After a day's worth of viewing, hundreds of downloads, & multiple comments, the consensus is:
A Four-way tie for the Final Four first day.
The break-down:
Jonder - ACR
techNerd - The Shamen
That Bloke - Utah Saints
Mooz - Dreadzone
What could be more appropriate?
I couldn't make this up this good.
Thanks, all.
The Singles World Cup starts today between the Final Four: The Dread Zone representing Dubland; The Utah Saints representing House of Moroni; The Sha Men representing Techno City; & A Certain Rat just a bunch o' post-punk Funkers from UK.
Other than diverse styles, these Teams have varying ideas of Singles: ACR have a primarily more traditional definition of the side A/side B format; Saints & Shamen both primarily use Singles for mixes & remixes of a Single song for the DJ/dance floor that they serve; while Dreadzone lean into their Jamaican influences, presenting singles with varying JA & associated styles (roots rock, Dancehall, Version...keeping the riddims real).
Each day the Four will line up with their daily Singles. Some Rounds there will be pre-set guidelines that all Four Teams must follow & the rest of the time it will be up to the creativity & strategy of the Teams themselves. We'll see which Teams can survive this gruelling schedule (& which visitors here...yeah...I'm lookin' at you, Mooz). Every day the order will rotate, so we'll start with the traditional flip of the Four-sided coin now to determine the starting line-up.
Looks like A Certain Rat grabs the starting spot, which can be either amazingly stressful or can put huge pressure on the Teams that follow them.
After a brief discussion, Team ACR decided on a bold play, veering from their usual 80s two song singles for a newer release with a few remixes of one of their most cherished tunes,,,
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Shack Up (7" version)
Dirty Boy (Chris Massey mix)
Shack Up ( Electronic radio edit)
Dirty Boy (Nine in the Afternoon mix)
Shack Up (Wotk mix)
Shack Up (Wipe Out mix)
Next up with a hard five of their trade-mark DJ friendly techno mixes, The Sha Men...
Desitnation Eschaton (Beatmasters 7")
Desitnation Eschaton (Beat masters 12" vocal [destination Meccaton])
Desitnation Eschaton (Beatmasters 12" instrumental edit [destination Hoxton])
Desitnation Eschaton (Basement Boys vocal [destination Discoton])
Desitnation Eschaton (Basement Boys [destination chant])
Filling the third slot in today's opener, The Utah Saints. For the opener they're relying on some Funky Music (for da HOWSE of course)...
Funky Music (radio edit)
Funky Music (Reg Rad Red Rag mix)
Funky Music (Levants Funk-o-Rama {short edit})
Funky Music (Dope Smugglaz mix)
Although filling the first days Final slot of the Final Four, the Dread Zone plan not to be outdone, but to blow things out of the park with an Oldie but Goody, not holding back for late season strategy play but going straight off with one of their strongest (no, not Little Britain)...
The Good, the Bad, & the Dread (the Good)
The Good, the Bad, & the Dread (the Bad)
The Good, the Bad, & the Dread (the Dread)
The Good, the Bad, & the Dread (the Album version)
The Good, the Bad, & the Dread (Dan Donovan remix)
Tomorrow, Round two,
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