Album – PlayPlay

Invocation

January 8, 2023 by djplayplay

Invocation, Knightwerk Records [2019, rereleased as self-release in 2021]

Features collaborations with Bored Lord and T5UMUT5UMU, described by Brian Howe of INDY Week as “a vivacious four-track snack…it suggests what nostalgia for nineties house, jungle, and hardcore (the techno kind, not punk) might feel like to future cyborgs, who can dance much faster than we can.”

Freak in the Crates Vol. 1

January 8, 2023 by djplayplay

Freak in the Crates Volume 1 creatively flips vinyl samples, reimagining breakbeats and other percussive samples through resampling into a new groove.

Liner notes:

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vocals: one second snippets from @suzianalog + Edwin Starr, juxtaposed

Drums:

Amen break

Amy winehouse – You Know I’m No Good

Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling (ver 1)

Synergy:

Synth: Synergy: Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra

Drums: Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Dog was a Doughnut

Agent of Drums:

Drums: Nena- Das Land Der Elefanten

James Brown- The Funky Drummer (the iconic Clyde Stubblefield drum solo)

Batman Breaks:

Main effects/vocals: The original Batman theme song

Drums: James Brown- The Funky Drummer (the iconic Clyde Stubblefield drum solo)

Maneuvers

August 16, 2013 by djplayplay

Maneuvers, Sorry Records [2022]

Blue is a 2 step inspired loose jam complete with rave synth, house organ & ambient melodies. Untitled 909 described it as “vibrant two-step influenced…where the glistening synths envelope you in an embrace of kaleidoscopic colours.”

Maneuvers is written in true PlayPlay style with raucous breakbeat samples, poison(ous) snare, knocking 4-to-the-floor kick and vocal chops with an energetic bassline working in tandem with rave stabs.

Self Rebound includes a nostalgic and delayed 90s rave synth melody coupled with a sampled meditation on resilience: “moving on.” PlayPlay programmed these drums, largely resampling elements from various breaks, to create a dancefloor-ready groove.

Maneuvers is described by DJ Mag as an EP with “three springing, two-step-inspired club tracks” and Untitled 909 as “euphoric and joyous.”