Ok - four selections each into DHS9 - crazy business - seems like the DHS juggernaut has recently crested a long incline and is now about to descend at pace - hopefully not out of control - towards the finishing line of DHS9 - two more picks each and then DHS is into double digits...
Madness.
Ok - the recent ten - H;
Midnight Juggernaughts - this M83 geezer can't do a damn thing wrong - I seem to 'slightly' prefer him when he's remixing other's but his own stuff is generally right up my alley - as proven by his recent double album - want to explore the rest of this release...
This Mortal Coil - weird one this - found it on Spot ages ago whilst searching for the track by The Dust Brothers that shares the same name - it's become a cultish song - and with good reason - lovely sentiment - sound/mood evokes the end of Gladiator...
Ronni Simon - Hmmmm - the Network compilation it comes off is IMMENSE - and Sure Is Pure did a whole load of really good production stuff in the early/mid 90s - this isn't their best
Stereogen - got to love this - but then I also have to say I've got a shedload of stuff from back then that is no worse, or better. Classic early mid 90s British house - released when the attitude was 'progressive' rather than the genre...
Union Jack - flat out mid 90s trance - I've got no problem with it - I loved quite a lot of it - I've got 3 or 4 Union Jack 12"s - just not this track. Couple of elements short of being HUGE - maybe a remix could've helped.
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Michael Jackson - classic tune - always, unfortunately for me, tainted by the fact it's played in every fairground I've ever been in - 'pikey-funk'...
Lily Allen - proper 'pop' record - you can play this all day long and Ashleigh and I would happily luz what street cred we individually/collectively have out of the window and sing right along to this - '... weapon of massive consumption...' - quality...
The Orb - sample-tastic - the Doris who talks about the clouds and an Ennio Morricone sample in there too - a million different mixes of it and this straight up album version stands tall against any other - stone cold, straight up, get down and eff-off classic record...
Plan B - hmmmmm, big white guy who's much better than this does weak Amy Winehouse impression - don't know all his stuff by any means but have heard stuff I prefer to this ("Prayin" being one of them - single version of 'Hard Times' too) - he's a fella to watch for the future though for sure...
Celeda - this is basically a Tenaglia track isn't it? Or did she do vocals on another of his tunes - 'Music Is The Answer' maybe? Either way, big old epiglottis on the Doris and fair play to her - quality late 90s/early 00s American house...
Ok - the next five, trying to keep with my recent eclecticism...
Squeeze - I could claim that the lyrics in this are profound but then so could several million suburban men of a certain age - fact is it's just a great record
Toto - I really only knew this band for 'Africa', 'Hold The Line' and 'Rosanna' - but then someone recently posted a link to an edit of this song - the edit is probably the best thing I've heard in months so I searched out the original - and here it is. The edit stretches the track - teases the piano beautifully and loses most of the vocal but it really did have good elements to work with from the kick off. Late 70s/early 80s American porn-rock. Outstanding.
Monyaka - it's 1983 and I was loving a whole load of 'electro' from, mainly, New York. This arrived on an import - reggae flavour to it but on the same label as championed a lot of the NY sound of the time - ended up getting licensed to a UK label and I picked it up a few monhs later. Cannot hear it now without a HUGE smile on my face - summer tune.
The Polyphonic Spree - can't exactly remember where I heard this first - think it was on the BBC - Glastonbury highlights from a year or two before I went - short and very sweet - "follow the day and reach for the sun..." - 'nuff said...
Damien Rice - I had heard this before the film but it really hit home on the closing credits of 'Closer' (which I thought was a great film - but what do I know - I'm an absolute amateur on films...) My daughter loves Ed Sheeran at the moment and, bless her, was amazed to hear that other men have previously sung heart-felt lyrics over acoustic guitar - she thought she was on to something of a discovery whereas, of course, her old man had got there WAY before her (and ANYONE else...)
*clears throat*
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