M.A.N.D.Y. were dj'ing at the Muse last week, a fairly new DC lounge/club, and were joined by the UK's Matt Tolfrey (actually it was only half of M.A.N.D.Y., the half known as Phillip Jung). They were there to help celebrate the one year anniversary of the Clinic night, one of the few parties in DC that attracts world-class DJ's that I know of. This night was nicely packed and everyone seemed to have a great time. I went over there right after checking out the film 'Berlin Calling' that was playing as part of a German film festival here. That was a nice way to prep for the night as it's about a German techno DJ who starts losing his mind cos of drugs. The film stars real-life DJ Paul Kalkbrenner, who also did the brilliant soundtrack. Walking down the street to see M.A.N.D.Y. (from Berlin) was a nice way to follow-up from the film (although no drugs or losing of the mind were involved for me, don't worry). I had a hands-in-the-air moment when 'Township Funk' came on towards the end of the night. I first heard it a couple of years back when it was getting a lot of buzz and was apparently big in people's setlists. Since then DJ Mujava doesn't seem to have been up to much at all, which is a shame, but this track still kills! Check out some vids below.
The interesting vid for Township Funk:
A great M.A.N.D.Y. remix, has me itching to scour the web for mp3s:
And a scene from Berlin Calling -- check out the dance move! Here, DJ Ickarus runs away from the mental hospital:
why does "township funk" sound so familiar?
ReplyDeleteand the second half of that M.A.N.DY. remix track is brilliant. i'm doing that thing where i'm playing it endlessly on repeat
Finally read this article! I've heard both of those songs before somewhere - nice to hear Tracy Thorn's voice again. That film looks bloody good too.
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