Its been a little while since i had a good old house mix...
So i thought id have a little play around with some tunes last night!
Recording went a bit awry and has little skips occasionally... my old laptop drive is a little on the slow side! Remember... it was a practise, not a session mix, so at times, im having a fair old play around.
Was watching Get Shorty... decided i actually really rate John Travolta as an actor.
So, got to looking up movies that John Travolta's done, and i saw that he's married to someone called Kelly Preston. I had no idea who that was, so i got on IMDB, and saw that shes been in a fair few films - only one of which i recognised. Space Camp.
Space Camp i remember watching as a kid, and remember this kid, Max, also being in Parenthood with Steve Martin.... who i remember having a really croaky voice as a kid. Didnt see this kid for years until Gladiator came out, Joaquin Phoenix.
His brother was River Phoenix, hes the one who od'd outside a club which Johnny Depp owned. Seems like River, Joaquin and Johnny were all pretty good mates, along with Keanu Reeves. River actually was a pretty good guitarist and would jam with the chilli peppers who wrote a song for River when he died. (Incidentally, the part that John Travolta plays in Get Shorty is Chili Palmer (chili / chilli))
ANYWAY, in a full circle kind of thing, this club that johnny depp owned... is the same club which features in Be Cool (Get Shorty 2), the viper room... which john travolta also stars in.
Now that truly was a totally pointless rambling, huh?
I was having a mix last night when i thought it could be interesting to chuck together a really quick mix totally at random... and run a 'name that tune' thing.
I apologise for any cagey scratching, i was messing around, it was practise, other excuses.
These are pretty much ALL hip hop instrumentals, identify each! There are 18, and at least one isnt actually dropped, i just give you a little bit of it (in a diabolically bad mix).
Enjoy!
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My bro was going out with who is now his wife and travelling down to london pretty much every weekend. He'd take tapes with him and record the sunday night dream team session, and london underground.
He came back with the tapes, id rob the tapes to listen to on my walkman at school, try to tell everyone that garage was the bomb and thats what it was (only to be told i was wrong by all the eastern district skiprats). However, there was one tape that simon always kept hold of - and one day i heard it in his car and figured out why. Hed accidentally caught the beginning of a patrick forge show and discovered something id never heard before.
It was my introduction to broken beat, tho i didnt call it that then - i called it future jazz (the name changes around, the vibe remains). There were a few tracks on there, but this was the standout. This blew my mind, and i could not find it anywhere - for love nor money.
Chris Energy 'Untitled' (takes a while to load up, but worth waiting for)
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Turns out, chris energy is a guy who once was on reinforced records, did some jungle stuff, and got into the short-lived 'jazz-step' thing... this was the logical progression. I did actually eventually track down a copy in 2003, a 10" single side, limited press vinyl. Top stuff.
This stuff led to us eventually picking up on gilles show on radio 1.. and some years later (2003), i heard this on the worldwide show. Really nice track by a husband+wife outfit called dnell (who are well worth a listen).
Dnell 'Time To Say' (Break Reform Rmx) (takes a while to load up, but worth waiting for)
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Heard that sample again. I loved it. Tried to figure out the sample at the time but my digging skills were poor, and I failed.
However, last year, common (yes, common again!) released 'Finding Forever' (which im going to have to review at some point and explain why i like this album more than BE), and on it was this nugget produced by will.i.am. You have to wait until 3:20.
Common 'I Want You'
The break! Couldnt believe it.
Heres where owning the cd was excellent, cause my digging techniques didnt have to even get started. I grabbed the case, opened the booklet - and true enough, there was the sample!
I heard it on abstract innovations a while back, but i just received it promo so i guess that Q-Tips new album 'The Renaissance' is about to get pushed.
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