DJ-Kicks [CD-single]

DJ-Kicks [CD-single]

Editorial Reviews
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It seems Studio K7 do no wrong when its comes to their widely adored DJ Kicks series. The German label has showcased the record-selecting talents of DJs and producers from around the world, and in doing so has become a reliable brand name for quality home listening. This installment has Thievery Corporation, Washington, D.C.'s masters of the mellow groove, flexing their skills. The mood across the disc's 18 tracks is decidedly laid-back, but eclectically so. Les Baxter's '60s cinematic lounge sets the scene, but the second track is a quick fast-forward into modern lounge, as provided by Kraut-chillers A Forest Mighty Black. The vibe spans the gamut from sitar-and-tabla world beat (Up Bustle & Out) to dubby (Rockers Hi-Fi), but in the end, it's the Corp's own works that are the true standouts. This is easy listening for the hipster set; background music for the space-age dinner party. --Courtney Reimer --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description
Artists & titles selected by Washington, D.C. based DJ's Thievery Corporation (Eric Hilton & Rob Garza). Features many great lounge / chill-out moments, including cuts from Les Baxter, A Forest Mighty Black, Jazzanova & many more. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Nitemoves/Grovesnor
I Got a Man/Positive K
Like You/Gramme
Persuasion/Subway
Untitled/Soundhack
Cademar/Tom Ze
My Piano/Hot Chip
Short Road/Wax Stag
Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Extended Mix)/New Order
Jiggle It/Young Leek
In the Basement, Part One/Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto
On Just Foot/Black Devil Disco Club
Der Buchdrucker/Dominik Eulberg
Film 2/Grauzone
24 Track Loop/This Heat
Far East/Wookie
Miracel Whop/Gabriel Ananda
You Got Good Ash/Marek Bois
The Stone That the Builder Rejected/Lanark
The Man's Got Me Beat/Pete Um
Love Affair/Noze
Just F**cking (Roman Flugel's 23 Positions In a One-Night Stand Remix)/Audion
Steppin' Out/Joe Jackson
Mess Around/Ray Charles

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Asking a DJ to produce a mix record isn't the most revolutionary idea in the world, but the DJ Kicks series offers a slightly different spin. Contributing artists are tasked with delving into the deep recesses of their collections and challenging listeners with unexpected combinations. Past entries have landed somewhere on a continuum from "interesting and insightful" to "excruciating, hipper-than-thou obscurity." Hot Chip's entry in the series manages to stay on the good side of that scale. Of course, Hot Chip are barely DJs at all, as records like 2006's The Warning veer wildly between indie rock and tweaked pop-dance hybrids. That freewheeling instinct serves them well here, creating stylistic whiplash and rattling the listener with a fun, herky-jerky flow. The first 25 minutes or so are especially good, with a quick snip of Positive K's "I Got a Man" up against the fat bass sound of Gramme's "Like You," eventually peaking with "Bizarre Love Triangle." You'll want to Google some of the music in this batch, especially Soundhack and the standout track "B1." Later, the record loses its nerve and devolves into more or less a straight dance record, with only occasional sparks like Wookie's "Far East." But they finish strong, following up Audion's "Just F***ing" with Joe Jackson and Ray Charles. While it's not perfect, this DJ Kicks manages an unforced cool and a healthy unpredictability that stops just short of random, making Hot Chip seem both hip and unpretentious. --Matthew Cooke

Product Description

For Hot Chip's installment of the legendary DJ-Kicks series, the boys deliver an eclectic mix that features everything from German minimal techno to classic pop, hip-hop, grime and garage. This is a mix that covers an unbelievable broad range of styles and truly pulls it off. To top off the mix, they threw in a brand new, exclusive Hot Chip track entitled "Piano Song," which takes their sound to an entirely new level.

Average customer rating:

wow..
A Slammin' DJ Kicks!
More class grooves...
This is an outstanding album...
ExtraSpectaculary

DJ-Kicks
Thievery Corporation
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Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi
DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister: !K7046cd
The K&D Sessions
Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi

ASIN: B00000J5WD
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Tropicando - Les Baxter
Rebirth - A Forest Mighty Black
Beija Flor - Da Lata
Mother Africa Feeding Sista India/2001 - Fun-Da-Mental/Thievery Corporation
Rainbow - The 13th Sign
Success (Thievery Corporation Remix) - DJ Cam
Emerald Alley - Up/Bustle & Out
Exploration - The Karminsky Experience Inc
Coming From The Top - Thievery Corporation
Ponteio (Bonus Beats) - Da Lata
Guiro Electro (Rainer Truby Trio Remix) - Bobby Matos
Fedime's Flight - Jazzanova
Janine - Pronoia
Imperial - Lazy Boy
Transmission Central - Rockers Hi-Fi
Mathar (R. Fearless Mix) - Indian Vibes
Reign Dub - Dual tone
It Takes A Theif/DJ Kicks - Thievery Corporation

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It seems Studio K7 do no wrong when its comes to their widely adored DJ Kicks series. The German label has showcased the record-selecting talents of DJs and producers from around the world, and in doing so has become a reliable brand name for quality home listening. This installment has Thievery Corporation, Washington, D.C.'s masters of the mellow groove, flexing their skills. The mood across the disc's 18 tracks is decidedly laid-back, but eclectically so. Les Baxter's '60s cinematic lounge sets the scene, but the second track is a quick fast-forward into modern lounge, as provided by Kraut-chillers A Forest Mighty Black. The vibe spans the gamut from sitar-and-tabla world beat (Up Bustle & Out) to dubby (Rockers Hi-Fi), but in the end, it's the Corp's own works that are the true standouts. This is easy listening for the hipster set; background music for the space-age dinner party. --Courtney Reimer

Album Details

Artists & titles selected by Washington, D.C. based DJ's Thievery Corporation (Eric Hilton & Rob Garza). Features many great lounge / chill-out moments, including cuts from Les Baxter, A Forest Mighty Black, Jazzanova & many more.

Customer Reviews:

wow.........2004-12-21

This album again deepens my love for Thievery Corporation. I heard about TC last month, and I have purchased six albums by them since. Their flavor from all over the world is captivating, their mixing is flawlessly seamless, their music is so relaxing. This is great music for driving and for studying, and it definitely is a favorite on my collection of music. Garza/Hilton have truly mastered their art, and I am looking forward to 'The Cosmic Game', which is released in February.

