Some of the transitions are particularly graceful, such as the passage from “R U Hot Enough?” to Speedy J’s 1991 IDM classic “De-Orbit” via Krystal Klear’s 2014 techno tool “Tun Valve,” the four decades between the tracks falling effortlessly off the bone. DJ-Kicks doesn’t so much jump from track to track as ooze ever onwards, the boundaries between songs often impossible to locate. In Virgo’s 1986 house jam “R U Hot Enough?,” this translates into undulating piano chords and ethereal synth strings in the Special Request mix of FC Kahuna’s “Hayling,” it means bleeps, breaks, and satiny vocal and in Tim Reaper’s VIP mix of Special Request’s “Pull Up,” melodics come in the form of a pumped-up and billowing bassline that is vicious in its volume and strangely tender in its melodic caress.Īs a DJ, Woolford favours layering and smooth transitions over flashy tricks. But Woolford has based his song choices around his love for “lush melodics,” a decision that adroitly transcends genre. Songs on this mix date from 1962 (Sun Ra & Solar Arkestra’s “Cluster of Galaxies”) right up to the present day, while the styles glide from proto house to techno and IDM to jungle, passing through ambient, disco, electro, and breakbeat.Įclectic selections can make for bumpy musical rides. But his entry into the venerable DJ-Kicks series offers him a chance to showcase his turntable chops as he weaves a captivating musical thread across historical and generic boundaries. Woolford is better known as a producer than a DJ.
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