Techno/House Bobbins of the past

i have only a 205 mp3 (sorry dude!). here it is for whoever wants it: http://www.sendspace.com/file/q7n6ub

philip, yes that crustation remix is one hell of a record. terry francis opened his 1998 bbc ess. mix with it and it really sets the tone very nicely. can't help you out with a copy however :(

Terry_Francis__Part_1_.mp3

Xpost: Rats, but thanks a lot though!

sometimes, you just have to save up your money like a kid for a bike.

you can find "law of grace" on the aspect records comp that came with the first melchior album

r1o otm. That's where I got it. I could hook up a 320/wav copy if you wanted to DJ with it.

Xpost, yeah, I know.

Where I find that, though (other than online, as this is more a question of wanting to actually own it, being a favourite track of mine) is the issue. Although I'd still appreciate a 320 version to listen to (it wouldn't even be used for DJ'ing, but just to get the most of it).

I ordered the first Melchior Productions album from Amazon, actually. http://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Melchior-Productions/dp/B00029CXN6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1213216508&sr=8-2

Even though it's mastered kind of quietly, it's a great two CD set that is a must own in my book.

And I'll hook you up with the full quality track when I get home. Feel free to remind me, though, if I forget.

that album is very good. unfortunately, the cd does not include the song 'never give up', which is lovely.

Hmmmmn. I should get a credit card maybe?

i would get a job.

i don't think african vocals will ever be played out

- the table is the table

Can you s/d, c or d, rfi and generally recommend me some house/techno with african vocals or instrumentation? Thanks.

http://www.discogs.com/release/468144

i wanna be, i wanna be, i wanna be there --
when you return

haaaa my dad listens to mory kante

Yeke Yeke ("Afro Acid" Mix)is amazing ... and would definitely freak my parents out.

Anyone posted this up yet? It's on BBC Radio 2.

The Definitive History of UK Dance Music

Zoe Ball presents the story of UK dance music and its development, as told by some of the biggest names on the scene.

Programme 1: From casinos to warehouses - 1970-1987

We start with the seventies and US Billboard magazine naming the Wigan Casino Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York's infamous Studio 54. Then the story moves on to the eighties and its emerging soul scene.

The programme explores and contextualises Jazz Funk, Hip Hop and early house, and highlights how these forms were the pre-cursor to 1988's dance music explosion.

Programme 2: Explosion - 1988-1993

This was dance music's finest hour and a milestone in the history of UK youth culture.

The impact of the first seminal clubs - Shoom, Future, The Trip, Land of Oz and The Hacienda - created a media furore not seen since the emergence of punk.

Although there were subtle but important regional differences in sound, the same spirit was found in the clubs of Glasgow, Stoke, Cardiff, London and Bristol.

Raves moved to bigger outdoor venues, culminating with a three day event for over 30,000 people at Castlemorton in Worcestershire.

Programme 3: Underground, overground - 1994 to the present day

In 1993, dance music reached a critical mass. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994 effectively outlawed raves and so the ravers became clubbers - and moved back indoors.

Dance music became big business; Ministry of Sound began to expand its empire - from clubs through to a record label, radio and TV stations. Radio 1, which had ignored it, now had a variety of dance shows on offer.

Featuring contributions from Sasha, Russ Winstanley, Pete Tong, Ian Levine, Fabio, Jazzie B, Norman Jay and Paul Oakenfold, as well as songs from the early days of dance right through to the tracks of the last ten years.

This documentary is part of BBC Radio 2's Dance Season.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/doc_definitivehistory.shtml

Maybe it should get it's own thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbt9OEoac5w

Loopzone - Natural High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TLtIe2ve0

Nico - Darkstar (Positive Outlook)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzeTzyBPvuk

Ramirez & Pizarro - Hablando!

"Can you s/d, c or d, rfi and generally recommend me some house/techno with african vocals or instrumentation? Thanks.

-- Jamie T Smith"

one of the best from the past couple of years is this:

http://www.discogs.com/release/141369

In fact the Cesaria Evora remix album is almost all top-class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsnxTl2SPok

Capricorn 20hz

""Can you s/d, c or d, rfi and generally recommend me some house/techno with african vocals or instrumentation? Thanks."

This is a huge favorite of mine:
Frederic Galliano And The African Divas - Woualaï Re-Works
http://www.discogs.com/release/138722

I just dug out this Villalobos-set: Sunrise_Event_Mamaia_18_08_2006 and the two songs that follow "Join in the chant" in part 3 are both out of this world mindblowingly good, the first one might be called Freaky/phreeky D/ beat or something similar, then the second one that starts around 6 mins which is possibly the single best thing ever I have no idea. Anyone have any clue what they are?

