What you know about Marsha Raven, Eastern Gang, Z-Factor, and Section 25? Probably nothing. You are not alone. My goals for a great mix are pretty simple: if you have original selections and funky sensibilities, I am easily sold. The 56 mix, the latest installment of the Passion of the Weiss Mix Series, succeeds on both fronts, with rare and random boogie funk, disco-rap and minimal wave. I have never heard 93 percent of these songs and I would dance to all of them (were I not painfully aware of the awkwardness that accompanies 6’3 Jews dancing. This is the root of all oy.)
The mix is blended by Stones Throw employee Tim Nable, who is one of the resident DJ’s at 56, the label’s bi-monthly party at Mr. T’s in Highland Park — the first regular party that the label has attached itself to in its 15 year history (in other random self-promotional shills: I wrote about the label’s anniversary in last month’s LA Weekly). 56 launches tonight with DJ sets from Peanut Butter Wolf and the Funkmosphere’s “Gemini Twin,” an enigmatic funk doctor who may or may not have the most impressive hair this side of DJ Quik.
The mix is here. The tracklist is below the jump. The advice is implied.
Passion of the Weiss Mix Series: Stones Throw’s Tim Nable – The 56 Mix by passionweiss
Passion of the Weiss Mix Series: 56 Mix by Stones Throw’s Tim Nable
1. Marsha Raven – “You Make Me Feel Like Loving You” Inst
2. Eastern Gang – “Charlotte”
3. Serge Ponsar – “Lifetime”
4. Section 25 – “Looking from a Hilltop (Megamix)”
6. Z-Factor – “I Am The DJ”
7. Dance Olympus – “Rhythms”
8. E.S.P. – It’s You
9. Laid Back – “It’s The Way You Do It (Velvet Mix)”
10. New Order – “Vanishing Point”
11. New Musik – “24 Hours From Culture – Part II”
12. Candido – “Thousand Finger Man”
13. Ashford & Simpson – Bourgie Bourgie
