Thursday, September 13, 2007

Layo & Bushwacka! return with “GU 33: RIO”

Layo & Bushwacka!'s love affair with music started as teenagers at the dawn of acid house; it’s led both of them through techno, breakbeat, electro, dub, electronica, and any other pigeonhole that’s been thrown up in its wake. Emerging blinking into the light almost two decades later with a sound that fuses all their influences, they’ve maintained their position at the head of the pack. It's the same outlaw spirit of eclecticism that still informs their five hour DJ sets, whether at their spiritual home The End in London, a beach in Brazil (the inspiration for this album), or a superclub in Ibiza or Argentina. It’s this spirit that turned the limited edition 12” ‘Untitled’ into a global anthem, becoming 'Love Story', and crashing into the charts worldwide in 2003, including the UK Top 10.



Layo and Bushwacka! have come a long way from the teenager who frequented Clink Street's acid parties and the kid who dropped classical music for the hardcore scene. Together they took the emergent strains of techno, tech-house, electro and breakbeat and welded them onto blues, classical and film soundtracks of the last hundred years, creating the dance floor sound for our new century. The first decade of the new millennium has seen global club culture stretch its tentacles ever further. The rising epicentres of clubbing are no longer restricted to those affluent, Western nations of old, some of the brightest beacons are to be found in the new world. Rio is one such city.



On this album, Layo & Bushwacka! offer up a mix of the old and the new. CD 1 is a treasure trove of classic, lost gems, and defining moments in the evolution of house and techno. Ellis D rubs shoulders with Marshall Jefferson via Daou, Lil Louis, DJ Pierre, Francois K, and Eddie Flashin’ Fowlkes are all present, as are the likes of Cajmere, Detroit’s Kenny Larkin (with a rare Hawtin mix of ‘We Shall Overcome’). If you want to know how we came to the music you hear today, then this is no better introduction.



CD2 is all about more recent and forward-facing bumpy, electronica. Phonique, Pier Bucci, Guy Gerber, Stefan Goldman, Martin Buttrich, and Henrik Schwarz are all included for your listening pleasure. Also included in the mix are a host of Layo & Bushwacka!’s own material, including ‘Tabloid’ and ‘Saudade’.





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Tracklist



CD1

Ellis D - Took My Love Away

The Daou - Surrender Yourself (Ballroom Mix)

Marshall Jefferson Presents Truth - Open Our Eyes

LB Bad - Touch Me! Touch Me!!

Kym Mazelle - Taste My Love

N.Y. House'n Authority - APT.1A

Blunted Dummies - House For All

Da Rebels - House Nation Under A Groove

Sheila - Acid Kiss

Lil’ Louis & The World – I Called U (Why’d U Fall)

Liaisons-D – Future FJP

Master C & J Feat. Liz Torres - Can’t Get Enough

Pierres Phantasy Club – Dream Girl

François K - Hypnodelic

Eddie Flashin Fowlkes - Move Me

Sine - I Like It Deep (Soozee Kreemcheeze Mix)

Jaya – One Kiss

KC Flightt - Planet E (House Mix)

Fingers Inc – Never No More Lonely

Metro Area - Proton Candy

Fallout - The Morning After (1990 Remix)

How II House – Time To Feel The Rhythm

Cajmere Feat. Dajae – Brighter Days

Kenny Larkin – We Shall Overcome (Richie's Loonie Mix)

Soul Boy – Harmonica Track

UBQ Project Feat Kathy Summers – When I Fell N Love



CD2

Phonique - Bang

Hug – Fluteorgie

Tiga - 3 Weeks (Troy Pierce’s Move Until You Leave Mix)

Pier Bucci - Hay Consuelo (Samim Remix)

Guy Gerber - Belly Dancing

Stefan Goldmann - Aurora

Paul Ritch - Samba

Richie Hawtin - Spastik

Adam Beyer - A Walking Contradiction

Bushwacka! - Long Distance

Jesus Loves You – After The Love/Layo And Bushwacka! - Ashes Remain

Henrik Schwarz - Walk Music

Patrick Chardronnet - Ledge

Layo and Bushwacka! - Tabloid

Martin Buttrich – What’s Your Name?

Larry Heard Presents Mr. White - The Sun Can’t Compare (Long Version)

Riley Reinhold - Lights In My Eyes

Layo and Bushwacka! – Saudade Remix

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