DJ Monk One
I had the pleasure of DJing with Monk One a few months back and his set was an inspiring one to say the least. Fresh from a stint in the UK, he mixed hot-off-the-lathe dancefloor jazz breaks with classic white-label hip-hop and palatable esoteric soul, capping off the night off with a ridiculous remix of The Police's "Voices Inside My Head" that had the dub-rock enthusiasts picking their minds up off of the floor. Known around NYC (and the UK) as a storehouse of vinyl knowledge, the man also manifests his love for music as a contributor to the vinyl-junkies bible, Wax Poetics.
Today's posts are the first three tracks off of his phenomenal mix CD Breakin' Rocks which is an exploration of classic rock tracks that have been pilfered for their incredible breaks. Like most of the scissorkick posts, the goal is to entice you with a little so that you'll go out and get the record. Thing is though, this is a pretty tough mix to come by, but I managed to find a copy online from Fat City. Just check out the tracklisting for the first 3 tracks below. The rest of the mix jumps from notables like Zeppelin, Billy Squire and Grand Funk Railroad to unknowns like Sea Train, Grootna and Wynder K Frog. If learning could always be this much fun...
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