Why are good solid house cds so hard to find?

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Over the last year I've come, by listening to a lot of it on the radio, to appreciate various types of house music. This is all well and good, but whenever I try and find CDs of this stuff I draw blanks. They're either four-on-the-floor club-style compilations (which are not interesting enough), or 'intelligent' armchair compilations (which are not dancey enough).

So to date I own three house CD's:

Blueprints volume 2 (Slip 'n' Slide Blue / Kickin Records)
Outpatients volume 3 (Hospital Records) (technically two-step/uk garage/whatever it's called)
Ian Pooley - Since Then

But I want more.

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

tom middletons - sound of the cosmos.

3 cds. one of it is chill. one is very nice dancable deep house the other is breaks and dubstep type stuff. its ace.

um pooley also has an excellent compilation out of classics but i'm sodded if i can remember its name.

― gallantseagull, Tuesday, 29 July 2003 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

metro area - s/t
hypercity mixed by andrew weatherall - on forcetracks/force inc.
herbert - let's all make mistakes mix cd on tresor
any of the three Off Limits compilations
mattias schaffhauser - selected remixes
kevin saunderson - trust the dj
v/a - the good good on 2000 black

― heywood jablomi (heywood), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

hey damian if yr damian kraftwerk (or whatevah) um drop by my flat or something (haha I'm only five mins from real groovy); you can listen to some of my stuff, might be up yr alley.

― etc, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

If you want some of that smooth West coast deep house, check out some of the Naked Music compilations, preferably the Nude Dimensions series.

Also, Guidance Records out of Chicago has released some nice stuff. Their "Midnight Express" compilations, "Mundial Muzique" (Latin and Afro tribal-ish house), and Hi Fidelity House compilations. All good.

― ham on rye (ham on rye), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Here are some crowd-pleasers:

Sound Signature Sounds or First Floor -Theo Parrish (both are really great, the latter is a comp of 12"s)

May Day Mix-Derrick May

Rest-Isolee

Actually, Playhouse has put out some great CDs (if you're looking for full-lengthers) like the new John Tejada/Adrian Leviste, the Famous When Dead comps, etc.

Natural Blaze-Blaze (I know the cheese factor is high, but I can't help but love this shit.)

Mahogany Brown-Moodymann

― direct_program, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Derrick Carter Derrick Carter Derrick Carter

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I rec. the Andy Weatherall "Hypercity" as well. Everyone I know loves it, even those that aren't all that into house.

You might want to check out Richie Hawtin, Dan Bell and the Kompakt label stuff. I tend to like minimal/tech as well as hard house as opposed to souldful jazzy stuff.

I started a thread on this looking for good continous mixes, check it out, it may be of some help --

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― tk, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 06:02 (twenty-two years ago)

the Harry Choo Choo Ramirez (sp?) mix CD on subliminal last year is v good. Subliminal Sessions vol , I think

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

terry's cafe series on plastic city is great tech house
hipp-e and halo mixes
sub club stuff with DJ Harri
derrick cater- about now

― paulhw (paulhw), Monday, 10 November 2003 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

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