Another week is upon us and another Ace Hotel Live Mix is ready to go. This week I was in travel mode, so when constructing a mix/ cover design I went with a simple Otl Aicher design and tailored it to the mix. I was going to go with some Alan Fletcher imagery but maybe for another day. That being said, here’s what we have on the plate this week: Taking it back to ’83 and NYC with the Crash Crew, a mighty fine reworking of a Brother Jack McDuff classic by Jay Dee, sound pioneer Jean Jaques Perry and then Gangstarr who sampled it, a great remix of a record turned on to me by music genius Rick M that was made even better by Cut Chemist, some LA funky Soul with The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, my favorite soundtrack master Lalo Schifrin sampled by Wall of Sound funksters The Wise Guys (what a great band and even better record label), folk husband and wife team turned into a break record via UBB, a superb Kat 45 re-working of Diana Ross, more Hip Hop from the UMC’s and one of my favorite guest records in J5 featuring Big Daddy Kane and Percee P, some Steve Arrington love, and finishing up with some funky Reggae from Lee Arab and The Brentford All Stars.

Short Haul: The Ace Hotel Live Mix 4 Track List

Crash Crew – On the Radio
Brother Jack McDuff – Oblighetto (Jay Dee Remix)
Jean Jaques Perry – E.V.A.
Gangstarr – Just To Get A Rep
Tune Yards – Gangsta (Cut Chemist Remix)
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – 65 Bars and a Taste of Soul
Lalo Schifrin – Jim On the Move
Friend and Lover – Reach Out of the Darkness
Diana Ross – Stormy (Kat 45 Record Re-Edit)
Ultramagnetic MC’s – One To Grow On
Jurassic 5 feat Big Daddy Kane and Percee P – Day at the Races
Slave – Watching you
Lee Arab – Now
Brentford All Stars – Greedy G

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