as i say
― r|t|c, Monday, 3 December 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
Was there a weirder remix this year than Wolfgang Voigt having a go at Spector's 'Never Fade Away'?
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 3 December 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
Albums:
Luke Hess - Come OnSilent Servant - Negative FascinationRobert Hood - Motor : Nighttime World 3Mala - Mala In CubaJohn Talabot - finFour Tet - PinkPurity Ring - Shrines (Yes, I know LOL)Lindstrom - SmallhansI:Cube - MegamixShigeto - Lineage
Tracks :
Rrose - Preretinal 12", the Bob Ostertag EPXhin - The RealmBlawan - Long Distance Open Water Worker EPBlawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies....Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here (Daphni Remixes)Todd Terje - Inspector NorseI:Cube - Transpiration
And probably a lot of stuff I haven't thought of.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
damn, look at you rev
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
Time for some serious shit:
Nick Hannam & Tom Garnett - You Want MeDonkie Punch & Lorenzo - Snapbacks & Tattoos / Lil MethodLinkoban - Like This (Tom Shorterz Remix)Ill Phil & MC Sim - Away We GoScotty Boy & Lorenzo - Coke Diet / No DiggityTroublesome - Scott Garcia & Sticky (JekyllNHyde Remix)Ill Phil & Lorenzo - Ride On TimeAhanguera feat. J-Dub - Beats Are So Legit (Cause & Affect Remix)Majestic - Let's Go Back (Cause & Affect Remix)Double Trouble & Lorenzo - Drugs
The Other Tribe - Sing With Your Feet (Shadow Child Remix)Eats Everything - Jagged Edge / Slink / TrubbleHot Since 82 - Knee Deep In LouiseJaymo & Andy George - How It Goes
The Wanted - I Found You (Bob Sinclar Club Mix)
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
Tim F possibly the only ILM poster who could type those words and be taken seriously.
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
Just trying to bring the realness every day of my goddamn life.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
Donkie Punch & Lorenzo - Snapbacks & Tattoos / Lil Method
it's cool that you've finally come round to fidget house ;-)
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
a recent album i forgot
shy one - bedknobs and boomkicks
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
shy one is great, didn't know there was an album!
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
the cataracs - gordo taqueria
one of my fav releases of the year
― flopson, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
the shy one album was released kinda low-key last week
more people needed to have picked up on the cataracs, such inventive and fun producers
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
word
― flopson, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
wish more dance music in 2012 had that brash, fun vibe. found most other new stuff i heard pretty boring
― flopson, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
I think I basically only listened to brash, fun vibe dance music (including The Cataracs) in 2012.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
ha ok i will check your list
― flopson, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
10 tracks I'll nominate for the EOY poll if no one else does.
Prins Thomas - 'Bobletekno'Todd Terje - 'Myggsommer' Lauer - 'Macsat Ring Down' (original + Lee Douglas remix)Lovelock - 'Maybe Tonight'Pye Corner Audio - 'The Mirror Ball Cracked'Elton John vs PNAU - 'Sixty'Lindstrøm - 'No Release' (original + Owen Pallett remix)Lindstrøm - 'Six Cups of Rebel'Prins Thomas - 'Tjukkaspakarussel'John Talabot ft. Pional - 'So Will Be Now'
― Jeff W, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
you beardo you
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
Am I the only person who thinks "Swing Star" is the best thing on that Terje EP?
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Monday, 3 December 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
Some good music here that's new to me, or at least I couldn't ID before: Huxley - Let It Go, Head High - Rave. Thanks for those suggestions. Obviously Inspector Norse is this year's darling tho. For the alleged resurgence of techno this year, I'm not seeing a lot of the Midland, Pinch, or Shed here to indicate a significant presence. Personally I highly rate the MCDE remix of Midland's What We Know, in that vein. Otherwise I'd say Presk and Jimmy Edgar deserve mentions as well, Edgar's probably going to be getting noticed a lot more in the future since he's teamed up with Machinedrum.
The thread needs more of this - Bobby Bell - Until Morning, I'd say a much more fitting homage to Paris Is Burning than the tripe posted above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1Deg8x7Os
― viborg, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
I loved Shed's album this year.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'm really pleased that pachanga boys' "time" seems to be a widespread favourite
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
it's 15 minutes long but somehow always ends before i expect or want it to
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
i was a little let down by shed's album. as much as i liked it, it didn't have the same heart-tugging effect on me that lone or ital tek or actress did.
i am excited to hear gerry read's album.
