Marc Mac of 4hero with some sublime techno:
https://nu-era.bandcamp.com/album/geometricks-ep
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
Is 1080p finished as a label? Looks like they haven't released anything this year.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 July 2017 07:09 (six years ago) link
flopson - excellent choice
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 20 July 2017 07:33 (six years ago) link
probably. from what i heard the guy who ran 1080p got into some personal trouble and i'd be surprised if it picks back up again.
xpost
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
"personal trouble" = yeah i heard he's a scumbag
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
pretty much. but the story passed through a lot of ears before it got to me so..
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
No way, that's a real shame.
I'm listening to this survey Spotify mix from the label - https://open.spotify.com/user/1080pcollection/playlist/4qAgghzz4x2KeNFQ5UJyfC - I was sort of following their stuff at a distance, but really, it's an amazing label imo! I guess great labels can do a good job of capturing a sound and scene, and it seems like this really does it for the stoner retro-house scene in Vancouver, the graphic design is actually a big part of that too - sorta template Tumblr aesthetics...
Also surprised at the jungle-style beats on some of these releases, I know some showed up on ILM threads, but there's quite a vibe around ambient early d'n'b and jungle that is really a sweet spot.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
i liked some of the stuff on the label, feel like pacific rhythm has a p similar aesthetic if you like the vancouver thing. i'm sorta prejudiced against the scene in general for really petty reasons and never go to to any nights here.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
Well, a big part of it is about an imaginary anyway. Actually being around it, participating directly would be something else.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
Ok, cross-posting this track from the fake jungle thread then:https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/premiere-loft-i-am-bouyant
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 July 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
ya it was a great lil label, especially the last coupla years; rip
i'm sorta prejudiced against the scene in general for really petty reasons and never go to to any nights here.
what petty reasons?? when i was in vancouvar a friend brought me to his studio in Deep Blue and later to a Pacific Rhythms party, i felt a frosty vibe from the ppl he introduced me too (tho I've heard that's just what ppl are like there) esp the kids at the studio all had that preppy normcore look which was kinda off-putting
― flopson, Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
A lot of people in Van are stuck in their own bubble and seem pretty unapproachable. There's good people of course, but I would hesitate to call it a friendly city
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
im moving there in 3 weeks forever :'(
― flopson, Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
my petty reasons are that I've met some people who are sort of that scene-adjacent and while these people were nice enough the vibe is definitely art-school normcore middle-class hipster, used to be in an indie band, or in a noise group, and then discovered dance music a few years ago sort of thing. vancouver nights are definitely frosty too. now i should probably just get the stick out my ass and go and try and have a good time but i think I've perhaps overly-romanticized the (imo fantastic) dance music culture of where I'm from - glasgow - and that's getting in my way of just embracing what's around me now and i am dumb
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
tl;dr - vancouver dance music isn't real enough for the authenticity boy
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 20 July 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
heh ironically the one guy who was real friendly to me that night was moving to glasgow
― flopson, Thursday, 20 July 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
my go-to approach is to find a part of the room where people are dancing, don't pay attention to what people who aren't dancing are doing, and talk to no one
― mh, Thursday, 20 July 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
^^^^ FYI that works in every city
― Tim F, Friday, 21 July 2017 08:06 (six years ago) link
bendy bobbins in little wye valley from Steevio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ritn_tZ0iM
― saer, Friday, 21 July 2017 10:57 (six years ago) link
on a Geordie label, how about that?
― saer, Friday, 21 July 2017 11:00 (six years ago) link
TIP! ;)
― MikoMcha, Friday, 21 July 2017 13:21 (six years ago) link
mh - that's right!
flopson, will say I saw Nite Jewel recently and everyone was dancing, so it's not always the case :-)
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
tbh I can't just instantly go from zero to dancing, usually involves kind of working my way into it and/or having a couple drinks, so if the crowd sucks and the drink service sucks the occasional misfire happens
― mh, Friday, 21 July 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
i show up at shows mashed most of the time to avoid misfires ha
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
Steevio was part of the Newcastle scene in 80s/90s.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
He was!
