The Mix Machine #11: Double D - Electro (MP3s)
Hello and welcome back (a 1 2, a 1 2) to The Mix Machine.
Turning this week over to Drew Dobbs who shares with us...
In the late '80's through the mid-'90's I managed a copy shop in Noe Valley in San Francisco, and one of my many unusual and talented customers was Mr. David Paul for whom I printed his 'zine The BOMB Hip-Hop Magazine (until he went to offset) and did color copies and faxes and so on. Later when he began to put out his delightful Return Of The DJ album series I managed to score a spot as a 'secret/hidden track' on the CD version second volume of that series - look for it!
A nicer fellow you could hardly meet, and he's still very much in business. Once in early 1997 he gave me a mixtape sent to him by a German DJ friend and I've enjoyed it (mostly as a' work tape' at jobs) ever since.
Presented here for your breakdancing and partying enjoyment is the entire ELECTRO cassette by DJ DOUBLE D, 92 minutes of sequencer/sampler/909-saturated tunes spanning 1978 to 1994. Double D (not the same one who worked with Steinski) has been hosting the Funky Fresh Radio Show on Radio X Frankfurt, since 1997, and is still turning those steel wheels very busily around Europe from his home base in Offenbach.
Double D - Electro (Side A) (46:15)
Double D - Electro (Side B) (46:05)
~ Drew
wow! very very cool! i had to listen right away.. and i'm instantly impressed! so far it is making me want to put on a disguise and slink around... those are two of my favorite things to do, but there are never enough occasions!
Posted by: stingy d | November 13, 2008 at 03:10 PM
90 minutes is a long time to do the robot. I'm gonna need some oil.
Posted by: Wm. | November 13, 2008 at 05:42 PM
Anyone want to compile the tracklisting? :)
Posted by: Volum | November 14, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Drew here: Re: Tracklist. Yup- the typing on the original cover is tough to read, shall I type the tracklist here so there's less mystery? Lemme pop out and find the cassette...
Posted by: Mindwrecker | November 14, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Hey- I just looked at that cover art file over over there and it's not THAT hard to read-- put those cheaters on, Volum.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | November 14, 2008 at 10:22 PM
good one - coincidentally the day after you posted this blog Dave Paul was a guest on WFMU (remote from Bay Area) talking about Noe Valley and the record store (Below old Aquarius spot - next door to copying place) Check arhcive in above URL -
Posted by: billy jam | November 17, 2008 at 03:08 AM
isnt the opening track on the first side really a newcleus song (or what sounds like a demo of that song)?
Posted by: Kevin | November 17, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Yeah, Kevin--- It is, and, perhaps it IS.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | November 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Hey---there's Billy Jam! Nice to hear from you! I wrote David just the other day and he didn't mention he was gonna do that! Lol. But it figures---Things just happen when they SHOULD sometimes. Like I said--that 'hood was a special and swingin' part of town.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | November 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM
You never know where I'm gonna pop up... BAM! I'm just there, and then gone.
Posted by: Dave Paul | November 19, 2008 at 08:26 AM
oh right...the track listings haha
Posted by: Kevin | November 20, 2008 at 12:46 PM
wow yeah i LOVE this, great tape - thanks for the post. and i am dying to know who did a version of peoples choice 'do it anyway you wanna' that comes in at 8 minutes!
Posted by: mo | November 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Wow...I am proud reading those lines. I never expected this tape flip back at me more than 10 years later. Thanks for putting it up right here...Hip Hop don´t stop!!!!
Posted by: double-d | December 06, 2008 at 11:26 AM