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
some off the top of my head favorites. feel like too many of them have already been mentioned, but if I left them off my list would be too short ...
secret circuit - nebula sphynxlocussolus - telephonepachanga boys - timetodd terje - inspector norsejulio bashmore - au seveerol alkan and boys noize - roland ratanna lunoe and touch sensitive - real talkstorm queen - let's make mistakessecret circuit - jungle bones (prins thomas bonus beat)scandal - just let me dance (maxxi soundsystem remix)dr. beat - gonnagetcha (jukeboxlovejam)stephane deschezeaux - hold onkraak & smaak - runnin'factory floor - two different ways*zoovox - transistor madness / summers madness (steve summers version)*kolsch - opa*
blondes LPjohn talabot - finluke abbott - modern driveway EPuntold - change in a dynamic environment 3
*these are all late 2011
― dmr, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
That zoovox is good
― suare, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
I also meant to berate you people for failing to acknowledge Joakim's contribution this year. His remix of Charlotte Gainsbourg's Paradisco was excellent, his first official remix work in a few years. I'm sure some of you were pissing yourselves over him five years ago.
― viborg, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
STARKEY - ORBITS
seriously guys this album is nuts
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
why so aggro
― dmr, Monday, 3 December 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
"nothing gold" and the terje remix were pretty cool
― dmr, Monday, 3 December 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
joakim is always good. his two beats in space mixes are among the best, well worth checking out
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Monday, 3 December 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
romare - meditations on afrocentrism
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
seriously the worst title but I still listen to this all the time, really great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
― ciderpress, Monday, 3 December 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Albums
Silent Servant - Negative FascinationActress - RIPTraxman - Da Mind Of
Producers that can be very proud of themselves
MalaBurialKassem MosseKahn KowtonVisionistBeneathZhouEvian ChristShackleton (not sure if his Drawbar Organ sessions counts as an album)RaimeSteve MooreLevon VincentOmar-S (quality not quantity)LHF, especially Logos
― paolo, Monday, 3 December 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
^excellent
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
Albums:Session Victim - The Haunted House of HouseRoberto Rodriguez - DawnRicardo Villalobos - Dependent and HappyJon Talabot - finGuy Gerber - Fabric 64
Singles/ whatever:Reboot - Beautiful ParasiteCandi Stanton - Hallelujah Anyway (Larse Vocal)Ray Okpara - Chi This Wonder Up (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)Larse - Those of YouBalcazar & Sordo - ObsessionMark E - OrangesKiki & Marco Resmann - Beggin for the HeatMaceo Plex & Jon Dasilva - Love Somebody Else feat. Joi CardwellFinnebassen - Touching MeHunter/Game - Don't Feel the PresenceTodd Terje - It's the ArpsKolombo - Feela (Demarzo Remix)Maya Jane Coles - Watcher
good year
― Dick Townwolves (Captain Ahab), Monday, December 3, 2012 2:21 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark
really enjoying the session victim and roberto rodriguez albums, ty
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
and echoing the gordo taqueria luv
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason i hate the idea of something called 'hunter/game' on hot creations but that track is actually pretty great
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
this starkey record is hilarious
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
it's amazing. like a sci-fi bass opera!
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
Listen to the Luke Hess album everyone, best thing he's done and that's saying something.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, December 3, 2012 9:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I'll second this
― Number None, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
what's not to get? who doesn't want to hear the soundtrack to a giant robot goose stomping down the street in celebration at having thwarted an insidious space attack?
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, December 3, 2012 7:02 AM Bookmark
Well that description could very well put me off anything.
The thing about "Inspector Norse" is it's very openly cheesy and sounds almost as dorky as you do right now, but it's got this emotional undercurrent that isn't necessarily immediately apparent. It kind of feels like the awkward goofiness when someone's about to open up their feelings to you in a big rush out of nowhere with tears in their eyes but their still trying to make up their mind about it and you know something's up.
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
This thread really underscores how disconnected ILM has become from commercial dance music.
Not a criticism, it seems reflective of a broader trend (in the music itself as much as anything else) over at least the last 7 years or so.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
how do you mean?
― the late great, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
always love a tim not-criticism
― r|t|c, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
One component of this issue being the almost-ghettoisation of commercial dance music - e.g in Melbourne the commercial radio stations that used to play a lot of it can satisfy the Friday night driving crowd just as well with all the clubby R&B and chart-pop, rendering "proper" dance music slightly redundant.
So commercial stuff flies under the radar much more than it did back when the demarcations between dance / r&b / pop were more clearly drawn.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
― r|t|c, Monday, 3 December 2012 10:56 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah I do this a lot I guess. Trying to pre-emptively ward off people taking a more extreme and narrow interpretation of what I'm saying. It usually doesn't work :-/
― Tim F, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
Well as someone who spent a lot of time listening to bloghouse and dubstep, modern pop dance bores me to tears / just makes me want to cry.
