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DJ Sprinkles: Where Dancefloors Stand Still | Full-length DJ Mix CD | Released 2013 | Japan: Mule Musiq, MMCD41

A CD compilation mixed the style of live recordings captured in the DJ Sprinkles' Deeperama Mix Series. All tracks were personally selected by Sprinkles (a.k.a. Terre Thaemlitz) for their frequent-play status in his DJ sets over the years. The title Where Dancefloors Stand Still is primarily a reference to the Japanese police's recent enforcement of longstanding-but-inactive 'fuzoku' laws that prohibit dancing. It is not uncommon for club staff to ask patrons not to dance. The title is also a reference to the stylistic stagnation of DJ Sprinkles' sets which continue to focus on records originally collected in the late '80s and early '90s, as well as the fact that many people complain they cannot dance to Sprinkles' sets because the tracks and mixing style are too slow and anti-climactic.

「日本在住アーティスト、テーリ・テムリッツがDJスプリンクルス名義で初となるミックスCDを＜Mule Musiq＞からリリース！トラックを制作する上で彼のアイディアソースとなっている80年代後半〜90年代初頭のレアなハウスクラシックスを使用してのミックスCDは、今では手に入れることが難しい貴重な楽曲が多数収録されています。現在の風営法によるナイトクラブの規制に対する彼なりのレスポンスを提示しつつも、純粋にダンスミュージックの素晴らしさを体感できる楽曲に仕上げてしまうセンスはさすがの一言。恍惚感溢れるトラックに踊りださずにはいられない。」

"Japan's anti-prostution ‘fuzoku' laws have had a substantial impact on the country's club culture: nightspots are typically subject to a 1am curfew, and restrictions are frequently placed on people dancing in clubs. In recent years, the Japanese government have policed the long-standing laws with redoubled zeal, putting further pressure on revellers.

"Japan resident Terre Thaemlitz has used the laws as a jump-off point for his latest mix CD as DJ Sprinkles, due on Tokyo label Mule Musiq. Where Dancefloors Stand Still promises to tackle the laws by reimagining the act of dancing as "a ritual in which dancers do rhythmic body painting that amalgamates the individual identity into a collective". As per the bulk of Thaemlitz's work as DJ Sprinkles, the session will lean towards deep house, with the likes of Trentemoller, Lectroluv, and My My all getting nods. More vintage sounds come courtesy of Sound Mechanix and Fingers Inc.

"Where Dancefloors Stand Still is Thaemlitz's first significant release since last year's fascinating Soulnessless project, a 30+ hour audiovisual project conceived and marketed as the first ever full-length mp3 album. He's since worked with Mark Fell on the Complete Spiral LP, a record of gentle damaged house in the Burrell Brothers mould."

Mix CD Track List

1. Braxton Holmes: 12 Inches of Pleasure (Ron's Foreplay)
2. Alex Danilov: Deep S
3. Sound Mechanix: I Can't Forget
4. The Rhythm Slaves: The Light You Will See (Trentemoller's Deep Dub Mix)
5. Lectroluv: If We Try (Ambient Dub)
6. Manoo & François A: The Deep
7. Classic Man: Rapid Winds (75 MPH Mix)
8. Understars: Forestfunk I (No DAMKKB Mix)
9. Gene Farris: Good Feeling
10. The Rude Awakening: The Dip (5 AM Dipsco Mix)
11. MyMy: Everybody's Talkin' (Original Mix)
12. Choo-Ables: Hard To Get (BT's Massive Groove)
13. Fingers Inc.: Never No More Lonely
14. Keys & Tronics Ensemble: Calypso of House (Paradise Version)

Available here & now at the Comatonse Shop.
Japanese release date: February 17, 2013.
Worldwide release date: March 25, 2013.

CD Credits
This DJ mix subjects the original tracks to sound effects, manipulation and layering similar to that typically heard at DJ Sprinkles' Deeperama events. In cases where artists were unable to provide original masters (1, 3 & 10), Sprinkles digitized tracks from vinyl using a Yamaha YP-D71 turntable with stock cartridge and JICO SAS stylus, routed through a Yamaha CA-2000 amplifier, into an Edirol FA-101 audio interface recording at 48kHz/24bit stereo.
Japan: Mule Musiq, MMCD41.

Also Available:

DJ Sprinkles: Where Dancefloors Stand Still | Double Vinyl | Released 2013 | Japan: Mule Musiq, 158

Limited edition double-vinyl set of choice, original, unmixed tracks from the mix CD.

Vinyl Track List (Original and Unmixed)

A1. Braxton Holmes: 12 Inches of Pleasure (Ron's Foreplay)
A2. Fingers Inc.: Never No More Lonely
B1. Sound Mechanix: I Can't Forget
B2. Classic Man: Rapid Winds (75 MPH Mix)
B3. Gene Farris: Good Feeling
C1. Choo-Ables: Hard To Get (BT's Massive Groove)
C2. Understars: Forestfunk I (No DAMKKB Mix)
D1. Lectroluv: If We Try (Ambient Dub)
D2. Keys & Tronics Ensemble: Calypso of House (Paradise Version)

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Japanese release date: February 17, 2013.
Worldwide release date: March 25, 2013.

EP Credits
Japan: Mule Musiq, 158. Distributed by Kompakt.