This week I’ve been listening to dance music mixes, its been some time since I last did and I just wondered what was going on. I had been hearing about the crack down on dealing and drug culture in Ibiza and the fact several of the big opening parties had been postponded and major clubs temporarily closed. It was during reading about this that I was first sucked into a DJ mix loop earlier this week. I discovered podcasts by Streetlife DJs & Roger Sanchez on iTunes both of which are free. Then last night a friend bought me round copies of GUO32 Adam Freeland: Mexico city and Fabriclive 32 Krafty Kuts. The Adam Freeland mix is a 2CD set. The first CD is a pacy techno mix and includes tracks and remixes from the likes of Carl Craig, Sebastian, Justice, Para One, Kavinsky and Adam Freeland himself. The second CD is an altogether more ethereal, steady and groovy experience and in the context of a lazy Sunday morning was preferable to the first. It contained such artists as Spaceman 3, Gui Boratto, Mylo and Andy Weatherall, out of the three CDs I was given this was my favourite. However, that takes nothing away from Fabriclive 32: Krafty Kuts. This Fabriclive mix had a hip-hop and funky vibe, it pulled no punches and included guaranteed favourites such as a version of The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five but was also eclectic enough to include Funky Jam by Primal Scream.
We also managed do a BBQ this weekend and we roadtested a Sainsbury’s disposable BBQ with legs. It also came with a lighting stick – very posh!, the coals were in a bag which you lit. It roared away to start with but then unforunately nearly went out, after much wafting it got hot enough to cook but left a black carbon imprint of the grill on the bangers. So although a Sainsburys disposable with legs is a bit of a pose the performance was disapointing. Proving I shouldn’t have strayed from the usual Morrisons disposable.
