DJ-Kicks: Steven Julien
Electrofunk’s retro-futurist UK standard bearer hauls it high on a 22-track addition to the DJ-Kicks series, suturing then and now via timeless zingers from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Hudson Mohawke, Todd Edwards, The Rah Band, Devin Morrison et al
As FunkinEven Steven Julien has nourished contemporary London dances and beyond with slick but gritty takes on the sort of classic ‘80s R&B machine soul sauce that has greased the wheels of so much dance music over the decades. A prime selection to the DJ-Kicks series, Julien joins the dots of his record collection in twinkle-toed steps between original Afro-American styles and diasporic offshoots in the UK and elsewhere, charting how it spurred Stockton-on-Tees’ funkiest c*nts, The Rah band, as much as Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan, repped here with his golden R&B swing bullet ‘A Day in the Park’ and the smoochy bliss out ‘Rio’, and also how it was catered for by Dam-Funk, and mutated by the likes of garage-house don Todd Edwards.
The styles are self-evident, and wrapped up into a proper mixtape narrative with the type of finessed verve we’ve come to expect from Julien’s slew of self-issued productions on his Apron Records. There’s an apt reminder of early Grimes spar d’Eon’s blue-eyed brilliance in the shimmy of ‘Transparency’, stitched in sequence with the likes of Dreamcastmoe’s skewed Washington steez, a sidewinding cold wave gem ‘Just For Me & You’ from Elli apparently exclusive to the set, as is Julien’s own haughty latin house slant on Kraftwerk, ‘Number’, whilst taking the likes of Todd Edwards’ infectious skipper ‘Dancing For Heaven’ and a key turn by Ash Lauryn & Stefan Ringer in his stride.
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Electrofunk’s retro-futurist UK standard bearer hauls it high on a 22-track addition to the DJ-Kicks series, suturing then and now via timeless zingers from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Hudson Mohawke, Todd Edwards, The Rah Band, Devin Morrison et al
As FunkinEven Steven Julien has nourished contemporary London dances and beyond with slick but gritty takes on the sort of classic ‘80s R&B machine soul sauce that has greased the wheels of so much dance music over the decades. A prime selection to the DJ-Kicks series, Julien joins the dots of his record collection in twinkle-toed steps between original Afro-American styles and diasporic offshoots in the UK and elsewhere, charting how it spurred Stockton-on-Tees’ funkiest c*nts, The Rah band, as much as Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan, repped here with his golden R&B swing bullet ‘A Day in the Park’ and the smoochy bliss out ‘Rio’, and also how it was catered for by Dam-Funk, and mutated by the likes of garage-house don Todd Edwards.
The styles are self-evident, and wrapped up into a proper mixtape narrative with the type of finessed verve we’ve come to expect from Julien’s slew of self-issued productions on his Apron Records. There’s an apt reminder of early Grimes spar d’Eon’s blue-eyed brilliance in the shimmy of ‘Transparency’, stitched in sequence with the likes of Dreamcastmoe’s skewed Washington steez, a sidewinding cold wave gem ‘Just For Me & You’ from Elli apparently exclusive to the set, as is Julien’s own haughty latin house slant on Kraftwerk, ‘Number’, whilst taking the likes of Todd Edwards’ infectious skipper ‘Dancing For Heaven’ and a key turn by Ash Lauryn & Stefan Ringer in his stride.
Electrofunk’s retro-futurist UK standard bearer hauls it high on a 22-track addition to the DJ-Kicks series, suturing then and now via timeless zingers from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Hudson Mohawke, Todd Edwards, The Rah Band, Devin Morrison et al
As FunkinEven Steven Julien has nourished contemporary London dances and beyond with slick but gritty takes on the sort of classic ‘80s R&B machine soul sauce that has greased the wheels of so much dance music over the decades. A prime selection to the DJ-Kicks series, Julien joins the dots of his record collection in twinkle-toed steps between original Afro-American styles and diasporic offshoots in the UK and elsewhere, charting how it spurred Stockton-on-Tees’ funkiest c*nts, The Rah band, as much as Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan, repped here with his golden R&B swing bullet ‘A Day in the Park’ and the smoochy bliss out ‘Rio’, and also how it was catered for by Dam-Funk, and mutated by the likes of garage-house don Todd Edwards.
The styles are self-evident, and wrapped up into a proper mixtape narrative with the type of finessed verve we’ve come to expect from Julien’s slew of self-issued productions on his Apron Records. There’s an apt reminder of early Grimes spar d’Eon’s blue-eyed brilliance in the shimmy of ‘Transparency’, stitched in sequence with the likes of Dreamcastmoe’s skewed Washington steez, a sidewinding cold wave gem ‘Just For Me & You’ from Elli apparently exclusive to the set, as is Julien’s own haughty latin house slant on Kraftwerk, ‘Number’, whilst taking the likes of Todd Edwards’ infectious skipper ‘Dancing For Heaven’ and a key turn by Ash Lauryn & Stefan Ringer in his stride.
