Ever since 2 Many DJs belched forth the dizzying As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2, DJ mixes seem to have become more and more eclectic. That's not to say that the Dewaele brothers were the first to blend disparate elements into a cohesive whole, but since the Soulwax boys brought the magpie effect closer to the mainstream, DJs haven't thought twice about mixing together rock, hip-hop, techno, house, disco, prog, whatever, in the name of the all-encompassing party mix.
You can now add Prins Thomas to that list, but rather than following the herd, Thomas appears to be operating in a field of one. One listen to Cosmo Galactic Prism will make you reassess everything you know about the art of a good DJ mix. Thomas takes logical leaps that really shouldn't work, but his touch is so light-fingered that everything flows together so naturally as to make you reach for the superlatives with every transition.
Who else would kick off a two-disc mix with something as deliciously odd as Joe Meek's 'I Hear A New World'? The munchkin voices and spacey slo-mo bossa backing herald the fact that this is going to be a mix, the like of which you'll have never heard before. Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, Thomas takes in the kraut-disco of Holger Czukay's 'Cool In The Pool', the sub-bass-heavy deep house of Soylent Green's 'Camera Obscura', Bob James' skewed jazz-funker 'Moonbop' and his own queasy, lolloping edit of The Honeymoon Killers' 'Decollage' and moulds them all in his own inimitable style. Where other mixes from lesser DJs tend to bore after an hour, Thomas holds your attention for double that and then some.
It's a trip, for sure, and one that you'll happily spend with your jaw adjacent to the floor. Totally, unequivocally essential.
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