Also recommend all CDs by Thievery Corporation, Ursula 1000, and Zero 7.

A Slammin' DJ Kicks! .......2004-10-05

I Love this CD. Thievery Corporation's foray into the DJ Kick's series is a classic one as it has the sounds that makes ESL label so great. It's as though Thievery Corp. were honored to make this album and you can simply feel it by the tunes selected and the flow of the cuts. On a label (K7) that's done DJ Kicks by everyone from Smith & Mighty to DJ Cam to Kruder Dorfmiester to Carl Craig as well as release albums by Tosca, Ursula Rucker and several other artists, they do know a thing or two about DJ's and mixing.

The first track had me - Les Baxter's "Tropicando"... you may remember this old school easy jazz cut from a docker's commercial in 2000 or the late nineties where the dude is at a dinner table, thinks these two lovely ladies are moving up his leg with their feet only to find out that it's actually the mister across the table that's infatuated (yikes...). But then you have a smooth flowing Forest Mighty Black track titled "Rebirth" that'll get the party going with a old styled guitar in the background & a electronic samples. It's a compost thing. Then you have Da Lata's samba influenced "Beija Flor", and this came out at a time before Songs from the Tin, so when you hear the beat heavy "Ponteio" just know that neither cut is on their debut album. Fun-Da-Mental's collab. with them in "Mother Africa" is the perfect prelude to Indian Ambiance with the electrifying "Rainbow" following it up. The beats don't stop there... Karminsky Experience's "Exploration" was a sort of anthem in 1999... so simple and so great, sitar spashes throughout. "Coming From the Top" follows and that track... if I were a boxer that would be my intro music to every fight.

Those are only a handful of the tracks. Rockers Hi-Fi, Jazzanova, Lazy Boy, DJ Cam and a few others have some smokin' tracks in what is IMO one of the best DJ comps ever put out. I was always a fan of ESL, picking up Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi a long long time ago but this one made me want to actually check out the DC lounge for myself. DEFINITELY check this out. It's a bit older and it does have a sort of India vibe to it that maybe not everyone will dig, but I still love this release and the consistency of the cd warrant the international ambience. And if you do enjoy this be sure to check out ESL's other works, from "Sounds from the Hi-Fi" all the way up to "Outernational Experience". And be sure to take a look at some of the many other greats on their label, like Karminsky Experience, Ursula 1000 and Desmond Williams just to name a few.

More class grooves..........2004-05-29

Like their Austrian peers, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation know how to mix and, like K&D, their "DJ Kicks" album is a class act in both its production and its selection of tracks. More down-tempo than K&D's offering but equally interesting in its sequencing, it scans a broader palette of styles from bossa-nova, through Indian sitars to deep Jamaican dub. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen?... well, not here, because in these guys' hands each track is integrated seamlessly into an hour long musical journey that's held together by lock-tight beats and overlays. Genuinely interesting and perfectly crafted it's another example of just how good "laid-back" club music can be in the hands of people who know what's out there and how it should be delivered.

This is an outstanding album..........2003-11-06

...of fascinating mixes. I like their own work but find it occasionally repetitive - the reggae riffs in particular. But this album enchants with brilliant elaborations. I've had it for two years and haven't tired of it yet. Along with Kruder & Dorfmeister's mixes (including a great DJKicks contribution) - and the Byrne/Eno collaboration in My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - and many of the cuts in the Verve Remixed series - and some of DJShadow - Thievery's mix albums represent some of the most interesting pop/jazz/electronic music.

ExtraSpectaculary.......2003-08-19

Thievery Corp. does it again. A powerful compilation of extraordinairy sound. These DJ kicks albums always sound so damn good within the genre of the artist.

DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister: !K7046cd

Average customer rating:

Great Stuff Done Good
5 billion stars
Up there with K&D
Liquid Lounge at it's finest...
I love these Guys...

DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister: !K7046cd
Peter Kruder , Richard Dorfmeister , and Kruder & Dorfmeister
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Conversions: A K&D Selection
G-Stoned
DJ-Kicks
Suzuki

ASIN: B0000013EH
Release Date: 1998-06-09

Tracks:

A Mother
Livin Free
Spellbound
Give My Soul
Revolutionary Pilot
In Too Deep
Kauna
Never Say
Dadamnphreaknoizphunk
Shaolin Satellite
High Noon
Keep On Believing
Que Dolor
Bass And Several Cars
Look Up Dere
Radio Burning Chrome
DJ Kicks

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Austrians Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, whose smooth and sexy acid jazz has attracted almost as much attention as their curious resemblance to American folksters Simon and Garfunkel, demonstrate their skills on yet another installment of Studio K7's DJ Kicks series. The mix highlights the best of European trip-hop, acid jazz, and drum and bass, with their own "High Noon" and "Black Baby" mixed with tracks from British trip-hoppers Herbalizer, German technicians Hardfloor, and Viennese weirdo Patrick Pulsinger, among others. Their straightforward mixing is complemented by a heavy dose of studio postproduction but the emphasis here is on track selection rather than technical trickery. Like their productions, this DJ Kicks is classy, sophisticated, and surprising. --Matthew Corwine

Album Description

K&D continue their relaxed & chilled sound they've perfected. Beginning with downbeat trip-hop including Herbaliser, Statik Sound System and Thievery Corporation, Kruder & Dorfmeister flow through jazzy drum'n'bass (with Aquasky and JMJ & Flytronix) and techno (with Hardfloor and Showroom Recordings).

Customer Reviews:

Great Stuff Done Good.......2007-01-06

Kruder and Dorfmeister, cool-class weavers of drum and bass and otherwise obscure fragments of funk, have knocked off another album of slick chill tunes cribbed from the likes of Herbaliser, Thievery Corporation, Beanfield, and Sapien. This effort is a bit more caffeinated than "Conversions," but it lacks the creative influx of "Sessions." The end product has a good set of legs but fails to use them to go anywhere unique.

