closer now / jeff feller

closer now by jeff feller

released in ??? / promo copy

01. better place by vicor davies

02. el camino pt 1 by shazz

03. brazillian flight song by stephane attias

04. sternshanze by beat boutique

05. absent by at jazz

06. colours of love by the deep

07. allegory (alton miller) by sean deasen

08. blackman by osunlade

09. the instrumental by tumble & combo

10. paradise (freaks) by blaze

11. smooth split by brs

12. spanish storm (at jazz) by bayaka

13. afrodisiac by shazz

14. spirit of sunshine by karuan

15. two stones ahead by to-ka project

16. east west (soca dub) by east west connection

17. do you like robots (gene farris) by lowend

18. deep music by lords of soul

19. night of musice by savanah

20. say that you love me (nicole) by primary colours

21. gellert by soda

22. half step by fish go deep

i don't think anyone knows this dj nor does anyone own this mix cd in japan except for few people. the reason is that you could get this mix cd only in the limited places in states (probably, maybe some other places). he was my roommate when I lived in the states. we always played at cafes and clubs together. as he was a part-time employee of a record store, he had so many of good records. he has really good taste of music.

このｄｊないしはミックスｃｄを知っている人はほとんどいないと思います。というのも、一部地域（もしかしたらその他も）でしか入手できなく、日本にはほぼ絶対と言っていいほど入ってきていないからです。彼は米滞在中にアパートをシェアしていたルームメイトであり、当時よく一緒にクラブやカフェなんかでプレイしていました。レコ屋でバイトしていたこともあり、良いレコードをいっぱい持ってました。彼は本当に良い音楽センスを持ってます。

so, about this mix cd, it's really smooth, that's it. the set is programmed with what i'm calling by my self "mellow house" tracks being the center part of this. i feel really comfortable listening this mix cd as bgm while doing something else. now, i'm listening while writing this, and again it gives me warm atmosphere. well done, jeff!!

さて、このミックスｃｄですが、スムーズの一言に尽きます。自分の中で勝手に呼んでる「メロウ・ハウス」が中心でセットが構成されています。何かをしながら、ｂｇｍで聴いてるとすごく気持ち良い。今、聴きながら書いているんですが、こうして改めて聴いてみると、やっぱ気持ち良いいですね～。

when i play, i always try to mix tracks smoothly. of course, i do use cut-ins and outs but what i like is making a flow of music. yes, that's it. and when i make mic cd, i of course try to do it but sometimes some mixes were not like what i imagined after listening to finished cd. how well making the flow, that is it.

自分でプレイするときは、出来るだけスムーズにつなげることを心がけております。勿論、カット・インやアウトなどもしますが、一つのフロウを作るのが個人的に好きなんですよ。はい。ミックスｃｄを作るときも、スムーズにつなげるようにしてるんですが、出来上がったのを聴くとそうじゃなかったりするんですよね。いかに流れを作るか、これです。

play list on december 16, 2005

it's been really chilly these days. take a good care of yourself not to catch a cold. stay warm!!

寒い日が続いています。カゼなどひかないよう、体に気を付けて。暖かくして過して!!

1. "manha de carnaval" by kidgusto - true grooves

2. "holographic universe" by thievery corporation - eslmusic

3. "the supreme illusion" by thievery corporation - eslmusic

4. "mya yadama (kin kin)" by tranquility bass - exist dance

5. "sphere feat. takao tajima (alternate mix)" by j.o.y - apesounds

6. "sun drums and soil (sa-ra remix)" by four tet

- domino recording company

7. "kara walker variation32-domu remix" by douglas pagan

- voltage music

8. "q on the turn - a king's dub (version royal)"

by dub theory /sen-sei - jah love recordings

9. "ghetto stomp" by combo moderna - social beats

10. "funky magic instrumental" by the jungle brothers - jalapeno

11. "funky magic main mix" by the jungle brothers - jalapeno

12. "fugitive dub" by the skatalites - motion recrds

13. "ringo" by the skatalites - alligator records

14. "smokin' balls (balls dub)" by idjut boys - headinghome recordings

15. "smokin' balls (ball beats.) by idjut boys - headinghome recordings

16. "jungle maui" by flying rhythms - lastrum

17. "way too blue" by funky transport featuring l. - lowdown music

18. "oasis" by electronic resistance - cyber production

19. "alcyone (jake childs vergin ears remix)" by kirk degiorgio

- freerange records

20. "bitin acid" by midas - uma recordings

21. "la la la" by tranquility bass - astralwerks

22. "christmas in hollies" by run-d.m.c - special olympic

23. "sympathy for the devil (the neptunes full length remix)

