Josey in Space

by Josey Rebelle

Overview

London DJ Josey Rebelle's rise throughout the 2010s has been nothing short of astounding, filled with one landmark after another. She began the decade a resident DJ at Plastic People, a much-revered club that was the epicenter of the U.K. bass scene at the time, then started broadcasting at Rinse FM in 2011, where she gradually became one of the station's most popular hosts. Numerous well-received mix podcasts and appearances at major festivals and clubs followed as Rebelle was featured in several lists of up-and-coming DJs or top radio shows. Her 2019 session for BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix was voted the program's best mix of the year, and her first commercially issued mix appeared through the label connected with another long-running, influential dance radio broadcast, New York's Beats in Space. Josey in Space is a fine display of her fearless, passionate mixing style, which connects several eras of dance music, threaded together with socially conscious soundbites and spoken word pieces. Building from dislocated, simmering electronics and the urgent poetry of Tenesha the Wordsmith and Daniel B. Summerhill's "I Dream So Loud," she selects tracks that are propulsive, raw, and full of life. This is not a seamless, clinically produced mix suitable for background ambiance -- Rebelle favors tracks that sound live and in-the-moment, and she highlights their individual personalities, moving from the skittering acid house of Fotomachine's "BBoy" to dark-room techno like Automation's 1991 track "Electricity." Midwestern America's house and techno legacies are touched on with the prismatic abstraction of Hieroglyphic Being's "Bird Songs 4 Amelie" and smoother tracks by Titonton Duvante and Reggie Dokes. Uplifting vibes are spiked with flashes of paranoia -- a few tracks after a burst of hardcore terror from Rum & Black (aka rave pioneers Shut Up & Dance), Access 58's stunning "Jazz Drama" slides into a busy, bongo-heavy cut from Detroit's Andres, which is cut out by a siren and a very foreboding vocal sample, spelling out the planet's impending demise. Summing up the mix's intense yet blissful feeling is a classic slice of mid-'90s atmospheric jungle by Rogue Unit, followed by laid-back, jazzy optimism from North London lyricist Lex Amor. ~ Paul Simpson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/15/2020
Label:	Beats In Space / Rvng
UPC:	0747742391415
Rank:	152389

Tracks

1. Dub [Dub]  -  DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess  - Josey Rebelle
2. What¿¿¿s the Plan  - Hermione Frank  - Josey Rebelle  -  Rroxymore
3. I Dream So Loud  -  Dj Khalab  - Josey Rebelle  - Daniel B. Summerhill  -  Tenesha the Wordsmith
4. Phase Two  -  Afrodeutsche  - Josey Rebelle  - Henrietta Smith-Rolla
5. BBoy  - Dean Bryce  -  Fotomachine  - Josey Rebelle
6. Kingu¿¿¿s Sceptre  -  Brassfoot  - Reuben Cape  - Josey Rebelle
7. Electricity  -  Automation  -  Automation  - Lee Fitzsimmons  - Josey Rebelle  - Lee Roseman
8. Bird Songs 4 Amelie  -  Hieroglyphic Being  - Josey Rebelle  -  Sun God
9. Only in Your Eyes [Nwachukwu Innervision 1]  - Uschi Classen  - Robert Owens  - Josey Rebelle
10. Avenues  - Titonton Duvante  - Josey Rebelle
11. Piano Seduction  - Reggie Dokes  - Josey Rebelle
12. Sunrise 777  -  Nubian Mindz  - Josey Rebelle
13. Zombies at Dawn  - Josey Rebelle  -  Rum & Black
14. Glitch Bitch  - Loraine James  - Josey Rebelle
15. Route II Romeos  - Mali Larrington-Nelson  - Shy One  - Josey Rebelle  -  Shy One
16. Jazz Drama  -  Access 58  - Paulo Nascimento  - Philippe Quenum  - Josey Rebelle
17. Caf¿¿ Con L¿¿ch¿¿  -  Andres  - Josey Rebelle
18. Amber Beach  -  Molinaro  - Josey Rebelle
19. Dance of the Sarooes [Nookie Remix]  - Steve Gurley  -  Nookie  - Josey Rebelle  -  Rogue Unit
20. Praises  - Alexis Adimora  - Lex Amor  - Josey Rebelle
21. [Untitled]  - Josey Rebelle

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Josey Rebelle   Primary Artist
Automation   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Shy One   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Fotomachine   Primary Artist
Loraine James   Primary Artist
Afrodeutsche   Primary Artist
Tenesha the Wordsmith   Primary Artist
Brassfoot   Primary Artist
DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess   Primary Artist
rRoxymore   Primary Artist
Rum & Black   Primary Artist
Reggie Dokes   Primary Artist
Andres   Primary Artist
Molinaro   Primary Artist
Access 58   Primary Artist
Robert Owens   Primary Artist
Hieroglyphic Being   Primary Artist
Nubian Mindz   Primary Artist
Rogue Unit   Primary Artist
Lex Amor   Primary Artist
Titonton Duvante   Primary Artist
Uschi Classen   Primary Artist
Daniel B. Summerhill   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Titonton Duvante   Producer,Composer
Lee Roseman   Composer
Uschi Classen   Producer,Composer
Nubian Mindz   Composer,Producer
Nookie   Remixing
Philippe Quenum   Composer,Producer
Robert Owens   Composer,Producer
Molinaro   Composer,Producer
The Sun God   Composer
Steve Gurley   Composer,Producer
Paulo Nascimento   Composer,Producer
Andres   Composer,Producer
Reggie Dokes   Composer,Producer
Hermione Frank   Composer
Rum & Black   Producer
Lee Fitzsimmons   Composer
Mali Larrington-Nelson   Composer
DJ Khalab   Producer
DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess   Composer,Producer
Josey Rebelle   Mixing,Selection
Dean Bryce   Producer,Programming
Tenesha the Wordsmith   Composer
Lou Jasmine   Cover Photo
Loraine James   Composer
Alexis Adimora   Composer
Henrietta Smith-Rolla   Composer,Producer
Reuben Cape   Composer