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The Dick version is from вЂThe Age of ElectronicusвЂ™ LP but this re-edit turned up on a 12вЂќ on Black Cock records in the late 90вЂ™s. DJ HarveyвЂ™s re-edit of Dick HymanвЂ™s easy take on вЂGive It Up Or Turn It LooseвЂ™ extends the original to nearly nine minutes. Derek & CliveвЂ™s вЂBo DuddleyвЂ™ take off owes more to Mr Dynamite than Mr Diddley, analysing afro-American speech in the most British of ways. An easy cover of вЂPapaвЂ™s Got A Brand New BagвЂ™ is taken from side 2 of Bobby & Betty Go To The Moon, a similar feat is performed on the uncredited Happy Monsters LP of childrenвЂ™s songs where they tackle the same track under the title, вЂClap Your TentaclesвЂ™. Enoch Light comes with a funky (for him) cover of вЂHot PantsвЂ™ from The Brass Menagerie 1973. Mike Ladd вЂ“ Basmentized SoulДЄs James Brown passed away on Christmas Day 2006 I thought it would an idea to do a tribute, but rather than the obvious list of classics weвЂ™ve all heard a thousand times, play cover versions, spoken word that referenced him and DJ re-edits for an alternate look at the Godfather of Soul.ДЇranklin Ajaye opens with the title track from his comedy LP вЂDonвЂ™t Smoke Dope, Fry Your HairвЂ™, riffing off JBвЂ™s quirks, heвЂ™d have had a field day with JamesвЂ™ later shenanigans. Medeski, Martin & Wood вЂ“ Whatever Happened to Gus (Guru remix)

Quannum/Lyrics Born & The Poets of Rhythm вЂ“ I Changed My Mind (Pablo mix) Ugly Duckling вЂ“ Eye on the Gold Chain (Cut Chemist remix) The Pharcyde вЂ“ It AinвЂ™t Nothing Like (Nextmen remix) People Under The Stairs вЂ“ Underground Run вЂSeasusвЂ™ brilliantly samples one of my favourite George Duke tracks, вЂNorth BeachвЂ™ so it made sense to finish the set with that. His sole album is quite a gem with people like Sixtoo, Buck 65, DJ Moves, Sole and more contributing production or rhymes and has since received a vinyl pressing some years back which you can still find copies of on Bandcamp. Changing things up a bit we get a Timmy Thomas cut from his debut LP before Canadian Kunga 219 slips into the mix. вЂBasmentized SoulвЂ™ is taken from Mr FlashвЂ™s debut 7вЂќ, вЂLe Voyage FantastiqueвЂ™ and predates his move to Ed Banger by a couple of years. This is the instrumental part 2 with a scratched story over it but the Def Tex-rapped A side is great too.

#Dj okawari kaleidoscope album art windows

Produced by Francis Gooding (always asleep by midnight at parties) and Liam Large (he painted my windows once you know) under the name the Large Lefties on a one-off 7вЂќ that can criminally still be had for pennies. Guru from Gang StarrвЂ™s remix sees him in Jazzmatazz mode of the M, M&W track and then we come to one of my fave Def Tex tracks, вЂSing Sad SongsвЂ™. More Aspects and Def Tex before a lesser known DJ Shadow compilation track makes an appearance. This track is a contender for the last great record on MoWax. ItвЂ™s party time with the next three tunes kicking up the funk factor with The Nextmen remixing Rae & Christian, Cut Chemist all over Ugly Duckling and Pablo from the Psychonauts giving Lyrics Born and the Poets of Rhythm a bit of turntable grit.

#Dj okawari kaleidoscope album art full

Def Tex were always underrated IMO, soulful production and decent lyrics, self-releasing before signing to Ninja-affiliated Son Records whose back catalogue is full of gems. The A-Trak scratch fest is worth hearing if only to catch DMCвЂ™s Tony Prince getting his name wrong from the time he won the Disco Mix Club finals when he was still 15. DJ Vadim remixes Supersoul who released a bunch of singles and a couple of LPs over a ten year period and thereвЂ™s another snatch of the vintage news report on hip hop. PUTS were mining that classic 90s Primo/Pete Rock production style and always had solid tracks on their releases. They only released one album in 2004 which IвЂ™ve still not heard. Porn Theatre Ushers came out strong with вЂMe & HimвЂ™ in the late 90s and вЂBlah Blah BlahвЂ™ is taken from the follow up, Sloppy Seconds.

After the usual Solid Steel intro thereвЂ™s a snatch of a US news report about the new phenomenon of hip hop where the newscaster actually raps along with a snatch of Beat Street Breakdown, probably found online.Д«ristolвЂ™s Aspects open the show proper with a spoken word cut up track straight out of the Cut Chemist mould, possibly sampling the Columbia School Of Broadcasting set of вЂHow To Be A DJвЂ™ albums. A lot of this has aged very well and I had a great trip down memory lane listening back.

Samples are still a thing and the music is all the better for it with a mix of US and European artists. The tracks largely fall into two camps, the serious, вЂbackpackerвЂ™ kind, pushing things forward like the Anticon crew or the good time party kind with an eye of the 90s like the Quannum and Ugly Duckling camps. 21 years ago this week I rounded up a bunch of current hip hop and presented the first half of a Solid Steel show that also included mixes from Four Tet and DK.