the 10 years I’ve been djing always seem to spark the party off, under most circumstances. Think of it as the Swiss army knife of tracks. These tracks can make Grandpa Joe jump out of bed or turn a funeral into the jam of the year. Let’s begin:
1)Donna Summers - “I Feel Love [Patrick Cowley Remix]”
Europe could not get enough of the original. So, Patrick Cowley (RIP) went back and made it a 16-minute long dubbed out epic. The other night I was spinning at the Drake Lounge and i related to Bryce (Vitamins For You) that i needed to take a break and i was djing by myself. He suggested this track, which i had thankfully had with me. So not only is it killer but essential for the mad dash/break if your djing solo.
2)The Clash - “Rock The Casbah/Mustpha Dance”
One of the best basslines of all time. I think this track is so effective because it has a little something for everybody: Punk, disco, dub, 80s. This is Clash mixing politics and pleasure.
3)Ram Jam - “Black Betty”
Okay this is not a dance track per se, but that kick/high hat exchange is house music ten years before it dropped. I usually play this as the last song of the night and people lose there shit to it.
4)New Order - “Blue Monday”
People know what song this is just from the kick in the beginning. A classic.
5)Grandmaster Flash - “The Message”
A classic. I love the dubbed out high hats in the break.
6)Daft Punk - “Da Funk”
Its one of those beats you can identify in the first bar and when that kick comes through it just confirms it. Its that slow 4-on-the-floor house tempo so it seems to mix with everything. Its true, you can judge how good a production is when it still sounds good pitched up or down at any tempo.
7)Zapp - “More Bounce to the Ounce”
I think one of the reasons why this song is so infectious is because its been sampled so many times. It just sits there in your subconscious mind and is instantly recognizable. A crowning achievement of west coast funk. RIP Troutman brothers.
8)Yazoo- “Don’t Go”
Remember they played this in Tango & Cash with the stripper with the huge fan behind her. I think i was 10 or something and it was the first time i listened to it. I recognized it, I mean, I had heard it before, no doubt. The synths just cut right through. This one made last years Halloween mix (http://www.divshare.com/download/2576204-02a)
9)Prince-"Kiss”
Love the Linn Drum programming on this one. Its one of those beats that have alot of swing but seem to mix with everything.
10)Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - “It’s Like That”
...because its like that and that’s the way it is.
I used to hate this remix but it can’t be denied. People love songs about inner city pressure (like ‘The Messsage’, look at that). This one also touches on world problems too but isn’t a party killer. How they do that?
Honourable mentions:
Kiss - ‘I Was Made For Loving You”
Salt N Peppa - “Push It”
Debbie Deb - “When I Hear Music”
Stardust - “Music Sounds Better With You”
Technotronic - “Pump Up the Jam”
Eurythmics - “Sweet Dreams”
George Kranz - “Din Da Da”
Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin Something” / “Billy Jean”
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock- “It Takes Two”
Kano - “I’m Ready”
Tag Team - “Whoomp, There It Is” (which coincidentally samples the Kano song^^^)
Shout outs to: Shit La Merde, Ziggy, Mike Tull, Grahmzilla, St. Mandrew, Egyptrixx, Sarah & Miss Jackie Brown for their 2 cents.
I’m a little late with this one...but let’s pretend it’s monday night...lol...this week I’m featuring a couple of lads from Ireland called SONIC 86....these boys are new to producing and make some booty shakin remixes and play them all around Dublin....They recently did a kick ass remix of my Syntonics track, Don’t Stop Pop! which we are releasing on Electrobounce as part of our RMX-KLX album. Look out for some originals by SONIC 86 as well which are in the works.
