Crate Diggin': Pete Dafeet's 10 Best Sleazy 3am and After Records

Pete Dafeet is no stranger to our Room Three space, often representing his own Lost My Dog imprint up on the mezzanine, however he’s been invited by Leeds based stronghold, 3am Recordings, to come and celebrate 10 years of blissful independent quality musical output on 31st August. In homage to the brand ideals of the imprint Pete has dug deep into his crates and selected 10 of his sleaziest and best fitting records for that 3am-and-after time in the club; a great way to get your head into the vibe that will soon come. The list unfurls below with insightful annotations by the selector which add that vital extra dimension to the listening process. Steven Tang - Interstice From one of my favourite albums this year. Apparently some of the tracks were 7 or 8 years apart in the making but it fits together like a glove - it's also the perfect antidote to some of the cookie-cutter house in the download charts. Sweatshop Boys - Wide World ft. Jem Cooke (Mosca's Ghetto mix) Mosca's pretty sickening to be honest, hopping genres with ease and generally making the rest of us look like mugs. This one's all low ceilings and sweaty dance floors, some real Kris Wadsworth vibes in amongst the ghetto. Two Armadillos - Ronin I could have picked any Two Armadillos track to be honest, but this is my favourite - at least for today. Burner! Jay Tripwire - Smoothin' It Out Jay's one of a kind, and I think his music has always reflected that - this is one of those relentless early morning records he was releasing in the early 00s, I guess around the same time Fabric opened. We went to a pub near my house a few years ago and - in the time it took me to visit the gents - he'd ordered drinks, started a campfire out of beer mats, and been thrown out. True story. DJ Dan - Put That Record Back On (H-Foundation mix) This is one of the greatest records I own, I think I must have been 16 or 17 when this came out and it was a catalyst for me digging deeper in record shops and getting away from the crap the local HMV was serving up. The Peace Division remix on the flip of the Honchos pressing is a badass too. Paul Woolford & Psycatron - Stolen About 19 records for the price of 1 here! It's a real shame David Duriez isn't producing these days as I think he'd be another making mind-bending records like this. Bugsy & Dirty Channels feat. Amina - Alone (Pezzner Remix - Josh Wink Re-think Vox) I first heard this at Fabric last April when we hosted room 3 and had Pezzner playing. It's got all that twisted character you get with Pezzner plus that real Josh Wink dance floor drive, so its a bit of a winner all round. Kind of hoping Mr. Wink plays this on the 31st! Kerri Chandler - 2 My Daughter Kerri Taking things down a notch, on a more soulful tip... one for that lazy, eyes-closed, pretend-it's-not-light-outside dancing. Pachanga Boys - Time Ah it's just beautiful isn't it, worth the full quarter of an hour it's given. Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn's Bittersweet mix) Another lump-in-the-throat track to round things off, but if you put a 909 kick behind this it thumps. I don't know where that hollow sounding bell sample is from, but it sounds a bit like wind rattling a flag pole. Bliss!