52 Mixtapes!
Chicago’s own juke-house-ghettotech-raving DJ/Producer Chrissy Murderbot has been working the electronic music scene hard since 1995, at the tender age of 13! After playing alongside such electronic music legends as 4Hero, Orbital, Ghislain Poirier, and Juan Atkins, his work has been praised by everyone from XLR8R to Pitchfork.
His newest project is My Year of Mixtapes, posting a new, downloadable mixtape once a week, every week for a year, without a single repeat of song or theme.
I’ve just been through the whole lot and the range of electronic music from its humble beginnings to present day is amazing.
A few of my favourites are:
Week 12: UK Rave, 1991
# Orbital; Chime (FFRR / Internal)
# Baby D; Day Dreaming (Can You Handle It Mix) (Production House)
# The Shamen; Move Any Mountain (Devil Mix) (One Little Indian / Epic)
# The KLF; Last Train To Trancentral (KLF)
# The Art of Noise; Shades of Paranoimia (Carl Cox Remix) (China)
# Rhythm On The Loose; Break Of Dawn (The One After D)
# Orbital; Choice (FFRR / Internal)
# 808 State; Cubik (Ex:El Version) (ZTT)
# Soundsource; Take Me Up (Chrissy Murderbot Re-Edit) (FFRR)
# MIDI Rain; Eyes (Bizarre Inc. Remix) (Vinyl Solution)
# Opus III; It’s A Fine Day (EastWest)
# Dream Frequency; Feel So Real (CityBeat)
# Smart Systems; The Tingler (Remix) (Jumpin’ & Pumpin’)
# Eon; Fear: The Mindkiller (Vinyl Solution)
# Zero Zero; Zeroxed (Kickin’)
# Nexus 21; Sychologic P.S.P. (Network)
# Isotonik; Different Strokes (Ffrreedom)
# Altern 8; Infiltrate 202 (Altern 8 vs. Astrix & Space Re-Remix) (Network)
# The Prodigy; Charly (Alley Cat Mix) (XL)
# Phuture Assassins; Shot Like Dis (Suburban Base)
# Shut Up & Dance; Green Man (Rum & Black Mix) (Shut Up & Dance)
# SL2; DJs Take Control (XL)
# Bizarre Inc.; Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix) (Vinyl Solution)
# Alternative Dance Indulgence; Testify (white)
# 2 Bad Mice; Bombscare (Movin’ Shadow)
# SL2; The Noise (Remix) (XL)
# Altern 8; Activ-8 (Network)
# The Prodigy; Your Love (XL)
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Week 19: Kraftwerk
Part 1
1. Kraftwerk; Trans-Europe Express (1977)
2. Kraftwerk; The Model (1978)
3. Kraftwerk; The Robots (1978)
4. Kraftwerk; The Man Machine (1978)
5. Kraftwerk; It’s More Fun To Compute / Home Computer (1981)
6. Kraftwerk; Numbers / Computer World 2 (1981)
7. Kraftwerk; Tour De France (François K. Remix) (1983)
8. Kraftwerk; Computer Love (Remix) (1991)
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Part 2
# Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force; Planet Rock (Tommy Boy, 1982)
# The Egyptian Lover; Egypt Egypt (Freak Beat Records, 1984)
# B.O.S.E.; Rock The World (Rock Well, 1987)
# Techmaster P.E.B.; Bass Computer (Newtown Music, 1991)
# Fergie; Fergalicious (A&M, 2006)
# 2 Live Crew; D.K. Almighty (Luke Skyywalker, 1989)
# The Fearless Four; Rockin’ It (Enjoy Records, 1982)
# MC A.D.E.; Bass Rock Express (4 Sight Records, 1985)
# Coldplay; Talk (EMI, 2005)
# Big Black; The Model (Touch & Go, 1987)
# Miss Kittin & The Hacker; Uno (International Deejay Gigolo Records, 1999)
# Frank De Wulf presents B-Sides Vol. 1; Reforced (Music Man, 1990)
# Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto; Home Computer (Emperor Norton; 1999)
# 6Blocc; Digits (LoDubs, 2007)
# Turf Talk f. Kaveo & Young Mugzi; Do The Robot (Sick Wid’It Records, 2004)
# DJ Rashad; Compute (Juke Trax, 2007)
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Week 23: Hi-NRG
1. Evelyn Thomas; High Energy (Record Shack Record)
2. Romance f. Jessica Williams; Tie Me Down (Harem Records)
3. Paul Parker; Right On Target (Megatone Records)
4. Patrick Cowley; If You Feel It (Megatone Records)
5. Carol Jiani; Hit ‘N’ Run Lover (Moby Dick Mix) (Moby Dick Records)
6. Jessica Williams; (They Call Me The) Queen Of Fools (Passion Records)
7. Marcia Raven; Catch Me (I’m Falling In Love) (Passion Records)
8. Hazell Dean; Searchin’ (I Gotta Find A Man) (Ian Levine Remix) (Proto Records)
9. Miquel Brown; So Many Men So Little Time (Record Shack Records)
10. Sheryl Lee Ralph; In The Evening (Chrissy Murderbot Re-Edit) (The New York Music Company)
11. Earlene Bentley & Sylvester; Stargazing (Record Shack Record)
12. Evelyn Thomas; Masquerade (Record Shack Records)
13. Nina Schiller; Without Your Love (R.E.M.I.X.) (Moby Dick Records)
14. Sylvester; Don’t Stop (Megatone Records)
15. Tina Fabrique; Alive With Love (Prism Records)
16. Liquid Gold; Don’t Panic (Polo Records)
17. Modern Rocketry; I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone (Megatone Records)
18. Charade; Break Me (Hi-NRG Mix) (Passion Records)
19. Climax Orchestra; Interaction (LSD Mix) (Challenge Records)
20. Sylvester & Patrick Cowley; Do Ya Wanna Funk (Megatone Records)
21. Modern Rocketry; Thank God For Men (Chrissy Murderbot Re-Edit) (Megatone Records)
22. Scherrie Payne; One Night Only (Megatone Records)
23. Loverde; My World Is Empty (Without You) (Moby Dick Records)
24. Richie; Whip Up The Dancefloor (Hot & Sticky Mix) (Challenge Records)
25. Diebold & Co.; US NRG (Aerobics High Impact Mix) (Megatone Records)
26. Sylvester; Lovin’ Is Really My Game (Remix) (Megatone Records)
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Thats just three and as he’s up to week 35 there’s another 32 to listen to so get over there and enjoy