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DJ Koze has never been one to play by the rules, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that his contribution to !K7's seminal DJ-Kicks series (its 50th edition) isn't a typical 70-minute peaks-and-valleys club mix. Instead, Koze's laid-back, eclectic selection showcases his love for left-field hip-hop and pop as well as dance music, coming closer to an entry in the defunct Back to Mine series. His signature offbeat sense of humor is still intact, as displayed by the computer voice introducing Koze's own "I Haven't Been Everywhere But It's on My List," a glitchy, J Dilla-esque hip-hop instrumental which kicks off the disc. His taste in hip-hop runs toward abstract American artists such as cLOUDDEAD (here remixed by Boards of Canada), Madlib, and Homeboy Sandman, and he often includes instrumentals or his own edits of tracks to fit his taste. The mix takes an unexpectedly sorrowful turn around the midway mark, starting with Broadcast's spare, heartbreaking "Tears in the Typing Pool," then moving into a Daniel Lanois slide guitar instrumental, which segues into a 2 Bears vocal mashed up with a Hi-Tek instrumental, followed by William Shatner's surprisingly poignant spoken word piece "It Hasn't Happened Yet." When Koze finally gets around to mixing in some house tracks, they're midtempo and bittersweet rather than high-energy floor fillers, and uniformly excellent, particularly Frank & Tony's sublime "Bring the Sun." One wonders how astonishing the mix would be if it had consisted entirely of tracks like this, but the variety is refreshing, and Koze's adventurous spirit is always admirable.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
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DJ Koze, Main Artist - Stefan Kozalla, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 2015 Pampa Records
Dimlite | Efdemin, Main Artist - Dimitri Grimm | Phillip Sollmann, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control | Edition Outer Worlds
2015 !K7 Records 2014 Prismic Tops | Dial Records
Clouddead, Main Artist - Adam Drucker; David Madson; Jonathan Avram Wolf; Michael Sandison; Marcus Eoin, Composer, Lyricist - One Dollar Publishing (BMI); Jonathans Hope (ASCAP); Seventyone Publishing Company (BMI)
2015 !K7 Records 2004 Mush Records
Strong Arm Steady, Main Artist - Otis Jackson Jr.; Phonte Lyshod Coleman; Jason Smith; Marvin P Jones III, Composer, Lyricist - Just Isn't Music Ltd.; Heaven's Dad Sings; Annuity Songs; Leopold Management Inc.
2015 !K7 Records 2010 Stones Throw Records
Homeboy Sandman, Main Artist - Angel Del Villar; Dennis Bertty, Composer, Lyricist - BMI; Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 2014 Stones Throw Records
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Main Artist - Frederick Tipton; Otis Jackson Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Willie Watts Music; Sony Music; Madlib Invazion (BMI)
2015 !K7 Records 2012 Madlib Invazion
mndsgn, Main Artist - Ringgo Ancheta, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 2014 Stones Throw Records
Broadcast, Main Artist - James Carill; Trish Keenan, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 2005 Warp Records Limited
Daniel Lanois, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Daniel Lanois Songs admin. by Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP)
2015 !K7 Records 2005 ANTI
Hi-Tek | The 2 Bears, Main Artist - Raphael Rundell; Joe Goddard | T. Cottrell; D. Jones, Composer, Lyricist - Asongs Publishing; Warner Chappell | Hi-Tek Music Publishing (BMI); Songs of Windswept Pacific; D. Jones Music Publishing Designee
2015 !K7 Records 2007 Southern Fried Records | Babygrande Records, Inc.
William Shatner, Main Artist - William Shatner; Ben Folds, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 2004 Shout! Factory LLC
Marker Starling, Main Artist - Chris Cummings, Composer, Lyricist - Tin Angel Records
2015 !K7 Records 2010 Tin Angel Records
Session Victim, Main Artist - Hauke Freer; Matthias Reiling, Composer, Lyricist - Blueprint Music Publishing admin. By Bucks Music Group
2015 !K7 Records 2014 Delusions Of Grandeur
Frank & Tony, Main Artist - Francis Harris; Anthony Collins, Composer - Gry Bagøien, Lyricist - Ed. Scissor; Thread; Freibank
2015 !K7 Records 2014 Scissor & Thread
Marcel Fengler, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 2013 Ostgut Ton
Portable feat. Lcio, Main Artist - Alan Abrahams, Composer, Lyricist - Live At Robert Johnson
2015 !K7 Records 2014 Live At Robert Johnson
The Gentle People, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Copyright Control
2015 !K7 Records 1999 Rephlex
Album review
DJ Koze has never been one to play by the rules, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that his contribution to !K7's seminal DJ-Kicks series (its 50th edition) isn't a typical 70-minute peaks-and-valleys club mix. Instead, Koze's laid-back, eclectic selection showcases his love for left-field hip-hop and pop as well as dance music, coming closer to an entry in the defunct Back to Mine series. His signature offbeat sense of humor is still intact, as displayed by the computer voice introducing Koze's own "I Haven't Been Everywhere But It's on My List," a glitchy, J Dilla-esque hip-hop instrumental which kicks off the disc. His taste in hip-hop runs toward abstract American artists such as cLOUDDEAD (here remixed by Boards of Canada), Madlib, and Homeboy Sandman, and he often includes instrumentals or his own edits of tracks to fit his taste. The mix takes an unexpectedly sorrowful turn around the midway mark, starting with Broadcast's spare, heartbreaking "Tears in the Typing Pool," then moving into a Daniel Lanois slide guitar instrumental, which segues into a 2 Bears vocal mashed up with a Hi-Tek instrumental, followed by William Shatner's surprisingly poignant spoken word piece "It Hasn't Happened Yet." When Koze finally gets around to mixing in some house tracks, they're midtempo and bittersweet rather than high-energy floor fillers, and uniformly excellent, particularly Frank & Tony's sublime "Bring the Sun." One wonders how astonishing the mix would be if it had consisted entirely of tracks like this, but the variety is refreshing, and Koze's adventurous spirit is always admirable.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:30
- Main artists: DJ Koze
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: !K7 Records
- Genre: Electronic
2015 !K7 Records 2015 !K7 Records
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