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During DJ Sven's Disco Inferno Show
A classic minimix by Ben Liebrand:
 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
(Ben Liebrand Remix)
BEN LIEBRAND GRANDMIX 1985
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BEN LIEBRAND GRANDMIX 1985
Made exactly 20 years ago. Without a computer without an editor without wavefroms without undo.
Just 2 Turntables and a tapedeck.....
Equipment
2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges
1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels)
1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops
1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads.
Speed: 38 cm/s 2track
Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level
Background info
After gathering all the dance charts of the year, an initial list was made in the month
November. This list was sorted by tempo (BPM beats per minute) and on the 1st of
December, work was started on the mix. It took the full month of December to complete
and perfect the mix, usually working the last 72 hours in one stretch.
Reel to reel tape
These early Grandmixes were all edited on tape. Have a look how it was done.
As the edited tape was the final thing, each edit and crossfade not only had to be
rhythmically correct, but even more important , at the right volume level. The mix
would otherwise become louder and louder, resulting in overload and distortion.
I never liked limiters and compressors on final mixes, so the grandmix was also made
without them.
This mix was transferred from analog tape to the Sony SL-F1 prior to broadcasting
eliminating the risk of the "Live-tape-to-tape-crossfade" going wrong it was then
broadcast on December 27th 1985 on Radio Veronica. (See also Reel to Reel on the 84page)
Directors Cut
The Grandmix 85 as broadcasted 27th of March 1999 was transferred from Sony SL-F1
to the Akai DD1000 . The mix was then leveled to 0 dB and minor imperfections were
corrected. An intro was added to identify the mix as being the Grandmix 85, which fades
into the original intro of the mix (the purists can remove it, and restore it to the original version
by fading in after the vocoder). The mix was then recorded on to DAT.
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