Thats How It Was! Mixed By Orignal Gidman

This mix is inspired by the Monday nights I attended at the club night "That's How It Is!" at Bar Rumba, Shaftsbury Avenue. London. Such special memories of these nights, listening to the likes of James Lavelle, Gilles Peterson, Ben Wilcox and particular guests like Alexander "Jazzanova" Barck spinning eclectic selections and taking the crowd on wonderful musical journeys. LISTEN HERE

It was a club on a Monday in London. I mean, Shaftesbury Avenue, inside the Trocadero. It was a club that I started up with James Lavelle at the time. So we’re talking about sort of mid-to-late 90s. And it was an amazing period of time for both of us in terms of where we were at as people making music or being connected to people making music at that time. You can talk about the beginnings of Mo’ Wax, the golden period of Talkin’ Loud, the magic of drum ’n’ bass, the growth of groups like Massive Attack and Portishead, the scene in Japan. The art scene coming out of the graffiti, New York, post-hiphop and the beatmakers. All of this is happening in this glorious period where you’re beginning to get the influence of the style magazines and Britain is slightly obsessed by Britpop, which is great because we’re kind of in the shadow of that.

Definitely, the music coming out of this is really significant and powerful. Suddenly you’ve got an element of confidence in British music. And that’s what’s weird about it being on a Monday night, we wanted it to be the hardcore. That’s why I put it on a Monday, the worst night of the week. You went down the steps and there was just this big sound and dark room. We just had to have little jam sessions as well. The Roots, Björk, Bono would all come down. But at the end of the day, James and I would be just be playing all this music. And we were the only ones who would have had it because we were releasing it. You know, DJ Krush records, The Roots records, drum ’n’ bass, Roni Size. I’d come in with dubplate platter of “Brown Paper Bag” then James would come in with a DJ Shadow album, then a Richie Hawtin remix of La Funk Mob or I’d come in with “Bug In The Bass Bin” by Carl Craig.

Then suddenly there’d be “Strangers” by Portishead, or some new, unreleased Massive Attack stuff. People would come to this club because that was where they would hear both James and me playing this music on acetate. We could afford to buy acetate because we were DJing and we had our own record labels. So we were cutting our own plates and almost having a bit of a competition between us. And so this is just the explosive time.

When [Shadow’s music] was released, it was another absolutely humongous record. He was just joining the dots between what we loved about instrumental hiphop productions, with a more experimental, digger mentality to how he was going about his productions. And obviously he’s one of the most highly regarded producers of all time( The Wire September 2019 - Issue 427) (GILLES PETERSON quoted from 'The Wire' September 2019 (Issue 427)

