You can listen to a stream of Chad Mindrive "Day" by clicking on the links below.
A warehouse event in Minneapolis/Saint Paul
| 2Cool + 2B 4Gotten |
Electricity? We don't got no electricity! We don't need no steenking electricity!
"What are you, circus people?"
- some cop very early in the morning on the shores of Lake Superior (no kidding!)
The best parties I've gone to all seemed to have somehow involved this fellow called Mindrive, from afterbars in dingy basements and attics to organized events in St. Louis, Chicago, and all over Wisconsin, indoors and out, in barns, bars, convention centers, bowling alleys, a drag strip, arcades, and yes, warehouses. The promoter in jail, the headliner fleeing, I can still see Mindrive bravely at the wheels, under a tent on an island, risking arrest and raising the volume at a party I wish I could only remember the name of...
I took a shine to Chad Mindrive and asked him for a mixtape when he was a Cardinal Bar DJ in Madison, Wisconsin in the mid 90s.
Although I've long ago lost the '94 tape and artwork (as well as contact with Chad), I've hung onto an early digital copy I made.
A link to a high bitrate mp3 download is currently available here, and I've also provided a low bitrate stream. I've tweeked the files to reduce tape hiss while boosting the high end, and the result is not unlistenable.
These mixes are probably best considered as historical documents of a popular DJ.
 |
Chad
Mindrive Day Side One 64kbps.m3u Chad Mindrive Day Side Two 64kbps.m3u |
 |
Higher bitrate mp3 downloads
depending on your browser settings, you may need to right click and save the files
Day from 1994
Chad Mindrive Day Side One 192kbps.mp3
Chad Mindrive Day Side Two 192kbps.mp3
Does anyone know the name of this mix? Summer of 95?
Chad Mindrive Untitled A+B (edited to fit on one CD)
Chad Mindrive Untitled side A
Chad Mindrive Untitled side B
From a 1998 event
Chad Mindrive Live at Dexagon
A popular mixtape
Chad Mindrive Spangle Blast
Another popular mixtape from the 90s (thanx to DJ Afterbar!)
Chad Mindrive Talking Drum.mp3
The 2002 mix below was widely available on the web. Unfortunately, I was not at this event.
Chad_Mindrive_Live@Fuse_051102.mp3
With Nick Nice Live@Smartbar (Chicago) April 14, 2006 (thanx to Nick Nice!)
Live at Smartbar - Nick Nice and Chad Mindrive.mp3
click above for more javascript eye candy - works best with Internet Explorer
VisionDirect Coupon Code
If you have any other Chad Mindrive mixes, why not Email me?
AURORA1957 AT GMAIL DOT COM