The first hour consists of 14 tracks specially produced for this mix and the second hour continues with an incredibly well chosen and rapidly mixed variety of classics and edits. Both hours are brilliant!

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In June, 12 of the 14 tracks were released as the album Essential and landed high on the list of the best albums of the year so far, not only for the Mixmag editorial team. Surprisingly, the album is being talked about more than From Deewee or the Café Belgica soundtrack. Although the latter is just as ingenious, as the two brothers specially conceived the bands that appear in it.

The Essential album is available from your favourite streaming service and, with download codes, on vinyl via Bandcamp. In addition to the albums just mentioned, As Heard On Radio Soulwax Part 9 and the first edition of Get yer yo yo’s out are also well worth a listen. For a deeper dive, check out Radio Soulwax and the fan site 2manybootlegs. And when the two Dewaeles are nearby, whether as Soulwax or 2 many DJ’s, don’t hesitate!

This post is part of my All Things British page.

It’s a bit different with CDs. There is music I find interesting that is either very old or wasn’t widely distributed, so it’s no longer of interest for digital distribution. The albums or compilations I want are then only available on CD, and almost exclusively through second-hand portals.

I first got into this when DJ Pierre sadly passed away in 2012. Pierre was one of the residents at Stammheim in Kassel. As the club became more popular, compilations under the name “Heimfidelity” followed. The first one was by Pierre, and we listened to it so incredibly often back then (1998) that when he died, I also regretted no longer owning that CD.
On Amazon, some crazy people are offering the Heimfidelity CDs for even crazier sums. I seriously wonder who buys them?

What came back onto my radar when I was looking for the CD was Discogs. I only remembered Discogs as a “registry” for music. It was only in 2012 that I finally realised people were selling their used CDs and records there.

With this late realisation, the collecting bug kicked in. Not only have I acquired the Heimfidelity series over a period of time, mainly through Discogs, but I’ve now got it into my head to buy all the mix CDs by 2manyDJs. Just today I saw on Discogs that alongside “As heard on Radio Soulwax” and “Hang all DJ’s”, they’ve unfortunately also put out the live series “Get Yer Yo Yo’s”. And I’ve only got halfway through the first two series…

The music nerd might well get lost there and will love it. I love it not only because I can get the really old stuff there. I also found newer bits, like the reissue of Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa, including the Boys Noize remix. Unfortunately, without a download code.