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CLASSICS MIX House of the Rising sun - Hot R.S. (sound effects) Close Encounters of the third kind - Gene Page (voice over) Popmuzik - "M" Groove me - Fern Kinney Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang Good times - Chic The breaks - Curtis Blow Got my mind made up - Instant Funk Love injection - Trussel Ladies night - Kool & the Gang Ain't no stopping us now - McFadden & Whitehead Rhythm talk - Jocko At midnight - T Connection Second time around - Shalamar You gave me love - Crown Heights Affair You can do it - Al Hudson And the beat goes on - The Whispers I don't wanna be a freak - Dynasty Get down - Gene Chandler Are you ready - Billy Ocean Shake your body down - The Jacksons Don't stop till you can get enough - Michael Jackson He's the greatest dancer - Sister Sledge We are family - Sister Sledge Le Freak - Chic Hot shot - Karen Young Don't let me be misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda Strut your funky stuff - Frantique Let's all chant - Michael Zager Band First Choice - Let no man put asunder Rocker's Revenge - Walking on Sunshine Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove Come on and do it - Poussez La Bamba - Antonia Rodriquez Disco nights - C.Q. Tell everybody - Herbie Hancock Bad girls - Donna Summer Dancer - Gino Soccio Funky town - Lipps Inc. Relight my fire - Dan Hartman Found a cure - Ashford & Simpson I will tell you - Sergio Mendez Tonight I'm alright - Narada Michael Walden Showtime - Gary's Gang In the forest - Baby O Can you feel it - The Jacksons Ring my bell - Anita Ward Beat the clock - Sparks Keep on dancing - Gary's Gang Twilight zone - Manhattan Transfer Happiness - Cuba Gooding (acappella) Chase - Giorgio Moroder I feel love - Donna Summer Moskow Discow - Telex Underwater - Harry Thumann Boogie wonder land - Earth, Wind & Fire Love is in you - Night Life Unlimited (rhythm only) Never gonna say goodbye - Poussez Walk right now - The Jacksons The Break - Katmandu The party is over - Destination Time 59:34 Arriving at the studio past midnight ,I discovered, the mix was 7 minutes too long, so the tape splicing set had to come back in action. Broadcast was at 2 PM, so with less than 2 hours to go, there was no time too lose. Using the mechanical tape length indicator on the tape deck, and a piece of paper to jot down the number of deleted seconds the mix gradually came closer to the length required. A couple of minutes before we had to go on-air the edit was ready. Due to the mechanical nature of measuring, the mix was still a couple of seconds to long. Apparently impressed by this last minute edit, of a close to one hour mix, the Radio Technician muted the otherwise holy and absolute standard 5-second-countdown-beeps before the whole hour normally indicating the exact time. In doing so he gave me the last couple of seconds the mix needed. What can I say............It was one of those moments..... The last dance record of the evening in those years would either be: Antonia Rodriguez : La Bamba, Kat Mandu : The Break or Gary's Gang : Showtime All of which can be found in this mix. Technical Details The mix was transferred into the Akai DD1500 where minor level adjustments have been made, as well as improving a couple of cuts. (remember, 83 84 85 86 87 and the classics mix were originally edited on tape, and tape splicing is limited to changing the splice angle for a somewhat smoother cut.) In the DD1500 the additional tracks were added, and the ending was restored to it's original length. Have a look at the studio back then, and how editing was done. Equipment 2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges 1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels) 1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops 1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads. Speed: 38 cm/s 2-track Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level Sennheiser vocoder for robot voices T Reel to reel tape The complete original mix didn't fit on one reel, and had to be transported in 2 sections. The last 5 minutes of tape 1 were identical to the first 5 minutes of tape 2, and whilst broadcasting I had to sync up the machines at the NOB (NOS at the time) to make a very fast (and unnoticeable) live crossfade from tape 1 to tape 2. Later these tapes were transferred to Sony F1 Digital, solving the live crossfade problem.		