Sorry. I truly am.
D
The Field - right up my street and gone into my masterlist.
Alt-J - this is all new to me but I've heard the name mentioned lots...nice stuff.
Aim - :) If we were still keeping track of points you could take one for this... when this LP came out I pretty much played it non-stop for a month...love it and still do now...The Grand Central boys knew how to churn out decent moody, melodic hip/trip-hop. Top addition.
D-O-H - absolutely bloody lovely and has been added to my low bpm playlist.
S
Touch of Magic - well this has gone down exceptionally well in our household... has had Poppy dancing along to it! Love the vocal so much.
Space Dancer and Captain - both lovely and both went straight on my masterlist, superb.
Co2o - you know my thoughts on this - one of my very fave tracks of last year.
LotI rmx - hard not to love the bass on this tune... LOVE the shimmering treble noises the most though.
I think I can be a bit guilty of not mixing it up a bit sometimes so I'm gonna try and throw some different moods/styles in for a change....some of this is real memory lane stuff for me so I'm sorry if it doesn't ring true for you.
Grand Puba - SOOOOO happy to have recently found this on Spot... I first heard this on a mix on (*cringe*) Westwood's show back in the 90's.... it was the standout track on the mix, just great beats and a quality flow.
Aphex - his new album came out and it's got some double lush stuff on it... it reminded me to go back to my uni days and dig this out.... we' be smashed, put this on repeat and just float away. one of his most accessible, melodic ditties.
Sailor & I - one of my fave tracks of last year. Without getting too deep there's some pretty poignant stuff in this lyrically... beautiful melodies and nicely produced.... interesting to have it in essentially a house music format.
John Talabot - I think this guy is easily one of my fave producers since I stopped going to clubs... the pace is a big factor but also his productions just seem to nail it every time, really crisp/attention to detail ... I love the hypnotic/acid groove in this - it's got a touch of that old Goa sound to it... beautiful top end melody.... it doesn't really go anywhere and it doesn't need to, it just chugs along and draws you in.
Essay - very, very simply:- one of the most beautiful sounding records I've heard in a long time. Thanks - and thanks for the mix it sits within.
Right crack on, D - what the f.. are you waiting for ? How long do you need to load up 5 tracks for crying out loud??
Again, Gents - I'm sorry for the hiatus.
H
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Friday, 28 November 2014
DHS - the lies, the damn lies and the statistics...
... well, the statistics anyway.
During a period of relative quiet for the blog I thought I'd give an update on the 'popularity' of the blog - where it's read, by how many and what the most read posts are...
(click all images to enlarge)
The Overview
Where are we read?!
Most read posts
Make of that lot what you will...
During a period of relative quiet for the blog I thought I'd give an update on the 'popularity' of the blog - where it's read, by how many and what the most read posts are...
(click all images to enlarge)
The Overview
Where are we read?!
Most read posts
Make of that lot what you will...
Monday, 15 September 2014
DHS 12 - Part 13 (S)
Straight in - no fuss, no nonsense - no unnecessary use of clichés and certainly not just typing words, haggard, for the sheer, pilfering, joy of them. Assuage.
*shakes head*
H
Etherwood, check - Talabot remix, check (Duff - I think the track this reminds you of might be by Gloworm - not sure though - I'll let you check and let us know...) - the Fort Romeau remix, ideal for 4pm on a Tuesday afternoon as you neck a cheeky half on Mambo headland in Ibiza... - Caribou - struggled with this until I heard the Mano Le Tough remix and then went back to the original and suddenly it was all there - I'm an arse like that sometimes... - Daniel Bortz, Tuff City Kids remix - yeah, I get you - it's nothing special yet it's very, VERY, good - kind of embodies a whole sound I'm really into which I can't describe very well at all - the best I can do for now is, 'the-sound-that-twelve-years-ago-and-14-bpm-faster-would've-had-you-going-mental-to-at-3am-in-Heaven-but-now-is-much-more-laid-back-maybe-'cos-we're-all-old-no-real-idea-love-it-though'. Hope that clarifies it...
