Pull Up A Chair
So what are you all listening to lately?
This isn’t a lame ploy for a big pile of comments, but since there are a certain few readers here I thought I’d ask, and learn something in the process, or maybe get some recommendations instead of ranting away with my own! Feel free to include any kind of music, or just techno, whichever you want. Also if you’re a lurker you can use this post to introduce yourself.
Books you’re reading is interesting too, even if it’s a little off topic.
antonio_pt wrote:
hey ronan,
times are good for house and techno. 2008 is shaping up to be a great year for quality deep electronic music, but i’m sure this will be just a phase… on the other side of the spectrum, you have the harsh & noisy nu-rave stuff which just isn’t my thing, but it’s quite popular around here (porto/portugal). i wonder what the next bandwagon will be next year. oh well.
been playing:
oracy - rewound (mojuba 12″)
most mojuba stuff tends to be quite formulaic (specially the sven weisemann solo stuff, which is good, but kinda worn out imo). oracy on the other hand, whenever he releases a record, it just amazes me how he manages to pull it off so differently. this one is sounding like a darker version of the stuff on sistrum. very very good.
kawabata - persuasion (serafin remix) (drumpoet promo)
serafin applies the mountain people treatment to the upcoming lexx 12″ on drumpoet. a very simple, deep, repetitive and effective tool that’s pushing all my buttons. sounds amazing in a club system!
xdb - espac (sistrum 12″)
this was a big surprise for me. here i was thinking the guy was just one of the current million basic channel clones and then he puts out this. like old juan atkins meets the current house sound of sistrum/aesthetic audio. very very special and truly beautiful house music that makes you want to close your eyes and drift away.
johnny d - orbitalife (oslo promo)
producer du jour puts out another gem of a dancefloor record. that a-side, it grows and grows and grows and then that soulful vocal of his kicks in and you just want to grab the hand of the person dancing next to you and start jumping around
still feeling his ‘deja vu’ track a lot too. let’s see how he manages to surprise us this year.
mix-wise, here’s one it’s been on constant play around here:
• tobias. • play my tape • podcast •
“I did this mix to keep remembering a very special time in the year 2003. Each song fits in a mysterious way to the steps i went through.”
Tracklist:
Quarks — Engel
Miharu Koshi - Souvenir de Chopin
Plaid - Ralome
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out In The Country
Takagi Masakatsu - Trinidad Bird
Miharu Koshi - Bell of the Ball
World Standard - 900 Miles From Home
Underworld - A Hundred Days Off
Caetano Veloso - Cucurrucucu Paloma
Gregor Zentrich - Bonjour Tristesse
Takagi Masakatsu - Pia
Aphex Twin - Flim
World Standard - Cowboys Don’t Cry
Agf - Rakastaja
Akagi Masakatsu - Ice Shadow
Swing Slow - Time Scan 2
Aphex Twin - Hy a Scullyas Lyf a Dhagrow
Swing Slow - I’m Leaving It All Up To You
http://archive.playmytape.net/p/33/Tobias%20Freund%20-%20PMT33%20Farwell%20Mix.mp3
check it for some rather excellent low-slung electronica and that tearjerker of a track that is ‘Cucurrucucu Paloma’.
cheers
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 4:03 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
Wow some great looking stuff there! Thanks Antonio!
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 4:05 pm ¶
Cahony wrote:
The past few weeks have been insanely hectic for me at work so I haven’t had the time required to listen to or read about any new music in comfort. I’d usually find/buy new music via a computer so when you work with one all week and are busy you need to stay away from them during limited spare time! One of the unforeseen drawbacks of becoming reliant on a computer as weapon of choice when it comes to musical discovery and purchase I guess.
Recently finished reading “Stumbling On Happiness” by Daniel Gilbert. I really enjoyed this. The title sounds like something to avoid but it’s not self help at all. It’s a cognitive science based look at why humans are so poor at estimating what will make them happy in the future and why our memories are so flimsy when it comes to recalling personal experience or how we felt at a certain time in the past. It’s very insightful and exposes many of the counter-intuitive/productive ways the mind can work.
Currently reading R.F. Foster’s first volume of a biography of W.B. Yeats “A Life: The Apprentice Mage”. It can be quite heavy going at times but the level of detail is stunning if you’re prepared to stick with it. Foster is a historian by trade and needless to say Yeats lived in (and was at the centre of) probably the most interesting political and literary developments in modern Irish history. His biography thus reads like an extremely rich eyewitness account of such a fascinating time in Irish history.
There’s light at the end of the tunnel work wise so I’m really looking forward to getting a chance to catch up on all this good music I’ve missed recently.