GRANDMIX 1986 Intro Grandmix 86 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel Ego - Nat Augustin Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox Alice, I Want You Just For Me - Full Force Bang Zoom Let's Go - The Real Roxanne Radar Love - Centerfold Just Buggin' - Whistle Don't Waste My Time - Paul Hardcastle Headlines - Midnight Star Rain Or Shine - Five Star Broken Wings - Mr. Mister Ain't Nobody Ever - Aretha Franklin Point Of No Return - Earlene Bentley Borrowed Love - S.O.S. Band Stay A Little Time Child - Loose Ends Night of Pleasure - Loose Ends C'est La Vie -Robbie Neville Human - Human League Set Me Free -Jaki Graham Mountains - Prince Nasty - Janet Jackson I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz Walk This Way - Run DMC Typical Male - Tina Turner Ain't Nothin'goin'on But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie Prove Me Right - Shannon Facts Of Love - Jeff Lorber Can't Wait another Minute - Five Star Notorious - Duran Duran I'm Not Perfect - Grace Jones Goldmine - Pointer Sisters Rumours - Timex Social Club Jealousy - Club Nouveau Mixed Up World - Timex Social Club Boing Boom Tchak - Kraftwerk Broken Glass - George Duke The Finest - S.O.S. Band Paranoimia - Art Of Noise Automatic - Millie Scott Dreamer - BB & Q Band Point Of No Return - Nu Shooz You and me tonight - Aurra Prisoner of love - Mildred Scott Can't Let You Go - Haywoode I Wouldn't Lie - Yarbrough & Peoples Dance Around The World - Richenel Armed And Dangerous - Atlantic Starr The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range Who's Johnny - El Debarge Kiss - Prince Gravity -James Brown 100 % Pure Pain - O'Chi Brown Say It Say It - EG Daily Open Your Heart - Madonna Female Intuition - Mai Tai Passion From A Woman - Krystol Burning Love - Confunk Shun Burnin'up - Michael Jonzum Sweet Freedom - Michael Mcdonald Lessons In Love - Level 42 What Have I Done For You ? - King MC (featuring Screamin' K) What Have I Done for you Lately -Janet Jackson Talk To Me - Chico Debarge Oops Oh No - Latoya Jackson & Cerrone Word Up - Cameo Hey Don't Waste My Time - The Walkers Goin'to The Bank - The Commodores A Love Bizarre - Sheila E All Played Out - Life When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson I'm Not Gonna Let You - Colonel Abrams The Promise You Made - Cock Robin What's The Colour Of Money - Hollywood Beyond Come Get My Love - T. K. A. What I Like - Anthony And The Camp Saturday Love - Cherelle & Alexander O'Neal Set Fire To Me - Willy Colon Holiday Rap - MC Miker G & DJ Sven Midas Touch - Midnight Star Sweet Sexy Thing - Rick James You Are Everything - James "D-Train" Williams Find The Time - Five Star Dial My Number - Pauli Carmen Just Another Lover - Johnny Kemp Shadows Of Your Love - JM Silk How Will I Know - Whitney Houston Unfaithfull - Full Force In The Heat Of A Passionate Moment - Princess Showin'out - Mel & Kim If I Say Yes - Five Star Say When - Nirvana Dictator - Centerfold Control - Janet Jackson Ti Sento - Matia Bazar People Of All Nations - Shawn Christopher This Time - Private Possession Speculation - Colonel Abrams Mr. DJ - The Concept Jack Your Body - Steve Silk Hurley You And Me - Symphonia To The Beat Of The Drum - Wired What You See Is What You Get - Brenda K Starr Don't You Try It - Raw Ain't Nothin'but A Party - Phil Fearon Love Can't Turn Around - Farley Jackmaster Funk We Just - Moses I Can't Turn Around - JM Silk Papa Don't Preach - Madonna Venus - Bananarama Warriors Of the Wasteland- Frankie Goes To Hollywood Equipment 2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges 1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels) 1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops 1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads. Speed: 38 cm/s 2track Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level Background info After gathering all the dance charts of the year, an initial list was made in the month November. This list was sorted by tempo (BPM beats per minute) and on the 1st of December, work was started on the mix. It took the full month of December to complete and perfect the mix, usually working the last 72 hours in one stretch. Reel to reel tape These early Grandmixes were all edited on tape. Have a look how it was done. As the edited tape was the final thing, each edit and crossfade not only had to be rhythmically correct, but even more important , at the right volume level. The