Techno/House Bobbins of the past

fuck that's not the right track, i meant this

http://www.discogs.com/Members-Of-The-House-These-Are-My-People-Feel-The-Fire/master/62422

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLbFCeGFvHQ

Yeah, love that Davina track! Was surprised when I found out who made it as I only knew Mike from his more down-the-line work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG64zqPnjFI

yep

As I told my brother in Kstarke, I could totally drop $1000 right here and now. It's frightening how easy it would be, too.

― EDB, Thursday, September 2, 2010 10:46 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Given how bad quality some of these records are, I'm really glad I didn't :(

That's a bummer, what was the deal with the records? Weren't you able to check them out before you bought them?

Yeah, but the thing is their their listening station is such a thrown together setup that everything sounded like it had been dragged across the interstate. A few of these were admittedly marked down accordingly, but otherwise, I wasn't looking for a record of scratching and popping that happens to have a robert owens track underneath, etc.

Well, at least the copy of Promised Land I got for $5 was pretty much brand new.

I am sorry to hear that. I never understood used record stores that skimp on their listening stations. What Robert Owens record is it?

That was Bring Down the Walls. Among other gritty sounding records I also got was a copy of The Pressure Cooker that sounded like it was put in an actual pressure cooker. Though it may have been the first, I don't think it will be the last time I'll come across these though.

Shopping yesterday included a couple of house 12"
Tiny Trendies - The Sky Is Not Crying;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IooQZcb5SVM&feature=related

and Julian Jonah - Jealousy And Lies;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glfW6rg8HNg

Ahhh, Jealousy and Lies is great.

love that tiny trendies track...

That Julian Jonah is a nice find.

yeah that's pretty amazing, thanks

i just got this today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZqp4xxAMM

pal joey collabo w/ one of the burrell brothers. so cool when the piano chords start dubbing out

has anybody heard the burrell's solo album btw? i keep seeing it around. from 1988. i love their stuff on nu groove. such versatile producers

Yeah, I forgot how good M&VE in Notting Hill is for vinyl, much better than Berwick St. Seen some poorly kept copies of J&L but this was a good one at priced at £4.

man i need to stop being lazy and go to notting hill more often. the exchange in greenwich is always really good for house and techno

I got a reasonable copy of Mothers Day/Fathers Day a while back, it's great. Never heard the Burrell LP, never seen it either. Someone should do an essential Burrell brothers list. Metro $1.15 EP is pretty great but there's such a lot there.

i'm by no means an expert but a few of my favs are

aphrodisiac - song of the siren
aphrodisiac - just before the dawn
jazz documents - secret code
lisa lee - when can i call you
roqui - i've just begun to love you
utopia project - file #1
ny house'n authority - apt.

I got one recently that I like, something about a Quiet Storm.

anyone know what the deal is with this

http://www.discogs.com/Octave-One-Octave-One-Revisited-Series/release/2450292

is it brand new remixes or what? "meridian" is such a big tune

feeling this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPJpdRJORY

man when the tambourine comes in. on a big system it's pretty insane

Additions to a best of Rheji and Ronald Burrell list:

BME Project - Dancing Through The Night. Great song, basically pop. Could've been a radio hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_og4n-ldP4

Houz Neegroz - How do you love a black woman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rwd8F7BOEU

Houz Neegroz - All night long. Sadly, this isn't online, but it is worth the search. More upbeat than the last one.

Grey Areas - Fire. This is pretty simple. Just a riff, basic house beat, vocal sample... for the perfect groove. The Burrells could be about as musical as any of the great house producers of that era but they could also do simple things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybBnj7UxL4U

Metro - Journey Through The NY Underground EP. One of their several NYC theme records, this is pretty dark and rough sounding. Not that different from the subway, I guess. Looks like this is the same record as $1.15 but with 2 more tracks. Straphanger is scary sexy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvVm1utlnAs

NY House'n Authority (best name ever or what?) - Restoration / Renovation EP. Theme record about urban renewal. I wouldn't say that any tracks stand out too much but it's solid Rheji.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANFdVfy-CJU

NY House'n Authority featuring Burrell LP. Kind of a crappy LP to buy because there's 5 songs on each side, but good luck finding the CD. One side has vocal tracks with 5 different vocalists. Not my flavor. The other side has 5 instrumental tracks, each about NYC landmarks (including the WTC). They're all great. As good as any of the Burrell NY theme EPs. Varied styles, moods, sounds. This one might be the best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezN0MSemeTc

Phase II - Reachin' (NY Mix). A smooth NY Rheji mix of the bombastic NJ classic. Worth the search if you want to chill with Phase II.

