Net als de meeste andere mensen hebben DJ's en producers een aantal speciale nummers die ze aan bepaalde momenten uit hun leven doet denken. In Crate Expectations mogen zij een playlist samenstellen die gebaseerd is op die herinneringen om zo hun verhaal te vertellen. Deze week is het de beurt aan DJ Dimitri, de man waarover vorige maand [een door THUMP geproduceerde documentaire](http://thump.vice.com/nl/videos/thump-video/de-negen-levens-van-dimitri) in première ging.

**Thump: Wat was het eerste nummer dat je ooit vet vond?**  
**Dimitri: **ROCKERS REVENGE Featuring DONNIE CALVIN _- Walking On Sunshine '82_  
**Waarom:** De eerste 12" plaat die ik kocht. Ik was echt verliefd op de dubversie!

Rockers Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin ‎-- Walking On Sunshine

Label:        Streetwise (SWRL 2203)
Format:      Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM 
Released:   1982
Producer, Arranged by Arthur Baker
Written by Eddy Grant
Mixed by Arthur Baker, John "Jellybean" Benitez

for promotional use only!

ROCKERS REVENGE Featuring DONNIE CALVIN -  Walking On Sunshine '82

  
**Welke twee tracks waren de eerste tracks die je mixte?**  
**Dimitri: **Patrice Rushen _- Forget Me Notsin_ met Sharon Brown _- I Specialize In Love_  
**Waarom: **Ik had toen een akai pick-upje met snaaraandrijving, een klein mengpaneel, een cassettedeck en een enorm steady vingertje om bij te draaien want een pitch-control had ik toen nog niet.

http://www.patricerushen.com

From the 1982 Straight From The Heart

Rushen was born in Los Angeles, California on September 30, 1954, the eldest of two daughters born to her father and the former Ruth Harris. She demonstrated her musical potential at a young age; she was regarded as a child prodigy. In her teens, she won the prestigious 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival. She earned her degree in music from the University of Southern California. As a mature woman, she became a jazz master and top musical director.

Due to her musical talents, Rushen has made many ground-breaking achievements. She became the first woman to serve as head composer/musical director for the Grammy Awards and the Emmy Awards, the first woman to serve as musical director for the NAACP Image Awards broadcast, an honor she held for twelve consecutive years. Rushen has been the only woman to be a musical director/composer for the People's Choice Awards, HBO's Comic Relief and the only woman musical director/conductor/arranger for a late-night television talk show, The Midnight Hour which aired on CBS.

In addition, Rushen was named musical director/composer for Newsweek's first American Achievement Awards, broadcast on CBS from the Kennedy Center and she served as the musical director for Janet Jackson's World Tour, "janet."

In 2008, Rushen accepted a professorship at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, in Boston. The course is Patrice Rushen: The Value of Music Education.

She also continues to play keyboard and has played in the tour bands of Lee Ritenour and Wayne Shorter in recent years.
[edit] Solo career

Rushen has also achieved great success as a singer. A classically trained pianist, Rushen has spent great deal of time channeling her skills towards making great music. Winning a competition at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival put Patrice into the spotlight. The attention garnered from this earned her a contract with Prestige Records in 1973.

After recording three albums and becoming an in-demand session player, including with artists such as Jean-Luc Ponty, Rushen signed with Elektra Records in 1978. Forging an engaging jazz/R&B/funk fusion, this fresh mixture of styles gave her great success with a string of Top Ten R&B hits, including "Haven't You Heard," "Forget Me Nots," "Feels So Real," "Watch Out," "You Remind Me," and "Never Gonna Give You Up" from her first five albums (Patrice, Pizzazz, Posh, Straight From the Heart, and Now). Rushen also performed her single I Need Your Love on the hit show Soul Train in 1981. She also penned the opening theme for The Steve Harvey Show. Her mentor and friend is Quincy Jones. Rushen also plays multiple instruments including flute, piano, percussion, and clarinet.
ASCAP Songwriter's Award, 1988; USC Black Student Assembly, Legacy of Excellence Award, 1992; Crystal Award, American Women in Film, 1994; AS CAP Award, Most Performed Song in Motion Pictures for 1997 for "Men in Black," 1998.

Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots

**Wat is van al je eigen tracks je favoriet?**  
**Dimitri: **Given Flowers (Eric Nouhan & Dimitri) - _4U_  
**Waarom: **Een klassieker! Maar eigenlijk staat mijn favoriet van mijn eigen tracks op het aankomende nieuwe album. Een gloednieuw nummer dus, dat nog niet uit is.

Label: Be.S.T. Records  
Catalog#: PAGE 003 / PAGE 004  
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12"
 
Country: Netherlands 
Released: Apr 1992 
Genre: Electronic  
Style: House  
Credits: Producer - Dimitri* , Eric Nouhan  
Notes: Written, composed, conceived, arranged & performed by Eric Nouhan 
except: 
Track 003 A1, composed by Eric Nouhan 
Track 004 A1, conceived by Eric Nouhan & Michiel Roeleveld 
Edited by Dimitri & Eric Nouhan . 

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Given Flowers (Eric Nouhan & Dimitri) - 4U [1992]

**Welk nummer symboliseert geluk voor je?**  
**Dimitri: **Epsylon 9 - _Life Formation_  
**Waarom: **De melodielijn zegt genoeg!

  
**Welk nummer symboliseert verdriet voor je?**  
**Dimitri: **Brian Eno - _An Ending (Ascent)_  
**Waarom: **Schitterende muziek die past bij het vergaan van de wereld of iets van die grootte.

The Silver Dubber, an ending....?

Video now featured in "YouTube Comment Reconstruction #3 - 'Brian Eno: An Ending (Ascent)'", here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkCSTM4cFj0

WOW, I never expected this video to become quite so well liked. Thanks to everyone for the very kind comments :-)

Franky


The inspiration behind my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0Svvdrx_E

The original video footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_GlAOCHyE

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) [1080 HD]

  
**Welke track heb je de afgelopen maand op repeat staan?**  
**Dimitri: **Margot - _Merdona Prins Thomas Diskomiks_  
**Waarom: **Wat een heerlijke track dit. Deze zou ik zo twee keer draaien in een set.

Title: Margot - Prins Thomas Diskomiks Selection
Artist: Margot
Label: Internasjonal
UPC: 0827170462182
Producer Reference #: INT028
Digital Release Date: 2014-09-29


buy on wpp: https://www.whatpeopleplay.com/albumdetails/Margot-Margot-Prins-Thomas-Diskomiks-Selection/id/95473

Margot - Merdona Prins Thomas Diskomiks

  
**Welke track zet je op net voordat de lichten aangaan?**  
**Dimitri: **Jon Hopkins - _Abandon Window (Moderat Remix)_  
**Waarom: **Met deze track heb ik heel mooie momenten meegemaakt!

Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window (Moderat Remix) [Official Audio]
Buy vinyl - also includes "We Disappear (feat. Lulu James)": http://smarturl.it/Disappear12

Buy digital - featured on the Extended Edition of "Immunity":
http://smarturl.it/ImmunityExt

Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window (Moderat Remix) [Official Audio]

  
**Welk nummer wil je op je begrafenis horen?**  
**Dimitri: **Een muziekstuk speciaal gemaakt voor zo'n gebeurtenis. Ik kan zo even geen track uitzoeken hiervoor.​

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