DHS 12 - Part 18 (D)

Afternoon all, I thought I'd better get this in reasonably swiftly before DHS collapses under the ridiculous privacy breaches it enforces on Kev, our founding father. I'll keep it as short as I can too...

So thank you as ever for the music:

Sir Kev
Bubble Club - I can only agree with you fella on this being Utter Bliss, you can just drift away on it can't you? Beautiful and onto the Master List. Marvellous.
Turtle - Love the contrast of the soft yet almost mournful synth and the urgency of the breakbeats, goes well alongside Bubble Club too. I love a good synth sweep myself. Lovely.
Home Video - I can see why the vocal stays with you fella, real haunting number. This is only an ok for me, would be great in the background of a beach bar somewhere.
Essay - This is brilliant, love that hook and the design of the track really works. A unique sounding track for me, doesn't do much but what it does do is plenty. Sweet.
Barry Jamieson - What's not to like? He's gone to town on this one and thrown the kitchen sink at it for me. From Rez to the big synth sweeps, the breaks and the acid squelchs and the melodic hook towards the end it's like he's said 'ave it! and lumped it over. I'll have some of that.

Lord Hodge
Moby - Heller was a bit of a one trick pony for me, but the trick he did he did very very well and thus he was always distinctive. His remixes were always high quality - I remember his take on 'shed my skin' being particularly good. This is another, and was especially good on a big system. Tune.
Dirty Vegas - I hadn't heard this tune in ages! Didn't it have a video with a dude breakdancing on some lino outside a diner or something? With a narrative about waiting for his girl or something? Marvellous. Never heard it at Bedrock but this was a great tune, top selection!
Chems - You are not wrong Hodgson, I clearly remember Digweed playing this and thinking 'what the fuck?!' Also agree about it being a big system tune, that isn't quite so good otherwise - seems like a novelty track on headphones at first but it's actually a slice of classic chemical brothers. Good shit.
L.S.G. I remember the furore on the boards about this at the time, and remember Lisle's gig at the Beach pretty well, as well as Big Kev claiming the credit! Sorry to disappoint you lads but I'm clearly in the minority on this one, it's just ok for me, never really liked the kind of spacey stuff that was about a bit at the time. I mean it was ok but sounded melancholy to me, even 'Gamesmaster' which was probably the best one of its kind.
Rui Da Silva - One of my best nights at Bedrock ever was at the Beach when not only did Digweed drop 'Star Guitar' for the first time but he played this as an encore. Christ I swear I almost danced myself to death that night, it was fucking brilliant. Was at an after party that Shealan invited me to after that gig and Demi played a copy and I hounded him for the name. Also remember tidying up Lisle's copy after he played at that converted lavvy (Public something...) and then ducked when it got to the scratches, and I bugged the hell out of Plastic Fantastic to get me this too. Unbelievable record.

Gents that's almost a perfect ten, very well played indeed. I see I'm already failing at keeping this short...

As this may be my last post ever I did consider some more contemporary tracks that I've been enjoying, but as with Hodge's Bedrock theme, I was absolutely loving a mix album at Easter and have played it so many times it's ridiculous. Here are some of the tracks from it:

Hardway Brothers 'Mania Theme (Weatherall remix)'
The first track that said to me that slowish BPMs can still knock you for 6 in a dance mix. The build on this is amazing, and the soaring melody? Outstanding.
The Asphodells 'A Love from Outer Space'
Wicked tune, great vocal and slick production. Tune.
The Horrors 'Wild Eyed (Weatherall Mix)'
A bit moody this, with a lovely incessant riff that builds and builds and then an ethereal vocal that peaks over the break. And then it all kicks up a notch. Splendid.
Martin Brodin 'Badabing (diskjokke remix)'
Great build to the bassline break, lovely strings and some big energy all the way through it and then a wonderful surprise towards the end that rounds it all off nicely - fists in the air at that point for me. Play LOUD!
Walls 'Into Our Midst'
Ok, last track of DHS12 and I can't do any better than this. I love this track as you already know and so it can rightly stand in the pantheon of last record with its head held high. I would easily end a set with this so I know it's all good. After a build that does not let you know the magnitude of aural pleasure that awaits you, just before two and a half minutes it starts. Then grows, and grows and grows... I like that the melody and intensity is seemingly subtle yet utterly addictive. I hope you do too.

