Cross Cultural Covers

Though playing everybody’s old favourites as part of a set is often a way of getting people up dancing, (if only because it triggers memories in the older generation of a time when they could dance) it’s a good idea to play with the formula a bit and throw in a series of covers in the style of different genres, culture or even language.

Badmarsh & Shri - Get Up (James Brown remix) is, I humbly suggest, a must on any DJ’s list: funking in a world music way like nothing else I’ve found, by mixing their Sitar Ritual with the previously mentioned funk classic.

Rachid Taha - Rock El Casbah is a fun Arabic rendering of the Clash classic.

Mo Horizons - Hit the road Jack (Pé na Estrada) gives a Latin groove to the Ray Charles standard.

Reversing the cultural cross over is Blackeyed Peas feat. Sergio Mendez - Mas Que Nada.

Though you won’t get me mentioning many Reggae tracks this one which I think is in French and Arabic Corneille & Cheb Mami - Enfant d'Afrique translates Stevie Wonder's Jammin’ in a no frills way.

Doing our bit to show that the world is one!