Tierra Sessions Vol. 4 – Spettro aka Edward Scott – ”Dr. Skibba”
My sister (Candace Skibba) defends her dissertation today @ Univ. of Madison, Wisconsin to obtain her Ph.D in Spanish Literature & Film. It’s been a long road and needless to say, I am so proud of her for stickin it out!
She requested I put together a few “feel good” songs for her for this monumental point in her life. I was to make sure to include the house music classic “Follow Me” by Aly-Us. I was quite surprised with this request, as she’s not really a house head. I was thinking “Dope!” -HA.
So, a couple days ago I sat down to zip some trax for her. After an hour of diggin through my library I found myself itching to make a mixtape. Many of these cuts are 90′s classics…the era we grew up as teenagers. I have vivid memories of hangin out with her at my parents house, dancing in front of the mirror, making high-fives when our favorite song would come on Dallas’ “The Edge” radio station.
1/2 way through the mix, I noticed how many party tracks I had burned through already. Keeping my “all over the place” reputation in-tact, I threw in Fela Kuti and Sister Nancy to get back to the “feel good” vibe. Then, back to the party vibe, and then onto a genre I call “comedy music”, Sagat “Fuck Dat”. Believe it or not, this was a top 40 hit in 1994 and was featured on Beevis & Butthead’s MTV show. Wow, flashbacks.
Candace’s response to the mix: ”FOLLOW ME ..[but] DON’T QUOTE ME BOY ‘CUZ I AIN’T SAYIN’ SHIT..[however] EVERYDAY I´M HUSTLIN´”
This mix is raw, and out of time in places. I am in a new place in my DJ career…now I’m thinking that sometimes raw and out of time is just perfect.
1. Aly-us - ”Follow Me” - Buy on iTunes
2. Daft Punk - ”Too Long (acid girls edit)” - Buy Original Version on iTunes
3. Planet Soul - ”Set U Free (Fnl Mix) (128-92-128 Bpm)” - Buy Original Version on iTunes
4. Ice Cube - ”We Be Clubbin” - Buy on iTunes
5. Bizmarkie - ”Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz” - Buy on iTunes
6. Digable Planets - ”Rebirth Of Slick” - Buy on iTunes
7. Eazy-E - ”Boyz-N-The-Hood” - Buy on iTunes
8. Afrodisiac Soundsystem - “Jimi & Jill” -
9. Fela Kuti - ”2 Gentleman” - Buy on iTunes
10. Sister Nancy - ”Bam Bam” - Buy on iTunes
11. Eric B. & Rakim - ”Paid in Full” - Buy on iTunes
12. Digital Underground - ”Doowutchalike” - Buy on iTunes
13. Sagat - ”Fuk Dat” (Raw Mix) - Buy on Beatport
14. The Jones Girls - ”Nights Over Egypt” – phazed by Splice - Buy Original (Live) on iTunes
15. Daz-i-cue - ”Come With Me” (J Boogie Remix) - Buy on Beatport
16. Mahala Rai Banda - ”Mahalageasca” (Felix B Jazzhouse Dub) - Buy on Beatport
17. Joe Montana - ”Sunrise” - Buy on Beatport
18. Rick Ross - ”Hustlin” (xxxchange Remix) -
About Tierra Sessions:
Every week, the staff at Tierra Studios will compile a mixtape for your jamming pleasure. You may listen to the mix on the streaming player below. If you like the mix, you may download it as a high-res 320 kbps file – the tracks will be separated. Also, we have included buy links for you to purchase the songs yourself, un-mixed.
Enjoy, and all feedback is welcome.
Tierra Studios Staff
About the mix:
I approached this mix like no other…typically I will make a mixtape for people to bump in their car, or as a promo tool to give a sample of what you can expect from me as a DJ at a club. Most people in the electronic music scene have known me to be a house DJ only. But, in the past 1.5 years I have opened myself up to many different genres, including top 40, hip-hop, indy-dance, and dubstep. I used to be a big music snob – not anymore!
In this mixtape, I intended to cross several genres of electronic music and hip-hop, without making the flow seem weird. I wasn’t focused on what would make the dancefloor move, or what the music would create for someone driving in their car. This time, I imagined people listening to the mixtape at work, on the computer. While reviewing the mixtape for quality of flow late nite last week, I found myself dancing uncontrollably, thinking beautiful thoughts. Wow, how I love music.
If you know house music, you’ll recognize some heavy hitting classics from the 90′s. This was the golden era of house…at least for now.
1. Honey Claws – Orange Kitten Stamp Buy Now
2. Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Joker Dub) Buy Now
3. Joakim – Come Into My Kitchen (Basement Dub) Buy Now
4. POSR – Cocaine Nose Job Buy Now
5. Rick Ross – Hustlin’ (xxxchange remix) Unreleased
6. Bitter:Sweet – Heaven (Buscemi’s Afroclub Remix) Buy Now
7. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro Buy Now
8. Disco Dub Plate – Uptown (Spettro Edit) – Vinyl Only – Spettro’s Unreleased Edit
9. Ferry Ultra feat. Roy Ayers – Dangerous – Dangerapella Buy Now
10.Moonstarr – Greed (Moonstarr Remix) Buy Now
11.Positive Flow – Dance of the Soul (Jay Tripwire Techvox Remix) Buy Now
12.Kerri Chandler – Yellow Buy Now
13.Green Velvet – Answering Machine (Mark Grant’s Main Pass) Buy Now (Vinyl Only!)
14.Jedi Knights – May the Funk Be With You Buy Now (Vinyl Only!)
15.Modeselektor – Happy Birthday Buy Now
