Track Listing

1. 33 Percent B Boy - DJ Format
2. U D In Brazil - Ugly Duckling (2)
3. Do That There - Lyrics Born
4. 3 Ft Deep - DJ Format
5. SNT - Cut Chemist & Miles
6. Beats And Pieces - Coldcut
7. Aspects - Bristol Fingers
8. Root Down - Smith, Jimmy (1)
9. Get Wise '91 - Mr. Lif & Edan
10. Changes - Nostalgia 77
11. Sunshine Of Your Love - Fitzgerald, Ella
12. Hot Rod Poppa - Hunt, Marsha
13. Slip - Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours
14. Save Me - Simone, Nina
15. Indian Rope Man - Driscoll, Julie & Brian Auger/The Trinity
16. Sweet Bacon - Covey, Julian & The Machine
17. Breakdown - We The People
18. Toe Hold - McIlwaine, Ellen
19. Put Some Grit In It - Karachi Prison Band
20. Give Me Mercy - Francis, Ruff & The Illusions
21. I Need Someone - Perry, Linda & The Soul Express
22. Slinky - Murtaugh, John
23. Dancin' Drums - Shankar, Ananda
24. Night Owl - Laine, Cleo
25. Rock 'n' Roll - Edan & Dagha

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11858 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Original Mature B-Boy
It's all about the beats with DJ Format. He likes the big funky breaks and samples that defined hip-hop before hip-hop went down the rubbish gangsta rap route. His mixing is old skool cutting, chopping and scratching with cool sounding vocal snippets and samples layered up on top. The first few tracks are hip-hop in Formats usual style but he soon moves off on a tangent and starts mixing up old soul tracks with quirky rock n' roll numbers. It seems any record could make it into a Format mix providing he feels the funk in it. This is a wonderful party mix because of his musical tastes and its impossible not to grin from ear to ear when he drops Ella Fitzgerald 'Sunshine of your love'. My personal favourite track on the mix is 'Changes' by Nostalgia 77 and I applaud him for including little gems like this in a hip-hop set. The only criticism I have is that the funk/soul/rock n' roll part goes on a bit too long and perhaps there is too little of Formats typical hip-hop here for his loyal fanbase.

Fantastic
Dust down your dancing shoes as they will have your feet moving thoughout the whole CD. One of the best releases in the whole fabric catalogue. Similar along the lines to David Holmes and Mr Scruff Keep it solid steel. Any cd that can include Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone must be doing something right. Buy it you wont be dissappointed.

Incredibly skilled selection of funky breaks
I was looking for something a little different and came across Format's Fabric mix. I bought this alongside the Scratch Perverts Fabric mix. As a fan of DJ Skills, I was sorely disappointed with the Scratch Perverts, considering their combined technical abilities! Therefore - I was left to listen to their selection of tunes - which is OK. But - let's talk more about Format. I rarely write reviews and only do so when compelled to! Format's selection of songs starts strong and just gets better and better throughout. If you enjoyed DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's Brainfreeze - you need to be pressing the "Buy it now" button.

If you like rare, funky breaks and would like to step into a DJ / producer's crates - you can feel the genuine, heartfelt love of music on this CD.

I highly recommend this mix.