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Chocolate Monster

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I Know (Crying Game Re-imagined) (2008) 5:12"
"I know all there is to know!" bragging hook and really funky beat accompanied by Smartie Kat vocals and wierd synth sounds that would at home in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop... Bit different to Geoff Stephens original "Crying Game" then!
The Cant-Island Loop (2006) 3:52"
A new arrangement of "Cantaloupe Island" the funky jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock. Here the TCM synth is accompanied by some cool saxophone playing by Smartie Kat. A funky breakbeat, electro stabs and trendy samples complete the mix.
The Music Maker (2006) 4:59"
An original composition attempting to recapture some of the flavour of old school Chicago House. 120 bpm four-to-the-floor beat, simple repeated bassline, house piano riffs and a bomb pattern of classic samples.
Straight Up (With a Twist!) (1998) 3:16“
An urgent bongo-driven breakbeat and ethnic chant are joined by a techno bassline, those strings, and vocals from the Zero G datafiles.
House Nation 2
It's like this: Take the Housemaster Boyz, mix with Lisa Lisa's "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" (Part 2, of course), add lots of original stuff and season with a hearty pinch of Zero G samples. Tasty!
Wonderful Life
A reworking of Black's track with vocals by Chris (The Voice) Corner!
Smooth Operator (Latin House Mix) (2008) 5:57"
A piano-driven house version with quite a different flavour to the original.
Straight Up Remix
Who was that wizard that mixed Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love" on top of the strings from Enya's "Orinocho Flow"? I think he/she was onto something there...
(Including plenty of things you can't hear for various reasons)
Recent
Fast Car Remixes (2005)
2 mixes of Jim Colman and Chris (The Voice) Corner's smooth & moody synth/electro reworking of Tracy Chapman's ""Fast Car":
i) "The Chocolate Monster Bootleg" - Jim's .wavs layered on top of the original "Pump Up the Volume" by M/A/R/R/S (as opposed to the Remix that everyone knows).
ii) "The Chocolate Monster remix" - new bassline and twittering acid synth accompany sped-up vocals laid over the Stanton Warrior's Remix of "Where's Your Head At?" by Basement Jaxx. With some rap from DJ Pied Piper's "Do You Really Like It?" and ending with the Star Wars Cantina Band, this track really has to be heard to be believed...
Not so Recent
The Corresponding Emotion (2000) 5:50"
Moody synth and bass with an echo filter join guitars over a drum & bass beat. Nightime jungle sounds with a big cat growling add to the atmosphere !?
Love me Baby! (1998) 5:38“
Several mixes of Donna Gile’s “And I’m Telling you I’m not going” and Hyper Go-Go’s “Never Let Go” blended together over a Phat Four-to-the-floor house beat and various samples including James Bond offering to buy Bibi an ice cream.
Bomb the Powerloop 98 (1998) 4:48“
Loop from Snap’s “I’ve got the Power” bombed out of existence with samples from: Simon Harris, Coldcut, DJ Food, Megabass, Bomb the Bass and Ashbrooke All-Stars. Features Wrecks-N-Effect and Heavy D raps and ends with R2 D2 having a fit.
Dance with me again (1998) 5:12“
The finest chunks hewn from Thomas Dolby’s “Quantum Mechanic” rearranged and bolted back together. Crusty Urban Shakedown break thrown in there together with Zero G samples and a loop from Xpansion’s “Move your body 95”.
In My Brain (1992) 6:13“
Original composition based upon chords from “Samba” by Christopher Norton - taken from “More Microjazz Vol. 1” piano sheet music. “In my brain” sample taken from Acen’s “Close Your Eyes” single.
Mixdown at 122 (1992) 32:13“
Ancient mix of dance music circa 1987-1992, resurrected from audio tape. Digitally re-mastered but still shows signs of decay and disrepair.
Features: KLF, Bomb the Bass, Black Box, Cartouche, Fast Eddie, DNA, Simon Harris, Ben Liebrand, Soundclash, The Beatmasters, Toni Scott, Jomanda, JM Silk, GTO, The Scientist and Bizarre Inc.
The Prodigy Megamix (1993) 13:22“
A mix of the tracks from the Prodigy’s first album “Experience” and various import singles. A test of the first pitch variable CD players.
Bomb the Powerloop (Original Mix) (1992) 4:00“
Loop from Snap’s “I’ve got the Power” bombed out of existence with samples from: Simon Harris, DJ Mark the 45 King, CJ Makintosh & Einstein, Bomb the Bass and Ashbrooke All-Stars. Features Wrecks-N-Effect and Heavy D raps.
Squeezed It (1992) 4:26“
Synth from Human Resource’s “Dominator” laid on top of a Simon Harris break (played at the wrong speed) and featuring various rants from “MC Gollum” courtesy of BBC Radio’s “The Lord of the Rings”. Loops from Acen, The Orb and 4 Hero..

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Member Since: 9/25/2007
Band Website: mydjspace.net/cocodragon
Band Members: Steve Hetherington
Anoek De Smet

Influences: The Warehouse Club DJ's and other pioneers of House and Techno: Farley (Jackmaster) Funk, Steve (Silk) Hurley, Kevin Saunderson. The Acid sounds of DJ Pierre and his Roland TB-303 experiments. Bomb patterns and baselines of the "Sample Beats", typified by BCM Records "Blastmaster Radio": Simon Harris, Coldcut & Bomb the Bass. HipHouse & Sk'ouse of '88 & '89: The Beatmasters, Tyree Cooper, Fast Eddie. Breakbeats & loops of Freestyle House: Todd Terry, Musto & Bones. Sped-up hip-hop breakbeats, fast piano riffs and the often used Mentasm riff of Harcore Techno: Joey Beltram, Acen, Altern 8. The broken beats of Drum & Bass: T-Power, DJ Rap. Cut & paste and scratch "mixtapes": DJ Yoda, The Wiseguys.

Sounds Like: Aural Fruit & Fibre served with chocolate milk and a tot of dark rum.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Codex of Ultimate Dance Music Wisdom Part 1

Chocolate Monster's Guide to Dance Music Styles HouseThe original "House" music was named after the Warehouse Club in Chicago and was the product of experiments by resident DJ's such as Frankie ...
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