Studio57-In-The-Mix: 2013

Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2013

Ben Liebrand - Mash Up Special

MASH-UP SPECIAL

Technologically Stronger
Coming Out To Perfection
It's a Summer Smash Jam
Some Kinda Venus
Get Ready For Borrowed Love
Feel What You Want
Keep Soul Coming
Is Supernature Love
Satisfaction Gangnam Style
Body Inferno
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Mittwoch, 18. Dezember 2013

Acapella In The Mix Vol. 2

Acappella Special

Madonna - Holiday (dub)
Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat (acap)
Kool & The Gang - She's Fresh
Class Action - Weekend (acap)
Afrika Bambaataa - Funky Heroes (acap)
Simply Red - Mone's Too Tight To Mention (acap)
CeCe Peniston - Finally (acap)
Snap! - Believe The Hype
Rob G - Chill (acap)
Yazoo - Don't Go (acap)
MAW ft India - I can't Go To Sleep
Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills Bills (acap)
Pink - Let's Get The Party Started (acap)
?? - I'm talking To You (acap)
Mousse T - Horny
Colonel Abrams - Trapped (acap)
Triple X - Feel The Same
Justin Tmberlake - Like I Love You (acap)
Inner City - Good Life
?? - Do You Want It Right Now
?? - Your No Good For Me (acap)
Power House ft Duane Harden - What I Need
Sugababes - Freak Like Me (acap) - See more at: http://www.liebrand.com/inthemix/index.html#sthash.NqGH12On.dpuf

Acappella Special

Madonna - Holiday (dub)
Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat (acap)
Kool & The Gang - She's Fresh
Class Action - Weekend (acap)
Afrika Bambaataa - Funky Heroes (acap)
Simply Red - Mone's Too Tight To Mention (acap)
CeCe Peniston - Finally (acap)
Snap! - Believe The Hype
Rob G - Chill (acap)
Yazoo - Don't Go (acap)
MAW ft India - I can't Go To Sleep
Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills Bills (acap)
Pink - Let's Get The Party Started (acap)
?? - I'm talking To You (acap)
Mousse T - Horny
Colonel Abrams - Trapped (acap)
Triple X - Feel The Same
Justin Tmberlake - Like I Love You (acap)
Inner City - Good Life
?? - Do You Want It Right Now
?? - Your No Good For Me (acap)
Power House ft Duane Harden - What I Need
Sugababes - Freak Like Me (acap)

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Acapella In The Mix Vol. 1

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Madonna - Holiday (dub)
Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat (acap)
Kool & The Gang - She's Fresh
Class Action - Weekend (acap)
Afrika Bambaataa - Funky Heroes (acap)
Simply Red - Mone's Too Tight To Mention (acap)
CeCe Peniston - Finally (acap)
Snap! - Believe The Hype
Rob G - Chill (acap)
Yazoo - Don't Go (acap)
MAW ft India - I can't Go To Sleep
Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills Bills (acap)
Pink - Let's Get The Party Started (acap)
?? - I'm talking To You (acap)
Mousse T - Horny
Colonel Abrams - Trapped (acap)
Triple X - Feel The Same
Justin Tmberlake - Like I Love You (acap)
Inner City - Good Life
?? - Do You Want It Right Now
?? - Your No Good For Me (acap)
Power House ft Duane Harden - What I Need
Sugababes - Freak Like Me (acap) - See more at: http://www.liebrand.com/inthemix/index.html#sthash.ZV8gpmhJ.dpuf

Montag, 11. November 2013

In The Mix Special 90's Edition

Sonntag, 10. November 2013

In The Mix 2000 Part 5

01. Daft Punk – Giorgio By Moroder
02. One-T – Music Is The One-T Odc
03. C + C Music Factory feat. Q-Unique and Deborah Cooper ‎– Keep It Comin’ (Dance Till You Can’t Dance No More!) (adlibs acap.)
04. MAW Featuring India ‎– Backfired
05. Hardrive – Deep Inside (acap.)
06. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Get Over You (Eye-eye-eye-ah acap.)
07. Tom Novy – Your Body
08. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Get Over You (acap.)
09. F.R. feat. Jenny B – Love Is The Music
10. Freestyle Orchestra feat. D’Borah – Keep On Pumpin’ It Up (acap.)
11. 100% – Just Can’t Wait (Saturday)
12. Diana Ross & The Supremes – Stop! In The Name Of Love (acap)
13. DJ Gregory – Tropical Soundclash
14. The Deep Brothers – Chocolate (acap.)
15. Sweet Coffee – Don’t Need You
16. Layo & Bushwacka! ‎– Love Story
17. Dave McCullen – B*tch
18. Rick James – Superfreak (acap.)

