Dad Casts: Fill Your Pod
All filler no killer - 100% dadcore. Honesty pays no bills.Dad Noise: The Hoover
Where did it come from, that mad noise?Dad Chat: Wevie Stonder
The world's top cack squad reveal their bollardsDad Noise: The Schaffel
Dad Dance: Stakker Hitman
Scantily clad ladies perform aerobics to Humanoid with Pete Waterman in BrechinHow To: Make Acid
Mike Ink demonstrates his excellent hairDad Dance: Glasgow Diamonds
Hudson Mohawke's dad rapping with cheerleaders outside GreggsDad Dance: Rahaan
Mach On & On cuts out, causing an epic outbreak of dad dancing in ChicagoDad Dance: Keith Allen
Rent-a-celeb mongs it up with the Mondays in 1990 New YorkDad Dance: Phil on Crack
Nothing is more embarrassing than a dad on crack
Category Archives: Dad Trax
Dad Trax: Genaside II – Narra Mine
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
Dad Trax: SL2 – Way In My Brain
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
Dad Trax: Baby Ford – Ford Trax
The 1988 Baby Ford album was the very first house/techno release that I ever owned. Baby Ford continues to occasionally make genius records. A more recent example would be his Chicken Store release on the best label of the noughties … Continue reading
Mark Archer (Altern8) – Frequency Remixes
Frequency is Altern8’s best tune. It still kicks. Usually classics are best left alone and the remix job is akin to flogging a dead horse, or rather taking a distinguished old thoroughbred out from its nice warm stable and shooting … Continue reading
Love Inc – R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
This tune is huge. It’s made for those moments when the lighting monkey is a bit drunk and trigger happy with the smoke machine, and then forgets to turn off the strobes. Boof. Mike Ink is a bit of an … Continue reading
Rhythmatic – Take Me Back
BASS. BLEEP. This tune still sounds like it just landed from space despite coming from Englandshire in 1990. From Network Records. For more of this peculiarly British and spooky take on house/techno music, see also early Warp tunes (most famously … Continue reading
Egyptian Empire – The Horn Track (Luke Slater’s Khufu Mix)
This is one of those rare cases of a remix being as good, if not better than, the original, which was a massive rave tune from Tim Taylor in 1991. It had a dirty great amen break, a Human League … Continue reading
Cameo – Money (Reese Revamp)
It’s Friday – time for a huge banger. This Kevin Saunderson rave epic stretches the idea of a remix to the limit. You have Cameo’s vocal over a rolling breakbeat, a monster kick, a wee hoover sample and that ‘aa … Continue reading
Mr Vast – Ease & Speed
Mr Harry Vast of Wevie Stonder ‘fame’ has an album of musical meandering about to be extracted from his strange and childlike mind. As a taster, he’s made a couple of deep, thought-provoking videos, check em out. Anyone who loves … Continue reading
My Bloody Valentine – Soon (Weatherall Remix)
Last Friday’s Screamadelica-inspired 1991 nostalgiathon on BBC Four had me reaching for some old indie disco favourites. Mr Andrew Weatherall’s contributions to the doc were possibly my favourite bits. Back in 1990 when this was released, he was obviously on … Continue reading
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