Track Listing

1. Nitemoves - Grovesnor
2. I Got A Man - Positive K
3. Like You - Gramme
4. Persuasion - Subway
5. B1 - Soundhack
6. Cademar - Ze, Tom
7. My Piano - Hot Chip
8. Short Road - Wax Stag
9. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order (1)
10. Jiggle It - Young Leek
11. In The Basement - James, Etta & Sugar Pie DeSanto
12. On Just Foot - Black Devil Disco Club
13. Der Buchdrucker - Eulberg, Dominik
14. Film 2 - Grauzone
15. Radio Prague - This Heat
16. Far East - Wookie
17. Doppelwhipper - Ananda, Gabriel
18. You Got Good Ash - Marek Bois
19. Stone That The Builder Rejected - Lanark
20. Man's Got Me Beat - UM
21. Love Affair - Noze
22. Just Fucking - Audion
23. Steppin' Out - Jackson, Joe
24. Mess Around - Charles, Ray (1)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26596 in Music
• Released on: 2007-05-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

CD Description
U.K. electro-pop ensemble Hot Chip has carved a singular niche as gifted songwriters and seasoned live performers. On their contribution to the ongoing DJ KICKS series, they compile and mix a diverse set featuring music from their most noteworthy influences. A startling array of music from seemingly disparate genres is on offer. Ranging from underground techno and hip-hop to '80s synth pop, the music jumps from one improbable juxtaposition to the next; even snippets of classic R&B by Etta James and Ray Charles are thrown in the mix. Capping off the epic mix is Joe Jackon's "Steppin' Out", which in this context becomes a pulsing hi-NRG disco number.

Customer Reviews

Well worth a listen
Making a mix album when there's 5 of you must be a real pain, who gets to choose the most tunes? what order do the tunes go in? are you allowed to disagree with any one elses choices?

Either way, Hot Chip have succeded where i would probably of failed and made a good ecclectic mix tape. The choice of tunes ranges from full on techno to early rhythm and blues, and its not so much mixed as songs put back to back, but dont let this put you off, it flows well (for the most part) and has introduced me to some new music and that is never a bad thing.

Stand out track for me was Hot Chips own tune "My Piano" a classic example of what makes them so good. Conclusion: If you like Hot Chip you'll like this

A bit underwhelming
This one starts quite well, but soon meanders off and becomes fairly forgettable. The first track, Night Moves, brings you in nice and slow, then POW! Positive K with I Got A Man gets your hips and shoulders working. After that some enjoyable electronic noodling, which then lasts the rest of the album. It gets to the point I can't tell one tune from the next. Aside from the first 3 or 4 tracks, there doesn't feel like there is any direction in this mix, any energy, any variety. Don't get me wrong, there is track after track of great, great tunes, but considering how good Hot Chip are at creating fun, energetic and enjoyable music, this album is surprisingly flat.

Best Mix of the Year
This mix CD takes in such a variety of styles, but never loses it edge. The opening 'Night Moves' is a real gem, as is Hot Chip's own 'My Piano'. Also of note are tracks from Gabriel Ananda and Noze's 'Love Affair'. This mix showcases why the next Hot Chip album will kick ass. I slightly disagree with the below comment about the mixing, I think it is mixed reasonably well throughout, with only a few occasions were the tracks are started from scratch or merely blended in.
5 starts from me.