THE LEGENDS MIXES - 'Dance Club'ed' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I decided to do a mix today of the stuff I actually cut my teeth on.

I was also wondering why I still had this CD...



The first time I actually DJed ever ever for any kinda extended period of time was in the booth at the Patio, which is now SPIN Nightclub. The Wednesday night DJ slot, which had been held by the magnificent DJ JD, Jack Dempsey for years, was opening up. At the time, I was fronting the Birdmen Of Alcatraz and I was asked to give it a shot.

"Shit, yeah...I can do that. If that means I'll be getting in here free ALL the time? Yeah, I'm your guy." That was really as far ahead as I thought at the time. The Patio was my favorite spot and crazy nationals were coming through. I figured it would be good for my band, good for me, and a good thing in general. I didn't realize I was getting into something that would be a part of my life for the rest of my life.

I had never manned the decks in my life, but I felt like I knew Music well enough. I had been around enough DJ's to figure out what they were doing. I knew that you "listen in one ear and mix with the other and when you think you got it right, you push this thing here (the fader) into the middle." I was also willing to bring the decks out from the back storage room. The decks were in a huge coffin; the mixer was as long as my coffee table. I had to learn how to plug the mixer and stuff into the board. I learned a lotta the basics on Wednesday Nights, on the job. Thank God, the Patio had their own records. I would come in early on Tuesdays, before the 'Blues Jam' with Gene Deer, set my jambox up as a monitor AND a taping device (it had an external input), play a set, tape it and learn as much as I could while I was learning the Music as well as how to DJ. I continue this practice to this very day; I tape everything when I can and listen to those tape studiously.

I held down Wednesday Night's 'Dance Club'ed' party for about 6 years, every Wednesday...To think about it now, it seems crazy to think I worked there for that long and it was that reliable. Please remember, I was the secondDJ; Jack held it down for years before I got on. Man...we went through a lotta different styles in that joint...I remember playing Public Enemy's 'She Watch Channel Zero' outta KMFDM's 'Godlike' (or vice-versa) and people would go NUTS! I think this mix is a good representation of some of the bigger joints during my time as resident DJ. Obviously, there is no way to sum up 6 years of great dance music in 37 minutes, but you'll feel the vibe, I hope.

In time, I made a great deal of friends there, friends that I have to this very day. I ran into a lotta these friends who initially welcomed me into their world on Wednesday Nights at the Patio. The same friends that trusted me enough to keep coming and would keep dancing when I dropped a stinker. The people who stayed through all the trends and helped shape the way I mix now...and them 50-cent beers didn't hurt the cause, I suppose.

I made this mix of some surefire stuff, some cuts that always seemed to get it going. Yeah, clear the stage...it's Wednesday Night and EVERYbody is a STAR.

MP3:
RUSTY REDENBACHER - Dance Club'ed (The Patio)' < Click here for downloading, once you finish those four beers...are they making these things smaller?

Playlist

1) Connected - Stereo MC's
2) Down In It - Nine inch Nails
3) Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) - Depeche Mode
4) Halloween - Ministry
5) Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
6) Strangelove - Depeche Mode
7) Join In The Chant - Nitzer Ebb
8) Headhunter V.1 - Front 242
9) Din Daa Daa (12" Mix) - George Kranz
10) Cubik (Kings' County Perspective) - 808 State
11) It's Time For The Perculator - Cajmere
12) The Bomb (Armand Van Helden Mix) - The Bucketheads
13) Get Get Down - Paul Johnson

Enjoy.