So after much emailings and harassing of people, I got put on to play some tracks. Wont go into how it all came about but will thank Bensamba and the people of Wax Jambu for having me. Was really good to be able to play music I liked.
The day didn't start to well as we lost at football 2-1, I took a nasty tackle which left my ankle quite purple but didn't really feel it until after the game. Because of football and my timing skills I was a tad late to get to the venue. Was greeted by Louis and Nathan and then shown the booth. (I have no camera on my old skool blackberry so it will have to be words for this report). This was going to be the first time I had ever used Serato outside of my house and I was pretty nervous about it. Technology has a habit of failing. I <3 computers but sometimes, you know..
Didn't help realising that my Serato laptop only has 256mb of Ram, Serato needs 1GB min. I went with the 'its worked before so why shouldn't it now?' ideal.
After much wire swapping and moving things around, I was ready to pick my first track. Some ladies in front of the booth were already dropping in requests. The first one of Candi Staton - You've got the love got batted away. Then in a weird coincidence or my skill of selecting, she asked for Last night a DJ saved my life... I had already lined it up on the deck. (ROOOOD BOY, TOP SELECTAAAAA). The laptop was on the other deck at this time, when I switched off in house music to go with my stuff it all stared going weird. As the track was playing it was dropping out and changing speed. I crapped it and drew for the emergency CDs from the bag, once the laptop was seated on the shelf, it all kinda levelled out. There was one other drop out and a loop that I set went crazzzy but its all teething problems with a new system.
Once all was up and running, I went in with the tracks. Was picking anything and everything from the 90-110 bpm range and just getting drunk with the crowd. One guy asked for some names of tracks so I helped him out. Also met some big Dilla fans and had a great chat about hip hop and beats. I also witnessed some of the craziest dancing I had ever seen.
My set finished just after 11 and Bensamba took over, first track - Bullion. The roof got a good slap when that dropped. He picked up the pace and took us through house, tropical vibes and even the garage staple God Made me Funky. By this time I was full of grape and doing some crazy shapes with the girls (shower rangers).
So hopefully I will be down at that venue again. And for those that are interested, below is the track listing from last night.
Ray Juss - Live @Genre
Wax Jambu - Angel, London
6th March 2010
Artist - Title
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (12" Mix)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Phoenix - Listomania (Album Version)
Hall & Oates - Maneater
Ayah - Pusha Man (Original/ No Rap) - Ayah
Karriem Riggins - "12's in 8" - Karriem Riggins
Baron Zen - Burn Rubber (Dam Funk Remix)
Morgan feat. Steve Spacek - iiiiiii
Flying Lotus - Massage Situation
Dam Funk - Mirrors
DJ Spinna - Speed
Beem - Ducker
Bullion - You Still Believe In Dee
Bullion - Caroline, No
Heralds of Change feat. Olivier Daysoul - Bopgunn - Heralds of Change feat. Olivier Daysoul
Nino Moschella - Better Off
Tom Brock - There's Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You
Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls
El Michels Affair - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
DJ Spinna - Galactic Soul
Hudson Mohawke - Rising 5
Herlads of Change - Asswank
NUMBERS - Slugabed/La Roux - Numbers. #018 - LaRoux - In for the kill (Slugabed rekindle)
Roots Manuva - Witness Dub
Dam Funk - Killdat aka Killdatmuthafu*ka
Dizz1 - Here we go again
Dorian Concept - The Fucking Formula
Gum Drops, The - Coming Up For Air
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
Royksopp - Remind Me
Elmore Judd - You Said You Were Different
Ray Juss - Human Nature - Ray Juss Refix
Dorian Concept - Sandwich Terror - Dorian Concept
Ayro - Moving on - Ayro
4Hero - Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attics's Co-Operative Mix)
Amy Winehouse - In My Bed (Bugz In The Attic Vocal Mix)
Louis - Brokenhomes.co.uk - Colour
Bugz In The Attic - Happy Days
Jesse Rose - Pop Yer Porn
The Rapture - Whoo, Alright Yeah...Uh-Huh (People Don't Dance No More) - Claude Vonstroke Pantydropper Vocal Mix
Ben Westbeech - Hang Around (Karizma's Kaytronic Dub Mix)
Osunlade - Casablanca Soul
Shaun Escoffery - Space Rider
Mj Cole - Never Say Never (Original)
donaeo - party hard
Tuff Jam Todd Edwards - Xavier - Tumblin' Down (Tuff Jam)
Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of huge
Marc Mac - Takes Over Me - Marc Mac
Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh (Bugz In The Attic Remix) - Basement Jaxx
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