by the rolling stones - abco music & records

24. "little more oil (waiting for joel mix)"

by dj/rapture, sister nancy and kid 606 - soul jazz records

25. "funky people (maw mix)" by funky people - defected records

26. "planet blop" by nathan coles & mastiksoul - 4kenzo

27. "bar a rhythm (foremost poets vocal remix)" by kerri chandler

- nrk music

28. "got the groove" by bryan jones & paul anthony - re-fresh recordings

29. "frequent flyer" by bryan jones & paul anthony - re-fresh recordings

30. "swing my jingle bells" by mike dixon - g-swing

31. "sing sing the lion" by translucent - g-swing

32. "avec du gigolo" by mad dog - peaches music

33. "power to power" by dj jazz one - ???

34. "one nation under a groove" by funkadelic - black beats

35. "krash" by liquid dope - dopewax

36. "gettin' dizzy" by dj smash - new breed records

37. "transworld" by united future organization - avex

38. "bouncer" by darren emerson - underwater records

39. "so let the world come (kerri's stash mix)" by kerri chandler

- nite grooves

40. "from this groove" by stacy kidd - afterschool recordings

41. "let love enter" by stacy kidd & melvin meeks - om

42. "vanguard nights" by jt donaldson - om

42. "1984 (brennan green remix)" by home and garden - icon recordings

by the way, i often see in record reviews like "dj xxx plays a lot!!," "dj xxx plays the song in his/her party," etc., and i wonder what those reiviewers base that on. i always wonder about that. if they get information from such dj's weekly top 10 lists or something, then i can understand. or i could probably understand if those revewers say he/she heard such dj's play such songs when they came over to japan...

そう言えば、レコード・レビューなんかで、よく「ｄｊ○○○がヘビー・プレイ!!」や「ｄｊ○○○が自分のパーティーでプレイ」などと紹介されているのをよく目にしますが、あれって根拠は何なんでしょうね。いつも疑問に感じてます。海外のパーティーにいつも行ってるんでしょうか？それぞれのｄｊによる今週のトップ10などで紹介されているのであれば、まぁ分からなくもない感じですが。日本に来日した際、その曲を聴いたという表現であればまだ・・・。

mad dog - 20/20 ep

mad dog - 20/20 ep

remixed by natural rhythm and east coast boogiemen

released in 2004 (peaches music)

side a

1. avec du gigolo

(remix & additional production by blaine copperfield)

side aa

1. p.u.m.p.

(re-bling by butch arley the junkyard playa)

2. zooma zoom

(remix & aditional production by tahm solo)

this is the one bought in gramaphone records in chicago. i don't know much about the origina source but the track on side a is a french vocal stuff called "avec du gigolo." it's really jazz (like in the 40's) style, yet this is house. it's really a good track.

1st track on the flip side was like trax with the first half is like a minimal synth wth "pump it up" vocal looped over and over and male disco-like vocal comes in the latter half, and gradually bring the vibe.

2nd rack is like the reconstract track of later in the 80's to early in the 90's track.

シカゴはグラマフォンで購入の1枚。モロにシカゴ・ハウス。元ネタは良く分かりませんが、フランス語の女性ボーカル・トラックの”アベック・ドゥ・ジゴロ”。むちゃくちゃジャズ（40年代っぽいというか）です。でも、勿論ハウスです。最高に格好良いトラックです。

裏面の1曲目は、前半は「パンプ・イット・アップ」というフレーズのループにシンセがミニマルな感じでまさにトラックスという感じ。後半になると、ディスコっぽい男性ボーカルが絡んで良い感じに上がってくる。良い感じっす。

2曲目は80年代後半～90年代前半のハウスをリコンストラクトしたような感じ。

i'm feelin' good! / in es project

i'm feelin' good! / in es project

released in 2002 (inhouse) dj promo

this is the track of nina simone's "i'm feelin' good" remixed by todd terry. intro starts with some percussions but no bass drums, and nina simone sings (intro part is pretty long), and then the 4/4-beat comes in right after the phrase "i'm feelin' good." this surely gives me some groove. and in the break part, live source was used and again, the beat comes in right after the same phrase, and i'm like "eeeehhhhhhaaaaaaaa!!"

flip side is without 4/4 beats. it's kinda off beat.