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Freitag, 6. September 2013

In The Mix 2000 Part 4

Galleon - So I Begin
Outkast - Roses (acap)
The Course - Ain't Nobody
Dennis Christopher vs Tony Cha Cha - Slut
Mai Tai - History (acap)
Armand van Helden - My My My
? - Let The Freak (acap)
Coldcut - People Hold On (acap)
Axwell - Feel The Vibe
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (acap)
Cassius - Cassius 1999
Roger Sanchez - The Partee
Michael Gray- Weekend
20 Fingers - You Got To Lick It (acap)
Groove Armada - Superstylin'
Fuel Let - Yourself Go - See more at: http://www.liebrand.com/inthemix/20130518.html#sthash.9jlLPH3E.dpuf

Sonntag, 14. April 2013

In The Mix 2000 Part 3

Boris Dlugosh ft Roisin Murphy - Never Enough
?? - It's alright (cap)
Delerium ft Sarah McLaghlan - Silence (acap)
?? - Got To Keep On Pumping It Up (acap)
Brad Carter - Morning Always Comes To Soon
Powno ;) - Music Power
Shannon - Give Me Tonight (acap)
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
49-ers - Move Your Feet (acap)
Kristine W - Feel What You Want
Kurtis Mantronik - How Did You Know (77 Strings)
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (acap)
Danni Minogue - You Won't Forget
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Take Me Home
Studio B - I See Girls
SOS Band - Borrowed Love (acap)
Praful - Inspiracio
Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man

Freitag, 5. April 2013

30 Year Of In The Mix

A German DJ and Producer meeting sent me some questions for a little "interview" here are the answers.

A) - 30 years Ben Liebrand „In The Mix“.....congratulation! How did you arrange all your mixes in the past (60 tracks in one hour!)....how do you arrange it today? Tell us something about your equipment in the past and today .

Typically a Grandmix had close to or even more than 100 tracks in one hour. In making them I always used the best technology available at that particular time.
In 1983, 2 SL1200's with Stanton 681EEE cartridges, A TEAC A3440 for loops and editing everything on a Revox B77 or PR99 with butterfly heads, mixing on a Tascam mixer.
All the records used to make those early Grandmixes were new fresh never before played copies. The 38 cm/s stereo master tape was then played on a Studer A80 and transferred to the Sony F1 digital format.
In 1985 a stereo set of TC 2290 Delay/samplers were added triggered reed relais under the turntable enabling accurate and 100% control-able start-ins.
In 1988 al was done from CD, where fragments were recorded into AKAI samplers and "launched" from timecode onto tracks of an AKAI DR1200. Mix was done on a Soundcraft 6000 console, recording to DAT.
In 1989 the mix was 100% digital, recording, mixing and editing done in 2 AKAI DD1000s. Intermediate parts recorded on DAT and final parts assembled on the DD1000 with extra external harddisks. All synced by a timecode generator in the AKAI S3000.
In later years the AKAI DD1500 replaced the DD1000's providing 16 (8 stereo) tracks to work with.
In 2004 everything moved into a Mac Pro using Ableton. Thanks to the extensive experience in analog editing even today I manage to work faster and maintain higher quality then most others, simply because I understand what the hardware and software actually does.
Currently out is the Grandmix 2012, making this series probably the longest lasting DJ megamix in the industry.

- Your record-collection is known as one of the biggest worldwide. How many records do you have on stock ? What ist your favourite one and which record is most rarely to find?

