Techno/House Bobbins of the past

really diggin this synth galore http://www.beatport.com/track/s-e-x-dick-tease-remix/3564004

wrong thread!

As I've just mentioned it on the 2012 bobbins thread - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FddV6WaGoKE

found the 2XLP a few months back. And not at the semi-ludicrous discogs prices for it.

they just reissued it

i think there's going to be a full reissue

oh man, all the tracks in this are ace: http://clone.nl/item24440.html

One of the many influential Dance Mania release is finally repressed! Remastered from the original masters of DM071, My Life In The Underground is a blueprint for raw underground House tracks. Jacking, bouncing tracks with an irresistible drive! Including Ghetto Boogie and Rubber Jazz Band. These tracks are standard repertoire in sets of guys like Serge and Omar S. 11 ghetto house bangers from 1994, co-produced by Jammin' Gerald & DJ Funk. Pure fire!! Now available for 100 lucky ones on a white label repress! Please note most covers have a split seam.

i think i only know the last two tracks, which were released separately. "follow me" was called "follow me ghetto" iirc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7N07Ym50jE

nice one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCEoRQmd9nw

:O

yes

really getting into BB right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og7BC-nd7-g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1mfK9DBB88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjHAFZHpeC8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ow-f9FqyA

anyone can tell me some essential books about dance music?

A few good ones that I've read:

Dan Sicko - Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk
* This is basically the history of techno in the US. Very informative on early developments of Detroit techno.

Matthew Colin - Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House
* Good, non-partisan look into rave culture and ecstacy use.

Jane Bussmann - Once in a Lifetime: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards
* You could read this as a partisan companion to Altered State. A sort of a "I was there" oral history and photo book of the British acid house scene in the late 80s and 90s. There isn't that much about the music, but it has wide variety of interesting and funny anecdotes told by various scenesters.

Chris Kempster (ed.) - History of House
* Extensive and informative interviews with pretty much all the biggest techno and house musicians and DJs around the time the book was published (1996). I think this is pretty hard to find nowadays, but maybe your library carries it?

Martin James - The State of Bass: Jungle: The Story So Far
* History of jungle and drum'n'bass up until 1997.

Ulf Poschardt - DJ-Culture
* This one is German and it's far more academic than any of the others I've mentioned, but if you're into that sort of thing, it has some cool theories and observations that none of the Anglo books I've read have made.

what about last night a dj saved my life? worht reading?

I remember liking it but it was years ago.

On the more disco side, Turn The Beat Around is good, also Love Saves The Day...I don't really remember either as it's been years, but I don't remember hating either! And Mel Cheren's autobiography "My Life and the Paradise Garage" is a pretty essential disco story.

i don't think anybody's ever written a book on techno i've really enjoyed but i've only read techno rebels, altered states, energy flash and dj-culture

possibly i should just write my own at some point

wanted to find the superior "zagzig jazz" mix of this but this is the best i could do. still, awesome tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvYZ_LS6-HM

I tried asking on the 90s poll noms thread, and now it's too late for that, but can anyone i.d. the first few tracks on this mix for me?

http://www.modernmusicsf.com/audio/mixes/ScottHenry_FeverVol6_SideB.mp3

I found this incomplete tracklisting using the archive.org's wayback machine, but there really aren't many people talking about scott henry tapes on the internet these days.

volume 6

0:00 - 4:00 ???
4:00 - 8:00 ??? "he's gotta step down or step aside"
8:00 - 13:00 ???
13:00 - 18:35 lip reed 1 black label/white label 1 sided no info
18:35 - 22:30 ???(samples say "this is dope" and "you are now rockin with the best")
22:30 - 28:00 discfunktional - free - moonshine
28:00 - 33:00 slacker - scared (the lonely traveller) - loaded
33:00 - 37:15 e.t.i. and graeme - babyrise/blue dreamers - oboro records
37:15 - 41:35 FSOL - we have explosive - astralwerks
41:35 - end prodigy - narcotic suite: skylined - ???

no idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVB7w_TVFyI

I don't think I'd heard this Kerri Chandler until the other week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5AKux14MUM

That Vandal 'Unraveled' track is incredible.

