Greetings Gentlemen,
'twas a good weekend - thanks for heading down.
I realise it is very early to put this down seeing as the last post was only 2 days ago but some of my recent discoveries are just too good to hang on to, one of which I purchased in order to send to you and a pal Down Under via YSI.
SO....
Stones - grew up listening to this in the old mans car. Bona fide classic record.
Cure - you're absolutely right the music is stupendous but sadly the vocal really REALLY grates on me. I have known myself flick on after two mins of this track when listening to the Disintegration LP - so very annoying because the music is ace.
Jay & Kay - chucked this entire album into my potentials list as had high expectations for it. Played it lots in the car and just could not get into it. I personally think they left it too late making this record, they should have made something edgier together several years back - now their duo's come across as trite imo. This is one of the better tracks and uses of a sample on the album it's just not for me sadly.
Sledge - MASSIVE. Utterly compelling vocal. Loved it as a kid, love it now.
SHM - not for me but I can most certainly see how this would smash up a floor of teenager ravers. Essentially it's Insomnia / Don't You Want Me for the new generation. Big, bold, booming melodies.
Delfonics - Lauren Hill covered it with the Fugee's. Proper group Delfonics - like their other stuff too, this is a classic and a welcome addition.
Jones - I've heard this somewhere before but cannot place where/when. The break and 'uuungh' are just superb.
Wonder - I can't (ahem) sing this guy's praises enough. An extremely talented chap who has paved the way for modern soul artists. FACT. Super tune.
OT - the first 2mins of this, notably that melody on its own right at the very start are properly properly lush. There is a nice mid section of drawn out melody too - sometimes the guitar pulls away from that too much for my liking, I'd love to hear someone remix this as a pure electronic production to see what they'd come up with. Solid track.
Iron Maiden - reminds me of the changing room at old rugby club - the boys are into it. I'm not overly fussed - for this time of music I was a Gunners man. I thought Slash and Axl were kings and not much after "Appetite" made me want to get back into heavy rock to be honest.
Right - switching it back up pace wise....
Shadows (M83 rmx) - f-ing Midas touch these guys. Their remixes are as original and outstanding as their own music. Found this by accident and have been playing it A LOT at nighttime. The original is bouncy pop house - but M83 just piss all over that concept, it's an exceptionally moving interpretation; a true remix. The central lyric, repeated like a mantra, is well deservedly its own melody section outright - it is just perfect to my ears. Heroin tune.
Mortal Coil - two people have now sent me this track... something about that wobbly vocal (which sounds celtic and middle eastern at the same time) used to p1ss me right off... then it just somehow, overnight practically, became the most endearing thing in the world to me...Proper beautiful. Can't explain. Total Marmite track I reckon - intrigued to hear your thoughts.
THE MEMORY LANE SUITE:-
ALL HAIL NETWORK RECORDS!!!!!!! One of the best compilations I've ever found on Spotify. God I was SO pleased when I played this album, so many tunes from my childhood:-
R.Simon (SIP Vocal) - first time I heard this hit 2:08 followed shotly afterwards by 'that' bassline I think I did an accident. It featured as the last record on a freebie mix cd handed out with one of the usual suspects (Mixmag etc) back in the mid 90's.... I used to cane it. A classic piece of house/tech house which I will forever cherish.
Stereogen - Praise be to the good Lord. Wild in the Country 2005. Sasha & Digweed, on a poor soundsystem, manage to smash a tent up with this stone cold stomper..(they'd already played Tranceillusion I think, but this took the piss out of even that)... Proper, proper breakbeat house...dangerous bassline... simple yet powerful melody... super drum programming - and then: "ATTACK THE DANCEFLOOR LIKE A BULLDOZER" !!!! I kid you not they could have played two copies of this for an hour, and we would all have been teenagers again
This last one is from Coxy's FACT mix - '95 I think:-
Union Jack - The detail and effort of the canon-esque melody laid over the stretch melody steal the show here... but let me tell you; the kick drums and acid elemnts to this track are just f-ing totally savage - utterly brilliant. Definitely a record which has caused me hearing problems throughout my life and I don't think I care. It's that f-ing good... from 7mins and 58 seconds to close of play I am not even on a planet in this solar system... I'd like it to be longer.... and maybe for that beatless melody to just never, ever end.
Signing off,
H
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