DJ Food & DK (3) – Now, Listen Again!
Label: | Ninja Tune – zenCD123 |
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Series: | Solid Steel – 8 |
Format: | CD, Mixed |
Country: | UK |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic, Hip Hop, Rock, Funk / Soul, Non-Music |
Style: | Prog Rock, Grime, Soul, Psychedelic Rock, Breakbeat, Hip-House, Cut-up/DJ, Downtempo, Drum n Bass, Breaks, Synth-pop, Poetry, Spoken Word |
Tracklist
| 0 | Unknown Artist– | Untitled | 1:39 |
| 1 | MVP*– | Rock Your Body "Mic Check 1,2" (Instrumental) | 0:16 |
| 2 | Z-Trip* Feat Soup (2)– | Listen To The DJ | 3:53 |
| 3 | Timbaland & Magoo Feat Missy Elliot*– | Cop That Shit | 0:17 |
| 4 | Eric B & Rakim*– | I Know You Got Soul (A Cappella) | 0:38 |
| 5 | The Human League– | Being Boiled | 1:56 |
| 6 | Area Code 615– | Stone Fox Chase | 1:05 |
| 7 | Cut Chemist– | A Peek In Time | 2:06 |
| 8 | Pepe Deluxe*– | Salami Fever | 4:26 |
| 9 | Cozy Powell– | Dance With The Devil | 1:47 |
| 10 | DJ Format– | You Hear That? | 0:56 |
| 11 | Ram Jam– | Black Betty | 1:40 |
| 12 | Jonny Jones & The King Casuals*– | Purple Haze | 1:52 |
| 13 | Primal Scream– | Revenge Of The Hammond Connection | 0:23 |
| 14 | Bomb The Bass Feat Merlin– | Megablast (A Cappella) | 1:50 |
| 15 | DJ Shadow– | Right Thing (Z-Trip's 'Get The Party Off' Remix Parts 2&3) | 3:15 |
| 16 | Giorgio Moroder– | Tears | 2:25 |
| 17 | AC Lewis Feat Ndidi Cascade– | Tickles | 0:16 |
| 18 | Aphex Twin– | Nannou | 2:24 |
| 19 | The Irresistible Force– | Underground (Ambient Mix) | 1:12 |
| 20 | New Order– | The Beach | 2:48 |
| 21 | Part 2 Feat Fallacy– | One Of Dem Days (Remix) | 2:05 |
| 22 | Freestylers Feat Pendulum (3) & SirReal*– | Painkiller (Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought Remix) | 1:45 |
| 23 | 5 Deez*– | Funky (A Cappella) | 1:27 |
| 24 | TTC– | Dans Le Club (Instrumental) | 0:54 |
| 25 | Rodney P– | The Nice Up (Re-Rub) | 2:32 |
| 26 | DJ Zinc– | Reach Out (Remix) | 2:35 |
| 27 | Roots Manuva Feat Rodney P– | Swords In The Dirt (The Qemists '03 Remix) | 3:56 |
| 28 | Pendulum (3) & Fresh Feat Spyda– | Tarantula | 4:01 |
| 29 | Roots Manuva– | Witness (Walworth Road Rockers Dub Steinski Rework) | 2:00 |
| 30 | Jo Ann Garret*– | It's No Secret | 2:39 |
| 31 | Ronnie Hazelhurst*– | Are You Being Served? Theme (Film Version) | 1:56 |
| 32 | The Dragons (3)– | Food For My Soul | 4:48 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Ninja Tune
- Copyright © – Ninja Tune
- Manufactured By – Impress (2)
- Glass Mastered At – EDC Blackburn Ltd
- Pressed By – EDC Blackburn Ltd
Credits
- DJ Mix [Mixing, Scratching And All That Stuff] – DK (3), Strictly Kev
- Design, Artwork [Photoshopping] – Openmind
- Photography By – Gem Pope
Notes
(p) & (c) Ninja Tune 2007.
Housed in a jewel case with a die cut card slipcover.
Title appears as:
Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK - Now, Listen Again!
Spine reads: "This is the eighth in a series of Solid Steel mixes - collect them all"
Tracklisting:
0: This is a hidden pregap track, accessible by inserting the disc into a CD player, pressing "Play" and then pressing and holding the reverse music search button until the time reads 1:39. Release the music search button and the track plays counting down from 1:39 to 0:00. The audio begins at 1:18 and is described in DJ Food's own words as follows:
"The hidden track starts with a sample of a spaceship - 'Needle 1' - communicating with his base. He is hovering over a 'flat, transparent disc, revolving at about 33 and a third rpm', he is commanded to 'set down in the outer groove needle 1'. He counts down as he descends and when the needle lands we get a heavily compressed megamix of the first Now, Listen Solid Steel mix CD from 2001. All the tracks are condensed into fleeting moments before the intro segues into the opening of the new mix proper".
