hoover tunes: what are the essentials

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ok so i was listening to this modeselektor tunte last ngiht and, now i know what a "hoover tune" is like! that sound is fucking great1. many years back, (like 1996?!), i remember reading mixmag or some shit about jon the dentist, saying - everyone is loving the hoover - and had a picture of jon wielding a hitachi around on a dancefloor (this is pre-dyson natch.), and i was just like, what the fuck is that shit, wankers. but now i realise that hoover noises rule!

so, what are the best hoover tunes?

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 11:27 (twenty years ago) link

WHAT, ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT LOVELES?!?!?!?

I always used to love hoovering to Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey. It somehow made sense.

― Kate 22 (kate), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 11:34 (twenty years ago) link

do you mean hoovers as in mentasms ambrose?

― charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 11:43 (twenty years ago) link

oh, ok, no you dont really, er, let me think, hang on

― charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 11:44 (twenty years ago) link

yeah well maybe hoover = mentasm. it sounds a bit the same. but there seemed to be a point where that was kinda of a genre in itself.

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 11:46 (twenty years ago) link

i was always a bit unsure as to exactly what it was too. i thought it meant just warbling sub-bass like on 'Dead Dred' and 'Super Sharp Shooter'

this guy is asking for track IDs which feature 'hoover bass' - must check these out

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 12:00 (twenty years ago) link

Surely "Dominator"???

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 11 December 2003 03:59 (twenty years ago) link

prodigy - "charly (beltram says mix)"

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:00 (twenty years ago) link

(okay maybe not)

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:00 (twenty years ago) link

t99?

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:01 (twenty years ago) link

Belgian techno generally? a lot of nu-nrg too?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:05 (twenty years ago) link

dominator, anasthasia, warped kore's "the power".

― etc, Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:20 (twenty years ago) link

What about the hoover-ish mentasm-ish sound in darkcore records like Doc Scott's "Dark Angel"?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 11 December 2003 04:23 (twenty years ago) link

CJ Bolland - "Horsepower"
Cybersonik - "Technarky" (Best richie hawtin ever)

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 11 December 2003 05:30 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah, Tim, I was gonna say search: Reinforced Records circa 92-3 and No-U-Turn 96-97.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 December 2003 05:40 (twenty years ago) link

btw "The power" went for $60+ on ebay the other day. What is the world coming to?

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 11 December 2003 07:12 (twenty years ago) link

enforcer ~ dam tuff

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 11 December 2003 08:19 (twenty years ago) link

the tune i think is N-JOi's 'Live In Manchester part 2' but probably isn't at all

DJPC 'Inssomniak' (whichever version has the MAAAD switcherooing of the sound)

'Dominator' (Betram mix)

Rufige Kru 'Dark Metal' and Doc Scott 'Unofficial Ghost'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:32 (twenty years ago) link

Cybersonik, seconded. Isn't that where it started? The songs on the b-side are beautiful.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:34 (twenty years ago) link

two years pass...

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone have the 90's Hoover classic - Aircut - (Prepare for the) Visual Attack????

from the YSI thread - this guy seems clear what a hoover tune is. i dont think its anything to do with ardkore as suggested above. The name i associate with it is Jon Pleased Wimmin. who is that and what is it - im still to find out?!?!

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry i meant jon the dentist not jon please wimmin

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

wikipedia sez: "A heavy bass driven drone sound produced by a Roland Corporation Alpha-Juno 2 and used extensively in electronic music and rave music. "

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link

heres an old article about "hoover music".

seems it was earlier than i thought.

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I was listening to the T99 album this weekend! IT IS ESSENTIAL.

― Dan (CATWALK) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/packsViewSingle.php?id=611

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link

six years pass...

fyi "Catwalk" is still amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tS65mkrviU

― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Sunday, 6 January 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link