16.7.09
Not so much music listening going on this week, kind of got addicted to the game Braid. A beautiful, brilliant and totally captivating puzzle platformer. see the trailer here. Musically though, this is a brief round-up of what has successfully pleased my ears just now. I heartily endorse listening to the following. Droney synth accompanied by occasional beat and other noises, interesting to hear on a dancefloor in a sort of make or break Patrice Baumel 'Roar' kind of way.
Jammy disco joint full of seedy low end synth.
Peak time tech house.
Super interesting. Deep forward thinking house tracks by Canson in the vein of DJ Koze and Pepe Bradock... sort of.
7.7.09
pic: Marin Van UhmThe full length from cosmic duo
Subway really is essential. So refreshing.
A slick lounge turned disco chugger from the ever pleasing
Toby Tobias, taken from the
Apres 2 release by Australian label
Future Classic it also features a track by
Bonar Bradberry and a full on pop music track by Touch Sensitive, really, sounds like it should be on the radio.
Actor Tim Curry also had a couple of LP's and a string of 12"s back in the 1970s. This track has got some killer drums on it.
A track i've not listened to for a number of years, Tesco Bombers had this in 1982. The definitive post punk tango song. I dug out a few oldies at the same time as Tesco Bombers, but was really disappointed to have lost my copy of
The Gymslips - Rocking With The Renees, if anyone has an mp3 copy of it i'd be most pleased to hear it again... but y'know, not the end of the world.
2.7.09
Can't stress how good this 12" on
Echoism is from
Peter Horrevorts. Title track Labyrinth is an eerie minimal tech masterpiece, and frankly the b-side is just as good. Indeed,
Echoism's a hot labe, below is some
Roel H taken from his Dancing Bears EP. Roel H's work certainly has a Border Community feel to it.
1.7.09
pic: Anna PeakerLooking through some
Ost & Kjex music and came across this beauty, taking the quirky edge off the original
Maurice Fulton turns this into a shimmering gem.
Really enjoyable deep Chicago house grooves from
Tim Toh.
29.6.09
Originally released in 1992 Mismoplastico saw a re-release on Arcobaleno last year with this thunderous edit from Serge Santiago,really powerful stuff. Santiago is creating a bit of a buzz right now as anticipation builds for his work alongside Tom Neville as Retro/Grade. Moda has been tantalising people for quite sometime now, without a definite release date confirmed. Check the video out below though, is good.
26.6.09
From 1994 this is just so fresh.
A couple of Marc Romboy collabs from a few years back, House Ya was produced by Stephan Bodzin and i'm pretty certain has a Blondie sample throughout. The track with Gui Boratto goes all kinds of awesome a few minutes in, euphoric stuff.
Bringing things upto date is this Alex Costa track, can't get enough of it.
10.6.09
pic Immense JourneySorry for no updates in a while, took a spontaneous trip to Berlin.Here's a mix I did for Diesel U Music, I don't really know if it got played 'cos I was away. But anyway, something on there might take your fancy. 1. Clap Rules - Braxx
2. Mugwump - Nothing Without You
3. Sugardaddy - Stripped To The Bone
4. Rat Salad - Cannibalized
5. Neon - Skydiver
6. Dharma - Plastic Doll
7. Rooster P Incognito - Swing Ratio
8. Nancy Fortune - Walking
9. Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt - Freddy
10. Dorothy's Fortress - Silencer
11. Vegard Wolf Dyvik - All My Friends Are Awesome
12. Osborne - Bout Ready To Jak
13. Cabin Fever - Don't You Know?
14. Dustin Zahn - Stranger To Stability
15. Rico Casazza - Compression
16. Rene Breitbarth - Loco Motive
17. French Teen Idol - Departure
55mins - 82mbAn oldie to finish. Frederic Mercier had an LP entitled Pacific out in 1978. It's just seen a partial re-release on Mellophonia. What is it? Analog synth laden joy.
19.5.09
pic: Cullen StephensonThis a sublime piece of techno, intricate layers, loops and samples strung together gradually over 11 minutes.
After being enamored with brooding Swiss electronic trio
Sinner DC since hearing their Mount Age LP it's a joy to hear them back with a new full length on AI.
It's A Fine Line is yet another alias of Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris and in this guise they take on an old fave of mine, G.B. & The Tracks 'My Kind Of Women'. This future-disco / proto-techno masterpiece is a raw mix of primitive electronic beats, crazed vintage delays/reverbs, huge anthemic piano chords and yearning, oh-so-infectious male vocals. Released on History Clock who have a new one just out by Tarnished Thighs (better known as Phoreski).
24.4.09
Pic:
Jenna RusselleJust two weeks until ATP vs The Fans, although not being blown away by the line-up (or venue) this year I still have high confidence that it'll be more fun than you can shake a stick at. Going down the route of lo-fi noise today.
Zola Jesus' LP has been doing all sorts to me of late, truly captivating experimental melodies.
Thee Oh Sees track is taken from
Volume 8 of The World's Lousy With Ideas and comes up alongside tracks from all the other frontrunners in the scene. And a dose of
Eat Skull from their LP
Wild And Inside.
Patience is required for the following. 25 minutes of cosmic synth drones and delicate guitar lines echoing into the distance.
Taken from Bibio's Vignetting The Compost. So, so nice.
20.4.09
pic: Gordon MagninSorry it's been quiet lately. Hopefully back to regular posting now. This is a sample of what i've been liking in the last week or so, predominantly techno and house.
8.4.09
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We Are DAGI don't know where i'm going with this. I've been out cycling in the glorious late afternoon sunshine, stopping off to meander through an abandoned brickworks...an intriguing visceral landscape that I didn't have the nerve to delve deeper into, soundtracked to a decidedly techno playlist.
Camera phone quality pics
here,
here and
here. In the next installment see if i've got the nerve to break into one of the factory rooms or alternatively head into the woods in search of who knows what! (this probably won't happen).