DZ - Drop Top
Sharkslayer - Fleshlighter
The Proxy - Raven
Crookers and Boy 8-Bit - The Crow
Jokers Of The Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys (JOTS RMX)
JakZ - Hurt Me (Lee Mortimer RMX)
Idiot Proof - The Deacon (Oliver Dollar Dub)
DZ and RedEyz - Asian Cuddle Puddle
Lee Mortimer - Putto
Blackfinger - Up Middle Finger (DZ RMX)
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats RMX)
Jaymo - Grind
DJ Rob 3 - WGTMUB
Denim Venom - Ass Kiss (Math Head RMX)
Curses! - Moss Man
DZ - Disco Nodz
Scott Cooper and Edu k - Boom
Gella - Chi Kaa Chi Coo (Scott Cooper RMX)
Bit Crushers - What She Said
Boy 8-Bit - Wolfen
Mujava - Township Funk (L-Vis 1990 Kwaito Dub)
HERE’S A RECORD THAT IS QUITE RARE AND ALSO HARD TO FIND INFO ON...ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IT IS PRODUCED BY CHRIS SMITH & KEITH WILLIS ON RED ROOSTER RECORDS OUT OF MIAMI RELEASED 1983....THIS TRACK IS A CLASSIC UNDERGROUND ELECTRO FUNK JAM WITH FUSION JAZZ OVERTONES....HHHHHYYYYPPPPPPEEEEE....... E.S.P.-EXTROL
Whut up! This is the first edition of No Particular Order. Every Thursday, I’m going to list my top tens of any musical subject. So, for this first edition i’m going to list my top 10 favourite artists/acts of all time (a task that proved to be a lot harder than i thought). But here it is (IMO, in no particular order):
1. The Rolling Stones
I know what you’re thinking. Fuck these guys: old business men, ripping of all there session musicians, beating the horse to a pulp. But it can’t be denied. And when you meet a girl who says she prefers the Stones over the Beatles, she’s a girl after your heart.
2. The Clash
These cats are amazing. I don’t even really consider them punk all that much. They’re more like working class hero music (like country or blues). All their albums are dope ,except Sandinista! (1980) & Cut The Crap (1985)...which is crap. They made one of the most essential dance tracks of all time: “Rock the Casbah”, which will probably make my next top 10 (next week): Most essential dance tracks of all time.
3. Japan
Man, these dudes are SO under rated. You either get it or you don’t. During the seventies they were glam rock, then they became more disco (working with Giorgio Moroder) and then in the 80s (when everything was going Duran Duran), they were making these deep abstract albums with Japanese influences. Get all of their albums, they’re all killer. David Sylvian is a pimp, here’s proof:
4. Eric B. & Rakim
Gotta have Hip Hop and who better to choose. They were that bridge between Rap and Hip Hop, No more party disco raps, straight lyrics of fury. What happened to peace?
5. Parliament/Funkadelic
There’s cats are so very necessary. You would have no p-funk, no electro, no hip/hop and even rock would have suffered without them. They have such a huge output that its hard to list essential albums (with so many off shoots like Bootsy’s and George Clinton’s solo efforts.) But you need them in your life. So put a glide in your slide, a dip in your hip, and come onboard to the Mothership. If i could get in a time machine this would be my first stop (man our generation is getting ripped off):
6. Bad Brains
I loved Bad Brains when i was a young buck growing up in the burbs (still do). Rastas playing punk but man these dudes kill all hardcore/punk bands. WERD.
7. Prince
I used to ride around on my tricycle when i was 5 and pretend i was Prince (ala Purple Rain). There i said. I digress, music would not be the same without him. Unfortunately, Prince is crazy about keeping his work under lock and key. So, no videos...i wanted to post the I would Die 4 U live video with Shelia E (where she is going buck wild on percussion and Prince is humping the ground and shit).... oh well:(
8. Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk are those dudes. “Pioneers of electronic music” is not a cliche when you talk about these dudes. Their music was the mission: they did there best to conceal themselves as real living people (they tried to sue Wolfgang Flür, their ex-drummer for releasing personal information about the band in his auto-biography). David Bowie wanted to have them as his back up band in the 70s (they respectively declined). When they came to Toronto, i missed it, but i heard there were 50 year old men crying at the show because they were so overwhelmed. The mantra in this video: “Fun, fun, fun on the Autobahn” was actually influenced by the Beach Boys “Barbara-Ann” (serial).