Loving the deep trancey vibes of the Tata Box Inhibitors record posted a couple of months back.

this is familiar to all but i'm blasting it right now and damn if it doesn't sound better than any "berghain techno" of the last 10 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUF5wECcdbg

i wouldn't compare the two really, don't see a major connection.

i love that dreamer g record, chewshabadoo, meant to post it here last week actually, heard jus ed play it a few years back. it is hilarious and great.

I've never managed to get into Berghain techno, but can you really compare the Craig with that sound?
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On a different tangent, I was very happy to find out someone had edited the AVH mix of Kim English 'Nite Life' and removed the ravey stabs which always seemed to detract from the sensual, rolling nature of the rest of the track:

http://soundcloud.com/homeroespinosa/kim-english-nitelife-avh-vs

xp i didn't really mean to compare the two except to say that carl craig sounds as good now as he did back then

"berghain techno" being shorthand for the kind of techno i really, really like right now

that said, if you take the melodic synths out and just leave drums and bass you could have a norman nodge track

its not so different in construction from what is probably my favorite techno track of the last five years, "native rhythm electric"

Cheers Ronan! My housemate DJ'd it out at a party the other week and it blew my mind. The vocal and those off-beat kicks bring a huge grin to my face.

If that Nodge track reminds me of anything, it's like an austere version of Crispy Bacon.

that too!

excellent call on crispy bacon chewshabadoo!!

i never thought i cared much for stefan robbers but this track is killing me these days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkH49kiNIQk

<3 <3 <3 the artwork too

that said, if you take the melodic synths out and just leave drums and bass you could have a norman nodge track

It's been ages since I listened to the 4 My Peepz EP, but isn't there another track on it that does exactly this? (I.e. takes away the synths and leaves just the drums and bass?) Though IIRC it wasn't particularly memorable.

By biggest problem with Paperclip People isn't the use of high-pitched synth sounds per se, but that they sometimes sound oddly weak. Like the synth riff that begins "The Climax"... How could CC come up with something so feeble, when the drums and bass on that material is so kicking?

you bring feeble all the time

I guess there's this thing called dynamics. Also, those types of synth strings are very classic techno.

On a different tangent, I was very happy to find out someone had edited the AVH mix of Kim English 'Nite Life' and removed the ravey stabs which always seemed to detract from the sensual, rolling nature of the rest of the track:

http://soundcloud.com/homeroespinosa/kim-english-nitelife-avh-vs

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, September 16, 2012 8:51 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I imagine it'd fit nicely into this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9bsy5SiWA

Sure, but there are many classic techno tracks where they pack much more punch than in "The Climax"... And there's a difference between dynamics and just sounding weak, in my opinion. The second synth in "The Climax", the higher-pitched one that plays the main melody, has a nice dynamic with bass and drums, but the opening riff just sounds lame. Especially since the track starts with it playing a cappella, so you're attention is drawn to its lameness.

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It's usually preferable for a dance track to build up in my opinion, as it then works with the previous track as an evolving blend. I wouldn't say it sounds 'weak' though: muffled and murky perhaps - but I like sounds like that; The glossiness of Carl Craig's "Sunglasses Techno" of the last 10 years is a big turn off for my ears.

ahh that dreamer g is SO GOOD

if there's a better record to blare when you're cleaning your flat i've yet to find it

Gs Louise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-fNVHOpjQ

yeah g flame is one of the dudes from the advent doing housier stuff? his kick drum / bassline production is like the epitome of PUMPIN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJRQMFuIT4Y

those little spinbacks!

the tiny lfo filter sweeps at 0:14, 0:40 etc

dude was a genius

loving this stuff atm.

re the other g, this little item on mr. g from ugh mixmag makes me want to toss everything, get a mpc and a mixer and pound it out.
http://ow.ly/i/TkW2/original

or finesse shit out, as the case may be