Monthly Archives: October 2011

Dad Trax: Luke Slater – Love (Loved)

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor

Massive respect to Luke Slater for, like Richie Hawtin, having more hair now than he did in the 90s. Appropriately enough this is one of the all time classic wind in your hair techno tunes. Perhaps Mr Slater has grown … Continue reading →

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Dad Trax: Genaside II – Narra Mine

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor

Another example of the early breakbeat/jungle/reggae/rave/hiphop crossover, with a bit of wide-eyed ecstatic-idealism in the vocals, and some very dated but nice gated pads, this record from 1991 (that year again) has the distinction of containing the craziest rave MCing … Continue reading →

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Dad Dancing: The Orb on Top Of The Pops

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor

The standard dance music TV appearance in 1992 involved pretending to play a keyboard in a bomber jacket while a lady in a bra threw arm shapes. The Orb took to mainstream pop music TV wearing white boiler suits, sitting … Continue reading →

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Dadcast 8 – Acoustic Dads

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor

DOWNLOAD: DADCAST 8 – ACOUSTIC DADS Download only I’m afraid, until I sort out my hosting. In honour of the great acoustic guitarist Bert Jansch, who died this week, we donned a cardigan and dug around in our collection for … Continue reading →

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Dad Trax: SL2 – Way In My Brain

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Doctor Doctor Doctor Doctor

In 1991 stealing bits of reggae and hip hop was all the rage thanks to the newfangled Akai S1000 sampler. Way In My Brain features a large chunk of Wayne Smith’s 1985 electro-reggae classic Under Mi Sleng Teng, which incidentally … Continue reading →

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