- ReleaseProduct
- DJ-Kicks: DJ Koze
- Artist
- DJ Koze
- Label
- !K7 Records
- Catalogue Number
- K7325
- Release Date
- June 15, 2015
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Vinyl, 2×LP
$23.99- Download card DJ-Kicks and sticker
- + WAV / FLAC
- White Vinyl
- Download card DJ-Kicks exclusive tracks compilation
- Sticker
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CD
$12.49- Download card - Sticker
- + WAV / FLAC
- Download card DJ-Kicks exclusive tracks compilation
- Sticker
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Download
$8.99320 kbps, LAME-encoded
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DJ Koze – with his friendly and sometimes slightly melancholic take on the world – is one of the greatest auteurs of club music today, and one of the few internationally active DJs who dares to make music that has relevance beyond the dance floor.
During the 70-minute journey on his DJ Kicks – the 50th edition – Kosi Kos manages to establish a uniform color even though genres alternate in a way that is rarely heard on a mix CD: the stripped down hip hop of Madlib, brutalist Berghain techno, timeless songwriting, floating indie-pop and outlier numbers that oscillate between absurdity and melancholy. Koze's disregard for the stylistic yoke presents him with an immense challenge. Hence, almost all the tracks are more or less edited, and one is fully rhymed (Session Victim: Hyuwee).
Koze rambles on here himself: "I didn't want to kick around sophisticated knowledge, but rather try and weave together some good gems that would make sense to anyone, even people who aren't necessarily music nerds". But this is blabbing that you can count on, also because he approaches the term "mix" from a different angle and doesn't even try to make something fit that doesn't fit: "During the day, I don't need to hear anything that's mixed on the beat. I put the focus on making sure that it works harmoniously – the idea is more to create the impression of a radio show, like people such as John Peel did so uniquely. There is a giant cosmos of music and it runs through my filter".
Digital Track List
- 1 I Haven't Been Everywhere But It's On My List (DJ-Kicks) DJ Koze 2:58 Buy
- 2 Can't Get Used To Those (Afterlude) Dimlite 1:31
- 3 Ohara Efdemin 1:23 Buy
- 4 Dead Dogs Two (Boards Of Canada Remix) cLOUDDEAD 5:05 Buy
- 5 Best Of Times (Instrumental) Strong Arm Steady 3:57
- 6 Holiday Homeboy Sandman 4:09
- 7 Shame (Instrumental) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib 3:05
- 8 Camelblues Mndsgn 2:32
- 9 Tears In The Typing Pool Broadcast 2:12 Buy
- 10 Carla Daniel Lanois 2:02 Buy