Release : Dj Day - The Day Before
Artist : Dj Day
Album : The Day Before
Genre : Beat
Source : CDDA
Label : Melting Pot Music
URL :
Date : 2007-03-00
Encoder : LAME 3.90.3 / alt-preset standard
Quality : 183kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 14
Time : 57:18 min
Size : 76.51
1 Four Hills 3:14
2 A Place To Go 3:12
3 Glue - Making A Mess (Day Remix Interlude) 1:06
4 What Planet What Station (Instrumental 3:16
5 Manha 4:03
6 Koolude 0:39
7 Close Your Eyes 3:56
8 Lucien 3:24
9 Day And Exile Live 1:13
10 Lovebug 2:45
11 Gone Bad 3:51
12 Mo Horizons - Ay Y N'ama (Day Remix) 4:50
13 Closer (Feat. Aloe Blacc) 4:58
14 Make You 16:51
This selection of singles, remixes, Japan exclusives and unreleased tracks is
the first CD release by DJ Day.
DJ Day is a typical product of modern day hip-hop-culture. He is a dedicated
record digger and serious DJ who cut his teeth in the LA undergound scene
alongside his friends Aloe Blacc and Exile. But selling beats to rappers was
never his main ambition. Instead of doing beat-tapes he got himself a Fender
Rhodes, ARP and Minikorg and started making music.
Maybe it's his upbringing in Southern California but there is definitley a
"sunny" side to Day's music. This may sound a bit like a cliche but when you are
literally living in the desert it is not unlikely that this will affect your
music. And it's the combination of relaxed and soulful chords and melodies with
serious beats and breaks that makes his signature sound.
"Day goes on a Mizell Brothers meet Dilla mission" one critic wrote about his
latest EP "Got To Get It Right" and the growning Day fan-club consists of people
like Gilles Peterson, Chairman Mao ("Ego Trip"), The Rub DJs, Garth Trinidad,
Jazzy Jeff and The Fader.
MPM hooked-up with Day through the infamous Soulstrut message board and signed
him right after the release of his underground 12" "What Planet What Station" on
Milk Crate Records.
"The Day Before" is the first introduction of Day's music in album format and
shows how he has grown as a producer and musician. From the Shadow-esque "Close
Your Eyes" (1999) to the yet unreleased remix for Mo'Horizons (2007), the CD
features vinyl only releases for MPM, Sound Of Color, Subcontact (Japan) and
Curio plus a bunch of unreleased songs including "Closer" with Aloe Blacc.
Right now DJ Day is recording his second album, tentatively titled "A New
Beginning" and scheduled for an release in autumn 2007.
Thx To Support Artists!
If You Like It ! Buy It ! :)
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