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ππ π π Hello my dear friends π π π π
I am thrilled and honored to share a new guest mix for the Sunset Lovers show from the boss of one of my favorite labels Tici Taci, a veteran producer, DJ, and all-around lovely man from London UK, Duncan Gray.
With nearly three decades of production experience behind him, his first vinyl label was started in 1997 (Scatolological), he is best known these days for establishing the Tici Taci label with help from the late great Andrew Weatherall. Tici Taci has more than 100 releases and celebrated its 10th year as a label in 2023 with a lot of special releases.
This label consistently releases superb leftfield dance music- chuggy, slinky, dubby, wonky floor-filling dance music. Uz Pa Gaz's Tiranan Balearica Omo Can was featured here in April and various tici taci artists, including Duncan himself, Rude Audio and Dan Wainwright, Boy Division, The Long Champs, Jack Butters, Mystic Thug, Mr BC and Fjordfunk have graced these pages in the past.
Tici Taci - bringing you electric funk rekkids at tempos below 120 bpm. No pre-packed freeze-dried loops, all tracks have live instruments well to the fore, from funky wah-wah guitars and deep chunky bass to temperamental analog synthesizers and live percussion.
Over the years Duncan has released tracks that have proved widely popular with DJs ranging from The Guv himself through to mainstream crowdpleasers like Boy George. As one half of the seminal early 2000's electro band Sons of Slough Duncan played many live shows as well as DJing around Europe and the US, and released records on a wide variety of labels including Skint. In recent times he's played as far abroad as Australia and has remixed the likes of Primal Scream, David Holmes, Red Snapper, Yothu Yindi, and Andrew Weatherall. He also played guitar on several remixes by Andrew Weatherall and regularly contributes guitar and bass parts to a host of producers worldwide.
The past decade has seen Duncan champion a sludgy, slow-mo take on dance music that favors chugging bass guitars and psychedelic sound palettes over software VSTs and drag-and-drop samples.
https://soundcloud.com/ticitaci
https://ticitaci.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063641584715
https://fr.ra.co/dj/duncangray
In recent times he has partnered with Sean Johnston as "Hardway Brothers meet Monkton Uptown": a mostly dub-based remix project which has also led to the pair DJing together.
Last year (2023) Duncan and Ian Weatherall resurrected the Sons of Slough for the 10th Convenanza festival in Carcassonne in honor of Ian's late brother, and will be playing more Live shows in 2024.
The tracklisting:
David Moreau - Sundowner
Odyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love
Roy Ayers - Coffy Is The Colour
Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Inbetweenies
Midlife - Yourself
Made - Offentlig Salærsats (Original Mix)
Rob Zile - Remember To Stay In Touch (Pete Herbert Remix)
Dad Of The Year - Starman
Rhoda Dakar - The Man Who Sold The World
Dub Specialist - Sky Rhythm
Prince Jazzbo - Crab Walking
Mattiel - Cultural Criminal (Raf Rundell's Salty Man Dub)
Mattiel - Lighthouse (Raf Rundell's Salty Man Dub)
La Priest - Lady's In Trouble With the Law
Moloko - Fun For Me (Mr Scruff Vocal Mix)
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Jonathan Bree - You're So Cool
Can - One More Night
Groove Armada - Dirty Listening
Eddie Harris - Alright Now
The Long Champs - Y Llwynog (Rich Lane Remix)
The Cure - Lullaby (Basically Interstellar Remix)
Vox Low - Something Is Wrong (Boot And Tax Remix)
Fred Berthet - Gourou
Jedi Knights - Solina / The Ascension
PJ Harvey - We Float
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - The Wheel
Sly and The Family Stone - Que Sera Sera
Digable Planets - Dial 7 (Axioms Of Creamy Spies)
P Funk Allstars - Follow The Leader
LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby
Big love to all and huge thanks to Duncan Gray for his contribution.ππ
Nevena xx
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- Electronic