FM025: Nick The Record by Field Maneuvers

As a collector, digger and perhaps most importantly, a DJ; Nick’s records have taken him far and wide, from his long-running residency in the land of the rising sun to his soon-to-come DJ set at Field Maneuvers. Under the Nick The Record moniker, Nick played Japan’s very first outdoor rave in 1993. That moment then spawned the iconic Life Force, the open-air party that spanned two decades and took over many a frosty mountain top and woodland setting across the country.

Now firmly back on London turf Nick combined his near-encyclopaedic knowledge of continent spanning sounds with a fellow music obsessive John Gomez to bring us Tangent; the regular club night from the two residents that’s become a staple for London’s avid dancers and club dwellers. The premise is simple; great records played through a great sound-system, and where everything from Afro, disco and house, to impossible to Shazam should-be classics guide the dancefloor.

After recent inductions into the Dekmantel Selectors podcast we’re honoured to have him join the Field Maneuvers series with 78 minutes of emotive house, midnight heaters and ‘80s tearjerkers designed for peak-time serenades and moments of joy.

Nick The Record: “Thanks to the FM crew for asking me to provide a mix. A lot of my mixes that are already online are mostly Disco & Afro, so I wanted to approach this one from a different perspective. I’ve been going to Japan every year since 1993 to spin sets and this mix is reflective of my time there and what I would play during a Life Force party. So, I started out with some house music but I couldn’t help throwing in a few African & ‘80s drum machine dance records. The track right at the end is a forthcoming release on Soundway too, a Re-edit from myself and Dan Tyler (Idjut Boys) of Tabu Lay’s Hafi Deo. You can read more about my exploits in Japan here http://testpressing.org/2014/12/nick-the-record-a-lifeforce-story/

FM025: Nick The Record
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