Stoked to be presenting a new series of mixes from Jimmy Monsta Funk. In what seems to be an annual occurrence (check Mo Last Year and You Asked For It for 2015 and 2016 respectively) JMF has handed down his 2017 wrap-up split across four mixes. This is the year in records – a selection of tracks that are all releases, re-releases or reissues from 2017 blended, selected and mixed together live on two turntables.
The titles for the mixes are all based on the nonsense world events of the year – Elon Musk going to Mars and sending a Douglas Adams charged Tesla on space recon, the possibility of a hard border in Ireland due to Brexit, the hands moving on the Doomsday Clock and the continuation of a cycle started by Thatcher and her ‘Big bang’. There’s message in the medium.
No Hard Borders kicks things off for us with a journey through house, from the deeper side of the genre to the club. Thirty eight tracks including the likes of Doc Daneeka, DJ Qu, Jimpster, Orlando Voorn and Andres under his Drummer From Detroit guise. Around the world and through the genre with some king artists and new faces who brought big plates across the year.
No Hard Borders
In Flagranti Feat. Ayakamay – Make, Make, You Lose, You Lose (Hotfoot)
Adesse Versions – Don’t Stop The Acid (LPH WHITE)
Osunlade – Unspoken Ft. Rainy Payne (Yoruba Records)
Marcel Vogel – I Got Jesus (Karizma Dub) (Lumberjacks In Hell)
Soft House Company – What You Need… (Flash Forward)
Marco Resmann – Flash Balls (Watergate Records)
Nicolas Diez – Amazonia (Rationalism Limited)
Rising Sun – The Dream (Beautiful Things Don’t Ask For Attention)
Crackazat – Rainbow Fantasia (Local Talk)
Doc Daneeka – Luv Unltd Ft. Robert Owens (Unprotected Sax Mix) (Ten Thousand Yen)
Marshal Jefferson – Lock The Doors (Rhythm Masters Remix) (Freakin909)
DJ Qu – No Poetry (Strength Music Recordings)
That Man Monkz, Malik Ameer, Leron Thomas – Amerikkan Poets (Swat)
DJ Clock Featuring Madame X – Union Dance (Louie Vega Dance Ritual Instrumental) (Vega Records)
Redlight – City Jams (Hot Haus Recs)
Denis Sulta – Our World (With A Boy On Its Shoulders) (Sulta Selects)
Evvol – Physical L.U.V (Dexter Remix) (!K7 Records)
Unknown Artist – ODE (Ode)
Nomad – Devotion (Pangaea’s Mix) (HADAL)
Octo Octa – Move On (Frendzone Mix) (Frendzone!)
Lucretio – The Lisbon Treaty E.P. (Paramount City Records)
Jimpster – Where You Are Ft. Khalil Anthony (Freerange Records)
The Burrell Connection – Southside EP (I Walked By Night)
SIS – The Blind Side (Crosstown Rebels)
A Drummer From Detroit – Drums #2 Part 5 (Fit Sound)
Orlando Voorn – Get Up (Chapter 2 Recordings)
Anonym – Castaway (Orlando Voorn Remix) (Bass Culture Records)
Mr Beatnick – Dawn Vapours (Tief Music)
Maurice Jnr – Interlude (BOUNCIN)
Bontan – The First Time (Hot Creations)
Kid Enigma – Dangerous (Plant 74 Records)
Hammer – At Once (Optimo Music)
Shedbug – Unwavering (Salt Mines)
Mix and Fairbanks – Back to Kingston (Orange Tree Edits)
Addison Groove – Shango (Ejeca Remix) (Groove)
Love Committee – Just As Long I’ve Got You (Secret Squirrels 14) (Secret Squirrels)
Rising Sun – Moon (Lonely Acid Dub) (Kristofferson Kristofferson)
Bicep – Glue (Ninja Tune)