9. David Bowie
Speaking of Bowie, what would music be without the Thin White Duke. A huge catalogue with different fazes. He’s like the Picasso of modern music. Albeit alot of his session musicians and producers were a key role to this but it can’t be denied: there will never be another.
10. The Cars
The Cars might be my favourite group of all time. What are they? They’re not New Wave, they’re not Rock, they’re not Punk, they’re not Synth Pop & they’re not Glam. There the MF Cars, all their albums are good. ALL OF THEM.
Honorable mentions: Alan Braxe, Aphex Twin, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Brian Eno, Buzzcocks, Can, Carl Craig, Change, Chic, Cybotron, Daft Punk, DJ Funk, Drexciya, Egyptian Lover, E-40, Fleetwood Mac, Front 242, Gino Soccio, Giorgio Moroder, Godflesh, Green Velvet, Guns N’ Roses, Hamilton Bohannon, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, Jammin Gerald, Judas Priest, Kano (italy), Larry Heard, Like A Tim, Medicine, Micronauts, Miles Davis, MMM, Motorhead, My Bloody Valentine, N.W.A., Nitzer Ebb, Ornette Coleman, Patrick Cowley, Paul Johnson, Prince Charles & The Big City Beat, Roxy Music, RUN DMC, Schooly D, Seefeel, Skinny Puppy, Sly & The Family Stone, Soundhack, Suicide, Sun Ra, Thin Lizzy, Too Short, T. Rex & Zapp.
Welcome to the 1st edition of MONDAY NITE SPOTLYTE...This first spotlight is dedicated to Dubstep/Idm/electro producer, BOMBAMAN.....This guy is doing a great job of representing Canada in the Dubstep world with his solo productions and his dubstep project, Loetech, with fellow Tdot producer, Xi. Bombaman has just released a mix on Hype fm via the Curb Crawlers blog....This mix is a good way to familiarize yourself with the Toronto Dubstep Scene, most of the tracks produced or remixed by the Bombaman himself....
Like everything else in the digital age, ghettotech music has been decentralized—and for the better. Historically exclusive to chicago and detroit, great new booty records are dropping in france, belgium and london.
Raziek from Montpellier, France has been putting out some really forward thinking juke music (i think discobelle called it eurojuke...no comment) and just recently got picked up by DJ Godfather’s Databass label. 5 fingers is exactly what any good ghettotech track should be: fast, catchy and obscene as shit. This track could make Silvia Saint blush. Here is the preview version, go grab the mastered version on Beatport.
I have mad love for Non-Stop DJs out of London, they’ve incorporated the UK approved heavy bass sound into their tracks which always have top notch production quality (which is far from universal in ghettotech). I love the dark reese bassline in “what I like” and have been playing the hell out of this track ever since it dropped.
WELCOME TO THE FIRST EDITION OF WEDNESDAY NITE RIPPERS...EACH WEEK I WILL BE DIGGING THRU MY CRATES TO RIP A RECORD THAT I THINK IS FRESH....TONITE WE ARE FEATURING BASS PATROL AND THEIR SONG “DO THE ALF”.........(1988 JOEY BOY RECORDS)....I TEND TO HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR BASS MUSIC ABOUT MUPPETS, SO WHEN I SPOTTED THIS RECORD I HAD TO HAVE IT....I ALSO NEVER MISSED A EPISODE OF ALF WHEN THE SHOW CAME OUT....DJ FURY IS THE MAN BEHIND BASS PATROL AND DESERVES HUGE PROPS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO ELECTRO & BASS MUSIC.....
Y’all know how much i love the europeans!! The scene in Bordeaux, France, is poppin’ thanks to BOOTYBEN and the BE TRASH crew...These guys all have their own styles of deejaying and producing....MR. FREAKY, NOUCH, BORDERLINE, EXPLCT, MARIO K and BOOTYBEN all produce music and have been throwing BE TRASH parties for a few years now and taking them all over europe....yes...DETROIT and MIAMI are alive and well in Bordeaux, France.