The vibe is one strata of liquid lounge after another, and in most cases, the lack of their trademark inventiveness doesn't detract much from the beautifully placid aura the music evokes. "A Mother" and "Livin' Free" have clean, crystalline swells of sound that kick the album off to a good start. "Dadamnphreaknoizphunk" and "Keep On Believing" mix dark ambient soul with deep house intentions with great effect. However, the album lapses occasionally into realms that, while not bad, aren't especially interesting. "Give My Soul" becomes a bit too repetitive, "Radio Burning Chrome" has an electric jazz groove that, while fun, is ultimately out of place on this line up, and every once in a while (see "In Too Deep" and "High Noon") the record hits a level of velvet-lavender lounge that is almost -- if you can believe it -- too chill for the tone that's already been set.

I don't want to harp too much on the various setbacks. This is K&D we're talking about. Like pizza or sex, even when it's not that great, it's still way better than most. In spite of the few uneven snags, the overall product is above average in style, soothing and emotive, and well worth the purchase.

5 billion stars.......2006-08-15

Anyone who gives this less than 5 stars does not know what they are talking about. I've listened to this literally hundreds of times since 97. Most electronic music sounds pretty dated after a few years but this disc is just incredible; amazing tunes in just the right order, perfectly mixed. This disc proves that there is an art to the dj mix and only a few others can even come close to this.

Up there with K&D.......2006-07-28

This cd is not as good as K&D sessions but is right up there. Some may beg to differ. The one good thing about Kruder and Dorfmeister is you have to listen to enter with an open mind cause every cd is different. A lot of mellow pop, bass and drums, techno. This album could be the most mellow I've heard, but the kicks are a plus. A lot of bass and drums, which is the Kruder dorfmeister style anyways.

Liquid Lounge at it's finest..........2005-12-14

Ok, so i'm not an over-the-top K&D fan like most of the reviewers, and i'm pretty new to the genre, but this cd is fantastic! This disc, for me, is the epitome of what good chill-out music should sound like; there's enough funky beats to tap your foot to, but at the same time if you stop listening it's light enough that you can drone out and go about whatever you're doing without the music overpowering it. There's not alot of vocal tracks (i much prefer instrumentals myself), and the beats flow continuously with smooth transitions. Definitely pick this up if you're looking for a nice relaxing cd to drive/work to.

I love these Guys..........2005-06-24

...but I cannot help but to conclude that this album was a bit of a corporate/old boys network collusion and production.
It's good, don't mistake my meaning, but it's not quite what you would expect of these guys and it seems just a little bit lazy, repetative and with questionable track selection.
It's still very much a worthy album and an audible treat but it grates at times and I feel just a little uncomfortable with it's backslapping foundation because it just does not translate into fully focussed work.

Average customer rating:

One of My Favorite Albums of ALL TIME
Soundtrack to Europe
Outstanding
My fave so far
super fun dance sing along

DJ-Kicks
Erlend Øye
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DJ-Kicks

ASIN: B0001ENY30
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
Erlend Oye - Sheltered Life (Remix)/Fine Night (Acapella)
Cornelius - Drop (Kings of Convenience Remix)
Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better
Erlend Oye - Radio Jolly Jolly Music/Prego Amore (Acapella)
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Rubicon
Avenue D - 2D2F
The Rapture - I Need Your Love
Erlend Oye - Lattialla Taas Uusi Fantasia/Venus (Acapella)
Erlend Oye - 2 After 909 Justus Kohncke/Intergalactic Autobahn (Acapella)
Erlend Oye - The Black Keys Work (Phonique Remix)
Jackmate - Airraid
Royksopp - Poor Leno (Silikon Soul Remix) / Erlend Oye - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Acapella)
Skateboard - Metal Chix / Erlend Oye - Always On My Mind (Acapella)
Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter
Minizza - Winning a Battle, Losing The War
Morgan Geist Lullaby / Erlend Oye - A Place In My Heart (Acapella) / Ada - Luckycharm / Erlend Oye - Intuition (Acapella)

Album Description

The job title of DJ may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Erlend Øye. The singer, songwriter and indie pop star behind Kings Of Convenience has only owned a set of turntables for a few months, but despite all this, Erlend Øye the DJ is anything but a joke. With his compilation for the latest installment of the DJ-Kicks series, the Berlin-residing Norwegian not only redefines the DJ mix, but unleashes a monster set of leftfield party tunes as well.

In a certain way, Øye brings to mind DJ-Kicks alums like Kruder & Dorfmeister, however, where they enriched their mixes in the studio using dub effects, keyboard overlays and distortions, Erlend Øye takes to the microphone. Having re-sung nine songs for this mix, Erlend deftly blurs the line between a DJ mix and a full on artist album. Three of these are so far unreleased compositions of his own and the other six are cover versions of tunes by Elvis, Bananarama, Pet Shop Boys and others.

Erlend's selection for his DJ-Kicks draws from the best of both the dance and rock worlds. NYC dance rockers The Rapture are here, as are French house heads Phoenix, Japanese quirk-rock master Cornelius and electronica stars Royksopp. While this type of eclecticism is a constant in the DJ-Kicks series, few have left as distinctive a mark on their mixes as Erlend Øye.

Customer Reviews:

One of My Favorite Albums of ALL TIME.......2007-06-20

First heard this - going on 3 years now - during the summer after my entire life had shifted position. Girlfriend moved abroad, friends moved away, I was finishing college, etc.

For the entire year thereafter, this album would become a soundtrack to my transitional period. Even now, I can STILL listen all the way through and not get tired, bored or even the slightest bit turned off to any track.

There are multiple reasons for this.

Erlend is a fantastic DJ, mixing the tracks seamlessly, with timing that most DJs don't seem to utilize to their advantage; he tells a story with these tracks, illustrated brilliantly by the way he transitions between them.

Adding incredible accappellas, he creates a humble, albeit fun, atmosphere. Having never heard the instrumental tracks of what he sings over, I think I would prefer them coupled with Oye's soft voice. Granted, he only sings over a few - so he doesn't overdo it, but rather makes the mix a very personal creation.

And the tracks in general flow so well, the entire album spans a massive range of emotions, and seems to end in a suitable, satisfiable place.