Ronan, did I see you’re name on a bill for Kennedy’s some night soon?
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 5:06 pm ¶
tom/pipecock wrote:
here’s what was on my ipod earlier:
Gregory Issacs “Number 1″
Jeru the Damaja “Come Clean”
Jose Gonzalez “Down the Line”
Smif N Wessun “Sound Boy Bureill”
Stevie Wonder “As”
Timmy Thomas “Why Can’t We Live Together”
Tony Allen “Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)”
Aaron Neville “Tell It Like It Is”
The Art of Noise “Moments In Love”
Crooklyn Dodgers “Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers”
Donovan “Season of the Witch”
no time for books during school (unless you find “Analog Filter Design” and “Digital Communication Systems” interesting) but i watched “Escape from New York” last night which is fucking techno as well.
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 5:12 pm ¶
Joe wrote:
i’ve been very much enjoying the prosumer & murat tepeli album, as well as portable’s “Powers Of Ten” from last year. in non-techno, BSP’s amazing new CD and a bit of Sunny Day Real Estate too…and The Clientele.
Reading: WS Maugham’s “The Moon and Sixpence”
and otherwise still enjoying the novelty of being in London, and wondering whether I really have enough money to start buying more records…
antonio - thank you for the link to that mix! his podcast for RA recently is also worth a listen, and the nsi. album hasn’t left my ears for longer than a week since i heard it first. great stuff.
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 5:36 pm ¶
antonio_pt wrote:
tom: lovely music! i included that jeru the damaja beat in my first and only ableton mix i did a year or so ago. excuse the self promotion
http://www.mamilo.org/mp3/mamilo5_09.07.07.pt1.antonio.192.mp3
01. alice coltrane - a love supreme
02. innerzone orchestra - at les
03. steve reich - eight lines (howie b remix)
04. ella fitzgerald & louis armstrong - summertime
05. yesterday’s new quintet - sunrays
06. asha puthli - right down here
07. gill scott heron - angel dust
08. jeru the damaja - come clean beat
09. bill withers - harlem
10. rhyhtm makers - zone
11. kraftwerk - computer world
12. spacetime continuum - search around
13. luke vibert - i love acid
14. quadrant - dub i
15. carl craig - sitting under a tree
16. sergio mendes & brasil 66 - slow hot wind
joe: loved his RA mix too! took balls to break the RA rules but it really separated him from the boys
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 7:07 pm ¶
John Rutter wrote:
This track…
http://www.theskypatrol.com/music/the_sky_patrol_-_the_illusive_big_flower_and_grass_final.mp3
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 7:34 pm ¶
Sotek wrote:
Today’s playlist:
Redshape - Dog Day
2000 And One - Remote Control
Sweet D - Thank Ya
Beirut - A Sunday Smile
The Cure - Lullaby (Junior Mix)
The Field - Night
Spectral Network - Part 3
Parallel 9 - Dominus
Kate Bush - Nocturn
Panda Bear - Bros
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 9:19 pm ¶
seamus wrote:
@ Sotek - Thank Ya - great track! Haven’t heard that mix of Lullaby either, will look into it as I love the original
Last few things I was listening to were the Studio album, Scion arrange & process Basic Channel, Agoria - Cute & Cult, the Tobias Freund RA podcast, the EFDEMIN album, Sten - Lash Out, Steve Hurley - Jack your body, HMC - Scifonic.
I don’t tend to read much for pleasure, but got a box set of the James Bond books for Christmas and am working my way through (currently nearing the end of Goldfinger).
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 9:44 pm ¶
neil m wrote:
1. anything by gabriel ananda
2. the house of love- 80’s guitar band
3. nico purman- resurgir
4. lloyd cole
5. donnacha costello
6. psytrance
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 9:50 pm ¶
John Rutter wrote:
^^Panda Bear - Bros.
Yes! Person Pitch is one of my favorite albums of all time. Certainly my fave of 2007. It’s simply superb work.
Posted 07 Feb 2008 at 11:40 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
Great to see some new names posting, and new recommendations of stuff here.
I really like that Studio record btw Seamas.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 12:12 am ¶
Julz wrote:
My techno-house anthems of the moment:
Diynamic : 4 seasons ep (Diynamic)
Sten : Squares (Dial)
Andreas Heiszenberger : Perfect Moment (Efdemin rmx - Brut)
Dettmann & Klock : Dawning revisited (Ostgut Ton)
Jost & Klemann : Detroit (Dial)
Steinhoff & Hammouda : Tonight will be fine (Smallville)
Rose : Macadame Shamanbo (Liebe Detail)
Discovered this week:
Affairika http://www.myspace.com/affairika
(my favorite is Spellbound)
How about some old funky soul gems?
