Bleep

An admirer of the series since the days of Claude Young, Stacey Pullen and Carl Craig, Paul Woolford aka Special Request presents a wide reaching selection of belters for his own DJ-Kicks mix. A fine balance between precision and emotion permeates Woolford’s output; it’s only natural that he would bring those sensibilities to the decks.

True to form, the mix is an expertly arranged compendium of Woolford’s nearest and dearest, indulging both heart and feet with bona fide classics and lesser known gems. He beams trippy mission control atmospherics into John Morales’ resplendent house mix of Alicia Myers’ ‘Right Here Right Now (Hallelujah Anyway)’, as the rolling beat gradually becomes wrapped in the bright trumpet of Morgan Geist’s Kraftwerk-sampling ‘Lullaby’. Having heightened the mood much in the manner of a classy NYC loft DJ, Woolford adjusts the dimmer with further progressions into hardened rave and jungle, offering up a choice number of exclusives such as his rework of µ-Ziq’s ‘Twangle Frent’ and FC Kahuna’s ‘Hayling’, as well as Tim Reaper’s breakbeat transformation of Special Request’s own tune ‘Pull Up’.

Stacked with classics both past and future, this Special Request mix sits among the crowning achievements of Woolford’s ongoing legacy.