Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. This album doesn't get a lot of love it seems, but recently while putting together a new Prince mix with post-80s material Rave was the album that had more potential dancefloor bangers than any other. The beats are much thicker than the usual Linn tracks. Strange But True is nice slice of techno-funk. Everyday Is A Winding Road is suprisingly funky when the chorus comes in. Baby Knows sounds awesome with the level turned up. And of course Pretty Man perfectly kicks the section of JB-influenced tracks. I know there are other DJs on here working on similar projects just wondering what are others' favorite album for getting the party rocking.

Depends what sorta vibe u want I guess. The Mpls sound that gets us fans groovin' seems to leave a lot of people cold, though maybe not as much today as it did 15 years ago but yet dancefloors afficionados usually like warm grooves more, so I'd say anything between 1994 and 2001 could provide awesome core material for a mix, with bits and pieces of earlier and later material. But no matter how much it grooves to us, I don't think a mix based on the golden years (80-88) would be that succesful with your average crowd.

Good luck! I've never gotten a positive reaction from anything on that album except from people who were fans already.

You're right that the casual Prince fan only wants to hear the hits, and my mixes specifically include obscure tracks that they wouldn't know. I hoping with one year anniversary coming up there may be some more opportunities to play a wider variety of his music. I'm more of the Questlove "Deep Cuts" type. If it makes me want to dance it's in.

databank said:

Depends what sorta vibe u want I guess. The Mpls sound that gets us fans groovin' seems to leave a lot of people cold, though maybe not as much today as it did 15 years ago but yet dancefloors afficionados usually like warm grooves more, so I'd say anything between 1994 and 2001 could provide awesome core material for a mix, with bits and pieces of earlier and later material. But no matter how much it grooves to us, I don't think a mix based on the golden years (80-88) would be that succesful with your average crowd.

The tough thing about mixing in the 80s stuff is its mixed so much lower it sound tinny next to music produced later. I think that has lot to do with why it sounds weird to younger listeners. On those tracks I usually turn up the gain and tweak the levels to get that warmer sound people are used to hearing now. It makes them sound so much better.

3rdEyeUnlimited said:

databank said:

Depends what sorta vibe u want I guess. The Mpls sound that gets us fans groovin' seems to leave a lot of people cold, though maybe not as much today as it did 15 years ago but yet dancefloors afficionados usually like warm grooves more, so I'd say anything between 1994 and 2001 could provide awesome core material for a mix, with bits and pieces of earlier and later material. But no matter how much it grooves to us, I don't think a mix based on the golden years (80-88) would be that succesful with your average crowd.

The tough thing about mixing in the 80s stuff is its mixed so much lower it sound tinny next to music produced later. I think that has lot to do with why it sounds weird to younger listeners. On those tracks I usually turn up the gain and tweak the levels to get that warmer sound people are used to hearing now. It makes them sound so much better.

That's what your EQ is there for!!

djThunderfunk said:

3rdEyeUnlimited said:

The tough thing about mixing in the 80s stuff is its mixed so much lower it sound tinny next to music produced later. I think that has lot to do with why it sounds weird to younger listeners. On those tracks I usually turn up the gain and tweak the levels to get that warmer sound people are used to hearing now. It makes them sound so much better.

That's what your EQ is there for!!

Yea THOSE levels . Awesome name by the way I assume you to be a fellow funk fan. Would love to hear some mixes.