Here Mr. Rimini provides us with a very special Christmas mix he did exclusively for Playboy ...something I'll be spinning well into 2009 as well. Here's the rundown:
"Parisian DJ, remixer and producer Don Rimini is known for his ability to cross the jackhammer utility of electro-house and the funk and swagger of hip-hop. Think of it as crunk on speed. Or just credit Baltimore. Huh? That’s right: The hottest DJ in Paris is a devotee of the ghetto-tech Baltimore sound.
In addition to his sweat-inducing deejaying, Don Rimini’s own tracks have also caught on in the DJ world, becoming regulars in the sets of Digitalism, A-Trak, MSTRKRFT, 2 Many DJs, Diplo and Ed Banger label founder Busy P. (Check out Rimini’s recent Kick‘n’Run EP for a taste.) And no wonder. His stuff is ace. Just wait until you hear the way this mix segues from hipster electro of Guns’n’Bombs to the old-school chant-along of 2 Live Crew’s “We Want Some Pussy” and you’ll get the Don’s aesthetic.
“This mix tells a story,” Rimini says of the mix he put together for Playboy. “A love story, of course.” He’s not kidding; he really did have a narrative arc in mind as he spun this mix. The story begins as “a French-style pimp arrives at the club,” he explains, where he quickly realizes this is not just another night out. Soon enough he’s pulled a girl and they consummate their carnal attraction—again, French-style, he says, naturellement—as Shena’s “Electrosexual” throbs on the dance floor. The night is just beginning, however, as tracks like “Ecstasy (Take Your Shirts Off)” make clear. And there’s a happy ending, too. The girl will forever have fond memories of her crazy night with a “Sexy Boy.”
And by the way, though he says any resemblance of the characters in the above story to real people is purely coincidental, Don Rimini mixed this live in a studio where he had assembled a party of his own, complete with undulating, undressed women to set the proper mood. Draw your own conclusions. But one thing’s clear: This is the real deal—a surefire stocking stuffer, if you will."
Grab the mix now!
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BONUS:
Check the ridiculous new video for his latest single "Ohow?"...
DON RIMINI "OHOW?" from WIMM PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.