I have no idea where this myth has come from. But here are some facts.
I probably have thrown out as many vinyls as that I kept. The most I had at one time were perhaps somewhere between 5000 and 6000 copies.
And apart from some copies I kept for sentimental reasons, I actually don't like vinyl!
You can collect vinyl as you would collect post stamps simply because you like collecting, but if you collect vinyl for reasons of "great sound quality" or "unsurpassed audio experience", then you are fooling yourself.
Vinyl is an absolute disaster to your high frequencies, channel separation and very restrictive to your low end. And even though there are cartridges that can reproduce well over 22KHz, 99.9% of all vinyl is cut with a frequency cut-off eliminating anything over 15KHz.
This is fact, been there done that dozens of times and got frustrated each and every time when I was present at a cutting. I was always trying to preserve as much of the original sound quality as possible and despite all efforts each and every time a pristine audio master got mutilated just by cutting it for vinyl production. If you prefer vinyl, it is probably the distortion and the clicks which you love more than the music.
Vinyl does emanate a great sense of nostalgia and a first pressing of any landmark piece of music history will have a great collectors value, but only that, a "collectors" value.
If you like vinyl, you probably also love old fashioned typewriters. I like those typewriters too, but not for any reason related to accuracy, performance or quality.

Perhaps your question regarding my collection refers to the amount of masters I have.
If that is the case, then the answer is that I always tried to maintain the highest possible quality.
That made me make digital copies from each and every master I came across since 1983.
These digital copies still are playable today and have captured those production masters perfectly at a time when they were just made and "magnetically fresh".

C) - Your remixes adapted many tracks well for the dancefloor 80s & 90s. Are so many remixes neccesary nowadays?

A "dance" DJ used to play all that was "dance", from "Slow" to "House" to "Rap" and whatever style was trending at the time.
Nowadays DJs restrict themselves (to much) to one style and there are dozens of styles and sub-styles. So that is perhaps why so many versions are made of a single song.

D) - DAFT PUNKS „Get Lucky“ reached the no. 1 position in about 50 countries world wide! Ist this the return oft the „disco sound“ or is it just a quick trend?

Every trend nowadays is a "quick trend" as the life-span of music becomes shorter and shorter.
For my part, I would love to have a new era of "disco sound".
Where Daft Punk embraced that retro feel in the early 90's, I grew up listening to Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Cerrone whilst everybody else was still listening to The Bee Gees and the Trammps.
I have used the Sennheiser Vocoder since 1985, recorded live guitars all through the 80's, composed sequencer tracks, orchestra interludes and combined programmed drums and sequencers with live musicians on my 1990 album "Styles"
I have worked with Cerrone on several occasions, corresponded with Giorgio Moroder and am a big fan of the guys behind Chic and Sister Sledge, Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards and am extremely happy that Daft Punk seems to have be influenced by those same people that influenced me.
I might just make a new album come to think of it. Just wanted to make sure you all know how deep my roots run.

Ben Liebrand.

P.s. Daft Punk's new album is awesome!

Ben Liebrand - In the Mix [#001] - 1983-04-02

Ben Liebrand - In the Mix [#001] - 1983-04-02

This Saturday one Time Again to The 30 Years of In The Mix

Look Here

This is the first In The Mix episode ever, broadcasted on the night of April 1st, so actually in the first hours of April 2nd 1983, from a studio at the NOS (Dutch Broadcasting Organization) , very much like this one. Mixed on 2 SL1200's to a 2 track Revox B77 with Studer butterfly heads. Prior to being allowed to play my BASF911 38cm/s tape, my overall quality and technical standard was checked by NOS quality control to see if they met the broadcast standard.My black coated BASF tape really stood out amongst NOS standard Agfa tape that had a pink colored back coating. So it was immediate apparent that it was not made at the NOS facilities.Broadcasting my mixes on NOS equipment by NOS personnel thus required a special written exception informing the technicians about this bending of the strict NOS rules.Furthermore, at 38cm/s a full hour did not fit on a single hub (reels are not used) and so the technician on duty had to crossfade seamlessly from one tape to the other. A marker sticking out above the tape marked the moment where tape 2 should be started giving the technician another 4 or 5 minutes to make the crossfade once the music ran in sync. What can I say, Oldskool!