25: Due to licensing problems, this release has Rodney P's "The Nice Up (Re-Rub)" replacing Reggie Stepper's "Drum Pan Sound" that appears on the Promo.
Housed in a jewel case with a die cut card slipcover.
Title appears as:
Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK - Now, Listen Again!
Spine reads: "This is the eighth in a series of Solid Steel mixes - collect them all"
Tracklisting:
0: This is a hidden pregap track, accessible by inserting the disc into a CD player, pressing "Play" and then pressing and holding the reverse music search button until the time reads 1:39. Release the music search button and the track plays counting down from 1:39 to 0:00. The audio begins at 1:18 and is described in DJ Food's own words as follows:
"The hidden track starts with a sample of a spaceship - 'Needle 1' - communicating with his base. He is hovering over a 'flat, transparent disc, revolving at about 33 and a third rpm', he is commanded to 'set down in the outer groove needle 1'. He counts down as he descends and when the needle lands we get a heavily compressed megamix of the first Now, Listen Solid Steel mix CD from 2001. All the tracks are condensed into fleeting moments before the intro segues into the opening of the new mix proper".
25: Due to licensing problems, this release has Rodney P's "The Nice Up (Re-Rub)" replacing Reggie Stepper's "Drum Pan Sound" that appears on the Promo.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5021392468129
- Barcode (Text - Slipcover): 5 021392 468129
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): IMPRESS ZENCD123 01
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L136
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 04AB
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0409
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): IMPRESS ZENCD123 01 MADE IN THE UK
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L136
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 04BD
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0497
Other Versions (3)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now, Listen Again! (CD, Mixed, Promo) | Ninja Tune, Ninja Tune | zenCD123P, zenCD123 | UK | 2007 | |||
Recently Edited | Now, Listen Again! (CDr, Partially Mixed, Promo) | Ninja Tune | zenCD123PR | UK | 2007 | ||
New Submission | Now, Listen Again! (CD, Mixed) | Beat Records, Ninja Tune | BRZN123, zenCD123 | Japan | 2007 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Edited one month agoAlmost 20 years after the launch of Coldcut's Solid Steel radio show, 2007 saw DJ Food (Kevin Foakes) and DK (Darren Knott) release the final chapter in the eight part accompanying mix series. As before, Food and DK create a party mix of bespoke mash-ups with a variety of different speeds, eras and styles, this time taking in '70s psychedelic rock and soul, '80s dance-pop and rap, '90s ambient and jungle, and '00s breaks, hip hop and drum & bass.
The mix gets off to a mixed start (no pun intended) with lively hip hop (Z-Trip & Soup) and breaks (Cut Chemist, Pepe Deluxe), and an odd pairing of Rakim with The Human League and "The Old Grey Whistle Test" theme. But then it takes off, with a psych-rock-themed sequence that brilliantly transitions between Cozy Powell's "Dance With The Devil", a cover of Hendrix's "Purple Haze", Ram Jam's "Black Betty" and Primal Scream's gospel-rock "Revenge Of The Hammond Connection". The mash-ups are highly effective, Bomb The Bass's Merlin rapping to the aforementioned Scream track, Ndidi Cascade blended with Aphex Twin's "Nannou", and Fallacy blazing over New Order's "Blue Monday".
If that wasn't eclectic enough, the mix then shifts up another gear with some blistering drum & bass from DJ Zinc, The Qemists and Pendulum, accompanied by vocals from Roots Manuva, 5 Deez, Rodney P, Spyda and Tenor Fly. The mix finally winds down with an excellent Andy Smith-esque sequence of downtempo cut-up dub (Roots Manuva & Steinski), blissful soul (Jo Ann Garrett, The Dragons), and a some serene '70s cinematic orchestra (Ronnie Hazelhurst).
This is the peak of breakbeat DJ mixing as an artform: strong, eclectically-chosen songs skilfully-combined to create a journey that surpasses the sum of its parts. But it ends on a sad note, announcing that "the automatic radio senders keep transmitting radio signals, but no-one listens". With such little profit after royalties are paid, commercially-released DJ mixes of this calibre are very much a labour of love, and therefore a rarity. Overall, a worthy finale to this impressive Ninja Tune mix series. (9)
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