Techno/House Bobbins of the past

All the more proof that it's really unacceptable that I've never made it to DEMF. I keep trying to convince my wife that it would be a great vacation.

is this the right place to ask about forever sweet-- namely, is anything else they did as perfect as "bleed"? does other ladomat stuff sound similar?

"All the more proof that it's really unacceptable that I've never made it to DEMF. I keep trying to convince my wife that it would be a great vacation.

-- matt2"

it is a great vacation. i bring my wife and my younger sister with me every year. at least 20 of my friends go up every year from pittsburgh as well, not even counting all the people i know from around the world who show up. its as good of a time as you can have if you like dance music.

That'd be the problem. Wifey loves dancing but doesn't like "dance music." It only takes about 30 seconds of any synthetic beat of the thump-thump-thump-thump-this-is-going-to-be-a-dance-song variety and my wife gets extreme anxiety. She loves Depeche Mode and plenty of early 90's poppier house stuff but can't stomach a moment of "true" techno, even something as gorgeous as "R-Theme" or "Dominas." I know, it doesn't make sense to me either.

My bf and I went for the first time last year and hope to make it a tradition. He is not into dance music/music in general as much as I am, but he's willing to indulge me and has family in Michigan so it works out. It is our one chance each year to hear this music in its "proper" setting (i.e. not between a pair of headphones or blasting from my car).

Yeah, I'm pretty much asked to keep the beats in my headphones.

I really, really want to go to DEMF again this year but it overlaps with a 2 week Germany trip. I guess that balances out.

Just got this one yesterday: http://www.discogs.com/release/4982

The locked groove on the A side is perfect. I let it play for 10 or 15 minutes yesterday.

"That'd be the problem. Wifey loves dancing but doesn't like "dance music." It only takes about 30 seconds of any synthetic beat of the thump-thump-thump-thump-this-is-going-to-be-a-dance-song variety and my wife gets extreme anxiety. She loves Depeche Mode and plenty of early 90's poppier house stuff but can't stomach a moment of "true" techno, even something as gorgeous as "R-Theme" or "Dominas." I know, it doesn't make sense to me either.

-- matt2"

man, that sucks. get her some good drugs and take her there, maybe she'll have a religious experience and you can all live happily ever after ;)

on the other hand, you could just go by yourself! there are lots of friendly techno nerds there.....

got a few things today. soul center III which is pretty cool, very unique sounding.

also got this psi performer remixes and am just listening to it now. has anyone heard the album?

and should i go back to the shop and pick up Sten - Leaving The Frantic for $6?

also got this psi performer remixes and am just listening to it now. has anyone heard the album?

-- one time

nice one. i used to love the john tejada mix on that comp. unfortunately the cd is back in my home country :(

uh, that psi performer is ... sort of boring ...

the really excellent rother ambient albums are elixir of life and magic diner

excellent driving on freeway during foggy nights music

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=296320337796677090

this is surely the greatest house track of all time

it's wonderful woozy stuff certainly tho i always think the "i could have saved myself so much money..." line undermines it by bringing the lols.

Picked this up the other day.
http://www.discogs.com/release/2374

the mix of '151' on that is so raw. is the rest of it as good!

That looks oh so nice Display Name.

got this today, awesome techno released 13 years ago(!) by colin newman's label.

would like to hear that, i liked the Varley tracks i heard on the 'Avanti' LP

I did a nice playlist some of you may like here:

http://www.viva-radio.com/pyjamarama

the one called Synthetic Emotions

G-Man/Gez Varley ftw.

Oooh, is that the one with the red vinyl with the black streams through it.

Quo-Vadis is top-5 of all time material.

the mix of '151' on that is so raw. is the rest of it as good!

No, 151 is the best cut on the record. I got real lucky because the guy that owned it only played Fantasy Girl(marked three stars on the cover) and never touched the rest of the LP.

The Fingers tracks are interesting because they sound like demo's of Washing Machine. I don't know, but I would guess that they were alternate takes from around the same time. The rest of the album varies in quality. The Phortune track on the b-side is the only other thing that stands out.

One other unrelated thing, the Dem Young Sconies records are legit. There must have been a few boxes of planet E records that got lost because my local store got a grip of old common factor 12"s. They were in the PE sleeves with the custom sticker and had the PE91-98 xerox catalog included. They are either new old stock, or they were bootlegged by incredibly detail oriented pirates hell bent on losing money.

fantasy girl... you mean 'dream girl' by pfantsay club? i think that larry heard had this song heavy on the brain when he wrote 'the sun can't compare'.

i recently got that version of fingers 'can you feel it?' with robert owens singing on top - didn't know this version existed before but it's on that Legends Of House comp doing the rounds (same thing I got the Saunders and FJF tracka above from).

it's pretty bad actually - worst Owens vocals ever.

i've never heard that... i always figured that vocal mix was referring to the rhythm controll 'my house' vocal sample. can we hear robert owens' worst vocal ever?

m4a: http://www.zshare.net/download/97543081609e9b/

can we talk about how awesome SEAMUS HAJI is?

ok not really, i mean i could care less about how awesome seamus haji is but i think ILX sort of unjustly ignored the big room sound of 2006

see also: axwell

fantasy girl... you mean 'dream girl' by pfantsay club?

