Strictly 4 My Underground Homo Deep House Thugs: DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhHCThmpxw&feature=related

so good

has the routes not roots stuff been rereleased? B2B was on the 1st one.

no just "b2b". other side is "hush now" from some mp3 only compilation

I am pleased as punch that the club I'm a partner in has Terre coming for his first US show in a loooong time:

Friday, July 9th

DJ Sprinkles
Morgan Geist

U Street Music Hall
1115 U St NW
Washington DC

Really excited to see him play, really curious to see what the audience demographics are.

I bet all the 'true' heads are trapped outside by the bouncer while their white labels are being spun on the decks.

Really excited to see him play, really curious to see what the audience demographics are.

― I DIED, Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:56 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ME

Took me so long to hear this but I absolutely love it. It greatly satisfies inner underground deep house homo thug.

MY inner blah blah

well, no. just, "i ain't you bitch *snap*. yo bitch is at home wit' your kids *snap*."

― And now my dick is where? Oh, this is too rich (the table is the table), Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:25 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

in fact, when i give my MFA thesis reading in the spring, my friend is gonna yell 'bitch' at me from the audience, and i'm going to say just that.

― And now my dick is where? Oh, this is too rich (the table is the table), Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:26 AM (5 months ago)

i wanna know if this happened

btw has anyone heard any of these?

http://www.comatonse.com/releases/deeperama.html

This is a completely intuitive and therefore bullsh1ne way of thinking about it, but this record totally does what I wanted Pantha du Prince to do before I heard him, and does it better and renders PdP unnecessary to my ears.

^^ I'm interested in those, based on his lovely dj set at RFH London earlier this year. On a Terre note I got a copy of the G.R.R.L. album. It's really hard work, the only track I like is 'Face' which is on the You? Again? comp. I guess a lot has changed stylistically between 1997 and now. The future is drum and bass??? Maybeee not.

Probably goes on the Terre thread.

i ordered one this morning so i'll let you know when it gets here

please do!

this came today btw, just listening. the one i ordered was Pastime Paradise, his website describes it as

"Dawn mix (6:30am), a little heavier on the smooth, deep New York vibe, with some male vocals."

can't find a tracklist for it anywhere but so far it is awesome. male diva vocal house.

the night in DC was great. really stretched out, languid vibe. grand central mcde bassline mix sounded incredible on the u hall system!

he should come to LA

http://www.sounds-like-me.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/1986-Self-Portrait-1.jpg

holy crap...

Mille Plateaux Back-Catalog Once Again Illegally Uploaded Into Major Distribution Channels
An Open Letter To The Press

http://www.comatonse.com/writings/milleplateaux2010.html

July 31, 2010
To all members of the press,

I am shocked to say the original Mille Plateaux back-catalog has once again been illegally uploaded into major distribution systems, including Beatport, etc. I am led to believe they have been provided the content by the distributor IODA, from whom I am attempting to get specific information about the uploader. (I will update this page as soon as I have confirmed information.) This is devastating news for myself, as well as so many other Mille Plateaux artists who struggled for years to have the works removed from illegal distribution.....

i would def never buy any comatonse stuff w/o checking hard where my money was going

I'm curious as to how often this sort of thing happens, which just makes me happy that I steer clear of mp3 sites. I can only imagine what sort of seedy things you'd find out looking at Beatport's business practices.

> ^^ I'm interested in those, based on his lovely dj set at RFH London earlier this year. On a Terre note I got a copy of the G.R.R.L. album. It's really hard work, the only track I like is 'Face' which is on the You? Again? comp. I guess a lot has changed stylistically between 1997 and now. The future is drum and bass??? Maybeee not.
>
> ― mmmm, Friday, July 16, 2010 3:35 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

In case you missed the promo-sticker-like yellow star on the back cover reading the album was "brought to you by the boardroom mentality that brought you Space Jam," or the liner notes saying "G.R.R.L. assures the audience that each track is produced with 110% cyncerity," G.R.R.L. was a parody album in which Terre sarcastically produced tracks in all the genres labels told her/him they wanted once s/he got out of her contract with Instinct Records. They were then all put onto a single album, making it un-distributable by distributors who always wanted to categorize dance releases under a single hyper-specific category (like just House or Techno or Drum and Bass). There is a kind of funny graphing of the various genres on the back cover. In some interview Terre talks about all this, and other strategies of failure as an anti-capitalist practice... kinda funny and interesting.

