alis ~ azimuth on don’t be afraid


as i mainly do, i listened to this without reading the press release first.

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published on February 1, 2013 10:36 am.
filed under: acid, dont be afraid, electro, review, techno

albums of the year ~ 2011

ok, here comes a list of my thirty favourite long players (including one re-issue and following my top 10 compilations) of 2011. like last year, i’m not that sure of the order beyond the first few, but these are the records which i’m still listening to, still enjoying and – in many cases – still astounded by. the only other thing to note is the lack of many bass/dubstep albums. efforts from kuedo, sepulcre and machine drum will all top many polls elsewhere on the web, i’m sure, but i just never quite sit comfortably when they are playing. necessarily then, in case you wondered, i’ve overlooked them. but it ain’t like i was short on choice…

 

 

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published on December 6, 2011 2:40 pm.
filed under: 2562, acid, chicago house, cosmin trg, deep house, delsin, deniz kurtel, detroit, dial records, dub techno, electronic albums of the year, features, house, martyn, omar s, ostgut ton, review, rick wilhite, robag whrume, roman flugel, smallville, steffi, techno, zomby

plat du jour ~ joe smooth

today i will mostly be listening to this again, a 25th anniversary set for trax records mixed by house vet joe ‘promised land’ smooth.  we all know dance music is stuck – for right or wrong – in a perpetual state of rivavalism, so a mix like this, stuffed with bumping, jacking chicago classics and a healthy dose of acid is almost as representative as it is retrospective at the end of 2010.

that aside, you never can hear nostalgic heavy hitters like ‘move your body’ and ‘love can’t turn around’ quite often enough…



joe smooth ~ trax records 25th anniversary mixtape

fantasy – screamin’ rachael & z-factor
fun with bad boys -screamin’ rachael
waiting on my angel – frankie knuckles, jamie principle
bringing down the walls – larry heard (mr.fingers), robert owens
work that mother** – steve pointdexter
the house music anthem – marshall jefferson
this is acid – maurice joshua
you used to hold me – ralphi rosario
love can’t turn around – daryl pandy
acid trax – phuture
so sexy – screamin’ rachael, maurice joshua
can you feel it – larry heard
distant planet – larry heard (mr.fingers)
i’ve lost control – sleezy d.
my forever’s here today – screamin’ rachael
sensation – ron hardy
dance all night – screamin’ rachael
our house is funkafied – george clinton, screamin’ rachael

published on December 18, 2010 12:49 pm.
filed under: acid, chicago house, joe smooth, mix of the day, plat du jour