One thing, however: the actual-released version is slightly different, with one-less track (17 instead of 18), some different transitions, and some horns added in on the final song. I HIGHLY recommend the PROMO version, if you can find it, as that is - in my opinion - the prized (or lost?) jewel (promo has 18 trks). It's kind of like the original Director's Cut, vs. whatever was released to the general public.

I promise you, even if you don't like House/Dance music much (and I did not a few years back), this will possibly change your life, if you let it.

Soundtrack to Europe.......2006-10-26

My wife and I treked around Europe to this album and everytime I listen to it I can close my eyes and put myself right back there. It has a lot of very melow good electronica and hip hop beats. The only song that is a little much is 2d2f. I don't mind it as much as the wife but go figure.

I highly recommend this album.

Outstanding.......2006-07-09

This album is a compilation of songs from different artists, included Erlend Oye (mostly) and his Kings of Convinience band, remixed in an outstanding downtempo-house mood.

My fave so far.......2006-06-01

Since I bought this album last October on a whim (and good word), I quickly grew addicted to the entire DJ Kicks series, but especially this album. Erlend Oye's mix is quite certainly the best I have listened to out of the 11 editions I have so far, maybe only because I've had it the longest. Either way, from my experience, it is one of the most unique and fun ones, in the way Oye seamlessly blends in his own voice and strange vocal interpolations over established techno songs.
The contrast of the Smiths' "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" over Royksopp's "Poor Leno", and Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" over Skateboard's "Metal Chix", all sung by Erlend's pleasant but quirky voice, are strokes of minor genius. The entire album, as a result, feels more like a personalized mixtape from Erlend than the top-shelf electronic mixes that DJ Kicks is well known for. There is a rustic and personal charm about this album, but most importantly it is still banging! The variety on this album allows it to be a perfect waking-up album, dancing in the clubs album, relaxing at the beach album, and driving home late at night album. Something for all, and all within a too-short 55 minutes...Best DJ Kicks album I have heard so far.

super fun dance sing along.......2005-12-05

Although I'm not their biggest fan, I do enjoy the work that I've heard by Kings Of Convenience and enjoyed their Versus disc in which they were remixed by a variety of excellent artists. Although I didn't care much for Erlend Oye's first solo album (found it a bit bland), I have to admit that I'm completely won over by this DJ Kicks mix compiled by him. Another in the line of outstanding mixes (the Kruder And Dorfmeister and Andrea Parker efforts are definitely worth having as well), Oye puts his personal stamp on the mix by not only picking out the tracks but actually singing karaoke style over several of them. It sounds cheesy as hell, but it works quite well.

After opening with some German dancefloor by Jürgen Paape, the disc moves into its first such combination as Oye not only drops a remix of one of his own tracks ("Sheltered Life"), but sings vocals from an Opus 3 track over the top. He pops back in at the beginning of "If I Ever Feel Better" by Phoenix and when it makes the transition to the actual band vocals it's flawless. That last reason is really the way that the mix pulls it off. Although Oye changes melodies to fit the tracks that he's singing along with, he has a knack for blending vocals in alongside tracks that you wouldn't think of putting together.

Two examples stand out on the disc in particular. Over the Silikon Soul remix of "Poor Leno" by Röyksopp, Oye sings vocals to the excellent (and much-covered) "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and it fits like a charm (especially when his own vocals from the original track softly breath in at the end). Even stranger is Oye singing "Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson!) over the dancefloor grinder "Skateboard" by Metal Chix. In addition to his unique vocal coups, Oye includes some downright awesome tracks on the disc as well, including the fluttering electronics of "Winning A Battle, Losing The War" by Minizza, the banging minimal dancefloor of "Airraid" by Jackmate and the obscuro and hilarious "Radio Jolly" by Jolly Music. All in all, this is a fun electro-dance release that is 55 minutes well spent. Heck, you'll probably even find yourself singing along with Oye after awhile.

(from almost cool music reviews)

Average customer rating:

Extraordinary!!
One of the classic Dj Kicks
Awesome!

DJ-Kicks
Henrik Schwarz
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ASIN: B000HT3TK2
Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

Intro
Bird's Lament
Woman of the World [Long Instrumental Version]
Claire
Spanish Joint
Since You've Been Gone
Jon [Live] - Henrik Schwarz
Let It Out - Jae Mason
Anthracite - Cymande
Imagination Limitation Mix 1 [DJ-Kicks] - Henrik Schwarz
Black Sea
Giya Kasiamore - Amampondo
Walk a Mile in My Shoes [Henrik Schwarz Remix] - Coldcut,
Core - Robert Hood
Chant Avec Cithare [Track 1] - Artist Unknown
Summun Bukmun Umyun - Pharoah Sanders
You Can Be a Star
Get Around to It - Arthur Russell
Conscious of My Conscience
Let Jah Love Come - Sugar Minott,
Wake Up Brothers - Doug Hammond
You're the Man [Alternate Version 2] - Marvin Gaye
Outro

Customer Reviews:

Extraordinary!!.......2007-06-07

This dance compilation renewed my faith in the possibility of depth and meaning in dance music. Schwarz is a great artist who can paint a flawless canvas of music with character. His mixes are superb. His performance in dance music has the rare ability to move one's soul. His song choices are second to none both musically and lyrically. A dozen listens later, I'm still smiling and going "Wow!"

One of the classic Dj Kicks.......2006-12-17

I have been picky about my DJ Kicks selections..This one is up there on top with Thievery Corp., Vikter Duplaix mix. Excellent cross section of tracks. The mix is seamless and flows great from one track to the next..Just look at the track selection; D'Angelo, Pharoah Sanders, Marvin Gaye, Coldcut.
Certainly one to treasure.

Awesome!.......2006-11-12

This mix album is absolutely fantastic. A must buy!

Henrik soulfully weaves through a number of genres and the placement of tracks is incredibly well thought out. Detroit Techno smoothly transitioning in to South African traditional music - who would have thought it could work? Boy, does it really!

Another reviewer summed this album up perfectly: " It's a CD that tells a story. It contains tracks that ooze class, that reek of history, that are imbued with style. It is a mix that speaks of life's rich tapestry. In short, Henrik Schwarz has delivered a mix with something for your mind, your body, and, most importantly, your soul. "

It has been a while since I felt so good after listening to a new CD!

