DHS 10 - Part 9 (D)

Evenin' all. Im sitting here just a shell of a man, ruined after a day and a night on the smash yesterday, and that after spending 2 hours at the gym. Have been good for nothing at all today except listening to some good tunes so if I can stay awake long enough I'll have my say and add my 5, then its off to the land of nod. Getting up early this morning was a stupid idea.

As ever I thank you both sincerely for bring previously unheard music to these ears. Firstly with your selections Kev, kicking off with Walking in Rhythm, its very 70s isnt it ! Its pleasant enough but doesnt do very much for me, the verses are better than the chorus though and I loved the backstory - serendipity rules. Then its onto Nothing Gold which again im sorry to say doesnt do anything much for me, and again its nice enough - that bassline is the best bit but not at all sure about the vocal ! The best house record of 2012 is apparently Let Me Feel but im not sure about that... its certainly a good track and gets better and better - the break and after are the best bits, but again not sure about that echoey vocal - would have been better without it I think, but its a solid tune.Next up is Shining and thats a cool tune, a real progressive bumper and that sighing vocal is eerily reminiscent of something else but I cant put my finger on it. The proper vocal and the break are ace though. Chymera is the best of the lot for me though, lovely insistent melody and riffs that just keep on giving. Nice work.

Hodgson, one of your best selections I would say. Starting with Close to the Edge love that repetitive groove and the vocal is cool, nice insistent string towards the end too. Then its Singing by Agoria and I remember having a couple of his tunes back in the day his production is generally pretty good. This is a nice piece of dance music, although that wailing really is unecessary and detracts from the tune for me, not sure what they were thinking of there ! Then the same guy is up with Les Violins Ivres - its a famous piece of  classical music isnt it ? Ive certainly heard it somewhere before im sure - no matter the strings really are very good indeed. Penultimately its White Zebra and I agree its very hypnotic, real 5am deep in the set tune, I like this a lot, again with some nice strings and it really draws you in. For me though the best was saved for last with Distant Shores which is a remarkable piece of music, a great melody and insistent beats that really builds up the epic scale towards the end with the strings and the kickdrums - bring the drama ! Top work.

Well my selection has 3 Daft Punk records in it, but do not dismay. They are all remixes from their Tron Legacy score and its very far indeed from what you would expect from DP, they obviously have more strings to their bow. So first up is The Son of Flynn (Moby Remix) and is a melodic building monster with some squelchy 303 business thrown in, its simply sublime. Next up its Photek on remix duties for End of the Line and as you might expect its all big beatiness, with again some acid thrown in and some killer synths I reckon. Next up is the fast pace of Arena (remixed by the Japanese Popstars) and the breaks in this are immense, the biggy near the end especially so - must watch the film as the original score is pretty cool by itself. Keeping it on a house tip is Die Happy, Die Smiling (Maxime Dangles Dub) found after I went on an MD search after the Spotify powers that be cruelly removed his amazing remix of Mistake by Moby. The cunts. This is up there for me, the riff reminds me a bit of Amoeba Assassin 'Rollercoaster' but that was also a top tune and this one works well with just a smattering of the vocal now and then and a wicked break that build into a big peak - to be played loud ! I shall be getting this on beatport and (hopefully) blasting it at Adrians next week Kev. Tune. A change of pace for the last record and it is heartwrenchingly beautiful as far as im concerned, that piano is almost sigur ros and the vocal is a perfect match, with some lovely lyrics - it is OMD with Souvenir (Moby Remix) and its rapidly becoming a favourite of mine.

Good night, god bless, and god bless the United States of America. Or something.

One Love

DHS 10 - Part 8 (H)

Greetings Gentleman,

Thank you for your additions.  Diving straight in...

D
We Are Young - Love it.  Long may pop music like this be released.
Agnelli & Nelson - this sort of stuff reminds me of my days in Sheffield - certainly not a bad thing at all.... but Trance was a bit of a swear word up there when the Crasher backlash kicked off (basically 98 - the year I arrived!)
Silence - super record but not the right mix for my ears I'm afraid.  Killer melancholic vocal - stunning.
DP - I LOVED their first L.P but didn't ever really buzz off Rollin n Scratchin so struggle to get through this medley to be honest.
Sanvean - very, very pleasant indeed.

S
Blackbyrds - brilliant brilliant record.  Actually heard this for the first time during Semi Pro and watched to the end to pick up the name of the track. Love it.
Joakim - yep - nice groove... it's funky easy listening basically.
Baunz - same label as Midland has released on??  really picks up after halfway - not bad... bit of an acid feel to it.
The next two are your best additions for a while - both straight into my house masterlist...
Slideshow Park - can't think where I've heard this... in someone's mix recently I think - absolutely lush tune, proper brilliant use of the vocal.
Chymera - love their stuff, got a few in my house list already and this is a welcome addition there as well as on our lists.  fantastic melodies and upbeat techy feel.

Lots of house music in my car at the moment so that's what you're getting!

D Ghenacia/Shonky - one of my fave house records of the year thus far... Howells played this at Easter Bedrock and the response from the crowd was both vocal and  visible... you could sense it was almost his way of announcing 'my set is REALLY starting now so leave the f-ing bar and get into it'... Don't expect it to go anywhere at all, it is in fact incredibly repetitive but the deep groove is massively infectious and if we had a summer in this country then this would be in the soundtrack imo.

Agoria/Scalde - BIG fan of this (took me a while to get over the wailing... if I were a DJ I'd scrub that from the track before playing it) ... moody, melancholic, cracking bassline - another one that the floor really reacts to.

Agoria - this has been on my list for AGES but it came up on shuffle on my options list before going straight into Ryan Davis and they're both boosted by marvellous strings sections so it was just meant to be...

Ryan Davis - stunning.  Thanks to S for introducing me to this chap via Opus (which pound for pound sh!ts all over this tune to be honest)....this still has a very hypnotic feel and lovely string build and is worthy imo.

Dundov - cracking LP.... another amazing melodic build and something you can get lost in on the headphones.  Nothing too mental in terms of pace, just big synth lines which keep on giving.

K.O.K.O
H