EARMILK Presents: Weekend Selector - Meech (WKND11)

The weekend has landed and all that matters now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. You've got 48 hours off the 9-5, it's time to unbutton your hustle and breathe vigor back into life. Whether it be through losing your soul on the dance floor or grooving to it, we have your soundtrack covered. The EARMILK Weekend Selector, an exclusive guest mix series where we invite the latest budding talent from behind the booth to usher you through all the boozie and jam. From your morning bedside to tonight's evening social, your weekend selector is here to fill a void of good taste and allow fresh connections to flow vicariously.

To the many that surround him Meech is more than just a seasoned DJ, he's a collector of true taste. Setting a local standard for careful selection he is one of Toronto's few prospects drafting the nightlife niches he was raised in. Often spotted on bills supporting the caravans of traveling headliners washing in and out of town, Meech lays down a cunning foundation for the big names to build on. His experience on the front line of house culture has made him give in to release works of his own with, 1s and 2s in hand. I Want is his latest release on Copenhagen label Demento Mori and the EP outlines an uphill progression towards more appearances at the head of the stage and later on in into the midnight hour. The weekend opens up with jaunty bongos laid atop a casual deep house groove via Jens Bond only to carry on to a moving soul performance by fellow beatniks Prince Club and a tribute to the recently passed Loleatta Holloway. Stacking lines of cultured percussion the entire mix is polished with a lush coat of foreign drum hits and imported one shots. The tape reaches a high note when Meech cues up the original mix of "I Want", and rightly so. The track pulls out a clean set of piano keys to satiate a thirst for classic house luxury. Elegance is what this gentlemen stands for and as the minutes continue to run down, Meech serves up more enticing dishes like David Keno's full course bassline in "Wait for More", an unforgiving spicey remix by Kenny Dope, and the grubby leftovers of the legendary Green Velvet's collaboration with Kid Sister. Overall it cuts out to be a filling mixtape, with just the right zest to bring out a craving for conversating and of course the mood to get down and boog. As you take in all the flavours be sure to check out our review of Meech's I Want EP and our interview where we chat about city life and classic hits from the past with the man behind the mix himself. Pencils down, class is in session.

Our interview with Meech: http://www.earmilk.com/2012/02/17/earmilk-presents-weekend-selector-meech-wknd11/

TRACKLIST

01. Jens Bond - Gumble In The Jungle (Original Mix): Highgrade Records
02. Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin (Pol_On Edit): CDR
03. Prince Club - Jaguars (Original Mix): Snatch! Records
04. N.i.g.g.i. - 1992 (Original Mix): Sportsclub Music
05. Meech - I Want (Original Mix): Demento Mori
06. Logo - Merit (Mercury remix): Kitsune
07. Jon Rundell - Knick Knack (Original Mix): Intec Digital
08. Mosca - Orange Jack (Original Mix): 3024
09. DJ Sneak - Funky Rhythm (Club Mix): Magnetic Recordings
10. Green Velvet - Everybody Wants (Instrumental): Relief Records
11. The MuthaFunkaz - Gotta Hold On Me (That Skatt Thing) (Kenny Dope remix): Code Red Recording
12. David Keno - Wait For More (Original Mix): Snatch! Records
13. Tim Green - Iotan (Leon remix): International Freakshow