and it has nothing to do with the lyrics, not yet anyway. love it strictly for the sound. listening for the fourth time now.
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
ahp contenderizers into it, already over
JK BRO
― lebroner (D-40), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp yeah, contenderizer. it was ALLLLL about the sound for me the first million times, and then i was uploading it to my tumblr and was trying to write something about it, and actually listened to the lyrics and it just got that much better. except, "the sound" needs to include those vocals because there is something wonderful about them that i can't explain.
lyrically it's very much in line with tatyana ali's daydreamin' and christina's come on over (All I want) but the lyrics are not necessary for loving this at all.
― semi-ironic 'faggot' (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't imagine anyone not liking this. i plan to play it for all my friends so they can roll their eyes and go back to kyuss or depeche mode or whatever.
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
except, "the sound" needs to include those vocals because there is something wonderful about them that i can't explain.
OTM, and it's strange, because they sound so ordinary on first blush, and while the vocal melody is appealing, it's simple and quite familiar. seems like it shouldn't be anything special, but somehow IT IS. surprised that this is from '09, as i'd like to believe that anything this great would rise to someone's attention pretty fast. isn't that what i pay you people for?
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i.e., i'm bummed that i don't get to vote for this in the year-end poll
― orchestral pygnoeuvres in zee park (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Me too! i didn't notice it until it turned up in this mix by Physical Therapy back in March (who incidentally is amazing, check his remix of Alicia's Unthinkable and Ciara's Speechless) and then it popped up again in two mixes by How to Dress Well, but he definitely found them through Physical Therapy, per an interview with Urban Outfitters and before that Google turns up pretty much nothing besides Seany Mac's myspace page, the YouTube posted in 2009 and...that's pretty much it. Oh and a list of 10 songs recommended by Grimes (who is also wonderful), but Claire (Grimes) is definitely part of the PT/HtDW axis on this - she opened for HtDW in Montreal and Toronto.
So, yeah. Something this great apparently rose to nobody's attention at all. There are 12 listeners on last.fm or something ridiculously low like that.
― semi-ironic 'faggot' (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Will rummage through what bassline I have for tracks with a similar vibe, Alex, but in the meantime thanks for digging this up!
― etc, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 08:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
was playing this again today, love it still. friends were indifferent, the savages.
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 08:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I forgot how hilarious some of the selections in that physical therapy mix are.
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
this might be my favorite song that i've heard this year
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Killer tune. I'm still spinning it.
Led me to this:
― Captain Ahab, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Easily top five songs I've found this year, if not absolute favorite. Gorgeous sunny day today and it popped up on my iPod somehow and it is on repeat now for the foreseeable future. Still not sure what it is about it.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
i love this track with every fiber of my being
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 17:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
NO CALLS CUZPHONE'S OFF
for some reason this didn't really hit me til now
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 January 2012 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Welcome! We're glad to have you, Rev.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pro tip - check the youtube channel for "StrictlyOrgan":
http://www.youtube.com/user/StrictlyOrgan
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow, that tip is very pro
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
there's got to be a good mix of some of this stuff right?
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Try DJ Hasan's 'Organ Sessions vol. 1' for recent stuff:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ukq5g9s31tit7qu
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tim! Pro Tip of all Pro Tips!
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
mmm stroke that organ
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not sure why I never clued that "Organ Mix" would be the key to this problem.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Tim F, Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:45 PM Bookmark
<3 u boo
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I posted this on facebook as a very likeable example of all this stuff:
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
So, consensus is that this and stuff like it is Bassline (a la T2 & Jodie) and Organ Mixes are a subset of this?
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, basically Bassline has a faultline running through it between the Organ stuff (very housey post "Push The Feeling On" / "Show Me Love" vibe) and the harder stuff which is uglier-sound and more syncopated and post-grime. And then 2-step revivalism which mediates between the two somewhat while also being different again.
One of the things I love about Royal-T's "Cool Down" is the way it seems to touch on all of these things simultaneously but with such an air of unassuming ease.
― Tim F, Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
"These organs are mental! Keep up the good work! DONT LET ORGANS DIE!"
― out comes stanley, Sunday, 22 January 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is the first time I've ever heard this song and I immediately wanted to mix it into "Big Love (Dronez Dub)"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 January 2012 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I heard this song on a mixtape Grimes curated and wanted to know where I can find more music that sounds like it. I had know idea it was an ILM cult favorite!
― scarfs, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh, ilm.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
StrictlyOrgan is the only youtube channel i subscribe to on youtube
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 00:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Like that post.
― Tim F, Thursday, 3 May 2012 00:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Tim F, Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:45 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:47 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
bummed to have been missing out for the past 3 months
Probably my proudest achievement as a music critic in 2012 has been to be the first person to my knowledge to have written anything anywhere in an actual publication about capital-O Organ.