ニナ・シモーンの”アイム・フィーリン・グッド”使いのトッド・テリー・リミックス。バスドラなしのパーカッションのみのイントロから歌が入り（結構長い）、「アイム・フィ～リン・グゥ～～ッド♪」とともにバスドラが入るという、自分で聴いてても盛り上がってしまう曲です。ブレイク部分ではライブ音源を使い、ここでも「アイム・フィ~リン・グゥ～～ッド♪」でガツンとビートが入って、これまた自分の中では「ドカ～ン!!」です。

裏面はバスドラのビートをはずした感じ。ちょっとオフビートっぽいです。

kidgusto / heat beats

kidgusto heat beats

released in 2005 (true grooves )　promotinal copy

side a

1. heat beats

2. east to west breaks

side b

1. calling all absentees

2. manha de canaval

i don't know much about the artist but he has been making tracks for years now. as far as listening to the recrod, i am like why i have never encountered his works.

all of the tracks in this record were really nice such as percussive disco dub "heat beats," "east to west breaks" and "calling all absentees" were break beats with middle and near eastern vocal with star and "manha de cavanal" which has elegical acoustic guitar melodies. it seems that this 12" record is really rare as all the tracks in this is nothing but with all really cool tracks.

アーティストは詳しく知りませんが、古くから活躍しているようです。トラックを聴く限りでは、なぜ今まで出逢わなかったんだろう～、ってな感じ。

パーカッシブなディスコ・ダブ調の”ヒート・ビーツ”、中近東系ヴォーカルとシタール使いのブレイク・ビーツ”イースト・トゥ・ウェスト・ブレイクス”や”コーリング・オール・アブセンティーズ”、そしてアコギのメロディが哀愁漂う”マニャ・ド・カナバル”など、どれもナイスなトラックばかりです!!12インチ・シングルでここまで良い曲ばかりというのも、結構珍しいくらいです。

headz

a soundtrack of experimental beathead jam. headz

released in 1994 (mo' wax )

side a

1. "freedon now (medtation)" / patterson

2. "contemplating jazz" / attica blues

3. "symmetrical jazz-(flapper till 5am mix)" / awunsound

side b

1. "stars" / nightmares on wax

2. "ravers suck our sound" / la funk mob

3. "miles out of time (astrocentric mix'n'beats)" / m.f.outa'national

side c

1. "2000" / r.p.m.

2. "slipper suite" / palm skin procutions

i) jeremy's velvet slipppers

ii) moonraker

iii) unspeakable acts

3. "the time has come" / u.n.k.l.e. vs the major force orchestra

side d

1. "head west - gun fight at the o.k. corall" / howie b. inc.

2. "they came in peace" / tranquility bass

3. "in flux (alternative interlude '93 version)" / dj shadow

this is a compilation album of abstract / trip hop (dated...?) tracks released in 1994. the album's price had gone higher in the past in second-hand market but since the re-issue was released, i guess the price is now stable at reasonable range.

many records like this stuff had started to release at that time, and i played this stuff at cafes. oh,

i remember that i djed with sax player, jim at a cafe. i guess this tyle, dj and live musician, is not big of a surprise nowadays.

the album starts tracks which made with samples taken from old jazz stuff or based on jazz stuff such as "freedom now" which sampled the bass line of john coltrane's "a lovespreme,"

"contemplating jazz" with beautiful vocal comes after that, "symmetrcal jazz" wich starts with some warning to the world like "we now have to deal with our own self-destruction..."

of course, there are many other really cool tracks by nightmares on wax, la funk mob, tranquility bass, u.n.k.l.e., howie b, dj shadow, etc. if you get a chance, please take a moment to listen to this album.

1994年リリースのアブストラクト／トリップ・ホップ（古い・・・か？）系コンピレーション・アルバム。このアルバムは一時期、中古市場で値段が上がってたみたいですが、リイシューも出てたし、とっくに落ち着いていることでしょう。

当時はちょうどこの手の曲が多くリリースされ始めた時期であり、カフェなんかでよくプレイしてました。そう言えば、あるカフェではジムさんというおじさんが脇でサックスを吹いたりと、今ではよくありがちなｄｊ＆生楽器というスタイルでプレイしていたのを思い出します。

ジョン・コルトレーンの”ア・ラブ・スプリーム”のベース・ラインをループさせたトラックに”フリ～ダ～ム”というヴォーカルが絡む”フリーダム・ナウ”で始まり、ヴォーカルの美しい”コンテンプレイティング・ジャズ”、「今や我々は、自身の自滅に対応していかなければならない・・・」という世界への警告的ナレーションで始まる”シメトリカル・ジャズ”など、前半はジャズをサンプル、ないしはベースにしたトラックが多いです。

