morthen kiang

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Feel This Funk 02
recorded on the 6th of April 2008
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duration 75'02"
01) Erick "More" Morillo - Dancing (A "Little" - "More" Dub) [ Strictly Rhythm ]
02) Lil' Louis - New York [ Diamond ]
03) Afefe Iku - Body Drummin' Pt II [ Yoruba Records ] (CDr)
04) Aardvarck - Aardbij (Quince's Broken Back Mix) [ Rush Hour ]
05) Conforce - Our Concern (Evolving Mix) [ Rush Hour ]
06) DJ Madskillz - Morning Glory [ 100% Pure ]
07) Rino Cerrone - Ordinary Morning [ Rilis ]
08) Shed - Opulence22 [ Soloaction ]
09) Robert Hood - And Then We Planned Our Escape [ Music Man ]
10) Phase - Morodem (Floor Mix) [ Token ]
11) Nagano Kitchen - GSXR 810 [ Apotek ]
12) Mark Williams - It's In My Blood [ Ingoma ]
13) Daniel Jacques - Cast Away (My Body And Soul) [ SuperBra ]
14) Birdland - U.S. Mixes A2 [ Assembly ]
15) Ø (Phase) - Mass [ Token ]
16) Microworld - This Is Your Friend (Disco Version) [ Styrax Leaves ]
17) Ø (Phase) - Cellular Processing [ Token ]
18) Chester Beatty - Turn Initiation [ SuperBra ]
19) Andy Cato - La Luna (Beats) [ Azuli Silver ]
20) Aardvarck - Cult Copy (2000 And One's Chicago Dirt Mix) [ Rush Hour ]
21) Todd Terry - Sunday Morning [ Elementary Group ]
22) Dennis Ferrer - P 2 Da J [ Defected ]
23) Kerri Chandler - The Invaders (The Panic) [ Deeply Rooted House ]
24) Julien Jabre - Swimming Places (Sebastian Ingrosso Re-Edit) [ Defected ]
Feel This Funk 01
recorded on the 18th of January 2008
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duration 72'54"
01) Morthen Kiang - Feel My Funk [ (unreleased) ]
02) Dj Gregory - Triby [ Faya Combo ]
03) The Mountain People - Mountain004 [ Mountain People ]
04) Jon Cutler - South Slope (Distant Music Dub) [ Distant Music ]
05) Grand High Priest - Mixdown [ Strictly Rhythm ]
06) River Ocean Featuring India - Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochùn)
(Masters At Work Dub) [ Strictly Rhythm]
07) Rune & Sydenham - Elephant [ Avocado ]
08) Dennis Ferrer - Son Of Raw [ Ibadan ]
09) D'Kawa - Mirucha [ Kodaira Tracks ]
10) Grain - FatCat 41 B2 [ FatCat ]
11) Eriko Tanabe - Moonlight [ Morris / Audio ]
12) Johannes Heil - All For One (Tobi Neumann's Swinging Remix) [ Klang Elektronik ]
13) Sleeparchive - Track 4 [ Sleeparchive ]
14) Fairmont - Gazebo [ Border Community ]
15) Larry Heard presents Mr. White - The Sun Can't Compare (Long Version)
[ Alleviated ]
16) Nick Petty & Shamus Coghlan - Crushing [ Missing Unit ]
17) Parallel 9 - Dominus [ Music Man ]
18) Phase - Espresso [ Ingoma ]
19) Phase - Morodem (Floor Mix) [ Token ]
20) Stefan Tretau - Baumeln & Schaukeln [ Fortek ]
21) Aril Brikha - Groove La Chord [ Fragile ]
22) Hidden Rivals - Early Days [ Brave New World Records ]
23) Rennie Foster - Box Cutter [ Monoïd ]
24) Microworld - This Is My Friend (Disco Version) [ Styrax Leaves ]
Classics Mix 2
as featured on Studio Brussel
broadcasted on "Switch: The Past" on the 1st of June 2007
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duration 59'15"
01) Dajaé - Day By Day (Carl Craig Dub) [ Cajual, 1995 ]
02) Theo Parrish - Blue Out [ Sound Signature, 1998 ]
03) Moodymann - Shades Of Jae [ KDJ, 1999 ]
04) Virgo - R U Hot Enough [ Trax, 1986 ]
05) Paperclip People - Parking Garage Politics [ Open, 1997 ]
06) Maurizio - M04 B [ M, 1995 ]
07) Model 500 - Starlight [ Metroplex, 1995 ]
08) Green Velvet - Flash (Paperclip People Remix) [ Open, 1995 ]
09) Ignacio - Humana-Ised [ Music Man, 1999 ]
10) Jark Prongo - Rantz [ Fresh Fruit, 1993 ]
11) Fresh Tunes - Ha Ha [ Fresh Fruit, 1993 ]
12) Club MCM - Club MCM (K.A. Happy Mixx) [ Rhythm Beat, 1991 ]
