Jooles Julian Firkins
- Englishman in Brussels, Belgium
- Joined on November 5, 2002
- https://www.mixcloud.com/Jooles/
Releases
- Pending 175
- Releases Rated 2,366
- Rating Average 4.27
Marketplace
Contributor Stats
- Rank Points 11,832
- Average Vote 4.04
- Votes Received 912
- Last 10 Day Average N/A
- Last 10 Day Votes Received 0
Groups
- Interstate FM -... 625
- (B) stands for Belgium 447
- Chat 36,980
- Electronic Music 23,208
- Ferkelz 743
- Freakin'... 442
- Funk 202
- Image scanning... 142
- Italo House 216
- Jungle / Drum & Bass 4,460
- Library Music 178
- Major Labels &... 28
- Mixes 15,079
- Mixes Archive 97
- Mixes by... 483
- Music Tech 2,763
- OLDSKOOL LOVERS '80 - '93 4,675
- SPAM 12,255
- Summer Sound... 24
- The OGS Book of Records 296
- Track IDs 55,225
Friendly Discogs Moderator since 6th Oct 2004
Me?: If it's got rhythm, I'll like it. Especially if it's electronic. Focused, I'm not; open-minded, definitely. Breaks, big beat, electro, techno, 80s synth pop, italo disco, ambient, broken beats, 70s soul & funk, film scores, detective series theme tunes, Jazzanova, Cinematic Orchestra, Jaga Jazzist, The Bays.
In my spare time I DJ around Brussels and sometimes further afield (Beckenham, UK; Christchurch, New Zealand, for example). Most of the venues I play (pubs and yes, the occasional wedding! *Smirking right back atcha*) require a mish-mosh of crowd-pleasers, firmly on the cheesey side, but I sneak in stuff more to my taste when I can...
I do have some vinyl and recently got 2 Technics for practicing, but most of my collection is original CD (around 3000). So I have 2 Pioneer CDJ-1000s and a DJM-600 for my DJing exploits.
Sorry, I'm not selling or trading any of my collection.
As a rule, I don't rip or burn CDs.
If you can make me a good offer on something in my Wantlist... I might be interested!
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Me?: If it's got rhythm, I'll like it. Especially if it's electronic. Focused, I'm not; open-minded, definitely. Breaks, big beat, electro, techno, 80s synth pop, italo disco, ambient, broken beats, 70s soul & funk, film scores, detective series theme tunes, Jazzanova, Cinematic Orchestra, Jaga Jazzist, The Bays.
In my spare time I DJ around Brussels and sometimes further afield (Beckenham, UK; Christchurch, New Zealand, for example). Most of the venues I play (pubs and yes, the occasional wedding! *Smirking right back atcha*) require a mish-mosh of crowd-pleasers, firmly on the cheesey side, but I sneak in stuff more to my taste when I can...
I do have some vinyl and recently got 2 Technics for practicing, but most of my collection is original CD (around 3000). So I have 2 Pioneer CDJ-1000s and a DJM-600 for my DJing exploits.
Sorry, I'm not selling or trading any of my collection.
As a rule, I don't rip or burn CDs.
If you can make me a good offer on something in my Wantlist... I might be interested!
==============================
Trustworthy Discogs Sellers I've bought from:
Josephschembri
BUNKERHEADZ
PatrickHH
discodad
303cometh
AnalogAutomat
larvikit-cd
playtex
CBASS909
retro-sales
Hardcoremarc
WaxFinderGeneral
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In the Frank de Wulf Remix, there's a female vocal sample "free your soul" and "you should reveal your soul and your spirit".
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Hmmm, my copy's CD has "see booklet for details" and there's no booklet at all. The front cover is single-sided. Could it be a bootleg? Or did none of them have a booklet?
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Hmmmm, that "hey" vocal sample is very similar, but I'm not sure you're right. Pretty certain the sample is actually from Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way (Better Days...
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Stop Press! LCD Soundsystem are making a new album and gonna be touring in 2016. YES!
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Hmmmmm...... your prediction was correct!
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Just noticed this is release 777777 !
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On the subject of samples, the original "keep this frequency clear" appears to be from the TV series "Car 54, Where Are You?". I would hazard a guess that Bomb The Bass lifted it from a VHS...
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Oh, hang on just another minute!
The plot thickens as Bryan Pringle has sued Black Eyed Peas for unauthorized sampling of his track from 1999: "Take A Dive". He should perhaps sue Snow Patrol aswell, cos the opening melody to "Open Your Eyes" is... See full review |
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Hang on. Snow Patrol's "Open Your Eyes", anyone?
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A trainspotter-correction is required to my previous comment about the origins of the main sample used for Track 4 "The Weekend Starts Here". Our friends at Whosampled.com have come up with the original source, which dates way back to 1974 and Idris...
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This was released in 1995, epitomising that "intelligent Drum n Bass" sound of the time: lush melodies and trancey moods, underpinned by breakbeat rhythms. However, rewind a year earlier to 1994 and take a listen to "Sunflash", the first track on...
