The day after Valentine's day is always a weird day, right? The whole house smells of flowers, and chocolate wrappers are everywhere. Or chocolate residue. In my case I got sent the wrong flowers with the wrong card attached to it. But whatever's the case, you are currently still feeling the love from yesterday, so let's continue being happy and romantic. To improve your current mood, let's talk about Duck Sauce. You might know of their existence from their big hit 'Barbra Streisand', or 'Big Bad Wolf', or even 'It's You', or 'anYway'. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about, and not what I'm talking about, which is the actual sauce you pour over a duck.
I have to be honest with you all: I'm not a duck lover. Don't like to have Donald on my plate, or to have its sauce. Chicken? Fine. But no duck. But Duck Sauce on the other hand I can tolerate. I am a fan of Armand van Helden, from his early years until now. From his early work until his album 'Killing Puritans' (which was kind of revolutionary, with a chilling cover and fucked up encrypted text on the side and back of the album), to the present day music. A-Trak I'm not familiar with, but I do know that this combination works, this collaboration.
They obviously had huge success with the previously mentioned songs, and last year they uploaded their 'Duck Tape', which was released back in 2014. And it's an hour taken from their BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Oct-13. I used to listen to a lot of BBC Radio 1, and devoured a lot of Essential Mixes, but sadly missed this one. I had a craving for sexy house music the other day, and I came across this mix, and now I'm full into their Duck Tape.
Is it the best thing since sliced bread? Well, that's up to you to decide. But if you are looking for something quirky, and quacky, Duck Sauce have got your back!
Duck Sauce - Intro
Gene Dunlap - This One On Me
Glass - Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat
Salsoul Invention - Be My Soul
Belle Epoque - Drink Me
Duck Sauce - Calamari (Put The Sauce On It)
D.D. Sound - She's Not A Disco Lady
Saragossa Band - Ginger Red
Lady Pank - Mniej Niz Zero
Duck Sauce - Radio Stereo
Skatt Bros - Walk The Night
Opus - Life Is Life
Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
Vibrations (1996 Film) - Do You Know Anything About Techno?
ID - ID
Luv You Madly Orchestra - Soda Fountain Rag
Crunch - Funky Beat
The Flying Pickets - Monica Engineer
Duck Sauce - Louie The First
Mahogany feat Bernice Watkins - Ride On The Rhythm
Duck Sauce - Party In Me
Melba Moore - Standing Right Here
Taana Gardner - No Frills
Aquarian Dream - Gettum Up And Dance
Cindy Bullens - Too Close To Home
Duck Sauce - Mondo
Robbie Dupree - Brooklyn Girls
Santa Esmeralda - Gloria
Two Man Sound - Copacabana
Becket - Coming High
Saragossa Band - Big Bamboo
ID - ID
Duck Sauce - It's You
Easy Going - Do It Again
Salsoul Invention - Soul Machine
ID - ID
Amadeo - Real Magic
ID - ID
World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ
This is a very sexy tracklist, and a very sexy mix. I'm not a House connoisseur, but I do know if a song is good or not. And Duck Sauce's mix, as weird as it might be, has a few very sexy House songs in it.
This is a very easy listening mix. Is it quirky too? Hell yeah. It's like they jump from one 'style' to the next, BPMs can be slightly different, but Duck Sauce don't care. They are having fun, and bringing the funk through your speakers. They do know how to bring the funk everywhere, and I'm enjoying myself a lot here.
There were a few songs in the mix which I wouldn't choose, but in a strange way they did fit this mix rather well. But on the other hand they did have a shit ton of great House anthems in here, one of them being 'Calamari'. If this song doesn't make you want to bust a groove (I'm trying to talk like hipsters, does it work well?), nothing will. What a catchy song. It's even catchier than 'Barbra Streisand'.
A good mix, and one you can enjoy during your working hours. This will give you enough energy to see the weekend come closer and closer by the second.
We need more Duck Sauce. Not duck sauce, but Duck Sauce!
Act: Duck Sauce
Genre/Style: House, Disco, Electro
Mix Info: Duck Sauce Presents: Duck Tape
Length Mix: 01:01:11
Tracks: 39+ (thirty-nine)
Download/Listen (via Soundcloud): CLICK HERE
File Size: unknown
File Type: unknown
Release Year: 2013/2014/2020
Audio: Stereo
Sample Rate: unknown
More Information: Duck Sauce - Youtube Channel