― Tim F, Thursday, 3 May 2012 04:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
link?
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 04:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
In my column in a local paper, but i'll probably post the whole set of the last year's columns soon.
― Tim F, Thursday, 3 May 2012 07:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:55 (8 hours ago) Bookmark
try 5 years
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk what to really say to this thread tbh, it's bizarre. maybe kinda fun too but.... mostly bizarre.
its merits are valid and up for discussion by all means but it has to be stressed "organ" isnt really a codified doctrine like dubstep or whatever, it's a liminal, near-subconscious shade of the yorkshire sprachraum that bassline draws from, ebbs and flows in tandem with, coalesces itself from and then dissolves back into, since its inception. cf h20 and platnum's 'what's it gonna be' from 2008 for instance
i guess if there's a story to tell now it's about how fully this has all evolved to become integrated with more general stuff like electro, jackin, 4x4, fidget where it carries an equal weight and influence; kind of a more commercial and populist version of what dj q's been doing with ukg, although then he also includes the likes of nick hannam, paul sirrell, hannah wants, billy kenny....
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 11:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
do you want "O"-rgan or do you want THE TRUTH??
http://soundcloud.com/jmshakeit/jamie-moore-shake-it-volume-4http://soundcloud.com/dj-ryelz-2/dj-ryelz-basses-in-the-placeshttp://soundcloud.com/trak2/jackin-classics-mixed-by-trak2http://soundcloud.com/trak2/trak2-jackin-house-vol-6http://soundcloud.com/matthewcraig88/matthew-craig-jackin-bass-10http://soundcloud.com/dannycrouch/danny-crouch-volume-31-mayhttp://soundcloud.com/carl-flanagan/carl-flanagan-volume-9http://soundcloud.com/aaronjayaj/b-line-may-2012-mashup-mix-byhttp://soundcloud.com/danny-haigh/danny-haigh-kooky-volume-5http://soundcloud.com/tombulldj/tom-bull-may-2012-freehttp://www.sendspace.com/file/pcbgrfhttp://www.mediafire.com/?ar7jn2rqncj5s2k
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 11:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think this is precisely what is interesting about this stuff, its status as a not-quite-genre.
― Tim F, Thursday, 3 May 2012 11:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
absolutely, and i know you know that but do they?
i mean not that they HAVE to, there's nothing wrong per se with people waving a random track from 2009 around, like whatever, but then when people start deploying it with a capital O and it becomes sarge saying miguel's 'all' is organ it's a bit uhm...
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
l: ilm, r: reality
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
hang on being mariah in that scenario is anything other than knowing how to live?
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
yah i am aware of the old de minimis non curat lex chestnut but sometimes a man must be a hardass about stuff sorry
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i should've gone to law school just for the username potential
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
not sure why you feel the need to come at the discussion from this direction, r|t|c. i'm not claiming to be anything but a novice wr2 this uncodified doctrine, about which i'm only tangentially interested, though i'm sure it's helpful to be told that "it's a liminal, near-subconscious shade of the yorkshire sprachraum that bassline draws from, ebbs and flows in tandem with, coalesces itself from and then dissolves back into." poetry is surely a tide that elevates all boats. my interest here is based primarily on the fact that i love a specific song, though it turns that i also like a couple of the dj hasan tubes on the channel tim linked three months back. looking forward to the mixtapes, though i haven't heard them yet.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
am loving that 'organ sessions v 1' comp
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh contendo you can rest easy in your splendid isolation, i havent once denied anyone their right to enjoy this song. what i'm talking about pertains to the dissemination of organ as a "thing" leading off from this track, which is a discussion you've not involved yourself in and therefore my reply was not addressed to you or people in your position.
as for the poetry line, wind your fucking neck in.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
https://www.bigtunesmp3.co.uk/tunes
this must surely be the best site on the whole internet. what a world! i adore the suggestion that each of these tracks can be precisely tagged "jakstep" or "warper" or "funky electro" as if there's ANY APPARENT DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER
i give it all a thumbs up so far though. tim dya fancy having a rummage and we'll have a little natter on it next week yeah
― r|t|c, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, you led off with a bit of instructional advice to me, so the fact that i took the subsequent history less as having something to do with my posting itt wasn't a huge leap on my part. i did miss the more pointed sarge dis, though, so neck wound.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
earlier i was wondering if i could find a better "one of those days" mp3 than my semi-shitty-quality one that i'd been playing. i then found this and impulse-purchased the entire seany mac oeuvre in 320 kbps (or at least what is available thru that site). of course "one of those days" is pretty unique in its gloriousness (compared to like, 99% of all music ever recorded) but the rest is actually quite listenable too -- "midnight love" is my fav non-"one of those days" one. (just fyi, the mp3 that they are selling as "damaged" is actually also "everything", but mislabeled.)
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 3 March 2013 22:29 (2 months ago) Permalink