Average customer rating:

cool stuff for cool people...
A Review Of Each Track On DJ-Kicks: Four Tet

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Release Date: 2006-06-27

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Leapday Night (Scene 1) - David Behrman
Mom, The Video Broke - Syclops
If I Were Only a Child Again - Curtis Mayfield
Out-Rock - Heiner Stadler
Professor's Here
Soucoupes Volantes Vertes - Heldon
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Love, Love
Pockets - Four Tet
Psychosomatic - Model 500
Taireva
Superspace
Kneel to the Boss - Cabaret Voltaire
Love Is How Y Make It
Represent
Up Against the Wall [Getaway Car Mix] - Group Home
Flutter - Autechre

Customer Reviews:

cool stuff for cool people..........2006-07-18

It's pretty much a given that a DJ set from Four Tet (a.k.a. Kieran Hebden) is going to be more of an eclectic, cerebral affair rather than a dance floor meltdown. DJ Kicks is his second foray into this realm, after an effectively atmospheric Late Night Tales installment a couple years ago. This mix has a harder edge to it, perhaps reflecting the denser, more percussive textures of Four Tet's recent album Everything Ecstatic. Basically, this is all great stuff, and unless you have a record collection twice as large as Mr. Hebden's, there's plenty of gems for you to discover here. David Behrman... Curtis Mayfield... African mbira... Gong... Madvillain... Autechre... yeah, you get the idea. Cool stuff for cool people. People like you. Buy it.

A Review Of Each Track On DJ-Kicks: Four Tet.......2006-07-10

David Behrman: Leapday Night Scene 1
A light, gentle ambient trip through experimental music and distorted trumpet sounds,
Syclops: Mom, The Video Broke
An electroclash piece by French producer Maurice Fulton. Very heavy stuff.
Curtis Mayfield: If I Were Only A Child Again
Beautiful! A hidden soul gem from maestro Curtis Mayfield!
Heiner Stadler: Out Rock
A short jazz piece. Short, but sweet.
Gary Davis: The Professor's Here
A bizarre piece of music. I don't know the genre. It's good though!
Heldon: Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes
A piece of French progressive. The title means 'The Green Flying Saucers'
Stereolab: Les Yper-Sound
A piece of feel-good rock. Happy!
So Solid Crew: Dilemma
A short piece of electro. Simple, but very good
Akufen: Psychometry 3.2
A bizarre piece from Akufen. Akufen is the phonetic spelling of acouphéne (French for tinnitus)
Animal Collective: Baby Day
A sadly lacking piece from the Baltimore quintet.
Madvillian: Figaro
Bad. Just bad.
Julian Priester: Love
An interesting piece of jazz...Is that a latin flavour that I hear.
Four Tet: Pockets (DJ-KiCKS)
Here it is: The DJ-KiCKS exclusive. A smooth piece of 80s pop mixed with techno rhythms
Model500: Psychosomatic
What is this? Is it IDM or electro? Could someone tell me?
Shona People Of Rhodesia: Taireva
African thumb pianos? Why not! A beautiful and refreshing piece of music.
Quickspace Supersport: Superplus
This sounds like The Dandy Warhols met The Chemical Brothers. An interesting combo...
Cabaret Voltaire: Kneel To The Boss
A very short piece from the 70's. And I mean short. 36 seconds!
Gong: Love Is How You Make It
A short piece of modern Britpop. Cute!
Showbiz & AG: Represent
Please! Stop with the profanity!
Group Home: Up Against The Wall
A great piece, with amazing rhythms. Unfortunately, it is also explicit. I just don't get profanity...
Autechre: Flutter
A fast paced IDM/Breakbeat track from electronica gods Autechre. Wonderful!

Four Tet gets Four Stars for his innovative DJ-KiCKS CD! Great job!

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Tiga!
Amazing
Excellent compilation!
Hats off to Tiga, and to K7
My god!

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Tiga
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Inthemix, Vol. 5: Mixed by Tiga and Ajax
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ASIN: B00007K217
Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

Radio Jolly [Adult. De-Funked Remix] - Jolly Music
You're So Gangsta [Playgroup Instrumental] - Chromeo
Ich und Elaine [2raumwohnung Club Mix] - 2raumwohnung
Big Fake
You [Vocal Version] - Tutto Matto
Shemale [Blackstrobe Remix] - Sir Drew
Deceptacon [DFA Remix] - Le Tigre
...So - Soft Cell
Dubby Disco
Sacrifice - Break 3000
Dying in Beauty - Tiga,
Time Has Changed - Codec & Flexor
Devices
Rather Be
Shake a Leg
Unconditional Discipline of the Bastard Prince - Volga Select
Lowrider
Home Again
Mispent Years - Schatrax
Man Hrdina (DJ Kicks) - Tiga
Ikea - Swayzak
Bang Bang Lover [Dance Mix] - Charles Manier
Biggest Fan [Black Strobe Mix] - Mini Br
Madame Hollywood [Tiga's Mister Hollywood Version] - Tiga

Amazon.com

Unlike some players in the electro scene, Tiga traffics in tunes that encourage dancing, not copping an attitude. His installment of DJ Kicks marries new tracks with a couple of older gems with astonishing panache; who knew 1990's "Dirty Cash" by Stevie V. could still sound fresh? Ditto for his protracted segue between DFA's stripped-down remix of "Deceptacon," from Le Tigre's eponymous debut, and a bubbly 1982 Soft Cell b-side. This Montreal DJ-producer's selection of more recent fare, including rarities from Swayzak and Adult's Carl Finlow, is equally impressive, and blessed with a sense of humor. 2Raumwohnung's breathy "Ich Und Elaine" revitalizes German new wave; "You" by Tutto Matto simmers with menace; and Martini Bros.' "The Biggest Fan" is a hilarious outburst of egomania. Long before the program peaks with his own rendition of Felix Da Housecat's "Madame Hollywood," you'll be convinced: Tiga is a huge star. --Kurt B. Reighley

Album Description

* Now includes his sultry anthem of Nelly's 'Hot In Herree'. Helming 2003's first installment in !K7's seminal DJ-Kicks series, Montreal's Tiga is making yet another colossal splash in the electronic music scene he has been championing for over a decade. As a world-renowned DJ, party promoter, record store owner, label executive, and producer, Tiga has not only helped establish Montreal's burgeoning music scene but runs one of the most respected labels in North America, Turbo Recordings. For his DJ Kicks mix, Tiga has chosen a diverse collection of danceable grooves, ranging from straight up techno to mutant disco and icy electro.

