We move into the second half of DHS10...
Looking back briefly;
Close To The Edge - really rather nice - me all over. Gold.
Singing (Dixon Dub) - quite like the wailing actually - nice enough track - will get more chances to grow on me for sure. Bronze.
Les Violons Ivres - really rather nice - very similar feel to a one sided vinyl I used to hammer some years back - HUGE strings - great track. Silver.
My White Zebra - You're right it's not 'Opus', but then very little is - also like the Cosmic Cowboys remix on the same EP - solid. Bronze.
Distant Shores - never heard a single Dundov track or remix that I didn't like - puts him up there with Paronator over the last 3 years for quantity and quality - this, again, is tremendous. Silver.
Son Of Flynn - didn't care for it at all after the first 90 seconds or so but then massively changed my mind - the build and depth of the strings is lush. Silver.
End Of Line - it is immense and the production sounds fantastic but it just leaves me a bit cold. Silver but then disqualified.
Arena - hmmm, keep swinging wildly on this track - at the point of writing I'm in favour of it... Bronze but awaiting results of recent drug test.
Die Happy Die Smiling (Maxime Dangles Dub) - when this Dangles chap gets it right he really gets it right - his dub is definitely preferable to his remix - other tracks on the release are gash. Silver.
Souvenir - was anxious about this - absolutely loved this song for pretty much 30 years and not heard this version before - Moby's treatment of it though is very respectful and actually, after a few listens, my cap is doffed - it actually adds something to the original. Terrific. Gold.
And my submissions;
Public Service Broadcasting - London Can Take It : if ever a track was immeasurably bigger than the sum of its parts it's this one - samples taken from World War 2 'public service broadcasts', plus banjos, plus strings, drums and rave synths. The whole track is just wonderful but the second half desperately needs extending by several minutes. Daft, brilliant, very stirring and frankly touched by genius given the current 2012 focus. Immense.
Fredrik - Chrome Cavities : I spent upwards of 60 hours watching the Tour de France this year - there's a cider manufacturer whose advert uses this tune - they carpet-bombed the advert breaks in the TdF coverage on ITV4 - this tune got in my head and has stayed there. Never tried the cider though...
John Daly - Daybreak : First came across John Daly when he put out an EP (called Sea Level) on Mark Cullen's (very underground) Further Records last year - it was half an hour of absolute bliss. This album is very recent and, whilst it doesn't have anything as good as Sea Level, is rather lovely - this is my favourite track from it.
The Juan Maclean - The Simple Life (Marcus Worgull Remix) : my most recent Heroin tune. Me all over. Just beautiful.
Martyn - We Are You In The Future : Zabiela's apparently been battering this and with very good reason. Breakbeat techno from right out the top drawer. And yes, I am deliberately under-selling this...
In other news, as D so adroitly pointed out, DHS has just passed its third birthday. To mark the occasion the 'Best Of DHS' list is now open again and I suggest we each add 3 tracks (one for each year seems reasonable) from any previous DHS list you fancy. Thank you both for making what was just a bit of a daft idea one afternoon into an absolute mainstay of my musical life.
Ongoing respect.
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