D
Largely speaking all, ALL, in favour of this selection - your most obscure, esoteric and strongest for a good little while. Special nod to 'They Won't See Me' by The Field which is simply mag-nif-i-cent and has been procured for future mixing purposes (along with some very interesting remixes but I'll leave you to explore them for yourselves...). You've picked a couple of 'alt-j' tracks - by absolute coincidence they have a new album exclusively available on Spotify today! Both tracks are new to me and good - pick of the two would be 'Hunger Of The Pine' - but I shall be listening to the new album thanks to you. Aim - Demonique - really like this. Absolutely all over the place in a terrific way. Big fan. Dustin O'Halloran - there's a tradition on DHS of emotional, mournful, piano tracks and, simply, this is a worthy edition to that cannon.
S
It's been about a year now since I did a straightforward DHS selection of five bumping dance records - so that is exactly what I'm doing now...
Dr.Packer - this guy is the best 'edit' artist to emerge since Late Nite Tuff Guy a couple of years ago - his stuff is amazingly good - loads of 'edit producers' head for the classic/obvious records to rework when they want to make a name for themselves - when this guy reworks a tune it's the best version of that tune you've ever heard - consistently. This one is his best yet. Yes, it does help that I absolutely loved the original ('Magic Touch' by Loose Ends - 1984/5?) but this rehash (released this week) is going down to universal acclaim and just is very, VERY, good.
Je'Couleur - obscure track off an obscure compilation of down-tempo 'nu-disco' - it's chuggy, 'deep', (very) slow trance music as far as I'm concerned - totally hypnotic with small little elements being added just exactly where you think they should be as it ever-so-slowly builds - beautiful
H.O.S.H. & Andhim - relentless, simple, burgeoning, effective & gorgeous
Lord Of The Isles - probably my pick of all the producers I've heard over the last 12 months - and I've said so for a while now - I know Hodge has heard this before - possibly you both have - but it is without a shadow of a doubt one of the very best records of 2014 - available in a 6 minute, more dancefloor focussed, version and this, longer, more headphone friendly epic.
Little Dragon - ever since I heard the gorgeous "co20" by Lord Of The Isles (above) I've grabbed everything released with his name on it - this track simply justifies my actions...
xx
*shakes head*
H
Etherwood, check - Talabot remix, check (Duff - I think the track this reminds you of might be by Gloworm - not sure though - I'll let you check and let us know...) - the Fort Romeau remix, ideal for 4pm on a Tuesday afternoon as you neck a cheeky half on Mambo headland in Ibiza... - Caribou - struggled with this until I heard the Mano Le Tough remix and then went back to the original and suddenly it was all there - I'm an arse like that sometimes... - Daniel Bortz, Tuff City Kids remix - yeah, I get you - it's nothing special yet it's very, VERY, good - kind of embodies a whole sound I'm really into which I can't describe very well at all - the best I can do for now is, 'the-sound-that-twelve-years-ago-and-14-bpm-faster-would've-had-you-going-mental-to-at-3am-in-Heaven-but-now-is-much-more-laid-back-maybe-'cos-we're-all-old-no-real-idea-love-it-though'. Hope that clarifies it...
D
Largely speaking all, ALL, in favour of this selection - your most obscure, esoteric and strongest for a good little while. Special nod to 'They Won't See Me' by The Field which is simply mag-nif-i-cent and has been procured for future mixing purposes (along with some very interesting remixes but I'll leave you to explore them for yourselves...). You've picked a couple of 'alt-j' tracks - by absolute coincidence they have a new album exclusively available on Spotify today! Both tracks are new to me and good - pick of the two would be 'Hunger Of The Pine' - but I shall be listening to the new album thanks to you. Aim - Demonique - really like this. Absolutely all over the place in a terrific way. Big fan. Dustin O'Halloran - there's a tradition on DHS of emotional, mournful, piano tracks and, simply, this is a worthy edition to that cannon.
S
It's been about a year now since I did a straightforward DHS selection of five bumping dance records - so that is exactly what I'm doing now...
Dr.Packer - this guy is the best 'edit' artist to emerge since Late Nite Tuff Guy a couple of years ago - his stuff is amazingly good - loads of 'edit producers' head for the classic/obvious records to rework when they want to make a name for themselves - when this guy reworks a tune it's the best version of that tune you've ever heard - consistently. This one is his best yet. Yes, it does help that I absolutely loved the original ('Magic Touch' by Loose Ends - 1984/5?) but this rehash (released this week) is going down to universal acclaim and just is very, VERY, good.
