For now though, allow me to introduce Clas Tuuth. Well not so much introduce as meet him once more, as I did write about one of the tracks from his recent-ish 003 EP the other month. He's from London and he makes lovely organic-sounding electronic music, as if these electronics were plant matter or animal matter, and lived their own lives, living and breathing within the compositions with naturalistic ease. At the same time, they're filled with urban grit and a decidedly cold sense of loneliness – an almost melancholic feeling, yet content with itself, the soundtracks to solitary journeys and pensive moods.
But as for this mix itself. From the introspective ambience of Clas Tuuth's own intro in the form of his track 'Legion', it is a predominantly '90s-flavoured affair, a voyage through rave-inspired beats and heavenly dub. There's the cascade of beats in 'Hooligan 69' by Ragga Twins, containing within it a sample of Prince's 'Let's Go Crazy', the twisted synth fantasia in the Alley Cat remix of 'Charly' by The Prodigy, the dance-rap of Rebel MC's 'The Wickedest Sound' (featuring, I have discovered, the origin of the eponymous sample in DJ Fresh's 'Dibby Dibby Sound'), ending as it began with the beautiful life-of-its-own vinyl crackle.
It's real nice to hear some music that I didn't really grow up with, but that has inspired a whole generation of musicmakers with its unrelenting beats and simplistic approach to music. I hope you enjoy or at least appreciate :~)
• T R A C K L I S T •
- 01. Clas Tuuth – Legion Intro
- 02. Manix – Stupid Dope Mix
- 03. Intelligent Hoodlum – Arrest The President
- 04. Clas Tuuth – Glass feat. Catriona Irving
- 05. Tek9 – Space 91
- 06. Shut Up and Dance – Derek Went Mad
- 07. Ragga Twins – 18" Speaker
- 08. Ragga Twins – Hooligan 69
- 09. SL2 – The Noise (Remix)
- 10. Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
- 11. 2 Bad Mice – Bombscare
- 12. The Prodigy – Charly (Alley Cat Mix)
- 13. Bug Khan & Plastic Jamm – Made In 2 Minutes
- 14. Rebel MC – The Wickedest Sound
- 15. 2 Bad Mice – Hold It Down
- 16. Clas Tuuth – Legion (version)
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