DMONEY presents COTTAGE COUNTRY by DOUGIE BOOM - DISC 3!!
Whut’s up?! Another week and another edition of the cottage mix. This is third one and I think it’s my favourite of the series. This is where the series turns into more night time kinda vibe.But you should just listen to it whenever you want. Next week is the finale of the Dmoney pres. Cottage Country mix. But for now:
Dmoney pres Cottage Country By Dougie Boom [Disc 3]
Billy Squire - “The Stroke”
Helix - “Rock You”
Van Halen - “Running With The Devil”
Ratt - “Lay It Down”
Winger - “Seventeen”
Whitesnake - “Still of the Night”
Autograph - “Turn Up The Radio”
Donnie Iris - “Ah! Leah”
The Cars - “Good Times Roll”
Warren Zevon - “Werewolves Of London”
John Kongas - “He’s Gonna Step On You Again”
Edgar Broughton Band - “Call Me Liar”
T. Rex - “Get It On”
E.L.O. - “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Yes - “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”
Loverboy - “Turn Me Loose”
Deep Purple - “Smoke On The Water”
Led Zeppelin - “Dancing Days”
38 Special - “Hold On Loosley”
Kim Mitchell - “Go For A Soda”
Iron Butterfly - “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”
Third Bardo - “Five Years Ahead Of My Time”
Judas Priest - “Rock- A-Rolla”
Lynard Skynard - “Saturday Night Special”
Bay City Rollers - “Saturday Night”
Ike & Tina Turner - “ Let’s Get It On”
Eric Clapton - “After Midnight”
Ram Jam - “Black Betty”
Styx - “Blue Collar Man”
The Rolling Stones - “Midnight Rambler”
Whut up y’all??!! As promised: part 2 of the Dmoney presents Cottage Country! Completed right before the long weekend for your listening pleasure. It’s all pretty work friendly, except for the song about Marijuana (but i guess that all depends where you work).
DMONEY presents COTTAGE COUNTRY by DOUGIE BOOM [Disc 2/4]
Booker T. & the MG’s - “Green Onions”
Canned Heat - “On The Road Again”
the Doors - “Roadhouse Blues”
The Mojo Men “She’s My Baby”
The Beatles - “Here Comes The Sun”
The Velvet Underground - “Who Loves The Sun”
Traffic - “Paper Sun”
SRC - “Daystar”
The Who - “ I Can See For Miles”
The Rolling Stones - “Jumping Jack Flash”
Harry Nilsson - “Jump Into the Fire”
Nazareth - “Morning Dew” (Prins Thomas Edit)
Yes - “Roundabout”
Genesis - “Turn It On”
Ohio Express - “Try It”
Beyond the Wizards Sleeve - “Words”
Santana - “Soul Sacrifice”
Lighthouse - “One Fine Morning”
Holzer & Kamura - “Pure Love”
Babe Ruth - “The Mexican”
Rober Trower - “Caladonia”
Kuno & The Marihuana Brass - “Marihuana Mantra”
Mott The Hoople - “All the Way Memphis”
Roxy Music - “Re-Make/Re-Model”
The Doobie Brothers - “China Groove”
Thin Lizzy - “The Rocker”
Steve Miller Band - “Jungle Love”
Chicago - “25 or 6 to 4”
Balloon Farm - “A Question Of Temerature”
The Equals - “Green Light”
Spencer Davis Group - “Gimme Some Lovin’”
Association - “Along Comes Mary”
Sugarloaf - “Green Eyed Lady”
April Wine - “I Like To Rock”
AC/DC - “Rock & Roll Damnation”
Def Leppard - “Photograph”
2 more discs to come!! The third is my favourite IMO. Shout out to: DJ Plan from Van City; Yas in Japan; Anthony from Friends Explode; Caps and Jones; and Crazy Dan!!!
Here is a mini mix of some Acid house tracks we love. A few classics, a few lesser known or under-appreciated gems, and a few great acid tracks that aren’t 10+ years old. All were/are included in our Acid House Vinyl Archeology article for The Fader issue 56 (with Busy Signal & The Tough Alliance on the covers) which should be on shelves now or very soon.