Je'Couleur - obscure track off an obscure compilation of down-tempo 'nu-disco' - it's chuggy, 'deep', (very) slow trance music as far as I'm concerned - totally hypnotic with small little elements being added just exactly where you think they should be as it ever-so-slowly builds - beautiful
H.O.S.H. & Andhim - relentless, simple, burgeoning, effective & gorgeous
Lord Of The Isles - probably my pick of all the producers I've heard over the last 12 months - and I've said so for a while now - I know Hodge has heard this before - possibly you both have - but it is without a shadow of a doubt one of the very best records of 2014 - available in a 6 minute, more dancefloor focussed, version and this, longer, more headphone friendly epic.
Little Dragon - ever since I heard the gorgeous "co20" by Lord Of The Isles (above) I've grabbed everything released with his name on it - this track simply justifies my actions...
xx
Friday, 5 September 2014
DHS 12 - Part 12 (D)
And here we are again, and with echoes of ‘where’s my music
yo’ ringing in my ears I have finally managed to get around to my DHS update,
almost a month after Hodgson and with me having berated his tardiness last time
as well. Poor effort on my part. Still I’m doing all the typing during the day,
where I’m also listening to tunes so that surely has to count for something ? You’ve
gotta love that last month before redundancy eh…
Anyway, I’m back in the badlands of south London, although
to be fair no-one has been beheaded or shot dead by police down here recently
that I know of so maybe that whole south London stereotype needs to be
revisited. Peckham Rye does have 9 (count ‘em) beauty salons within the first
100 yards of the train station so that’s something to get used to, it’s a whole
different culture down here. You have to wonder why people put so much time,
effort and money into how they look, rather than who they are, but maybe that’s
just the way of the world – after all facebook is everywhere, even now in this
very room…
But that’s enough social commentary – my thanks as ever for
some wonderful music from you lads:
S
Kicking off with Domain – this is what the word lush was created
for I think – a nice representation of Canon here. Lovely.
Love Beat – that’s quite a description you’ve got there Kev.
Like with the first track it is lifted from somewhere, or more likely knowing
you this is the original use of that riff – certainly recall it in some 90’s
tune or other. Its really beautiful and yet not very uplifting for me and the
chat at the beginning is completely unnecessary I think. Nice though.
You are my sister – you’re definitely spot on about the
emotion of the delivery, that’s unquestionable for me. However this song makes
me feel uncomfortable. I really cant put my finger on why – possibly having a
sister myself I just find it too saccharine sweet and the idea of me saying
this to mine is what jars me !
Reverie – you have nailed it here Kev, this is definitely
immense. And a nice use of ‘miasma’ too. Not much more to add, a great
atmospheric record that just keeps getting better – on the master playlist.
Hold your breath – and again mate – what a vocal, great
piano and some insistent drum and bass – love it.
A really great selection there bigman, muchas gracias.
H
Etherwood rmx – really like this one too, and have to agree
this etherwood chap knows how to make a good tune ! Really works well around
the vocals, giving them centre stage. Always nice to have an enjoyable d&b
tune
Talabot remix – this reminds me of a really old record,
possibly on hooj called something like ‘lift up my cup’ or something like that.
The production is really slick, but don’t really like that tune – its what I’d
recognise as a good tune, but just not one that rocks my boat overall, even
though there are a couple of nice moments. My loss Im sure !
Fort Romeau Remix – Agree about the summery sunshine house
comment, is really very chilled and would feel just right by the beach, goes up
a notch towards the end which is always good I think. Nice piano loop too.
Caribou – you chaps may have got a hint that I really rather
like this record. A 6 music one for me (more on that below) that made me stop
what I was doing and turn it way the fuck up – cue dancing around the kitchen
and hurried search on spot, followed by some appropriate cheering when said
record was there. The climax of this record is HUGE and just keeps coming.
Would deffo be on my list of tunes of 2014. Love it.
Tuff City Kids rmx – I see what you mean about this
signifying that it was about to kick off, it really has a feel to it that you’d
know in a top dj’s set could only mean one thing. A great ‘layering’ track I
would say, in that you could have long mixes at either end of it with the right
tracks and create smooth layers of tunes (if that makes sense ?!)
