Although contemporary French music was overcome with a decidedly house-orientated ethic through the 1990s, DJ Cam and fellow Parisian Kid Loco, aka Jean-Yves Prieur, continued to hold up the hip-hop mantle. Loco's perfectly selected composite of orchestration heavy cuts from labels including Ninja Tune, Warp and Jazz Fudge suits the DJ Kicks ethos perfectly, with head nodding turntablism ...
Manufacturer: Studio K7
Washington duo Eric Hilton and Rob Garza have inspired a polarised love it/hate it attitude with their (admittedly) unique brand of dope-tinged sleazy listening, and DJ Kicks acts as the perfect vehicle for a set of Eighteenth Street Lounge foundtracks. The pair are more than comfortable with the responsibility, supporting their own mixes with classics from Jazzanova and Rockers Hi-Fi with ...
Manufacturer: K7
Laurent Daumail's cut and paste approach to building tracks and his magpie attitude to lifting samples has won him considerable critical acclaim, although it is widely thought that it was this mix that brought him to the attention of the majors and the subsequent Columbia deal that eventually resulted in the The Beat Assassinated. Aside from "Die Reconnaitra Les Siens" and the closing ...
