Ben Liebrand

Ben Liebrand must be a really nice man considering all the dope shit he's done over the years. Dude used to do mashup type remixes back in the 80's that were dope as fuck and also hosted a monthly radio show since the early 80s called the Grandmix, comprised of all his own edits and remixes. Apparently, he was a major influence on Olav Basoski (right down to his look, I guess...), who used a lot of the same cut-up techniques in his 90's filtered discohouse (yeah, one word...) as Ben did over a decade prior.


Here's a Grandmix from 1983 . Only 72 tracks:
01. Intro Grandmix 83
02. Am/Fm - Natascha King
03. Just Be Good To Me - S.O.S. Band
04. New York, Ny - Nina Hagen
05. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
06. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
07. When Boys Talk - Indeep
08. All Night Long - Lionel Richie
09. I Like Chopin - Gazebo
10. Sucker DJ's (I Will Survive) - Dimples D.
11. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
12. Jam on Revenge - New Clues
13. Get It On - Spence
14. Too Shy - Kajagogoo
15. The Crown -Gary Bird
16. Get The Money - Valerie Oliver
17. Let's Dance - David Bowie
18. Take me to the top - Advance
19. Good Time Superstition Medley - Clubhouse
20. You Are In My System - Robert Palmer
21. It's Alright - NV
22. Hip Hop Bebop - Man Parrish
23. Magic Wand -Whodini
24. You Are Beautiful - Chic
25. Hey You - Rock Steady Crew
26. Play that Beat (Mr. DJ) - Globe & Whiz Kid
27. Feel The Drive - Doctor's Cat
28. How About It - MDMC
29. Where Is My Man - Eartha Kitt
30. Holiday - Madonna
31. Something Special - Steve Harvey
32. Get Down Saturday night - Oliver Cheatham
33. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
34. Valley Style - T. Sky Valley
35. Let The Music Play - Shannon
36. On The Upside - Xena
37. In The Bottle - C.O.D.
38. What I've Got Is What You Need - Unique
39. Activate - Sharon Redd
40. New Dimension - Imagination
41. Making Music - Gary's Gang
42. Thriller - Michael Jackson
43. Hypnotic Tango - My Mine
44. Takin' it Straight - Corey Josias
45. Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris
46. I.O.U. - Freeez
47. I Love How You Feel - Sharon Redd
48. Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice
49. I Love You - Yello (sample)
50. Love Game - Pure Energy
51. Walkin' on Sunshine - Rocker's Revenge (sample)
52. Weekend - Class Action (sample)
53. Last night A DJ saved my life - Indeep (sample)
54. Get on out of my mix - Dolby's Cube (sample)
55. In the bottle - C.O.D. (sample)
56. Wanna Be Startin' Something - Michael Jackson
57. Weekend - Class Action
58. Happy Station - Fun Fun
59. Happiness - Cuba Gooding
60. In The Name Of Love - Sharon Redd
61. Burn It up - Risque (rhythm loop)
62. Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
63. Owner Of A lonely Heart - Yes
64. Primitive Desire - Eastbound Express Way
65. Blue Monday - New Order
66. Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode
67. So Many Men - Miquel Brown
68. Searchin' - Hazell Dean
69. Party - Julius Brown
70. My Forbidden Lover - Tapps
71. Vamos a la Playa - Righeira
72. Boys come to town - Earlene Bentley
73. Living on Video - Trans-X
74. Grandmix 83 Blast-off



A couple stinkers, but not more than 2 or 3, and then mostly classics. I play like 70-80% of these, early in the evening, on a weekly basis. There's a couple lesser known GEMS on here like the Cory Josias. Fuck whatever, just download it. I guarantee it will grow on you (like a goiter) after the 15th minute.

Here's my favourite Ben Liebrand remix. It's a remix of Miko Mission's biggest hit, How Old Are You? Miko Mission is from Finland and used to play ringette with the Top Billin' dudes.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 by Amidanah Rohmah · 0