Secret Stash 12 by. DJ Cagefather
A new episode of Secret Stash with rare gems from DJ Cagefather's vinyl collection.
A new episode pulled straight from DJ Cagefather’s vinyl collection, shared in the twelfth Secret Stash episode under the Ninetofive.
Digging into a stack of rarities he’s brought out - from Jon Doe to Oktober and Formulatin’ Fathers - the kind of records that don’t come around twice.
About the mix - I always try to catch a certain vibe and let it run from start to finish without breaking the thread. This one came from a flashback to being a teenager. Mixtape in the Walkman, roaming around, mad blunted. It’s winter but the sun is out — one of those rare days where the light hits just right. You’re blinking into it, eyes watering, almost snow blind.
It sits somewhere between that ’97-’98 indie era and the early 2000s. That space where everything still felt raw and untouched.
A record that never gets the credit it deserves is Formulatin’ Fathers LP. Dropped in 2005, and it plays like a long march through winter. One of those rare records you can run front to back without even thinking about skipping. The whole thing tells a story - and it holds that same cold, reflective energy all the way through.
When the sample from “Eyes Like Blue Skies” comes in, it’s like the first sunbeam cutting through a frozen day.
A record like a tale.
I came across an ultra rare test pressing of it - only 10 copies exist and I picked it up on Discogs back in 2001 for next to nothing. Sometimes it’s just timing. No copy surfaced again after that, and years later the seller even tried to buy it back.
Some things you’re not supposed to let go of..