DMZ Diary

#9 - April 26th 2003 - Reloaded

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!

Garbage
Cherry lips (Howie B Remix) City Rockers
Alternative rockers get an electrified makeover by Howie B.

David Guetta
Distortion Virgin
Yeah That's what we need.
Meat Katie & Christian J
Cusp Bedrock
Taken from DJ Hypers new mix - Fractured - from Bedrock Breaks.

Stanton Warriors vs Cosmos
Break Me With You Punk
One of the best house records of last year gets an urban breask remix, minus the Roachford vocal which many thought detracted from the beuty of the original.

Mistress Barbara
Ouch My Liver Iturnem
Mistress barbara produces some of the most accessible techno around, forget your preconceptions of hard repetitive beats and enjoy techno which encourages smiling again.

Mad Dogs
Better Make Room (James Holden Remix) FSG
This record features 2 of my favourite producers, Mad Dogs is an alias for Timo Maas (when he works with Leon Alexander) and the James Holden remix just elvates this track to all time classic status.
Head Honcho
Walls Of Jericho Jukebox In The Sky
Most people know the flipside of this - Waters Of Jericho - it was used as the intro to one of the Northern Exposure CD's from Sasha and Digweed, this version mixes into the middle of a set better...

Maurice & Noble
Faith Delivers (Ashtrax Breaks Mix) Distinctive
Simple breaks workout on the original Prog House number, big tunes spotters may be anticipating the release of Hochie Koochie Man, there's a few white labels in the hands of key DJ's and I'm desperate to get a copy ;-)
Plump DJ's
Squeaks & Bleeps Finger LIckin'
The Plump DJ's have released a sampler from their upcoming album 'Eargasm', I just picked up my copy and there wasn't a force in this universe that would stop me from playing this hugely entertaining breakbeat monster.

Scratch D vs H-Bomb
Take The Red Pill Marine Parade
With the hugely anticipated sequel to The Matrix ready to unleash itself on the world I felt compelled to play a couple of appropriate tracks. This borrows some key Dialogue from Morpheus and builds a track around it.

Rob D
Clubbed To Death (Kurayamin Variation) Mo Wax
And this pefect piece of background music was featured during one of the training scenes in the movie, and from there seemed to turn up in commercials left right and centre.

Dysfunctional Psychedelic Waltons
Payback Time (Thin White Duke Mix) White
These Guys win the award for best band name, but the reason they're getting featured this week is because of this rip roaringly enjoyable remix which just oozes attitude.
Andea Doria
Bucci Bag Southern Fried
This record is a bona fide phenomena, so we just had to bring it back for another play.

Hour 2 - Special Guest - DJ Oron

Oron (pronounced Or-Own) is known throughout the United States and Canada as one of the original American 2-Step/Breakbeat Garage pioneers. Pushing the genre since 1997, Oron has introduced thousands upon thousands of club-goers and party kids to this exciting new sound! In the course of his travels, Oron has played such high profile clubs and events as Buzz (Nation/DC - The #1 Club In America - Urb Magazine), ZetaFest (Miami - Mainstream & Electronic Music Festival), Rocket (Ultraworld/DC - One in a long series of Ultraworld NYE bashes!), Origin (Paradox/Baltimore - The former 'FEVER' that started it all!), and StarScape (Ultraworld/Baltimore - The annual outdoor electronic music and art festival!).

Currently, he maintains a rotating residency at one of Baltimore's hottest nightspots, SONAR (Owned and operated by the nationally acclaimed Ultraworld and SonicSoul promotion groups!), a monthly residency at Network (Baltimore's all 2-Step/UK Garage night), and a weekly residency at Red Maple (The ultra-chic retro DJ lounge and cafe in downtown Baltimore).

Oron has been called 'The Top US 2-Step DJ', 'The US 2-Step Garage Pioneer', and even 'The United States' Ambassador of 2-Step Garage?, and it's no mystery why! His expert mixing and impeccable track selection never fail to pack the dance floor and keep the crowd shouting for!

In April of 2001, Oron was invited by Buzzlife Productions (of the world famous Buzz/DC) to mix a promotional 2-Step Garage CD (Fundamental 2-Step) for the upcoming appearance of MJ Cole and Emma Feline. The mix was an instant hit and drew an extraordinary volume of rave reviews from inside, and outside, the 2-Step scene. In fact, Fundamental 2-Step out scored most commercially available mix CDs in the June 2001 volume of Mixer Magazine! Thousands of copies of the mix are in circulation and it has even been featured on Trancemissions (99.1FM WHFS - Baltimore/DC) alongside Misstress Barbara and MJ Cole.

In the spring of 2001, with DJing under his belt, Oron began turning his attention towards production. In less than a year his tracks have grabbed the attention of some of the leading US 2-Step Garage DJs and can be heard at your local Garage events and on such on-line stations as StrikeFM (http://www.strikefm.co.uk). Oron is constantly working on new material and commercially available releases are in stores now!

Stay Funky....
see ya Next Week.

Scott Manley 26/04/03