Special Guest Mix – Out In The Sticks

Posted on May 8, 2009 | 1 comment

If you haven’t already heard the excellent Out In The Sticks edits, then you really should. Most people would question what you could do to a track like Forget Me Not (apart from Will Smith clearly), but listen – and you shall see. I’m a big fan, Greg is a big fan, in fact everyone who has heard them is a fan. The other stuff I have heard that they are sitting on is also dancefloor killer. Out In The Sticks might be out of town, but they certainly aren’t out of touch (ooph!).

I got in contact with them a few weeks back, through the splendid Disco Deviance chaps, and have for your entertainment been sent back the answers to some questions, and a mix so unbelievably good it actually sounds like an hour and a half edit. Spot the joins if you can. Download or stream it with the links right after the interview. I’d like to thank the lads for taking the time out from going to the beach, sitting around playing pool, and looking at dangerous wildlife in their back gardens.

Out In The Sticks Interview

Q. Your name “out in the sticks” is reference to you being out in Australia. Are you from Australia originally?

“Out in the Sticks” is one of the many names we go under….  it refers to our location in Australia.  It is a bit of a private joke between friends for our proximity to the big smoke!   There are two main members of OITS but we like to keep quite about our identities a secret!

Q. Did you have any background with music before you got there, or has this just been a hobby?

Yeah we have all been huge music fans from early ages, playing various instruments and experimenting with pieces of studio equipment etc…  One of us is a DJ and has been for fifteen years overseas and in Australia.

Q. What kind of disco scene do you have out there?

The music scene is Australia is very good.  We have a lot of very talented producers that are doing really well now overseas and have some great parties playing everything you can hear in the UK.

Q. Did this scene push you down the path you find  yourself on now?

The scene is great here.  The only thing that frustrates us is getting an international DJ over here takes a lot of organising.  In UK you can have a heap of awesome talent on the one bill where as here it is a bit more sporadic.

Q. Did you expect your edits to be picked up and released or was it something just for you?

Initially they were just DJ tools for myself to DJ and they started to get good reactions.  I put some up on the internet and got some amazing feedback from a whole list of people we look up to.  It really blew us away!

Q. I know Greg absolutely loves the track – how much did you know  about Greg before he picked up on it?

We knew Greg from his legacy but for him to pick up on the edits and give them the support he did – we can’t thank him enough!

Q. What do you use to edit the tracks?

We use Ableton and then Logic and a bit of TLC.

Q. And the music…how much does it mean to repaint these classic  tracks?

We love the originals and just wanted to give them a little touch up and hair cut to make them more effective on todays dancefloors.

Q. Whats next? Are we expecting an Out in the Sticks party out there…?

Yeah that would be nice hey?!!  Well, I think a record of our own would be an idea we would like to see come to light, lots more tracks and remixes and definitely some sort of ‘live” show – if we ever make it in to the big smoke!  Hopefully some more DJ gigs.

Q. Finally, who will win the Premiership this season?

In an ideal world – Leeds United!

DD08 / Out In The Sticks Edits

Disco Deviance has uncovered yet another amazing unknown talent for number eight in the series. Out in the Sticks (as the name suggests) have come from out of nowhere to deliver two absolute disco gems of the highest quality on this their debut release. With their dubbed out disco sound and trademark heavy space echo delays, these are two seriously good dance floor cuts. First up is ‘Forget Me Vox’ which is a killer reworking of Patrice Rushen’s ‘Forget Me Nots’. This cut has featured heavily in Greg Wilson’s sets for over a year now and it teases out a top quality new version of this absolute classic track by working the break sections and finally letting loose on the vocal for pure Disco Heaven. On the flip side, a lesser known disco gem by Game is recycled into yet another heavy dance floor groove with absolutely maximum impact. Re-mastered and cut loud onto the vinyl for peak time pleasure, Out in the Sticks announce their arrival on the edits scene with some style.

Enjoy the music!

DJ Play: Greg Wilson, Laurent Garnier, Ashley Beedle, Optimo, The Revenge, Gerd Janson, Faze Action, Pete Herbert, Harri, Marius Vaareid, Dicky Trisco, Ilija Rudman, Ladydriver, Social Disco Club, Cosmic Boogie.

Out In The Sticks Mix

Really, I should call this a megamix. You could spend hours playing spot the track just like I did the first few times I listened to it, or, you can just peruse the tracklist below and see if you can fill in any gaps. A superb infusion of all the elements of disco…

Tracklisting

Intro
OITS / Bangkok Detroit Experience
Mike Grant Accapella
OITS / In the Dark
Touch Sensitive / Body Stop
OITS / Untitled edit
Move D loop
Rene and Angela / Who’s Fooling Who?
Swag / Music Box (remix)
Carol Williams / No One Can Do It Like You Do (Shep Pettibone remix) (OITS edit)
Lil Louis Accapella
Annie / Greatest Hits
Natural Rhythm / Jive (Attaboy remix)
Illija Rudman / Dance Disorder (Faze Action remix)
D-Train / You’re the one (OITS Edit)
Scoper and Bubba / Untitled
6th Borough -/ Hang On
Mach / On and On
Popular Peoples Front / My Baby Stays Out All Night
Master Jay and Michael Dee / TSOB
Situation / Pushing On
Kid Sublime / FX
Master Jay and Michael Dee / TSOB
Chic / Good Times (OITS Edit)
Tuxedo Rapping
OITS / My Super Lady (Beats)
OITS / Untitled Edit
OITS / My Super Lady
OITS / Forget M’edit
The Sermon accapella
Modern Romance / Can You Move
OITS / Do It
Lace / Can’t Play Around
Don Ray loop
Konk beats
K-9 Corp / Dog Talk
“Get Down Tonight” (OITS edit)
Jamie Principle / Baby Wants to Ride
Joe Claussell / Je Ka Jo
Unknown Beats
Raven Maize / Forever Together NYC edit
Todd Terry / The Feeling
Runaway / Just Got Paid
Dj Pierre
Situation / Get On Up