Anyway, another top selection.
So one could say that I have been rather spoilt with the
latest round. However I really feel confident that I can hold my own this time,
so here goes:
The Field ‘They won’t see me’
I stumbled upon this on a random search through spot, and it
was very much an ‘interesting, interesting, very interesting…’ (its better if
you can hear Barry Davies saying it) with a crescendo of ‘oh my word you have
to say that’s magnificent’ which summed up my thoughts on it. A moody, growing,
pulsating piece of 4am drug music. Aces.
Alt-J ‘Tessellate’
This has been on my
playlist for a few months here – props to my very cool girlfriend who sent it
to me. Alt-j have their own genre as far as Im concerned, if you go through
their tunes, they are almost impossible to pigeon-hole and even just on
individual records. What is this one for example ? Haunting voal, great arrangement,
almost a dubstep beat but with no bass ?! I’ll just settle for an amazing piece
of music. And its not even their best tune…
Alt-J ‘Hunger of the Pine’
Nsafuyfsdavsasfv. Hmph. That’s me trying to convey the
brilliance and originality of this record, and failing badly. I adore this tune,
and like the above its incredibly produced in a genre all of its own. I don’t like
all of alt-j’s tracks but I will be keeping a close eye on them as when they’re
good, fuck me are they good. 6 music first brought this to my ears, god bless ‘em.
Aim ‘Demonique’
6 music again – easily the best music station around,
especially on Saturdays and especially on Huey’s lunchtime show (he of the fun
loving criminals). This was another ‘stop what Im doing’ moment, just for the
backing sample to be honest – that’s an immense backdrop. It all gets a bit
sinister with the film sample (Halloween) when I was really hoping for a great
hip-hop track after the intro. But its very original to me, and my god, that
sample and the bass riff together – huge. “We’re all afraid of the dark inside
ourselves” !
Dustin O’Halloran ‘We move lightly’
From something to dark to something oh so light. Tell me
this isn’t one of the most beautiful piano tracks you have ever heard !! It has
a gentleness that cannot be overstated, melancholy yet uplifting and obviously constructed
with tenderness and care. Adorable.
Until next time
One love
Sunday, 10 August 2014
DHS 12 Part 11 (H)
Sorry. Over a month has passed.
D
C&C - huge
Bee gees - huge
Sister sledge - HUGE
daft punk - don't even get me started on tunes off their first LP... I know they're not terribly complicated but I was 17 when that album came out and it had a massive impact on me and how my adult tastes evolved into what they are now (I'm notably talking about the chuggy disco stuff which I've loved over the last 4 or 5 years)
Morricone - I think my love for his music in the big clintwood spaghetti western trilogy is well documented. Some people don't rate the pictures but I love them.. I grew up watching them with my old man and regard them as classics. I just like listening to his best of cd/playlist... I get why they used this for dramatic effect/as an opening but the crowd stuff just bugs me... I'd rather not have to hear them!
S
Domain - beautiful... Yes it is in there for sure... Subtly done. Lush.
Love beat - painfully beautiful... The a side of this has been in my potential list for several years now
You are my sister - nicely delivered vocal as you say and fair play to him
Reverie - saw this on the forum and immediately added it to my masterlist... It is without question another of the best records from this year. STRINGS! Reminds me of that epic funk d'void remix of Vince watsons work from about three summers ago. Pure class.
Etherwood - how have I not been on this kid since his LP came out end of last year?!... Def the man of the moment for me.....
Neatly, KS' last track leads me into my next five, a small taste of my soundtrack to the summer
Etherwood Rmx - just lush... The kid is really talented with his own work and he can also tear up a remix and make it infinitely better than the source material as this shows. So lush.
Talabot Rmx - someone posted this on a (once fun and informative) music forum.. I check in from time to time and I'm glad that I do when people bother to use it for what it's meant for: sharing the great music that's out there and chatting about it.
Fort romeau Rmx - bought two or three things that fort romeau did last year... This being probably my favourite... Cracking melody, feel good, summery-sunshine house.
Caribou - back with something to challenge the uplifting melody of "Jamelia" ... Similarly I think this is crying out for someone to edit it and bolster the kick drums to make it a bit of a bigger sound. No doubt one of my faves this year though.
