Herbal Blend

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Solid Steel Presents: Herbal Blend
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Compilation album by
Released22 September 2003
Genre Hip hop, jazz
Label Ninja Tune
ZENCD083
The Herbaliser chronology
Something Wicked this Way Comes
(2002)
Solid Steel Presents: Herbal Blend
(2003)
Take London
(2005)
Solid Steel chronology
Hexstatic: Listen & Learn
(2002)
The Herbaliser: Herbal Blend
(2003)
Amon Tobin: Recorded Live
(2004)
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Herbal Blend is a DJ mix album, mixed by The Herbaliser, released on 22 September 2003 as part of the Solid Steel mix series.

A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables, CD players, digital audio players or computer sound cards, sometimes with the addition of samplers and effects units, although it is possible to create one using sound editing software.

The Herbaliser

The Herbaliser is a jazz hip hop group formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba in London, England during the early 1990s. Although currently releasing on their own label and having previously been signed to !K7 Records, they were one of the best-known acts from the Ninja Tune independent record label. They have released 11 albums, including two DJ mixes: one for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series and the other for Fabric's Live Mix series. The Herbaliser's album Same As It Never Was was their first release on !K7 Records. Their latest album There Were Seven was released in September 2012, on their own label Department H.

<i>Solid Steel</i>

Solid Steel are a series of DJ mix albums issued on Ninja Tune, an independent record label in the UK.

Track listing

  1. "Herbal Blend Intro"
  2. "Laying The Trap" - Charles Bernstein / Verbal Anime (Acapella featuring Rakaa-Iriscience) - The Herbaliser
  3. "The Broken Clock" - Cherrystones / Riddim Killa - Rodney P
  4. "Exotica" - Harmonic 33
  5. "Las Chicas" (The Herbaliser Remix) - The Easy Access Orchestra / Analyze (Acapella featuring Mr. Len) - Mass Influence
  6. "Gangster Boogie" - Chicago Gangsters
  7. "Uzi" (Pinky Ring) (Instrumental) - Wu-Tang Clan / It Ain't Nothin' (Acapella featuring MF Doom) - The Herbaliser
  8. "Fuck The Police" (Instrumental) - Jay Dee / Sucker M.C.'s (Instrumental) - Run DMC
  9. "The Number Song" (Cut Chemist Party mix) - DJ Shadow
  10. "Tea & Beer" (Freestyle) (featuring Jean Grae) - The Herbaliser
  11. "Pushin' On" - The Quantic Soul Orchestra
  12. "Slick Cat" - Carol Kaye
  13. "It's Up To You" - Steinski & Mass Media
  14. "Time To Build" (P Brothers remix) - The Herbaliser
  15. "Juice Crew Law" - MC Shan
  16. "Mella" (The Herbaliser Drive Faster mix) - DJ Food
  17. "Stars And Rockets" - Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
  18. "The Chase" - James William Guercio
  19. "Groove Is In The Heart" (Jelly Jam Beats) - Deee-Lite
  20. "Snake Bite" (The Herbaliser remix) - Fourth World
  21. "Tilt" - Arcade Funk
  22. "World Destruction" (featuring John Lydon) - Time Zone / The Missing Suitcase - The Herbaliser

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