Cookie-Dough Guest Mix 16 with The Sol Power All-Stars

Welcome to the Cookie-Dough Guest mix where we invite some of favourite DJ / Producers to answer a few questions and dig deep into their collections and put together a mix of their favourite records.

For this episode we have invited Meistro and DJ Stylus from Washington DJ and production collective The Sol Power All-Stars to spin some of the records that have influenced them over the years.

Their remix of A La Memoria Del Muerto has had us grooving at Cookie-Dough HQ!

Nice one chaps!

Ste & Terser

MEISTRO

01...Johnny Osbourne...Give a Little Love
This tune has all of my favorite reggae things on one track-- Johnny Osbourne, backed by the Roots Radics, produced by Henry Junjo Lawes, engineered by Scientist, and recorded at Channel 1 Studios.

02...Frankie Paul...Worries in the Dance
Frankie Paul on vocals, but otherwise it’s the same lineup as the previous track. I didn’t put a straight Scientist dub on this mix, but his engineering and production / sound design style is a huge influence on my production. One of the best ever.

03...Toyan...Spar with Me
Another with the same Junjo Lawes, Roots Radics, Scientist line up. This time with the criminally underrated Toyan.

04...DJ Nut Nut...Special Dedication
I was a big jungle head in my late teenage years. I was especially into earlyish ragga and jump-up tunes with hip hop samples.

05...Remarc...In Da Hood
This tune was on Diesel Boy’s mix CD, Drum and Bass Selection U.S.A., which I listened to soooo much back in the day. Perhaps the greatest Drum and Bass mix of all time?

06...No I.D. (featuring Dug Infinite)...The Real Weight
No I.D.’s LP “Accept Yourself and Be Your Own” is an overlooked classic.

07...Bahamadia (featuring K-Swift and Mecca Star)...Three the Hard Way
Bahamadia and DJ Premier. A super tough banger from her amazing 1996 album “Kollage.” This was in heavy rotation in my high school days.

08...De La Soul...Intro
De La comes out the gate swinging with some straight-up East Coast raps on this intro to the Stakes is High LP. It’s a very “un-De La Soul,”  tune, but doing the unexpected is what makes them so great (for nearly 30 years now holy shit).

09...DJ Krush featuring Black Thought and Malik B...Meiso
DJ Krush’s smokey, blunted jazz production still sounds fresh 20 years later. And Black Thought is just one of the illest ever on the mic. Another one from my highschool vaults.

10...Kenny Dope...Get on Down
Kenny Dope has been a HUGE influence on me. He’s one of the very few that can rock so many styles with total authority -- funk, reggae, house, disco, hip hop, he can really do it all really really well. A true legend.

11...Mary Clark...Take Me I’m Yours
I’ve held down a 10-year residency at the Wonderland Ballroom in DC and this is always a go-to tune to get the room going. Affirmation that it should have been a hit.

12...Younger Generation...We Rap More Mellow (Joey Negro remix)
At the right moment, this song just cooks a dancefloor. Joey Negro’s subtle touch adds so much but the original character of the track remains completely intact.

13...Shina Williams and His African Percussionists...Agboju Logun
Such a tight, fonky groove. Someday I’ll find this elusive 12 inch.

14...Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000...N.E.P.A. (Dance Dub)
I can’t think of another afrobeat tune with such a pure 80s dance-production sound. Dub effects seal the deal.

15...Quantic & His Combo Barbaro...Un Canto a Mi Tierra
This is one of the all-time Sol Power sure shots that we always play at our parties. Quantic is so unbelievably prolific and combines the traditional with the modern better than anyone.

16...Fruko y Sus Tesos...Descarga Espectacular
The best Salsa comes from Colombia and the best Colombian Salsero is Fruko.

17...Four Tet...Love Cry
Four Tet’s  twisted production, knocking drums, and sense of composition is always inspiring.

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