I felt ILM needed a place to freely discuss techno and house without limiting to just new releases. So it can date back to Edison's recitation of the alphabet for all I care, but if you hear a great record from 5 years ago and want to discuss, then heres a place for it.
Also, I personally feel really burned out after following as much new music as I have over however long, and need to cut down, take a break, or even stop, and start listening to music without the pressure of progress. Personally, I've been fairly nostalgic for a lot of early 00's microhouse, which my dance music self grew up on (no, I'm not very old), which probably just goes to show that I've become pretty jaded.
― mehlt, Sunday, 2 March 2008 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh for fuck's sake, Can a moderator move this to ILM.
― mehlt, Sunday, 2 March 2008 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Excellent idea. Both ideas are excellent.
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 2 March 2008 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i've recently picked up some 12"s on the old forcetracks label. this one in particular is pretty good. any recommendations for other forcetracks stuff (besides luomo)?
― one time, Sunday, 2 March 2008 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm quite enjoying John Beltran lately, that very mid-90's Detroity ambient techno sound.
Also, Agaric - Virke (liebe Detail 10 from 2006) is killing me right now.
― mehlt, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
which John Beltran are you listening too? Placid Angles is awesome.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
love 'Decembers Tragedy' by Beltran, mehlt's description being the reason
― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Decembers Tragedy was used in the HBO series Six Feet Under.. It was cool hearing as a soundtrack.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Dub Taylor had a couple good/great LP's + 12"s on Force Tracks.
also check the label Raum...Musik for other pre-bobbins sounds.
Beltran's Ten Days of Blue LP on Peacefrog is classic from the first sound to the last.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
In terms of Force Tracks MRI's All That Glitters is one I come back to cos it's pure pop. "Tied to the 80's" is from a an 80's TV theme and the dub Aaliyah cover is soo cool.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Heh, I was playing All That Glitters a moment ago - first Vinyl I ever owned.
I've been listening to the Beltran Stuff of Stryax Leaves, which is a really great label by the way, which are rereleases from older stuff. 'Anticipation' is wonderful, and "vienna" is beautiful little piece of classical string sampling.
― mehlt, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus.
― or something, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
In my defense, I'm only 19.
― mehlt, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
All That Glitters, I still come back to that one too. Esp. side 1 and YEA the aaliyah tribute!
Speaking of Force, I want to rep for the Star You Star Me album (esp. "Perfect Day" and "Sweet Things", which are mighty swoonful).
― winston, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Akufen tunes on force tracks are belters.
― straight, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Akufen! That guy disappeared off the grid for the last couple years as far as releases have gone, right?
― mh, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
He's apparently putting out an album this year!
― mehlt, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know why, but I found the MRI album to be really irritating with a few exceptions. I still need to hear the Mathias Schaffhäuser and Crank AK stuff on FT.
― littlewhiteearbuds, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
heh i wasn't zinging , you just made me feel old and useless. i have and love the 'all that glitters' double vinyl btw, esp the title track.
― or something, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Tied To The 80s is a gorgeous track - I heard it via gareth via spencer chow but I'm not sure I heard any other MRI.
― blueski, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Crane A.K.'s Pink Eyed Pony seems fairly typical of the Force Tracks roster to me. Deep, dubby, bouncy, clicky. More minimal than Dub Taylor, a bit too polite?
― mmmm, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
a couple of v old classics i recently encountered:
Jesse Saunders - On And On good electro-boogie/house crossover but you could make a good case for this as first house track ever maybe (released in 84 but maybe first recorded in 83)
Farley Jackmaster Funk - Jackin The Trax to hear it you'd believe hercules & love affair have been basing much of their sound on this one track. great house with that macabre synth hook seemingly taking its cue from italo and electro from a few years earlier.
― blueski, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
second one is m4a btw
― blueski, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i also put this on the prescription thread: http://www.sendspace.com/file/85v4yg
romanthony - the wanderer (journeyman thump)
― elan, Thursday, 13 March 2008 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw the Ladomat 100 compilation in a charity shop today, listening to it now the pre-Kompakt quirkyness seems so great. I think I should hunt down more of this stuff.
― mmmm, Sunday, 16 March 2008 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
the only thing on Ladomat 2000 i've heard is this, which i like. what else is worth checking for?
― one time, Sunday, 16 March 2008 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
this is all-time top 10 luv 4eva material: http://www.discogs.com/release/49178
― r1o natsume, Sunday, 16 March 2008 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
This Ladomat 2000 is all-time top 10 too - http://www.discogs.com/release/17353
― Kaliova, Sunday, 16 March 2008 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Bobbins galore: http://www.youtube.com/user/HouseMasterz
― Bodrick III, Sunday, 16 March 2008 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
hardwax appears to have copies of moodymann's ultra-classic 'dem young sconies' 12". a repress, perhaps?? in any case, can't rate this one highly enough.
