on a Geordie label, how about that?
― saer, Friday, 21 July 2017 11:00 (six years ago) link
^^^^ FYI that works in every city
TIP! ;)
― MikoMcha, Friday, 21 July 2017 13:21 (six years ago) link
mh - that's right!
flopson, will say I saw Nite Jewel recently and everyone was dancing, so it's not always the case :-)
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
tbh I can't just instantly go from zero to dancing, usually involves kind of working my way into it and/or having a couple drinks, so if the crowd sucks and the drink service sucks the occasional misfire happens
― mh, Friday, 21 July 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
i show up at shows mashed most of the time to avoid misfires ha
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
Steevio was part of the Newcastle scene in 80s/90s.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
He was!
from wye aye man to wye valley sorry everyone
― saer, Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Jim, I think your post has a lot of truth re: the music scene here. However, I think Vancouver perhaps doesn't have as much of a history of music in that sense that the UK does, so it's baby steps.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 22 July 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
oh this is a little shameless with the sampling but its very nice! one for the vibey canalside summer afternoons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psF0iz8fHps
― saer, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 13:46 (one month ago) Permalink
the sample in the Aquaphresca record is from Sun Ra's Door of the Cosmos. It was pretty obvious it was Sun Ra but didn't know which record til now
― saer, Saturday, 22 July 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
el maestro FDG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77n528rEeWw
first two tracks here are both great, whatever they are. less so the third
― saer, Sunday, 23 July 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
Sorry wrong thread, but then what is the right thread? Its a thorny issue alright
― saer, Sunday, 23 July 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67WGrsWmiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z78kx7enFg
Check out Solid Blake's EP on new Glasgow label Outer Zone if you're in the mood for some electro
― paolo, Sunday, 23 July 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
this is a good thread!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 July 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
new Broken English Club LP on LIES goes hardhttps://soundcloud.com/l-i-e-s/broken-english-club-the-english-beach-lp-clips-lies-094
― davey, Monday, 24 July 2017 07:50 (six years ago) link
I'm iffy about Vancouver house for *extremely* petty reasons: I was once painfully rejected by someone that's friends with the Mood Hut guys and introduced me to them before they went big. I also think a lot of that music is pretty overrated, perhaps because it's received a lot of nepotistic hype via Andrew Ryce at Resident Advisor, who tends to consistently give glowing reviews to what I think are quite average records from people from Vancouver/his friends/whoever. Maybe I'm being paranoid (I don't think it's deliberate aggrandizement but it has a touch of conflict of interest) but I've gotten to the point where I just pass over his reviews of Mood Hut/Pacific Rhythm/etc records.
I miss posting here but I so rarely buy records from the present year that aren't already covered on places like RA. The only things I've got worth mentioning are Sven Weisemann - Separate Paths (https://svenweisemann.bandcamp.com/album/separate-paths-ep), a solid EP on Delsin which sounds exactly what a solid EP on Delsin would sound like, and Niro - It Takes Two (https://soundcloud.com/padsdiscs/sets/niro-it-takes-two-pads002), a kind of fun ep of quirky house.
― ed.b, Monday, 24 July 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
i stopped reading RA or any music crit other than writers that also post here before the vancouver thing got rolling. i didn't know RA hyped them up, i still associate RA with minimal, techno, deep house, and whatever english people are making now, post-bass music maybe. if anything i would've guessed RA was skeptical of vancouver and their ilk
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 24 July 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
huh, I’ve disagreed with a few of AR’s write-ups but maybe never paid enough attention to Vancouver stuff to notice a bias. I’ve almost said hi after spotting him on several different occasions at shows on the east coast. got the impression he travels a lot
― mh, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
on a semi-related note, I’m disappointed that Vice is closing down thump. It was a really mixed bag but there were a handful of things I really appreciated
― mh, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
I read about the Skytrain in Vancouver last year! I don't get much further west than Colwyn Bay that often though here is a record by Petre Vali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfWKEfq2f80
― saer, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:31 (six years ago) link
and its pretty obvious who this is though I have never seen him on Arriva North Wales where there are many suspicious passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKxe42qXec
― saer, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:33 (six years ago) link
Looks like they are still playing 4-4-2 in Frankfurt and who can blame them. Meat pies on speed dial and still cheeky rabonas for the crowd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXp_KVr9NE
― saer, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Looks like they are still playing 4-4-2 in Frankfurt and who can blame them.
This thread is worth it for your deadpan descriptions alone :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
howling at this
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
I know f all about "vancouver house" (never exactly been a dance music guy i guess) but shit I've lived in the van my whole life and I get a kick out of the fact that that scene exists because there really isn't much of a musical legacy here, or many big current artists either :(
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 27 July 2017 02:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw9dRbgfWfY
one of my current faves
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
* better link sans intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWpWJ4daZkQ
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
Here is the Voyant record in full now! solidarity with the serene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rY6k7HdbO0
― saer, Thursday, 27 July 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
I know almost nothing about beach football but these Bologna boys seem to have it cracked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFDx53ezqHM
― saer, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
for locals, its says. but I'm sure they wont mind!