Electrofunk’s retro-futurist UK standard bearer hauls it high on a 22-track addition to the DJ-Kicks series, suturing then and now via timeless zingers from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Hudson Mohawke, Todd Edwards, The Rah Band, Devin Morrison et al
As FunkinEven Steven Julien has nourished contemporary London dances and beyond with slick but gritty takes on the sort of classic ‘80s R&B machine soul sauce that has greased the wheels of so much dance music over the decades. A prime selection to the DJ-Kicks series, Julien joins the dots of his record collection in twinkle-toed steps between original Afro-American styles and diasporic offshoots in the UK and elsewhere, charting how it spurred Stockton-on-Tees’ funkiest c*nts, The Rah band, as much as Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan, repped here with his golden R&B swing bullet ‘A Day in the Park’ and the smoochy bliss out ‘Rio’, and also how it was catered for by Dam-Funk, and mutated by the likes of garage-house don Todd Edwards.
The styles are self-evident, and wrapped up into a proper mixtape narrative with the type of finessed verve we’ve come to expect from Julien’s slew of self-issued productions on his Apron Records. There’s an apt reminder of early Grimes spar d’Eon’s blue-eyed brilliance in the shimmy of ‘Transparency’, stitched in sequence with the likes of Dreamcastmoe’s skewed Washington steez, a sidewinding cold wave gem ‘Just For Me & You’ from Elli apparently exclusive to the set, as is Julien’s own haughty latin house slant on Kraftwerk, ‘Number’, whilst taking the likes of Todd Edwards’ infectious skipper ‘Dancing For Heaven’ and a key turn by Ash Lauryn & Stefan Ringer in his stride.
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Electrofunk’s retro-futurist UK standard bearer hauls it high on a 22-track addition to the DJ-Kicks series, suturing then and now via timeless zingers from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Hudson Mohawke, Todd Edwards, The Rah Band, Devin Morrison et al
As FunkinEven Steven Julien has nourished contemporary London dances and beyond with slick but gritty takes on the sort of classic ‘80s R&B machine soul sauce that has greased the wheels of so much dance music over the decades. A prime selection to the DJ-Kicks series, Julien joins the dots of his record collection in twinkle-toed steps between original Afro-American styles and diasporic offshoots in the UK and elsewhere, charting how it spurred Stockton-on-Tees’ funkiest c*nts, The Rah band, as much as Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan, repped here with his golden R&B swing bullet ‘A Day in the Park’ and the smoochy bliss out ‘Rio’, and also how it was catered for by Dam-Funk, and mutated by the likes of garage-house don Todd Edwards.
The styles are self-evident, and wrapped up into a proper mixtape narrative with the type of finessed verve we’ve come to expect from Julien’s slew of self-issued productions on his Apron Records. There’s an apt reminder of early Grimes spar d’Eon’s blue-eyed brilliance in the shimmy of ‘Transparency’, stitched in sequence with the likes of Dreamcastmoe’s skewed Washington steez, a sidewinding cold wave gem ‘Just For Me & You’ from Elli apparently exclusive to the set, as is Julien’s own haughty latin house slant on Kraftwerk, ‘Number’, whilst taking the likes of Todd Edwards’ infectious skipper ‘Dancing For Heaven’ and a key turn by Ash Lauryn & Stefan Ringer in his stride.
Available To Order (Estimated Shipping between 7-14 Working Days)
This item is to the best of our knowledge available to us from the supplier and should ship to you within the time-frame indicated. If there are any unforeseen issues with availability we will notify you immediately
Electrofunk’s retro-futurist UK standard bearer hauls it high on a 22-track addition to the DJ-Kicks series, suturing then and now via timeless zingers from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Hudson Mohawke, Todd Edwards, The Rah Band, Devin Morrison et al
As FunkinEven Steven Julien has nourished contemporary London dances and beyond with slick but gritty takes on the sort of classic ‘80s R&B machine soul sauce that has greased the wheels of so much dance music over the decades. A prime selection to the DJ-Kicks series, Julien joins the dots of his record collection in twinkle-toed steps between original Afro-American styles and diasporic offshoots in the UK and elsewhere, charting how it spurred Stockton-on-Tees’ funkiest c*nts, The Rah band, as much as Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan, repped here with his golden R&B swing bullet ‘A Day in the Park’ and the smoochy bliss out ‘Rio’, and also how it was catered for by Dam-Funk, and mutated by the likes of garage-house don Todd Edwards.
The styles are self-evident, and wrapped up into a proper mixtape narrative with the type of finessed verve we’ve come to expect from Julien’s slew of self-issued productions on his Apron Records. There’s an apt reminder of early Grimes spar d’Eon’s blue-eyed brilliance in the shimmy of ‘Transparency’, stitched in sequence with the likes of Dreamcastmoe’s skewed Washington steez, a sidewinding cold wave gem ‘Just For Me & You’ from Elli apparently exclusive to the set, as is Julien’s own haughty latin house slant on Kraftwerk, ‘Number’, whilst taking the likes of Todd Edwards’ infectious skipper ‘Dancing For Heaven’ and a key turn by Ash Lauryn & Stefan Ringer in his stride.