Published
Sun, Nov 12, 2006, 18:00
- Contexterrior don Jay Haze gathers together the family for his debut mix CD ‘The Minimal Grind’.
Contexterrior don Jay Haze gathers together the family for his debut mix CD. ‘Mindin Business Part 1: The Minimal Grind’ will be released later this month.
Jay is probably best known as one half of Fuckpony, a house project on Get Physical Haze put together with collaborator Samim. Originally from Philadelphia, these days he’s in Berlin, grinding out the tunes (‘Soul in a Bottle’ on Kindisch has recently impressed) and sets at the city’s twenty-hour parties. For his debut mix CD, Jay promises to “give the careful listener an insider’s glimpse at the minimal business” in the city where “a decent party can be found on almost any day of the week.”
Material for the 2CD mix is drawn from Papa Haze’s cluster of labels (Tuning Spork, Contexterrior, Textone, Tuning Spork Family Affair) which to date have produced 88 EPs and five albums on vinyl, CD and as netlabel releases. The 47 tracks include efforts from Tuning Spork labelmates (Dan Curtin, Samim & Michal, Signor Andreoni) Junion (Argenis Brito, Jambi) as well as Jay of course in all his guises (The Architect, Fuckpony, Bearback). Filling things out are friends and cross-pollinating label artists Falko Brocksieper, Guido Schneider, and Heartthrob.
Don’t know your Jay Haze from your Jay Z? Check out Contexterrior’s podcast site for a selection of mixes from Jay and co.
‘Mindin Business Part 1: The Minimal Grind’ tracklist
Disc 1
1. Recon - Signor Andreoni
2. Hot Slave - Fuckpony
3. Fried Plastic [Dandy Jack AKA the Latin Elvis Remix] - Jay Haze
4. Blow Hard - Dan Curtin
5. Borderdot - Michal Ho
6. Cold Slave - Fuckpony
7. Juice in My Head - The Basstards
8. Until You Fat - Jay Haze
9. Groove Refried - Architect
10. Brown Bag - Signor Andreoni
11. Channel One - Guido Schneider
12. M.S.O. D - Samim and Michal
13. Soul in a Bottle - Jay Haze
14. Tiny Slave - Fuckpony
15. Frau - Vivianne Project AKA Hearthrob
16. Dune - Akiko Kiyama
17. Green Pimp - Jay Haze
18. Morning in Africa - Jay Haze
19. Fried Plastic - Jay Haze
20. Ama Sonica - Argenis Brito
21. Theme from a Dream - Jambi
22. No More No Less [Jay Haze Still Pimpin East Berlin Style Remix] - Agaric
23. Pandemic - the Redlight Shining
24. Dawg's Life - Fuckpony
25. Minimom - Jay Haze
Disc 2
1. Appreciatte - Jay Haze
2. She's Got the Funk - Samim and Michal
3. Deep Space Galaxy Mama - Bearback
4. What You - Dan Curtin
5. Save Me [Dub Surgeon Remix] - Lump
6. I Want It - Samim
7. Nubian Minimal - Architect
8. Silence - Fuckpony
9. Naked Gravity - Argenis Brito
10. Minikool
11. Higher Than You - Krak Street Boyz
12. Ripop [Jay Haze Grimey Remix Feat. Mark Dark Sniper Schneider] - Samim and Michal
13. Spring Break - Samim and Michal
14. It's Alright - Jay Haze
15. Big Brother [Jay Haze Paranoid Remix] - Mark Verbos
16. Dive - the Snipers
17. Body Movement - Fuckpony
18. Dirty Big Mouse - Samim and Michal
19. Angel [Lil Dirrty's Rough as Diamond Remix] - Samim and Michal
20. Make Mony Ho - Fuckpony
21. Point 88 - Falko Brocksieper
22. Vroom Vroom - Jay Haze
‘Mindin Business Part 1: The Minimal Grind’ by Jay Haze will be released on Tuning Spork on November 24th, 2006.