A word from Krafty himself:
I thought I would hit a different approach on this one and show another side to my musical tastes. Loads of old & new tracks plus some unreleased gems. I honestly think this is one of my most creative mixes that I have ever put together here is the track list enjoy :
1. Krafty Kuts Intro
2. Fatboy Slim - Talking About My Baby - Skint
3. Partridge Family Clip
4. Fatboy Slim - Mad Flava - Skint
5. Ice Cube & Dr DRE - Natural Born Killaz - Death Row
6. Jimmy Ruffin - What becomes Of The Broken Hearted - Motown
7. Funkdoobiest - The Funkiest Acappella - Epic
8. Clip From The Film - Annie
9. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge - Warner Bros
10. Johnny L - Back To Your Roots - Shogun Audio
11. Dillinja - Twist Em Out - Renegade Hardware
12. Foreign Beggars - Contact (Noisia Remix) - Dented Records
13. Wondawulf - Too Hot For Drumstep - White
14. Figure & Will Bailey - Move - Simma Records
15. Jillian Ann Love & Light-Know Us (Ravager Drumstep Remix)-Simplify Recordings
16. Doctor P - Big Boss ( Decypher Remix) - White
17. Jay Z - H to the Izzo - Roc A Fella Records
18. Strobot - Shame Boy (Netsky Remix) - Radar Records
19. Method Man - PLO Style (Acapella) - Def Jam
20. DJ Hype - Ready Or Not - White
21. Planet Funk - Chase The Sun - Vendetta Records
22. Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me [Drumsound & Bassline Smith Remix] MOS
23. DJ Vizzice - Hold On To Your 808 - White
24. Herve - Together (DJ Fresh Remix) All Around The World
25. Pendulum Feat Freestylers-Fasten Your Seatbelts(Krafty Kuts & Featurecast Remix)
26. Krafty Kuts Feat Dynamite MC - Pounding - Instant Vibes
27. George Kranz - Din Da Da - 4th & Broadway
28. Betatraxx - Relic (Krafty Kuts Re-Rub) - White
29. Dynamite MC Outro - Instant Vibes
29 Tracks in 8 minutes.... Go try that at home!!!!!
Krafty Kuts 8 Minute Mini Mix - Jaguar Skills Radio 1 Show by KraftyKuts
More on the man right here:
Martin Reeves, AKA Krafty Kuts, is without doubt one of the world’s greatest DJ's. Lauded in the UK, worshiped in Australia, acclaimed in America, where ever he plays he is guaranteed to cause a commotion with his riotous skills. So far in a glittering career he has gained dance music’s top accolades including Best International DJ at the Australian Dance Music Awards, Breakspoll’s Face of Breaks 2003 and Best Breaks DJ at the M8 Ibiza awards 2006, in only his first year as a resident on the white isle. A stunning haul at Breakspoll 2007 saw him claiming Best Album for his debut long player ‘Freakshow’, Best DJ for a record third consecutive year and to cap it off, the richly deserved Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat award that acknowledged his long journey to the acme of club culture.
Inspired by the hip-hop and electro sounds that were rocking his world, Martin first stepped behind a pair of decks when he entered a DJ competition and incredibly, as a complete novice, he made it all the way to the final. With his love affair for the wheels of steel well and truly cemented, Krafty Kuts set about learning his art, perfecting the cutting and scratching that was to become the core of his DJ sets.
Immersing himself in the music he loved, Martin went on to run one of Brighton’s most popular record shops throughout the 90s. Building an encyclopaedic knowledge of dance music in all its forms, Krafty’s expertise marked him out as a prime supplier of dance-floor bullets to Brighton’s musical elite, including the town’s most famous son Norman Cook. Having built a fearsome DJing reputation for himself across the south-coast, with a string of high-octane gigs it was during 1996 that Martin took the next logical step, transferring his dance-floor knowledge to the studio, creating his own tracks to take his sets to the next level.
His first big break came when a dubplate of Krafty Kuts’ ‘Gimme The Funk’ found its way to Norman Cook who immediately snapped it up for his Southern Fried label, releasing it to huge club approval. Suitably impressed Ministry of Sound offshoot FSUK took on Krafty unleashing a string of classic singles; ‘Funky Elements’, ‘Wild In the Aisles’ (a tribute to Martin’s legendary appearance on Supermarket Sweep!) and ‘Return of the Elements’.
With his own tracks elevating his profile across the globe Martin mixed his first compilation ‘Slam On The Breaks’ which gathered the cream of the breaks scene into a mercurial mix, further enhancing his notoriety as a devastating deck technician and selling by the bucket-load. At about the same time, Krafty hooked up with Skool of Thought to establish the SuperCharged club night. Home to his longest standing residency, the night continues to pull in huge crowds and after 8 years of all encompassing party action on a Wednesday night, it is now one of Breakbeat’s most globally revered nights.
By 1999, with his all-encompassing club style, blending beats and breaks across the board, honed to perfection, Martin entered the studio with Freddy Fresh, long standing studio partner Ed Solo and NY’s own Dr Luke. Together they produced a series of beats and skits that were destined to become the backbone of Finger Lickin’s legendary Finger Lickin Funk release.
The following two years saw Martin’s star rise still further, creating music for a Coca Cola advert, PlayStation 2 and Guy Richie’s ‘Mean Machine’ as well as mixing one of Mixmag’s most popular cover mount CDs. With DJing and music making taking up all of his time, Krafty decided it was time to leave music sales behind and left the record shop that had proved pivotal in his early career. Free to concentrate fully on his creative side Martin launched both the Against The Grain and SuperCharged labels with club partner Skool of Thought and began releasing a series of smart-bombs that would hake the foundations of the Breaks scene. The ‘Lost Plates EP’, ‘Lock The Hype’ and ‘Sound Check’ proved beyond any doubt that Krafty Kuts was now established as a force to be reckoned with in dance music.
