can someone help me with a track id... and this is going to be a pretty vague description... zip played it at panoramabar on friday towards closing. very emotional\detroit sounding, epic pad sweeps, then an extended coda section with a voice repeatedly saying something along the lines of "you can hit me, you can hurt me, but still... i have a dream". anybody??
Could be Mike Grant's 'The Struggle of My People' on Moods & Grooves, probably the Mr.G mix. It's got a sample of Maya Angelou reciting her poem 'I Rise' on it
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/1217685-02.htm
― sous les paves, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
nice
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
eurgh was trying to post this in chicago house thread on noise board but im still banned because zzz so i'll post it here in response to vahid:
"i'm satisfied is getting remixed and played out all over the place here, my copy is the underdog edit version, theres also a dj emmanuels remix off that dj pharris legends of house vol. 1 mix i posted about on the bobbins thread"
― deej, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
is that a pretty good representation of the party scene in chicago?
(cause those people in the vid are old!)
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link
although to be fair most people at west coast house events are about my age and older, i.e. 30+
the vid in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRig6S5JZM
its a pretty good representation of a fair portion of the scene. Young people are into rap music and juke stuff, a lot faster bpms, or R&B. That said - when they would do free shows in grant park for summerdance, you would get a good cross section, a decent number of kids (as in actual children, they were all-ages events), a lot of latino teenagers, scatterings of white 20-40somethings and then the demographic from that video, like 30-50 yr old black ppl.
when i saw frankie knuckles @ green dolphin this past weekend, it was a lot like that vid except more gay
― deej, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a lot of respect for that scene from younger kids though ... dj pharris, who did that 'house classics' set i was talking about, is the main rap dj at power 92 here in the city. house music (like the james brown edit) gets played on power 92 on a daily basis. As do the other house tracks i mentioned, like the natalie cole remix. dj pharris just released this (pretty great) song with r kelly, fat joe, busta rhymes and fabolous: http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=22605
― deej, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
pharris usually sticks to rap music at the radio station though, they have boolumaster spin house 'classics' like the vid you posted, and then dj nehpets does the juke stuff
― deej, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
one of the things that was kinda annoying about the press that juke stuff gets is that it doesnt put it in any kind of context with respect to the house music this is coming out of ... just more 'gutter beats'
― deej, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:42 (fifteen years ago) link
what an amazing party ... can't get enough of these video clips
what the version of "is it all over my face" at the end of this vid??
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
now wait a minute
― elan, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 06:36 (fifteen years ago) link
if you were going to yield to temptation, then why'd you fall for me?
no, you listen...
― elan, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 06:37 (fifteen years ago) link
"HELL YEAH"
That's great. I wish I knew which version it was...
― J@cob, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Interview with Geir Hongro.
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Geir is on the money.
― Display Name, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
We need more Geir and less Ableton.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iybm03
― Display Name, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
that's it, thanks sous! i have another track id now, from the mole the following night. he played it 3x in a row right at the end of the 'night' when he had completely given up on mixing. nu-school (i think?) disco, loose guitar riff, female voice repeatedly intoning "don't turn it off, don't turn it off... i kinda like it"
― resolved, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
we need more young people and less depressed burnouts
― Ronan, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I should know
I hope Ableton destroys techno as we know it and makes everybody who currently likes it decamp elsewhere.
― Ronan, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Sounds like you need a hug.
― Display Name, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2359/2649955137_fd70d4f96b_o.jpg
― Display Name, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
weird that the random old mike grant track i wanted an id on is ronan's number one for july!
― resolved, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
it's a great track.
btw I don't need a hug, just a good cull
― Ronan, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"that's it, thanks sous! i have another track id now, from the mole the following night. he played it 3x in a row right at the end of the 'night' when he had completely given up on mixing. nu-school (i think?) disco, loose guitar riff, female voice repeatedly intoning "don't turn it off, don't turn it off... i kinda like it"
-- resolved"
not new school, Hot Chocolate:
http://www.discogs.com/release/607788
one of my regular joints right there, no one ever knows that one.
― pipecock, Thursday, 10 July 2008 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
"I hope Ableton destroys techno as we know it and makes everybody who currently likes it decamp elsewhere.
-- Ronan"
hasn't that already happened? isn't it called mnml?
"we need more young people and less depressed burnouts
young people tend to listen to the absolute worst crap out there, except for about once every 20 years or so when they actually get it right. and even then, the music they like is usually made by people older than them. fuck young people.
