DMZ Diary

#6 - April 5th 2003 - Weekend Excursions

This Show was recorded much more rushed than usual because my evil employers decided to make me go on a trip to Lake Tahoe, oh woe is me. Yeah I know I'm getting no sympathy from you guys.... But rest assured I'm bruised all over after learning to ski in snow for the first time. Maybe next time I'll get around to snowboarding so that I can at least pretend to be a bit cooler. In europe they have the whole Snowbombing festival - like a snow bound mountaintop version of Ibiza we have top DJ's and music fans gathering for snowboarding and nightclubbing. I'd love to go, but I need a lot more snow practise before I'd be in any shape to DJ after bouncing down the slopes on my backside.

Anyway, this week was also crazy because all my DJ's flaked out and left me with no mixes, but the fearless leader of AM Breaks stepped up to the plate and delivered something different. Something we all loved, especially my wonderful girlfriend who I'm in the process of moving in with, incidently. It's only when you move house that I realise just how many records I have - I'm weighing the boxes of records as I move them, I think It'll come out to about half a ton, so in a few years time I'll be able to feel like Peanut Butter Wolf when 'My Vinyl Weighs A Ton'.

Don't worry about the show, While I'm moving house we've got a plan for keeping the show productions going and we won't miss a beat, or a breakdown. And we will stay very very funky.

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. Slammin Beats!

Laurent Garnier
The Man With The Red Face F-Communications
Pure summer ibiza moment from the french techno god, and some guy playing saxophone. Supposedly the title comes from the saxophonist's face turning red when he was blowing hard.

Cass
Genesis Fire
This is from the Cerebral Noodles EP, which Cass did, minus his usual partner Slide, if you like this you should check out their album.
Loafer
Travelog Hope
I *love* this record, it's like sitting in a train and relaxing as the world rolls by, shame that the Chemical Brothers did that video first. Whenever I play this record there's always someone who thinks that it's from 'Run Lola Run'.

Radiohead vs Hybrid
Nothing in its Wrong Place White
Hybrid are remix monsters, there's so many Hybrid remixes out there I could do hybrid only shows for a couple of months. This remix of Radiohead is only available on bootlegs, I gather it was apathy rather than legal action which left it without an official release.

Koma & Bones
Morpheus TCR
Originally turned up as part of TCR's 50th release, but this remix is a bit groovier for my mind. (And the B-Side sounds like a very Funky Car Alarm).

Timo Maas
Ubik (Breakz) Perfecto
Back when trance still ruled the world Timo Maas was commissioned to remix Dooms Night by Azzido da Bass, his original mix was rejected and later turned into this track. As for his second remix attempt, well.... we all know what happened to that right?
Handsome Boy Modelling School feat Roisin Murphy
The Truth INCredible
Every time I play this I get a million people asking what it is, well quite simply it's the excellent collaboration between Handsome Boy Modelling School and Roisin Murphy from Moloko. Jaw droppingly good, this track has been known to trigger spontaneous acts of cute girls lip syncing and swaying in a sexy manner. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Akufen
Deck The House Force Inc.
This record sounds like a broken sampler and was one of the more unlikely hits last year, some people find it annoying but it just makes me smile with a cheshire cat grin.
Kelis
Young Fresh and New (Timo Maas Remix) Virgin
Supposedly Timo Maas did this remix in exchange for Kelis providing vocals on Timo's album 'Loud' - it's a lot slower than most of Timo's other records but It's easily one of the funkiest tracks hes' produced. Also - watch out for Kelis providng vocals to the highly anticipated debut house record from P Diddy, I was never a fan of his hip-hop work, but "Let's Get Ill" is shaping up to be massive.

Miguel Migs
Lionel's Jam Naked
Miguel Migs is almost the living embodiment of San Francisco house music, clean cut, stylish, and easy on the senses.

Space Cowboy
Put Your Hand In Mine Southern Fried
Space Cowboy almost had a surefire number one hit on his hands last year until the chart compilers in the UK disqualified the single for being too long and having too many mixes. Well he's back again with more feel good house moments, it's not likely to be such a crossover hit, but nobody on the dancefloor is going to care right?

Scanty Sandwich
Get Next To The Opposite Sex Southern Fried
Continuing the feelgood vibe, again we have a track from Southern Fried (Norman Cook's record label) - a cure for all those dull progressive house tracks.
Underworld
Cowgirl JBO
Taking repetitious lyrics to the next level - Underworld produced one of those tracks that just runs around your head forever. I'm Invisible,I'm Invisible,I'm Invisible,I'm Invisible.......

Hour 2 - Special Guest - GBA

GBA, also Known as XS, but normally addressed as Greg Albrecht. I first met him at Halflife playing Drum n Bass, but nowadays he focusses on breakbeat and 2-step - he's a resident at Incognita and New Hack City, and recently created AM Breaks which Donna Matrix ans myself are part of (so in some senses he's my boss ;-). Normally his dancefloor friendly breakbeats get great receptions from his audience, but for this special guest set he asked if he could do a chill out set. Well who was I to disagree?

Stay Funky....
see ya Next Week.

Scott Manley 05/04/03