Dummy Mix 500 // Django Django
Across the last five years and 499 editions, we have strived for eclectic perfection with our Dummy mixes, pushing the boundaries of the increasingly genreless field of music. Big names have laid down and showcased their powers, while newcomers have also staked their claims with amazing contributions and, as we reach our 500th mix, we aim to continue as we began – providing memorable moments.
In the same time period, Django Django have built a reputation as one of the UKs most innovative bands, from their Mercury-nominated 2012 debut album to new opus Marble Skies, their first in three years and out now on Because Music. Containing elements of their rockabilly influences, the album also sees the four piece charter unfamiliar territory, towing lines between krautrock and hardcore dance, but in a way that channels the same synergy that was evident in their early releases.
"A mix of house and techno records from my collection which goes back to the early 90s, when I started buying stuff like the Reel to Reel record 'we are i.e.' … It's got quite a lot Chicago stuff from the mid 90s, from relief and dance mania that influenced the type of music I was making pre-Django Django, and some newer stuff that I'm into, from Night Slugs, Jimmy Edgar and Mumdance. It's based around a sound that defines a great track to me… lots of claps on the one, mad drums, beeps, bleeps and strange off kilter sounds."
Listen to the mix below, and here's to 500 more mixes!
Backroom Productions – Definition of a Track
Urban Soul – Alright
DJ Hell – Definition of House
DJ Mehdi – I Am Somebody (masters at work mix)
Lenny de Ice – We Are IE
Dance Mania White Label
Jam City – The Courts
White Label
Jimmy Edgar – hot inside
Factory Man – White Label
Mike Q – White Label
Baltimore Breakbeats White Label
Sound Hack – Funky Rule
Errol Alkan & Switch – A Sydney Duke (Bok Bok remix)
White Label
Dave Clarke – Red 3
Bangalter – Tracks on the Rocks
White Label
Mumdance – One Sec (Instrumental)
Turntable Brothers – Music
Dance Mania White Label
DJ Marfox – Unknown
White Label
Tessela – With Patsy
Plastikman – Fuk
White Label
DJ Jes – EP
White Label
White Label
Ian Pooley – Celtic Cross (DJ Tonka mix)
Stream Django Django's new album, Marble Skies, below.
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