It's not a problem that I can't fix, coz' I can do it… IN DA MIX

Would like to say everything’s fine as I’m rather optimistic, but don’t see how you could take it for granted as what we’re currently living nowadays is the subject to so many questions… Could it be that what we’ve been believin’ in for ages (the recognition of talent one day or another) is definitely behind us, facing all this crapy stuff that gets a massive exposure while doin’ nothing else than polluting our environment ? Could it be that we’ll have to play this f****** game to survive ? How come have we simply let this happen ? Many of us might think that it’s nothing but the system, but what is the system if not the result of what each of us as, by his own reactions, has partially contributed to create ! ! !

Remember back in the days what decided me to come to you like this each week. Was just sitting in front of my screen like I am doing right now, facing a white page that I was supposed to fill in with topics from the last WMC for one of the mags I’m writing for.

Just let you imagine how it can be, while back to your day II day like in some rainy spot at the time surrounded by people who don’t have the foggiest idea about the music you love, after a week in the so called Sunshine State with some chaps that you consider as true brothers ! Well, you almost feel like an orphan telling yourself “what the hell am I doin’ there ?“

Been a scribe for almost 15 years and will have spent the double next year behind the desks but can say that I still feel the same kind of emotion while discovering some music that blows my mind.

I just feel like I have to find some way to spread the feeling so that people can get into it and there are numerous, should this be a review, during a DJ set or on a compilation. Well, doin’ nothing else than what people are supposed to expect from someone to whom infos are sent, don’t I ? And I guess I’ll keep on doin’ like this until I don’t feel any more thirst from what passionates me, although I’m very much conscient about the fact that I can’t do this alone. Guess this is why I have decided to go further while finding another way to display these infos on the Net. But also because I’ve ended getting borred with an increasing amount of people complaining about the fact that nothing was happening, although they didn’t do anything themselves on their own.

So let’s talk frankly. Don’t really know how long this critical situation we’re living is going to last but one thing is for sure and that’s the key to this issue, we simply can’t keep on like this, seing more and more faces amongst us disappear month after month.

Can’t help myself going back to this conversation I’ve had with Josh Milan and Kevin Hedge (the Blaze guys) during the Sunslice Festival last summer in Toulon. We was talking about the existence of true talents in the house scene, although they’re not recognized on a wider scale where the crowd see their expectations being fed up mainly with prefabricated toys. So what’s the point ? Unity by any means necessary, which significates getting rid of our individualistic reflexes and gather our forces in order to create a global network that will give us the capacity to show what we’re really into on a global range, remembering the fact as 80’s funk band Shannon said that “we’re stronger together “.

How are we able to do it ? This I dunno, but the amount of feedback tthat we’ll get from you should give an idea of what could be expected in the near feature ; the main question being : are we gonna be able to do it ? So what each of us has to do is quite simple. Sit back, relax, take a breathe and ask yourself what is to be done for a better future in the community. Got already some idea ? Well, they are more than welcome, should you send us directly an e-mail or go to our site (www.indamixworldwide.com) and drop us a line before we get back to you on a forthcoming issue with a compilation of your reactions.

You can also start while providing us with your current top 10, the infos and flyers regarding your gigs or the addresses of people you know who might be interested in receiving In Da Mix, sending some personal statements any time, creating links with your websites. In other words displaying everything that you may find necessary for a better understanding of what you’re doing.

Last but not least, we could also think about some possible common action when physically close to each other during the next Winter Music Conference. This might seem utopia as most of the great ideas for some of us but once again, life is nothing but what we make of it… Peace,

MFSB

IN DA MIX “30“ TENNERZ

Mc FADDEN & WHITEHEAD Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (PIR)

MARVIN GAYE What’s Going On (Motown)

JEAN CARN Don’t Let it Go To Your Head (PIR)

THE ISLEY BROTHERS Fight The Power (Tneck)

CECE ROGERS All Join’ Hands (EastWest)

SHANNON Stronger Together (Mirage)

PHASE II Reachin’ (Movin)

STEVIE WONDER Higher Ground (Motown)

G.U. & CEI-BEI House Music Will Never Die (Cajual)

INCOGNITO Always There (Talkin’Loud)

Your reactions and infos (press statements and playlists) to be e-mailed to mfsb@indamixworldwide.com and your material (test pressings, vinyl, 12", LP, CD, CDR) to be sent to the following address :

