DHS - a Spotify adventure

DHS is all about music - specifically music chosen, on Spotify, by D, H & S.

The three of us choose five songs at a time, add them to a Spotify playlist, and explain why we've chosen them. Once we've done that six times each we close the list and open the next one. Occasionally we review what we've picked and add it to 'the best of' playlist and once in a blue moon we each select an entire album.



Monday, 10 June 2013

DHS 11 - Part 11 (H)

It has been over a month, very remiss of me - sincere apologies.

D:
Patton - very very lovely (must be made longer); Gerrard - beautiful and serene, goosebumps; Armstrong - a class act as always; Eurythmics - one of the most influential records in my life for sure, have removed it from my potentials list; Reed - indirectly this is also one of the most influential records in my life - simply superb.

S:
Jean Wright - classic; Chic - timeless classic, Bowie - quite comfortably, for my money anyway, one of his top 3 records; Sheila - many happy memories of 6th form, cracking record; Ross - well and absolutely truly one of the most classic tracks in this genre ever produced.  I actually prefer "I Want your Love" as it retains a little understated moodiness, but this record is totally iconic and the production / sounds were, and still are, much coveted and relevant now (for purists anyway)

Not planned to be back-to-back with S's tribute at all, it's just a timing situation because I'm listening to one particular mix A LOT again recently due to the sunny weather.....

My next selection is a big nod to Mr Dave Mothersole for introducing me to a whole plethora of absolutely incredible music which was recorded and put together in the 80's but 95% of which has been new to my ears.  It is the superb, melodic, chuggy, hypnotic and hugely varied sound of the early morning Goa parties c.'83-'89 which he summed up with his "Unveiling The Secret - The Roots of Trance" mix; itself a tribute to the mythical Laurent who conducted his mixing of music via cassette decks - quite incredible by all accounts.  SO happy to have been introduced this music... the emotions I went through when I first heard the style were, dare I say it, very similar to how I felt as a 7 year old kid when I first heard acid house in the late 80's... someone build be a time machine....  If you haven't listened to Dave's mix for a while do go back and revisit it (Soundcloud) but for the meantime here are five of my (many) favourites from the mix:-

Habiba
Unveiling The Secret
Zoolookologie

(These last two just made me lose my mind when mixed together; absolute power - you will understand why this music is often termed as 'proto-trance' by Mothersole and others)

Jabdah
Humanoid Invasion.

Keep on keeping on,
H
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