Overview
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I Like It Vol.2 - CD Tracklisting Trevor Jackson (Output): |
I Like it! The second chapter in good music is now on the schedule. After the "first charming and exciting walk through the history of music" (Loop) the next four celebrities and music-connoisseurs open their record collection to present 3 of their most beloved tracks.
"Remember how your older brother introduced you to the greatest hits of his record collection? Now imagine your older brother being Richard Dorfmeister or Trevor Jackson – Exactly this is happening here" (De:Bug).
Again you will find the creme de la creme of 30 years of music, ranging from Indie, Soul, Hip Hop, Ambient, Electro, Jazz to New Wave and Punk - but this time from a different point of view.
Bound together by their commitment in music you will find international known VIP's next to not yet as famous DJ's and record collectors giving away the highlights of their personal selection – a very intimate thing indeed – music soaked in heart and soul with goose bumps guaranteed.
Far from being just another Dj-Mix-Compilation the second Volume of "I Like It" continues the concept of the previous release, giving each artist complete freedom to do whatever he likes with his three tracks.
Since favourite songs are probably one of the most intimate things at all, we will again acquaint you with our new selectors by asking them to fill out the following questionnaire. Like with the first "I Like It", the questionnaire will also be punched on four cards (one card per selector), which will be enclosed in every CD and LP. Another step closer to the completion of your rockin' pack of cards.
The well known Trevor Jackson is the first of the four music lovers presenting their precious on "I Like it Vol. 2". Since years he is taking care of quality music with his own record label Output Records, home of groups like The Rapture, Mu or Lopazz and his famous Playgroup or Underdog projects. Also a gifted graphic designer and created masterpieces like the artwork of the last Soulwax album.
Next you will find the three beloved songs from Berlin based remixer, label owner (~Scape), musician, DJ, mastering engineer (basic channel), promoter, studio owner and producer Stefan Betke aka Pole, known for his dubby releases (Mute, ~scape).
The next triplet of songs are the secret treasures in the collection of one of the most famous Austrian musicians: Richard Dorfmeister – no need to say more.
The final tracks are selected by Trickski (Compost, Sonar Kollektiv, Cabinet), the upcoming DJ-team from Berlin known for their groovy and innovative tracks ("Hormony" on Compost or "SUNSHINE FU*K" on Sonar Kollektiv), remixes (check out their great remix for Alex Attias presents Mustang "10.000 Leagues Deeper" on Compost) and their crazy never-ending sets.
If you find better music for a better price anywhere– buy it.....
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I Like It Vol.1 - CD Tracklisting
DJ Hell (Gigolo Records)
Peter Kruder (G-Stone)
Michael Reinboth (Compost Records)
Theo Thönnessen (Into Somethin') |
I Like It! Good for you. But who is 'I', and what the **** is 'It'? Basically the idea is easy peasy: All '4' love music, but not all music. Namely only music that is worthy of their love. '4' are celebrities and music-connoisseurs not only known to us because of their inimitable characters, but primarily due to their excellent taste of music! These '4' now use 'I Like It' to show people what time it is. 'Cause it's time to give it all up for good music, no matter what... style! And they like it. Oh yes, they do! They like the cream of the crop, the pick of the bunch ranging from Indie Soul, Hip Hop, Ambient, Electro, Jazz to New Wave and Punk.
With every additional volume of 'I Like It', 4 new celebrities come together only to give away their 4 favourite favourites. All in all sixteen tracks detached from zeitgeist, genre or the feeling having to please the listener carve out their own place on these compilations. This is music made from sweat, tears and heart's blood. Music that doesn't necessarily have to kick, but may. The very pieces of music that cause goosebumps, make you reminisce about the old times or allude to the new. And this is neither a 'headz-thing', nor some kind of stylewar. It is simply music for head, booody and heart, compiled by 4 people that mean something to us.
Honestly, it is not our intention to invalidate DJ-mix-compilations, but we do admit to have become rather fed up with them, and thus we originated our 4x4-concept. This means we chose to do without a fixed steady pace and the typical bridging of time gaps. All 4 selectors are open to choose whether they want to present their 4 favourite tracks separated from another or 'in the mix'.
And keep your eyes open for upcoming selectors alongside our 4 pioneers on Vol.1, because we united personalities from all different kinds of scenes (fashion, art etc), in order to give a broad spectrum of experts the possibility to promote their alltime favourites. International VIPs may have to share their place on the album with relatively unknown music-connoisseurs, fore there is too much musical expertise and good taste out there that has to be kept alive. We cannot allow pure namedropping to hinder us from preserving such great love for music! In addition, certain rare titels can now be licensed and re-released by these more unknown artists. Under normal circumstances they would probably not have found a label for this cause, since their names might just not sound famous enough. With 'I Like It' we now give disregarded pieces of music the publicity they deserve!
Favourite songs are probably one of the most intimate things at all, thus we decided to acquaint you with our selectors at first by asking them to fill out the following questionnaire. And by the way, the questionnaire will be punched on four cards (one card per selector), which will be enclosed in every CD and LP, in order to give you the opportunity, after having collected a few volumes of 'I Like It', to play a coldsweatin' round of cards!
Our 4 openers on Vol.1 are DJ Hell, the famous gigolo from Munich, austrian wonderboy Peter Kruder, recordguru Michael Reinboth and Theo Thönnessen, who is part of the 'Into Somethin'-DJ-Team and owner of the homonymous recordstore.
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"I really like the I Like It" compilation... the idea ... and a nice way to
listen to your hero's musical selection"
Hans-Peter Lindström
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