from wye aye man to wye valley sorry everyone
― saer, Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Jim, I think your post has a lot of truth re: the music scene here. However, I think Vancouver perhaps doesn't have as much of a history of music in that sense that the UK does, so it's baby steps.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 22 July 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
oh this is a little shameless with the sampling but its very nice! one for the vibey canalside summer afternoons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psF0iz8fHps
― saer, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 13:46 (one month ago) Permalink
the sample in the Aquaphresca record is from Sun Ra's Door of the Cosmos. It was pretty obvious it was Sun Ra but didn't know which record til now
― saer, Saturday, 22 July 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
el maestro FDG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77n528rEeWw
first two tracks here are both great, whatever they are. less so the third
― saer, Sunday, 23 July 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
Sorry wrong thread, but then what is the right thread? Its a thorny issue alright
― saer, Sunday, 23 July 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67WGrsWmiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z78kx7enFg
Check out Solid Blake's EP on new Glasgow label Outer Zone if you're in the mood for some electro
― paolo, Sunday, 23 July 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
this is a good thread!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 July 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
new Broken English Club LP on LIES goes hardhttps://soundcloud.com/l-i-e-s/broken-english-club-the-english-beach-lp-clips-lies-094
― davey, Monday, 24 July 2017 07:50 (six years ago) link
I'm iffy about Vancouver house for *extremely* petty reasons: I was once painfully rejected by someone that's friends with the Mood Hut guys and introduced me to them before they went big. I also think a lot of that music is pretty overrated, perhaps because it's received a lot of nepotistic hype via Andrew Ryce at Resident Advisor, who tends to consistently give glowing reviews to what I think are quite average records from people from Vancouver/his friends/whoever. Maybe I'm being paranoid (I don't think it's deliberate aggrandizement but it has a touch of conflict of interest) but I've gotten to the point where I just pass over his reviews of Mood Hut/Pacific Rhythm/etc records.
I miss posting here but I so rarely buy records from the present year that aren't already covered on places like RA. The only things I've got worth mentioning are Sven Weisemann - Separate Paths (https://svenweisemann.bandcamp.com/album/separate-paths-ep), a solid EP on Delsin which sounds exactly what a solid EP on Delsin would sound like, and Niro - It Takes Two (https://soundcloud.com/padsdiscs/sets/niro-it-takes-two-pads002), a kind of fun ep of quirky house.
― ed.b, Monday, 24 July 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
i stopped reading RA or any music crit other than writers that also post here before the vancouver thing got rolling. i didn't know RA hyped them up, i still associate RA with minimal, techno, deep house, and whatever english people are making now, post-bass music maybe. if anything i would've guessed RA was skeptical of vancouver and their ilk
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 24 July 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
huh, I’ve disagreed with a few of AR’s write-ups but maybe never paid enough attention to Vancouver stuff to notice a bias. I’ve almost said hi after spotting him on several different occasions at shows on the east coast. got the impression he travels a lot
― mh, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
on a semi-related note, I’m disappointed that Vice is closing down thump. It was a really mixed bag but there were a handful of things I really appreciated
― mh, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
I read about the Skytrain in Vancouver last year! I don't get much further west than Colwyn Bay that often though here is a record by Petre Vali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfWKEfq2f80
― saer, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:31 (six years ago) link
and its pretty obvious who this is though I have never seen him on Arriva North Wales where there are many suspicious passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKxe42qXec
― saer, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:33 (six years ago) link
Looks like they are still playing 4-4-2 in Frankfurt and who can blame them. Meat pies on speed dial and still cheeky rabonas for the crowd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXp_KVr9NE
― saer, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Looks like they are still playing 4-4-2 in Frankfurt and who can blame them.
This thread is worth it for your deadpan descriptions alone :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
howling at this
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
I know f all about "vancouver house" (never exactly been a dance music guy i guess) but shit I've lived in the van my whole life and I get a kick out of the fact that that scene exists because there really isn't much of a musical legacy here, or many big current artists either :(
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 27 July 2017 02:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw9dRbgfWfY
one of my current faves
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
* better link sans intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWpWJ4daZkQ
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
Here is the Voyant record in full now! solidarity with the serene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rY6k7HdbO0
― saer, Thursday, 27 July 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
I know almost nothing about beach football but these Bologna boys seem to have it cracked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFDx53ezqHM
― saer, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
for locals, its says. but I'm sure they wont mind!
― saer, Saturday, 29 July 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
bassa clan are dope
― the late great, Saturday, 29 July 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
i like it, very new york latin house
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 29 July 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link