Grandmix 1983

1. Intro Grandmix 83
2. Am/Fm - Natascha King
3. Just Be Good To Me - S.O.S. Band
4. New York, Ny - Nina Hagen
5. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
6. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
7. When Boys Talk - Indeep
8. All Night Long - Lionel Richie
9. I Like Chopin - Gazebo
10. Sucker DJ - Dimples D
11. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
12. Jam on Revenge - New Clues
13. Get It On - Spence
14. Too Shy - Kajagogoo
15. The Crown -Gary Bird
16. Get The Money - Valerie Oliver
17. Let's Dance - David Bowie
18. Take me to the top - Advance
19. Good Time Superstition Medley - Clubhouse
20. You Are In My System - Robert Palmer
21. It's Alright - NV
22. Hip Hop Bebop - Man Parrish
23. Magic Wand -Whodini
24. You Are Beautiful - Chic
25. Hey You - Rock Steady Crew
26. Play that Beat (Mr. DJ) - Globe & Whiz Kid
27. Feel The Drive - Doctor's Cat
28. How About It - MDMC
29. Where Is My Man - Eartha Kitt
30. Holiday - Madonna
31. Something Special - Steve Harley
32. Get Down Saturdaynight - Oliver Cheatham
33. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
34. Valley Style - T. Sky Valley
35. Let The Music Play - Shannon
36. On The Upside - Xena
37. In The Bottle - C.O.D.
38. What I've Got Is What You Need - Unique
39. Activate - Sharon Redd
40. New Dimension - Imagination
41. Making Music - Gary's Gang
42. Thriller - Michael Jackson
43. Hypnotic Tango - My Mine
44. Takin' it Straight - Corey Josias
45. Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris
46. I.O.U. - Freeez
47. I Love How You Feel - Sharon Redd
48. Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice
49. I Love You - Yello (sample)
50. Love Game - Pure Energy
51. Walkin' on Sunshine - Rocker's Revenge (sample)
52. Weekend - Class Action (sample)
53. Last night A DJ saved my life - Indeep (sample)
54. Get on out of my mix - Dolby's Cube (sample)
55. In the bottle - C.O.D. (sample)
56. Wanna Be Startin' Something - Michael Jackson
57. Weekend - Class Action
58. Happy Station - Fun Fun
59. Happiness - Cuba Gooding
60. In The Name Of Love - Sharon Redd
61. Burn It up - Risque (rhythm loop)
62. Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
63. Owner Of A lonely Heart - Yes
64. Primitive Desire - Eastbound Express Way
65. Blue Monday - New Order
66. Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode
67. So Many Men - Miquel Brown
68. Searchin' - Hazell Dean
69. Party - Julius Brown
70. My Forbidden Lover - Tapps
71. Vamos a la Playa - Righeira
72. Boys come to town - Earlene Bentley
73. Living on Video - Trans-X
74. Nina Hagen - Zarah

Ben Liebrand - In The Mix 2000 Part 2

In The Mix 2000 Part 2

Nerio's Dubwork - Sunshine & Happiness
Gare Du Nord - Boogie All Night Long
Triple X - Feel The Same
Daft Punk - One More Time
Whirlpool Productions - From Disco To Disco
Tom Jones & Moose T - Sex Bomb
ATFC ft. One Phat Deeva - Bad Habit
The Ones - Flawless
Shape Shifters - Lola's Theme
Total Touch - Touch Me Here
Boris Dlugosch ft. Rosie Murphy - Never Enough
Rosie Gaines - I Want U

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Sonntag, 24. März 2013

Ben Liebrand - In The Mix 2000

Spiller - Groovejet
ABC - How To Be A Millionaire (acap)
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Barbara Tucker - Beautifull People
SOS Band - Borrowed Love (acap)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dance Floor
Hardsoul - feat New Cool Collective - Bounson
Bob Sinclar - Save Our Soul (acap)
Danny Tenaglia - Elements
Jamiroquai - You Give Me Something (Deep Cosmos Space Mix)
Benny Benassi feat. Channing - Come Fly Away (acap)
Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
Modjo - Roller Coaster
Karizma Feat. DJ Spen - 4 The Love (acap)
Shannon - Let The Music Play (acap)
?? - No More Converstaions
Robbie Williams - Millenium (acap)
Bob Sinclar - World Hold On

