http://soundcloud.com/cremeorganization/the-hague-is-the-plague-20So here we are. When Guy asked me to do a little something something for the 20 Years Bunker Records party in a few weeks I thought, oh well, why not. "Doesn't have to be much, like 45 minutes?" he said. But then when I sat down to actually do it, blanks were drawn fast. Where the hell to begin? There's so much music, and being so close to it over the years all of it has some kinda misplaced significance and meaning. Damn son, this thing got me all ponderous. About my own game, about Bunker, the directions it took over the years and the importance it had in my life and that of a LOT of people around me. I am not even talking about music, but for some Bunker Records literally stood between drop-out-ville gun-in-mouth killing spree blues and the dance floor factory. The number of artists that got their start on Bunker Records and the number of quasi careers it launched is ridiculous. I can go full disclosure and admit that me and mines travelled the world at least half a dozen times on the back of it.
In many ways Bunker is an affirmation of the nerd life, a self contained (and carefuly cultivated) end game of it's serial monomaniac owner and creator Guy Tavares, who is, by his own admission, stuck forever alone at a high-school dance. Sprung from an environment that has largely been gentrified (The Hague) and a scene that is close to being wiped out (squatters dude!). Stark and slightly pompous in its vision, but never rigid and -godforbid- petty minded. It is also inclusive, welcomes the input of others and is quick to support upcoming artists. It doesn't really matter who you are or what you credentials are, if you've got a story to tell, you can roll no problem, the music always comes first. And yes dammit, sometimes this platitude really is what it is! It makes Bunker Records one of the very few true DIY labels and absolutely unique in today's music landscape: a Bullshit Detector for the noughties, a tiny giant hammering at the foundations of dance music's Ego Cathedrals. Alas, since none of *important* media seem to notice this birthday (yet), it feels a bit like a man toasting himself in the mirror of a Travel Inn single bedroom with sum minibar party favors listening to Orca Reunion. But hey, Dirty Brown fo' life!*
Back to this mix then, still wtf... I guess it's made up of some classics, some personal faves and some tracks I rediscovered while trying to figure out what to put in it. I tried to stay a bit broad and not too much stuck in one sound or period or artist AND not make it too messy. It turned into some GETO shit, RUFF around the edges, far from perfect, but it's got some confidence and personality: exactly how it should be with a thing like this. We're on some The Hague shit after all, not 4 decks minimal loops on your Traktor. And yeah your favorite track isn't in there but erm, don't take it personal, you're encouraged to make your own mix.
- TLR, CremeXo, 2012 - BunkerXMX001
*Umm since I wrote this the response has been pretty sick, guess we are not celebrating alone after all. Thanks for that! A little trackback can be found below the tracklist.
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DJ TLR – The Hague Is The Plague - 20 Years Bunker Records
Label:Bunker Records – BunkerXMX001
Format:File, MP3, Mixed, 320 kbps
Country:Netherlands
Released:28 Aug 2012
Genre:Electronic
Style:Acid House, Techno, Electro, Acid
Tracklist 1.1 DJ Technician – Never Answer The Phone
1.2 Plastic Sleeves – Cerebral Lineout
1.3 Sendex – Evidence
1.4 X-Plain – Untitled
1.5 BS1 – Untitled
1.6 Orgue Electronique – The Eye That Never Sleeps
1.7 8Bit Rockers – Mobile Snowmobile
1.8 Elec Pt1 – Untitled
1.9 Unit Moebius – Monitor
1.10 Mantra (13) – Untitled
1.11 Unit Moebius – Neutral Mix
1.12 Novamen – The Hague City
1.13 Sendex – Pure Acid
1.14 Gladio – Slave Of Rome
1.15 Unit Moebius – Beat That Percolator
1.16 Syncom Data – Abenteur Im Abendschein
1.17 Luke Eargoggle – Audio Warriors
1.18 Polygamy Boys – Minus Man
1.19 Unit Moebius – Zipper
1.20 Polarius – Pump The Box
1.21 Exaltics, The – Evolution Of The Wrong Species
1.22 8Bit Rockers – Untitled
1.23 Legowelt – Dance Of The Moonbird
1.24 Legowelt – Total Pussy Control
1.25 Nimoy (2) – Orca Reunion
1.26 Pamétex – Slique Brown Gloves
1.27 Shemale – Aerobicide
1.28 Composite Profuse – Children Of Qana
1.29 Rude 66 – Machine
1.30 Ra-x – Body Rock
1.31 Polytron – 247
1.32 Electronome – On The Scene
1.33 Exaltics, The – In The End You Got Nothing
1.34 Schmerzlabor – Car Audio Test Track
1.35 Get It Boyz – Bass Obsession
1.36 Plastic Sleeves – Robosexual
1.37 Interr-Ference – Untitled
1.38 Beverly Hills 808303 – Untitled
1.39 Los Hermanos Rodriguez – The Hague Is The Plague
1.40 Legowelt – Electro Race
