And here we are at Part 3 of 4 of ‘You Asked For It’ – Jimmy Monsta Funk playing wax selected exclusively from his record purchases of 2016. If you missed the first installments you can catch up below. Well worth doing as each part throws up a totally different slant on how the year played out release wise, from a man with one of the best living collections I’ve ever come across.
Part 1: Paid the Cost – https://awkmo.co/jmfs-you-asked-for-it-part-1-paid-the-cost/
Part 2: Stranger Things Have Happened – https://awkmo.co/jmfs-you-asked-for-it-part-2-stranger-things-have-happened/
In Part 3 JMF plants his feet firmly in techno territory, exploring his lifelong love of the genre that started in Detroit. Across 26 tracks in 80 minutes he balances the tough with the technical, the jazz with the tribal and blends the floor movers with the noodley, from every corner of the globe. Omar S, Octave One, Terrence Dixon and Aaron Siegel appear with labels such as Dekmantel, Transmat, M-Plant and DJ Bone on his own Subject Detroit imprint.
And of course a heavy nod to Underground Resistance alumni including Robert Hood / Floorplan, Mark Flash and Rolando who not only have decades old legacy but also released some of the best records of 2016.
Big things here. Rarely can techno be explored in one mix in a way to make you just sit down and listen, but Monsta Funk seems to manage it every time. Records only, live recording as always.
Aaron Siegel + Tim “Love” Lee – Living Is Serious Business (Carl Craig remix) [Fit Sound]
Gary Martin – Charlotte [Detroit Electronic Quarterly]
Omar S – Time Mo 1″ (Norman Talley mix) [FXHE Records]
Azimute – Paradox [Transmat]
Octave One – Jazzo/Lose Myself (Paul Woolford rework) [430 West]
Brian Harden – Chicago To Detroit (Byron The Aquarius Remix) [D3 Elements]
Junior Boys – Big Black Coat (Robert Hood Remix) [Jiaolong]
Floorplan – Good Thang [M-Plant]
Roberto – Perisphinctes (Rolando Remix) [Fossil Archive]
Prins Thomas – D (Hieroglyphic Being Beat Rework) [Smalltown Supersound]
Timeline – Still Pondering [4evr 4wrd]
Francesco Tristano – Pacific FM [Transmat]
Timeline – The Next Wave [4evr 4wrd]
Robert Hood – Lockers [Dekmantel]
Terrence Dixon Pres Population One – Temporary Insanity [Out Electronic]
Kevin Saunderson as E-Dancer – One Nation [KMS]
DJ 3000 – Take Me Away (Truncate Remix) [Motech]
Karim Sahraoui — Prelude [Transmat]
Russell Butler – Without Fear [Black Opal]
Kingpin Cartel – Ghetto [Beard Man]
Mark Flash – Audiofluid [Underground Resistance]
DJ Bone – Black Patterns [Subject Detroit]
No Questions Asked – Validation Of A DJ [No Questions Asked]
Members Of The House – Summer Nites (Kornel Kovacs remix) [Numbers]
Javonntte – Theme From Javonntte [Sistrum Recordings]
Amp Fiddler – Steppin’ (Qwestlife remix) [Black Riot]