DMZ Diary

#22 - October 31st 2003



Scott Manley

Tracklisting - Hour 1

Artist Track Label Buy? (readme)
Bassbin Twins ESW Marine Parade
This is the intro track we play at the start of every show.

Masters at Work
Work
Carribean flavoured house track from MAW, great lyrics......

One Dove
Breakdown (Secret Knowledge Mix) FFRR
One Dove were a Scottish band who produced some excellent downtempo tracks along with producer Andy Wetherall, they only released one album before lead singer Dot Allison went off to pursue her solo career.
Reckless
Still In The Groove (Def Offenders Mix) Distinctive
Disco Breakbeat, well not really breakbeat but played by the right DJ's to get some credible support.

Spice 69
Overdrive (Timo Maas Mix)
Timo Maas has this great trick where he'll turn an otherwise run of the mill house tracks into some electrified creature that can't help but burst onto the nearest dancefloor.

Plump DJ's
The Gate Finger Lickin'
One of the stand out moments from the Plump's new album 'Eargasm', electro, acid breaks - able to pull even the most horizontal people onto the dancefloor.

Phil Kieran
The Bomb TT500
This track just got the remix and re-release treatment courtesy of Skint records, but here's the original TT500 version.
BT
Smartbomb (Plump DJ's Remix) Nettwerk USA
I know, another Plump DJ's track, this remix completely transforms the original alt-rock experiment from BT into one of the most distinctive sounding records of teh past few years. This record turned a lot of fans in the US onto the Plump DJ's and their take on breakbeat.

Underworld
2 Months Off Junior
I've just spent 2 months off, so I thought this was appropriate, the first track off Underworld's last album, 100 Days Off. There's a greatest hits compilation headed into the stores for Christmas, now's a good time to remember just how good these guys can be.
Slam
Positive Education Soma
Described by Kenny Larkin as, 'one of the most perfect techno records ever made', and he should know, the Glaswegian duo Slam set standards for techno with this release and the world of music was changed as a result.

Joy Kitikonti
Joyenergiser Nukleuz
From one of the most perfect techno records ever to one of the stupidest, but being serious about music doesn't mean playing serious music all the time.

System F
Out Of The Blue Tsunami
One of those defining moments in Trance, this record is as big as they come and didn't have to resort to a lame female vocal to fill the gaps in the production.

X-Cabs
Neuro (99' Mix) Additive
Monstrous acid-trance track which was released several times during the 90's, sounds great at the end of the night.

Yma Sumac
Malambo Blue Note
Not really a dance music record, but I love it, instead of silly noises we have silly vocals over some stacatto jazz instrumentation. It also mixes perfectly into the next track.....

Skeewiff
Cruise Control Jalapeno
Funky, horn driven breaks record, with a jaw harp, it can only be the tongue in cheek music of Skeewiff - priceless.


Hour 2 - Guest DJ - Samira

Sister SF, AM Breaks, Just Say, Incognita, Witches Brew..... Sam gets everywhere and is a great example of all that's good in the SF music scene.

Stay Funky....
see ya Next Week.

Scott Manley 10/31/03