At the request of Mr Armtone I’ve encoded an old tape from 1995/6 for the next two weeks that shows the breadth of music flowing out in this golden age. Kicking off with what is IMO one of Aphex Twin’s best remixes, Nobukazu Takemura’s (aka Child’s View) ‘Let Me Fish Loose’ – love those strings at the end. A snatch of something by LFO (We R Are? – might actually be Autechre?) comes in over the intro to Ollano‘s – La Couleur – a minor trip hop classic from French label, Artefact – I’d forgotten this but instantly remembered the Real Roxanne sample. The Wagon Christ remix of ‘Turtle Soup’ rather clumsily flops into the mix and this would have been when we got the first test pressings for the Refried Food album so it was hot on the box. What sounds like a posse cut scratch track follows which is actually the work of one DJ, ‘Ghetto On The Cut’ from the first Return of the DJ album.

The Shy FX mix of T-Power’s ‘Amber’ follows with what sounds like DJ Food’s ‘Dub Lion’ over the top at 45 or it could be a jungle tune sampling it, I’m not sure. More DJ Food – not sure I’ve ever played so much – in the form of what could have been the debut spin of Squarepusher’s mighty remix of ‘Scratch Yer Head’ from the forthcoming Refried Food remix album. There’s a bit of time-filling after Jon More’s track run down with Clatterbox’s ‘Sann Sann’ and I’ve left a bit of the news in with a couple of interesting items before the intro jingle for Manassah’s show for an extra bit of nostalgia.

Track list:
Nobukazu Takemura – Let My Fish Loose (Aphex Twin remix)
LFO – We R Are
Ollano – La Couleur
DJ Food – Turtle Soup (Wagon Christ mix)
DJ Ghetto – Ghetto On The Cut
T-Power – Amber (Shy FX remix)
DJ Food – Dub Lion (on 45?)
DJ Food – Scratch Yer Head (Squarepusher mix)
Clatterbox – Sann Sann