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Donnerstag, 21. März 2013

Ben Liebrand - Acapella In The Mix

Average White Band - Pick up The Pieces
Blu Cantrell - Hit Em Up (acap)
Derek B - Good Groove (acap)
Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (acap)
Lenny Kravitz - Believe In Me (acap)
Madonna Froze (acap)
Mary J Blidhe feat Method Man - Love @ 1st sight (acap)
Will Smith - Men In Black (acap)
Earth Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk
Midnight Star - Don't Rock The Boat (acap)
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It (acap)
A.D.O.R. - One For The Trouble (acap)
Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam - Let The Beat Hit Em
Sean Paul - Get Busy (acap)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (acap)
Queen - Radio Gaga
Craig David - What's Your Flava (acap)
Whistle - Just Buggin' (acap)
King Mc -what have I done for you lately (acap)
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Bebop
Public Enemy - Bass How Low Can You Go (acap)
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (acap)
Nomad - Devotion
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (acap)Average White Band - Pick up The Pieces
Blu Cantrell - Hit Em Up (acap)
Derek B - Good Groove (acap)
Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (acap)
Lenny Kravitz - Believe In Me (acap)
Madonna Froze (acap)
Mary J Blidhe feat Method Man - Love @ 1st sight (acap)
Will Smith - Men In Black (acap)
Earth Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk
Midnight Star - Don't Rock The Boat (acap)
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It (acap)
A.D.O.R. - One For The Trouble (acap)
Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam - Let The Beat Hit Em
Sean Paul - Get Busy (acap)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (acap)
Queen - Radio Gaga
Craig David - What's Your Flava (acap)
Whistle - Just Buggin' (acap)
King Mc -what have I done for you lately (acap)
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Bebop
Public Enemy - Bass How Low Can You Go (acap)
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (acap)
Nomad - Devotion
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (acap)

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Montag, 18. Februar 2013

Jerry De Ruijter's passed away Friday

It is a so sad story,
but thank you Ben for what you have done for him,
R.I.P. Jerry

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Ben Liebrand and Jerry De Ruijter

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Ben Liebrand Mix For Jerry de Ruijter No 4

Ben Liebrand Mix For Jerry de Ruijter No 3

Ben Liebrand Mix For Jerry de Ruijter No 2

Ben Liebrand Mix For Jerry de Ruijter No.1

Jerry De Ruijter's Favorite Tracks 4

Ben Liebrand In The Mix Special No.4

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (12"/7"edit)
Paul Hardcastle - 19
The Flirts - Passion
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground
Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
Snap - Rhytm Is A Dancer
Kristine W - Feel What You Want

Used up just about all tracks in Jerry's favorites list!

Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2013

Jerry De Ruijter's Favorite Tracks 3

Ben Liebrand In The Mix Special No. 3

MC Miker G & DJ Sven - Holiday Rap
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get EnoughColonel Abrams - Trapped
Alexander On'Neal - Critisize
Cameo - Word Up
Sheila E - Love Bizarre
New Clues - Jam On It (acap)
Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
Will Smith - Gettin Jiggy (acap)
Euruthmics - Sex Crime 1984
Freeeze - I.O.U.
Mel & Kim - Showing Out

Jerry De Ruijter's Favorite Tracks 2

Ben Liebrand's In The Mix Special No.2

Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis
Madonna - Into The Groove
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
Fun Fun - Happy Station
Moses - We Just
Pet Shop Boys - Oppertunities
Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
Time Bandits - I Won't Steel Away
Lipps Ins - Funky Town

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Dienstag, 22. Januar 2013

Jerry De Ruijter's Favorite Tracks

Ben Liebrand's In The Mix Special

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Liebrand Remix)
Tears For Fears Shout
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
Whistle - Just Buggin'
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Slaghuis Remix)
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Lionel Richie - All Night Long

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