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These N-Trance chaps are certainly astute businessmen, if nothing else. Sampling is one thing. Clever sampling is another. But completely ripping off someone else's clever sample is just cheaper than cheap.
Thomas Bengalter and Stéphane Quême as... See full review |
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Possibly interesting trainspotter factoid #451: Alan Braxe and Fred Falke weren't the first to sample that little snippet of 'Crush On You' by The Jets. Almost 10 years before, The Orb used the exact same sample in their 'Buckets & Bongs Mixture'...
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An incredible genre-busting DJ mix from Tim 'Love' Lee. The first CD is more up-beat and funky, with clever use of the sampler to keep some of the tracks segued nicely. He pays cheeky reference to TC 1991's "Funky Guitar" with his mix of The Jacksons'...
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Having seen Mylo perform a good set at Pukkelpop festival this year, I was looking forward to seeing them live at I Love Techno, Gent, Belgium, 13th Nov 2004. Myles McInnes (the man behind Mylo) on keyboards / guitar, was accompanied by a bass player...
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Get the Kleenex out for The Original mix. If you're in love, you'll understand. Easy, rolling drum track to move the lows. Subtle string elements to tweak the highs. Perfectly backed up with the hypnotic "I think about you - all the time" vocal. Quite...
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This project could have so easily failed. Just a perfect recipe for tasteless, bland cheese. But it seems the remixers really took their jobs seriously and delivered a corking collection of juicy re-interpretations of Dame Shirley's classics.
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Yes, indeed, this must be THE definitive collection if you want to know about the roots of house music and how it evolved through the early years. Full 12" versions here, no dodgy "Radio Edits", choc-a-bloc with some hard-to-find rarities... A true...
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The Masters At Work remix is an early deep house gem, that bares very little resemblance to the original. Just a really deep groove built up through a repetetive vocal sample and bassline. Amazing what you can do with Debbie Gibson!
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The Röyksopp Return To The Sun Remix moves along nicely with its stabbing 80s synth bassline, and the slightly intimidating, softly-softly female vocals; then reaches a glorious finale, as the beats disappear to leave you with a beautiful swirling...
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Untitled just moves along so effortlessly, with it's slightly off-beat synth stabs, and funky bassline. The spacey melodies fit perfectly over the top. Uncomplicated, reliable and very addictive.
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An interesting departure for Compost. Rather than sticking to their trademark Bossa, Broken Beats, Drum n Bass style, they allowed 4 "celebrities" of the DJing / music world to choose their 4 favourite tracks. No other criteria than that. The result...
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Just bought this and am listening to it now. Oo, the juxtaposition of raw acoustic jazz and electronic production really is a pleasure on the ears. This really reminds me of live shows by Cinematic Orchestra or Jaga Jazzist.
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This is what "early trance" was all about. Racing tempo, spliced with hauntingly beautiful melodies. This release is a treat, with the first album, <i>Stellar Supreme</i>, included. If you want a reference for the origins of trance, this is it.
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Trivia: my copy came in a cardboard gatefold sleeve, with a "tearaway" strip to open it. Once you'd torn away the strip, the words: "Archive accessed" were revealed. (No way to get at the CD without tearing the strip!)
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The Moog Cookbook remix of <i>Kelly Watch The Stars</i> is an absolute gem of quirky big-beat-influenced synth pop. Much funkier and hugely more danceable than the original version, with an addictive bassline and the familiar vocal chorus all...
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A superbly smooth trip of sophisticated lounge. Pass me a cocktail and the cigar menu! This mix oozes quality.
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Mmmm, Deep Burnt is such a lusciously deep track. Very simple drum pattern, with that hypnotic filtered strings sample, and the cheeky keyboard stabs, it just moves along so sweet. If only life was this uncomplicated!
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This doesn't seem to be very common knowledge, but naughty Norman Cook cheekily samples track 3, <i>Fluid</i>, on his ,<i>The Weekend Starts Here</i>, without any credits for it in the sleeve notes either!
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On track 4, <i>The Weekend Starts Here</i>, Mr Cook cheekily fails to give any credit whatsoever in the sleeve notes to the very heavily sampling of <a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/68677">Jestofunk's "Fluid" (track 3 on <i>Love In A Black...
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Absolutely awful CD full of the cheesiest "latino house" party tunes you can ever imagine. To make it worse, they're mixed together very badly!
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Tracks 1 to 6 are in fact unmixed. Very nice to hear them in their "full length versions".
Excerpt from Underworld's sleeve notes: "<i>We didn't do the beat-matching/cross-fade thing on the first half of the album. We did try it, but for loads... See full review |
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... and after seeing these guys in action on the decks at the 10 Days Off festival, Gent, Belgium, I can certainly confirm the mysterious unintentional desire to do the "make-a-cube-with-hands" dance routine.
The Plumps blew the roof off the place,... See full review |