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"bring me closer" is driving me insane w/its urban microgoth (alt: paxil-house) stylings &c. was his 02 album safety on a similar level? has he done anything new? REVERSE STRINGS IN MY HEAD GET THEM OUT.

― etc, Sunday, 6 June 2004 22:41 (9 years ago) Permalink

is this a new track? i don't know any of his track names but the Safety disc is so fucking incredible, i piss myself when i hear it.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Sunday, 6 June 2004 23:41 (9 years ago) Permalink

Safety is amazing, although not quite the same as Bring Me Closer. Which is amazing, yes. Hope and pray.

Less dark but similar is DJ Koze.

― Xii (Xii), Monday, 7 June 2004 00:39 (9 years ago) Permalink

Etc have you heard Dettinger's "Tottentanz"? It's like a darkside version of "Bring Me Closer".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 7 June 2004 00:48 (9 years ago) Permalink

also teaser by lawrence,speaking of backwards sounding strings

― robin (robin), Monday, 7 June 2004 02:01 (9 years ago) Permalink

"Safety" is an excellent album, although "Bring Me Closer" is probably his best song.

But yes, the album is worth getting.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 7 June 2004 14:14 (9 years ago) Permalink

Mundane question: where are people getting hold of this (in the UK)? Impossible to obtain according to Boomkat (and a few others).

― dh, Monday, 7 June 2004 16:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

[davis appears on the swayzak album, apparently]

― dh, Friday, 18 June 2004 12:05 (9 years ago) Permalink

10 months pass...

New album on the way: titled: Details

on Kitty Yo
http://www.kitty-yo.net/index2.php?show=artist&id=41

Also download free mp3 track: honest with you from the album.

The track sounds very Junior Boys to me.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:52 (8 years ago) Permalink

One of the tracks samples the toms from "Sound of the Crowd"

― Andy K. (ADK), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:59 (8 years ago) Permalink

goddamn that man is ugly

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:12 (8 years ago) Permalink

i think his features are enhanced a bit on the kitty-yo site, to give him that special werewolf look.

― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:14 (8 years ago) Permalink

I can't wait to hear the new album, it should be ace.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:32 (8 years ago) Permalink

Also, we have found Mark E. Smith's long lost son.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:33 (8 years ago) Permalink

the new richard davis disc is ace!

― claires bionic arm, Monday, 16 May 2005 17:38 (8 years ago) Permalink

― etc, Monday, 16 May 2005 21:37 (8 years ago) Permalink

gawd, did i--one year ago--actually say i piss myself when i hear his Safety disc. whoa. i meant, i really, really like listening to it, with no bodily reaction other than maybe a steady head-nod

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 16 May 2005 21:38 (8 years ago) Permalink

Thanks for the link! Really digging this track.

― Telephonething, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 00:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Okay, the new record is REALLY good.

Junior Boys comparison reasonably on the mark. I am really in the mood for this right now.

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

HYPE HYPE!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:26 (8 years ago) Permalink

I mean, its more of the same (as Safety, I mean), but just...fuller and more propulsive. I'm confused as to why Bring Me Closer is included. Does it not predate Safety?

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:29 (8 years ago) Permalink

wait, what, album, HUH??

― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 6 June 2005 22:36 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yes.

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:38 (8 years ago) Permalink

HUBBA HUBBA

― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 6 June 2005 22:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

Bring Me Closer came out a year after Safety!

"The Truth" might as well be the sequel, it's got the tradmark combo of reverse strings/druggy vocals.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:45 (8 years ago) Permalink

Bring Me Closer came out a year after Safety!

oops.

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:46 (8 years ago) Permalink

(Michael - I have (a) question(s) to ask you, I'll try and catch you on slsk)

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:49 (8 years ago) Permalink

new record's incredible. i love it.

― geeta, Tuesday, 7 June 2005 13:46 (8 years ago) Permalink

i found the new one to be very bland on first listen.

― tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:11 (8 years ago) Permalink

which was very disappointing because i love safety and "bring me closer" was one of the best moody gothic disco house singles ever.

― tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:14 (8 years ago) Permalink

(slot me in with the 'excellent' contingent.)

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:18 (8 years ago) Permalink

Listen to it again, tricky!

― Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 15:19 (8 years ago) Permalink

this is really good, but i understand where tricky is coming from

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 10:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

uniformity is a dangerous game to play

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 10:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

damn i meant to listen to this last night, but i got caught up in listening to old house tracks...that's kind of what i'm getting at, strongo. safety has so much more vibe (or "social energy" to steal vahid's term) than this one. maybe it's a warm v cold thing i don't know. i will listen again. i have had too much on my mind lately to really just sit, listen and enjoy music and only music.

― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:32 (8 years ago) Permalink

verdict: it's a grower like swayzak's loops from the bergerie was. my initial impression of the swayzak album was very similar to this and now i think it's really fantastic idiosyncratic record. everything. is. so. precise.

― tricky (disco stu), Friday, 10 June 2005 13:15 (8 years ago) Permalink

new album takes a few plays before it seduces you.

bring me closer is one of the best singles ever, any genre.

― dh, Thursday, 16 June 2005 10:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

heh.

I keep hearing a snippet of "In The Air" on some BBC between programme segue.

― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 16 June 2005 11:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

i do love this album, but by the end the minimal materials used in its construction do seem to wear themselves out slightly. (before "bring me closer" redeems the whole thing.)

― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 16 June 2005 11:50 (8 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

i do love this album.

― dh, Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

wow wow wow. I can't believe how much this album has been slept on...

― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

It is absolutely fantastic, it just took a long time to learn to love it as an album - best to listen to individual songs at first, and then come back to it as an album.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 29 September 2005 16:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

i'm ready for a new album from this fella.

― djh, Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

Is he releasing one!?

This guy is nothing short of awesome, and frankly, the world needs a shot of Richard Davis in the arm.

I curse the fact I own nothing of his.

― EDB, Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:40 (3 years ago) Permalink

Dunno. But there should be one ...

― djh, Monday, 14 December 2009 12:51 (3 years ago) Permalink

Richard Davis is TERRIFIC, he has great hooks. It is too bad his name is so bland. He should change his name to Richard Davis Mellencamp so we can find his music online. Also, I can't find "Safety" anywhere, I wish it were on mp3.

― US EEL (u s steel), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

Holger Zilske and Dave DK (feat. Richard Davis Mellencamp) - You Will Find Out

― Monophonic Spree (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:26 (3 years ago) Permalink

Also, I can't find "Safety" anywhere, I wish it were on mp3

emusic
beatport

― Monophonic Spree (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

also on itunes

― just sayin, Monday, 14 December 2009 21:36 (3 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

New record: http://www.wordandsound.de/article/64791

― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 14:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Am ready for a new album from him.

― djh, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/richard-davis-what-you-are/

― willem, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 19:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

I swear this dude is the most underrated producer of all 00s house.

― EDB, Saturday, 28 July 2012 18:44 (10 months ago) Permalink

anything worth checking out apart from 'details'? that rec accompanied a breakup so i tend to avoid putting it on these days

― Crackle Box, Monday, 30 July 2012 11:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

his remix of "forgive & forget" is one of the best things he's done

http://soundcloud.com/kissyumi/repair-forgive-forget-richard

― groovemaaan, Monday, 30 July 2012 11:43 (10 months ago) Permalink

always loved that the BBC used to use a bit of of Further's Acid Relapse remix of 'In the Air' for their idents. MICROHOUSE MADE IT BIG BABY.

― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 30 July 2012 11:52 (10 months ago) Permalink

that remix is great although i'd never have guessed it was richard davis

― Crackle Box, Monday, 30 July 2012 12:34 (10 months ago) Permalink

xpost

― Crackle Box, Monday, 30 July 2012 12:41 (10 months ago) Permalink

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