1. Phuture, ‘Acid Tracks’
2. Darkman, ‘Annihilating Rhythm (The Destruction Mix)’
3. Fast Eddie, ‘Acid Thunder (Seewhale Edit)’
4. Monty Luke & Tasho, ‘Paranoid’
5. Winx, ‘Don’t Laugh (Live Raw Mix)’
6. Steve Poindexter, ‘Born To Freak’
7. Da Posse f. Christina Jordan, ‘In The Heat Of The Night (Acid Mix)’
8. Larry Heard Presents Mr. White, ‘The Sun Can’t Compare’
What up everybody!!!??? AS PROMISED (many moons ago): Here is the first part in a four part series of the Dmoney presents Cottage Country. It’s a dj mix of Rock Tunes that’s perfect for the cottage, but you can listen to it at work or whatever. So, be on the lookout for 3 more parts to series, that will be released every week here. Big thanks to Diggy, Adam, & Mischa for the post production and the radio voices.
DMONEY presents COTTAGE COUNTRY by DOUGIE BOOM [Disc 1/4]
Muddy Waters - “Mannish Boy”
Steve Miller Band - “Fly Like An Eagle”
ZZ Top - “Cheap Sunglasses”
Edgar Winter Group - “Frakenstein”
Thin Lizzy - “Johnny The Fox”
Rare Earth - “I Just Want To Celebrate”
The Move - “Feel Too Good”
James Gang - “Funk #49”
Funkadelic- “Super Stupid”
Wolfmother - “Love Train”
The Ides Of March - “Vehicle”
The Strangeloves - “I Want Candy”
Bo Diddley - “Bo Diddley”
Them - “Baby Please Don’t Go”
Golden Earing - “Radar Love”
Quicksilver Messenger Service - “Fresh Air”
The Sweet - “Love Is Like Oxygen”
The Zombies - “Time Of The Season”
Alan Parsons - “Eye In The Sky”
Fleetwood Mac - “Seven Wonders”
Foreigner - “Feels Like The First Time”
Tommy James - “Dragging The Line”
CCR - “Born On A Bayou”
The Rolling Stones - “Gimmie Shelter”
Nazareth - “My White Bicycle”
Foreigner- “Hot Blooded”
Captain Beefheart - “Electrcity”
Cozy Powell - “Dance With the Devil”
The Zombies - “Is This A Dream”
Blues Image - “Ride Captain Ride”
Steely Dan - “Do it Again”
Jaggerz - “The Rapper”
Sam & Dave - “Soul Man”
MC5 - “Over and Over”
Black Sabbath - “Walk Away”
Kiss - “Cold Gin”
Humble Pie - “Stone Cold Fever”
Blue Oyster Cult - “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
A little Mix by DJ ROY, who is originally from the U.S. but now lives somewhere between Muskoka and Montreal. Yocheckitcheckit.
Roy Monster - Les Nuits D’ete
cassy - night to remember
josh wink - stay out all night (organ mix)
paul woolford - bring the noid
butch - mushroom man
style of eye - the big kazoo (nacho lovers vs. techno dub)
alex young - minimizar
tim green - revox (justin martin remix)
radioslave - grindhouse (dubfire’s terror planet remix)
booka shade - white rooms (quinn’s never say bootleg)
I played this hot sweaty dance party recently in Kensington...underneath this new clothing store that Sam opened called Multi...and at 1am, i decided to buy this jumper...which is now my favorite jumper in the world...you’ve probably seen me wear it a million times since i bought it a few weeks ago...anyway..the brand of this jumper is called CTRL....and it’s logo on the buttons is a direct copy of the Cross Colours logo and style...remember the Cross Colours dancers from the 90’s? .....Jimmy also has his art and shoes for sale...and i think there’s some talks about T-shirts? Man, you should see Jimmy cut hair on his myspace...there’s actual footage of him shaving his own head in front of a mirror..and his hair design...and i mean if u like all the crazy lines and such....it’s madness…
