Gold Teeth Thief

Gold Teeth Thief is an influential mixtape by DJ and producer DJ /rupture, self-released in 2001 as a CD-R and internet download, and then re-released by "Violent Turd" (a sublabel of Tigerbeat6) in August 2002. It was named one of the "50 Records of the Year" by The Wire in 2001. [http://www.thewire.co.uk/archive/charts/2001_Rewind.html]

This live recorded DJ mix crams 43 tracks into 68 minutes, mashing together a wide range of styles from breakcore and ragga to Arabic folk music and even some Paul Simon.

Track listing

part A

#"Missy Elliot Get Ur Freak On (Elektra), Nas Oochie Wallie instrumental (Columbia), Ricky Dog aka Bling Dog Risen to the Top (Massive Sounds)"
#"DJ Scud Badman Time (Ambush)"
#"Barrington Levy Here I Come - jungle (Greensleeves), Nettle Duende (Soot)"
#"Dead Prez Cop Shot (Raptivism), Monie Muss Crew Thugz riddim (Greensleeves), Spragga Benz Certain Bwoy (Greensleeves)"
#"Bounty Killer Corrupt System (Greensleeves), Snares Man Breakbeat Malaria (History of the Future), Tommy Zwedberg Hanging (Fylkingen), Kid 606 Get yr kicks on Route 606 (Vinyl Communications), Luciano Berio Visage (Turnabout), Venetian Snares Boarded Up Swan Entrance (Planet-Mu), Larbi Lamtougi Salhine Assalihate (Casaphone)"
#"Nettle Duende: DJ Scud's In Chains remix (Soot), Shabba Ranks Peanie Peanie (Digital B)"
#"Quincy Bruce Lee MC (Ninja Tune)"
#"DJ/Rupture Descarriada (Broklyn Beats)"

part B

#"Dahlena Dabka (DJ Dance Records)"
#"Non Phixon Four W's instrumental (Serchlite), Djivan Gasparyan Dle Yaman (Opal), Wu-Tang Clan Reunited Funkstörung's mix (K7!), Nettle untitled (white label)"
#"Cannibal Ox Vein (Def Jux), Sub Dub Dawa Zango (theAgriculture)"
#"DJ /rupture Rumbo Babylon (Broklyn Beats)"
#"Missing Links No Lodge (Primeight), DJ /rupture Taqsim Distorsionada (Soot)"
#"Rude Ass Tinker U Can't Touch This (Planet-Mu), DJ /rupture feat. Mercedes Ferrer (white label), John Wall track 1 (Utterpsalm), Moosaka w/ Splice Airbrushing (Street Forest)"
#"Welmo Romero & Splice Si A Plomo Vives: rupture's remix (Broklyn Beats)"
#"Project Pat Chickenhead (Loud), Nettle Duppy (Soot)"
#"Ilhan Mimaroglu Agony (Turnabout), Nettle Ensamblaje (Soot), Oval Shop In Store (Thrill Jockey)"
#"Muslimgauze The Taliban (Jara), Paul Simon w/ Ladysmith Black Mambazo Homeless (Warner Bros.), Miriam Makeba Djiguinira (Syliphone)"

External links

* [http://negrophonic.com/goldteeththief.htm Soot Records: DJ /rupture > Gold Teeth Thief mix] - MP3 of Gold Teeth Thief on DJ /rupture website
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/115665 DJ /rupture: Gold Teeth Thief @ Discogs.com] - album info
* [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=297 http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=297] - Review of Gold Teeth Thief and Minesweeper in Stylus Magazine