Tuff city kids Rmx - I CANNOT get this out of my head ... I absolutely love it and truth be told I have no idea why... I find it completely infectious, but it's not as if the bass line is exactly anything complicated... The shimmery/spectral echoey sound, simple but adds a great mood... The even love the frankly weird sounding vocal.... Digweed stuck it on the Miami compilation and I've listened to it non stop since... This is another of those tunes that if heard in a club would signify to me that it was about to step up a gear and kick off. Def a highlight for the summer.
Hope you enjoy one or two... There's lots more to add from his year, it's been a belter so far in my opinion.
K.O.K.O
H
D
C&C - huge
Bee gees - huge
Sister sledge - HUGE
daft punk - don't even get me started on tunes off their first LP... I know they're not terribly complicated but I was 17 when that album came out and it had a massive impact on me and how my adult tastes evolved into what they are now (I'm notably talking about the chuggy disco stuff which I've loved over the last 4 or 5 years)
Morricone - I think my love for his music in the big clintwood spaghetti western trilogy is well documented. Some people don't rate the pictures but I love them.. I grew up watching them with my old man and regard them as classics. I just like listening to his best of cd/playlist... I get why they used this for dramatic effect/as an opening but the crowd stuff just bugs me... I'd rather not have to hear them!
S
Domain - beautiful... Yes it is in there for sure... Subtly done. Lush.
Love beat - painfully beautiful... The a side of this has been in my potential list for several years now
You are my sister - nicely delivered vocal as you say and fair play to him
Reverie - saw this on the forum and immediately added it to my masterlist... It is without question another of the best records from this year. STRINGS! Reminds me of that epic funk d'void remix of Vince watsons work from about three summers ago. Pure class.
Etherwood - how have I not been on this kid since his LP came out end of last year?!... Def the man of the moment for me.....
Neatly, KS' last track leads me into my next five, a small taste of my soundtrack to the summer
Etherwood Rmx - just lush... The kid is really talented with his own work and he can also tear up a remix and make it infinitely better than the source material as this shows. So lush.
Talabot Rmx - someone posted this on a (once fun and informative) music forum.. I check in from time to time and I'm glad that I do when people bother to use it for what it's meant for: sharing the great music that's out there and chatting about it.
Fort romeau Rmx - bought two or three things that fort romeau did last year... This being probably my favourite... Cracking melody, feel good, summery-sunshine house.
Caribou - back with something to challenge the uplifting melody of "Jamelia" ... Similarly I think this is crying out for someone to edit it and bolster the kick drums to make it a bit of a bigger sound. No doubt one of my faves this year though.
Tuff city kids Rmx - I CANNOT get this out of my head ... I absolutely love it and truth be told I have no idea why... I find it completely infectious, but it's not as if the bass line is exactly anything complicated... The shimmery/spectral echoey sound, simple but adds a great mood... The even love the frankly weird sounding vocal.... Digweed stuck it on the Miami compilation and I've listened to it non stop since... This is another of those tunes that if heard in a club would signify to me that it was about to step up a gear and kick off. Def a highlight for the summer.
Hope you enjoy one or two... There's lots more to add from his year, it's been a belter so far in my opinion.
K.O.K.O
H
Saturday, 5 July 2014
DHS 12 - part 10 (S)
Evenings are drawing in then...
H
Joy To The World - all I can say is 'Thank You' - genuinely 'Thank you' - not so much for the introduction but for the very, very timely reminder - what a dribblingly gorgeous thing...
Broken - you're right, it sounds absolutely immaculate - was initially torn on whether I'd ever play it but I've picked the EP up and am 87/13 on the yes side so stand by your pause buttons...
Okinawa - can't fault it in any way other than that tiny 'spark' that just somehow isn't there for me
Rift Valley - (think D conflated his description of this and your description 'The End' in his last posting - maybe not - whatever...) - the fact that I pretty much built a mix around this a while back (as H alluded to) tells you what I think of this - it's beautiful. It's wonderfully, wonderfully, uplifting. It's simple as all hell but it's so, so good. What a fantastic remix. (To suggest that it takes slightly too long to get the 'money shot' and then it's over too quickly, would be churlish...)
