dd25: Tagged (2003)



I truly felt bit by the tribal bug in 2003, and had to give a little bit of that here. I tried to include all the genres I like to play in one mix and found it so complete, I decided to stop the “dd” numbering system, since I wasn’t making actual mixtapes anymore either. This was also the final CD I mass produced, as the Internet started to become the main way everyone shared mixes.

Performed May 2003 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Part 1

Fiendish House I – Mean Love – RPO
Coloursound – Small Phatt One – Vapour Limited
UDG – Workshop of Devil – Garbage
Babilonia – Impress Me – Stop & Go
Unplugged – Future of Sound – Plastica Red
Eddy Airbow – Tribal Contact – Traveller
Mr. Free – Energy – BeatFreak
Undisputed Truth vs Rebel Funk – Begin – Creative
Electric Tease vs Mosquito – Sensation – Distraekt
Nightdrums – Voodoo Element – Gentrax
Mr. Free – Architedhosue – BeatFreak
Marcelo Castelli – Southamerica – Musiq
Bass & Penn – Communicate – Urbana
Dr. Kucho – Shadow Troopers – Disc Doctor
Dr. Kucho – It Must Be Love – Bonus Tracks

Part 2

Dr. Kucho – It Must Be Love – Bonus Tracks (cuntinued)
Dr. Kucho – Belmondo Rulez 2.0 – Disc Doctor
Kay Maan – Got To – Boo
Magik Johnson – Los Halinos – Blaktrax
Richard Earnshaw – Joyride – Soulfuric Deep
Kemit Sources – Bor Dlan (I:Cube rmx) – Versatile
Triesté – Too High In The Sky (John Ciafone dub) – Junior
D’Wachman & HD Substance – Jump (Mateo Murphy rmx) – Atlas
Pulse – Cariño 2002 (Pascal F.E.O.S. rmx) – Frisbee
Hertz & Hardcell – Electrons – Sway
Submode vs Basoon – Aibo – Delirium Red
65d Mavericks – Abstractions – Matrix
Gaetano Parisio – Norman Expression – Design
Patrik Skoog – B1 – Mankind 16
Henry Cullen – Grilled Chicken – :body:art:form:
Praxis – Roy Rogers – Omniscient
Dylan Drazen vs Tim Xavier – The Benz – Blueline
Archae and Grovskopa – Ex – Maracas

dd24: Carry On (2002)

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Just like dd21 and dd23 are in a tie for my favorite techno mixes, dd24 is in a dead heat with dd22 for my favorite house mixes. The early 2000s were an equally special time for hard techno and deep house, and I’m happy to have been a part of it.

“And every sista in here has tried that shit at least one time, baby!”

Performed January 2002 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

The Kick Inside – Lush Life – Brique Rouge
Pound Boys – T’s Theme – Bumpin’ City
Brett Johnson/Demarkus Lewis – The Snooze Button – Roam
Fusion Groove Orchestra + Simon Green – The Dream – Curious
St. Germain – Sure Thing (Todd Edwards rmx) – Blue Note
Paul Jays – Lava Love – Kaos
DJ Spinna – Groove – Sole
Tiefschwarz – Schwanitz – Classic
Modjo – What I Mean (Mood II Swing rmx) – Modjo
Louis Benedetti – Doin’ Da Boogie – ProgCity
Stacy Kidd – Love & Tenderness – Riviera
Nova Fronteira – Calma – Z Records
Sunaga t Experience – Chitose Airport (Swag rmx) – Flower
Hanna – The Rose – Lumi
Ronin – Jazz Dirt – Primary
Playin’ 4 The City feat. Janice Leca – Show Me Love – Straight Up
Shunt Limit – In My Life – WideLeft
Kick Squad – Walk South Central – Pêng
Next Evidence – Interlude – Basic

dd23: No Carrier (2002)

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More incredible tracks from techno’s renaissance period of 2001. It’s a trick, get an axe!