MFSB : Love is the message (Danny Krivit edit)
Dennis Coffey : A sweet taste of sin
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:32 am ¶
James wrote:
Arp - In Light
Bangkok Impact - We Still Kill the Old Way
Einmusik - 69
Detroit Escalator Company - Soundtrack 313
DBX’s Ghetto Traxx
Black Devil Disco Club - In Dub
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:37 am ¶
James wrote:
Arp - In Light
Bangkok Impact - We Still Kill the Old Way
Einmusik - 69
Detroit Escalator Company - Soundtrack 313
DBX’s Ghetto Traxx
Black Devil Disco Club - In Dub
. . . and still trying to finish Denis Johnson’s ‘Tree of Smoke’, which is jaw-dropping but super-dense (both in terms of content & 600+ pages)
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:41 am ¶
todd wrote:
i’m enjoying the junior boys’ body language compilation, the serenity cd, till von sein-berno(mark august remix), mathew jonson’s stop ep, and bob sinclair. the only books i’ve read lately are on hiaf’s comments.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:43 am ¶
tomo wrote:
common - ressurrection
led zep 1
idjut boys - saturday night live vol 1
last king of scotland soundtrack
my own mix , will post it up soon, theres fuck ups so i have to do it again
luke solomon podcasts
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 7:34 am ¶
loopus wrote:
damian schwartz-quimica afluencia
basti grub-trude traaatscht (diggin this one a lot)
skat-concrete jungle
nagano kitchen-no traffic in nagano
baaz-granular senses
robert dietz-the education of mischief
kolijah-coffe pappa
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 8:09 am ¶
loopus wrote:
also this one
raz ohara and the odd orchestra
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 8:15 am ¶
Joe wrote:
oh damn i forgot bob sinclair too.
tv: torchwood. yes.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 11:47 am ¶
Daragh wrote:
I also recommend the Panda Bear album, certainly stood out sonicaly last year. I’ve been listening to Andorra by Caribou a hell of a lot lately, in a similar vein. I want to listen to the Prosumer and Pronsato albums but am too skint to buy copies yet. The Joris Voorn RA podcast was a recent re-discovery, and the Claro Intellecto one is quality too.
Odd machine - we brought our friends has seen some late night airplay from me as well - probably not to a lot of people’s tastes. I’ve mentioned the Boxcutter album before (glyphic) -tremendous. I finally got around to listening to This Bliss by Pantha du Prince recently too.
The new Death is nothing to fear EP on spectral is waiting at the post office for me to collect at lunchtime.
Still need more music though…!
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 11:48 am ¶
clom wrote:
my sister bought me the steve reich “phases” box set for christmas and it’s been on rotation at home since.
the third CD with New York Counterpoint and electric counterpoint is a highpoint.
i’ve also been mildly obsessed with Donnacha Costello’s Colourseries compilation.
enjoying the mix from the minimise website too.
i’ve actually only got back into listening to and buying techno after a hiatus of a few years- this blog and those of the people commenting have really contributed to that- it’s great to read conflicting opinions, robustly argued without the usual blogtacular sulking.
I bought the SL break “trombone” 12″ after it was recommended here and have become fascinated with it. It’s very moreish- one of those tunes you can listen to again and again and again.
Robert Wyatt’s Comicopera from last year is getting pretty heavy rotation on my long commute, it’s charming as is the Yeasayer album (all hour cymbals) which is surprising as I’m not normally a fan of these indie-bands-du-jour. It’s got real affection for the afrobeat it’s influenced by without robbing from it wholesale. The album is slightly too long but the first half hour is lovely.
My pal Drew records under the name Wounded Knee and I’d suggest him for anyone who enjoyed Person Pitch. He does looped vocals and tones using a very simple setup. His sound seems to change every few months with new elements being added or stripped back from the setup. He’s got lots of his back catalogue available for free download on www.myspace.com/iamwoundedknee and www.shazzblat.com
unfortunately his “ghost tape 1″ thing doesn’t seem to be there- it’s a 15 minute improvisation using only voice and delay. ghostly technoey echoey wonderfulness. I’ll see if he can put it back up or if I could post a link because it’s fantastic.
Books:
Just devoured “Brilliant Orange: the neurotic genius of Dutch Football” by David Winner which is one of the best football books I’ve ever read. Compulsive, quirky and very readable- he looks at dutch culture, art, architecture and politics to explain the factors which characterise the Dutch “system”. Can’t praise it highly enough, it’s about so much more than kicking a football.