― pipecock, Thursday, 10 July 2008 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
sometimes i can't tell if your hyperbole is serious or not, pipecock. are you really that much of a hater? i know i've asked you that before, but for real: your bile is toxic.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link
also, since you're above the age of 25 (presumably), you don't really know what young people listen to. last night i spent much of the evening listening to Hieroglyphic Being, drinking Bud Light and smoking fatties under the stars with a bunch of 19 year-olds.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link
that said, i do love your blog and your taste. but your rhetoric is fucking stupid, and i'm pretty sure that you know it is.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link
that only reinforces the idea that talking about dance music on the internet would be more fun if the people doing it were still primarily motivated by their joy in the music as opposed to being motivated by the desire to win arguments on the internet.
― J@cob, Thursday, 10 July 2008 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
anyway I'm now listening to Hieroglyphic Being on headphones at the office and its nice.
― J@cob, Thursday, 10 July 2008 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
jacob, pipecock isn't presenting any argument in the post right above mine. he's simply spouting a bunch of vitriol.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 10 July 2008 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link
also i am glad you are listening to the SUn God. he is the fucking man.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 10 July 2008 05:51 (fifteen years ago) link
he always seems quite affable on his own blog. why does he have to be such a pr*ck here?
― sam500, Thursday, 10 July 2008 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
pipecock, i'm pretty sure it was an escort style cover of the hot chocolate track...
― resolved, Thursday, 10 July 2008 07:58 (fifteen years ago) link
The Hot Choc cover is by 40 Thieves and is a 12" on Permanent Vacation.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:17 (fifteen years ago) link
He always seems quite affable on his own blog. why does he have to be such a pr*ck here? Very true. Now if you could write like you did on that mnml ssgs post and not as you do here, maybe the world could be a happier place? These vitriolic attacks have become so predictable that they're no longer anything more than self parody, I can't even think of times where serious discussion and learning takes place, or is ILM just a vehicle to berate your perceived inferior, or 'fucking idiots', or whatever they are.
So. . . on that note, anyone have erm, an above 128 version of Baby Ford and Eon - Dead Eye lying around. . . Great Track it is.
― mehlt, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
one quarter gets you unlimited plays.
i definitely have a high-quality digital copy of "dead eye" somewhere. have you ever heard the single baby ford did for force tracks mehlt? it's right up close to "dead eye" and "bad friday" imo. great for doubles.
― tricky, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
actually beatport has "dead eye" as it was re-released on plus 8 in 2006 so i'm not gonna upload it unless you convince me that you are starving and can't afford $1.49 for a 320kbps mp3.
― tricky, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Fair enough.
As for the force tracks 12", the place I usually get my used records has it, and I've been meaning (and have actually had it in my hand ready to take to the cash register more than once) for like half a year. I always seem to find something at the last minute that I prefer, though. Great deep techno, though. I'd get inspired and go buy it in the next few days, but I'm in a different city and won't be back for 5 weeks :S
― mehlt, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
seems like you are on a different inspiration tip, then. it'll probably still be there when you get back.
― tricky, Thursday, 10 July 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
"also, since you're above the age of 25 (presumably), you don't really know what young people listen to. last night i spent much of the evening listening to Hieroglyphic Being, drinking Bud Light and smoking fatties under the stars with a bunch of 19 year-olds.
-- the table is the table"
i am in the unfortunate position of both having a sister who is 22 and being in school with many 18-22 year olds. i know exactly what young kids listen to, and it is some bullshit. of course when i was that age, almost everyone i knew was listening to bullshit as well.
you can come up with your 19 year olds who listen to jamal moss, but it doesnt change my point: i don't feel the need to have my musical taste justified by some young kid who doesn't know shit. if kids want to be down, there is nothing stopping them. but to try to cater towards them is pretty stupid, and worthless. i would rather people who have opinions that don't change with the weather and who have a good knowledge of music and experience listening to many things be into dance music.
― pipecock, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link
It's not 18-22 year olds with bad taste in music, that's just the majority of all people. Do you think they're going to up and start listening to Moodymann or whomever 8 years from now?
― mehlt, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
WHO IS THIS DOING THIS SYNTHETIC TYPE OF ALPHA BETA PSYCHEDELIC FUNKING?
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i heard a story about how when derrick may went over to britain with strings of life they played it for the 18+ crowd at the late club slot who were already into house and they hated it so then he tried it on the early slot, with 15 year olds and such, and they got down. so who cares?
― elan, Friday, 11 July 2008 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link
ps that is based on the assumption that strings of life is good and if you don't like you don't like good music
― elan, Friday, 11 July 2008 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Picked up a 1997 label comp on Multiplex Records this week for $2! Anyone know anything about this Danish label? Haven't had a chance to listen to it all yet but the Stasis track is pure class. Dan Curtin and Morgan Geist also represented.
http://www.discogs.com/release/94852
― sam500, Friday, 11 July 2008 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link