You have just been invited to the house party of the year (or something along those lines…) and you rock on up only to find that the dj has called in sick.
You put yr hand up and say “'ll do it…you bastards”.
What ten albums do you play?
In terms of ‘party’ music, I would choose…
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us
Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
Adrian Sherwood - Becoming A Cliche
Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes For Cash
Prince - Controversy
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder*
Assume that it’s a ‘neighbourhood’ party and there are people representing all sorts of genres there. (ie it’s not just a bunch of yr mates who all like similar bands). So I’ve picked a mix that’s a little bit punky, a little bit heavy, a little bit dancey and a little bit dubby.
*this may seem like a weird inclusion, but I find this album to be rather ‘get up and shuffle yer feet’ -sy. Even though the lyrics are dour and depressing.
Not all of this stuff I’m necessarily a ‘fan’ of, but I would play nonetheless -
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
U.N.K.L.E - War Stories
The Stooges - Funhouse
Scorn - Refuse Start Fires
Jarboe - 13 Masks
Boris - Smile
Bad Brains - I Against I
Genius / GZA - Liquid Swords
The Stone Roses - The Second Coming
Peter Tosh - Legalise It
Here’s a list of college party friendly music that I’ve mixed with over the past few months.
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
PNAU - Embrace in particular
Justice - Cross
DVAS - Society
Skrillex - “Fucking Die 1” is worth checking out
OutKast - A group I’ve been meaning to get into
Miami Horror - The remixes for Illumination
Empire of the Sun - Remixxxes
Daft Punk - All the hits mix in great with Cut Copy
m83 - Dubstep Remixxxes
When I DJ, I throw aside my personal taste in music, but bands like DVAS and Miami Horror are amazing me right now.
Swans - White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity
Sunn O))) - Black One
Diamada Galas - Plague Mass
Current 93 - The Great In The Small
Whitehouse - Psychopathia Sexualis
The Cure - Disintegration
Bleak - Vane
Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
Mortiis - Født til å Herske
Various artists - New Years Trance Dance Party 2011
I only play 7"s, 10"s & 12"s at a house party[cool]
But if I was to play albums my party records would be…
Monks “Black Monk Time”
Schoolly D “Saturday Night”
Rezillos “Can’t Stand The Rezillos”
Scientist Meets The Space Invaders
Cramps “Off The Bone”
Marley Marl “In Control”
Freestyle Fellowship “Innercity Griots”
AC/DC “Let There Be Rock”
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo “Road To Riches”
Underground Resistance “Interstella Fugutives”
I dunno guys, I love a lot of the music you’re mentioning, but do you really wanna hear things like “Bleak - Vane” or Jarboe in a party enviornment? (I love both by the way, just not sure about how I’d feel about them at a party)
Anyways here’s a few I think might work
Justice - †
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children
Coil - Love’s Secret Domain
Tobacco - Fucked up friends
Sonic Youth - Goo
The Slits - Revenge of the killer slits
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions
AFX - Chosen Lords
Girl Talk-All Day (any girl talk album actually)
Leftfield- Leftism
v/a- More Music from 8 Mile
Primal Scream- Screamadelica
Funkadelic- Standing on the Verge
Parliament- Funkentelchy vs. Placebo Syndrome
v/a- Pure Funk
Camp Lo- Uptown Saturday Night
Michael Jackson- Off the Wall
Prince- 1999
I dunno guys, I love a lot of the music you’re mentioning, but do you really wanna hear things like “Bleak - Vane” or Jarboe in a party enviornment? (I love both by the way, just not sure about how I’d feel about them at a party)
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Maximum Balloon - Self Titled
Goodie Mob - Still Standing
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
The Bravery - Self Titled
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Ozzy- No More Tears
Judas Priest- Unleashed In The East
Mac Dre- Thizzle Washington
PIG- Pigmata
Prince- Purple Rain*
Ulver- Perdition City
Skinny Puppy- Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
Ministry- Twitch
Bjork- Debut
Prodigy- The Fat Of The Land
*Purple Rain would have to be not the regular album. It’d have to feature all the songs from the movie.(The 12" version of Let’s Go Crazy, God, Jungle Love and The Bird from Morris Day & The Time, and Sex Shooter from Appolonia 6)
Various artists - New Years Trance Dance Party 2011
HAHA!
a party? well… im not one for parties, but i i would think that…
best of Dep. Mode
meta by assemblage 23
jets by brian eno
reality by david bowie
heathen by david bowie
commencement by deadsy
avalon by roxy music
something by pendulum
big sexy land by revco
london calling by the clash…
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
BABOON 3 - Niggers 'n Spooks 'n KKKoons, Oh My!
These are 10 records I HAVE dj’ed at parties over the last year or so
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock The Abum
PIL - This Is What You Want…
William Orbit - Strange Cargo III
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Sade - Diamond Life
Material - Hallucination Engine
Bill Laswell - City Of Light
Gang Of Four - Entertainment
Front 242 - Up Evil
Whenever we have a house party I have it all worked out which awesome “rock the house” type of records I’m going to play…but as the night moves on and the drink gets consumed and tons of records come flying out the tunes tend to get more and more rediculous.
By the end of the night though it’s ALWAYS a marathon of Dub Reggae or ancient Hip Hop at this house.
House parties rule and old skool Hip Hop seems to be what people love the most round here.
I’ve been listening to a ridiculous amount of dub lately - especially Bill Laswell related projects.
That guy’s welcome in my house any time.
Great house party music too.
Good call. Laswell is a true master. Check out his Imaginary Cuba, Tabla Beat Science and Trojan Massive series if you haven’t yet heard them…they’re AWESOME!!! By the way…on youtube there’s a pretty awesome Dutch documentary on Bill Laswell…the narration is Dutch but the majority of it (interviews etc) is in English…check it out… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKnf6siCGc
I’ve been listening to a ridiculous amount of dub lately -
Oh by the way…I’m sure you’ve heard Rhythm & Sound/Basic Channel at some point through the years Amlux…but if not…Rhythm & Sound from Berlin are legendary when it comes to Dub over the last 20yrs. Their stuff is pure class and absolutely sublime… http://www.myspace.com/rhythmsoundmusic/music
