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Archive for the 'house' Category
13th August, 2009 | 28 views
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Despite my gushing praise of a mix that I bought back in ‘92 and owning quite a few of the drum’n'bass releases by him and others on the Good Looking band of labels (sadly mostly lost to water damage in an incident); I paid no attention to any of his releases after I went to live abroad at the end of the nineties or even after I returned. It wasn’t until Jenifa Mayanja played this track on one of her early shows on MotionFM.com that I was enjoying via the archives they keep and KERRR-POW!!! I was knocked over by the polished ethereal-ness for which Bukem is reknowned. Listen, close your eyes and dream dreams of sunrises over utopian dancefloors in woodlands of elation… which sounds quite wanky but we all deserve a moment of blissful rapture though some can articulate it better than others.
15th July, 2009 | 8 views
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Keeping on the dub tip as listening to lots of bass seems to be the order of the moment, dubstep producer Synkro lays down some low frequency law.
14th July, 2009 | 33 views
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Deep brooding low frequency dub tone on this stand-out track from their 1999 album, Big World Small World, Bristol bass in the place. Head nodders of the green leaf, lay down your pipes and STEP UP!
*PLEASE NOTE* In order to gain the full flava of the bass, use headphones or hook your computer up to your stereo otherwise you just won’t “get” it.
12th May, 2009 | 29 views
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Released at the end of 2008 however I didn’t get my copy until a couple of months ago; hopefully there’s still some floating around but if you see one, jump on it. Apparently they also come with a cd single of the same tracks, although mine didn’t. Prepare to pay over the odds because it’s a piece of vinyl pressed and released in Japan but worth it for this single track, with the other three left way, way behind. This composition has an exquisite gentleness that makes you forget you’re listening to a four-on-the-floor house track with the off-beat repeated melody. Can’t help but wish it went on for longer, extended to cover a whole side – a soundtrack to dance under a starlit night to, with an approaching dawn infiltrating the blackness on the horizon.
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3rd March, 2009 | 150 views
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DJ Dangerous takes no prisoners with this high energy mix, cutting up tracks with crossfader nimbleness whilst slipping in snippets from others. However in doing so, he pushes up the pitch control on some tracks to squeeze the mix in, which may make the purists baulk at such rough treatment of ‘their’ classics. Personally, for me, it drives this mix forward and makes it great fun to listen to.
Props to _Hawk_ on the discogs forums for sending me a copy as part of a mix exchange many years ago.
- | 0:00:00 | McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
- | 0:06:12 | Phyllis Hyman – Under Your Spell
- | 0:07:32 | Phyllis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me
- | 0:11:15 | Ralphi Rosario – You Used To Hold Me
- | 0:11:48 | Evelyn King – I’m In Love
- | 0:15:43 | Howard Johnson – So Fine
- | 0:18:37 | Johnny Kemp – Just Got Paid
- | 0:20:43 | S.O.S. Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right)
- | 0:21:45 | Captain Rapp – Bad Times (I Can’t Stand It)
- | 0:26:01 | G.Q. – Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
- | 0:29:01 | Rick James – Dance Wit’ Me
- | 0:31:29 | K.C. And The Sunshine Band – Do You Wanna Go Party
- | 0:32:57 | Heatwave – The Groove Line
- | 0:34:36 | Skyy – Call Me
- | 0:35:55 | Secret Weapon – Must Be The Music
- | 0:38:28 | Sexual Harassment – I Need A Freak
- | 0:39:55 | Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
- | 0:42:02 | Quartz – Beyond The Clouds
- | 0:43:39 | Soul II Soul – Back To Life (Acapella)
- | 0:45:09 | Cheryl Lynn – Encore
- | 0:46:36 | Prince – D.M.S.R.
- | 0:49:23 | Barry White – It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
- | 0:51:24 | Alicia Myers – You Get The Best From Me (Say Say Say)
- | 0:55:26 | Slave – Watching You
- | 0:57:55 | Nitro Deluxe – Let’s Get Brutal
- | 0:58:15 | Roy Ayres – Runaway
- | 1:00:03 | Lathun – Freak It
- | 1:02:31 | Kano – I’m Ready
- | 1:04:06 | DJ Magic Mike And The Royal Posse – Drop The Bass
- | 1:06:23 | Evelyn King – Shame
- | 1:09:58 | Inner City – Good Life
