New Year’s Eve 2007 Rex Club (Paris) Techno and Electro
Posted Dec 31 1969
I might as well call this the “best laid plans gone to waste” play list. It’s been a few months since I’ve done a large, professional gig so I spent the last few weeks refreshing myself with old tunes and researching new ones. Some of my students even helped out, recording exclusive tracks, including a French version of Galaxy to Galaxy’s hit “Transition.” I decided to do a mostly Serato-based mix (which allows DJs to play MP3s as if they were records) so I could have access to more music. I still ended up bringing a bag of records as a backup, which was fortunate for me. Basically, we could only get one turntable to respond to Serato so I had to mix mostly vinyl. That probably has less to do with Serato and more to do with the fact that we were unable to do a proper sound check. Unfortunately, since I bought Serato last year I’ve pretty much quit buying vinyl due to cost and time since I don’t DJ as often as I used to. As a result, my set ended up being a flashback one. I basically just freestyled, playing some records I hadn’t mixed in nearly a decade!
To top if off, my set was 1/2 an hour shorter than I was originally told. Basically, the sound guy gave me a five minute warning. I had it in my mind to finish off the last half hour with that exclusive “Transitions” track, an S2 remix, plus some hot joints by UR, Red Planet, DJ Nasty, Los Hermanos, Aaron Carl, and Gerald Mitchell. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. Once I get back to the States I’m going to mix a double CD of what I envisioned my set to sound like. In the meantime, below are some of the tracks that did get play, in no particular order.
Overall, I thought it was cool though, especially since everyone else played minimal techno. The music was good but after a couple of hours it does all sound alike. More than one person told me that the key to appreciating that style for so long is to pop ecstasy pills or be on some other drug. I rarely drink coffee so that wasn’t about to happen. It was still a great experience. As always, I learned a lot and I'm glad that I was able to adapt. The show must go on! Check out the blog for more thoughts.
Damn! Could my play list be anymore Detroit and Chicago biased? I’m more diverse than this! Anyway, songs that got the best response included "Work that Mother F*cker," "Planet Groove," the "Big Trouble Mix," and "X-Squared."
Track Listing
| Title | Artist | BPM | Label | |
| 1. | Babylon's Gifts | The Unknown Soldier | Underground Resistance | |
| 2. | Planet Groove | DJ Marquis | Upstart Records | |
| 3. | 100% of Dissin' You | Armando | ||
| 4. | Return of the Terrortech | DJ Assault | Jefferson Ave. | |
| 5. | Posatronix | Posatronix | Direct Beat | |
| 6. | Fade 2 Black | In Sync | Fragile | |
| 7. | Timeline | Galaxy to Galaxy | Underground Resistance | |
| 8. | Expo (UR remix) | Kraftwerk | ||
| 9. | This is Now | DJ Marquis | Upstart Records | |
| 10. | X-Squared | Electric Soul | Direct Beat | |
| 11. | Big Trouble Mix | Project X | Sumberge | |
| 12. | 808 Degrees Surface Temperature | The Martian | Red Planet | |
| 13. | Meridian | Octave One | 430 West | |
| 14. | From Beyond | Psyche | Transmat | |
| 15. | Work that Mother F***** | DJ Urban | Projex | |
| 16. | Get Up | D.I.E. | M.A.P. | |
| 17. | Work That D*** | afassdgf | Dancemania | |
| 18. | White label | ????? | Projex | |
| 19. | King of Kings | DJ Nasty | Motor City Electro Company |
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