MP3: DJ JULIAN BEVAN – MUSICAL DIVERSIONS
01 Pharaoh Sanders – Africa (edit)
I just recently came across this Pharaoh cut from the 1987 album of the same name. The great Idris Muhammad on drums. I was tempted to throw some fatter drums under it, but no, it’s perfect as is. There’s an intro part that I completely edited out.
02 Mr Raoul K – A Guinean Village
Mancuso mentioned this guy in one of his musical gem threads and I started digging. This track stood out for me. Timmy Regisford could do some shit with this, for sure.
03 Discodeine – Falkenberg (Pilooski edit)
Discodeine is French DJ/Producer duo Pilooski and Pentile. They are best known as being part of the D-I-R-T-Y crew, who’ve been making disco edits for over a decade. This funky steel drum workout came out earlier this year.
04 Bunny Mack – Let Me Love You
Somehow I never put this on a mix in all my years. The 1980 uber hit of Sierra Leone’s biggest disco star.
05 Owiny Sigoma Band – Wires
Another Mancuso find! Theo Parish did a great remix of this, but I still prefer the original. Plus, it goes so well with the Bunny Mack!
06 Idjut Boys – Girth Soup (subway baby edit)
This is an early Idjut Boys record, one side of a shared 12″ with DJ Harvey from 1996 on Noid Recordings. Harvey’s side has a damn good edit of Doc Severinsen, of all people.
07 Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin (LNTG rework)
A very respectful nu-disco fattening up by Australian DJ Carmelo Bianchetti.
08 Sister Sledge – Living In Ecstasy (Dimitri meets Norinton remix)
I’m a huge fan of Dimitri’s edits. He knows how to hook shit up for DJs. Starting out with acapellas we can mix with, etc. If only all remixers were so giving! I mixed this with the Norington remix cuz I like that version too.
09 Bloody Tadi – Had You Fallin
Bloody Tadi is a Slovenian DJ and producer who makes music that (I think) they call “tech funk”. Which sounds kind of like Hip Hop meets dustup and electro and techno. Or like slowed down breakbeat. Or something like that. Anyway, this has a weird swing to it that I like.
10 Marianne Faithful – Why D’ya Do It
Probably the best song about being cheated on ever written. And the whole thing sounds so Grace Jones it’s a wonder she never covered it herself, considering they were label mates at the time.
11 Rhythm Odyssey – Love Potion
Rhythm Odyssey is a pseudonym for Chicken Lips aka UK institution Dean Meredith. The keyboards sound very Traxx to me, and this bassline is just dirty as fuck.
12 Mop Mop – Ash (curv re-edit)
Mop Mop is Berlin-based DJ Andrea Benini. This has a goofy vocal thing going over a subtle swingy hook. Jazzy and disco-y and something to keep shit moving while you figure out what the next record should be.
13 Marvin Gaye – Give It Up (Collen & Webb reggae mix)
I think Collen & Webb are Swedish dudes down with the GAMM crew. If you told me you could mix roots reggae, Marvin Gaye, and The Jungle Brothers in one song I would have called bullshit, but this is actually pretty great.
14 Grace Jones – Love You To Life (Mall & Digital Mystikz remix)
Weird dubsteppy remix of the third single from her 2010 “Hurricane” LP. Check out Grace on The Tonight Show in the 1980s
15 The Police – Driven To Tears
It’s hard to find tracks that go with that 70/140bpm half-time/double-time stuff. But there’s always the Police, who did a lot of that way before it was cool. This track is a prime example.
16 Brassroots – Good Life
New Orleans brass band treatment of “Good Life”. Yes, THAT Good Life. Brassroots are an 8-piece East London brass band keeping the faith for the Big Easy over there. more power to ‘em.
http://www.julianbevan.com/music/dj_jb_musical_diversions.mp3
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