Dubtribe Soundsystem-Do It Now

Those kids have such a positive attitude!

Are you coming to Berlin?

I want to buy decks (for several years now) and I've decided to Do That Now, so can't afford Berlin sadly! Wish I could do both.

Fabric in April no?

1. Frankie Knuckles-Your Love
2. Luomo-Tessio
3. Dubtribe Soundsystem-Do It Now

Is that the greatest opening sequence to a mix ever or what? LOVE!

They're actually a really interesting act, as they got to deep house through a strange circuitous route.

I first came across 'em in '94 at a San Francisco rave and they were playing kind of acidic breaks music. They always had this over-the-top hippy PLUR schtick, but in a really really sincere way. Their names are actually Sunshine and Moonbeam, believe it or not.

Anyway Sunshine would kind of ad-lib lyrics over the top of their stuff which were always basically their philosophy which is a kind of back-to-nature positivity thing.

Then late 90s they started putting out loads of amazingly deep, latin-y percussive tracks, and the ad-libbed lyrics had morphed into really strong singing. There's this one incredible track whose name I can't recall off the top of my head where Sunshine sings in spanish and just launches into it in an incredibly raw fashion.

This will sound really hokey, but they genuinely do create that kind of 'spiritual' vibe live. I last saw 'em in Cargo, about 2 years ago, which is like the worst venue ever, but they blew the roof off the place. Loads of live percussion and keys, real 'band' feel (but not in the lame Groove Armada way) and loads of improvisation and shit.

Amazing, and underappreciated, dance music. The taint of hippie keeps the critics away!

"Equitoreal" (that's the one I was on about above)
"Sunshine's theme"
"If you're not coming back to me"
"No Puedo Estar Despierto"

Someone told me the Body & Soul IV mix is the best of the lot - can anyone confirm/deny?

all time

for sure

one for this thread

deep house saved my life

this was robbed in that 00s poll, top 3 of the decade lock for me.

Why have I just put it together now that this is based on "I'm Every Woman"?

also I was at a gayboy club I usually never go to recently and at the end of the night the DJ did the "Do It Now" --> "Happy House" thing and it was M-A-G-I-C

That's a harder mix to pull off than expected because the swing or pattern on the kick drums are different so unless you have the track striped/processed in Abelton/Traktor etc, it requires fairly constant attention to keep them synced.

love this track.

I'm feeling so sad, and it's never been this bad before.

Second only to the FKEK mix of Moloko's Forever More in m own personal 21st century house tracks list.

wish i still had this.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Eskimo-Volume-III/release/133150

that opening trio should be illegal.

Stop Bajon too, with that mix thy were really spoiling us.

One of the best mixes ever! "Voodance" and "Tell Him" are also highlights.

Second only to the FKEK mix of Moloko's Forever More in m own personal 21st century house tracks list

I would struggle to think of much better than this in the world tbh