DMZ Diary

This is the intro track we play at the start of every show. Slammin Beats!

If this 12 inch were any more cheezy you'd be getting it from your local pizza joint, seriously, I love this track, the fat bassline saves it from descending into substandard pop remix territory. Hey - it's the summer - this is a perfect beach party tune.

From his album 'Loud' this is a prog house record with nu-breaks attitude, great builds and breakdowns - the kind of record that makes a DJ look like a hero when it's played.

Infusion seem to love their proggy numbers with atmospheric male vocals, I had a chance to see them do this live recently, definately worth catching if you can.

Another track I discovered through the recent Plump DJ's essential mix, the Krafty Kuts mix adds a lot more acid bleeps to the track, this went over well at the DNA Lounge.

X-Press 2 have an amazing pedigree in house music, they've even worked with the legendary David Byrne, but here we've got a darker, moodier remix of Smoke Machine for you.

Crowd noises are a dangerous thing to add to a record, it's soo easy to make them sound self congratulatory, but here it's just right - expect a feature on Southern Fried records in the coming weeks.

More succulent goodness from Meat Katie, stay away from this place right kids?

I had this as a promo for a long time, it's a dark prog house number with a bit of an edge, so it's perfect for following up Meat Katie.

The Chemical Brothers Electronic Battle Weapon records have reached #6 by now, but this is still a classic evil big beat technoesque track. Ah who am I kidding, I can't classify this it's just a damn good track.

Easy for me to remember - Drummatic from the Drummatic Twins album Drummatical, seriously, another of those high energy 4 to the floor tracks with a breaks attitude (and acid noises - we always like that).

What does the title mean? Zero to Nine? 9 O Clock? or is it someone mispronouncing Seratonin - one of those biochemistry terms which has become common knowledge with the general public because of MDMA or ad's for FDA approved anti-depressants. Whatever, it's a great track, well except for the breakdown halfway through that kills the energy, so I won't play that.

This remix was done back in 1998, just as Norman Cook was making Fatboy Slim the biggest thing in electronic music, I though I'd better play this since I played 'Brown James' last week.

I love the Overdrive EP - every track is worth the price of the whole thing.

TC Islam is one of the sons of the Legendary Afrika Bambata, Krafty Kuts likes his hip-hop, not that MTV style stuff, this is good time party Hip-Hop with not a hint of Gangsta aggro or Bling Bling posing. Oh and it's on Finger Lickin' so it gets a step up in my record box just for that.

We played the original version of this a while ago, well it's back again with a new vocal and ready to take on any number of other filter disco wannabes, here's hoping it'll do good things for Southern Fried.