Give me my grouchy techno records.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 3 December 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
xp more singing, mostly
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 January 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
I noticed a lot of folk digging Silent Servant's Negative Fascination. One of the leanest techno albums of the year, great album.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 10 January 2013 09:11 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's cool. was listening to that and Morphosis on Spotify yesterday.
earlier this week Dope Jams sent out an email announcing they are closing, btw. (they will still keep an online store going apparently but the brooklyn brick and mortar shop is closing)
― dmr, Thursday, 10 January 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
I made a mix of my 2012 favorites. There are some non-dance things in there but as it is well over 50% house music I figured I'll post it here
Direct download link
Tracklist:
1. Dillon - Abrupt Clarity (Catz 'N Dogz Remix) (from 12" on BPitch)2. Mungolian Jetset vs. Unni Wilehlmsen - Revolving Door (from "Mungodelics" CD on Smalltown Supersound)3. Fort Romeau - Theo (from "Kingdoms" MP3 on 100% Silk) *4. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden (from "Trouble" CD on Casablanca) *5. Girl Unit - Ensemble (Club Mix) (from "Club Rez EP" 12" on Night Slugs)6. Slagsmålsklubben - Yrsel (from "The Garage" LP on Goldenbest) *7. Ricardo Villalobos - I'm Counting (from "Dependent And Happy - 1" 2x12" on Perlon)8. Actress - The Lord's Graffiti (from "R.I.P" CD on Honest Jon's)9. Silent Servant - The Strange Attractor (from "Negative Fascination" CD on Hospital Productions)10. Andy Stott - Leaving (from "Luxury Problems" CD on Modern Love)11. A Place To Bury Strangers - Why Can't I Cry Anymore (from "Worship" CD on Dead Oceans) *12. Professor Genius - Time Of The Assassins (Steve Moore Remix) (from "Hassan" 2x12" on L.I.E.S.)13. Ben Browning - Feels Like (from "Lover Motion" MP3 on Cutters)14. The 2 Bears - Warm & Easy (Leo Zero Remix) (from "Warm & Easy" MP3 on DFA)15. John Talabot - Last Land (from "ƒIN" CD on Permanent Vacation) *16. Session Victim - Alpine Glow (from "The Haunted House Of House" CD on Delusions Of Grandeur) *17. Lindstrøm - Rà-àkõ-st (from "Smalhans" CD on Smalltown Supersound) *18. Jimmy Edgar - This One Is For The Children (from "Majenta" CD on Hotflush)19. Benoit & Sergio - Not in Your Nature (from "New Ships EP" 12" on Visionquest)20. Dave Aju - Away, Away (from "Heirlooms" CD on Circus Company)21. Phil Kieran & White Noise Sound - Never Believed (from MP3 on Phil Kieran Recordings)22. No Regular Play - Card Game (from "Endangered Species" CD on Wolf + Lamb)23. Blondes - Business (John Robers Remix) (from "Blondes" CD on Rvng Intl.)24. Francis Harris - Leland (from "Leland" MP3 on Scissor And Thread) *25. Terranova - Take My Hand (feat. Khan) (from "Hotel Amour" CD on Kompakt)26. Susumu Yokota - Animation Of The Airy (from "Dreamer" CD on Lo) *27. Mohn - Ebertplatz 2020 (from "Mohn" CD on Kompakt) *28. Josephine Foster - Child Of God (from "Blood Rushing" CD on Fire) *
Some of the tracks are stand-ins for albums. For example I like "Destiny" more than "Last Land" but that fit in the mix better and maybe fewer people have heard.
Francis Harris's "Leland" is probably my favorite house album after "fin" and woefully overlooked. And Susumu Yokota's album sunk without a trace. It wasn't even on Discogs.
― DigitalDjigit, Thursday, 24 January 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
i like the francis harris album, totally forgot about it until you just mentioned it. great morning music.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
oh, i remember why i forgot about it now. vocals get too cloying.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
True the vocals aren't very good. I skip those tracks. But the rest makes up for it. I'm generally finding that anything involving Greg Paulus (one half of No Regular Play) is well worth checking out.
― DigitalDjigit, Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDEPE7_WL9I
GODFUCKINGDAMMIT howwww have i been missing out on this for so long
had no one else heard this either or are you all literally insane
― r|t|c, Friday, 15 February 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Not heard it before, and yes, wow.
― Tim F, Friday, 15 February 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
From my POV its really rare to hear such a distinctive vocal w/that track, although my lazy ears just pick up her sound not what she says.
Like how it stops with a couple of mins left too.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
yeah very striking isnt it, real proper marrow made flesh in a fraidy-cat zone where it's so often measly implied
if you dare check the original it's like some truly ghastly strictly for wankers inverted-commas tina turner thunderdome thing - this genius mix rightfully coronates her to spacequeen and creates a dark palace to prowl and skulk and brood in
― r|t|c, Saturday, 16 February 2013 12:49 (eleven years ago) link