That two headed camel!! I loved the way that CD cover looked when we were designing it in 1996. This DJ mix came out of nowhere with its fresh take on breakbeats, adding a trippy ethnic perspective with rare global tracks mixed with the fresh sounds of new-comers Fatboy Slim and Soulstice. Breakbeats was a new genre about to break out in full force, and this CD was a harbinger of things to come.
After selling 10,000 copies of the CD, we received a charge of seven copywrite infringements for using the camel without permission, and Hardkiss Music was forced to stop selling the CD. The images had been scanned from Rick Smolan’s book From Alice To Ocean, and he and his lawyer were not pleased. I thought it ironic that in years of sampling the likes of The Smiths, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, ELO, The Kinks and many other sources, we had never got into any legal mess. It was the damn camels!!
The release of this CD was a pivotal moment in my DJ career. I began to be hired as a headline DJ performing a thick sound of funky breaks. I still have an appetite for these sounds but continue to be fascinated by the newest permutations and mutant combinations of sounds and recording techniques.
What I like about this CD is the tempo. A house/disco tempo with a funky rhthym, that at the time, did more for me than the four on the floor that almost every other DJ was hammering.
Tracklist
1. Roots – Hooligan Food
2. Soulstice – Superfunkidiculous
3. Stepdisk – Jump Room
4. Leuroj – Rainchant
5. Tulku – Kupuri
6. Drain – Burma Slowdrive
7. Dissidenten – A Love Supreme
8. Bullitnuts – Piping
9. Snooze – The Chase
10. Irresistible Force – Waveform
11. Metro – Stone Skippin
12. TC 1995 – Just Get Up and Dance
13. Southside Reverb – Fuck You We’e From Texas
14. Fatboy Slim – Santa Cruz
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i love this like no other.
i was a student in a small college town in 1996 when i experienced my first rave in a little coffee shop. house music was new to me and unlike anything i had ever heard before. having to own some myself, i walked into a record store the next day and walked out with ‘weekend’. to this day, it remains the best set i’ve ever heard. from the opening haunting sounds of ‘hooligan food’, to the tempo change at ‘kupuri’, the warbly bass lines that kick in at ‘just get up and dance’, to the sirens of ‘santa cruz’, this set is truly a journey.
it was nice to read this cd was pivotal for you, as i have always considered ‘weekend’ the beginning of everything that i love about music now. thank you.
OK Gavin,
THe three cds that you , scott , and robbie did was the inspiration to me wanting to dj and produce. after i heard of the hardkiss brothers i was hook for sure , i started collecting the hardkiss label (Delusions of Grandeur is the only vinyl album art i dont have ). i even got to educate people with your cds ( just by letting them listen to them). i have got to open for you and and robbie in nashville tn and that was a dream , Thank you . i even got the hardkiss tree tattooed on my neck !!so im a huge fan and i just wanted to let you know that i really appreciate everything musically you have done and you and the hardkiss family will always be in my heart and soul!!!!!
much love ,
Spoon
oh yeah the mix of these three tracks are f@$king amazing!!! i need these track BAD
11. Metro – Stone Skippin
12. TC 1995 – Just Get Up and Dance
13. Southside Reverb – Fuck You We’e From Texas
14. Fatboy Slim – Santa Cruz
i totally remember meeting you and being freaked out by your tatoo … hope you’re still rocking it!!
keep your eyes on thhis blog for some super exciting stuff happening this summer!!
thanks for the support homie!!
been trying to find hooligan food for blooming ages.
nice work posting this.
where can I get an mp3 of it dude?
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Good luck finding an mp3 of the song … if you do then let me know!
This mix is just…amazing. Will definitely be checking out more of your sets. Can’t get enough of the Sure is Pure remix of TC 1995′s Just Get Up and Dance
one of my all time favorite mixes, lost the CD years ago, so… THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for putting it on the interwebs for all of us to enjoy, again… much love from Floriduh
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