January 27, 2021

DJ Platurn "So This Is De La Heaven (The Premix)"


By now you should be familiar with the work of DJ Platurn as I've posted several of his mixes, which include tributes to De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Redman and more. One of the most revered mixes in his catalog are the So This Is De La Heaven mixes. DJ Platurn has now unearthed the Premix! and shares it with the following message: "Did a tape purge the other day and came across this live all De La (and samples) mix I did as a practice run for the OG 'So This Is De La Heaven'. I honestly thought this thing had disappeared ages ago -- must have recorded it about a year before the 1st volume so i'm guessing summer 2001. Anyway here it is in all its premature glory, tape hiss and all (tried to finesse and gave it a little bump but there's only so much you can do with a 20 year old tape that's been stashed in a box for a couple decades). All the inspiration is there and it's pretty cool to hear some of the ideas that formally made it onto the official mixes." For past mixes, dig into the archives, and also click through to visit his official Bandcamp. Peep the mix below...