Dj-Kicks: Motor City Drum Ensemble

COLL: DJ-Kicks: Motor City Drum Ensemble Label: !K7
Motor City Drum Ensemble (MCDE) is the brilliant DJ-Producer Danilo Plessow from Germany. Danilo was a guest at KZSU (on Holt's show) in summer 2010. MCDE's music encompasses decades worth of music, from soul, disco, jazz, funk, house, and techno. Even though he's only 25 years old, Danilo demonstrates his knowledge of the roots of dance music by crafting this mix-CD using all these styles. This is an incredible mix CD. All songs are great. If you like soul, try tracks 1-5, if you like house, try 6-10, and for vintage beats, try 14-15 & 17-18.

1) soul classic, clasp & vocals, sparse & chill
2) more classic soul, smooth sensual vox
3) stripped-down dub, very stoney
4) African chant, goes into disco beat
5) Nu-soul, funky house, great deep soul vox
6) Deep house, 70's style organ edits (think Metro Area)
7) bouncy house classic, groovy bass
8) deep house classic, w/ soulful male vox
9) deep house classic, w/ funky squeaky loop
10) deep house classic, w/ simple piano loop & synth
11) disco! w/ claps, fem vox chorus
12) electo-fied funk, w/ congas
13) Euro-flavored lounge
14) detroit classic, techno w/ acid hook
15) jackin' house w/ simple male vox sample
16) straight-up disco w/ lots of congas & vox
17) deep house mixdown of styles represented in mix, produced by MCDE himself
18) minimal tech-house loop
19) stripped down dubby house
20) chill-out lounge w/ retro spy-vibe
21) acid-jazz w/ Afro-Cuban horn melody
22) old-school soul-disco, fem vox