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Various - How To Kill The DJ (Part Two)


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Label: Kill The DJ Records
Catalog#: TSKTCD001
Format: CD, Compilation, Mixed
CD, Compilation
Country:France
Released:08 Sep 2004
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Rock
Style: Industrial, Indie Rock, Glitch, Punk, Avantgarde, Disco, New Wave, Psychobilly, Psychedelic Rock, Funk, Tech House, Electro, Experimental
Credits: Artwork By [Design] - Adam Love
Compiled By, DJ Mix - Optimo (2)
DJ Mix - JD Twitch (tracks: 1.21 to 1.42) , JG Wilkes* (tracks: 1.01 to 1.20)
Photography - Torsten Lauschmann
Photography [Retouching] - Adrien Blanchat
Producer - Fany Corral
Notes:Commercial version in digipack rather than jewel-case.
Compiled and mixed by Optimo: JG Wilkes [CD1, tracks 1 to 20, shown in black numbering] & JD Twitch [CD1, tracks 20 to 42, shown in grey numbering].
CD1 is a mixed CD called "Optimo", divided into 42 tracks.
CD2 is an unmixed CD called "Espacio".

The first 5000 copies have the wrong tracklisting on CD2, namely:
01 Angelo Badalamenti
02 Arthur Russell
03 The Balanescu Quartet
04 Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra
05 Nouvelle Vague
06 Big Ned
07 Sun City Girls
08 Andre Williams
09 Hasil Adkins
10 The Monks
11 Os Mutantes
12 The Meters
13 20th Century Steel Band
14 The Flirtations
15 Bush Tetras
16 Modettes
17 The Creepers
18 The Only Ones

Tracklisting errors on CD1 (on all copies):
08 credited to Carl Craig
42 correctly credited to Love [both Love and Arthur Lee released versions of this track within a year of Love splitting up and Lee leaving]
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Tracklisting:

 Optimo
1.01 Funkadelic Wars Of Armaggedon
1.02 Laibach Decree (Beat)
1.03 John Carpenter The End (Disco Version: Part 1)
1.04 Hiltmeyer Inc Narkotik!
1.05 Hashim Rocking The Planet (Beat)
1.06 Miroslav Vitous New York City
1.07 Soft Cell Sex Dwarf
1.08 Tres Demented Demented Drums
1.09 Luciano & Quenum Orange Mistake
1.10 Basic Channel Phylyps Trak II
1.11 Crash Course In Science Flying Turns
1.12 Revolting Cocks On Fire
1.13 Depeche Mode Dead Of Night (Electronicat Remix)
    Remix - Electronicat
1.14 Quarks I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)
    Remix - Superpitcher
1.15 Liaisons Dangereuses Los Ninos Del Parque
1.16 Cramps, The New Kind Of Kick
1.17 Harco Pront Night
1.18 CLS Can U Feel It
1.19 Gang Of Four Damaged Goods
1.20 Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations
1.21 Junkyard Band, The The Word
1.22 Stranglers, The Nice N' Sleazy
1.23-1 Pablo Cissy Strut
1.23-2 Os Mutantes A Minha Menina
1.24 Banbarra Shack Up
1.25 Joubert Singers, The Stand On The Word (Larry Levan Remix)
    Remix - Larry Levan
1.26 20th Century Steel Band Heaven And Hell
1.27 Rapture, The Out Of The Races And On To The Tracks
1.28-1 Cameo Money (Reese Revamp Mix)
    Remix - Reese
1.28-2 Crackhaus Blow Brotha Blow
1.29 PJ Pooterhoots Barf
1.30-1 Black Devil Disco Club* Timing, Forget The Timing
1.30-2 Akufen Whorehouse New Process
1.31 Loose Joints Is It All Over My Face?
1.32 Grauzone Eisbaer
1.33-1 Chromeo Destination Overdrive (DFA Dub)
    Remix - DFA, The
1.33-2 Medium Medium Hungry So Angry
1.34 Modettes* White Mice
1.35-1 Akufen Quebec Nightclub
1.35-2 Monte Cazazza Sex Is No Emergency
1.36 Nurse With Wound Two Shaves And A Shine
1.37 Blondie Atomic
1.38-1 Ricardo Villalobos Easy Lee
1.38-2 Art Of Noise, The Moments In Love
1.39-1 Ricardo Villalobos Dexter
1.39-2 Suicide Dream Baby Dream
1.40-1 Ricardo Villalobos Dexter
1.40-2 Truffle Club* Autoconform
1.41 Optimo [Espacio] End Of The Night Choir One More Tune
1.42 Love Everybody's Got To Live
-   -
 Espacio
2.01 Angelo Badalamenti Mulholland Drive Theme
2.02 Arthur Russell Another Thought
2.03 Balanescu Quartet, The The Model
2.04 Andre Williams (2) Bacon Fat
2.05 Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra Some Velvet Morning
2.06 Nouvelle Vague Guns Of Brixton
    Vocals - Camille
2.07 Big Ned Final Steps
2.08 Sun City Girls Opium Den
2.09 Hasil Adkins Chicken Walk
2.10 Monks, The I Hate You
2.11 Os Mutantes A Minha Menina
2.12 Meters, The The Handclapping Song
2.13 20th Century Steel Band Heaven And Hell
2.14 Flirtations, The Nothing But A Heartache
2.15 Bush Tetras Snakes Crawl
2.16 Modettes White Mice
2.17 Creepers, The Baby's On Fire
2.18 Only Ones, The Another Girl Another Planet
User Reviews:
ecuadorian_bass, Jun 04, 2005

An incredible mix that left me gobsmacked from the outset. Ive lost count how many times Ive listened to this, but I still cant tire of it. The range and depth of music covered on this CD is astounding. Where the Soulwax/2 Many DJs duo aim for the recognisable (dare I say predictable?) Optimo take it to another level and then some.
There are too many tracks and mixing moments to mention in a single review, but a few that get me salivating are:
hearing the full version of Gang of Fours - Damaged Goods, an amazing post punk(?) tune that hinges on the twangy bassline and emotive lyrics.
Langley Schools Music Project - Good Vibrations, a cover that brings back memories of my primary education and trying to sing harmony in the school choir (cant believe Ive admitted to being in a school choir!).
Medium Medium - Hungry So Angry, never heard this before, but desperately hunting down. Crazy otherworldy vocals and excellent 80s synth sci-fiesque effects.
Ricardo Villalobos into Art of Noise into Ricardo Villalobos - micro house pads and rhythms meet 80s melodies in a perfect unison.
And ending the mix with a clubs one more tune chant AND then providing the goods in the form of Loves - Everybodys Got To Live...highly original and bloody excellent.

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