Techno/House Bobbins of the past

http://www.myspace.com/kstarke

I visited Mr. Starke's store in February (after having purchased some stuff from him on ebay), and I have to say I completely agree that his enthusiasm and the selection were top notch. He seems to be a really genuine guy who loves what he's doing. His store is up there with Mr. Peabody as a required stop when I'm in the area.

just gotta say this thread, a few inches of posts aside, is just about my fave thing on ilm right now! keep on keepin on!

I bought Kevin Yost's Night Of A Thousand Drums ep recently.. Might try me some Bongo Madness any tips? The one with Flight Plan is already on the list.

been really digging the first Abacus record on Prescription as of recent.

does anyone know, actually, if he's still doing prodcution work?

okay he still is and is still the shit.

found a used copy of "love's arrival" today, listened, and put it back. why didn't it click?

album is about as smooth as it gets

i like 'where life begins'

Not really that old (2006), but I was very pleased to find, two days ago, a vinyl copy of Alexi Delano and Xpansul's Intelligence Reframed EP on Plus 8, That "Echolocation" is a doozy of track if there ever was one.

i think my favorite smooth heard track is that 'just another lonely day' by blakk society feat david hollister ...

This is one of the most beautiful albums of the 21th century. It has the soul comparable with the great Marvin Gaye, the smoothnes and intensity of Miles Davis, the funkyness of Prince and the groovieness of, well Larry Heard himself, when he was at his peak, back in the early 90's. "Missing You", "Until the last goodbye" and "Praise" are among the finest work Larry Heard ever made, and are three of the most beautiful songs of the century. "Dew drops" is a funky little number made with some nice sounding analogue synthesizers. "Riverside drive" and "Direct drive" takes you back to the 80's sound of Manchester and Ibiza. I know that a lot of people missed this record when it came out, thinking that Larry Heard never again could repeat the soulful intensity of his earlier work, so please do yourselves a favour and get this record and start believing again...

^^ really?

That guy also has The It album in his wantlist though so you can't trust his taste...

i tried listening to 'loves arrival' on my train ride home from work tonite and about 1:30 into 'dew drops' i switched to Z-Ro

i would say it wasn't bad but it sounded ... extremely smoothed-out. i like the subtle differences between "introduction", "sceneries not songs", "ice castles / sns2", "alien", "dance 2000" etc. "love's arrival" sounded like you threw all those in a pot and blended together over heat until it turned tasteless.

it felt really bad not to buy it, though. like i was giving up on a hero. sort of how i felt when i sold "tiny reminders".

You know, I haven't been able to stop playing Parage since I got it. This is one record that's gonna get worn out. Srsly, every moment of this is perfect.

Go DJHistory.com!
The DJs They Couldn't Hang (NME, 1986)

hm, that link didn't work.
http://www.djhistory.com/features/djs-they-couldn’t-hang-1986

Got some serious bobbins yesterday--

- Freestyle Man vs. Morris Brown- Smoke City EP
- Frankie Knuckles featuring Nicky Richards- Keep on Movin' 12"
- Earth People- Dance 12"

and i finally got the francois k mix of "go bang," which i always wanted on vinyl.

anyway, i am pleased, especially given the fact that Amoeba doesn't have listening booths-- the Freestyle Man ish is especially jammin, i think.

and i finally got the francois k mix of "go bang," which i always wanted on vinyl.

So. Jealous.

that FM double 12" is something of a used bin staple inexplicably, as it is deep as f*!

yeah, i'm really into it! could mix with many good things (did it with moodymann a couple minutes ago).

Dollar Bin Jams been posting some serious house awesome as of recent...

also that Earth People's pretty classic but there oughta be a S/D on Pal Joey in general and his Loop D' Loop label in particular.

Nocturbuluous Behaviour vs Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah vs Cintec de Ascultare Si Breaza

^ I thought all music was in the above. Then I went to a party the other week and heard music perhaps as good but I don't know what it was. Next week maybe there will be even better! If not it doesn't matter, I will have a happy time

Dance is awesome but the dub is better. It's got that almost "bouncey" for lack of a better term, break.

I dj'd with Pal Joey once to a room of about 15 people. He was great.

Do you like Fanica Luca Dan?

I think i come to plastic people next week!

HOT MUSIC

wow

After all these years I finally fucking bought a copy of Concept 1.

Daniel Wang rant has me hooked on Black Boots and Sine Waves.

Whoa. Listen to the "experimental dance track" on this page:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7512072.stm

by Delia Derbyshire, the BBC Radio Workshop programmer of the Dr. Who theme. I don't know if this is from the '60s or not, but if it is, it certainly complicates the question of techno's "origins." As a movement, it may have been born in Detroit, but this is further proof of the diverse array of the roots of the structure itself...

Detroit biters, ripping off Derbyshire's soul.

Someone on DJ History has posted a d/lable version of this.

not that we really needed it surely. cool stuff tho. xp

Wow, that is really cool. Delia's one of those pop mavericks I've never really explored properly. An interesting voice for sure. The little vocal snippet at the beginning is super cute.

got a link? i can't find that on djhistory...

http://www.djhistory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36501

oh fantastic!

wow. that's terrific. thanks for sharing the link.

I remember one of the booklets that came with those early 90s Volume compilations had a humourous article about origins of different electronic music genres, and the entry for "techno" read something like, "created while composing the soundtrack for the Original Dr Who series". I guess they weren't too far off.

And of course the Dr. Who Theme is responsible for the B side on this. Which is surprisingly like you'd imagine it to sound like.

Delia Derbyshire making loops on 4 reel to reel tapedecks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX_CS3NsTk

From her obiturary: "What we are doing now is not important for itself, but one day someone might be interested enough to carry things forwards and create something wonderful on these foundations."

After all these years I finally fucking bought a copy of Concept 1.

-- mehlt, Friday, 18 July 2008 02:20 (3 days ago) Link

How was I to know there were TWO different versions of this, and alas, I got the richie one not the brinkmann one I wanted :( Had I known I'd have gotten the remaster which has them both anyways.

In other news, after seeing Mossa's live set at Mutek, I spent weeks trying to find out what this track was (in awe of the fact that in 08 he could make such a great sounding 90's pop-house epic). Only yesterday I discovered it was in fact produced by Louis Vega in '93. What relevance this has, I don't know, but I've been listening to it since.

* great 90's pop-house sounding

xpost. Not to mention this CD is in good need of a remaster.

How was I to know there were TWO different versions of this, and alas, I got the richie one not the brinkmann one I wanted :( Had I known I'd have gotten the remaster which has them both anyways

the brinkmann one is quite boring.

if i had to pick one to keep, i'd keep hawtin's