Today’s a national holiday in France, most places are closed, Paris is deserted, and it’s cold outside. A perfect day to laze around at home, listen to new records, play videogames, watch movies, and compile some favorite old tunes.
Enjoy!
Playlist :
1. Gonzo’s Goofy Dancing Intro (Sampled from old school cartoon)
2. Shirley Ellis – The Name Game
3. Johnny Cymbal – Mr. Bass Man
4. 7-up – Dance The Slurp
5. Liz Brady – Palladium (The Hip)
6. Nino Ferrer – Les Cornichons
7. The Electro-Tones – Ghost Train
8. The Strangers – Caterpillar Crawl
9. The Bad Boys – Black Olives
10. Dr. John – (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
11. Cookin’ On 3 Burners – Cook It (feat. Fallon Williams)
12. The Soul Snatchers – Sniffin’ and Snatchin’
13. Diana Ross & The Supremes – He’s My Sunny Boy
14. The Jacksons – Show You The Way To Go
15. Dave Barker – Funkey Funkey Reggay
16. Les Surfs – Scandale Dans la Famille
17. King Horror – Zion I
18. Deirdre Wilson Tabac – I Can’t Keep From Crying, Sometimes
19. Chris Montez – The Face I Love
20. Matt Monro – No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti
21. Sam Cooke – Tennessee Waltz
22. Moondog – Bird’s Lament
23. Louis Armstrong – Sunrise Sunset
PS : The Goofy intro is sampled from this old-school cartoon I loved as a child
Here’s the live recording of the set I played last friday night at the bar l’Escale (Odéon). Even though the party was kind of improvised we got a nice turnout and people danced until 5 am.
Because people started arriving around midnight I was able to play some jazz tunes at the beginning of the set, something I don’t get to do very often since people usually arrive ready to dance. I then played some of my favorite funk songs, followed by some jazzy hip-hop. I also decided to get adventurous and play some Indian-influenced tracks, and I’m glad the sitar/bass/drum combo got people moving.
[This time around I recorded the set using my brand new laptop, and I'm not very happy with how it came out...the recording seems to have a frequency defect, as if some flanger/phaser/echo effect had been on during the whole night, which wasn't the case. I'm thinking either the cable that links the laptop to the mixer was faulty, or my recording settings are weird. Either way, I did my best to fix some of the annoying effects, but next time I'll do some more thourough testing of the recording conditions.]
Here’s yet another playlist I’ve prepared using some of my favorite hoppin’ boppin’ groovin’ hip hop tunes from yesterday and today.
Enjoy!
Playlist:
1. Wu-Tang Clan – Darkness (Intro)
2. DJ Krush – Song 1
3. Jazz Liberatorz – Backpackers (instrumental)
4. DJ Cam – Mad Blunted Jazz
5. Blockhead – Change
6. MF Doom – Licorice
7. Madlib – Toe Fat (Ghettozone)
8. The Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff
9. The Baby Namboos – Ancoats 2 Zambia (Geoff Barrow Mix)
10. Oxmo Puccino & The Jazzbastards – Quoi qu’il en soit
11. Black Eyed Peas – Joints & Jam (Instrumental)
12. The Wiseguys – We Be the Crew
13. Wax Tailor – Que Sera
14. Danay – Individual
15. Control Machete – Comprendes Mendes
16. Gangstarr – Deadly Habitz
17. Akhenaton – Entrer Dans la Légende
18. Shurik’n – Samurai
19. Busta Rhymes – Extinction Level
20. RJD2 – Ghostwriter
21. Jurassic 5 – Red Hot
22. Gift of Gab – The Writz
23. Skee-Lo – I Wish
24. OutKast – Mighty O
25. De La Soul – Rock Co.Kane Flow (feat. MF Doom)
26. Puppetmastaz – Midi Mighty Moe
27. Devin The Dude – Gettin’ Crazy (Feat. 14K)
28. DangerDoom – Benzi Box
29. KRS One – A Friend
30. MF Doom – Nausea
31. DJ Shadow – Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul Mix)
32. Ugress – Turning Wheel
33. The X-ecutioners – Pianos From Hell
34. Mr. Scruff – Fish
Here’s another live set recorded at a house party held last saturday in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
This time around I focused more on the old rock n’ roll side of things, either with rare foreign covers or 60s surf music. Towards the end I also played some of my latest funky findings.
All in all a pretty fun party. Thanks to John, Romain, and Vincent!
Here’s yet another 8tracks playlist compiled from all the great findings I’ve done while visiting the following wonderful blogs: Ciccodelico, Flea Market Funk, Paris DJs, and too many more to list!
Hope you’ll enjoy listening to it as much as I had fun compiling it!
Playlist:
1. Electric Prunes – Vox Wah-Wah Pedal Ad
2. Bill Lawrence – Pussy Baby
3. Bobby Rush – Done Got Good To Me
4. Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls – Ham, Hock, and Beans (Part 1)
5. Bobby Sax & the New Messiah – Out House ’73
6. Flame & The Sons Of Darkness – Solid Funk
7. Jesse Gresham Plus 3 – Shootin’ The Grease
8. Hidden Cost – Bo Did It (Long Version)
9. Ernest Van Treose – Medicine Man
10. Deodato – September 13
11. Bill Doggett – The Worm
12. Buddy Merrill’s Magic Guitars – The Sherk
13. Billy Strange – These Boots Are Made for Walking
14. Charles Sheffield – It’s Your Voodoo Working
15. Menahan Street Band – Make The Road By Walking
16. Peggy Lee – Sneakin’ Up on You
17. The Meters – Do the Dirt
18. Mauri Bailey – Soul Pop
19. Ennio Morricone – Svolta Definitiva
20. The Remo Four – Peter Gun
21. The Strangers – Caterpillar Crawl
22. The Martinis – Hung Over
23. Jackie Harris – No Kind Of Man
24. Matt Monro – Honey On The Vine
25. Ben E. King – Get in a Hurry