― haitch, Monday, 17 March 2008 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I would be real surprised if Dem Young Sconies was an OP. That record makes you wonder what would have happened if KDJ had decided to concentrate on techno. That record hasn't left my crate in years.
― Display Name, Monday, 17 March 2008 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Model 500 'Starlight' is still a favorite of mine. Play doubles of that late at night. The recent Echospace/Deepchord remixes are alright, but the original holds up just fine. Others I still love, Ken Iishi 'Overlap (Mark Broom mix)', Joey Beltram 'Energy Flash', Burger/Ink 'Las Vegas', Axis' lp on Guidance, Moodyman 'Forevermore', Jay Dee 'Plastic Dreams' must still be making them money, i see new remixes of that every year. Then, play Irresistable Force's 'Flying High' over some djax to kick out the jams.
― U-Haul, Monday, 17 March 2008 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah that's weird about "Dem Young Sconies" appearing at Hardwax. Do they sell bootleg stuff? I mean there is always the chance that Planet E re-pressed it I suppose, but I would think they would've used one of the Planet E Classics labels or something rather than the original label like they're showing on the Hardwax site.
― matt2, Monday, 17 March 2008 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
hardwax sold the sharevari repress, which was rumored to be a bootleg, so who knows?
― elan, Monday, 17 March 2008 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm all for bootlegs of shit that never gets repressed, though (like sharevari).
― elan, Monday, 17 March 2008 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
True and the "Sharevari" boot just feels very different from a bootleg of an active label that has even been re-pressing some of it's "Classics." No judgement in these statements (I got both the "Sharevari" and "U Can Dance If U Want 2" bootlegs) just wondering.
― matt2, Monday, 17 March 2008 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't know there was a bootleg of "u can dance"
totally awesome
― elan, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
but i'm still waiting for the "moody trax" boot
― elan, Monday, 17 March 2008 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
"Yeah that's weird about "Dem Young Sconies" appearing at Hardwax. Do they sell bootleg stuff? I mean there is always the chance that Planet E re-pressed it I suppose, but I would think they would've used one of the Planet E Classics labels or something rather than the original label like they're showing on the Hardwax site.
-- matt2"
a bunch of DYS 12" appeared at the Planet E booth at DEMF 06 (i think it was) along with the original Designer Music 4 track EP. DYS was $5, DM was $15. i got em both as each was amongst my most wanted Planet E's.....
― pipecock, Monday, 17 March 2008 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
All the more proof that it's really unacceptable that I've never made it to DEMF. I keep trying to convince my wife that it would be a great vacation.
― matt2, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
is this the right place to ask about forever sweet-- namely, is anything else they did as perfect as "bleed"? does other ladomat stuff sound similar?
― W i l l, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"All the more proof that it's really unacceptable that I've never made it to DEMF. I keep trying to convince my wife that it would be a great vacation.
it is a great vacation. i bring my wife and my younger sister with me every year. at least 20 of my friends go up every year from pittsburgh as well, not even counting all the people i know from around the world who show up. its as good of a time as you can have if you like dance music.
― pipecock, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
That'd be the problem. Wifey loves dancing but doesn't like "dance music." It only takes about 30 seconds of any synthetic beat of the thump-thump-thump-thump-this-is-going-to-be-a-dance-song variety and my wife gets extreme anxiety. She loves Depeche Mode and plenty of early 90's poppier house stuff but can't stomach a moment of "true" techno, even something as gorgeous as "R-Theme" or "Dominas." I know, it doesn't make sense to me either.
― matt2, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
My bf and I went for the first time last year and hope to make it a tradition. He is not into dance music/music in general as much as I am, but he's willing to indulge me and has family in Michigan so it works out. It is our one chance each year to hear this music in its "proper" setting (i.e. not between a pair of headphones or blasting from my car).
― lou, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm pretty much asked to keep the beats in my headphones.
― matt2, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I really, really want to go to DEMF again this year but it overlaps with a 2 week Germany trip. I guess that balances out.
― littlewhiteearbuds, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Just got this one yesterday: http://www.discogs.com/release/4982
The locked groove on the A side is perfect. I let it play for 10 or 15 minutes yesterday.
― matt2, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"That'd be the problem. Wifey loves dancing but doesn't like "dance music." It only takes about 30 seconds of any synthetic beat of the thump-thump-thump-thump-this-is-going-to-be-a-dance-song variety and my wife gets extreme anxiety. She loves Depeche Mode and plenty of early 90's poppier house stuff but can't stomach a moment of "true" techno, even something as gorgeous as "R-Theme" or "Dominas." I know, it doesn't make sense to me either.
man, that sucks. get her some good drugs and take her there, maybe she'll have a religious experience and you can all live happily ever after ;)
on the other hand, you could just go by yourself! there are lots of friendly techno nerds there.....