Performed January 2002 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Byron Bogues – This Place Is Everything – Choke
Byron Bogues – Hydra – Eruptive
Tobias Knobloch – Goodmorning – Episode
Rexxx – S.O.S. – D Records
Coming Soon – Ozonic – EC Records
Paul Mac – Elvis Beats (Ben Sims edit) – Stimulus
Deetron – Robotics – Phont
Regis – White Stains – Downwards
Si Begg – Welcome (Gayle San rmx) – Compressed
Greg Gow – Project 004 – Default
Electronic Home Entertainment – 24.24 – Federation of Drums
Dylan Drazen – Engine – Remains
Subhead – Q Hey (Shufflemaster rmx) – Subhead
Zank + g/b – Health Meter – Housedust
Immersion – Nose Tikkla – Routemaster
Sutramat – Rythmic Assault – Automat
Pistoloco – Ghost Copy – No Entry
Mark Tyler – Craka Wacka – No Entry
Dylan Drazen – Baba – Remains
Switchblade – Hard – 4x4x10
Diego – Execution Manual – Do Something
Switchblade – Deep – 4x4x10
Rhythms of Nature – Spirit Catcher – Fullspectdrum
Sharpside – Wave Cruising – Rotation

dd22: Caught In The Act (2001)

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This mix is special to me, as it represents the very beginning of a memorable chapter in my life.

Performed February 2001 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

New Phunk Theory feat. Kerry Green – Always – Airtight
Addvibe – Feels So Good 2Nite – Discfunction
The Yann Fontaine Project – Soul Fonction – Brique
Simply Complicated – Selenia – Hole Subaltern
Trouble Men – Sunrise On Ocean Drive – Kif
Phlash – Sparkling Not Still – Estereo
Braxe & Falke – Running – Vulture
Dino/Terry Demopoulos/DJ Deep – No More Tears – Basenotic
The Last Minister – We Talk Romance – Rec In Pause
DJ Linus – La Chère – Exun
Rapsody – Time For A Change – Mercury
Filthy Rich feat. Nicole P. – Too-Nite – i!
Deaf’n Dumb Crew – Holiday On Night – Riviera
Mehdi Naili/Buxxy – Mellow Smooth – Stunt Brothers
Rob Mello – I Like It Fucked – Classic
Savannah – I’ll Do Anything – Kif
Richard Les Crees – Dengon (Kokoro Kara Odotte) – Distance
Demon Ritchie – Casa Profunda – Vitamine
Aquarian Dream – Love and Tears – Defender

dd21: High Heel Techno (2001)

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This mix is in a tie with “No Carrier” for my favorite techno mixes. I believe 2001 was the renaissance period for European hard techno. From the original description:

“With clubbier styled sounds fused together with the harder elements lately, the title “high heel techno” seemed apt, as my techno roots are firmly planted from watching the drag-queens do their thing on the Limelight club’s dance floor in NYC. Back and forth, these thin, muscle-bound monsters would show each other who could strut their shit the best in 1992.”

Performed January 2001 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Trace Element – Falling Logs – Elestik
Frankie Vega – The End, a Means and False Imspirations – Remains
Paul Nazca & Ultracolor – Loom – Scandium
The Reaver – Potion No.6 – Glyph
Do you like the way you feel when you shake? – A Squared
Rino Cerrone – Optical Way – Relentless
Signal Electrique & Noise Builder – A2 – OG
Genie – Night Walker – Convolute
DJ Ze Mig-L – Happy Tribe – Djax
Dylan Drazen – Beacon – Remains
Elastik Trikery – Beatbox – Insert
Basic Implant – Brain Circle – Søk
G-Man – 70-4 – Fieber
Métier – Body Electric (James Ruskin mix) – Coda
Gecko – Flugmaschiene – Delirium Red
Rob Stow – Curve Pusher – Hydraulix
Tuttle – EG Decay – Anlx
Tekno Résistants – Cataclysme – Resistance3
Michael Forshaw – Nerve Hammer – Red Seal
Alex K. Katz – Seek + Destroy – Jerk
G. McAffer & D. Preece – RAW 004
Ural 13 Diktators – Chernobyl Reaction – Lazer Attack

dd20: Live In Spain (2000)


Pretty cool that dd20 was recorded within the first two weeks of 2000. This was my biggest gig to date and I was super excited. My description at the time is hilarious:

“Live in Spain. dd20 is fulfilled the first month of 2000. On the quiet countryside of southern Spain lies a massive club called La Industrial Copera. 15 days into y2k dealt forth blows of hard FU beats toward the angst ridden happy receivers as the sound system received a lashing it handled beautifully. If you listen closely during breakdowns you can hear screams of the crowd come through the stylus.”

