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DJ Godfather
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Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Detroit electro icon DJ Godfather is back again to continue on with the latest release in a series of 11 total EPs on Databass. Experience the sound of mechanoids going to battle on "That Electro Shit" before Brian Jeffries delivers a thumping late night house jam on the impressive "1200s Are Lit". "Intergalactic Funk" loves up to its title on this typically soulful hi-tech jam, and "Oh Shit" (feat Goodmoney G100) goes back to the seminal DJ Godfather sound of old which gets seriously deep, down and dirty as we like it.
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DB 110
02 Jun 23
Electro
02 Jun 23
Electro
Review: Detroit electro icon DJ Godfather returns this week with the latest release on his ever reliable Databass imprint. "Hold Up" is next in a series of 11 EPs and sees him collaborate with Chicago booty bass pioneer DJ Deeon. This is the guy who laid down the foundations for what Godfather would soon expand upon with his explorations in the 'ghettotech' sound. Needless to say, the results make for one seriously down and dirty dancefloor workout. Elsewhere, the hi-tech soul beats of "Let's Talk Some Jit" equally satisfies, as does the emotive mood music of "Shake Them" and the in-your-face bass attack of closing cut "Squo?"
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DB 109
12 May 23
Electro
12 May 23
Electro
Review: It's great to see Detroit pioneer DJ Godfather back releasing music regularly. Hot on the heels of It's Ghetto Tech, he drops this new, diverse release. The title track is a dark, stepping electro roller. Featuring an insistent synth riff, grinding bass and deft hip-hop scratches, it's less frenetic than Godfather's typical material, but no less funky. "Can't C Me" sees him follow a similar approach, with falsetto vocals added to the mix. Godfather reverts to his trademark ghetto tech sound for "Bass Drop". Featuring Lil Mz 313, the interplay between jittery rhythm and call-and-response vocal are irresistible. Changing tact again, "Assassin On The Decks" resounds to melodic piano lines and warbling acid swirls.
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DB 108
21 Apr 23
Electro
21 Apr 23
Electro
Review: The undisputed Godfather of Motor City ghettotech returns on his esteemed Databass imprint with "Warehouse Musik", taken from the forthcoming LP 'This Detroit Thing Of Ours'. The title track sees the man known to his Mum as Brian Jeffries go for a more straight-up techno vibe on this hypnotising acid techno belter, which comes with several other tracks on this extended EP. Other highlights include the brooding electro bass of "You Can't Stop This", the proper 313 state of mind on "East Side - West Side" (feat Goodmoney G100) which is something more familiar of the DJ Godfather's style, and the hi-tech computer funk of "Freq Me".
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DB 106X
10 Mar 23
Electro
10 Mar 23
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Detroit ghettotech icon Brian Jeffries aka DJ Godfather should require no introduction. The Databass chief is back with a new offering titled D3T.3L3CTR0. It's his fifth long player which does exactly what it says on the tin, featuring 16 tracks of pure form electro executed by one of the Motor City's most distinguished engineers. From the robo-futurist groove of "TH3Y'V3 ARR1V3D", moving into the most dystopian of funk on "ATTACK F1R5T", re-programming another sci-fi bass attack on "R3P0PULAT3" and towards the end he makes contact - with the deep space alien transmission of "TH3 AFT3R 3FF3CT".
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DB 104
11 Mar 22
Electro
11 Mar 22
Electro
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Glasgow label Avoidant returns with another killer electro compilation. From the dystopian synths of
Three Faces Of Eve's "Wish You'd Leave" to the raw funk of DJ Godfather's "It's Only Detroit" and Versalife's "Shift Levels", Dark Planet covers the darker side of the electro sound with considerable style. It also delivers a series of surprises; nestled alongside contributions from scene stalwarts like The Exaltics are artists who wouldn't normally be seen in the electro field; these include Vril with the brooding, bass-heavy tones of "Orgon" and the spiky beats and layered samples of Lord of the Isles' "Approach & Identify".
Three Faces Of Eve's "Wish You'd Leave" to the raw funk of DJ Godfather's "It's Only Detroit" and Versalife's "Shift Levels", Dark Planet covers the darker side of the electro sound with considerable style. It also delivers a series of surprises; nestled alongside contributions from scene stalwarts like The Exaltics are artists who wouldn't normally be seen in the electro field; these include Vril with the brooding, bass-heavy tones of "Orgon" and the spiky beats and layered samples of Lord of the Isles' "Approach & Identify".
