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, 19 March 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"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.....
― pipecock, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
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?
― one time, Friday, 21 March 2008 06:57 (sixteen years ago) link
and should i go back to the shop and pick up Sten - Leaving The Frantic for $6?
― one time, Friday, 21 March 2008 07:33 (sixteen years ago) link
-- one time
nice one. i used to love the john tejada mix on that comp. unfortunately the cd is back in my home country :(
― sam500, Friday, 21 March 2008 07:51 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, that psi performer is ... sort of boring ...
the really excellent rother ambient albums are elixir of life and magic diner
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 21 March 2008 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
excellent driving on freeway during foggy nights music
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=296320337796677090
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 21 March 2008 08:43 (sixteen years ago) link
this is surely the greatest house track of all time
― r1o natsume, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― or something, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Picked this up the other day. http://www.discogs.com/release/2374
― Display Name, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
the mix of '151' on that is so raw. is the rest of it as good!
― haitch, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
That looks oh so nice Display Name.
― matt2, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
got this today, awesome techno released 13 years ago(!) by colin newman's label.
― one time, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
would like to hear that, i liked the Varley tracks i heard on the 'Avanti' LP
― blueski, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I did a nice playlist some of you may like here:
http://www.viva-radio.com/pyjamarama
the one called Synthetic Emotions
― dan selzer, Thursday, 27 March 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
G-Man/Gez Varley ftw.
― littlewhiteearbuds, Friday, 28 March 2008 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Oooh, is that the one with the red vinyl with the black streams through it.
Quo-Vadis is top-5 of all time material.
― mehlt, Friday, 28 March 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Display Name, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
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'.
― elan, Saturday, 29 March 2008 05:15 (sixteen years ago) link
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).
― blueski, Saturday, 29 March 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
it's pretty bad actually - worst Owens vocals ever.
― blueski, Saturday, 29 March 2008 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
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?
― elan, Saturday, 29 March 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
m4a: http://www.zshare.net/download/97543081609e9b/
― blueski, Saturday, 29 March 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
can we talk about how awesome SEAMUS HAJI is?
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 29 March 2008 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 29 March 2008 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
see also: axwell
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 29 March 2008 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Display Name, Sunday, 30 March 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
that haji mix is definitely bangin
― winston, Sunday, 30 March 2008 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 31 March 2008 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― sous les paves, Monday, 31 March 2008 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― sous les paves, Monday, 31 March 2008 04:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i knew game was changed when i heard disc 2 of that tiga set
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 31 March 2008 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
hearing "lies" was a definite "oh shit what is this?!?" moment
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 31 March 2008 04:29 (sixteen years ago) link
"Just got this one yesterday: http://www.discogs.com/release/4982
-- 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.
― matt2, Monday, 31 March 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
just got: http://www.discogs.com/release/2153
― haitch, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
review?
― Display Name, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
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).
― haitch, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
the "techno" playlist I mentioned above, I wrote about here:
http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=36
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― sam500, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Nobody else on here likes this kind of thing, right?
http://www.discogs.com/release/1325109
― J@cob, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
14 Secret Cinema Timeless Altitude (Extra Altitude Mix) Remix - Speedy J Written-By - Jervem Verheij* 15 Hardfloor Alternative
both great
― vaqueros, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:53 (sixteen years ago) link
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!
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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 ...
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:14 (sixteen years ago) link
HEY WAIT ... is it time for a tribal techno revival yet?!?
s/d: drumcode, intec, primate, tronic, monoid, killa bite, theory, pure plastic, hardgroove, phont, teknotika etc etc etc!!!
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link
listening to this ancient dj harvey deep house mix right now ... some amazing stuff, especially the d*note remix (by jono podmore, who i remember seeing on all sorts of dorado-related trip hop and acid jazz comps) and the mondo gross / saint germain tracks
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
-- moonship journey to baja
yeah those two are great. i like the quirkiness of the angel selection. and then garnier pulls out the big detroit guns for his mix. such a great phase for techno in general (weep).
― sam500, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link
NO! I hated that shit.
― sam500, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i remember first seeing the name "ben sims" when i bought this mark broom comp the week it came out. i'd gotten heavily into mark broom via ford, stasis and plaid connections and was also still willing to spend money on anything w/ claude young or surgeon on it (it was also the first time i saw the name "losoul", but that's another story ...)
anyway, i remember two years later seeing entire BINS w/ nothing but ben sims, adam beyer and oliver ho records! seriously, no joke, "techno" had a bin, "hard style" had a bin, and "beyer / sims / etc" had a bin. who did i forget? samuel l sessions?
still, there's a beauty to the purity of something like this ben-sims-only dj mix, not so different from listening to an hour of purposemaker or user tracks. and there's the odd genius producer, like cari lekebusch.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:48 (sixteen years ago) link
the "small difference" aspect of that music was always so hard for me to deal with ... like, i knew that, say, gaetano parisio or umek were much better than, say, chris liebing or hardcell. but how to explain the difference?
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:51 (sixteen years ago) link
the ben sims looks utterly fearsome. the claude young dj kicks is about my limit i think.
― sam500, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
No expansive only core
― saer, Thursday, 29 February 2024 20:39 (two months ago) link
Psychedelic Research Lab - Taraneh (Spy's Sub Mix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKoc38QTzvw
― ed.b, Friday, 22 March 2024 13:59 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEstBxLGcAmolinaro - "jtl" (2019)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Thursday, 18 April 2024 23:59 (three weeks ago) link
love those drums
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 22 April 2024 07:23 (three weeks ago) link