Performed January 2000 at La Industrial Copera, Granada, Spain

side a

Dylan Drazen – Lucky Dawg – Remains 03
Andreas Krämer vs. Kay D. Schmidt – 40.000 Miles to Hell – Jerk
Pounding Grooves – B1 – Tortured
Headroom – Kobol – Compound
Mike Väth – Herschen Den Zeit – Macrolon
Chester Beatty – Lights Flicker – Speaker Attack
Okayama – Gin – Frisbee
Rotary Outputs – 001 – Refill
DisX3 – Nato – unGleich
WJH – Planet 69 – Planet Vision
Bassoon – The Clones – Delerium Red
WJH – Forbidden – Planet Vision
Branco.Sandell.Cullen – Clanking – 4x4x4
Visco Space – Part 1 – Konsequent

side b

16C+ – Fruit Punch – Low Sense
Humphries.Wilson – Aural Exciter – Punish
Chris McCormack – Crazy Legs Crane – Embryo
Sikora – Bridge Builder – Klang
Red Frame – A1 – Red Frame 04
Olaf Noetzel – Patch Bay – Atomic Silence
Random Logic – A1 – Kial 04
Darkman – True Stories – Proper
Mark Verbos – Only A Danger To Myself – Simple Answer
Inigo Kennedy – Landcross Road – Red Seal
Inigo Kennedy – The Secondary – Aesimetrik
Mike Scabinger – Link – Holzplatten
Paul Damage – Travelling Hard – HOG
Olga + Josef – A2 – OJ 004
Multiple Orgasm – Raw Sex – Synchronicity
Gecko – Lunarcity – Planet Vision

dd19: The Matrix (1999)


Things were getting hot and heavy in Spain, and the music was getting relentless.

Performed April 1999 in The Cervix, Brooklyn

side a

Martial – Meteorite Wave – Taka
Oxia – Fresh – GoodLife
Grain – B2 – Fat Cat
Sapiano and the Partycrashers – Body Parts – Klang
Punisher – Extinction – Seismic
Chris Jackson – Make ‘Em Work – Resource
Visco Space – Part 3 – Konsequent
Pitch Invasion – In The Box – Core
Petter Fripp – Structural Pump
South Operations – Draining Faces – Evil Deception
Cari Lekebusch – This Way – Access 58
Olga + Josef – A1 – OJ 002
M. Lloyd – The Jump – Sub Octave
Clemens Neufeld – Impact – POD 10
Smith & Selway – Thunder – Primate
Raoul Delgardo – Steelworks – Sheep

side b

Alba Patera – Tog – Monoïd
Umek – Halcion – XS
Inigo Kennedy – Preliminary Statements – Aesimetrik
Cio – Talkin’ With Juanito – Ongaku
Oszillator5 – S8084#02 – Planet Pump
VCO – Mind Test – Thrust
Stanlee – Klangphase – Planet Pump
Icepack – Schwama – Solid
P. Leroy – Outlast – Gelstat
Tomito Satori – Manalive – Exhibit
Olga + Josef – A2 – OJ 002
Clemens Neufeld – Inappropriate Relations – Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten
Musicolor – Violet – Musicolor
Photonic – Impact – Universal Prime Breaks

dd18: Everything Is Fine..Sunshine (1999)

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The idealist in me brought out some great mixes. From the original description:

“You know when you’re on the beach, layin’ under the sungods with your walkman on.. your eyes closed but all you see is brightness. The sounds in the background are happy, filled with hope. The kids are runnin’ around, yellin’ and hollerin’. The crashing shore, the tight bodies surfin’ only a few feet away. And all of a sudden the most beautiful, rich, phattest jam comes into your conscience. And for that one moment in your life, everything is washed away on that not-too-distant shore. Everything feels good. Under that sun. And you want it to last forever and ever.. I remember once having this experience. I was a teenager, and I felt like a kid. I remembered this moment and I never let it go. I still remember the mix I was listening to. It reminds me of the utter joy I felt within myself that day. It is my dream to provide the sounds that deliver an experience like that.”