The inner notes also end, "In the spirit of music award show recipients, G.R.R.L. would like first and foremost not to thank God for making any part of this possible." :)

Read the "G.R.R.L.ifesto" here: http://www.comatonse.com/releases/grrl.html

Also worth noting that all the tracks are well produced - in typical Terre fashion, the sarcasm is intended to pass without scrutiny by those not in the know... as apparently mmmm's comments prove. ;) I know scanner used to sometimes DJ the minimal track (i think it's called Troll), and that China Doll (Kill all who call me...) track used to be played on the local college radio station sometimes... all the titles are kinds of sexual stereotypes or ways people might describe someone while cruising... also funny.

oh, and the beatport/mille plateaux problem seems to be over:
http://www.comatonse.com/writings/milleplateaux2010.html

so the k-she record that just came out is sick. really inspired talk talk sample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdOToCMKGgQ

looks like there's a new album due next year

I hope there is more new stuff, the two recent 12s only include one track (Double Secret) I don't recognise.

Terre on NPR! http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/01/10/132765657/deconstructing-gender-politics-in-dance-music?ft=1&f=2

cool, does anybody have the LWE podcast btw?

ugh its p. tacky spamming msg boards w/ articles abt u

terre writes about the charity-marketing around japan's crises...

http://www.comatonse.com/writings/helpingwithoutrecompense.html

sooooooo terre was pretty damn awesome last night.

the new record is a re-release of routes not roots, though given that it was a japan-only vinyl release in 2006 it probably just counts as a new album, and it's AMAZING - even better than midtown 120 blues. "hobo train" is the most epic thing.

I like this:

youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdGa4Oa2MaY

yeh, that's nice!

wish i'd manage to persuade someone to go to this

P.s. Routes Not Roots = would acquire.

wow, love these tracks. Anything house with an intro that talks about 'what house is' I love. Someone should do a mix of only these.

even better than midtown 120 blues

if this is true, hot damn. need to find a copy

I'm not sure it's better but it is as good. In fact, it's basically the same record.

Thanks for the tip on Routes on Roots, I didn't know about that one. Looks like you can get it cheap from Amazon.fr (at least if you live in the EU), so I ordered it right away.

A rare perfect rating on Resident Advisor.

Haven't gotten a copy yet (I'm hoping this review means local stores will actually stock it), but I can't say I'm surprised.

LOVE this. i can see why brotherlovesdub would say its the same record, but really while the sound palette is similar, i find it less langorous/ambient and more... well, idk if i would go as far as to say banging, but it finds a wonderful balance between melancholy and straight up rhythm+bass exhilaration. its not as fragile or wispy as midtown 120 blues and a few tracks really build up some momentum. i could def do without the 6min long interruption of "Stand Up", tho, i mean its interesting to hear it once, but i'll be skipping it from now on.

omfg B2B when the lush synth pads roll in ((((d-_-b))))

So, I'm thinking I prefer Midtown 120 Blues to this, but I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers...

it finds a wonderful balance between melancholy and straight up rhythm+bass exhilaration. its not as fragile or wispy as midtown 120 blues and a few tracks really build up some momentum. i could def do without the 6min long interruption of "Stand Up", tho, i mean its interesting to hear it once, but i'll be skipping it from now on.

agree on all of this - think this is why i prefer it to midtown 120 blues...

I was wondering, has Thaemlitz actually released much house music (or dance music in general) before these records? I bought one of his experimental electroacoustic albums on Mille Plateaux back in the 90s, and while the liner notes had some interesting queer polemics, the music was mostly boring as hell, which made me write him off for years. Looking at Discogs, most of his records are classified as "experimental" or "ambient", are there any gems among them? I really like "Between Empathy And Sympathy Is Time" as an experimental piece, but is the rest of Lovebomb as good?

The "You? Again?" compilation has a lot of dancier stuff that he released under other pseudonyms. It's great.

lol at that apache sample in the mix of june's lost area. works tho!

fav sprinkles thing (and one of my fav tracks of last year) was the remix of low point on high ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrTApQIZU-U

"lovebomb" is largely more, uh, 'conceptual' pieces, not very much house action there. i second the 'you? again?' comp (those two tracks that sample "see line woman" especially)

very excited to hear this k-s.h.e. album

the video version of "lovebomb" available through comatonse is the one to get (and it comes with an audio cd, too). the visuals bring it together.