Tech Trax Inc - Tech Trax Inc. Song about itself, embracing the spacey Detroit influence that so much of this NY stuff showed. It builds and builds, and the melodies are as good as any that came from the Burrells. And one big wormy bassline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xb7Wo065MQ

Utopia Project - File #3. Techy track in the same vein as Tech Trax Inc, this one has an AMAZING bassline. Great for mixing the bassline over something else and then waiting for the chords to wash in. Especially new stuff, because no one does drums like this anymore. When people hear them, they know it's on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUkiaB26BP8

And as mentioned by Rio but not shared, the best Burrell song: Apt 3a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RI30lDutfw

Also, check out this dope Marc Kinchen remix of some German rapper that I found while looking for those videos. MK was amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH0PLhL0duE

This is a bit of a longshot, but I have an ID request for a melodic house track (as played by Dinky last night, who was totally on fire, I might add) characterized by pattern of strings (which were something like half a bar in length each) with a female vocal snippet every 4 bars saying something that sounds like "don't let me doooooown" but isn't really decipherable. Thanks.

tech trax / utopia project are super sick!!

more in that vein please.

i like "file 2" from that record best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZFGcoe_58o

such a satisfying snare sound. you're completely right that nobody uses those early 90s digital drum sounds anymore

the jazz documents record is the one though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnkmxkooPc

you gotta love how audacious all those brass presets they were using back then sound now

Okay, few more questions:

Anyone know a track that samples Is it All over My Face that isn't the one by Dajae (I think) that is mostly based on looping "over my face"

And where does that "Go on an' get you some more" sample come from? I also invite people to list tracks, more prominent ones and otherwise, that use it.

Thanks.

all over my face - loose joints ?

edb, is it underground solution "luv dancing"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeke1Wqrheg

uh not that, this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNsu6BCRu8

It is not, I just found out it was a DJ sneak track/edit? appropriately titled All Over your Face.

Oh man, 2nd to none, that brings me back to 2001! (or whatever year it was).

And where does that "Go on an' get you some more" sample come from? I also invite people to list tracks, more prominent ones and otherwise, that use it.

Let no man put asunder?

Elan guessed right:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkGHZcB4xAg

I'd wager that 50% of classic house samples are from that song.

Thanks. You've put many months of curiousity at rest.
And yes, it's funny, it almost sounds like a collage of classic house fragments in some weird reverse sense.

Only slightly "of the past", but anyone got luv for Dan Electro - Bite the Hand that Feeds LP (Robsoul)?

http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/65416

The most thorough, full-on gospel house release I've encountered yet. Stupid deep, with some broken beat bits thrown in too. Been impressing me for some time, but I never hear anything about it. Thoughts?

hadn't heard that before, sounds good. I recognised a sample or two from Geeez N Gosh. Dan Electro sounds more dancefloor obvs.

first heard dan electro on recloose's classic "jig saw music" mix for eskimo ("down is the power"!!!), dude is so awesome

Dear people with a knowledge of dance music history leagues ahead of mine, if you have any comments on the role of HIV/AIDS in disco/house circles and their reactions to it, and don't mind commenting on it in this thread, I would appreciate it.

Sure everyone's heard these (and visited percussionlab) before but I'm just glutting myself on the classic X-Mixes streaming here:

http://www.percussionlab.com/sets

proud owner of all of those x-mixes

saunderson and garnier's are the bomb. dave angel's not as good as it looks on paper. dave clarke's was epochal at the time but sort of tiring now. dj hell's has really really great stretches but also a middle section that bogs down a bit. the first half is gold though.

feeling this so much:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHT-wy2Uudw

(underworld innit)

I really rate the John Acquavia x-mix (bizarrely coupled with a Hawtin mix on the same disc - also good but I prefer his Mixmag Live). This was a time when prog house and techno could happily exist side by side - top stuff.

http://www.discogs.com/Richie-Hawtin-John-Acquaviva-X-Mix-3-Enter-Digital-Reality/release/2863

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txq736EVa80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2v1vW8C6yQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X81au7KV1fA

brutal. like, nitro deluxe level of brutal.

re-discovered Wild Planet 'Electron' recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xNLfwMTzA8

LOVING 'Tanzen'! maybe it's just the video...

yeah the dancers reflected in the mirrorshades is super key