Mama Said Knock You Out - V
I went to a big college in a small town. I discovered club nights (and I use that term very loosely) during this era. A group of local DJs rented out a restaurant and would turn it into 2- level club once a month. This was pre-Daft Punk’s Discovery, the era of Modjo, Cassius and Basement Jaxx which gave rise to a full-on UK Garage explosion as Craig David and MJ Cole appeared stateside. We called all this Disco House.
Hey Champ DJs passed along their Knockout Mix last week and it immediately made me nostalgic for the Days of Disco House . Some of my personal favorite tracks fom this era like Modjo’ s What I Mean and Stardust’s Music Sounds Better are mixed into current IT tracks from Lifelike and Lo-Fi-Fnk. Despite using quite a few harder track selections, Hey Champ DJs manage to keep the Disco House mood alive through creative mixing. Even XXXchange’s Shake It takes on a funky, disco sensibility.
Check out the tracklisting below and trust me when I saw this mix is worth the download entirely for the Stardust and Sophie-Ellis Bextor sections.
HEY CHAMP DJS - KNOCKOUT MIX
Chaz Jankel - 3,000,000 Synths
David Rubato - Circuit (Sirisumo Remix)
Q - The Voice of Q
Discodeine - Joystick
Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (The Twelves Re-Edit)
Crydajam - If You Give Me the Love I Want
Lifelike - Obsession
Munk - Live Fast, Die Old (The Juan Maclean Remix)
Salif Keita - Yambo (Romain Tranchart & Rico the Wizzard Remix)
XXXchange - Shake It
Mr. Oizo - Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog
Hey Champ - Cold Dust Girl
Art of Noise - Moments in Love
Prairie Cartel - Cracktown (Hey Champ Remix)
Xinobi - Day Off (Anoraak Remix)
Lo-Fi-Fnk - I Want U
In Flagranti - Business Acumen
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Off and On (Calvin Harris Remix)
Kidda - Under the Sun (Herve Remix)
Stardust - Music Sounds Better 2008 (DiscoTech Remix)
Modjo - What I Mean (Aloud Mix)
My two favorite tracks off the mix as a treat:
Sophie-Ellis Bextor - Off And On (Calvin Harris Remix) (192 kbps)
Stardust - Music Sounds Better 2008 (DiscoTech Remix) (320 kbps)
And of course, the full mix:
Hey Champ DJs - Knockout Mix (160 kbps) (updated link via rapidshare)
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YO. good look on the sophie ellis-bextor track…that led me to track down more calvin harris joints, and finally to roisin murphy who is the f’ing truth.
hi, the hey champ djs mix isn’t working, would love to hear it, could you upload it to mediashare or something? zshare is being a bit ropey lately, thank you!