“It’s your record. You discovered it…You love it for the feelings it conjures…
Thirty years ago some now-forgotten musicians cut that record. Without them this brilliant song wouldn’t exist. But without you – a DJ – that record would be in a bent cardboard box in a basement…
This is the thrill, and the compulsion, of DJing. This need to share music, and to constantly find new music to excite people with, this is the primal force of DJing.”
Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton
The Record Players (DJ Revolutionaries)
Welcome to the Cookie-Dough Guest mix where we invite some of favourite DJ / Producers to answer a few questions and dig deep into their collections and put together a mix of their favourite records.
For this episode we have invited Swedish DJ Olof FolO aka DJ ShmeeJay to spin some of the records that have influenced him over the years.
His ‘Ain’t No Big Thing’ Radio shows have had us grooving at Cookie-Dough HQ!
Nice one Olof!
A few words from Olof
Thanks for the opportunity to contribute to your project and to give me another excuse to tool around some more with my music collection. Putting together a mix of my favorite music is an interesting challenge and isn’t necessarily as easy as it seems, considering the wealth of music and variety available. I chose to make this a fairly upbeat and fun affair, kicking things off with Kid Creole and The Coconut’s ‘Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy’ for the simple reason that I love everything about Kid Creole and the Coconuts and think August Darnell is a genius providing a carnival of sound and a sight for sore eyes with the Coconuts and August himself in his zoot suit. Honestly, when I was fist awarded the offer to make this mix tape, I knew I had to kick off with Kid Creole and The Coconuts. From there I tried to keep the fun going in the hopes of getting the listener of their seat and wiggling their hips. Lastly I close with Louis Armstrong’s rendition of ‘What A Wonderful World’. A song that may not seem to fit with the rest of the tracks, but one that fits in the theme of some of my favorite music. His rendition, including the spoken intro on this version from 1970, just drips of sweetness but also has a dark undertone creating an incredibly powerful song that truly is a classic for the ages.
One more thing I’d like to say, though, is that there should be no guilt. Only pleasure.
Track list:
Kid Creole and The Coconuts – Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy (Original Mix)
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks (Disco Tech Needs A Break Edit)
Alicia Myers – I Wanna Thank You (Alkalino Rework)
Average White Band – Work To Do (Pulse Rework)
Dynasty – Love in the Fast Lane (Munga‘s Nasty Bits Reordering)
Richard Jon Smith – Baby’s Got Another (Shield Your Eyes Re-edit)
Claudja Barry – Sweet Dynamite (Breixo Edit)
Tony Orlando – Don’t Let Go (Disco Tech Edit)
Rick James – Ghetto Life (Queen & Disco Edit)
Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World (Spoken Intro Version – 1970)
Nec seclus. Tantum delectantur
Q&A What was the first record you bought that made you realize that you wanted to be a DJ / Producer?
Beastie Boy’s ‘She’s On It’ that came out in 1985 the year before License To Ill. I recognize it’s not an entirely original story regarding the seminal nature of Licensed To Ill, but I entirely feel off of my rocker when I got my hands on this 12″. I got the 12″, not because I thought I’d wanna dj, but I wanted the last verse, that wasn’t included on the 7″ version. At 13 me and some friends started a hip hop crew calling ourselves Five UnCilized Kids (F.U.C.K), making tracks with two MCs, a drum machine, live bass and electric guitar. I was probably the worst white suburban MC in the history of mankind, and eventually leaving that behind spending the 90s making strange ambient dub music with hardware and not really getting into djing until about 10 years ago. I have not been able to put music aside since that record landed in my hands.
What record makes you most nostaligic?
MC5’s ‘Kick Out The Jams’ Back in my ‘hip hop days’ in Sweden we were a strange crew and just a mix of kids that were into music. I was driving the hip hop element in my all Adidas gear, but the guitar player was a punk, alos playing for a band they called The Doodles (still have a 7″ they put out, by the way), and the bassist was also playing in a band that was doing blues covers, going by King Nilssons’s Cruel Jazz Band. ‘Kick Out The Jams’ was a record we all united around, and this questions is particularly poignant because I just picked up a reissue at Sonic Boom Records in Seattle last month.
What is your favourite end of night record?
Clearly, that really depends on the night and the crowd. But I do have a particular fondness for closing the night with The Wings’ ‘Good Night Tonight’. It’s just so obvious, and when you play it everyone knows what’s going on. “Don’t say it! Don’t say it! Don’t say goodnight tonight’. But, I am…
Do you have a guilty pleasure record?
The Backstreet Boys’ ‘Backstreet’s Back’ and I bet that came as a surprise. The story behind it though is I was living in Oregon in the Northwest US. I was in my late twenties and my sixteen year old sister was visiting with a friend of hers. While my partner was away at a music festival with some friends, I decided to take the girls camping in the Northern California redwoods, Driving there I though I’d be the good guy and just let the girls have their way with the radio, and it being 1998 they had the tape on repeat. The trip escalated to the three of us driving around the Northern California forest with the volume up, windows down and all of us singing along at the top of our lungs. But, no, I don’t have the record, but I can honestly say I love it.
What is your most treasured piece of vinyl?
