Secret Weapons vinyl

From the early days of hip-hop DJ battles, when DJs such as Afrika Bambaata would mislabel their records to hide the source of their all important breaks, the DJ has always relied on their secret weapons. In the current climate of banger obsessed youths masquerading as ADD Ableton DJs craving their next Boys Noize or Turbo fix, DJ History do their bit to keep the tradition alive via this compilation. Co-ordinated by site founders Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster, this album sees a heady line up of respected DJs and producers such as Prins Thomas, Wild Goose Frank Tope and esteemed German scribe Gerd Janson nominate a secret weapon each from their arsenal of records. What really impresses is the sheer variety of obscure excellence throughout with rare Royskopp remixes sitting next to oddball Mancunian punk disco and raw broken beat thumps that could work next to a Ramadanman track followed by ex bay City Roller produced disco funk. Choose your weapons wisely.

AJELLO, Dave Lee ZR, Steve Lee