Big and Dirty Sounds - DJ Delicious and Till West

April 19, 2007

Big & Dirty is one of those labels that does exactly what it says on the record sleeve - bold, thumping beats, raw and filthy electro noises and tunes that strut out of the speakers with an air of supreme confidence. Backed by the passionate crew at Be Yourself, we are proud to present a new mix series called ‘Big & Dirty Sounds by…’ and who better to kick it off than the scorchin’ German duo DJ Delicious & Till West.

They exploded into the worldwide consciousness last year with the immense ‘Same Man’, a record that shot straight to the front of every discerning house DJ’s record bag and devastated Ibiza all summer. No one hit wonders, they’ve put out a string of top-quality productions since including the party-starting ‘Rockin’’ under the Punk-A-Delic guise that is currently doing just that to dancefloors everywhere and impressed the refined ears of Marco V so much he re-worked it and snapped it up for his label.

Their sound is pumping, electro-charged yet with an ear for a cheeky vocal or riff, resulting in the ultimate soundtrack to a night of hedonism and the perfect choice to take control of this storming two disc compilation. They have more than delivered with a wilfully eclectic mix that spans over two decades of dance music history, ducking and diving through the years yet maintaining a cutting edge throughout with tracks from future house heroes such as Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y., Pryda, Cicada, Oxia and Eyerer & Chopstick.

CD 1 swerves between genres with style, incorporating firing house, moments of bleepy minimalism, flurries of tribal drums, and dirty, grimy electro bass lines. Thrown into the mix are some superb vocal tracks that range from the soaring to the sleazy and a liberal sprinkling of their own productions in a smooth, free-flowing, lip-smackingly tasty mix that doesn’t let up for a second in its desire to get your body moving.

CD 2 eases the listener in more gently before spanking you with the bassline perfection of Sven Webber then locking you into a hypnotic, ice-cool, ultra modern groove of minimalist soundscapes. Constantly surprising, they throw in tunes like the downright filthy Killermachine before building the mix to an immense acid tweakin’ back-to-the-old-skool climax.

This is a futuristic, turbo-charged house mix that couldn’t be more 2007 – a stunning collection of records, superbly blended into the perfect representation of the sound of the label, defiantly Big and resolutely Dirty.

TRACKLISTING

CD 1

Supermen Lovers – Rebirth
Booka Shade – Darko
Cicada – Cut Right Through (DJ Delicious Remix)
Chicken Lips – He Not In (Stanton Warriors She Not In Edit)
Kid Alex – Loverboy (Les Visiteurs Remix)
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Bodzin & Huntemann Remix)
Moby – Go (Trentmoller Remix)
The Freaks – The Creeps (Steve Bug Remix)
Wally Lopez & Rene Amesz & Peter Gerdelblom – Strike Me Down
Andrea Doria – Freak Me (Andrea Remix)
Criss Source – Hugs & Kisses
Gods Of Blitz – Greetings From Flashbackville (Turntablerocker Remix)
Sarah McLeod – He Doesn’t Love You (Hook N Sling Vocal Mix)
Beckers, D-Nox, Amo & Navas – Memory Cell
Pryda – Remember
DJ Delicious – Let It Drop (Henrik B Remix)
Villeneuve – Oh No (Puzique Remix)

CD 2

Capricorn – 20Hz
Rockers Hi-Fi – Push Push (M.A.N.D.Y.’s Pusher Remix)
DJ Delicious & Errik – We Wont Stop
Rekid – Next Stop Chicago (Jesse Rose Remix)
Cajuan – Dance Not Dance (Digitalism Remix)
Özgür Can – Changed (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
Frederico Franchi – Cream
John Acquaviva pres. Sven Webber – First Stroke
Streetbotix – Breakin’
Juergens – Love It (Mello Mix)
Markus Lange – Ruhestorung Plattenbau (Oxia Remix)
Codec & Flexor – Killermachine
Eyerer & Chopstick – Haunting
DJ Delicious & Rutte – Jaja
Robert Armani – Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix)
Art Of Noise – Moments In Love