Showing posts with label groove21. Show all posts
Showing posts with label groove21. Show all posts

March 1, 2007

carl craig live (as in "live"!)

This is part 2 of the Fuse-post i did a few weeks ago (check underneath). Exit Mo&Benoelie, enter Carl Craig.
I think Carl's been around ever since i started going out (under different aliases).
My earliest memory: "throw" as Paperclip People
My favourite track: "frequency finale" as 69 ,i know it's older than "throw", but i discovered it later (repress)
My favourite remix: "moskow discow" by telex

Until now i saw him perform 3 times : first was a dj-set at the Fuse On The Beach event (Ostend, can anyone tell me what year?), second a live-gig at Groovecity (Brussels'04) and third was a dj-set at 10daysOff (Ghent'06). To be honest, as a dj i liked him till some years ago, but his last gig was kinda disappointing (being a bit predictable in stead of innovative).
As a producer and perhaps even more as a remixer, he's still one of the greatest (Beanfield - Tides, Cesaria Evora - Angola are among my favourite tracks of the last few years).

Moskow Diskow video (original version)
Carl Craig dj-kicks video
Carl Craig's Televised Green Smoke (check the Tres Demented percussion in the beginning)

Oh yeah, here's his LIVE-gig at Fuse:
 Live Carl Craig (Fuse, April 15, 1995) by Red Bull Elektropedia 

February 20, 2007

a personal favo ... mo & benoelie

Time to share one of my favourite tapes ...
As "The Glimmers", Mo & Benoelie are currently one of Belgium's biggest export products (others are textile, beer, xtc and Axelle Red). These guys really took the time to work their way to the top. I heard them for the first time at the second Teknoville party in Cherry Moon, where they played in the chill-out room.



Their roots are in Ghent (export products: R&S/Music Man/2manydjs/waterzooi), where they started dj'ing round 1985. Pinpointing them to 1 style would be a shame. From hip-hop to funk, jungle to techno, house to ambient or elektro, they played it.
Besides playing in clubs they also did some compilations for a.o. Free the Funk, Eskimo, Série Noire, Dj-Kicks and recently Londons Fabric Club. Although their style has changed throughout the years they have my eternal respect for their contribution to the Belgian dancescene and Ghent's nightlife.

The set i'm posting was recorded in the FUSE-club (Brussels) for radio21's "GROOVE21" night, and was a warming-up for a live-set by Carl Craig that same night.
It's a funky blend of breakbeats, jungle, oldskool elektro, house, techno and ambient. To put all those styles in 1 fluent mix makes them ... f*cking genius!

I'll try to find out the exact date of this recording, or if you think you know it: put in the COMMENTS.



 DJ Set Mo & Benoelie (Fuse, April 15, 1995) by Red Bull Elektropedia