It's been a month... apologies; I had a nice little lot lined up then of course, as is the way with musical searches, some new-ish things became available and some absolute (previously assumed obscure) old gems were also found meaning I had to change my list entirely so that it made sense (well, to my ears anyway!!). No doubt to your delight, S; I have avoided adding Dixons' xx remix, but it very nearly went on.... I shall leave that in your capable hands!
But to go back on yours, Gents....
D,
Drake - have heard this quite a bit and it definitely gets inside your head... can't decide whether I'm into it or not... his voice grates on me a bit.
J & K - was disappointed in this LP to be honest, didn't deliver enough considering the talent involved. This track and two others from memory were the standouts.
Rodriguez - the out-laws lent me this dvd and have been encouraging me to watch it which I do need to get round to. the story sounds compelling. nice vocals.
Costello / Kinks - two bona fide classic records.
S,
Depeche Mode...didn't really start to research and listen to them until uni (98)... the classics were all known to me because they littered my childhood radio listening but the other stuff off the LPs was only made known to me during uni. 5 solid tracks selected, the last two being my favourite by a long stretch. All salute a truly prolific recording pop group who have provided immense original content for all our generation of knob twiddler/remixers to get stuck into.... Can't stop playing Deep Dish rmx of Freelove currently!
Very much into my moody house again at the moment (probably the change in weather!)... this little selection starts off that way then hopefully chirps up a bit...
Kotya - nothing too exciting but as you know by now I just love a bit of understated melodic deepness, pitch this down a touch and it's absolutely spot on.
Fairmont rmx - seriously in love with this track... it does funny things to me and I don't know why; I can imagine D listening to this and saying "this is f--ing depressing" ! but it does it for me - immense producer this kid, so much attention to detail... some of his other stuff is almost too clinical but this is just perfect.
Talabot/Pachanga Boys - LOVE the old skool sounding drum sound effect/loop that starts at 2:40... brings back some ace memories of the old breakbeat/hardcore tracks of the early 90's. Lush record, nice groove and builds beautifully. If you fancy a bit of minimalist breaks/rave then check out the noise on Pachanga Boys Blue Mix of this... pretty brutal, I like it but probably a marmite track.
THE African Dream - and I do stress the word THE!!! THIS IS THE F--ING TUNE I'VE SPENT YEARS HOPING I WOULD FIND ONLY TO LEARN THAT PRODUCE RECORDS (WHO RELEASED AN EXCLUSIVE TAPE COMPILATION ON WAX MAGAZINE WAY BACK IN THE MID/LATE 90'S WHICH I BOUGHT AS A KID) BASICALLY LOST A LOAD OF MONEY AND TUNES GOT SNAPPED UP BY OTHER LABELS! I lost my tape, I lost my mind.... until I found a glimmer of light - a tiny footnote on discogs listing of the tape (which I am sadly going to re-buy, yes I'm going to buy a cassette in 2013) stated 'later released under 'The African Dream'... WHAT?! Whacked it straight into Spotify and up the fucker pops on a goddamn Groove Armada Late Night Tales compilation, several of which I have bought!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaaargh! kicking myself somewhat. anyway this is the record I asked S to try and find on 4Four messageboard and all sorts... When Kalkbrenner released Gebrunn Gebrunn I was obviously instantly reminded of this gem of a track because of the distinctive vocal. Such a smashing tune, really cemented my love of deep house with an American soul influence (US garage)
Rodriguez rmx - I'm not always one for remixes of proper old classics but in the last 5 years there have been some excellent re-inventions, totally remodelled records, and this is one of them. Taking a banging trance classic and turning it into a bouncing deep house track that sits a third of the way through a set as opposed to at the end. Superb. Really wanted to share this as I meant to play it a few weekends ago but forgot to whack it on a memory stick! I like this a lot but perhaps it will split opinions.... only time will tell.
As ever: Keep on keeping on,
H
