i am at a loss for words. i have this fried tape in my kitchen hoping i will run into a cassette wizard over breakfast with my husband who will fix it and make scott some eggs. thank you!!
Where can I begin on this mix?? It is the classic of all classic Breaks DJ Mixes! Nothing about this mix could be better: The blending is flawless. Dan switches records quickly, yet blends them perfectly. And some of these records are hard to beat match, being old, full of imperfect samples, changing rhythms and tempos. Not one mix is off at all. And to top it off DJ Dan cuts back and forth between tracks in all the right moments, throwing in bits of the next or previous record. The track selection is a brilliant, intelligent, mix of funky early 90's (and some late 80's) breaks. The best is here. Not a single track on this mix is bad. The mix starts as a real tribute to James Brown, showcasing some amazing modern interpretations of his music as well as one of his actual songs. Then other gems are thrown in, showing us that this music is just as fun and playful and funky as James Brown's music it pays tribute to. Both of Think Tank's excellent tracks are here ("A knife and a fork, a bottle and a cork, that's the way you spell New York!") and the Black Machine tracks introduce some Breaks with massive Jazz influence. Another huge influence heard here is early hip-hop. The mix is just as much a tribute to the early pioneers of hip-hop who sampled Jamnes Brown as it is an actual tribute to James himself. And the result is a lovely blend of rap samples, scratching, James Brown funk, and about 1000 other things thrown in for good measure. Listening to this mix is a history lesson. Some of the samples heard include: -Nirvana -Peter & The Wolf (The Musical) -Public Enemy -Eric B. & Rakim -Rob Base -Kool & The Gang -oh yeah, um James Brown too, about 380 times. The flawless presentation continues on Side B. About halfway through this side the mood switches to more electro/freestyle oriented breaks and the change is seamless. The energy builds and the scratcing intensifies (scratching both in the records and also performed by Dan himself) and by the end of the tape one may feel like applauding. This tape was played to pieces by me and all my friends starting back in 93, now I see it as an amazing time capsule of early 90's and late 80's breaks.
I wish I still had my original tape :( I wore that thing to death.. It was made on top of another tape that had been dubbed 15 times. As it was in the day. This tape is of legends
side 2 is on the opposite side of side one... just kidding. What's up Bedsole, still funkin it hey? I saw you post this on face book and knew i should take your suggestion seriously. Pretty good stuff here. J Gaudet
