DJ Godfather (re: ghetto-tech)

Have you heard the DJ Assault stuff?

ryan17 said:

Is DJ Godfather pretty much the best 'ghetto-tech' dude out there?

I feel like i am missing something.

Most other stuff i hear (mainly other stuff on the Databass label) doesn't really bounce as well as godfather.

Help me out if you decide me ignorant.

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well, databass is godfathers label. the thing is with this stuff, it sounds flat outside of the mix. they really come to life when you are mashing them up together, preferrably pitched up to buggery with some scratching.

pretty much the same as the "ghetto house" that preceded it on labels like dancemania (mark the 909 king, dj funk etc) - jacking as fuck but pretty dull on its own. it is the ultimate dj music, component parts meant to be assembled in the club.

on the subject of godfather, i'm going to reupload those mixes for a limited time next month (this months bandwidth is shot already).

marc
http://bassnation.uk.net/

ryan17 said:

yeah i have and i quite like it.

whilst on the subject, where is the line between baltimore club/breaks and ghetto-tech? totally lost.

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whats this baltimore club breaks thing? give us some artist names!

dj nephets is good for the 4/4 stuff.

dj nasty is very hit and miss.

steer well clear of the german and belgian guys trying to do ghetto tech.

none of the records are that good. 90% of the records are just useful dj tools.

baltimore breaks sounds like ghetto tech played at -2.

the genre is completely redundant once you've heard ghetto tech.

I'm pretty sure that Government Names has talked about Bmore club a certain amount.

i don't really follow the scene, so i've only heard of the 'famous' djs/artists eg. dj technics, dj rod lee, dukeyman. i've got a short mix i'll upload at some point if you want.

http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=15M82CSAZCF311VHTHTZ2J0WD7

Here's a radio rip of Baltimore club queen DJ K-Swift. I downloaded this originally off of Paul Autonomic's site a little while back, but I don't think it's available any more on there.

> Ryan17: can you help me out a bit by suggesting some tracks or artists? even if it is a bit shit.

I think "Time for the Percolator" is probably the definitive Baltimore Club track...

Wasn't that Percolator track done first by Cajmere, on Cajual or Relief records, 'bout '94? ghetto house styles...

Ghettotech/Ghetto House/Booty, whatever you call it, has been one of my favourite kinds of music since I first heard Dave Clarke play it about 10 years ago. The Chicago scene seemed to have died off for a while a few years ago with the collapse of Dance Mania, but I know Disco D has a label putting some good modern stuff out. It never really changes though - 808 jacking, cheap keyboards, lewd chants, sometimes straight cut-ups of current popular rap/RnB tunes. For my money, these are some of the masters:

DJ Funk
DJ Deeon
Waxmaster
Paul Johnson (when not making straight house...which he's pretty good at too)
DJ Nehpets
DJ Slugo
DJ Chip

There's guys here in the UK doing their own take on it too - Cutlass Supreme (who did a good mix CD called "UK Bass" or something, last year, mixing up ghetto/jungle etc), Debasser, Non Stop DJs.

This is one of my specialist subjects. I love this shit! It is really miniaml and great for mixing, as noted above, but it's spartan nature and clear, harsh sounds mean that for me, it sounds great on it own too.

I know James Lavelle tried to break this stuff in the UK late 90s with that Assault record, but no-one ever really bit. It's only technoheads that really know about it, and it was really hard to get hold of for a few years. Some of my favourite raving music...

"Shake, shake, shake that ass/ Play my little game.Let me put my dick in you/ Make you call my name". hehehe...

I live in Baltimore but I couldn't tell you any of the artists. The main difference between ghetto tech and baltimore club music is that the later uses this beat that sounds like the Think break with all the "you bad sister" parts cut out, and it's slower. It's not as techy, they don't use that 909/808 sound as much.

One of these days I'll record a mix of the radio and upload it somewhere. Ghetto tech is better anyway. "Percolator" is Chicago and I've never heard it played on the radio here, "No Way Back" on the other hand...

baltimore breaks is great, but a little goes a long way. (imagine idiot go-go cut with the earliest breakbeat house/hardcore stuff minus the ecstacy bits and plus a lot of cheeky redd foxxian humor and you're close.)

when it's playing, i am firmly convinced that dj assault's <i>straight up detroit shit 4</i> is the apex of dance music.

Perculator is straight-up chicago booty house. (on that note, the Cajmere remix of "u got me up" is still my favorite chicago house track of all time).

My impression of baltimore breaks is that it's kind of minimal got a bit of a shuffle to it. hell yeah on the gogo influence. I'm no expert though.

In Boston, (MA, USA) Dj Duo, who runs the "Beyond the QE2" radio show (http://qe2radio.com out of date website but good links), is originally from Baltimore and was the first dj I knew to play something called Baltimore breaks. Shuffly, bouncy, pretty fun, but yeah I like it mixed with other stuff.