One of the EP's of the year so far for me. You Were There by Ly Sander & Michael J Collins. Out on Electric Minds of London. The coming together of this duo has resulted in brilliance. On the face of it you can look at Collins' links with Wolf + Lamb and Ly Sander's connection with Drumpoet Community and come to a conclusion that this will be right on the pulse of the ever changing house music heartbeat. These are 'mood-inspiring productions; subtle and simple in places they will appeal to those that like their music deep and with a touch of soul.' Electric Minds are also putting on a killer warehouse party in Dalston on Thursday with Ilja Rudman, Nina Kraviz and Ray Mang to name a few. Details here.
We Play House Recordings has certainly been a breath of fresh air to house music over the last year or so. To quote: 'The simple aim of We Play House Recordings is to release house music that we like and play. No hype, no trend, no tribute, just good house music.' And good house music it is. Taking the vast experience of label head DJ Red D and fusing it with prodigious young talent that is San Soda WPH has hit on something special. 2010 is taking shape for the label with the massive Chicago house inspired 'Vocals For Everyone' by FCL (Red D and San Soda). Then coming up later this Spring will be a WPH debut for Luv*Jam that you can preview now on their MySpace. Exciting!
Nakion - Deus Ex Machina (Joakim Remix) DyE - Crsytal D'acier (Logo Remix) KiNK - Bittersweet Childproof Man - Who's Been Meaning To San Soda & Just Nathan - Maximum 150 Personen Morning Factory - Runners JTC - King Of The Box Soundstream - Makin' Love Antonelli - Disconnected Populette - Mommy MarSET - Ventura Oskar Offermann - Only My Shorts Paul Du Lac - M.Y.O. Franck Roger - Re-Scape Manuel Tur - Dream & Delirium Andre Lodemann - Still Dreaming Fet Et Moi - Paris Is For Lovers Brandt Brauer Frick - Iron Man Nico Grubert - Malibu Catz'n Dogs & Pol_On - You Like Ramon Tapia & Maxim Lany - Highway Felix Bernhardt - Bam Bam Bam Kolombo - Big Jim Do Not Resist The Beat - Minus 126 In Berlin EQD - 003-b Terence Fixmer - Electric City Severed Heads - Greater Reward (Dub)
The greatest use of a Justin Timberlake vocal? I possibly think so. Old school house percussion and an acidic bassline, but it's the vocals from Timberlake's My Love that really make the track come together. Production is spot on, so it may come as no surprise to find that Fet Et Moi is in fact the work of &Me and Fetisch.
Here's a few more techier bits i've been enjoying. Nothing too straightforward though.
And now taking it back to 1985. Conveyor Belt was originally a cassette release on ADN of Italy. It has been described as simply one of the best pieces of experimental and industrial music released in that era.
Another video. No prizes for guessing the influences behind this track by Funeral Fireworks, but it's still lovely nonetheless. Glorious distortion coupled with emphatically building repetition.
New edits from Slight Delay, who you may have heard on Eskimo over the last few months or so. The Cigana 12" features 4 very different tracks, from South African pop to dreamy new wave. Really interesting.
These tracks may sound like obscure late 70's - early 80's disco wave but these are infact the original productions of Nicolas Courtin, taken from his 2007 LP Les Yeux Fermés.
Released under the common shroud of mystery last year, this was described simply as a Techno Masterpiece for those who know. Absolutely brutal. The tracks have since returned digitally, accredited to Chris Liebing and Tommy Four Seven. Still absolutely brutal.
Another unforgiving, heavy hitting techno track I enjoyed last year was this by Joseph Capriati, incidentally released on Liebing's CLR label.
A new name, but it's safe to say they'll still be ahead of the game. Happy Please is the new outlet for the wonderful blog that was Curb Crawlers. Happy Please has kept with CC's excellent series of mixtapes and kicks things off on the new site with an inspired selection from Jokers Of The Scene.
Jokers of the Scene - Joking Victim B.D.I. - City & Industry Daniel Meteo - In The Mood (Abe Duque Remix) Crash Course In Science - Flying Turns (Terence Fixmer Remix) Tiga - Sex O'Clock (Playgroup Remix) Aberrant - Kirkbride's Dungeon Stephan Bodzin - Mustang Jori Hulkonnen - Boying in the Smokeroom Fairmont - Mobula Geiger - Bambam Boy 8-Bit - The Keep Mathew Jonson - Ghosts in the Al 2AM/FM - The Path LFO - Freeze Extrawelt - Fernweh The Black Dog - Witches Ov
Double Rainbow will make your day. Playful synths build and build into the most satisfying melee of joy. Out now on Future Times. It's well worth checking the Future Times site because it is full of all kinds of goodies. Cheers to No Pain In Pop for this.
The music of Balam Acab is truly beautiful. Balam Acab is attached to Robin XXJfg's Tri Angle Records. I think that's all that needs saying at this point. I just look forward to hearing more.
Mr Raoul K left his native Ivory Coast in 1992, he relocated to Germany where a love of dance music grew within him, through trial and error he learned to produce music, and the sound we now find from him combines traditional African instruments and rhythms with European production techniques and soundscapes to make beautiful afro-beat house and techno. Hypnotic deep house.
Mommy by Populette is the new release on Throne Of Blood. It's just out with remix by TBD. It is quality deep tech house with a real unique feel to it.
Been checking out the back catalogue of the Millions Of Moments label just lately following on from a love of all things Brock van Wey really. I uncovered these two gems. The Aaron Carl track really calls to mind Radioslave's 'Don't You Know'. Whereas the Japanese Synchro System track is blissed out piece of piano organ led deep house with flutes and Japanese spoken word, really nice.
Really loving this. 360 is the formidable and talented production duo of Dutchmen Nuno Dos Santos and Patrice Baumel. I've posted about both of their solo work in the past but as 360 they really create beautiful atmosphere whilst retaining the minimalism Baumel especially is renowned for.
Roll The Dice's LP is continually blowing me away. A film score composer and a producer involved with Fever Ray get together for some downtempo synth and piano magic. So, so, so good.
