these guys have been bubbling up for a few years now with a string of releases and side-projects that share a sorta cosmic/proto-house/funk/new-age aesthetic. seems like they've been making more inroads lately with a nice label feature over at ra (with associated mix) and a beautiful swimmers mix on beats in space within the span of a week or so. also i've heard some good things about the whale parties in dc and other parties in philly, which is interesting because this stuff seems slooooow and not always danceable
started paying attention with the "swimmers groove"/"o yea" 12":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK4qpfUSFgY&feature=related
"big coast" came out last year and is also great, on more of an industrial-tinged reggae trip (what is this sample btw? it's very adrian sherwood):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1bkFvWUM14&feature=related
i guess the breakout protect-u track is "double rainbow" but since i can't find that one on youtube i'll post this one instead:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ixs6_1s7RQ&feature=related
i think everyone but fact sorta slept on the maxmillion dunbar album last year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTfxRBVFmJA
there is a lot more out there, much of it compiled on the ra/bis features, most of which is worth checking out ime. so yea... list your personal favorites, update this thread when new stuff comes out, and maybe somebody can be a bit more eloquent in describing/hyping this stuff?
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 08:06 (thirteen years ago) link
ps sorry about the upper case in the thread title, didn't realize how obnoxious that would be
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 08:14 (thirteen years ago) link
protect-u is super great live
― I DIED, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 09:12 (thirteen years ago) link
it's cool that they do a live thing, guess i would have expected more of a dj-set thing. hopefully the label gets big enough this year for them to come out to the west coast at some point
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
protect-u was in SF like three months ago! all these guys are my buds from university of maryland.
― 69, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
search MANHUNTER, STEVE SUMMERS, MALVEAUX, INNERGAZE, FOOD FOR ANIMALS, CONFUSED HOUSE
― 69, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
^ha, was going to say that i want them to come to portland, specifically. i remember liking that steve summers track someone posted in the beardo thread (? i think):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ce8kAGWjzY&feature=related
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
love all this stuff, I got O Yea / Swimmers Groove right when it came out and then stopped paying attention (had a kid lol) until the Resident Advisor thing reminded me to check for more of it
― dmr, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the steve summers HOUSE INVASION shit is the best
― 69, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Party in Bklyn with live sets from Protect U, S. Summers, S. Moore and Swimmers / Ron Morelli dj'ing was a hilite of the winter. Solid music and all FT crew very cool people.
― A happenstance discovery of asynchronous lesbians (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/FutureTiming/status/40506286273470465
― dmr, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
on rvng, not future times, but the new maxmillion dunbar ep is great
http://soundcloud.com/igetrvng/maxmillion-dunbar-woo
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 07:27 (eleven years ago) link
I really love this one, with vocals by John Davis from Q and Not U/Title Tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0RdqCPkDgQ
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
honest question, what's so great about that MD track?
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
hey DC people this is happening soon:
/// THE WHALE ///FUTURE TIMES HOLIDAY PARTYSunday December 23, 2012U Street Music Hall /// 1115 U St. NW DCFree (over 21) /// $5 (under 21)
STEVE SUMMERS live setBEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS dj setMAXMILLION DUNBAR live setMONDO dj set
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
idk it's charms seem pretty immediately obvious to me, i'm pretty easily won over with that type of texture i guess but to me that loop is fuckin gorgeous
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
New Max Dunbar on RVNG Intl. Hot!
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171191614/first-listen-maxmillion-dunbar-house-of-woo
― davey, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
listened to it yesterday. good stuff.
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
enjoyed the new-agey-ness of some of it. pretty fresh.
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I wasn't too enarmoured with this at first but loving it now. Top grade ear candy is this.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Friday, 22 February 2013 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
died when the "enigma flute" came in during "peeling an orange in one piece"
― the late great, Saturday, 23 February 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
great album
― flopson, Saturday, 23 February 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
liking this!
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 February 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
<3 this MD album so much!
― the late great, Monday, 25 February 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha yeah exactly
― dmr, Monday, 25 February 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/#articles/maxmillion-dunbar-interview-future-times-house-of-woo
Nice P. Sherburne interview
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
I finally picked up House of Woo. really good record.
― dmr, Thursday, 11 April 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link
it's also mixed 10x better than "cool water"
― pea hen (clouds), Thursday, 11 April 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
yeah I didn't like that one much ... House of Woo is just as good as the Beautiful Swimmers 12"s imo
too early for me to have a real favorite on it but Ice Room Graffiti is up there right now
― dmr, Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
So this is pretty good. Beautiful Swimmers full-length!
