everyone on the RA comments to their EOY seems to be raving about the juju & jordash record. is it really that good?
on a personal note, very glad to see my friend pal +'s 'the forest' on the sherburne list...
― rusty_allen, Monday, 17 December 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
i liked some of the juju & jordash album but it's all over the place and has never really gripped me.
― So: The Answers (or something), Monday, 17 December 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
i love 'new for you' & really dislike 'howling' fwiw. this thread is a goldmine thanks ilm! one of my fav tracks of the year that i don't think was mentioned yet is:
ajello - sabrer (hannulelauri version)
heard it on this incredible mix that someone posted earlier this year on here.
― tpp, Monday, 17 December 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that's a good one. I liked "El Charro" by them too. If you're into goofy Italo disco (like I am)
― dmr, Monday, 17 December 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
been digging through more stuff to find more favourites
kink feat rachel row - handmade (big ame-style techno)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smAcSdKquO8
gusgus - add this song - like if they redid "david" and got bono on vocals. i know how terrible this description sounds, still can't help but enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9APOIBBpls8
bon and rau - morning funk - smallville is nothing new for anyone, was lucky enough to get to golden pudel in hamburg this year, absolutely amazing (and tiny) club - heard this at about 0530 on a wednesday morning, no bouncers, move d headlining, and support dj moved to working behind the bar after playing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AmMsf48D20
ben sun and slow hands - love hotel - kind of stopped bothering with a lot of the wolf and lamb guys but this is a really beautiful record, so blissed out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw21QR_pmD4
maxxi soundsystem - regrets we have no use for (herbert mix) - forget if anyone mentioned this here yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPl4PV-ds-Y
whomadewho - never had the time (sashcienne mix) - vintage kompakt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiO8885M05k
iori - moon - meandering space techno, never heard anyone play this except tim sweeney, once, easily one of my favourites of the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLCkVZDr4qs
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
xps the juju and jordash album was sorta baffling at first, there are a lot of stylistic jumps and it wasn't exactly the deep house full length i was expecting BUT once it clicked i started loving it. seems rare for house producers to even try to cover this broad of a spectrum in one album, and jj&j definitely avoid mungolian jetset-style high-pitched maximalist goofiness or novelty when they go from say a murky almost sun araw-type jam sesh into subtle acid techno into woozy balearic stuff or w/e. it's similar to the terrence dixon album in that it's not easy to unpack but it definitely rewards every attempt at doing so
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
also - wouldn't 'pop moodyman' just be yknow, a slum village track?
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
maxxi soundsystem - regrets we have no use for (herbert mix)
^ yah this is great
― r|t|c, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
that iori track posted above is amazing. also quite like the kink one.
― rusty_allen, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
no love for moda black here?
nothing but love for moda here
was literally just debating whether to post the new maxxi with thomas gandey in fact, corny goth tiga jam tho it be
― r|t|c, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:44 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah ie like i said before! 'players' instro > andres now you mention it
― r|t|c, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
The Moda Black comp is so good, esp. "Knee Deep In Louise", "How It Goes" and "Best In Show".
― Tim F, Monday, 17 December 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Monday, December 17, 2012 5:35 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i love the juju & jordash album, it traverses a lot of different genres really naturally and none of it seems tossed off like they're just including non-tracky interludes to try to make an "album." the terrence dixon was too dissonant for me for the most part on first listen, i'll come back to it b/c everyone seems to love it, though. have you heard the mungolian jetset album from this year, though? b/c i really dislike the whole goofy maximalist thing, too, but mungodelics really surprised me.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 17 December 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCGB0zYbCI
if we wanna dovetail the discussions
― r|t|c, Monday, 17 December 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit this is great
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
xp: guess i'm gonna listen to the juju & jordash record, then. those sprawling albums are usually kinda off-putting with all those stylistic changes being used withour any kind of context or w/e - just for the sake of it with a smart-ass attitude or something? dunno...
karl otm about mungodelics. with the exception of 'revolving door' and 'people on strong stuff' the album is good to great - even if somewhat forgettable in the long run (ie 'picazzo')
― rusty_allen, Monday, 17 December 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
yea i got a lot of mileage out of "toccata" and "smells like gasoline" and for some reason i haven't really given the rest of the album the same attention
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 06:33 (eleven years ago) link
guys guys, this is so top 50 material:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbaMfJssd3U
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:26 (eleven years ago) link
the kink track is amazing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
i'm hearing "howling" for the first time and i was excited by the words "âme remix" but WHAT THE EFF IS THIS TERRIBLE SHIT >>>>>:(
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
HIS VOICE
MAKE IT STOP
I hadn't heard of or heard the Andres track either. Seems odd to see something so conservative (but not even pointedly so in the way that excites the pipecock brigade) so feted? I could def see it standing out in a set tho, doesn't really sound like much of the other house I hear recently, although I admittedly haven't been keeping up with that end of things. Seems like it would be pretty fun to dance to too.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
Damn why must you people ruin everything I love? New 4 U is wonderfully catchy tune. Is there really a Coldplay song better than Howling? If there is I haven't heard it.