The End - big fan of Joe T Vanelli since 20 years ago - big fan of HS82 since 3 years ago - two of them together was never going to go wrong was it... Just about as good as 'bog-standard' house music gets in 2014 - and I mean that to sound better than it comes across when you read it...
D
C&C - always uses to get this lot muddled up with Snap! - having explored both again before writing this I think Snap! just edge it for me although 'Sweat' is better than 'Ooops Up' and 'Cult Of Snap' but behind 'The Power' and 'Rhythm Is A Dancer'. There is no need at all to bring Technotronic into it at this stage...
Bee Gees - you'll never find me saying anything bad about this lot or this tune...
Sister Sledge - or this lot and this tune - although a separate exploration of the various edits/remixes of it might be interesting to pin down a collective favourite - I think this original has been bettered...
Daft Punk - I think your description was bob-on D, 'filtered summer beach fun'...
Metallica - I'm all for the crowd involvement and atmosphere but there's only room in my ears for one Metallica tune - sorry, I know that's pathetic but that's the way it is... (it's 'Nothing Else Matters' performed with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
S
Domain - so, we've had Pachelbel's 'Cannon' when H posted the 'original' - then I slung it up in the guise of a 90's indie band sing-a-long and now it's here again - or is it, drifting in and out between crashing wave sounds and metallic wind-charmer chimes, it's kind of there but it isn't really and yet it absolutely is - a retrospective glance back at the Future Sound of London.
Love Beat - this is the musical equivalent of meeting someone you've known for years and kind of fancied from afar but kept your 'cool' distance from because you're 'cool' right? But then suddenly you're confronted up close and personal and all pretence has gone straight out the window and you're just a gibbering wreck unable to control syllables let alone sentences as the beauty that you always knew was there is suddenly made manifest x1000 and your eyes glaze over and you don't even want to breathe anymore and then the piano kicks in and you dissolve into pointless gloop...
You Are My Sister - Boy George guests on a duet from 2005's Mercury Prize winning album - suggest you put aside the gender-bending logistics of the lyric and just wallow in the emotion of the delivery...
Reverie - every now and then a dance track leaps unheralded from the miasma surrounding it and grabs my attention. For every ten that do so there's maybe two or three that get more than one or two subsequent plays. Relatively rarely then does a track leap unheralded from the surrounding miasma, grab my attention, get played several times and then go on to be microscopically lasered into the very fabric of my musical clothing. This one did. Immense.
Hold Your Breath - piano, emotive vocal, gigantically swelling strings, thundering breakbeat, incredibly laid-back bass - repeat in various combinations - fade - genuine musical perfection
xx
H
Joy To The World - all I can say is 'Thank You' - genuinely 'Thank you' - not so much for the introduction but for the very, very timely reminder - what a dribblingly gorgeous thing...
Broken - you're right, it sounds absolutely immaculate - was initially torn on whether I'd ever play it but I've picked the EP up and am 87/13 on the yes side so stand by your pause buttons...
Okinawa - can't fault it in any way other than that tiny 'spark' that just somehow isn't there for me
Rift Valley - (think D conflated his description of this and your description 'The End' in his last posting - maybe not - whatever...) - the fact that I pretty much built a mix around this a while back (as H alluded to) tells you what I think of this - it's beautiful. It's wonderfully, wonderfully, uplifting. It's simple as all hell but it's so, so good. What a fantastic remix. (To suggest that it takes slightly too long to get the 'money shot' and then it's over too quickly, would be churlish...)
The End - big fan of Joe T Vanelli since 20 years ago - big fan of HS82 since 3 years ago - two of them together was never going to go wrong was it... Just about as good as 'bog-standard' house music gets in 2014 - and I mean that to sound better than it comes across when you read it...
D
C&C - always uses to get this lot muddled up with Snap! - having explored both again before writing this I think Snap! just edge it for me although 'Sweat' is better than 'Ooops Up' and 'Cult Of Snap' but behind 'The Power' and 'Rhythm Is A Dancer'. There is no need at all to bring Technotronic into it at this stage...
Bee Gees - you'll never find me saying anything bad about this lot or this tune...
