Exclusive: DJ Format ‘Psych Out’ Mix

DJ Format has put together a quite incredible 60 minute mix of funky psychedelic records to give us a taste of what to expect on his upcoming BBE compilation album ‘Psych Out’.

The mix varies in style from slow, stoner-psych to fast & furious B-Boy breaks and features tracks from Brazil, Yugoslavia, Russia, Japan, Turkey, Poland, Africa, India, Switzerland, Greece, Jamaica, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Uruguay, UK and USA. 23 tracks are included from 23 different countries, but like the old-school crate digger he is, Format won’t tell us any more than that.

DJ Format’s Psych Out is release June the 10th on vinyl, DJ and digital.

In Format’s own words:
The idea for this compilation came about because of my search for a rare psych/funk 7″ that isn’t even included here! My friend DJ Oneofakind played me the said record and I totally lost my mind. Some months later after a lot of asking around and searching online, a copy turned up on Discogs.com for a painful amount of money. I contacted the seller to ask a couple of questions and it turned out I was talking to Jake Holloway, BBE’s in-house designer. I’d loosely known Jake for a few years through mutual friends so we quickly arranged a time to meet and take care of business. Jake told me he’d offered the 7″ to a few other DJ/collector friends but they’d passed on it as it was ‘too heavy’ for them. This got us talking about my love for psych records with a funky slant and I explained my frustration at buying so many records that fit that description, that were ‘too heavy’ to play at my typical DJ gigs. Jake had the perfect solution: “why don’t you do a compilation of funky, fuzzed-out psych stuff for BBE?”.

Pre-order ‘DJ Format’s Psych Out’ here.