Live dublab Mix
09.28.05
One way to gain insight into a person — especially a DJ — is to flip through their records. Not the stack that’s carefully crafted to convey a specific vibe, or one that deeply immerses you in a genre, but the cluttered pile by the turntable. The stuff they’ve been listening to that week. As a DJ and producer, Chico Sonido is so well known as purveyor of fine Latin beats in the molds of nu cumbia, hip-hop and dub that you might wonder what he gets into when no one is looking.
We’re in luck: this mix from 2005 features a bunch of on-brand Chico picks (vintage Latin psych rock and funk plus indie hip-hop) mixed with seemingly random selections from the various corners of the record store. It’s illuminating to hear Madlib, The Art of Noise, Mount Eerie, Alain Goraguer, Aphex Twin and Brazilian Girls in one place, and Chico makes it all come together, dropping in some of his own productions as well.
For more on the Mexican madman’s shopping habits, check out this segment for Amoeba’s What’s In My Bag? series.
Tracklist:
Sugarman 3 – La Culebra Traffic Sound – Sky Pilot Madvillain – Curls (Koushik Remix) (Instrumental) Deltron 3030 – Madness (Instrumental) Edan – I See Colours Malcom Kipe – Mans Vents Madvillain – Money Folder (Four Tet Remix (Instrumentla) Quasimoto – Closer Edan – Torture Chamber Alain Goraguer – Ten Et Medor Galaxia – La Noticia Los Yetis – Amor Sideral columbian Chico Sonido – Antes Que Nadie Up, Bustle & Out – Chicharras Night (Chico Sonido Remix) Johnny Chingas – Se Me Paro Aphex Twin – Kraftwerk – Autobahn (Excerpt) Mount Eerie – The Moon The Art of Noise – Who’s Afraid (Of The) Mum – L’energie Irradiait (Waxolutionists Remix) Wreckx-N-Effect – Wreckx Shop (Full Crew Mix) feat. Apache Indian George Saxon – Going Out of My Mind Bob James – Nautilus Brazilian Girls – Pussy Sugar B. – Pink and Brown T. Raumschmiere – A Millino Brothers (Blah Blah Blah) Feat. MC Soom TFROM THE VAULTS is an ongoing curation project produced by Ben Sinclair, resurfacing rare live performances and DJ sets recorded during dublab’s first ten years.
