Fixie Fiend

I just came across this fixie aficionado website, www.fixiefiend.com, and I need to give it a shout out, just because alongside their reviews of the latest gear, they also inject a healthy amount of fun, proving that they don't take themselves too too seriously.

Bush's Bike



Gold Fixie



Getting nailed



Draught fixie




Vote Obama



Of course, some things are just straight up gash...

Pied Plat - Double Trouble

This is an AMAZING techno tune, as featured on Marcel Dettman's 'Berghain 02' compilation. Voted compilation of the year by RA.

Released on Amsterdam-based Rush Hour, a highly impressive record label that has released tracks from Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and Rick Wade, this is a frustratingly simple yet complex track that makes me feel like my head is lolling to one side as I ride a bright and blaring fairground ride - you know, those suped up teacups painted yellow and purple and green with flashing lights all over them.

Berlin Calling

Not that many people in the UK have seen Berlin Calling. I'm pretty sure it didn't get a distributor, and the only reason I got to see it was that it was being hawked around UK Distributors. Obviously when I heard what it was about I was bang up for watching it.

It's OK, but that's about it. It stars Paul Kalkbrenner, a real life Berlin DJ who plays a less successful version of himself, gigging around the world but never quite making it. The premise was much better than the execution, but it was useful in solidifying the Tobias Rapp mythology if nothing else. Kalkbrenner acted in the film, made the soundtrack, and I think he also produced it.'Sky and Sand', is the theme tune if you can call it that.

Jazz Anthem

My favourite Todd Terry tune, or should that be anthem?

Snoop Dogg Millionaire

Snoop Dogg's new tune takes Chase and Status' 'Eastern Jam' (posted in a previous post) and adds Tanvi Shah (the singer of the Slumdog anthem 'Jah Ho' (I like the Nicole Scherzinger version as well for what it's worth)) to make something real dope. Snoop Dogg Millionaire? A-MAZING

Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg Millionaire (Feat. Tanvi Shah from Slum Dog Millionaire) [Dirty Final]

Henrik Schwarz Edit

Here's a really nice litte reworking of the below. Still really like the Tenaglia version too, but this is also pretty special. I'm becoming disturbingly obsessed with the various versions of this track.

Bill Withers, Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)

Who Is And What Is He To You

This is a wonderful Bill Withers tune that was covered by Me'Shell NdegéOcello in 1996. Bill Withers produced her version of the track. The choice of artist was perfect because Me'Shell is a big butch lesbian (ok, she might not be a lesbian but she definitely has that vibe) and the song took on a really menacing girl on girl atmosphere.

For that release, Danny Tenaglia did a whole bunch of remixes. This was during his residency at Twilo in New York and thus has a really mournful, dubby, but also overwhelmingly spacey feel to it. Imagine the quintessential house club erected by a Mississippi chain gang, humming away whilst they work.

There's a Twilo mix, a dub, and an NYDC mix. Hell I like this tune so much I bet even the instrumental kills it with that stabbing bass riff. Have scoured the internet and have been able to track down a few versions on Discogs, but it seems different remixes were attached to the various international releases. Thus, the Japanese release features no Tenaglia remixes whilst the Australian version has no remixes at all. Looks like I'm going to have to purchase it on vinyl.

Anyway, if you want to hear it, it can be found on the Larry Heard mix about 1/5th of the way through.