Customer Reviews:

Tiga!.......2006-06-01

Since this album's release in 2003 (at the height of electroclash's influence), Tiga has been unable to follow it until some months ago, with his proper debut "Sexor". Needless to say, his installment of DJ Kicks is one of the most purely enjoyable of the lot. For 75 minutes, Tiga throws smoking pop songs, introspective slower jams, and sly winks right at your feet, giving you no chance but to dance for your life. The Amazon review says it best about his segues and song selections: they are a cut above the rest. Not only are they seamless, but they are also always unexpectedly great. Tiga clearly knows his stuff when it comes to mixing. Needless to say, of all my DJ Kicks selection (11 albums), this is easily top three quality, and definitely one to keep the party going.

Amazing.......2004-09-04

I had heard of Tiga before and downloaded some of his singles but never gotten any of his CDs...Then the other day I found this CD for 10 Euros in Amsterdam...I didn't hesitate and bought it. All I can say is its unbelievable. The first few times I felt the CD was well-mixed and had a good set of songs but now I've realized that pretty much every single trackon this CD is strong in and by itself...with Tiga's mixing they simply reach a higher level of amazing. If you like Electro of any type you need to get this.

Excellent compilation!.......2004-06-16

This is an amazingly wonderful album. There are so many songs on it that are worth listening to just on their own (Ich Und Elaine, Time Has Changed, and of course Radio Jolly), but the piece as a whole is a wonderful way to get yourself moving for over an hour.

Hats off to Tiga, and to K7.......2004-04-23

It's time to recognize the DJ Kicks line by K7 for what it is: one of the most consistently outstanding mix series around. When other compilations trip and fall over schlock -- or become too enamored with one particular genre -- DJ Kicks dares to bring you sounds you just don't hear elsewhere. For quite a few years now, the series has set its own course: diverse enough to encompass DnB, rock, house, and dub, but still coherent enough to maintain its appeal to longtime followers. Well done.

As for this particular album, the prior reviews say it best: electro-funky, without the overdose of playground kitsch. It's all real fun and inspiring. Good times.

My god!.......2003-11-28

This is an amazing mix i will never forget, Ive been listening to it for like two months now. I highly recommend it.

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The Glimmers!

DJ-Kicks
The Glimmers
Manufacturer: K7
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Fabriclive.31

ASIN: B0007NMJUE
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

Bis Shack Up
Peaches Lovertits
Big Two Hundred - Approach and Pass With Contact
Dirty Minds I Want You (Dub)
Lotterboys Heroine (DJ-Kicks Mix)
Modern Romance Can You Move
Kerri Chandler Disko Satisfaction
Connie Case Get Down
Deepstate II Everybody Get Down
Ragtyme Fix It Man (Marshall Jefferson Vocal Mix)
Lindstrom & Prince Thomas Kosmisk Klubbkveld
Kaos Feel Like I Feel (Sing Along)
Impi Impi (Dub)
Hamilton Bohannon The Groove Machine/The Boogie Train (Idjut Boys Re-Edit)
The Glimmers Cassette
Two Lone Swordsmen Showbiz Shotguns (Instrumental)
Magnetophone Kels Vintage Thought
Chicago Im A Man (Rug n Tug Re-Edit)

Album Description

The new DJ-Kicks album by The Glimmers, Mo Becha and David Fouquaert, once known as The Glimmer Twins, is a dizzying blend of disco, punk, funk, electro, & house. In their skilled and dextrous hands, disco no longer sucks and acid house's unparalled energy has been revitalised. Those with the inside skinny have long known this: for the last five years The Glimmers have been dance music's best kept secret, and, as such, its saviours in waiting.

Disco is the main axis upon which these 18 tracks swing, but this is not the disco from Saturday Night Fever lore. In Hamilton Bohannon's 1979 classic, "The Groove Machine"/ "The Boogie Train" (exclusively re-edited by the Idjut Boys for this album), is a disco wholly suited to New York's famed Paradise Garage. On Rub `N Tug's magical (again exclusive) re-edit of Chicago's "I'm A Man", blues-y rock is re-born as hypnotic disco. Conversely, the first three tracks Bis's "Shack Up," Peaches "Lovertits," and Big Two Hundred's "Approach & Pass With Contact" are examples of the nefarious new wave disco.

Far from being the faceless and featureless linear DJ mixes of old, The Glimmers have invested their DJ-Kicks debut with a musical schizophrenia that would be certifiable if it weren't so goddamn funky. It's mixed up, but it's cohesive: it has its eyes on the future and it's heart in the past. It brings to mind the best works of Andy Weatherall, Derrick Carter and Trevor Jackson, yet has a unique charm that is all its very own. It is without doubt the best advert for freaky dancing in 2005.

Customer Reviews:

The Glimmers!.......2006-06-01

Raw, funky and hypnotic, this mix by the Glimmers features a healthy dose of the venerated genre of italo-disco (in the form of tracks by Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, and remixes by Idjut Boys and Magnetophone), as well as out-and-out house. One of my favorite moments on this mix is when the Out Hud remix of "Kel's Vintage Thought" stops, and the dirty bass of Chicago's "I'm A Man" appears, to ride out its hypnotic groove for almost 8 minutes. If your heart can keep up to the steady pulse and manic pace of this album, you are indeed made of stern stuff.

