Three of a Kind: Monkey Safari, SOLO and Matt Walsh
I’ve got three mixes that have been burning holes in my i-Tunes player, and it’s disgraceful not to share them with you all.
The first one is a Fabric mix from Matt Walsh, London electro DJ and producer who holds residencies at Turbo, Bugged Out! and new night “High Horse” with Casper C and SkullJuice. Matt, who chums it with Tiga and Brodinksi, also produces with Steve Cook as Clouded Vision; his latest remix of Peaches “Lose You” with Alex Jones, label owner ofHypercolour Records will probably have hit your consciousnsess by now, as it’s already been picked up in a Radio 1 Essential Mix
Matt Walsh’s mix, which was in advance of a June set at FabricLive, has a slower disco shuffle start, that moves through some great house and tech house sounds and veers the tempo right up. I’m told the mix is meant to reflect the way he warms up the crowd; he says: “This mix is pretty typical of what you might expect from the latter portion of a warm up set, when the dancefloor has filled, and the energy goes up a notch.”
The mix ends naturally with his Peaches remix, which is a softer dancefloor tune, with helium-edged undertones that suggest that the party is still not over. Although it’s too late for the Fabric gig, you can catch Matt tomorrow at Matter playing alongside Tiga.
The second mix is from Italian born, London bound SOLO, who’s own productions are very much in the vein of the techie latin tribal sound, with tracks such as “Congoloid”, “The Big Stef” and “Joga Bola”- by the way, who kicked off this whole neo-modernist phenomenon?
Luckily for me, SOLO’s playing at Blogger’s Delight at Audio here in Brighton, but for those in Europe, he’s got a full schedule this autumn, with gigs in Amsterdam, Geneva, Paris and London, of course, with a return to Fabric in November.
The last mix comes from Monkey Safari, two German brothers from Halle who call their sound ‘jungle samba techno’. DJing mainly around Germany, the pair are releasing their Monkey Safari EP in September on What! What! Records. Relatively obscure in my part of their world, I had a listen to their tracks on their myspace – only a few but they sound good and will await their upcoming release to see if they’re pushing their own original sound.
Their upbeat Rumble in the Jungle mix features their own tracks “Chant” and “Got Da Feet’ and remixes, plus a wide range of genres, covering the ‘sound of the moment’ (eg tracks featured on some of the other mixes in this post), plus other favorite artists such as Rico Tubbs, Yo Majesty, Wu-Tang and more.
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Matt Walsh Fabric mix June 2009
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Monkey Safari – Rumble in the Jungle mix
Tracklistings to follow after the jump…..
Matt Walsh Fabric Mix Tracklisting
01. Remote – Public Service (Meanwhile)
02. Clouded Vision – Outside (Vox Accapella) (White)
03. Plein Soleil aka Chloe & Krikor – Casus Belli (Brontosaurus mix) (Kill The DJ)
04. Tucillo – Panorama (Kalabrese Mix) (Delusions of Grandeur)
05. Juan Maclean – Happy House (Audion Remix) (Dfa Records)
06. Abe Duque feat. Virginia – Following My Heart [DJ Hell Remix] (Process Recordings)
07. Monty Luke – Panik Attack (Mothership)
08. Daniel Steinberg – Cocolips (Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner Remix) (SUPDUB)
09. Tom Flynn – Zinga (UNO)
10. Julian Jewell – Marjo & Linda (Craft)
11. Noob – Da Brusse Test (White)
12. Alvaro – Ultimate Rise feat. Luxx (Seductive Remix) (Samsobeats)
13. Madkid – Bang Bang (Boka Records)
14. Deepgroove – Freya (White)
15. Okain, Thomas Muller – Somewhere Around Tristram (Bpitch Control)
16. Peaches – Lose You (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix) (XL)
Solo FABRICLIVE Promo Mix Tracklisting
01. The Godfather Theme
02. Cypress Hill – “Hits from the Bong”
03. Mfdoom&Dangermouse – “Sofa King”
04. F.Rich,Prok&Fitch – “Naga”
05. Dj Chus,Niki B&Christian E – “Hossa”-C.Soul Rmx
06. DjGregory&GregorSalto – “Con Alegria”-SOLO Rmx
07. Gramophonedzie – “Why Don’t You”
08. James Brown – “Super Bad”
09. S.Samson – “Riverside”-Afrojack Rmx
10. SOLO – “Congaloid”
11. Bastian Schuster – “New Orleans”
12. Dj Jean,Asino – “The Bomb”
13. Afrojack&Diplo – “How I like it”-Kid Kaio/R.sinester Rmx
14. Dopamine – “Spunk”
15. SOLO – “Joga Bola”
16. Dennis- Dj Vasco
17. Renaissance Man – “Spraycan”
18. Layo&Bushwacka – “Love Story” (SOLO Bootyleg)
19. L.Charmes,Kid Kaio – “This sound is”
20. Maskio – “Human Jungle” (Santos Reedit)
21. Flash 2.9 – Cdr
22. Tiga – “Shoes” (Noob Rmx)
23. SOLO – “Rawmania”
24. Max Romeo – “Play with your pussy”
Monkey Safari – Rumble in the Jungle Mix Tracklisting
01. Zombie Disco Squad – Esperanto (Monkey Safari Edit)
02. Lorcan Mak – Gypsy Bum
03. Monkey Safari – Chant
04. Solo – Joga bola
05. Ed Orable feat. Spoek – Dance No More (Monkey Safari Remix)
06. Rico Tubbs – The Party (Breakdown Remix)
07. Coburn – We Interrupt This Program (Jean Claude Ades Remix)
08. Yo Majesty – Don’t Let Go (Hannah Holland Remix)
09. Lee Mortimer – This Is Real Shit
10. Killa Queens – Bitches (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
11. Wu Tang Clan – Gravel Pit (Monkey Safari Remix)
12. Harvard Bass – 81 (Renaissance Man Remix)
13. Gregor Salto – Con Alegria (Solo More Cowbell Remix)
14. Lil’ Kim – The Jump Off (Monkey Safari Remix)
15. Blatta Inesha – Blow Up (Hijack Remix)
16. Calvertron – Doggy Style (DJ Bam Bam Remix)
17. Lorcan Mak – Crack Shack
18. The Body Snatchers – I Like What I See (Hijack Remix)
19. Sawtooth Sucka – Depressed Mode
20. Rico Tubbs – Hip Rave Anthem
21. Kidda – Under The Sun (Herve’s Ain’t No Sunshine Remix)
22. Prodigy – No Good (Royal K’s Filthy Fidget Remix)
23. Monkey Safari – Got Da Feet
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three of a kind? more like a full house! :) thanks 4 post’n Amy!
Comment by Dave — July 24, 2009 @ 11:08 pm
i’m really dig’n that Monkey Safari tape! way original.
Comment by Dave — July 25, 2009 @ 1:11 am