20 years of As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2!

December 11, 2022 4:21 AM

As the landmark 2manydjs mix compilation arrives on streaming platforms to mark its 20th anniversary, David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax are interviewed in Dazed and the Guardian. Previously and previouslier (2002!)
posted by ellieBOA (6 comments total)

I couldn’t find a release date for the album on streaming services, but they’re doing a concert on the 17th so hopefully by then.
posted by ellieBOA at 4:22 AM on December 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

Ah yes, the instant party on a platter cd. To this day I think that “Independent Women” uses the baseline from “Dreadlock Holiday.”
posted by thecaddy at 11:00 AM on December 11, 2022

I was a bit late for the album - even though it’s been a freely available landmark for a long time - but I consumed all of its children ravenously. Thanks guys, you didn’t invent mashups but you helped em blow up.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:31 AM on December 11, 2022

A fun adventure when I saw Bootie Mashup boost the Dazed article:

"Wait, when *is* this going to be available on streaming? Ah well, let's find existing versions until then"
"Oh good, it's on SoundCloud. And here's pt. 1. And 4. And 5. 3 must've been copyright-struck?"
[...]

During a tour of Japan, they went to the Bonjour Records shop and saw a wall filled with As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pts. 1, 3, 4, and beyond – despite the fact that Pt. 2 was the only official release they made, with the rest made up of unofficial rip-offs culled from their Hang the DJ shows (they laugh, today, at the idea of bootleggers making bootlegs of their bootlegs).

That explains it.

Finally, I remember that the Internet Archive has the Bootleg Archive, a 89GB collection of pre-2013 mashups.
Lo and behold, As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2, in downloadable form! And the unofficial pts. 1-10, to boot.
posted by CrystalDave at 5:28 PM on December 11, 2022

I followed them on Spotify, and under the bell notification icon on the home page you can see which artists you follow released new music, and I do that regularly anyway, so hopefully will see there.
posted by ellieBOA at 12:12 AM on December 12, 2022

I'm a big fan of Soulwax, especially for their (officially released) remixes. A Soulwax remix is never not good. They're consistently well arranged and always sonically powerful.

Today I learned their latest got a Grammy nod. It's pretty good for a Grammy nominated track.
posted by tovarisch at 8:37 AM on December 12, 2022