― pipecock, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
got a few things today. soul center III which is pretty cool, very unique sounding.
also got this psi performer remixes and am just listening to it now. has anyone heard the album?
― one time, Friday, 21 March 2008 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link
and should i go back to the shop and pick up Sten - Leaving The Frantic for $6?
― one time, Friday, 21 March 2008 07:33 (fourteen years ago) link
check out these dancers soaking in the bobbins of the past
http://www.deutschefotothek.de/gallery/encoded/eJzjYBKS5eJIK0rNLEmtKBFiTckszs6XYnb0c1FiLsnJ1mIQUuPiSssvyU8vSkxLzRPi8csHKtBRcC1NT81DVgcAy9wT2w**
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 09:39 (seven months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nL64s9r.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 09:41 (seven months ago) link
reminds me of this classichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQpwQ1xgbI
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 09:43 (seven months ago) link
TISKOTANSI
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:27 (seven months ago) link
that is one of my favorite videos on the internet, has been for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX7FTygXSHU
Can't Turn Around (DKMA Millennium Dub)
Dana Kelley from 1999, somehow missed this before, the lightness of touch on this one!
― saer, Saturday, 20 November 2021 11:12 (seven months ago) link
love dana kelley, extremely talented producer for space and dynamics, crystalline house euphoria perfection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhxxKy7voc
― mister floppy, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 21:00 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qjgbBHKU-k
Bassa Clan - HOWL005.2 (2016)
Missed this restorative seascape from the boys from Bologna when it came out
― saer, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:51 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EI5blm4iGc
Carlito's Promise - Jump in the air
Croydon business from on Clean Cut from 2000. 100% top bins unlocked
― saer, Thursday, 9 December 2021 11:21 (six months ago) link
enjoying this 12", crisp n' dreamy
Shindig - Seasons (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SSpXFpjywE
― donna rouge, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:05 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMWs5ibjjQU
Lager Chicken vibes from Geordie duo Paul Gascoigne and Raoul Moat. Suggestions Moysey was involved remain unsubstantiated
― saer, Saturday, 11 December 2021 18:24 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7IsvVUcd5I
Jimmy's War - Solve Don't Judge (1999)
yes mate
― saer, Monday, 13 December 2021 21:09 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SEOguApssc
― xzanfar, Monday, 13 December 2021 21:44 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI
big christmas vibes from driving advocate Chris Rea
― saer, Friday, 24 December 2021 18:02 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Ry_YaXss4
Double header with this 2017 yuletide escapade from Santa collaborators Donner and Blitzen
― saer, Friday, 24 December 2021 18:12 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrCpVn5zpNc
Early Azeri bobbins from Vagif Mustafa Zadeh I think from some time in the 70s
― saer, Sunday, 26 December 2021 19:57 (six months ago) link
time to go outside again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOjOxsZJyLI
Jeremiah - Only Dubbin' On My 808 (2000)
― saer, Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:28 (four months ago) link
Double header as this has recently made a belated appearance on YouTube, also from 2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Y4SpuSjDQ
Nature Love - Speak Softly (Speak So Dub Mix)
― saer, Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:31 (four months ago) link
In off the crossbar for the hat trick with 3rd Avenue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsTfyHJJtWU
3rd Avenue - Let's Talk About Love
― saer, Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:41 (four months ago) link
Heady business from Ilk, brother of the great Seafoamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niyWSESZQ0g
Duplex - sunbeam, doing what Detroity Dutch Dub techno doeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klZpr5z4zos
From a recent compilation of 90s velocette tracks - for fans of spacetime continuum and move dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-RBoWaKrNk
Got the repress of this and, a week later, nearly bought the original before realizing they were the same. Such is record shopping out of town. Tom Churchill + Dennis DeSantishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsoIT8dyK3c
― ed.b, Friday, 18 February 2022 02:41 (four months ago) link
Leisure is one for the hall of fame!
― saer, Friday, 18 February 2022 06:15 (four months ago) link
slayed with this one tonight. it does not miss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCxvNy5XSiM
― davey, Saturday, 19 February 2022 12:53 (four months ago) link
some dreamy early aughts german techno:
code and structure - liberation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e7Jc1lyQBI
― donna rouge, Monday, 21 February 2022 00:50 (four months ago) link
i had known there was a better version of gerald’s “emotions electric” called “emotion electric”, i knew it was mainly available via CD as an inferior 4 1/2 min edit.
i had not known john peel’s label pressed up a version w/ big balearic drums and bird song on the b-side (the “mgc latin paradise drums” mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpCjR1NVBhY
stumbled on it while looking for the “finley’s rainbow” video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eza4Zjw2pM
ok, back to lurking. prepare my submarine, juan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V53qE8g_IiM
― the late great, Monday, 21 February 2022 18:55 (four months ago) link
Not that old (2018), but it’s such a beautiful track and I don’t know where else to put it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYyp0Y1Ctt8DJ Thakzin ft. NaakMusiQ • Vul’amehlo(South African, in case you were wondering)
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 08:59 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_zRMBCWFTw
DJ Profile - Inflexable (2000)
airy Charles Webster jam
― saer, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 18:51 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yvKQogra_c
Kalle-M - Dom (2005)
slice of much needed levity from short lived Nokia, Finland label
― saer, Friday, 4 March 2022 11:09 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8UDi_KpFM
Formidable Force - Mind Games (Brett's He Said, She Said Mix)
Brett Johnson remix from 2002.