Performed April 1999 in The Love Zone, Brooklyn

side a

Erasure – Stay With Me (NY Mix) – Slip ‘N’ Slide
Dylan Drazen – Jimmy Después – G-Force
Laura Alford – Hold On – West Side
LoSoul – Brother In Love – Playhouse
Ronin – Lights Out – PTSounds
The Persuader – Centralbron – Svek
MSD – Love Line – Wave
New Phunk Theory – Slope Two – Forensic
MSD – Satisfy – Wave
Dan Bell – The Wild Life – Elevate

side b

Dee Dee Brave – Mookies Bio – 11:07
Johnny Fiasco – Fluid – Distant
Sparkling Experiences – Hardswing Vision – bno
Sasse – The Better Weekend – i220
Atjazz – Wind & Sea – Diversions
New Phunk Theory – Mutha Phuka – Forensic
Dan Bell – Subterranean – Elevate
Dreamer G – I Got That Feelin – Mad House
Ian Pooley – Lite Juice – Strive
Joe Claussell – Heaven – Ibidan
Sade – Removable Tatoo – HOA

dd17: Level 2 (1998)


Performed December 1998 in The Cervix, Brooklyn

side a

Semblance Factor – The Force of the Factor – State of Mind
PartyCrashers – Short and Sweet – Klang
Paul Brtschitsch (one vowel?!) / André Galluzzi – Klick-Klack – Taksi
Paul Mac – Filtered – Stimulus
Soul Mate – Playmate – Phont
Li Ve Su – Basewalk – Subsounds
Cherry Bomb – A Drift – Music Man
Levantine – Prong – Monoïd
DJ La Monde – A – Søk 11
DJ Rush – Spitball – Prox
Dylan Drazen – It Hz – Tektite
Stanny Franssen – Between The Lines – Conform
Virtualian – Progress – Thrust
Miro – Frequence Man – Adrenacrome
The Anxious – After the Storm – Embryo

side b

Fenton & Thomas – Ultra – Advanced
Visco Space – Part 1 – Konsequent
Reducer – User Killer – Instillation
Nuca – Mass-Production – Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten
Tomito Satori – Monochrome.. – Exhibit
Fumiya Tanaka – Phase – Torema
Marco Carola – 2nd:B1 – Question
Groof – Turbo Sex – Fieber
Structure – A2 – Surface 8
Pounding Grooves – AA – Pounding Grooves 04
Filter – Rechteck/Sägezahn – Auftrieb
Gnork – Nama Rupa – Braintist
AB/CL – A2 – Code Red 06
Icarus – Summertime – Jericho
Smoked – Polis – Jerk
Fumiya Tanaka – Move – Torema
Dylan Drazen – outro.

dd16: Undercover The Third (1998)

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I was so in love with this style of house music. Techno might have been my career, but this music was really moving me. Remastered in 2010.

Performed September 1998 in The Cervix, Brooklyn

side a

[van johnson intro]
Euphonic – Getting Away From It All – i!
Rick Wade – Deep -N- Dirty – Harmonie Park
Sasse – Jersey – Mood Music
Lazy Bones – Daphase – St. Médard
Weekender – Sunday Session – Toko
Soul Creation – Dreams – Distant
Julius Papp & Dave Warrin – Daylight – Large
Terra Dëva – Inside – OM
Tommi – That’s What It Is! – Icon
Notts. Landing – We’ve Heard It All – Bright Lights
A Maze Of Bass – Headlights – Bright Lights
Sunshine Funk – Old School Romance – Sunshine Groove
Masters At Work – Odyssey – MAW
Solaris Heights – Solarism – Paper
Sixteen Souls – Strange Girl – Alola

side b

Playin’4 The City – My City Life – Straight Up
Rick Wade – Forgotten Track – Harmonie Park
Mr. YT – Parfum – Global Cute
Music From The Trees – Summer In The City – Nou Lion
Kalk – Let’s Take A Break – Brif
Playin’4 The City – More Than Ever – Straight Up
Wayne Gardiner – Funky – i!
Next Evidence – Endlessly – Straight Up
Next Evidence – My Secrets – Basic
Herbert and Dani Siciliano – Going Round – Phonography
Playin’4 The City – SH Blues – Straight Up
MAW feat. Louis Salianas – Pienso En Ti – MAW
[homeless guy on the B train going over manhattan bridge on a monday morning outro]