Settled in a few hours ago to review your last ten and post up my next five - had already listened through to each of the previous ten at least once - and for the first five of them a couple of times already. And then I got blown completely away by one of them. The other nine are all fine - couple better than the others but there's one that's different gravy. Completely different gravy. One of the absolute all time DHS classics. I'm almost tempted to put it on 'The Best Of' playlist right now. Good grief. What a tune.
What a tune.
Following on to my next five...
Israel Kamakawiwoole - 'Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World' - Very few people that I've ever heard professionally recorded have as pure a voice as this man. The fact he was a Maori and died young from health complication brought on by the fact he made Pavarotti look like Twiggy only add to the appeal. Yes you've heard both the songs before - maybe even combined like this - but never sung by a purer voice.
The Mamas & The Papas - 'California Dreamin''- Short, sweet, standard, classic. Of the five in this selection though it'll be the one you wake up humming tomorrow.
Elbow - 'New Born' - Searched for this on day one of Spotify 21 months ago - only very recently appeared. From the opening eight words it will, I sincerely hope, captivate you - I'm interpreting it as a love song - I'm not sure what else it could really be - there's something captured in the concept of the 'newborn' references that is very powerful. The band have gone on since this to achieve huge acclaim and success - although for my money they've only got close to this quality with one other song...
T-Power - 'Circle' - Almost endless introduction finally melts into classy mid 90's drum and bass - opening track from a quality album. God I love that drum pattern. You can hear what sort of territory the rest of the album heads off into as the track draws to a close and segues into the intro of track two - help yourselves if you're so inclined...
Mr C - 'Full Moon' - Deep, deep, deep house music with a slight techy-edge to it. Awful definition - wonderful record. Totally sums me up in terms of what I'd want to dance to and play for others to dance to. Proper lush.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Thankfully Im now back being disposed again...
My most sincere thanks for the warm wishes from H & S. You two really are a cracking pair of cunts. Good to be back.
Really enjoyed the last set of tunes - I always do really, nothing like the buzz of new records to check and while you wont like all of them - when you're dealing with likeminded people there are always going to be absolute treats in store. Gentlemen as ever I thank you.
From K's selection I really enjoyed Cant fight the feeling the most as I hadnt heard it before - great 80's power ballad. Also a big fan of 'I dont like mondays' - amazed the Boomtown Rats only touched the heights once with that song, but the pop charts are littered with such one-offs over the years. Also love The Way It Is, hadnt heard the original for ages, even though Changes by Tupac has been a regular on my ipod, and of course was on an earlier DHS selection.
I found H's selection nicely esoteric (especially compared to my more populist selections !) The Nosaj Thing sound is a real grower and very unusual - particularly their own track 'Light#1'. Of the remaining tracks I particularly enjoyed 'To Dawn Part II' by Nacho Sotomayor - it has plenty of depth, enough to not really (accurately) be labelled as a chill out record, has a touch of elegance and grandiose about it and as always, i love the build and the crescendo is tremendous (not sure about the answerphone message at the end though !!)
Ok to my selections:
Eric B & Rakim 'I Know You Got Soul'
Its been a long time, I shouldnt have left you without a strong rhyme to step to... kind of appropriate I think !
Soul II Soul 'Back to Life'
An ENORMOUS tune from my teenage years - although it was fairly ubiquitous so im sure im not the only one. Still sounds fresh now - classic record.
Pet Shop Boys 'West End Girls'
I had to double check that this hadnt been previously selected (although actually I had to for the first 4 of my 5) as I thought it must have been - just shows how few records we have actually added out of the possibles. Does anything need to be said ? An utterly seminal record.
Massive Attack 'Teardrop'
I utterly adore this record - for me its pitch perfect in every department - each element is absolutely right, that tune, that bassline that voice ! A match made in heaven... arguably their best track, although for me 'Angel' runs it very close
ATFC Presents Onephatdeeva 'In & Out of My Life'
As an enormous fan of 'right here right now' by the fatster i was initially sceptical of this record when it came out, especially when I heard Danny 'i know best' Tenaglia moved the vocal for his GU at the time as he thought ATFC had it in the wrong place !! But while RHRN is definitely raw and edgier this is a brilliant house record - particularly the big break and resolution, and indeed almost the entire second half of the record which I can personally vouch for causing dancefloor devastation its just enormous.
I hope you like. One love y'all.
Really enjoyed the last set of tunes - I always do really, nothing like the buzz of new records to check and while you wont like all of them - when you're dealing with likeminded people there are always going to be absolute treats in store. Gentlemen as ever I thank you.
From K's selection I really enjoyed Cant fight the feeling the most as I hadnt heard it before - great 80's power ballad. Also a big fan of 'I dont like mondays' - amazed the Boomtown Rats only touched the heights once with that song, but the pop charts are littered with such one-offs over the years. Also love The Way It Is, hadnt heard the original for ages, even though Changes by Tupac has been a regular on my ipod, and of course was on an earlier DHS selection.
I found H's selection nicely esoteric (especially compared to my more populist selections !) The Nosaj Thing sound is a real grower and very unusual - particularly their own track 'Light#1'. Of the remaining tracks I particularly enjoyed 'To Dawn Part II' by Nacho Sotomayor - it has plenty of depth, enough to not really (accurately) be labelled as a chill out record, has a touch of elegance and grandiose about it and as always, i love the build and the crescendo is tremendous (not sure about the answerphone message at the end though !!)
Ok to my selections:
Eric B & Rakim 'I Know You Got Soul'
Its been a long time, I shouldnt have left you without a strong rhyme to step to... kind of appropriate I think !
Soul II Soul 'Back to Life'
An ENORMOUS tune from my teenage years - although it was fairly ubiquitous so im sure im not the only one. Still sounds fresh now - classic record.
Pet Shop Boys 'West End Girls'
I had to double check that this hadnt been previously selected (although actually I had to for the first 4 of my 5) as I thought it must have been - just shows how few records we have actually added out of the possibles. Does anything need to be said ? An utterly seminal record.
Massive Attack 'Teardrop'
I utterly adore this record - for me its pitch perfect in every department - each element is absolutely right, that tune, that bassline that voice ! A match made in heaven... arguably their best track, although for me 'Angel' runs it very close
ATFC Presents Onephatdeeva 'In & Out of My Life'
As an enormous fan of 'right here right now' by the fatster i was initially sceptical of this record when it came out, especially when I heard Danny 'i know best' Tenaglia moved the vocal for his GU at the time as he thought ATFC had it in the wrong place !! But while RHRN is definitely raw and edgier this is a brilliant house record - particularly the big break and resolution, and indeed almost the entire second half of the record which I can personally vouch for causing dancefloor devastation its just enormous.
I hope you like. One love y'all.
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