DHS - a Spotify adventure

DHS is all about music - specifically music chosen, on Spotify, by D, H & S.

The three of us choose five songs at a time, add them to a Spotify playlist, and explain why we've chosen them. Once we've done that six times each we close the list and open the next one. Occasionally we review what we've picked and add it to 'the best of' playlist and once in a blue moon we each select an entire album.



Friday, 23 December 2011

DHS 9 - Part 7 (S)

Nice to see you restored D and to get DHS back up and running.

Ok - the previous ten...

Dammerung (Return) - lovely, really nice
Callisto (Synthapella) - again, really nice - also like the Joris Voorn remix of same tune on the package
Heaven - outstanding bit of modern pop music
I <3 U So (Skream's mix) - I'm just a sucker for that drum break - must've heard it a million times by now and hope to hear it many millions more
Dammerung - *swoons*

Firework - hmmmm - I'm probably more into 'pop' now than at any time in recent years (and will drop some into DHS sooner rather than later) but this tune doesn't quite get me - the other half loves it though
Believe - *swoons again* - still sounded fabulous in Clapham recently - timeless, classic, dance record
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - sorry, not for me - shame 'cos I did think Coldplay were great. Duff, if you've only just 'got' them then go back and listen to the first two albums (specifically; Yellow, Trouble, In My Place, The Scientist, Clocks and Fix You (off the 3rd album)) - I don't know whether it's my ears that have changed or their sound but I haven't felt anything really off the recent albums. Shame.
Hey Jude - probably best that I just say nothing...
Embrace - it's very 'ATB' isn't it - I bet Oakenfold must've hammered this

Ok, the next five...

Public Enemy - Harder Than you Think - there was a BBC4 documentary about PE on recently - thoroughly enjoyable - featured this track for a couple of minutes towards the end, woven in and out of recent interview footage - the blaring horns grabbed my ears - took me a while to find which track it was but when I had the words grabbed me too. I know (from having posted it on Facebook) that Duffy's not feeling it particularly but, for me, this is an outstanding PE track

Moby - Next Is The E (Synthe Mix) - yep, Moby's back for his 14,372,159th DHS appearance - always loved this - bought two copies of the vinyl - played it at the recent Clapham outing - whole floor of people innocently grooving away to a 20 year old record - fantastic.

Maya Jane Coles - You (Edu Imbernon Remix) - two of the best new names that I've learnt during 2011 - rolling percussion, bassline, bit of piano, vocal hook, some melody - just a fantastic track that totally sums up what I like right now. Also got played at Clapham.

Nicolas Massayeff - The Motherland - just a straight up and down, fierce, tech-house stormer - the whole albums is really good

Way Out West - Apollo - 4th appearance for WOW on DHS - new track to me, heard for the first time on a Sasha/Digweed mix from 2004 on SoundCloud - love this sort of rolling breakbeat trancey-house stormer and WOW arguably do it better than anybody else

Enjoy what's left of 2011 - looking very much forward to what DHS brings in 2012.
x

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