― saer, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
bassa clan are dope
― the late great, Saturday, 29 July 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
i like it, very new york latin house
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 29 July 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
speaking of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou6USrd8Xjw
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 29 July 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
This is going to be embarrassing tomorrow, but ... Energy Flash is some Ode to a Grecian Urn "I must change my life" shit
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Sunday, 30 July 2017 03:41 (six years ago) link
no one's posted this one yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Mi0XOQ1vY
― the late great, Monday, 31 July 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
i like the part that goes WAH WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP
― the late great, Monday, 31 July 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
here's your half year update note that the playlist is as fully updated as the service allows, which is to say (appropriately enough) about halfway or so
ILM's Rolling Electronic Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 31 July 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
tlg otm
― mh, Monday, 31 July 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
Only £2.50 left should i walk home? Let the skies open, put it towards the new mark mac record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTTydp4a1g
― saer, Thursday, 3 August 2017 11:16 (six years ago) link
i had that single in my hardwax cart but ultimately decided it was TOO RIPE
― the late great, Friday, 4 August 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
Another Ferrero Rocher, ambassador? yes mate!
― saer, Friday, 4 August 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
this, by moon, is a great album - kind of electro in the other people place style, some house also.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2ouTVQr042iPbXFu2zD6KG
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 5 August 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
some bits and pieces I've been enjoying lately:
Gerd Janson & Shan - Surrender - filtered disco house hasn't ever really gone away but I've noticed in the past few months there's a lot of releases that sound like that 1997 sound of tough kicks and ecstatic samples and this is a personal favourite.
Bullion - Blue Pedro - this is really cheesy, like something off that disappointing Todd Terje album, but I actually love this because it's so shameless - it's the Blue Peter theme done as arpeggiated disco.
Andras - Vinyl Only - all three tracks from this are great in a retro, analogue way.
Moscoman - Big Jack Arbon - stompy percussion which turns into big glassy melodies.
Morgan Geist - Ocgc - pristine disco as always, but I think the Megaprojects series has let Geist show a more maximalist, anthemic side.
Radio slave - Children Of The E (KiNK SP1200 Remix) - every single time I go out just now I hear his remix of Unit 2's "Sunshine" which is obvious and devastating but I think this is actually the best thing KiNK has done recently.
Rico Puestel - If I'd Care More - shiny Ibiza techno, the highlight from Cocoon Compilation Q, which is better than the 17th release in a chain of compilations should be.
Dark Sky - Kilter - rumbling wompy bass from Modeselektor associates.
Riva Starr - Another Race - Riva Starr have been very prolific and I've never really paid any attention but I saw a video of Steffi playing this at Glastonbury and it sounded excellent - tech-house that sounds like hi-nrg italo with lots of trippy effects.
Peverelist - Still Early - undulating sunrise techno, feels like a natural successor to "Clunk Click Every Trip" which is now scarily nine years old.
Mosca - Peyote Sitch - Livity Sound have a good few ones out just now from Forest West Drive and Hodge as well as the Peverelist album but I really like the slightness of this, the pitched cowbell melody anchoring the weird sounds around it.
Bufiman - Peace Moves (DJ Normal 4 Ever Armstice Remix) - breakbeats and whistles and deep chords.
Mallard - Untitled (Breaks) & Earth Boys - Trail Mix - heard both of these on recent Test Pressing mixes on NTS. Lumping them together because they both do the same thing, which I guess would be lush, balearic rave.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
(sorry for the basic write-ups but I didn't want to just post a dozen links and leave it at that)
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
one for all the snakecharmers out there - you couldn't get away with this one at Boundary Park but there's always the afters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJKr5KaDhY
― saer, Monday, 7 August 2017 12:25 (six years ago) link
that kink remix is great!! i liked both sides of the original "children of the e" but i like this even better.
love the mosca too, probably best thing on livity sound since kowton's "on repeat"
― the late great, Monday, 7 August 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
I liked both sides of that Dark Sky record, and that Gerd Jansen track. Nice selection of breaks, too, boxedjoy! Thank you.
― DJI, Monday, 7 August 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
forthcoming(?) rabbit hole excursions from Lizz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiIu9eP1QCs
― saer, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
The incomparable Ewan Jansen. I've never been to Perth but apparently they have a SkyTrain too. If this release is anything to go by I'll have a read about that for sure!
https://soundcloud.com/buttersessions/soundcloud-preview
― saer, Friday, 11 August 2017 10:49 (six years ago) link
lots of jansen reissues the past year, and in the pipeline too
― the late great, Friday, 11 August 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
liking this v much, it might belong more in the balearic revival thread but here it is: https://soundcloud.com/analogueattic/sets/aar010-udmo-luba-luft
― davey, Saturday, 12 August 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link