As we step over the dying embers of summer and into cooler climes I thought I’d piece together some new Bill Shakes musical offerings that have had my considerably large hair standing upright. It’s a funky/re-edit type affair with not much mixing but hopefully a sympathetic flow that y’all enjoy.

By the way the Intro/Outro is a cheeky edit of an interview I heard on Radio 4. Babara Castle was a former Labour MP RIP from the 1960′s who introduced the Drink Driving law. Also check out ‘The Crown’ on BBC TOTP OMG Acronym overload!

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Tracklist

1. Intro
2. I Keep Forgettin’ (AC Re-Edit Remastered) – Michael Mcdonald
3. Blue Eyed Boz (‘Lowdown’ Original Tempo Greg Wilson Re-Edit) – Boz Scaggs
4. Funky Space Reincarnation (OOFT Music Edit) – Marvin Gaye
5. Joyous (DJ Harvey Edit) – Pleasure
6. Dead On It (U-Tern Disco Edit) – James Brown
7. Lesson 2 – Double Dee + Steinski
8. So Ruff, So Tuff – Zapp & Roger
9. Work Song – Pat Lundy
10. The Crown – Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience
11. Love The One You’re With (Todd Terje Edit) – Diana Ross
12. Shack Up (The Revenge Edit) – Banbarra
13. Disco Free (Faze Action Edit) – Tele Music
14. Take a Ride (True Disco Mix) – Marcel Krieg
15. Give Peace A Chance – Johnny Harris
16. Outro

Let me know if you have any requests or opinions. And that Jack, is that.

Odd Bod is the latest Bill Shakes mix glued together for your aural pleasure and comprising of songs & sounds I’ve been listening to over the last month.

A few genres are included here, some oldies & newbies (nothing too hectic though) blended by overlaps rather than beat matching as I’m still awaiting my 1210′s reunion party and generally fighting with other beastly machines/gadgets (apologies for the slightly choppy volume control, especially to Marc Bolan RIP).

For those of you who have no idea who Bod was (i.e. anyone outside the UK) then please click here to be enlightened ‘papapa pom pom pom’ an integral part of my childhood and education in music…

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Tracklist

1. Something From The Cox-Doree Institute  – The Emperor Machine BUY
2. Hang Four – Walls BUY
3. Hannibal – Caribou BUY
4. Uggebugg – Prins Thomas BUY
5. Ghost Town (The Revenge Increase The Peace Mix) – The Specials BUY
6. Holy Ghost – Ray Mang BUY
7. Morgan Geist: Sounds from the Village – Phil Ranelin BUY
8. No sale no I.D. – The Emperor Machine BUY
9. In your eyes (Tensnake remix) Toby Tobias BUY
10. Tour De Mars – The Simonsound BUY
11. No Tears Left to Cry (Leo Zero Remix) – Paul Weller BUY
12. Rain Chant – Woodstock
13. Ventura Highway (U-Tern Edit) – America
14. The Motivator – T. Rex BUY
15. I Hate Hate – Razzy & The Neighborhood Kids BUY

I hope you enjoy the overall sentiment and all feedback is welcome be it a huff or a puff (alternatively you can save the blowing for a House mix).

Bill Shakes x

Very soon my darling vinyl will finally be winging its way from the UK  after a 5 year sabbatical  and while delving into the crates in an attempted cull, I thought it was high time to kick start the oldravers Facebook group again with a little mix of some golden oldies.  The mix title stems from a comical memory of the staple ‘rave hello’ and the  songs emanate from an era when every weekend I was at my happiest in a convoy of cars hurtling around the M25 or through London in search of the ultimate ‘rave’ experience where my endless love of all things electronic was born (I think it was a rave on Petticoat Lane in 1989 that baptized me).

The excitement and explosive energy of this time will perhaps not be repeated for many years , it was our punk, although one wonders how much ‘nostalgia’ and too many ‘late nights’ has blurred my memory…

I decided against trying to find BUY links for this post as the songs are so old, however for any die-hard spotters who wish to track them down I suggest your first port of call is discogs.com

You can listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

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Tracklist

1. Alarm Clock (Original Mix) – Westbam
2. Welcome – Gino Latino
3. The Chief – Tony Scott
4. Know How Instrumental – Young MC
5. Shafted Off – Frankie Bones
6. Let the Warriors Dance – Addis Posse
7. Mi Casa Condo Mix – Centerfield Assignment
8. Radio Babylon – Meat Beat Manifesto
9. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em – Eric B. & Rakim
10. Tour de France – Kraftwerk
11.Q (Santa Monica Mix) -Mental Cube
12.Difference (Steng mix) – Djum Djum
13.Get Down! (Mykoos & Musto’s Mix) – Royal Orchestra Ltd.
14.Carnival Da Casa – Rio Rhythm Band
15.New Generation – Tom Salta
16.Teknologi (R.J. Flip Mix) – Urban Hype