So I guess I'm the only one with a soft spot for Nicki Minaj's Starships? I don't know why but I actually read some reviews and it seems like it was widely reviled as derivative of a variety of other mediocre dance pop songs, but to me there's just something about it...
― viborg, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
I like Howling but I'm not sure I'd particularly want to dance to it. This end of dance music has had a soft spot for a fake Coldplay croon for a while - I'm thinking of the Supermayer remix of 'Heart's A Mess' by Gotye, half of what Apparat's done etc.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
the b-side of the kink record is good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sogHmtzPS8
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
fucking love "starships", wouldn't have thought to bring it up in this thread though
"pound the alarm" was less ubiquitously anthemic but probably better? idk if it's nicki's branding or nicki's charisma (or just nicki's shamelessness) that elevates her trashy commercial dance-pop over most other people's, but she makes it pretty amazing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
damn, "new for u" tops the RA list as well...
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
worst tracks on the RA list: howling, let it go, fur de liebe (sp.?)
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
what's wrong with "let it go"?? amazing track, transcends even the tiredness of cut-up r&b vox
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
Fur De Liebe is really nice but Pantha Du Prince should sue.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
Xpost: interestingly the vocal sample is one of the things I dislike the most about that track. Sleep inducing. Overall the track just sounds bland. It belongs with the Hot Creation crops.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
oh, well, i still think hot creations is probably about the best thing in dance atm, so we clearly differ on this
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
recently a bit obsessed with cowboy rhythmbox - shake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDYpcisks4
― curly moe shempsen (donna rouge), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
ugh does the guy who sings on howling really say "swallow my pollen"? jesus
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
omar s for producer of the year
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
Hear, hear.
― Josiah Alan, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
But for whatever reason I like Huxley better than the Hot Creations crew, feels a little closer to what I like about poppy garage tracks.
― Josiah Alan, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
I swear Benediction reminds me more of Clivilles and Cole pre C+C Music Factory more than anything. Clivilles and Cole remixing a boy group.
― Josiah Alan, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kOS5edZ6qBk#!
That kind of thing. It's been weird and a little fun seeing New Jersey style garage get big again, MK resurfacing and all that.
― Josiah Alan, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
That Lone album is excellent, and Robert Hood is also really good. Thanks for turning me on to them! I also liked:
Lindstrom - SmallhansJohn Talabot - finSand Circles - Motor CityGeoff Barrow/Ben Salisbury - DROKKDJ Rashad - Tek LifeEmeralds - Just to Feel AnythingSilent Servant - Negative Fascination
Mix-wise, I really enjoyed the Heiroglyphic Being FACT mix, also a bunch posted to the mixes thread (Optimo, Andy Weatherall of the top my head) were great.
Really need to hear the Andy Stott album...
― Neil S, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
it's kinda strange to see ejeca's 'horizon' and bicep's '$tripper' getting all the props while their collab - 'you' - is mostly being ignored on these EOY. tho I love the 3, 'you' stands slightly above them - prob because of the central melody and vocal samples that give the song some kind of voyeuristic emptiness.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
moodymann - why do u feeldelroy edwards - 4 club use onlymay the funk be with you - gene hunt (theo parrish mix)use me again - tom trago (carl craig remix)train to cologne (CoMa Remix) - Hufschlag & Braunpaganini - braidenchanged ft. ernesto - mario & vidisinfinity ink - infinity (todd edwards remix)kolsch - ader alte (mixed by tobias schmid & stefan sieber)kink - handmade
^maybe just 'best of rush hour 2012' tbh
mungolian jetset - mungodelicsnew jack technoactress - r.i.p.lindstrom - smallhanslone - galaxy gardencooly g - playin' meterrence dixon - from the far future pt. iisession victim - the haunted house of houseroberto rodriguez - dawnwolfep011
one night in comeme, vol. 1 sounding really good so far
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
For all the hate I lavish on the LP format, the Voices from the Lake album is fucking hot.
― viborg, Friday, 21 December 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
the larse mix of candi staton is another great discovery from these lists, as is larse's own "those of you"
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 December 2012 09:34 (eleven years ago) link
I prefer 'So Long' although that may be a 2011 release.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 December 2012 09:38 (eleven years ago) link
some great long players
raimeandy stott - luxury problemssilent servantjuju jordashparanormal soulclaro intelectovoices from the lakemadteodj nature lpi:cubelee gamble jungle thing on pan
― out comes stanley, Friday, 21 December 2012 09:44 (eleven years ago) link
lex check out the total freedom mix of candi staton (over "she's a bitch") i linked to
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Friday, 21 December 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
Actress - R.I.P.Lone - Galaxy GardensScuba - PersonalityMala - Mala in Cuba
Fin
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Friday, 21 December 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
KW Griff f/ Porkchop - Bring in the Katz
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Saturday, 22 December 2012 08:10 (eleven years ago) link