So New Beat…not everybody’s cup of tea. However when it hits it hits hard. I love it, just wished they didn’t use so many shit samples. So many great grooves ruined. Anyway there’s plenty to pick up that are amazing and don’t sound dated – more beamed from the future.
Here’s 5 I love that showed some sample restraint!
Touché Records was founded in 1994 by Alex Dijksterhuis (Jamez) & Gaston Steenkist (Dobre) I truly fell in love with this Dutch imprint after hearing a lot of their output being played through the gargantuan rig in the Conor Hall in Belfast in the nineties. Some of these records still play hopscotch in and out of my record bag today and let me assure you they still set a dancefloor on fire. Touché indeed!
Here are five return serves…
Anyone else pick these edits/bootlegs up from a few years back? They didn’t do much (if anything) to the tracks but what you got was one track per side cut really nice and loud. Perfect for DJing with. There’s usually always one in my bag. Still easy enough to pick up for cheap.
As usual 5 favs below…
At certain times it can feel that people were almost destined to do things with their creative output. Imagine if Vince Clarke had never picked up a synthesiser, the world would be devoid of some first class timeless pop music, never mind some of the best synth bands and duos of the the last few decades.
Here are five with the V.C touch that still light up floors for me.
Forget the terrible label names – Golf Channel/Edit Channel have been releasing quality originals and edits for over 10 years. Just quietly going about their business releasing what they want, when they want. Below are five that I always go back to.
One of best things about visiting cities is getting the chance to dig in interesting stores for brand new/forgotten gold. Last year at ADE I dragged my wife to Rush Hour and then later accidentally a Clone pop up store aka as a double result. So this year I decided to check out what Bordello A Parigi (a compact store near the red light district, jam packed with great music) had to offer and a second hand fair at the Volkshotel. Here are a few scooped on this trip.
Basslines to die for and coming straight outta Scotland. Cheap as chips to pick up, but if you hear these records played on a decent system they are just ridiculous!
Some people just do their own thing regardless of any fads and trends that spiral in and out around them and I’m generally drawn to those people. Terre Thaemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles is def one person doing things on their own terms and as a result creates timeless headphone trips & dubbed out club bliss. I keep returning to these tracks with each listen sounding more and more special.
Here are five all sprinkled with that magic!
I love this New York label. Cool and camp but with a punk attitude. It delivered plenty of hits and I just can’t imagine this type of ‘thing’ happening again – August Darnell and Suicide on the same label (wtf). However, that’s what you get when you have a label founded by the heir to the Mothercare fortune and a boutique owner from Paris mixing it in down town New York. Plenty of comps and re-issues about, so the records are easy to come by – if you don’t already have them in your collection. Below are 5 of many I love…
If you are not already aware, then we tip you to check out fellow Belfastian L.O.R (Lunar Orbit Rendezvous) who has just dropped his debut album.
His tracks, remixes and edits have been sneaking their way into our DJ sets over the past few years, always sound so deftly strripped back & sonically beautiful in clubs as much as at they do on a home turntable. Here our five i’ve taken out for a spin more than a few times.
Also worth tracking down is his amazing remix of DAF.