他にも、ナイトメアズ・オン・ワックスあり、ラ・ファンク・モブあり、トランキリティー・ベース、アンクル、ハウィーｂ、ｄｊシャドウなどなど、素晴らしいトラック満載。機会があればぜひ。

funky magic

"funky magic" / jungle brothers vs. skeewiff

released in 2005 (rambling records )

side a

01. funky magic main mix

side b

01. funky magic instrumental

02. funky magic acapella

oh well, i too bought this record. this is a jb's new song, originally realsed by godiego called "the birth of the odyssey - monkey magic" which was the main theme for famous 70's tv program called "saiyuki." in addition to that, skeewiff had their hands in this. i used to watch the tv program when i was a littl kid (well, you could guess my age...); therefore, i must get this one.

the track was different from what i imagined before i bought this but still the track is really cool. the base track is kind of minimal break beats yet tight, synth melody was used like original (it's like an old school break beats), and jb's rap on the track. what i liked also was the phrase "funky magic" in native english accent (of course, it has to be so).

いやぁ～、買っちゃいました。こちらはジャングル・ブラザーズの新曲で、オリジナルはあの「西遊記」のメインテーマであるゴダイゴの「the birth of the odyssey - monkey magic」!! 更にはスキーウィフが参加。西遊記はリアルタイムで子供の頃よく見ていたんで（年齢が・・・）、これは抑えておかなければなりません。

買う前に想像していた感じとはちょっと違いましたが、いやいや、かっちょいいです。トラックは必要最小限な感じでありながらもタイト、オリジナルのシンセはそのまま（ちょっとオールド・スクール・ブレイク・ビーツっぽい）、そしてにジェイ・ビーがラップしてます。「ファンキー・マジック」ではなく、「フォンキ～・マ～ジック」と聞こえるのがこれまた良しです（当たり前だがネイティブ英語発音）。

idjut boys /smokin' balls

idjut boys / smokin' balls

released in 2005 (headinghome recordings )

a1. main balls

a2. guitar bit

b1. balls dub

b2. ball beat.

b3. bass bonus

you know what it is, this is idjut boys. they did again their fierce dub effects!! well, the title is "smokin' balls," they got me. i have been buying their records since mid 90's whenever i saw their records at stores.

言わずもがな、のイジャット・ボーイズ。今回も、ダビーなエフェクトが炸裂!! タイトルが”スモーキン・ボールズ”ですからねぇ。いやぁ、参りました。90年代半ば頃からず～っと、彼らのレコードをレコ屋さんで見かけたときは買ってます。

mike dixon / christmas ep

mike dixon / christmas ep

released in 2002 (g-swing)

a1. swing my jingle bells

b2. merry g-swing christmas

it is the christmas time approaching and this is the record for the occasion. this surely is one for christmas time released by mike dixon in 2002. a1 is the track with 40's swing jazzy kind of "jingle bells" and the lylics "jingle bells...." is looped on and on on top of 4/4 beats. this is the house track characterized by g-swing style of 40's jazz.

時節柄、クリスマスということでこの一枚。マイク・ディクソンが2002年にリリースした、まさにクリスマスの一枚。まずは、40年代のスウィング・ジャズ風「ジングルベル」ネタに”ジングルベル～♪”の歌詞をループさせ、4つ打ちを絡ませたノリノリの曲に仕上がった感じ。gスウィング独特の40年代ジャズ風味満載のハウス・トラックです。

b1 is the track nicely arranged the original source (i forgot the song title but everyone has definitely heard before). the phrase "g-swing" is effectively used in the track and it is like the one presented by g-swing. i like both sides of the records, and i always play them at this time.

b面は元曲の名前は忘れましたが、みんなが聴いたことがある曲をこれまた良い感じに仕上げたトラック。”gスウィング”と語る声が入っており、gスウィングが贈る曲といったところか。こちらも好きです。この時期は両面使います。

recording track(s) to cd from record(s)

when you record track(s) to cd from record(s), how do you do that? i simply record track to cd with audio cd recorder connected to mixer... however, it is difficult to make cue point as i cannot record exactly the same start point a track on record starts..... there is always at least one second delayed in the track recorded to cd.

レコードのトラックをｃｄに録音するとき、皆さんはどういう風にやりますか？自分は単純にミキサーにつなげているオーディオのｃｄレコーダーで直接録音してます。ただ、曲が始まる部分とちょうど同じポイントから録音をスタートさせるのが難しいんですよね。ｃｄに録音した曲は、少なくとも1秒ほど遅れてしまうんですよね～。