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DD0618 Dusk Dubs - Daniel Maunick

[ Daniel Maunick ]

Podcast: Dusk Dubs
Artist: Daniel Maunick
Title: DD0618
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Time: 120 Minutes
Date: 2020-02-02

Dusk Dubs returns with another incredible journey through sounds. As always, our guest provides us with music that has a special place in their memories and in their souls. Music that moves them, that invokes images of sunrises, sunsets, good times and good people. We then play each record, in full, giving it breathing space and allowing it to shine.

This week we welcome Daniel Maunick to the Dusk Dubs family.

Daniel ‘Venom’ Maunick, hailing from Hackney in London, has been involved with music ever since he can remember.

The son of Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick of Incognito, growing up in his father’s studio around incredible artists like Stevie Wonder, George Benson & Phillip Bailey, he started as a DJ in the drum & bass scene in the early 90’s, recording his first track, a collaboration with D&B superstar Shy-FX at just 15 years of age.

He worked extensively with his father as part of the Incognito production team for many years, from the mid 90’s, eventually going his own way & on to be a highly respected producer & artist in his own right, with an extensive catalogue of work to his name…

Spanning multiple genres & tempo's his production skills have been honed over the years in many genres, under many alias’s, as part of the broken beat/nu jazz, UK soul, dance music & drum & bass scenes, working for labels like Talkin' Loud, BBE, Sony & Chronic Recordings.

Daniel started as a DJ on pirate radio in his youth, eventually playing on larger radio stations such as BBC 1Xtra, BBC6 Music & NTS, he has also been invited to DJ in clubs & festivals in Japan, Brazil, Korea, all over Europe & home in the UK.

Currently he releases his own work & produces for various artists often working on Brazilian music with some of the most respected Brazilian acts as Far Out Recordings, in house, go to producer, producing, writing & mixing on albums by Sabrina Malheiros, Monster Disco Orchestra & legends like Azymuth, Arthur Verocai & Marcos Valle.

His most recent work being the critically acclaimed albums ‘Sempre’ by Marcos Valle & ‘Poison Fruit’ By legendary Brazilian drummer, Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, & a project restoring Azymuth’s long lost demos…

2019 sees the release of his debut album under his birth name, titled ‘Macumba Quebrada’ which translates in english as ‘Broken Voodoo’ a record spanning many genres, styles & influences, from samba & 80’s boogie to deep house & jazz funk, which has been championed & played by top dj’s & tastemakers around the world from Gilles Peterson to Laurent Garnier & Ron Trent…

Daniel Maunick has collaborated as producer, remixer or engineer with…

Incognito, Amp Fiddler, Faithless, Shy-FX & T-Power, Maysa, Stamina MC, Marcos Valle, Azymuth, Sabrina Malheiros, Paul Weller, Terry Callier, Arthur Verocai, Hempolics, Brenda Russell, Omar, Jocelyn Brown, Gilles Peterson, Hyldon, Daz-I-Kue, Para:Diso, Monday Michuru & Ski Oakenful & many more great artists. His music has been remixed by legendary artists like Ron Trent, Masters At Work, Henry Wu, 4 Hero, Danny Krivit, John Morales, Theo Parrish & others.

”These tracks are a snapshot of my musical DNA...

Tunes that I have returned to again & again since I first heard them & that I listened to a lot making my album.

Hard to come up with any definitive list of favourites ever, as it changes every day, but these represent an overview of all the music that has inspired me since I was a kid.” [[ Daniel ]]

You can find Daniel HERE:
facebook.com/danielmaunick
twitter.com/danmaunick
instagram.com/danmaunick
faroutrecordings.com/collectio...ick-dokta-venom
danielmaunick.bandcamp.com

Tracklisting

1) Weather Report - Havona - Heavy Weather (1977)

I was lucky to grow up surrounded by Jazz Funk, Soul & Fusion music & this record was always around, my entire life.
Absolute sorcery from Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Alex Acuna & the master & composer of this track…Jaco Pastorius.
The cover of this LP hangs on my bedroom wall to this day.

2) Azymuth - This Exists (Existe Isto) - Light As A Feather (1979)

This is another group that was part of my childhood, my dad was listening a lot to these guys when he started his first bands like Light Of The World & Incognito. It was a dream come true, to meet the guys, become friends & eventually get to produce & make music with them! Though we sadly lost founder keyboard player, Jose Roberto Bertrami a few years ago, their music is eternal & will be celebrated & live forever.

This is a devastating piece of music, the musicians are on fire, almost on the verge of crashing & burning coz they are pushing the envelope of their signature jazz funk grooves so far! Way ahead of it’s time…

3) Marcos Valle - Democustico - Vento Sul (1972)

My friend & teacher, the great Marcos Valle…So many tunes I could have picked from so many eras & albums.

This song is just incredible, political poetry over dank Brazilian rhythms, euphoric flutes & Psyche guitars…outstanding, original, essential!

4) Public Enemy Featuring Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane - Burn Hollywood Burn - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)

Public Enemy were a huge influence on me, musically, culturally & also taught me a lot about history & reality…
Joined by the great Big Daddy Kane & Ice Cube, they totally destroy the facade & racist bullshit, of Hollywood in less than 3 minutes…

The Bombsquad’s productions are so epic & it totally hurts my head thinking how they put these tracks together on primitive samplers & without modern computer editing etc. Just incredible work, that still get’s me hype.

5) Slum Village Featuring D’Angelo - Tell Me - Fantastic Vol.2 (1998)

This track features 2 of the most influential musicians for me, of the modern era…Jay Dee AKA J-Dilla & D’Angelo. The sound, the swing, the soul…when I first heard it I knew the game had changed & the artform had been elevated.
Dilla’s loss was tragic but glad to see how over the years he has been recognised as a true pioneer & maverick, to be held up alongside the likes of Miles, Coltrane & Quincy, in musical importance.

6) Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin’ - Club Classics Vol. One (1989)

Local guys that were from my neck of the woods, this album completely ruled inner city London the year it dropped…It was more than just a band, it was a movement, kinda like Public Enemy… Spellbinding, drum machine soul classic that still sounds perfect.

7) Missy Elliott Featuring Magoo & 702 - Beep Me 911 - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)

Timbaland & Missy’s work from this time really pushed the genre of R&B/Soul music to a new dimension… When I first heard I thought “This is the future” & it still sounds like the future to me…

8) Marvin Gaye - Sad Tomorrows - Motown 7” (1971)

The king…no words could ever do him justice. I adore this early version of the song that would later be renamed ‘Flying High (In The Friendly Sky)’ on his masterpiece ‘What’s Going On’.

9) The Montclairs - Beggin’ Is Hard To Do - Dreaming Out Of Season (1972)

My absolute favourite rare soul album of all time, just so raw & dirty, yet beautiful & harmonic at the same time… This tune hurts me it’s so good…

10) Ahmad Jamal - Death & Resurrection - Jamal Plays Jamal (1974)

Ahmad Jamal’s music simply bewitches me. This is, in my opinion the apex of music, playing & composition… Just spellbinding.

11) Sylvester - Over And Over (Extended 12” Mix) - Fantasy 12” (1977)

Listen to those damn voices! The greatest vocal session ever recorded, absolute disco fire!

12) Incognito - Summer’s Ended - Ensign 12” (1980)

My favourite track from my Dad’s band…Incognito. I was in the studio for some of these sessions but can’t remember much as I was only about 2 years old at the time! I may be biased, but Tubb’s bass playing on this is possibly the best I’ve ever heard…Jazz Funk done right!

13) Johnny Hammond - Tell Me What To Do - Gears (1975)

Just one of the absolute masterpieces produced by the Incredible Mizell Brothers, I aspire to their production level every time I go into a studio & they inspire me in all I do… This is a tour de force of funk & soul by some of the greatest musicians to ever live.

14) Larry Heard - Missing You - Genesis (1999)

Larry is God! If you make any kind of house/dance music whatsoever you are standing in his shadow. This is a devastating example of his mastery of emotion, you feel it in every chord & every word, he is just the best.

15) Nu Yorican Soul - The Nervous Track (Ballsy Mix) - Nervous 12” (1993)

This tune was such a breakthrough in dance music, far deeper & forward thinking than anything at the time, it completely stunned me when I first heard it, a track that still influences me, 25 years later & hasn’t aged a day.

16) Moodymann - Amerika - KDJ 12” (1997)

Moodymann should be mentioned alongside people like Prince, Hendrix & George Clinton, as a true original, rule breaking, unique artist. This tune is a lesson in how to hypnotize the listener, sparse…using very few elements, but executed to absolute perfection…

17) Augustus Pablo - 555 Dub Street - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)

King Tubby is the least appreciated figure in music to me…criminally undermentioned in the history of modern music, his influence is all over every genre that has sprung up in the last 40 years, I hear his mark on everything, from hip hop & deep house, to Dubstep & Jungle, one of the greatest producers of all time. This track with Augustus Pablo is my fav of his, the live desk work is just amazing.

18) John Barry - Space March (Capsule In Space) - John Barry Conducts His Greatest Movie Hits (1967)

One of my earliest obsessions was James Bond movies. As I got older I realized that, as great as the films are…It’s the music that made them special for me. Barry’s chords are just the best i’ve ever heard & no one can do tension & euphoria like the master. This is my favourite of many incredible pieces he did for the Bond flicks.

19) Japan - My New Career - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)

David Sylvian & Mick Karn are in incredible form on this slice of new romantic pop wizardry, Japan are a very interesting band, that have been kinda lost amongst the lesser clones that stole from them. Absolutely love Japan & Sylvians later work with Sakamoto too. I listen to a lot of stuff like this & Kate Bush from that time & Though it’s not something you’d play in a club, it’s great to get to share it here, with people who might not usually check music like this.

20) Hefner - An Evening With Hefner Part 3 - Inertia 12” (1998)

Ahh man what an incredible tune, simply spellbinding. From a very interesting time in British music, future jazz/broken beat was just forming at the time & a lot of people were fusing different styles & coming up with incredibly unique & new sounding music, this is a perfect example.

21) Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy - Blue Lines (1991)

The absolute masterpiece of modern music…enough said!

22) Rufige Kru - Ghosts Of My Life - Ghosts E.P. (1993)

Goldie & the Reinforced guys really inspired me to start making music, it wasn’t til hardcore & jungle came into my life that I thought I want to make music & be a part of this scene… This is a haunting epic, that still mystifies me the same way it did as a teen.

23) Demon’s Theme - L.T.J. Bukem - Good Looking 12” (1992)

This track was one of the first tracks of the hardcore era that pushed the genre into territory where it became a true, new original genre… Euphoric stuff from a real pioneer!

24) Dillinja - The Angels Fell - Metalheadz 12” (1995)

My favourite track of all time…This made me really want to improve as an artist & producer & push boundaries & sounds to the next level. 

25) Mach Hommy - Bloody Penthouse - H.B.O. (2016)

Something relatively new! As you can see from my list I pretty much listen to older music & i’m not really into a lot of things that are considered trendy these days! But I think it’s always important to recognise, support & spread any new artists that I dig. I do listen to a lot of current underground hip hop though & this dude Mach-Hommy is someone whose music i’ve been listening to obsessively the last few years. An enigma & a genius, he is breaking new artistic ground in a well trodden & often stale genre, so go check out Mach-Hommy if you like great hip hop!