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A Sublime Mix album from Vikter Duplaix....
K7's Heavyweight Champion!?
THE universal sound
Duplaix presents
Most fascinating mix to come out in a LONG time

DJ Kicks
Vikter Duplaix , and Vikter Duplaix
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ASIN: B00005UC3Z
Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

The Beginning - Critical Point
Together - Taurus (Cry Tuff Original)
Hold It Down - 4Hero
The Crossing (Opaque Mix) - P'Taah
Feelin Me Feelin You - Waiwan feat. L Heywood
You Saw It All - Herbert
Tree Of Life - Osunlade
Sensuality - Vikter Duplaix
The Way - Neppa Allstars
Happiness (A. Beedle Mix) - Shawn Lee
Berimbau - Mandrake
Free As The Morning Sun - Mr. Hermano
Welcome To The World - Hopper
Transition - Critical Point
How Do I Move - Spacek
Copa (Cabanga) - De La Soul
Bahamadia - Philadelphia
Bag Lady - Erykah Badu
Holy Sound - Philip Charles
The Sun - New Sector Movements

Album Description

Whether working with the likes of Erykah Badu, Masters At Work, Jazzanova, or King Britt's Sylk 130, veteran producer, songwriter and vocalist Duplaix has established himself as major creative force in the New Philly Soul Movement. DJ Kicks, Duplaix's eclectic debut outing as a DJ, features his signature soulful aesthetic; weaving sounds as diverse as West London soul and hip hop into a cohesive sonic masterpiece. Studio K7.

Customer Reviews:

A Sublime Mix album from Vikter Duplaix...........2003-10-28

Certainly an artist that is not known for his album releases (including this one, he has 2-3 releases), but more a behind the scenes producer & a magnificent track selector....and it's this aspect that has earned him a DJ Kicks release. They certainly were spot on choosing Vikter for his inspired choice of tracks as he, cuts up silky smooth House (Four Hero, Herbert), through to sensual R&B (Duplaix, Waiwan, Osunlade), before rounding out the latter half of the album with celebratory Hip-Hop (De La Soul, Erykah Badu, Bahamadia), which is all handled with such a elegantly smooth transition that it is all the more surprising that he isn't actually a regarded DJ in the traditional sense, and isn't so concerned with mixing, but more with appropriate tracks & selection of atmospheric music. If you want to get the best out of this Cd, having an appreciation of Hip-Hop/R&B/Vocal House will undoubtedly help, and this almost certainly ranks amongst DJ Kicks finest releases.

K7's Heavyweight Champion!?.......2003-04-16

I say this, as an owner of the K7 Smith and Mighty, DJ Cam, and Rockers Hi-Fi to mention a few, it was tough for me to admit that this mix may be the best. Vikter Duplaix cooks up a upbeat mix of the best of Hip-hop, House, R&B(east coast style), along with artist who continue to defy catagorization. Some of the artist will be familar to the listener; 4hero, waiwan, De La Soul, Bahamadia(though she doesn't rap herself, the vocal is still worth hearing), Erykah Badu. Then, as in other DJKicks he throughs in the obscure talent deserving of wider recognition, and these cuts add to the listening expierence in that they don't detract from it.
Vikter is currently heard on the new Jazzanova, and if you haven't heard it you should if only for the sake of hearing and artist who is well rounded. A trait seldom found in too many young and upcoming.

THE universal sound.......2003-01-31

Universal Sound truly encompasses the nature of this cd. Duplaix cuts breakbeats, afrobeats, and downbeats all together to form a collage worthy to sooth anyones soul. The worldliness of this cd makes you just want to pop it in, sit down and relax. Fantastic disc.

Duplaix presents.......2002-05-04

The selection of tracks on this CD excellent...Like another reviewer said, it is the best DJ Kicks CD I have....I wish Viktor didn't promote himself so much in between tracks..Like " You are listening to the sounds of Viktor Duplaix" several times in between tracks... But I still give it 5 stars. After listening to it for a few months, this is still one of the best complilation/dance cd I own.

Most fascinating mix to come out in a LONG time.......2002-02-12

You're listening to it and you're wondering, "how the heck did he do it?"
How did producer/songwriter Vikter Duplaix (Erykah Badu, Eric Benet, King Britt and Jazzanova among others) put together a mix CD with such divergent sources (funk, hip-hop, ambient, techno, house) and make you still LIKE all of it? This is by far the funkiest offering to come out of the DJ Kicks line of producer-mixed CDs and hands down the best. Duplaix knows his music and how to move a crowd.

The music is wide-ranging but still somehow manages to sound completely cohesive, sonically and stylistically. That's no easy feat, as Duplaix bounces around the spectrum of his record crates to some pretty "out" sources (YOU try and name 4 bands off this record you knew before you heard it), and also makes them a little fresher here and there with the speed and pacing. The whole CD is like going to a really cool party without the smoke, and the fact that an acid jazz hit is followed by a house remix doesn't seem to stand out to you at all. Duplaix picked songs that BELONG together, and they're great songs. Weird, funky, and great showings all around (though I don't like the live Badu track that appears here: she sounds as if she's literally running in place while she sings).

A great buy for anyone with a taste of musical adventure. The guy's got more standout-good tracks than most people have total tracks on their album.

Tracks:

Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens
Zero G
Dark Jazz [DJ Cam Remix]
Prelude to Cycle 6
Tell the World
Ride Away
Gettin' Down Again
Things in Time
Freestyle 1
Unassisted
Freestyle 2
The Visitor
Juggling
Milan
Bronx Theme [DJ Kicks]

Album Description

Cam calls his own sound 'abstract hip hop', & his acclaimed album, Substances, offers a definition: streetwise beats laced with film samples, jazzy touches, eastern influences & great swathes of symphonic strings. Imagine DJ Krush, DJ Shadow & Massive Attack all gathering join some smoky Left Bank jazz cafe. It's an instrumental music that vaults all language barriers. As often as not the rhythm is implied rather than present, but hip hop provides both the music's structure & its production technique. At the decks, he's likely to be found spinning hard, fat breakbeats & heavy jungle. But on this specially crafted DJ Kicks mix- including Bronx Theme, a track composed exclusively for this album- he returns to his first love, plucking music from the UK, USA, France, Belgium & Switzerland to mix abstract hip hop with the real underground deal.

Customer Reviews:

A Beautiful Hip-Hop/Electronica Marriage.......2005-09-21

DJ Cam is one of my favorite DJ's. He's got his own style, his own likes, his own motivation and you can tell the music that he's passionate about. With quite a few noteworthy projects and releases in his reportoire over the past 10 years... from Paris Nu-Jazz compilations to blunted hip-hop jazz, to work with Guru of Gangstarr to mad soulful clips. The man knows soul, he knows the vibe and atmosphere of the city and it seems very fitting for him to put in a slammin' entry to !K7's DJ Kicks series.

