Chaps, apologies for tardiness in updating - I'll make this as concise as possible in reparation...
H's 5;
The two tracks off the Jozif mix are just splendid - about as far up my alley as you can get... *ahem* Herbert is nice enough although, if I'm going to be absolutely honest, I prefer the other version of the Apparat tune which is beautiful - the 'noise' version is more intense but hey-ho... Zimmer - that 'Raincry' sample is a proper spine-tingling thing.
D's 5;
Mike Patton - kindly commission him to make a version at least four minutes longer. Lisa Gerrard - lovely, lovely, tone to her voice. Craig Armstrong deserves a LOT more of my attention - anything I've ever heard by him is wonderful - this 'Storm' tune proves it to me - lovely. Eurthymics - possibly THE most recognisable first two seconds of a record - classic. Lou Reed - a song partially about transvestite blow-jobs - what's not to love? Stone. Cold. Classic. Whatever that means...
My 5;
Staying with the 'five-from-one-artist-theme', this lot is all about Nile Rodgers.
A couple of years back I read a blog somewhere that suggested Nile Rodgers was battling cancer. I googled around it and sure enough it was true. And he was documenting his own struggle against it on his website. And then - at exactly the same time - I came across a CD box-set of 'Chic' productions which served as a timely reminder of the man's absolute dancefloor genius. Since then I've read more about him, marvelled at the extent of his influence across modern music, watched a truly brilliant recent BBC documentary about him and generally just been somewhat in awe. And then Daft Punk released this summer's earworm and guess who'd played the bassline and twiddled the studio knobs...
Picking a mere five was frankly daft but here goes - Nile Rodgers - absolute total and utter dance music GOD.
Norma Jean Wright - Saturday (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Chic - I Want Your Love
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Sheila - Spacer
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
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