oof imma be real with you chief laidback luke is super mainstream house dj he would never play an underground track like that haha. but it's all good get in where you fit in.. i've jammed to worse. definitely also like to zone out on some house mixes when im cleaning or washing the dishes as well somtimes
Well, I DID say
might play there, Dew Manchu
. I was making a general reference toward all 4 of the records. Truth told, I'm no expert in House or really any EDM and only recently came across LL by accident. So I'm in no position to discern underground from mainstream. Hoping that's a doctorate in EDM you hold and you'll school me down on it though.
I was late to the party on house, techno, trance, d&b. Though I always loved breakbeat/ breakdance stuff, like Planet Rock, Electric Kingdom, Professor X, Extacy, Jam On It, and stuff from the Freestyle genre with similar beats, Spring Love, Take Me In Your Arms, Let the Music Play.
In the early 90's while all the rave shit was popping off in SD (and everywhere else) it was all about hip hop and gangster rap for me. I think I actually hated EDM at one point. Fuck all that "techno" shit was my general stance back then.
Somewhere around 2002 I heard something, perhaps Afrikka Bambaata - United DJ's of America set) but the light bulb went of, like Fuck, what have I been doing with my life? How much good shit have I ignored or never bothered to explore all these years? I started finding DJ's I liked, Simply Jeff, Scott Hardkiss, Digweed and Sasha, Armand Van Helden, John Kelly, Dave Clarke, Scott Project. It was weird, cause some of it I still despised, but some of it sent chills down my spine and I loved it. I developed a taste. Never liked the party, diva, vocal stuff, but LOVED the dark, gritty, minimal ( if any) vocal stuff across all genres of EDM.
These are a few all time faves:
"Leftfield - Phat Planet [Dave Clarke Remix - A1]"
"Hypertraxx - Paranoid (Dj Scot Project Remix)"
"Scott Hardkiss - United DJs Of America - Volume 17 [2001]" 1st song. I believe it's called Glory Glory by Ananda Project:
"Sprite Club - Afrika Bambaataa - "United DJs Of America - Volume 13: Electro Funk Breakdown""
*Edit 1: Brother Bambaata added. This is the mix that pulled my head outta my ass toward EDM.
*Edit 2: What I like about Luke is his style of DJ'ing. He takes a bit of an Old School approach in the sense that he stays busy up there. Working the filters and efx, dropping shit in, even scratching in on the jog wheels, instead of the hot cues. I get that It's not Old School in the Vinyl on 1200's, but his approach in the digital realm I can dig. And he throws hip hop in on some of those house sets and pulls it off IMO. Not my favorite, but I am a fan. Seems like a cool dude too with the whole "Professional DJ, Kung Fu Athlete, and dedicated Dad" intro. I was half expecting him to add aaaannnnddd lifelong skateboarder.