You get a feel of Cam's influence from a track taken off of his 1996 album "Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens". I love the song... it's mad deep, the tunes, the meaning and flow of the music; beautiful. It's followed up by some classic electronic work by Minus 8 with 'Zero G'. Check the effects in that one then how the beat slows and drops into a deeper, darker place with Daphreephunkateerz's "Dark Jazz". What a bass line in that and in classic Cam fashion, he ads that touch of class in the remix with the sax. Later in the album you've got some Hip-Hop from different continents with twists to the cuts that solidify the mood. 4-Hero's own Tek 9 puts a track in there with "Gettin' Down Again", the perfect prelude to Hip-Hop heaven. Rodney P. follows up with "Things in Time", a style that'll take you back to the mid to early 90's sound... one that I still honestly love. Another highlight is Rasco's "Unassisted"... it doesn't have to be perfect, just has to fit the groove. The set hits an appropriate pinnacle with Tommy Hool's "Milan", but the track is given a hell of a face-lift by Cam. He bridges it with clips from "Suckers Never Play That" so you can feel his accent all over the cut. Bliss.

I definitely recommend this to the fan of 90's hip-hop or anyone that had a connection to underground New York sounds of the decade. I really like this album, even today. Admittedly the atmosphere's dark (which i love), but at time's the cross fading is tripped & I wasn't a fan of The Ragga Twins "Jugglin". But none of that's enough to forego this altogether. The linear notes state that 'DJ Cam unites his own highly contemporary style with the New York underground sound he considers "the most beautiful music in the wold."' When layed on a platter like this, and your imagination wanders to your own urban soundtrack & adventure, you start feeling mad blunted and it's near impossible to disagree with that. If you dig this, definitely check his "Mad Bluted Jazz", Guru's Jazzmatazz series, The Future Sound of Jazz series on Compost Records and work by Amon Tobin, DJ Krush, Mr. Scruff and King Kooba.

DJ Cam Proves his Dj Kicks Entry to be amongst the best...........2004-03-30

French musican "Dj Cam" has had a long history of Instrumental beats, and has updated the unchanged Hip-Hop arrangement of beats, and slowed the tempo and Blunting the beats creating something more suited to home listening but more chilled and minimally arranged.

His Dj Kicks release has the honour of being amongst the finest of the 'Dj Kicks series (sharing such illustrious space with "Kruder & Dorfmeister..etc), starting out with the downtempo beats that he made his name by, so the gorgeous loungy Electronica of Cam's own "Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens" opens the open album beautifully, and moves along with this elegant form of electronica, before easing into some Jazzy Hip-Hop courtesy of a Cam Remix of "Daphreephunkateerz - Dark Jazz" which feels similar to some of "The Herbalisers" work. One of the real early Standouts is the Funky house introduction of "Mighty Bop's - Ride Away" ....and it's here that you realise 6 Tracks into the mix, that you've already passed through 3 Genres (Electronica, Hip-Hop, House).

An excursion into Rap is next with "Rodney P's" Toughtalking "Things in time" steps the BPM up a couple of notches, and the next couple of tracks are excellent Vocal Rap (courtesy of "Awesome 2"), but a huge shift in direction (and another standout track) is the Anti-Crime Jungle Anthem of "The Ragga Twins - Juggling", that although completely out of odds with how the album started, and Cam's Downtempo Beats is a startling surprise, and unexpected inclusion in the mix. And how the Album starts, it must also end.....with The last track being the sublime "Bronx Theme" (especially composed by Cam) for the Compilation, and is a masterfully orchestrated Chilled Trip-Hop track, that wouldn't be out of place on his exemplary "Mad Blunted Jazz" album, full of late night groove and style, this is as elegant a track, as it is head noddingly rhythmic. Those expecting "Mad Blunted Jazz part 2" will undoubtedly be disappointed as the track-listing moves through too many genres of varying BPM for it to be the ultimate soothing Electronica / Trip-hop Cd, but those that are just looking for a fantastically compiled mix album (it should also be mentioned that DJ Cam, scratches on a handful of the tracks here, and although his skills don't approach that of a highly skilled turntablist, its inclusion is most welcomed) this stands along with not only being amongst the best of the DJ Kicks albums, but also of Cam's own studio albums......highly recommended.

A standout cd in a great series........2004-01-28

`I have at least 14 of the DJ Kicks cd series and this is one of the standouts. Being an east coast person living in the Ohio Valley it was refreshing to hear a real slice of home, which is to say underground hip-hop New York City. Though some of these artist may not be considered "underground" any more this cd takes us back to when the sound was just being created, when the music began to take a direction away from mainstream dilution.
Other music on this cd was a plesant surprise to hear and has had me looking for these obscure artist, many whom are hard to find. DJ Cam has some of them here on this magnificint journey through the early to mid 1990's.

Solid showing of Cam's influences.......2002-05-21

This is a pretty good collection of Cam's influences, and as a mix album the tracks flow really swell. At first listen, you'll notice a heavy, heavy jazz overtone, but around track 4 and on he starts slipping hip-hop beats and the album really becomes an incredible synthesis of styles. It's probably the second Cam record yuo should get after his own classic album "Mad Blunted Jazz". Unlike his more recent offerings, rapping isn't over-present on tracks, and the tracks get to breathe.

A great chill-out record that people into chill-out, underground hip-hop and jazz will get a kick out of.

great intro.......2001-12-28

Having most Dj Cam albums, I both appreciate his work and want to see others discover it. This DJ Kicks album makes a great intro to Dj Cam. In fact, this could be said a bout a number of DJ Kicks releases. For instance, Tricky's DJ Kicks album is also the easiest to discover the artist under a positive light.

Dj Cam is an explorer into hip hop, trip hop, jazz, classic, rap and Arabic music. Although "Substances" and "Mad Blunted Jazz" score even higher on my list as true musical innovations, I have noticed a number of people discovered Dj Cam thanks to this DJ Kicks album, and highly recommend it. If you don't know the man, buy it. If you know his other works, buy it as well, because it's good stuff!

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