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AVD 014
22 Nov 21
Electro
22 Nov 21
Electro
Review: Spanning an epic 46 tracks of ghetto tech, house, electro and techno bangers welded all the more to scratch tracks, footwork and straight up motor city bangers - DJ Godfather's This Detroit Thing Of Ours has landed. With each track segueing into the next the album also includes collaborations with DJ Deeon, Goodmoney G100 and King Saaidi to Gettoblaster & Missy - you find other badass collabs vai Lil Mz 313 ("That Booty"), to soulful yet dubbier-tranced out numbers with Ricky Burns ("Back It Up"). Furthermore there's the raw basslines of "It's Ghetto Tech" featuring Dan Diamond to some slurpy-sippin' midwest club vibes of "What Up" featuring Parkhouse. DJ Godfather, better recognise y'all.
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DB 103
12 Nov 21
Footwork/Juke
12 Nov 21
Footwork/Juke
Review: 'If you ain't got no 1200s from back in the days youse a wack DJ' preaches the Goodmoney vocal from DJ Godfather's lead cut "Wack DJ" - coming in just behind this EP's title-track "Wooooo!" Turning toward some Miami bass, beats and style in "Wooooo!" - with its stuttering horns, ruff vocal chants and skipping rhythms - "Only One City" ups the tempo for a hybrid rave, electro and dub techno number that sits next to something more percussive and dank in "Nights At The Packard". And for your tongue in cheek ghetto track, as promised, "Wack DJ" will get those bottoms ends working thanks to an undeniable 808 rhythm section.
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DB 099
23 Apr 21
Electro
23 Apr 21
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: DJ Godfather rains down a chunk more of lightning bolt dancefloor music with this Loud Mouth EP, taking in tips from Pharoahe Monch in a cheeky "Godzilla 2020 (Hornstrumental)" for the show stealing DJs out there. Keeping it on a slightly humorous tip still is the riff heavy "Booty Funk" that loops its guitars hard next to some bassline house in "Loud Mouth (feat Goodmoney G100)". But really, for the players out there, this EP is all about "Shut The Fuck Up (feat King Saadi)" - a rude, fun and playful G-house number with lyrics to boot!
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DB 098
02 Apr 21
Techno
02 Apr 21
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Following the release of the epic 44-track Electro Beats For Freaks album of 2020, DJ Godfather returns with a EP you can't refuse. Show Some Respect sees the Detroit bass mechanic turn in three-and-a-half new numbers in the relaxed yet deep "Sunday Morning Spliff" alongside the New York noise and post punk sounds of "These Strippers" - get your narrative content from the Dan Diamond version. The title track - centralised around a badass claptrack - angles itself toward the new techno sound of Detroit, aka Electro.
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DB 095
29 Jan 21
Electro
29 Jan 21
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Here's a meeting of great electro producers, as DJ Godfather hosts a collaboration with K-1 aka Keith Tucker on his Databass label. "Version 1" of the title track is a seamless collaboration be-tween these two creative minds, with Godfather's hip-hop scratching and bass-heavy rhythm combined with Tucker's robotic vocals and atmospheric but chilling synths. While the dub take follows a similar trajectory, albeit without the vocals, 'Version 2' sees the pair take a trip to electro's outer limits with the original vocals sent into a robotic vortex, supported by a robust, steely rhythm. It's an inspired release from the sound's most distinctive artists.
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DB 094
11 Dec 20
Electro
11 Dec 20
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: It's hard to believe that after all these years one of the founding forces in Detroit ghetto tech is only now, in 2020, releasing his debut album. Well...at 44 tracks large, maybe it's been worth the wait...coming from a man who back in the day helped set up Twilight 76 that released classics from the likes of DJs Assault, Deon and Slugo to Dave Clarke and Todd Osborne. More recently Godfather relaunched his Databass label which he now champions with an epic, straight-shootin' and unpretentious full time opus that takes in every angle of Detroit ghetto tech, be it the more contemporary, breakbeat and footwork sounds of "Smoke In The Air" to the gnarilier electro vibes of "The D". Featuring crewdem like Goodmoney G100, King Saadi, Lil Mz 313 and Parhouse to Dan Diamond in "These Strippers", Electro Beats For Freaks is bold music for bold times, but fresh as fuck.
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DB 093X
20 Nov 20
Electro
20 Nov 20
Electro
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669910625866
14 Nov 06
DJ Tools
14 Nov 06
DJ Tools
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669910 776025
05 Dec 00
Electro
05 Dec 00
Electro
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TL 017
01 Dec 99
Electro
01 Dec 99
Electro
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TL 013
01 Dec 98
Electro
01 Dec 98
Electro
