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"Safety" is an excellent album, although "Bring Me Closer" is probably his best song.

But yes, the album is worth getting.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 7 June 2004 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Mundane question: where are people getting hold of this (in the UK)? Impossible to obtain according to Boomkat (and a few others).

― dh, Monday, 7 June 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link

[davis appears on the swayzak album, apparently]

― dh, Friday, 18 June 2004 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

New album on the way: titled: Details

on Kitty Yo
http://www.kitty-yo.net/index2.php?show=artist&id=41

Also download free mp3 track: honest with you from the album.

The track sounds very Junior Boys to me.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link

One of the tracks samples the toms from "Sound of the Crowd"

― Andy K. (ADK), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link

goddamn that man is ugly

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

i think his features are enhanced a bit on the kitty-yo site, to give him that special werewolf look.

― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't wait to hear the new album, it should be ace.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, we have found Mark E. Smith's long lost son.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 16 May 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

the new richard davis disc is ace!

― claires bionic arm, Monday, 16 May 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

― etc, Monday, 16 May 2005 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

gawd, did i--one year ago--actually say i piss myself when i hear his Safety disc. whoa. i meant, i really, really like listening to it, with no bodily reaction other than maybe a steady head-nod

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 16 May 2005 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks for the link! Really digging this track.

― Telephonething, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Okay, the new record is REALLY good.

Junior Boys comparison reasonably on the mark. I am really in the mood for this right now.

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:16 (eighteen years ago) link

HYPE HYPE!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I mean, its more of the same (as Safety, I mean), but just...fuller and more propulsive. I'm confused as to why Bring Me Closer is included. Does it not predate Safety?

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link

wait, what, album, HUH??

― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 6 June 2005 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes.

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link

HUBBA HUBBA

― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 6 June 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Bring Me Closer came out a year after Safety!

"The Truth" might as well be the sequel, it's got the tradmark combo of reverse strings/druggy vocals.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Bring Me Closer came out a year after Safety!

oops.

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

(Michael - I have (a) question(s) to ask you, I'll try and catch you on slsk)

― From Zero To Drunk In Twenty Dollars (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 June 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link

new record's incredible. i love it.

― geeta, Tuesday, 7 June 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link

i found the new one to be very bland on first listen.

― tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

which was very disappointing because i love safety and "bring me closer" was one of the best moody gothic disco house singles ever.

― tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link

(slot me in with the 'excellent' contingent.)

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Listen to it again, tricky!

― Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link

this is really good, but i understand where tricky is coming from

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link

uniformity is a dangerous game to play

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link

damn i meant to listen to this last night, but i got caught up in listening to old house tracks...that's kind of what i'm getting at, strongo. safety has so much more vibe (or "social energy" to steal vahid's term) than this one. maybe it's a warm v cold thing i don't know. i will listen again. i have had too much on my mind lately to really just sit, listen and enjoy music and only music.

― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link

verdict: it's a grower like swayzak's loops from the bergerie was. my initial impression of the swayzak album was very similar to this and now i think it's really fantastic idiosyncratic record. everything. is. so. precise.

― tricky (disco stu), Friday, 10 June 2005 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link

new album takes a few plays before it seduces you.

bring me closer is one of the best singles ever, any genre.

― dh, Thursday, 16 June 2005 10:47 (eighteen years ago) link

heh.

I keep hearing a snippet of "In The Air" on some BBC between programme segue.

― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 16 June 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

i do love this album, but by the end the minimal materials used in its construction do seem to wear themselves out slightly. (before "bring me closer" redeems the whole thing.)

― strng hlkngtn, Thursday, 16 June 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

i do love this album.

― dh, Saturday, 30 July 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

wow wow wow. I can't believe how much this album has been slept on...

― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:11 (eighteen years ago) link

It is absolutely fantastic, it just took a long time to learn to love it as an album - best to listen to individual songs at first, and then come back to it as an album.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 29 September 2005 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link

four years pass...

i'm ready for a new album from this fella.

― djh, Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link

Is he releasing one!?

This guy is nothing short of awesome, and frankly, the world needs a shot of Richard Davis in the arm.

I curse the fact I own nothing of his.

― EDB, Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link

Dunno. But there should be one ...

― djh, Monday, 14 December 2009 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link

Richard Davis is TERRIFIC, he has great hooks. It is too bad his name is so bland. He should change his name to Richard Davis Mellencamp so we can find his music online. Also, I can't find "Safety" anywhere, I wish it were on mp3.

― US EEL (u s steel), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link

Holger Zilske and Dave DK (feat. Richard Davis Mellencamp) - You Will Find Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=228i_0W95yE

― Monophonic Spree (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link

Also, I can't find "Safety" anywhere, I wish it were on mp3

emusic
beatport

― Monophonic Spree (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 14 December 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link

also on itunes

― just sayin, Monday, 14 December 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link

four months pass...

New record: http://www.wordandsound.de/article/64791

― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Am ready for a new album from him.

― djh, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/richard-davis-what-you-are/

― willem, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link

one year passes...

I swear this dude is the most underrated producer of all 00s house.

― EDB, Saturday, 28 July 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link

anything worth checking out apart from 'details'? that rec accompanied a breakup so i tend to avoid putting it on these days

― Crackle Box, Monday, 30 July 2012 11:26 (eleven years ago) link

his remix of "forgive & forget" is one of the best things he's done

http://soundcloud.com/kissyumi/repair-forgive-forget-richard

― groovemaaan, Monday, 30 July 2012 11:43 (eleven years ago) link

always loved that the BBC used to use a bit of of Further's Acid Relapse remix of 'In the Air' for their idents. MICROHOUSE MADE IT BIG BABY.

― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 30 July 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link

that remix is great although i'd never have guessed it was richard davis

― Crackle Box, Monday, 30 July 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link

xpost

― Crackle Box, Monday, 30 July 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

Aaargh. Can't find my copy of Details. Must tidy CDs.

― djh, Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

What happened to this guy?

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 13 April 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link

He's been putting out a small number of EP's over the years on various labels and provided vocals for other people's tracks (seems like a pretty regular collaborator for Swayzak). Would love another full length, though I've never heard Safety despite (still) playing the hell out of Details so I should probably get to that first.

― willem, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link

always wonder what happens to these guys - as far as i can tell he wasn't a young buck 10 years ago - so did he just go back to an office job?

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 07:30 (nine years ago) link

two years pass...

Well, microhouse this isn't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG4sXFJiio
https://acleancut.bandcamp.com/album/richard-davis-safety-net-ep

― willem, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link

that's a good song!

― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link

yeah seems he's fully embraced his DM fandom by now

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link

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