Sister Sledge - or this lot and this tune - although a separate exploration of the various edits/remixes of it might be interesting to pin down a collective favourite - I think this original has been bettered...
Daft Punk - I think your description was bob-on D, 'filtered summer beach fun'...
Metallica - I'm all for the crowd involvement and atmosphere but there's only room in my ears for one Metallica tune - sorry, I know that's pathetic but that's the way it is... (it's 'Nothing Else Matters' performed with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
S
Domain - so, we've had Pachelbel's 'Cannon' when H posted the 'original' - then I slung it up in the guise of a 90's indie band sing-a-long and now it's here again - or is it, drifting in and out between crashing wave sounds and metallic wind-charmer chimes, it's kind of there but it isn't really and yet it absolutely is - a retrospective glance back at the Future Sound of London.
Love Beat - this is the musical equivalent of meeting someone you've known for years and kind of fancied from afar but kept your 'cool' distance from because you're 'cool' right? But then suddenly you're confronted up close and personal and all pretence has gone straight out the window and you're just a gibbering wreck unable to control syllables let alone sentences as the beauty that you always knew was there is suddenly made manifest x1000 and your eyes glaze over and you don't even want to breathe anymore and then the piano kicks in and you dissolve into pointless gloop...
You Are My Sister - Boy George guests on a duet from 2005's Mercury Prize winning album - suggest you put aside the gender-bending logistics of the lyric and just wallow in the emotion of the delivery...
Reverie - every now and then a dance track leaps unheralded from the miasma surrounding it and grabs my attention. For every ten that do so there's maybe two or three that get more than one or two subsequent plays. Relatively rarely then does a track leap unheralded from the surrounding miasma, grab my attention, get played several times and then go on to be microscopically lasered into the very fabric of my musical clothing. This one did. Immense.
Hold Your Breath - piano, emotive vocal, gigantically swelling strings, thundering breakbeat, incredibly laid-back bass - repeat in various combinations - fade - genuine musical perfection
xx
Saturday, 14 June 2014
DHS 12 - Part 9 (D)
Afternoon all,
Im off to Hampton Court Palace to watch the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with some picnic action and fireworks tonight, which could really be something - cant wait. Not that the RPO will be gracing my selections anytime soon I wouldn't have thought, but in such a setting it should be an evening of aural pleasure. Speaking of which, my grateful thanks for your recent selections...
S-Dog
Enola Gay is a tune I am sure I must have heard before - the infectious hook sounds very familiar as does the melody. Proper nice tune that, and while its very 80's the lyrics are not as asinine as you usually got from the synth bashers at that time. Nice.
Dreamy Days is a tune I havent heard before, and neither have I listened to Roots Manuva at all - MacArthur Park again - impressive effort there Kev. Best rapper from the UK ? Hmmm not so sure about that but this is a boss cut, added to my list. Top work.
Fantastic man - I see what you say about it being bonkers; its certainly that but I have no idea whether I like it or not. Even after at least half a dozen listens I cant tell, some days I like it some days its like someone dragging an iron glove across a blackboard !
Winter in June - solid enough prog record for me, cant quite feel the amount of love for it that you do my friend but nice enough.
All Together Now is a stone cold classic. Takes me back to my mis-spent youth and even though it fills me with some melancholic feelings thats more to do with what was happening at the time rather than the record. Top tune.
H-Bomb
Sorry mate, but Joy to the World is bringing no joy to me at all. To me it's really bleak, cant get onside with it, just makes my skin itch.
Broken however is an absolutely wonderful tune - so atmospheric and that bass break is immense. Great filtered vocal and a wonderfully restrained feeling to the whole thing - on a big system it would blow your socks off. Definitely deserves that medal !
Okinawa - you are right, I totally wouldnt associate this with Digweed but its been so long since I heard him or one of his mixes that to be honest I have no idea what he plays. This is very nice though, understated for me against 'hugely uplifting' for you - which says a lot about our difference in tastes I think !
The Rift Valley - no idea what 'burning man' mix you mention here, but then I am so far out of the dance music groove in the last few months thats not surprising. Care to forward on. This reminds me strongly of 'somewhere over the rainbow' by the IZ and really is very nice indeed - great use of melodies and strings you're right. Top job.
Ok my lot - a summery selection that always gets my toes tapping or makes me smile...