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/23/193875887/first-listen-beautiful-swimmers-son
Some of it is from the 12"s (Swimmers Groove, Big Coast). Some of the new ones are pretty '90s sounding, almost trip-hoppy. A bit unexpected but not out of line with what some of the slowed-down-disco, ESP Institute / International Feel crowd are putting out. Like I've been listening to that Tornado Wallace record on ESP from last year and "Thinking Allowed" sounds like the Orb to me. Long story short I liked this Swimmers record on first run-through yesterday and will probably listen again today.
― dmr, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/44528/vibe-hard-how-did-future-times-become-dcs-coolest-dance/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
overall the ones that were already out as singles are the best on "Son" but "Dream Track" is pretty sweet
― dmr, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
this beautiful swimmers album gave me incredible late night summer vibes last night
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 08:59 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, great album.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
i wasn't really feeling this on first listen at npr - prefer their deeper stuff.
the max d album and dj sets are good too, as is the huerco s thing on ftimes.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
been hearing Huerco S.'s name a lot, I'll have to check for him
RA just had a post today that he has a full-length coming out on Software
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=20359
― dmr, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
I'm a little surprised that I like House of Woo more than the Swimmers album
― dmr, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
It's much better. Max D's Beats In Space is worth checking out, one of the best this year.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
house of woo and son are very different, i was surprised. house of woo is prettier, more varied, dancier. son is...more hippy vibes i guess.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
definitely feels more self-consciously retro in that some of the stuff on Son feels like it could be an edit of an old track. House of Woo references a lot of older dance sounds but makes it feel newer & fresher somehow.
Son's still pretty good though. Out of the new ones I like Dream Track, Joyride, and Cool Disco Dan.
― dmr, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
Listening to Son now and the hooks and melodies are lovely but the drum sounds they use are consistently horrible and give the whole thing the impression of being hackier than it maybe is.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 07:54 (ten years ago) link
yeah it lacked the lushness of their other stuff.
Some of the new ones are pretty '90s sounding, almost trip-hoppy
this was my first impression too and kinda put me off a bit. just a bit sloppy or something.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 08:28 (ten years ago) link
I agree it's a bit sloppy but that's not really due to a 90s influence or lack of it. I dunno, I've only listened on headphones but it sounded like one of those 'dance' albums produced by indie acts who don't really get the importance of things like mixing and mastering, different elements of the sound seemed to be pushing each other out of the way rather than working together.
Maybe it's deliberate and they know what they're doing, I can't work it out really.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 08:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah your first par i agree with too, it's not the 90s thing i have a problem with, but it definitely had a feel of someone "doing a dance album" which i'm not sure they needed. on the other hand not sure why they'd make an album full of 12 deep house tracks.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 08:38 (ten years ago) link
I've basically paid zero attention to them since some very early stuff appeared in 2007 or thereabouts but the sound here isn't really inconsistent with that.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 08:41 (ten years ago) link
haven't listened to this yet but looks interesting: http://testpressing.org/2013/07/271-beautiful-swimmers-flavorful/
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
i think the sound is intentional, and there is something intriguing about the album, but the clattery drums are fatiguing
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 10 July 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
Really enjoying House Of Woo, didn't realise I needed pan-pipe flavoured analogue house in my life but it sounds so good on these warm summer nights.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
the newest crop of releases is pretty great
hashman deejay: https://soundcloud.com/#future-times/hashman-deejay-tangerine-12house of doors / kinetic electronix: https://soundcloud.com/future-times/house-of-doors-max-d-mix-b-w
both of those are mood hut-related, looking forward to more good things out of vancouver now too considering the strength of the pender street steppers and aquarian foundation releases
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
new max d double lp is hella fun
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
it came with a haiku :)
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
i haven't really kept up very well but the general vibe and everything of this label and m4x d as an artist / dj / twitter presence is low key one of my favorite things of the past couple years.
after not logging on for a while, soundcloud decided to bless me with this mix from 6 months ago and it's just the fuckin best
https://soundcloud.com/future-times/max-d-how-many-times-a-day-do-you-smoke-right-now-be-honest-dj-mix
― cosmic vision | bleak epiphany | erotic email (map), Friday, 27 November 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
new one, superabundance, sounds great.
wow am i like the only one here paying attention to future times?? lol
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 26 March 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
this is 'i'm high af on weed' music at its best, to me
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 26 March 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
yes, this is great, have been looking forward to it. the mix you linked above is also great although it's the People Are Tripping mix from a few years back that I've been playing the most lately.
― toby, Friday, 26 March 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
tbh future times' focus on fiddly idm-ish percussion has kinda lost me. weird to see seven years ago i said the drum sounds on 'son' are fatiguing, now i consider that album a classic and i haven't listened to house of woo in forever
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 26 March 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link