David Holmes: Come Get it I Got It

i've not heard it yet but i figure these might suit:

Dan The AUtomator - 'Wanna Buy A Monkey?'
DK Kicks - Thievery Corporation
Gilles Peterson - INCredible Sound Of...
Gilles Peterson - Journeys By DJ
DJ Kicks - Stereo MCs

cant think of the more bombastic funk/hip hop mixes right now tho...none of the above quite play the same brand of filthy soul and rare groove like Holmes

the 100% Dynamite series maybe?

Obvious nominee:
Holmes' own earlier mixCD entitled "Essential Mix 98/01"

(personally, while I love all the old records on CGIIGI, I thought the interludes by Holmes' own band The Frtee Association were utter rub. Wish I'd bought the unmixed vinyl version instead. But if you like that kind of thing, you may like to know that there's a Free Association LP coming out on October 21st)

some more suggestions:

the "Super Breaks" series on Ace records has a similar 60s/early 70s soul and rare groove vibe as 'CGIIGI'

if you can find them: EMI France is currently releasing a whole batch of compilations drawn largely, but no completely, from the Blue Note records archives. You get a fair bit of wanky 70s lite jazz on these, but also some great, forgotten grooves of which Holmes himself would no doubt approve. Details here:
http://www.forcedexposure.com/labels/emi.france.html

Free Association's 'Dont Rhyme No More' is off the hottest of hooks! seek and enjoy

I haven't heard this CD... but it sounds something like the two New Orleans Funk comps on Soul Jazz, which are both absolutely wonderful...

How great is "Sugarman" by Rodriguez, btw?

for an excellent mix CD, the first Blue Juice volume (on Blue Note) is well worth getting. nice and heavy in places (although tracks like the two Ananda Shankars have since been caned to death by deejays like Mr Holmes...). the 2nd and 3rd volumes are good too, but the first is really well ordered. alternatively the four french comps Jeff mentions, but i haven't bothered buying any, since the contents are entirely taken from various albums on the Blue Series.

i can't say i've ever been particularly impressed by David Holmes, either by his own music or his deejaying. he mostly seems to play records which other deejays have already discovered, but somehow seems to market himself better than deejays who have been always been playing jazz, funk and soul, and not just since a road to Damascus conversion in '94 or whenever

i note from the David Holmes tracklisting the excellent 'Sweet Songs' track, which the doofus should have credited to Sarah Webster Fabio and not to 'Jujus' which is the title of her LP,

who are these other DJs Holmes has copied though? you didnt name them

i think his music is excellent whether its the perfect travellin' techno of 'Minus 61 In Detroit', the dulcit tones of 'Gone' or the New York acid trip that is 'Lets Get Killed' - and 'Bow Down To The Exit Sign' sure had its moments (Compared To What, 69 Police, Outrun, Hey Lisa) too...i'm looking forward to Free Association based on what i've heard myself

does anyone rate 'Stop Arresting Artists' - always planned to pick that up

Holmes soulboy gimmick bores me to tears really, as did his last album. I think the guy has lost his drive a little bit, last time he played in Dublin, on the opening night of a superclub, he got the arse and was refusing to play an acid house set which he had been booked to play. In the end he did play it and asked to come back and do another one, but I've heard tell of him ruining concerts by coming on last and doing chill out.

The best thing he's ever done is his remix of the Sabres of Paradise song, Smokebelch.

Since this has turned into a David Holmes in general thread, I've just heard that he's doing the music to Analyze That. *shudder*