Had the exceptional privilege of doing double duty guest DJ set with Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides over at the Gold Line Bar in Highland Park last Monday night. For those that don’t know, Gold Line is owned by Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw records fame and features records from his collection adorning the bar. All the DJs who spin at the bar do so only using the records from PB Wolf’s collection that are housed at the bar. It’s a truly unique DJ-ing experience, constructing your set on the fly using someone else’s records, though I am thankful that I had all those years of working in free form radio under my belt, particularly at KALX Berkeley. Added to the novelty of the experience was working on this gorgeous vintage Bozak rotary (as in no cross fader) mixer that was set-up there!
There’s no telling if/when I’ll ever be back (though I am back to doing my usual thing at Blind Barber Highland Park, just down the street on the third Tuesday of each month) so I tried to make the most of it and play a number of things that I don’t have in my collection and in some cases, I’d never even heard of. Here’s essentially the final hour of my two hour set, which is just about as eclectic as you’d expect if you’re a long time fan. Enjoy!!!
Guest DJ Set At The Gold Line Bar – 03-11-2019
Playlist: Guest DJ Set at the Gold Line Bar – 03-11-2019
Fela Kuti – Gentleman – Gentleman (EMI)
Guem et Zaka Percussion – Le Serpent (overlain with Spoken Word from the album Track Of The Scarab by Ford Lile) – Guem et Zaka Percussion (Chant Du Monde)
Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar – Time Bomb – Aasmaan: Original Soundtrack (Music India)
Edan – I See Colors – 12” (Lewis Recordings)
Quasimoto – Come On Feet – The Unseen (Stones Throw)
Caetano Veloso – Alfomega – Caetano Veloso (Philips)
ESG – UFO (33 rpm) – 12” (Universal Sound)
Suicide – Radiation – 12” (Celluloid/Ze)
George Fenton & Ken Freeman – Dream Machine – Handplayed By Robots (KPM)
David Bowie & Giorgio Moroder – Cat People (Putting Out Fire) – Cat People: Original Soundtrack (MCA)
Cocteau Twins – From The Flagstones – Head Over Heels (4ad)
Mike James Kirkland – Victim Of Circumstance – East Side Story Vol. 2 (Trenton Music Corp.)
Cornell Campbell & the Eternals – Queen Of The Minstrels – Studio One Soul (Soul Jazz)
Nina Simone – Either Way I Lose – Wild Is The Wind (Philips)