Greetings,
After an immense fortnight of Olympic sport I now actually have some time to get back to some music. Some great music has been added - lets get stuck in.
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TRON Legacy. I got caught up in the hype for this and whinged a LOT about wanting to see the film when it got released... I didn't go and I've not seen it on blu-ray (many people have said "avoid" so thank f-- I didn't go to the flicks to see it). Anyway; one good thing to come out of the hype was the well founded hype about the soundtrack... I bought the album the day it got released three days later it was on Spot (That taught me to be patient, eh). I'm a big fan of the original and some of the reconfigured and have had a couple of tracks from the DPLP in my potentials for a while. Moby and Photek remixes are superb - Jap Popstars is ok but not really for me.
MD remix of Maps. Liking this a lot - loud in the car. Love the melody (has a 90's flavour to it), breakdown and build back to the drop. Cool.
Moby remix of OMD - Didn't expect to like this (not sure why to be honest, very close minded of me) but really do. Heavy rotation. Moby's just taking the piss on these lists now. The OMD remix I want will never be on Spot...
S
PSB - Londo Can Take It.... WOW. Best and most original track you've added for some time. Needs to be 6 minutes longer. Imagine opening a set with this?!
Fredrik - feel like I've heard this many times before, so maybe I saw/heard the ad without realising it (.... all I know is I'm drinking loads of cider right now). Seriously, this is one of those tunes that poisons your brain (in a good way) and you end up whistling the childish xylophone hook to yourself all day then slowly you realise you know the lyrics. Subliminal melancholic beauty.
Daly - very pleasant.... another one I feel like I've heard somewhere recently, might be a soundcloud mix I reckon. Lush; balearic vibes.
The Juan (he/they should drop the "Mclean" - now wouldn't that be a clever play on words). Keeping with the balearic sounds.... sounds very much to me like a mid set summer in Ibiza record. Very nice indeed.
Martyn.... Wowsers. Very ravey homemade feel to the middle section. Then pulls it back in for the crisp finish you hope for. Very much an end of the night feel to it.
Keeping with the electronic music theme...
Compuphonic - saw this in the "latest releases" section and recognised the label artwork from other tunes I've bought/heard and thought it needed a listen... glad i did; it's not mega special but it does what it does very well; very camp and slightly wonky, chuggy disco effort. Reminds me a little of the Art Department formula.
Telemachus - Mothersole really does know his onions. This is the opener to one of his recent mixes.... Sometimes he starts a mix with some edgier techno and they usually lose me a little...but when he starts with a record like this I know the rest of the mix is gonna be right up my alley. I wonder if the producer/s of this record are fans of Vangelis per chance?!? Check out 3:12 onwards..... brilliant, very sultry bladerunner-esque.
2 from the man like Danny...
Andhim - this is another tune from Howells' set from April at Bedrock.... HAD to know what it was, HAD to buy it upon release. Again it doesn't necessarily go anywhere but it was one HELLUVA party record which he played in the last half hour or so of his set and the crowd were really going nuts at this point. Proper bouncing. Quirky little melody (is it a distorted guitar sample?! f-- knows but it sounded ace in a club) Rocking tune, cool bassline.
Throbbing Gristle/Ratcliffe
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE SPOT STARTED!! What a mint tune this is. He finished disc 2 of his Miami GU with this track and it has stayed with me ever since first listen (primarily cos i skipped it back and listened to it about 8 times in a row at full volume in the car). It's definitely a bit mental this track... it reminds me of something you might hear Burridge/Richards play at Tyrant/The Bonaparte parties... in fact all the weird components remind me of a track i selected from Tyrant not so long ago. The whip, the gun-fire-snare, 80's electro, 90's synths, random background strings, warm fluid creepy bassline - f-ing bonkers. End of the night track for when your head is mashed and I definitely accept that this is a bit of a Marmite record. Well I like Marmite spread double thick on my toast. Aces.
And I Will Kiss.
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I will reserve comment upon this masterpiece for our next discussion in person. I have listened to this an inordinate amount of times in the last two and a half weeks and I continue to marvel at the depth - There are, of course, too many nuances to this to discuss on here. Suffice to say this is one of the finest pieces of music written/crafted by an electronic producer that I have listened to in quite some time.
Over. And. Out,
H
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