Tracklisting

Zero 7 – Spinning Dub (2000)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – 1st Of Tha Month (The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session (Part 3)) (1995)
DJ Shadow – In Flux (Alternative Interlude’93 (1994)
4 Hero = Les Fleur (2001)
RAMP – Come Into Knowledge (1977)
U.N.K.L.E. Vs The Major Force Orchestra - The Time Has Come (1994)
Melaaz – Non Non Non (1994)
Gangstar – Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2) (1990)
Portishead – Strangers (1994)
K&D - Black Baby (1996)
Dr Octagon – Blue Flowers (Prince Paul Remix) (1996)
Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn - Protection (J Sw!ft Mix) (1995)
Skylab – Seashell (1994)
Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean (1993)
Pete Rock – Walk On By (2001)
The Fugees – Ready Or Not (1996)
Jalal - Mean Machine 90 (1990)
Spacek – Eve (JayDee Mix) (2000)
Sa-Ra - Rosebuds (Main) (2004)
Hairy Diamond – Givin Up (Full Length Mix) (2000)
Bjork - I Miss You (Dobie's Rub Part Two - It's A Hip Hop Thing) (1996)
DJ Vadim – The Piano Song (Part 2) (2000)
Automator with Kool Keith - A Better Tomorrow (Z-Trip Final Mix 1) (1999)
Massive Attack – Bluelines (1991)
Urban Species – Listen (1994)
Count Basic– Hide & Seek (K&D Remix) (Unknown)
Bomb The Bass – Bug Powder Dust (K&D Sessios) (1995)
DJ Eclipse - Dedication (Main Mix) (1996)
Blueboy – Remember Me (1997)
Marlena Shaw – Woman Of The Ghetto (Live) (1974)
Soul II Soul – Back To Life (Club Mix) (1989)
Intelligent Hoodlum – Back To Reality (Drum & Bass Mix) (1990)
Boozoo Bajou - Under My Sensi (Thievery Corporation Mix) (1999)
Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation) (1995)
Coldcut – Beats & Pieces (1987)
Beastie Boys – 33% God (1989)
Dodge City Productions – As Long As We're Around (Dub Dance) (1993)
Nadirah Shakoor – Touched My Soul (2002)
Turntable Terranova – 29 (1996)
Jungle Brothers – Ultimatum Ultra Mix (Jungle Beats/Jungle Bass) (1996)
Restless Soul – Here Come One (2000)
Nuyorican Soul Featuring India - Runaway (Original Flava 12”) (1997)
The Roots – Thought @ Work (2002)
Coldcut – The Payback Mix (Coldcut Meets The Godfather) (1988)
Cymande – Brothers On The Slide (1974)
Ballistic Brothers – Cubafro Con Amigas (1997)
Cesaria Evora – Angola (Carl Craig’s Remix) (2003)
Marschmellows – Soulpower (Jazzanova Reworked Soul Power) (Extended Version) (1998)
Stereotyp Meets Al'Haca - Blaze 'N Cook (PKs Jiggy Mix) (2005)
Chateau Flight – Prism (2000)
Friends From Rio – Os Escravos De Jo (Da Lata Remix) (2002)
United Future Organisation – Friends… We’ll be (Jazzanova Mix) (1998)
Bebel Gilberto Tanto Tempo (Peter Kruder's Cidade Maravilhosa Remix) (2001)
La Funk Mob – Motor Bass Get Phunked Up (Ritchie Hawtin Electrophunk Remix) (2004)
Alistair Colling Vs Tortured Soul – When You Find Your Love... Hold On (2000)
Motorbass – Flying Fingers (1996)
Zero 7 - Distractions (Block 16 Remix) (2002)
Innerzone Orchestra - Bug In The Bassbin (4 HeroMix) (1996)
Markus Enochson feat E-Man - Sweetlove (Alex Phountzi Instrumental) (2004)
Zero 7 Vs Mos Def - Umi Says (Unreleased Promo) (2004)
Quantic - Mishaps Happening (Quantic Beat Mix) (2004)
Kenny Dope - The Illout (Main) (2000)
Photek - Mine To Give (2000)
Daft Punk - Teachers (Extended Mix) (1997)
Masters At Work Present Nu Yorican Soul - The Nervous Track (1993)
Beanfield - The Season (Swag's Vocal Mix) (2000)
Phil Asher - Namby It Aint (I Aint Sorry) (Vocal version) (2005)
Nathan Haines Featuring Verna Francis - Earth Is The Place (2001)
Bougie Soliterre - Besides You (Tiefschwarz Remix) (2001)
The Amalgamation Of Soundz - Eric (1996)
Ian Pooley - What's Your Number (Jazzanova Renumber) (1998)
Paperclip People - Throw (1994)
Erro - Don't Change (Main Mix) (2001)
4 Hero - Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attic's Co-Operative Mix) (2002)
Fauna Flash - Tel Aviv (Peter Kruder's Bum Rush The Discotheque Remix) (2001)
Josh One - Contemplation (King Britt Funke Remix) (2002)
Air Frog - Bon Voyage (Original) (2001)
Sequel - Upsolid (2000)
Kaidi Tatham Featuring Izzi - Betcha' Did (Landslide Remix) (2001)
The Aztec Mystic A.K.A DJ Rolando - Knights Of The Jaguar (1999)
Les Gammas - All Of Me (Beanfield Remix) (2000)
United Future Organisation – Transworld (Quantic mix) (2002)
Roni Size Reprazent – Heroes (Kruder's Long Loose Bossa) (1997)
DJ Krush - Yeah (Alex Reece Remix) (1995)
Minus 8 – The Sweetest Sounds (1996)
Attica Blues - Blueprint (Photek Remix) (1995)
Roni Size Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag (1997)
Suv - Do You Remember Me? (2002)
DJ Suv & DJ Patife - Inta Outa (Surge Remix) (2003)
Grand Unified Featuring Kadeem - Music Makes Me Feel This Way (2000)