mix would otherwise become louder and louder, resulting in overload and distortion. I never liked limiters and compressors on final mixes, so the grandmix was also made without them. This mix was transferred from analog tape to the Sony SL-F1 prior to broadcasting. (See also Reel to Reel on the '84 page) TV appearance The Grandmix 86 was also the first mix that made it to a TV show. Mixes started to become mainstream gathering a steady growing audience. Ben Liebrand was the first DJ/Producer to show on TV how these mixes were made. On the TV show "Tineke" Ben demonstrated how tapeloops worked, synchronizing records to tape-looped rhythm patterns live on stage. As Tineke was switching between to sets of Studio decor for each interview, Ben had 7 minutes to install a mixer, turntables and a four-track tape recorder, including selecting a tapeloop, and synchronizing the record "Broken Wings" to this loop, whilst hooking up his system to the TV studio set-up. The difficult bit was to stay "cool" (temperature wise) when the cameras switched on.		GRANDMIX NOUVEAU DISCO 01.Ben Liebrand - Intro Grand Mix Nouveau Disco 02.Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Mk Readio Mix) 03.Gare Du Nord - Boogie All Night Long 04.Nerio’s Dubwork Ft Darryl Pandy - Sunshine & Happiness 05.Triple X - Feel The Same 06.Daft Punk - One More Time 07.De’lacy - Hideaway (Deep Dish Radio Edit) 08.Whirlpool Productions - From Disco To Disco 09.Moloko - Sing It Back 10.Tom Jones & Mousse T - Sexbomb (Peppermint Disco Mix) 11.Spiller - Groovejet 12.Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix) 13.Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor 14.A.T.F.C. Pres Onephatdeeva - Bad Habit 15.The Ones - Flawless 16.Grace Jones Vs Funkstar Deluxe - Pull Up The Bumper 17.Shapeshifters - Lola’s Theme 18.Total Touch - Touch Me There 19.Boris Dlogosch Ft Roisin Murphy - Never Enough (Fusion Groove Orchestra Vocal Mix) 20.Jakatta - My Vision 21.Rosie Gaines - I Want U 22.Praful - Inspiracao 23.Lucy Perl - Don’t Mess With My Mean (Mood 2 Swing Edit 24.J.C.A. - I Being To Wonder 25.The Tamperer Ft Maya - Feel It 26.Alcazar - Sexual Guarantee 27.Stuart - Free (Let It Be) 28.Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me 29.Gusto - Disco’s Revenge 30.Superfunk Ft Ron Carrol - Lucky Star 31.The Course - Ready Or Not 32.Soul Providers - Rise 33..Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle This is the 1st hour of the 3 hour Grandmix Nouveau Disco which is available on CD BACKGROUND INFO Apart form the Annual series of Grandmixes (2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 and soon 2006). There is also the series of Grandmix "specials" like the Disco 1 & 2, Millennium, Summer and 90's 1 & 2 Editions. Timewise, this Grandmix fills in the gap between the "annual" series and the "specials" series. It also marks the change of sound in dance music. Where before productions where mixed according to traditional standards, taking care of levels and avoiding distortion, from the mid 90's the sound is being pushed more and more to the limit resulting in high sound pressure and accepting distorted, over-compressed and over saturated levels as a new style of mixing and mastering. Where the audio industry welcomed 24-bit 96KHz as a final relieve from digital artifacts, Daft Punk uses those dreaded artifacts to create a trademark sound on tracks like "One More Time" where they go back to 8-bit samples or less. (As a comparison, CD's are in 16-bit 44.1 KHz). So now, anything goes but I did use a somewhat more hi-fi mix of Armand van Helden's My My My as the original pushes the levels way beyond what's sensible ;) THE EVOLUTION OF DISCO How would disco sound today if it never would stopped in the first place. It would probably still have the funky influences, vocals and that “4 on the floor” rhythm. Long intro’s and even longer breaks. But it would also be new. New Disco, Nouveau Disco, infused with stronger rhythms but with that same uplifting feel and the sole purpose to make you dance.So feel that energy and get on the floor. Ben Liebrand SPECIAL THANX TO: All participating Mixfreaks Norbert Janssen • Wim Bijkerk • Gino Vriens • Tony Menting • Patrick • Verseput • Erwin Brouwer • Kees Franken • Ivo Roest • DJ Esanto • Harno Arts • Patrick Heymans • DJ Ed • DJ Roel • Martin Rodenburg & DJ Lutz for CD MASTERS

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