On another note, the Dionne - Images track that's on the recent Shed mnml ssg podcast is also the single best thing ever.

looks like monolake's hongkong finally got remastered.

minus one of its best tracks...

omg, did you know that 'time reveals' got a reissue last month? no shit!

saw this at record store, did not cop. anybody?

most of those artists only appeared on that cd, according to discogs. the others are all adam douglas. you dig adam douglas? seems like that atom heart "compilation / retrospective" to me.

i like this deeper than space album

i was ogling that cover... my desktop pic is an earthrise from the moon so i always check twice when i see that sort of stuff. what's it sound like?

mmmm ... early 90s ambient?

sort of in the rising high / ntone vein

omg, did you know that 'time reveals' got a reissue last month? no shit!

can anyone explain the appeal of this outside of rarity? i mean, it's ok, nothing more...

So I'm listening to Bytes by Black Dog Productions, and the pads sound distorted on a lot of the tracks. Also, during "The Clan (Mongol Hordes)" theres a whispy, very high pitched sound throughout.

What the hell is up with this? Is my CD fucked up (it's not my computer or speakers), is this on others copies/the re-released version?

Lately I can't get enough of the album Seven by Dark Comedy (Kenny Larkin). I haven't heard anything else by DC but I understand he want much jazzier after this release.

It's one of those albums whose sounds, movements and concepts echo through a lot of contemporary techno. Whether they know they're tracing some of the same lines is really is mostly unimportant.

"Paranoid (Prelude To Paranoia)," "In a Room," "Solace," "Darkness," and "Without a Sound" would all sit comfortably in techno sets today.

As an aside, I watched one of the comedy videos Larkin has on his Myspace. I guess he's been out in Hollywood for a while now, possibly acting and certainly doing stand up comedy. I'll say this: I wish his comedy was as good as his music.

Also, have been noticing a swell in recognition for Liaison Dangereuses, who were truly excellent.

So I'm listening to Bytes by Black Dog Productions, and the pads sound distorted on a lot of the tracks. Also, during "The Clan (Mongol Hordes)" theres a whispy, very high pitched sound throughout.

What the hell is up with this? Is my CD fucked up (it's not my computer or speakers), is this on others copies/the re-released version?

-- mehlt

no, they all sound like that. IIRC a lot of it was done on fucked-up hand-me-down equipment, dubbed to cassette tape, mastered from vinyl and on top of that mastered to be murky on purpose.

can anyone explain the appeal of this outside of rarity? i mean, it's ok, nothing more...

-- resolved, Saturday, 21 June 2008 13:52 (7 hours ago) Link

maybe try it louder? the club mix is just really cool spacey techno with a house vocal and the original mix is piano house that ups the energy and gives the same vocal a very different feel. obviously it's not the best record ever, or it would have been repressed earlier, but it's very good.

it's like a more sublime housefactors with vocals. the best of all larry heard worlds.

XXpost. Ahh that sucks, don't know why I didn't notice it 'till now. Reminds me of reading that original tapes for Selected Ambient Works were mangled by a cat.

And is it me or does ILM not talk about KC Flightt enough?

anyone care to talk about 16B? i dug out my copy of 'sounds from another room' the other day and at least half of it still sounds really fresh. on the cover there is label proclaiming him to be britain's answer to MAW. i think this album is a bit to techy to justify that claim but there's some really emotive house music on here. it's a shame he had to turn to the dark side.

http://www.discogs.com/release/11954

You mean go prog? Wasn't he always quite prog though? He didn't switch as much as Deep Dish - in fact 16B's stuff is a lot like their two Yoshitoshi mixes. I quite like that middleground between deep house and prog, or at least the stuff from the end of the 90s anyway. Also: Hooj Choons!

16B's remix of Gus Gus's "Believe" is double classic to the max.

yes, that remix of gus gus is very nice. i have it on an old northern exposure mix i think. i guess i've got my timelines confused. i always assumed that he started off (deep) house and went out and out prog from about 2000.

listening to 'sounds from another room' i never would have guessed that he had a penchant for progressive house (except for 'water ride' perhaps). the fact that it was released on Eye Q should have been a give away though... i wish he'd pursued that sound a little more because he had a real knack for producing soulful house music with a bit of bite.

no, i think sam500's right here. he was firmly in the glasgow underground camp when i first heard about him - although i guess you could argue there was always a strong prog element to glasgow underground?

Hmm I guess everything i know of by him was from between 1997 and 2002 (love "Behind The Face" from that year) - so perhaps his full career reveals more of a transition than he made in that period alone.

Does anyone here have an opinion on the Micronauts? I've been listening to this album a fair bit recently, it's good IMO.