Solid Steel Mix by Dj Food

Some old school hip hop to get you going for the weekend. From the Solid Steel:

DJ Food turns back the clock in our 25th Anniversary slot and following a request for an old school Hip Hop set for the De:Tuned party in Antwerp earlier this week, Strictly Kev put this special party mix together to rock the dancefloor. Solid Steel however gets an exclusive to kick things off in the form of excerpts from his first ever recorded mix, unheard by anyone except close friends and hidden on tape for 25 years.
Back in ’87 his DJ (and graffiti) name was D-Vice and the ‘Soundlab mix’ (named after his 2nd mixer, made by Soundlab) was made between 1987-88 on his first two belt-driven decks (only one with a pitch control) and a pause button tape deck. A Strictly Old School Special.

Around The Globe Tour Mix by Sampology (DJ Mix)

I’ve posted a Sampology mix before called Bruceocolypse which has been a firm favourite of mine over the last few months. Anyway i though it best to go back and check what the Australian has been up to and lo and behold he’s come out with another treat for us all to get down to. Hats off my man!!

irked vol 11 – Christmas Attack Zone by DJ Irk (DJ Mix)

Now i know we are passed Christmas but I’ve just got around to listening to this absolute stormer of a mix from DJ Irk and definitely worth turning up and freaking out to. From the man himself:

Had some time on my hands when I finished making the mix, so I went back and turned the scratch skits in to short videos, using the original TV and film footage. Here they are, check em out!…

Video 1: vimeo.com/54950048 – Intro
Video 2: vimeo.com/54607972 – Bad Santa Baby
Video 3: vimeo.com/55673076 – A Trailer Park Boys Christmas
Video 4: vimeo.com/54877257 – A Monty Python Mashup

Fake Blood – Diplo & Friends radio show BBC 1 xtra mix (DJ Mix)

A banging mix from the wiseguy himself Fake Blood which aired on the Diplo & Friends mix show on BBC 1 xtra and after yesterdays funky jazz mix i thought i’d put the 4 to the floor and really kick Tuesday in to the middle of the week. Enjoy!

Dj MoneyShot – Natural Selection (DJ Mix)

http://djnodj.com/?p=3823

Dj Moneyshot has been a firm favourite of mine ever since i found a mixtape of his on the internet a few years a go and this mix is no different. Another bobby belter from the mixtape king!! Check out more of his stuff here.

About this mix from djnodj:-

We @ Tunawax & djnodj.com have long held the belief that a basic measure of a good dj is that they are not bound to a genre or a bpm. It’s straight up garbage to listen to an hour set of one type of music that doesn’t change tempo. You ever see a “DJ” play a song and then flip the record to play the B Side from the same artist??? No? Well that’s becasue all your djs play computers now. I’m not hating, I’m just saying… It’s one of the reason’s we’ve been down with DJ Moneyshot and his well done mixtapes (Previously posted); he’s got skill and know how to keep it interesting. Another factor in the mix is track selection and obviously we’re the best at that, so I’m tickled as tiny titties that Mr. Moneyshot himself has dug through our library of posted songs and put together what might just be the best mixtape EVR, EVR. I know you’re thinking I’m bias, right? Well I’m not….erm… um… ok, I am bias.  But sheeeit bish, this is perhaps the most winningest collab since poles & girls with daddy issues!!! Presenting: DJ Moneyshot – Natural Selection (From the Files of DJnoDJ.com)

I can’t share this mix here but if you head over to the link you can listen and download to your hearts content.

 

The Mystery’s in the Mix (10.8.96)

The Mystery’s in the Mix (10.8.96)

So, after getting hold of some of my old mixtapes I thought it best to digitise them so that such important cultural milestones can be preserved for future generations to enjoy before the tapes corrupted and became unplayable. This frothy little mix is from ’96 (so 2 years later than my previous installment) and I was glad to see there was at least a small improvement in skills.

I think my favourite thing about this is that I even have the hand crafted tape cover which I’d obviously created on a computer using clipart. But at least i’d gone to the trouble of doing a track listing. Just in case you have a burning desire to find out the name of any particularly frivolous early 90’s house songs. Enjoy!

Beauty & the Beast – DJ Claymore

Beauty & the Beast – DJ Claymore – From way back in 1994!

I needed to find a particular old mixtape from the early 90’s for a project i’m working on and so put the word out to a few old friends who would possibly still have a stash of such items to see if they could find what I was looking for. Not only did i turn up trumps with what I was looking for but managed to come up with a few of my old tapes from when I was but a child. I took my djing more seriously back then and was, as you’ll hear, firmly into house. I can probably scratch no better now than I could then but god loves a trier. As it was the early 90’s there is no Traktor or Serato involved so it was purely me and some vinyl on my trust 1210’s. They don’t make them like they used to. At least that’s what i’m saying and i’m sticking to it…

Hop-Tu-Naa: A tale of two cities by idiot youth & Rogue fader (DJ Mix)

Well its coming up to Hop-Tu-Naa or Halloween to most and i thought I’d get together with a fellow Manxie to create a scary mix for everyone to enjoy. So we pulled out all our scary records and made this for you. Turn it up and freak out!!!

Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix by DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot and DJ Food (DJ Mix)

Now i know this is two music posts in a row but this with this stunning mix from DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot and DJ Food i just couldn’t wait and what the hey! It’s friday!! From the boys themselves:

Solid Steel in association with Serato (31st August) 3 years ago Solid Steel DJs Cheeba, Moneyshot and Food had the idea of collaborating on a version of the Beastie Boys‘ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ album made entirely from the original sample sources, shortly after Moneyshot aired his mix of their ‘Check Your Head’ album in the same way.

Finally the result is here, titled ‘Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix’ – each of them have taken a third of the album to work on and combined their efforts into a mix that will make you hear it in a new way. Aside from the original sample sources they’ve included commentary from the Beasties, vintage interviews, demo versions and much more.

The mix was over half way completed when they heard the tragic news of MCA‘s death in May so the impetus to finish it was instantly doubled and new meaning given to the project. It goes without saying that this is also a tribute to Adam Yauch and the legacy he left behind and we hope it will be embraced by Beastie fans around the globe.

Caught In The Middle of A 3-Way Mix – a tribute to The Beastie Boys’ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ album

Get listening!!

Stanton Sessions Competition

How does winning a pair VIP tickets to To WFS & Stanton Warriors present Stanton Sessions on Saturday 4th August at Cable sound? Up for grabs is not just 2 tickets but some free drinks, free cloakroom and the all important queue jump. Pretty damn sweet if i say so myself!!

On the night you don’t just get the chance to see the Stanton warriors but also MJ Cole, Hostage, Brackles, Wookie, Jimi Needles, Jurassik (Supatronix Records), Reveal, Country Cockney and Se7en Deadly Breaks. That line up is good enough that if you don’t win you’re probably going to want to buy yourself a ticket anyway.

For a chance to win all you have to do is email idiot.youth@gmail.com stating who is in the Stanton warriors?

Please note that to be eligible you would have to be able to be in London on the 4th of August.

The Winner will be anounced next Thusday 2nd August. Good Luck!!

Here’s some Stanton Warriors to get you in the mood and ready to enter the competition: