Solid Food

The ‘Solid Steel’ radio show has been host to many of the world’s greatest DJ’s. Its reputation as one of the more continuously quality controlled DJ shows means that we’ve heard some of the best work of many of the DJ’s featured on the show.

Its success led its creators, DJ Food, to entice Ninjatune to release a regular Solid Steel mix comp. The world jumped to joy with the release of DJ Food’s mix album, the first solid steel mix cd, entitled, 'Now, Listen'. DJ Food broke new ground with their blend of the old and the new, the obscure and the popular, and they caused people to, not just question the track listing, but become enthralled more by the mixes themselves. It was released 3 years before 2 Many DJ’s popularized the mash-up genre with their DJ mix “As heard on Radio Soulwax pt.2". Yet DJ Food mix album 'Now, Listen' although not nearly as schizophrenic as the 2 Many DJ's album, paved the way for a new focus on the mix of the DJ, not just for a club environment, but a mix album that was appreciated at home, with closer expectation.

In my opinion no mix album has come close to DJ Food’s 'Now, Listen' in the 6 years that have passed since it’s release, except maybe Optimo’s, Kill the DJ (Part 2). Solid Steel itself has released over 6 other mix albums on the ‘Solid Steel’ series, of which, the Amon Tobin (recorded in our own city of Melbourne at the Prince of Wales) and Hexstatic release’s were brilliant, the Bonobo and Mr Scruff releases enjoyable and the DJ Kentaro and Herbaliser disappointing.

DJ Food are back. They’ve announced that they are releasing the sequel to 'Now, Listen', titled imaginatively 'Now, Listen Again!'. Not only that, only a few hours ago they confirmed the track listing and have announced it for the world to stare at and wait in anticipation for theses tracks to be served to our ears mixed by the consistent DJ Food team.

DJ Food – 'Now, Listen Again!' – Track Listing – Due out April

MVP - Rock Your Body (instrumental)
Z-Trip feat Soup - Listen To The DJ
Timbaland feat Missy Elliot & Magoo - Cop That Shit
Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (accapella)
The Human League - Being Boiled
Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase
Cut Chemist - A Peek In Time
Pepe Deluxe - Salami Fever
Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil
DJ Format - You Hear That?
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Jonny Jones & The King Casuals - Purple Haze
Primal Scream - Revenge of the Hammond Connection
Bomb The Bass feat Merlin - Megablast (acapella)
DJ Shadow - Right Thing (Z-TripÕs ÔGet The Party OffÕ remix parts 2&3)
Gorgio Moroder - Tears
AC Lewis feat Ndidi Cascade - Tickles
Aphex Twin - Nannou
The Irresistible Force - Underground (Ambient mix)
New Order - The Beach
Part 2 feat Fallacy - One Of Dem Days (remix)
Freestylers feat Pendulum & Sirreal - Painkiller (Ed Solo & Skool of Thought remix)
5 Deez - Funky (acapella)
TTC - Dans Le Club (instrumental)
Reggie Steppa - Drum Pan Sound
DJ Zinc - Reach Out (remix)
Roots Manuva - Swords In The Dirt (Qemists 03 remix)
Pendulum & Fresh feat Spyda & Tenor Fly - Tarantula
Roots Manuva - Witness (Walworth Road Rockers Dub rework by Steinski)
Jo Ann Garret - It's No Secret
Ronnie Hazelhurst - Are You Being Served? (Film version)
The Dragons - Food For My Soul

Visit Solid Steel’s webpage for radio streams of their show and details on all their releases.