This week’s Monday Mixtape has been kindly contributed by Jon K one-time face behind the counter at the, now sadly defunct, Fat City record shop, and resident dj at discerning dances like Eyes Down and Hoya:Hoya. A man of wide ranging musical taste, the selection he’s chosen here’s a slice of oddball ace-ness – taking wonky dancehall and dub as it’s starting point and veering off into punk, new-wave, house, techno, italo… a melting pot of genres which we’ll let him explain the inspiration for:
“I was unwillingly fed a load of Bauhaus, Eno, Talking Heads, Japan etc. via my sister in the 80’s, and although I thought a lot of it was rubbish at the time I’ve made up for it since. I always liked Reggae, but the Dancehall thing came a bit later… I heard Supercat and that was that… I guess the main inspiration for the mix was that golden period, when Reggae and Punk were crossing over regularly, the connection’s been pretty well documented. One of my favorite characters from then was / is Linton Kwesi Johnson… I’ve just realised there’s nothing of his on this, to make up for it the mix is named after his tune Want fi goh rave”.
In addition to his regular dj endeavours Jon also heads up SnipSnap Music – a music research and synchronisation agency, working within the film & TV industry.
If your in Manchester you can catch Jon playing down at Soup Kitchen every third Saturday of the month.
‘Want fi goh rave’ tracklist
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Intro (Conrad Schnitzler / Jah Wobble)
Sly & Robbie – Sidewalk Doctor
2Tall – Grazing On Empty
Lenky – Hollow Point
Harry J – Dancehall Bubbler (version)
Nona Hendryx – Transformation
Games – Strawberry Skies
Interlude (Grey / DNA / Yatha Sidra)
Carl Craig – Suspiria
Roberto Cionni – The Fog
Nurse With Wound – Yagga Blues (instrumental)
Flying Lizards – Hands To Take
Locussolus – Gunship
Throbbing Gristle – Hot on The Heels of Love (Ron Hardy edit)
Micheal Prophet – In Disco showcase (side 2 version)
Fred Manda – Incantation
Omar S – Da Teys
Jah Wobble / Holger Czukay & Jaki Liebezeit – How much are they
Tony Cook & the party people – Rock-it
Soft Cell – So
Martin Campbell – Wicked dub
23 skidoo – Vegas el bandito
Factory Floor – Lying (Chris Carter mix)
Sudeten Creche – Asylums
Bauhaus – Bela Lagosi
Ackee – Lick Them
Daddy Freddie – Bad Boy Patrol
Claudja Barry – Love for The Sake of Love
Gregory Isaacs – No good girl
Andrew Paul – Hustle them a hustle
Yargo – Help
Storung – Radio Lines
AC Marias – Just Talk
Ursula Bogner – Rhythmus 80