Gonna Make you sweat - C&C
On first impressions this is just a throw away pop song - certainly those lyrics suggest so, but I think its so much more than the normal trash that is wheeled out - the difference here is the production is immense. The layout and arrangement is very clever, bringing parts of the record in and out and thankfully keeping the 'rapping' to a minimum which actually gives it some charm for me. A step up from normal pop records.
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
I have to fight the urge to strut when I hear this and Im walking somewhere. If I was at a party or a club and it came on - I'll be giving it plenty. Proper party music.
Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
Stone. Cold. Classic. No idea why we dont have a sister sledge record in DHS already...
Fresh - Daft Punk
Filtered summer beach fun with the Punk, one of several stand out tracks on their debut.
The Ecstacy of Gold - Metallica
Pretty sure they're just playing the Morricone recording as they use this for their intro, AND we've had this before but I absolutely adore the crowd joining in, gives it another dimension. So here it is. And here it is on youtube if you are so inclined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihimYfIbrVo
One love
Im off to Hampton Court Palace to watch the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with some picnic action and fireworks tonight, which could really be something - cant wait. Not that the RPO will be gracing my selections anytime soon I wouldn't have thought, but in such a setting it should be an evening of aural pleasure. Speaking of which, my grateful thanks for your recent selections...
S-Dog
Enola Gay is a tune I am sure I must have heard before - the infectious hook sounds very familiar as does the melody. Proper nice tune that, and while its very 80's the lyrics are not as asinine as you usually got from the synth bashers at that time. Nice.
Dreamy Days is a tune I havent heard before, and neither have I listened to Roots Manuva at all - MacArthur Park again - impressive effort there Kev. Best rapper from the UK ? Hmmm not so sure about that but this is a boss cut, added to my list. Top work.
Fantastic man - I see what you say about it being bonkers; its certainly that but I have no idea whether I like it or not. Even after at least half a dozen listens I cant tell, some days I like it some days its like someone dragging an iron glove across a blackboard !
Winter in June - solid enough prog record for me, cant quite feel the amount of love for it that you do my friend but nice enough.
All Together Now is a stone cold classic. Takes me back to my mis-spent youth and even though it fills me with some melancholic feelings thats more to do with what was happening at the time rather than the record. Top tune.
H-Bomb
Sorry mate, but Joy to the World is bringing no joy to me at all. To me it's really bleak, cant get onside with it, just makes my skin itch.
Broken however is an absolutely wonderful tune - so atmospheric and that bass break is immense. Great filtered vocal and a wonderfully restrained feeling to the whole thing - on a big system it would blow your socks off. Definitely deserves that medal !
Okinawa - you are right, I totally wouldnt associate this with Digweed but its been so long since I heard him or one of his mixes that to be honest I have no idea what he plays. This is very nice though, understated for me against 'hugely uplifting' for you - which says a lot about our difference in tastes I think !
The Rift Valley - no idea what 'burning man' mix you mention here, but then I am so far out of the dance music groove in the last few months thats not surprising. Care to forward on. This reminds me strongly of 'somewhere over the rainbow' by the IZ and really is very nice indeed - great use of melodies and strings you're right. Top job.
Ok my lot - a summery selection that always gets my toes tapping or makes me smile...
Gonna Make you sweat - C&C
On first impressions this is just a throw away pop song - certainly those lyrics suggest so, but I think its so much more than the normal trash that is wheeled out - the difference here is the production is immense. The layout and arrangement is very clever, bringing parts of the record in and out and thankfully keeping the 'rapping' to a minimum which actually gives it some charm for me. A step up from normal pop records.
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
I have to fight the urge to strut when I hear this and Im walking somewhere. If I was at a party or a club and it came on - I'll be giving it plenty. Proper party music.
Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
Stone. Cold. Classic. No idea why we dont have a sister sledge record in DHS already...
Fresh - Daft Punk
Filtered summer beach fun with the Punk, one of several stand out tracks on their debut.
The Ecstacy of Gold - Metallica
Pretty sure they're just playing the Morricone recording as they use this for their intro, AND we've had this before but I absolutely adore the crowd joining in, gives it another dimension. So here it is. And here it is on youtube if you are so inclined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihimYfIbrVo
One love
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