The same basic track appeared in a few different versions. This is the tough acid version without the female vocals:

http://www.discogs.com/release/132582

I listened to them both in the same sitting the night before, sorry for any confusion.

that haji mix is definitely bangin

very much enjoying dj laflèche's two discs of banging uptempo progressive house for the turbo label (circa 1999?)

highlights include an amazing sequence on "montreal mix sessions vol 2" that start's w/ the incredible MFON's "ron hardy's revenge" and ends w/ twilight (aka roger "s-man" sanchez's) "i want your love", which of course samples the chic song of the same name. taking in, along the way, gene farris, cevin's mix of arthur baker, robbie rivera's fab 68 beats project, and some obscure but banging tribal dudes i've never heard of

highly recommended for fans of trevor rockcliffe, blake baxter, danny tenaglia, etc etc

all those turbo mix cds were dope as hell. The Tiga one was great (both discs! one proto-electroclash and one really banging techno one!!!!) as was the Adam Beyer Stockholm mix session #3. I really wish there was more stuff like this around these days.

Oh yeah that Tiga mix CD also has one of my most wanted 12"s ever that I've still had no luck tracking down on it: Copy 'Vinz' http://www.discogs.com/release/69856

i knew game was changed when i heard disc 2 of that tiga set

hearing "lies" was a definite "oh shit what is this?!?" moment

"Just got this one yesterday: http://www.discogs.com/release/4982

The locked groove on the A side is perfect. I let it play for 10 or 15 minutes yesterday.

-- matt2, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:09 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link"

Laughing at myself on this one. That night I was listening while preparing dinner, and I honestly thought the A side had a really incredible locked groove. Upon listening with headphones last night, it was actually a very impressively placed skip right near the end of track 2 on the A side. It really did make quite an impressive loop.

just got: http://www.discogs.com/release/2153

review?

no record player here at work! interested to finally hear the A side though, i've only ever heard the dub (which is classic of course).

the "techno" playlist I mentioned above, I wrote about here:

http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=36

i'm currently listening to an old john aquaviva mix from 1994 which really is excellent - superior than the hawtin selection on the same disc. this was back in the day when progressive house could face off against the techno of the day and still come out of it with its held high (in the same mix i might add). i guess these days you can argue that proggier elements have crept into minimal but give me this aquaviva mix any day of the week.

Nobody else on here likes this kind of thing, right?

http://www.discogs.com/release/1325109

14 Secret Cinema Timeless Altitude (Extra Altitude Mix)
Remix - Speedy J
Written-By - Jervem Verheij*
15 Hardfloor Alternative

both great

j@cob i own "mind control of candy jones" and "art lukm suite", both tremendous

that aquaviva mix is ok but i am much more into garnier and especially dave angel!

dave angel rather underrated around here ... funny coincidence, too, i've been listening to his mix of ken ishii's "extra" quite a bit lately.

although to be fair dave angel got pretty shitty around '99, when the big tribal techno boom happened ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qODwX1JmGv4

Moonchildren - Beyond Love (1998)

Chris Gray is often a touch understated for me but when it comes together like this one, untouchable

I have an affection for this sound, had never heard this track until today, at least consciously

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxTZB5i96oA

don’t really know what to say about this except it’s some very nice deep funky business, tom churchill - “personal interpretation”, from 1998 on headspace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dr86kAStu8

Tom Churchill really hit the heights on a number of occasions round that time period

Wide Open is another one, though not on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXGUAIa9bwo

Ascendant is though

Dj Duke - Rock Da Techfunk (Techfunkers Remix) 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ww6AMzoP0

bought without knowing the tunes cuz i’ve enjoyed some dj duke over the years. this is breakier than what i usually go for, but it took me on a nice journey tonight.

Sounds more 88 than 96. Was going to say it should be on Cutting before I noticed all the Hashim samples. Smokin' Records too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy5KTWDyKGw

Mental Cube - Q ( Original Mix ) 1991

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

Kurupt - C Walk (1998)

crisp and autumnal

I like this expansive definition of 'bobbins' that includes the C-Walk.

No expansive only core

Psychedelic Research Lab - Taraneh (Spy's Sub Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKoc38QTzvw