Late Night Tales: Nightmares On Wax

First landing all the way back in 2003, this early Late Night Tales collection from Nightmares On Wax features all the beautiful bells and whistles that made this series great from the start. Kicking off with a tune from Aotearoa's own Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie, the collection meanders gorgeously through the likes of Tranquility Bass, Tony Allen with Damon Albarn, Quincy Jones, and even a sublime little tune from Dusty Springfield. The penultimate tune on the record is an exclusive cover of Cymande's Brothers On The Slide from Mr Nightmares himself, a funk little number it is too. Well worth revisiting! - Flying Out

This ain't no normal nightmare, kid. This is Nightmares On Wax, aka DJ EASE, aka George Evelyn. Born under a bad sign, with lino in hand, Mr. Evelyn went forth into the world and breakdanced (brokedance?). It's what you did in the 80s when you were young, loved hip hop and couldn't rap for toffee. When house arrived they turned their clever hands to it. Bleeps and beats is what it was. That's what everyone said. But there was always a bit more than a bunch of bleeps to what Nightmares On Wax did. The north never really took the name very seriously (Sweet Exorcist even named their album Clonk as a pisstake). Then George flipped the script and went and did Smokers Delight, the beats not so much seminal as semolina: gloopy and slow and sweet and lovely.

Tracklist

Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie - Midnight Marauders 
Ian Brown - Gravy Train (n.o.w. Mix) 
Tony Allen Ft Damon Albarn - Every Season 
Rootsman - Show Me Some Love 
King Kooba - California Suite (Vagabond Mix) 
Quincy Jones - Listen (What It Is) 
Cortex - La Rue
Tom Scott - Sneakin’ in the Back
Search - Action Tape 1 (Aim Madscope Mix)
Large Professor - Bout That Time (Instrumental) 
Tranquility Bass - Cantamilla 
Mad Doctor X - Intergalacticthrowdown
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Focus - Having Your Fun 
Nightmares on Wax - Brothers on the Slide Dub (Exclu-Sive Cover Version) 
Brian Blessed - The White City Part 1 (Exclusive Spoken Word)