DJ-Kicks: Moodymann (10th Anniversary Reissue)＜Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl＞

ハウス、ヒップホップ、ソウル、ファンク、ジャズ、さらにロックまで。あらゆる音楽リスナーを虜にし、デトロイトを拠点にし続けながらワールドワイドに拡大していくKenny Dixon Jr、紫の君ことMoodymannによる歴史的ミックス作品のヴァイナル・コンピレーションが再発!! Moodymann自身によるエディットが施されたエクスクルーシヴ音源を11曲収録!!

今回の再発では、コーラボトルのクリアカラー・ヴァイナルでの再発!
ゲートホールド3枚組仕様!

(以下、オリジナル盤のインフォメーションより)
シーン震撼!! まさかのムーディーマンによるキャリア初のオフィシャル・MIX CD『DJ-KICKS』より、MIX収録曲のフル・ヴァージョンをコンパイルした3枚組LP!! ムーディーマンによるエディットを12曲収録!!!

誰も予想しなかった、人気DJミックス・シリーズ「DJ-KICKS」にまさかのムーディマン参戦!
クラブ・ミュージック・シーンに大きな衝撃を与える中、そのムーディマンによる「DJ-KICKS」から厳選された18曲のフル・ヴァージョンを収録した3枚組LPもリリース!
トラックリストをご覧になれば分かるように、フライングロータスの初期の音源でも特に人気の高いエレクトロニック・ネオソウル「Tea Leaf Dancers」をはじめとしたムーディマンによるエクスクルーシブ・エディットを12曲収録!

触れるもの全てをソウルフルに変えるブラック・ミュージック界のミダス王、ムーディマンによるダンス・ミュージックの奇跡をお聴き逃しなく。

Two decades after fellow Detroiters Carl Craig, Claude Young, and Stacey Pullen were among the first contributors to !K7's DJ-Kicks, Kenny Dixon, Jr. adds to the series with a largely low-key, genre-spanning set. The selections suggest that the mix, or most of it, was knocked out long before its February 2016 release; not one of the tracks was first issued later than 2014. Perhaps Dixon was content to wait out a protracted licensing snag, though it's not as if he has a rep for spinning strictly new arrivals. Besides, the man does tend to take his time. Certain coveted KDJ productions have surfaced years after they were first whispered about, and he hasn't been all that quick to capitalize on re-pressings of his output. Take one of this set's highlights, Andres' "El Ritmo de Mi Gente!," which quickly multiplied in cost after Dixon issued it in 2008. Though Dixon doesn't include any of his productions and, just as unfortunate, abstains from the shout-outs and other vocal interjections for which he is correctly celebrated, his presence is felt beyond the frequent but easy transitions. The Andres cut samples the same Letta Mbulu-fronted piece from Quincy Jones' Roots score heard on Dixon's own "Meanwhile Back at Home." Dopehead's rugged "Guttah Guttah" comes from Detroit's underground hip-hop scene, where Dixon got his start, and was produced by Nick Speed, another one of his Mahogani Music artists. The Motor City is also represented with the wobbling Platinum Pied Pipers remix of Rich Medina and Sy Smith's "Can't Hold Back," and a neo-electro jam from Marcellus Pittman. Though Dixon has no evident connection to the Rodney Hunter remix of Fort Knox Five's "Uptown Tricks," it shows that his spot for Chic-styled disco remains as soft as when he released the Sister Sledge-sampling "One Night in the Disco." Additionally, Dixon judiciously edited over one-third of the tracks to facilitate flow, his craftiness most evident in the way Talc's breezy part-soft rock/part-Daft Punk hybrid melts into one of Beady Belle's graceful lounge laments. Dixon's taste dips back several decades, but he keeps it relatively contemporary all the way through. The oldest track is Nightmares on Wax's "Les Nuits," which bubbles out of Flying Lotus' "Tea Leaf Dancers" and, once more, draws from the Quincy Jones catalog. ~ Andy Kellman

デトロイト・シーンのカリスマによる初のオフィシャル・ミックス! むせ返るような熱気と適度な湿気を帯びたソウルフルな空間構築で、ジリジリとアゲていく流れはまさにムーディーマン印。彼のエディット曲も多数あって良い塩梅に薫製されており、このミックス全体をスモーキーに演出しています。個人的にはナイトメアズ・オン・ワックス"Les Nuits"にアツくなりました。限りなく濃密な時間にドップリと浸かってください。
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