Breakspoll’s Best DJ three years running is about to get his long-anticipated slice of the `Fabriclive’ series. `Fabriclive 34′ arrives in June.
After a decade of EPs, co-productions, relentless touring and last-minute delays due to sample clearance, Krafty Kuts, aka Martin Reeves, finally released his debut artist album `Freakshow’ last October on Against The Grain. That album spawned a slew of hit singles (`Tell Me How You Feel’ and `Bass Phenomenon’ being the biggest), won Best Album at this year’s Breakspoll awards and cemented Krafty’s Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat win.
`Fabriclive 34′ promises to mirror `Finger Lickin’ Export 02′ mix put out last summer by Krafty Kuts’ longtime collaborator A. Skillz, combining straight-out breaks with a heavy dose of influences from across the board. “It’s all about the depth, the musical range,” says Reeves. “I’m taking all my influences from Latin, to a little bit of hip-hop, to funk, keep it pumping though and keeping it groovy. I also work really hard to put my own exclusive tracks on there to make it interesting with lots of scratching, quick mixing, lots of loops and edits – kind of like throwing everything into the cooking pot and mixing it around a little bit.”
Tracks off `Freakshow’ show up in a variety of iterations: `Bass Phenomenon’ remains virtually untouched, while the title track gets a total upfront overhaul and Dynamite MC’s vocal off of `There They Go’ gets refitted with Freestylers’ `In Love With You’. In keeping with the times, Krafty doesn’t skimp on the mash-ups, tossing together nu-skool breaks dons such as A. Skillz and Milke (a.k.a. Friendly and Ra Khahn) with old-school hip-hoppers Lords of the Underground and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. Most memorable, however, promises to be DJ Assault’s raunchy vocal from Deekline & Wizard’s `One in the Front’ cut with Joe Jackson’s 1979 New Wave non-classic `Is She Really Going Out With Him?’ To top it off, there’s a whole host of cuts from breaks’ young elite: Maelstrom, Splitloop, Madox, and Aquasky.
‘FabricLive 34′ tracklist
01 Krafty Kuts & Dynamite MC – Intro
02 A. Skillz – Jelly (Instrumental)
** Lords Of The Underground – What I’m After (Acapella)
03 Milke – She Says
** Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message (Acapella)
04 Malente – Move Your Body
05 Lady Waks & Hardy Hard – Minimal
06 Friendly – It’s The Weekend
07 Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe – Bass Phenomenon (VIP Mix)
08 Krafty Kuts & DJ Icey – Thru The Door (Krafty Kuts Mix)
09 Dave Spoon – At Night (Beat Vandals Remix)
10 Krafty Kuts vs. Deepcut – Beer Chucker
11 Maelstrom – Disto Funk
12 Splitloop – Just Enough
13 Krafty Kuts feat. Ashley Slater – Freakshow (VIP Mix)
14 Plump DJ’s – Listen To The Baddest
15 Madox – Roger Milla
16 Ralph Robles – Takin’ Over
17 Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him?
** Deekline & Ed Solo feat. DJ Assault – One In The Front (Acapella)
18 Rob Le Pitch – Twisted (Tom Real and Rogue Element Mix)
19 Aquasky feat. Acafool – Have A Good Time
20 Freestylers – In Love With You (Instrumental)
** Krafty Kuts feat. Dynamite MC – There They Go (Acapella)
21 Primal Scream – Funky Jam