Jerry Garcia Band’s ‘Cats Under The Stars’. Jerry Garcia Band isn’t really know for producing great albums. But just like the Grateful Dead, the band that Jerry made his name with, they’re really a live band. But ‘Cats Under The Stars’, Jerry Garcia Band’s only credited album, is just a beautiful album with a beautiful and simple cover art and a bunch of wonderful songs. I’m particularly fond of the title track ‘Cats Under The Stars’ as well as ‘Rhapsody In Red’.
Welcome to the Cookie-Dough Guest mix where we invite some of favourite DJ / Producers to answer a few questions and dig deep into their collections and put together a mix of their favourite records.
For this episode we have invited Dutch DJ and production duo Ana Prentice to spin some of the records that have influenced them over the years.
Tracklist:
1. 2N – Cloudface
2. Dans La Nuit – Borrowed Identity
3. Drums of Death (ft. Labuzinski) – Max Graef
4. Act Funny – Atsushi Yano
5. Jazz Funk Freedom – Ron Trent
6. One For Frankie – Kid Sublime
7. The Fever – Brame & Hamo
8. She’s Gotta Have It – Deep House Providers
9. Greenthumb – Hamo
10. Massage Situation – Flying Lotus
11. Rico Suave Bossa Nova – Jay Dee/J Dilla
12. We Run Things – Andres
13. Standard – Pete Rock
14. Whem Im Gone – The Jones Girls
15. Tell Them (Vinyl Master) – Frank Booker
16. La Jeunesse Retrouvee – Kartell
17. Night Over Egypt (Ana Prentice Edit) – The Jones Girls
Q&A: What was the first record you bought that made you realise that you wanted to be a DJ / Producer?
Gui Boratto – Chromophobia (Album)
What record makes you most nostalgic?
Jamiroquai – Travelling Without Moving
What is your favourite end of night record?
Metro Area – Miura
Do you have a guilty pleasure record?
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
What is your most treasured piece of vinyl?
Most of the records I have are treasures, although some of them don’t cost a thing. Many records that are perceived as “treasured” are now worth less due to the volume of copies that exist. I tend to appreciate the uniqueness of a record that has a limited edition print, adding that extra exclusivity. My entire record collection is one big treasure chest, but If I had to pick one its the 2003 album on Carl Craig’s Planet E imprint called; ‘Detroit Experiment’. In my opinion one of the best records in the past decade, called ‘Think Twice’.
Welcome to the Cookie-Dough Guest mix where we invite some of favourite DJ / Producers to answer a few questions and dig deep into their collections and put together a mix of their favourite records.
For this episode we have invited label owner, DJ and producer Peter Oakden to spin some of the records that have influenced him over the years.
As well as co-owning of one of our favourite labels Fifty Fathoms Deep with (Craig Smith) he has been pumping out some quality tracks on the likes of Local Talk and Japanese label Sound of Speed to name a few.
Nice one brother P!
Ste & Terser
Tracklist:
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Waiting In Vain
Jimmy Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary (Live)
Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave – Medley (Pt.1)
D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
The Beatles – Come Together
TLC – Waterfalls
Jay Dee – African Rhythms
Roots Manuva – Witness (1 Hope)
V – Born Again (ft. Jill Scott)
A Tribe Called Quest – The Jam
Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra – Untitled/Fantastic (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)
Warren G – Do You See
A few words from Peter:
The music I’ve selected for this mix has many memories from my family, friends. From my earliest days all the way through to today. I asked my mum, brother and sister to pick a song each that reminded them of memories shared between me and them. I chose The Beatles for my late farther.. He loved them and we shared a lot of time together listening to them when i was a kid. Also in there is the first record i ever bought, my influences, memorable concert moments… things like that. Every single song has some-kind of meaning to me in some way or another. No doubt ill get picked up by a few family and friends about missing some out but hey, you could maybe do one of these mixes 100 times over right!
Q&A:
What was the first record you bought that made you realise that you wanted to be a DJ / Producer?
I was influenced more to be a DJ first than a producer, being a producer came much later down the line for me. There was a few records influencing me at the time but one that really hit me was Session 9 – Welcome To The Magic Sessions (Choo-Choo’s Deep In Jersey Remix Pt.2). I heard it first as a spotty teeneger when Pete Bromley played it one night at the legendary Golden in 1999. He was working in our local record store Global Groove at the time and i went to buy it off him the very next day. The records sat right here next to me.
What record makes you most nostalgic?
Anything by The Beatles, Rolling Stones or Jimmy Hendrix really. I just have really strong memories of being with my late farther when i hear anything by these artists.
What is your favourite end of night record?
Maybe something like Wood, Brass & Steel – Funkanova.
Do you have a guilty pleasure record?
I never have guilty pleasures with music… I either dig it or not. Good music is good music to me, no matter what genre.
What is your most treasured piece of vinyl?
I don’t really collect that many records to be honest. As much as i love a record for nostalgic reasons I guess it’s because I’ve been brought up through the digital era. I think the most treasured I’ve bough over the past 12 months though is The Pyramids – Otherworldly. It was their first studio album in over 35 years, amazing cosmic jazz.
