Guts - Straight from the Decks (Guts Finest Selection from His Famous DJ Sets) '2019

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Back in the 80s when the rules of hip hop came crashing into our teenage heads,
some of us took to the microphone, others choose a can of spray of paint, others
bought a rolls of lino to practice breakdancing on. For me however, it was
DJing. Before I became interested in production or beatmaking, or even directing
other musical artists, turntables were my first true love. Hours spent
practising, scratching and cutting my first two records together. Those two
records are now two of many in my collection. A collection that holds an
integral (and imposing) part of my life.

The process of compiling started six or seven years ago, an itch that I
scratched by putting out the Beach Diggin compilations. Exploring dusty crates
for hours, unearthing those pearls and gluing them together with others of their
kind. Bits of this, bits of that, looking back it’s what made me want to
return to DJing, and so return to it I did.

More recently, if I’m not on stage or in the studio, I spend my time
crossing the world behind two turntables and a mixer, often dancing as much as
those in the crowd. For most of my sets I’ll have around a hundred
records with me, I’ll draw from them depending on the state of mind in
that particular moment. Call it my immediate stock of music if you like. Things
in my bag may only remain in there a short period of time before getting swapped
out for something else. Others may make an appearances a little more often, then
of course there are the loyal favourites that may stay in my bag for months on
end and feature in all my sets.

So for this compilation, “Straight From The Decks”, there are
seventeen tunes that constitute the true essence of my DJ sets. To listen at
home, or to remind you of the atmosphere you may have experienced at one of
them. Or, perhaps to entice you to attend the next one...

Pura Vida
Guts. 

Tracklist:
01. Os Tubarões - Tabanca (1:46)
02. Pinduca - Mistura de Carimbo Com Ciranda (2:56)
03. Evasion 85 - Van La Ka Vante (4:00)
04. Bessoso - Para Decir Que Te Quiero (4:45)
05. Goma-Laca - Do Pilà (4:37)
06. Equipe Rádio Cidade - Bon Tempos (2:33)
07. Blyk Tchutchi & Loy D’Tchutchi - Mandamento De Deus (3:42)
08. Gordon Henderson - The Highest Bidder (3:15)
09. Simon Jurad - Macadam (3:35)
10. Mubashira Mataali Group - Emaali Ya Bamulekwa (Orphans Property) (2:44)
11. Eko Roosevelt - Tondoho Mba (4:43)
12. Young Slim - Otan Hunu (4:46)
13. André Marceline - Cadencedisco (4:17)
14. Misumami - Prove Your Love (4:01)
15. Alma Luma - Princesa Isabel (3:43)

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