Frederic 'MFSB' Messent

98, rue de Paris

F-94220 Charenton

France

This week's playlists come courtesy of

ROBERTO DE CARLO (Purple Music Inc . - Switzerland)

DEEP BROS. & DAWN TALLMAN Go Deep — Ralf GUM & CrisP Mixes (Gogo Music)

CAN 7 What 2 Do (Album)

HOMECOOKIN Do What You Wanna — Richard Earnshaw Mix (Soulfuric)

MICHELLE WEEKS & DAWN TALLMANN Joyfull Noise — Luis & Raffa Main Mixes (Equal)

MAMA RAZZI Show Me Love— Richard Earnshaw Mix (SuSu Records)

BELITA WOODS & LEROY BURGES Best Of Me — Sir Piers Mix (Basement Boys)

UNIVERSAL LOVE Ritmo da Rua — Brian Tappert Mix (Soulfuric)

S.U.M.O. Samba Consumo — CrisP Mix (Flamingo Discos)

ORANGE MUSE Keep The Funk Alive — Jazz 'N' Groove Mix (Soulfuric)

MARTIN SOLVEIG Rockin Music (Mixture/test)

ANDREW JERVIS (Ubiquity Records/KUSF 90,3, San Francisco)

2 BANKS OF 4 Three Street Worlds (Red Egyptian Jazz)

DA LATA Serious (Palm Beats)

JOHN ARNOLD Neighborhood Science (Ubiquity)

TATA VASQUEZ Suite Guaracho — Beatfanatic Remix (Counterpoint)

Andreas Saag Latin Lesson (SLS)

P'TAAH Baltimore Oriole (CDR)

JOHNNY DARKOS Supreme Love (GAMM)

TRÜBY TRIO Universal Love —Remix (Compost)

ASHEN & WALKER Music In My Life — Sambastate Club Dub (Fossilfuel)

JEANNIE TRACY Trippin' On The Sound (LuvN'Haight)

DAN MELA (StreetVibes Recordings, Milano)

ALEX TRAX & DJ THANNOTHE Underbed Session Vol. 1 (Siesta music)

ANANDA PROJECT Morning Light LP (NiteGrooves)

BENSONO Running —The Amalgamation Of Soundz Mix (Back)

RAW DEAL Blues For Brothers George Jackson (Straight Ahead)

BRAN VAN 3000 featuring CURTIS MAYFIELD Astounded (Bombay)

CALM Sketch On Banana Paper (Disorient)

CEASE & SEKKLE ?

DA LATA Serious — Seiji Mix (Palm Beats)

DEMARKUS LEWIS Less in Love (Brique Rouge)

DIBADA*La Luna/Facing You Slowly/Hipnoflava (Fluid Ounce)

SIDEWINDER (Fenetik Records, Glasgow)

TY Wait A Minute — Dwele Remix (Big Dada)

NATURE'S PLAN Somewhere Beyond — Main Mix (Far Out)

DWAYNE MORGAN Everything — Yam Who Re-Work (Counter Point)

JOL Moody Aow LP (April)

NICOLA CONTE meets ALDEMARO ROMERO Tema De La Onda (Deja Vu)

ONLY DEEP Planet Freak (Freerange)

SHAUN ESCOFFERY Into The Blue — Mark De Clive-Lowe Mix (Oyster)

PREFUSE 73 Robot Snares Got No Cadence Or Balance (Warp)

HUGH MASEKELA Mama ­— Metro Area Birthday Dub (Verve)

FENOMENON Lucy Said — Landslide Mix (Hifi Terapi)

RAINER TRÜBY (Freiburg-Im-Bresgau)

BAKURA Thinking About (Especial)

SINBAD Peaktime (Key)

JOHN BELTRAN Candela (Ubiquity)

TRÜBY TRIO Make A Move — S.U.M.O. Rebounce (Compost)

ONLY CHILD Find A Way — Yam Who Remix (Grand Central)

AZTEC MYSTIC Aguila — The Fix Mix (UR)

FRESH BAND Come Back Lover (Are'n Be)

INVERSE CINEMATICS Shot The Pianist Part 2 (Fluid Ounce)

ENNIO MORRICONE Le Fotografie — Gerd Remix (Compost)

PERRY HEMUS Rhodesmode — Freefall Mix (Woodland)