The lovely people at teshno have decided we’re worth hearing about and have put up an interview with a recent mix. I think we were supposed to send through some photos of ourselves but I guess if you read the interview you’ll find out just how poor we are at promoting ourselves. Sorry teshno – please accept our public apology… and our thanks for caring about who we are and what we do.
btw if you’re into techno type music and stuff, teshno deserves a bookmark on yer browsa bruv… blap!
Here we are again and it’s the second post in as many days. Yesterday was our busiest day yet and I’d like to thank everyone that’s paid a visit to the Bankwell blog so far. It’s been far more successful than we imagined and as long as you keep coming, we’ll keep posting.
Today we have the first side of a vintage Kamo mixtape. Recorded in late 2001 on our trusty Zoom 10 track, it was the product of many months of hard work and, aside from a few little bits, sounds utterly charming to my ears today. The sound of two kids (I was about 15 and Liam was 18 or 19) trying to make a tape that measured up to their heroes.
The inheritance of “The Muppet Show” vinyl soundtrack from our recently departed Auntie Pat was the catalyst. We were given about three crates of records stacked with Dean Martin, ‘Ol Blue Eyes and Boz Scaggs (why is “Silk Degrees” always tucked away in every old crate of records I’ve seen?), with battered copies of The Muppets 1 and 2 perched among the dust and crooning – With this we re-jigged the famous Muppet Theme Tune for the intro and lovingly interweaved skits from the record with tracks by Nas, Kool Keith, Pharcyde and a host of other mid-nineties hip-hop royalty. Not bad for a couple of kids. In fact, listening back to the Muppets soundtrack, we may just have to do a sequel.
So here it is in all it’s naive glory…
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1. Muppophone Madness Intro – Kamo
2. Cartoon Capers – Dan The Automator ft. Kool Keith
3. Ill Grammar (Rob Life Remix) – Beats In Progress ft. Chrome, TMO and Mad Flow
4. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Large Pro Remix) – Nas
5. Turn It Up A Little – The Nextmen ft. Ty
6. Fozzie & Kermit
7. Freedom – Jurassic 5
8. No Restriction (Kamo Blend) – Souls Of Mischief
9. Say That – Solesides Greatest Bumps
10. Try Me (PUTS Remix) – J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science
11. PLO Style (Kamo Blend) – Method Man
12. The Pressure – A Tribe Called Quest
13. How Ya Want It (Kamo Blend) – The Jungle Brothers
14. Cop That Shit (Kamo Blend) – Timbaland & Magoo
15. The Extravaganza – Quannum ft. Souls Of Mischief
16. 9th Wonder – Digable Planets
17. Devil Music – The Pharcyde
We love mixtapes.
Ten years ago we started Dj-ing and ever since we’ve been stringing tracks together on tapes, cd’s, digital mixers and dusty old four-tracks. Now after a decade technology has caught up with our imaginations and the Bankwell series is what has evolved.
We’re not stringing tracks together anymore. We’re tearing them apart, stuffing them into the Ableton blender and pouring out beat puree. Four bars of this, a little bass to taste, some yelping, a location recording, a whole lot of effects and you get the idea. This is just as much a production process as it is a DJ set.
Hopefully the tracks on this mix are enough to whet your taste-buds, ear-buds, ass-buds and feet-buds. It sure works for us.
Enjoy.
Tracklisting:
Defunkt – Defunkt
Doctor Rockit – Cameras and Rocks
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Welcome
Troubleman – Lullaby
Mr Oizo – M-Seq
Inland Knights – Dance Me
Funkstoerung – You Go Funk
Jahdan Blakkamore – The General (acapella)
Jahdan Blakkamore – The General (instrumental)
Troubleman – Pieces Of Ipanema (Mark Pritchard Remix)
S Tone Inc – Biera Do Mar
Awa Band ft. Tony Allen – Bababatteur (Quantic Mix)
Laird & John Pickett – Ohhhh Ma Ma Ma
Fela Kuti – Open And Close
Morgan Geist – Settle Down
Tipper – Jibber Jabber
Word Of Mouth ft. Dj Cheese – King Kut
Mr Oizo ft. Uffie – Steroidz
Hot Chip – Over And Over (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Modeselektor – Silikon (Siriusmo Remix)
Prince – Feel U Up
Morgan Geist – Detoured
Derrick Carter – Never (Ludovic Navarre Remix)
Super Collider – Darn Cold Way Of Lovin’
I-Cube – Mingus In My Pocket
Edu K – Sex O’matic (Solid Groove Mix)
Pheek – Magda Had A Little Troll ([a]pendics Shuffle Remix)
Pier Bucci – Hay Consuelo (Samim Remix)
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Midnight Marauders
Tipper – Flat Ripple
Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (acapella)
Stimming – Surfer Cat
Mr Oizo – Last Night A DJ Killed My Dog
Mark Farina – Do Things
Ragga Twins – Tan So Back
Appleblim – Fear
La Funk Mob – Motor Bass Get Phunked Up
Young Leek – Jiggle It (acapella)
Mr Oizo ft. Error Smith – Erreur Jean
Dabrye – Prospects
Jamie Lloyd – Bad Motherfucker
Jive Rhythm Trax – 129BPM
Jamie Lloyd – Sabana Salty
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