I'm sure you all know which mix I've lifted these from and I could not recommend it highly enough. Weatherall's Renaissance of course. Why have a I never seen him DJ??

One Love

DHS 12 - Part 17 (H)

Straight in, no kissing:
D
Cash - what needs to be said? True legend, one of the most iconic, recognisable voices ever to be recorded imo.
YF - new to me, like.
AC - again what needs to be said? For my money she is the most credible female pop star/musician(that's the important part for me, the fact she actually writes, plays and co-produces her music) in modern era.  I have two poss three more of her tracks in my potentials list to bring forward. She's lush
MR - this is new to me and I really like... Great summer feel good flavour to it.
MB - echoes of Sotomayor, enya and some other cinematic sounding efforts.

S
BC - absolutely cracking record and undoubtedly the standout track on Warrens master series mix on Renaissance.
Turtle - really strong record... Correct amount of quirky noises but retaining melody for it to be right up street. Subsequently found some other nice things from them and gone in my playlist.
HV - it's pretty dece isn't it?! He does seem to have a way of really working with strong vocals and keeping them pure as opposed to chopping them up (which quite frankly I thhink we could all do after a day of messing around on a basic set up)... For this reason and several others I will always hold him in high regard no matter what types of criticism he gets.  Top lad.
Essay - this is ace.... Have to say I buzz more off Eulbergs remix though. Top tune of the summer.
BJ &S - love the original - this is the one though. Great track.

Strong work gents.

Well, it's been a while since Bedrock at Heaven... I've just about got myself back on track ;)
That really was a special night musically... And it's the theme for my five.  I've mentioned to both of you about a separate space for us to throw our memories in... I do think it would be a great way to share stories and music but it would be completely open season and just add as you find and flick out an email to say anything should you want to.

So the tune that took 13 years off me and made it all come flooding back... And what a belter:-
Hellers remix of Mobys Southside.... This was possibly one of the first "moments" I had towards the end of a bedrock night (wasn't last tune by any stretch) but he did bring the lights up at the drop and the place was electric, incredible atmosphere..that great trancey but driving prog that we all coveted so much back then... I still love it now.. Hence I lost my mind hearing it on that system again. Superb.

This is all about some of my fave memories from bedrock so rather than just regurgitating the tunes from the Easter evening I thought I'd base it around some of those other big moments from the main rooms...

D.Vegas - never got fed up of the bass on this.... Vocal is dated but it was one of those "signal" tracks at the time for a couple of months or so... It got played you knew it was about to kick up a gear.  Great groove the got us all going and smiling for the inevitable pummelling thereafter.  Crowd favourite.

I'll never forget hearing the sinister vocal : it began in Afrika ka ka... It bean in Afrika ka ka.... I swear everyone stopped dead looking round like what is going on?  It may not be the best track he ever played but Christ it had an impact first time you heard it... It also demonstrates perfectly just how awesome a tune can sound on a bug system but not transfer to small sound listening (imo) I wouldn't necessarily pick this tune but brings back ace memories of London followed by Brighton the next night when he looped the fuck out of it and clearly enjoyed seeing the London lot for the night before screaming blue murder knowingly at him from the dance floor. Good times.

Staying with Brighton... And I have searched in TOTAL and I hope I've not missed/overlapped on
something already added(??):
Kid loops on netherworld.  Christ that was so good.... SO good... Lisle knocked it out the park with this... Thanks to someone for lending him the plastic to play :) Beautiful record

RDS - again not the best record ever made but screw me sideways if you don't remember hearing this the first time.  This was a "one more.... one Moooooore" tune at the very end of the eve.  And it knocked 7 bells out of me. Build. Tease. Build. Tease. Build. Kill me now.  In hindsight it is almost unbearably repetitive but again on the main floor it just worked so very very well.

Bless the memories, bless the music - thanks for sharing some of the above good times with me at various stages.... And thanks for being patient with me.

Keep on Keeping on,
Always,
H