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.

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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