13) House Proud People - Lonely Disco Dancer [ Cross Section, 1996 ]
14) Lil' Louis - New York [ Diamond, 1989 ]
15) Jeff Mills - Ride The Rhythm [ Purpose Maker, 1997 ]
16) Daft Punk - High Fidelity [ Virgin, 1997 ]
17) Jeff Mills - Scout [ Purpose Maker, 1999 ]
18) Sound Stream - Let's Break [ Sound Stream, 1999 ]
19) Santos Rodriguez - Road To Rio EP A1 [ Cosmic ID, 1999 ]
20) Funk D'Void - Diabla (Funk D'Void's Heavenly Mix) [ Soma, 2001 ]
21) Slam - Positive Education [ Soma, 1993 ]
22) R-Tyme - R-Theme (Dramatic Mix) [ Transmat, 1989 ]
about (written by pipi k.k.)
Morthen was born in the year 1982, supposedly on the sounds of New Order's "Blue Monday" [I recall Morthen hearing this track some years ago and he seemed to remember it from somewhere]. Morthen grew up in Maldegem, Belgium, where his passion for music started at a very early age. Just turning 4 years young, you could find the kid sitting in the grass, listening to the rhythmic moaning of the cows that surrounded him. This was his first encounter with what people like to call IDM today. Morthen not only likes cows, but also pigeons, forklifts, suitcases and 17 year old boys having german sounding dj names (I'm not entirely sure on the last one).
Morthen and his best friend in elementary school Willem, now a member of the infamous Silvester Anfang funeral folk collective, started discovering true techno and rave music at an age of 11. Compilations such as Electro Sounds, Turn Up The Bass and Serious Beats were their favourites, containing tracks in the likes of Rhythim is Rhythim's 'Strings Of Life' and Reese's 'Colour of Love' (and also a lot of euro dance crap... haha).
And next? Well... During a trip to Prague (M. was 17 then), Willem (once again - he's a true musical innovator!) turned up with some secret tapes containing live recordings of the I Love Techno party in 1999. The mixes were from Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills and Sven Väth and were one after the other simply marvellous! The start of a love for true techno and house and all things in life that are sweet.
From 2000 on we find MK behind the turntables himself, focussing on the deeper and more soulful side of techno and house. Between 2000 and 2006 he mainly focused on collecting vinyl, sometimes flying to London for buying rare original pressings of classic tunes at the Reckless or MVE stores in the Soho district. His passion for this classic sound, in combination with the required technical skills, resulted in a double performance on the "Switch" show on the national radio station Studio Brussel in 2007 where two of his classics mixes were broadcasted. In the same year he regained his interest in todays electronic music and moved his focus from collecting records to performing, inspired by his biggest dj influences Ron Hardy (R.I.P.) and Derrick May. With an updated playlist, combining the best of the present with landmark dance tracks of the past, MK participated to the Studio Brussel 2007 dj contest. His demo survived till the last selection round.
In the beginning of 2008 MK’s monthly “Feel This Funk” dj mix series took off. The aim of these series is blending energetic, deep and soulful dance music. Providing a mixture of quality and fine crafted tracks, rather than easy and cheesy stuff. Putting the soul back in the music! The sets are distributed via the web and on CD-r in small quantities (ask for info).
Also on the level of producing, Morthen developed his own unique sound. Lo-fi slow and deep house tracks that have this special funky feeling to them. In the autumn of 2008 we expect his vinyl debut on a quality underground label featuring a more dubby affair.