Description
DJ, record label impresario and former Swedish champion b-boy, Mad Mats knows a thing or two about finding good music. As well as iconic underground imprints Raw Fusion and GAMM, Mad Mats is a partner in the highly regarded Local Talk label, making it highly probable that most of the world’s influential DJs have at least one of his discoveries in their record bags.
For his first compilation on BBE, Mats has put together a diverse selection of cuts; from reggae, hip hop and soul to boogie, electronica and house, reflecting his open-minded approach to DJing. “The compilation is very mixed, just like how I like to DJ…all freestyle. Yes, I play a lot of house clubs nowadays because of Local Talk, but at heart I’ve always been a so called “eclectic” selector. Most of these tracks are tunes I’ve played all over the years, sprinkled with some brand new discoveries.”
Coming from a strictly vinyl background, when Mats embraced Serato around 2005, he carried his crate digger’s mentality with him. Believing firmly that digging should always about the discovery of great music regardless of the format, the concept of ‘Digging Beyond The Crates’ was born. Ranging far and wide in terms of genre and tempo, the album is tied together by one common factor; this is feel-good music made for dancing.
“I’m just as hungry (probably even more so) to find my personal gems as I was back in the day, I just look for them with more variation. This album is dedicated to those select few individuals, just like myself: highly driven music lovers, collectors and DJs that truly are DIGGING BEYOND THE CRATES!”
Tracklist:
A1 – Johnny Moore – Big Big Boss
A2 – Gappy Ranks – Sherriff (Murlo Remix)
A3 – Ensemble Entendu – Jah I See You
A4 – Cuthead – Badly
B1 – Intimate Disco – Animations
B2 – Psalms – Take A Stand
B3 – Yvonne Gray – Keep The Music Alive
B4 – Bobby Hebb – Evil Woman
C1 – U-N-I (You And I) – Don’t Hold Back The Feeling (Key Trip Dub)
C2 – BSTC – Jazz In Outer Space
D1 – Deft – The Traveller
D2 – Mode-M – Space Based