― saer, Monday, 14 March 2022 16:07 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFMC_vI4WLE
Stuff It - R U Going With Me (1996)
90s Dutch classic, later released on Nervous - little bit of a nod to big man Metheny
― saer, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 02:27 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2nzhVWNI8
Trance Induction - Extra Terrestrial Welcome Song (1993).
Hadn't come across this guy and his fairground feelings before at all!
― saer, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 09:06 (three months ago) link
I know his track N which was on one of those Trance Europe Express compilations
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 16:36 (three months ago) link
a luke solomon classic classic-records record for long breezy afternoons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6k_bYtUpVo
― ed.b, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 18:50 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNs0hf-VjWA
Private Funk - Untitled (B2) (1996)
Recently been leafing through Chris Simmonds Cross Section records and came across this sunny jaunt
― saer, Friday, 18 March 2022 13:59 (three months ago) link
Symbols and Instruments - Mood (Optimystic Mix) Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, & Chris Nazuka from 1990https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxg9gES8JIThis is how it’s done
― brimstead, Thursday, 24 March 2022 20:54 (three months ago) link
Oh yeah thats good, didn't know that one, looks real nice too
― saer, Thursday, 31 March 2022 20:14 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T7KYGaISuw
Unknown Artist - Rude Tenants (Landlord Dub)
Big fan of this murky trip on short lived Brooklyn label Shack. No idea who it is and no release date on discogs but the other 3 releases are all 1997
― saer, Thursday, 31 March 2022 20:19 (three months ago) link
columba carina - yakuza chop (1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HSR-F5ROcc
― donna rouge, Monday, 4 April 2022 02:24 (two months ago) link
brittany - homepage (2000)lovely UK deep house w/ wistful pop-trance pianohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9i9YMaz2c
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 21:14 (two months ago) link
makes me wanna dance
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 2 May 2022 06:53 (two months ago) link
Al Zanders - Long Gone and Endcliffe Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkKmvyqRDEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NckpLXj5q7s
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 28 May 2022 21:06 (one month ago) link
very much enjoyed Endcliffe Park, thx
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 30 May 2022 11:00 (one month ago) link
Ralph Farquar (aka Paul Mac) A moment of clarity (moody detroitish low-key techno)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMPGYpMwcoU
Rei Loci - Silent Chemistry (manic glaswegian techno, kinda like vince watson)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKRZXXvN0OY
Ticketmen - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiXbrsQD5OI
― ed.b, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:06 (one month ago) link
Vanessa Daou - Give Myself to You (Give My Dub to You) produced by Danny Tenagalia <3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlpGy_DObsA
― brimstead, Friday, 3 June 2022 01:42 (one month ago) link
good stuffis there a "moody detroitish low-key techno" thread?
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 3 June 2022 06:45 (one month ago) link
I just love when the organ goes nuts towards the end of that Daou track, it’s so euphoric.
― brimstead, Friday, 3 June 2022 22:03 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5DJ-ZnqLg
Clubfoot - A Star Is Porn Silicon Beats Remix (1997)
Shimmering and sliding down at the legion
― saer, Thursday, 9 June 2022 20:01 (three weeks ago) link
hi saer!
been combing through the defected back catalog looking for gems ca 2000-2015. though this is 2018 lol.
josh butler ft hanlei "feels good"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGhJPYhG-0M
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Saturday, 11 June 2022 00:18 (three weeks ago) link
Black Strobe - Innerstrings
Back in 2000 when @DJHellOfficial played Love Parade YouTube didn’t exist so we couldn’t see this. Saw it for the first time earlier today, wild wild times & very happy memories, one of the best records I released on Output & still sounding killer. BLACKSTROBE FOREVER 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/g65zZbCDJQ— Trevor Jackson (@trevorjofficial) June 14, 2022
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 11:36 (two weeks ago) link
Nimbus - Entron, from a new Jane Fitz/Jade Seatle curated comp of, mostly, early 2000s house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXMskN_xxo4
― ed.b, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:01 (two weeks ago) link
this is a fun page....
https://soundcloud.com/mikebee
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 19 June 2022 23:16 (two weeks ago) link