For a bit of fun I read Clemmie by John D MacDonald which is the story of obsession in 50’s america. It’s all shagging and bourbon and hot women and broken hearts.
whoops. long comment!
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 12:42 pm ¶
will wrote:
i went crate digging at my local second hand record store and tracked down some cool oldish deep houseish records, i’m really into the modern european deep house and modern techno stuff but these are the 3 records i picked up for $10 australian:
P.L.C. - The Jazz-Funk EP (on JBO, from 1994)
The GU Allstars ( On Glasgow Underground has some cool Idjut boys tunes)
and this other one that i can’t remember the name right now by some no name on some no name label that is actually super cool.
and i’m reading The Memory Room by Christopher Koch, an excellent novel by an excellent Australian author.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 1:11 pm ¶
pablo wrote:
ive been super busy lately, and no turntables in the house at the moment, so ive pretty much only listened to stuff i have on the compooper and stuff ive been involved in personally:
ed davenport/szenario’s debut live set at im fruehtau here in berlin (i will add a link if ed says its ok)
and ed’s upcoming release on gumption which is massive and a great combination of house and minimal production
the unreleased war vs. sleep tracks just put up (www.myspace.com/warversussleep)
burial “untrue” (great for any mood)
old a minor forest albums
dub kult “stop the world/bells of death” arcola number 001 i think. it nevers stops being amazing and insane no matter how much techno changes.
the upcoming death is nothing to fear ep from spectral. young producers doing terrifying things.
pablo/beaner
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 1:17 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
Loopus said “kolijah-coffe pappa”
this is the Detroit thing that’s just come out? Really like the sound of it on Decks.de
@James: “still trying to finish Denis Johnson’s ‘Tree of Smoke’, which is jaw-dropping but super-dense (both in terms of content & 600+ pages”
I got this for my brother in law at Christmas, I really want it but I have a big queue of books to get through. Looks great tho.
@Julz: “MFSB : Love is the message (Danny Krivit edit)”
This is on the old Eskimo compilation I think? The blue one, mixed by the Glimmer Twins. One of the best house/disco mixes I’ve ever heard.
“Ronan, did I see you’re name on a bill for Kennedy’s some night soon?”
Hey Paul, yep, Saturday the 16th. I owe you a mail btw!
“I want to listen to the Prosumer and Pronsato albums but am too skint to buy copies yet.”
@Darragh: Is the Pronsato out yet?
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 1:30 pm ¶
Daragh wrote:
Pretty sure it is, this seems to confirm it:
http://www.undosounds.com/
Regarding Death Is Nothing to Fear part 3: the Sami Koivikko and 2AM/4AM tracks rock it, the other two less so.
Also, I’m reading Michael Palin’s diarys from the python years, which is actually pretty interesting and quite funny.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 1:34 pm ¶
Richard Carnage wrote:
Hey there Ronan,
That Jost & Klemann record that’s forthcoming on Dial is excellent. Haven’t heard it since I saw Sebo K drop it a couple of months back, but I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy.
Was round at my mates a couple of days ago and he showed me the Echospace mix of Shocking Pinks on DFA which is excellent - the introduction of live instrumentation gives a much needed new spin on their sound.
Also….
New Kadebostan 10″ on Fenou, the new Clone Classic Cuts 12″ sampler, Linkwood - RIP, and the Kelley Polar and Hercules & Love Affair LPs.
Not sure if you’ve checked it out, but I’ve commented on recent bits over at TAPE (www.tape-club.com) like Lee Jones’ forthcoming ‘Aria’, the Bjorn Torske LP and other bits.
Enjoy your time off, and good luck with the new job!
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:10 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
Look forward to that Dial, I thought I’d burnt out on Jost from 3 years back or so when I was really into that sort of stuff but that “Love” track from last year is actually an amazing record.
“Enjoy your time off and good luck with the new job”
Cheers Richard, maybe catch you guys in London at some stage!
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:20 pm ¶
tomo wrote:
been listening to this lots
larry levan - live at paradise garage
should still be able to get it from here
http://poundforpound.blogspot.com/2008/01/larry-levan-live-at-paradise-garage.html
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 2:30 pm ¶
marc wrote:
Hey Ronan,
Been playing a lot of the new Sascha Drive 12″, and that new Underground Anthems (Vol. 2), that Neo 12″. On my ipod right now is an old Cassy RA podcast.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 4:58 pm ¶
marc wrote:
I meant Kreon, don’t know what the hell Neo is
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 5:10 pm ¶
Linds wrote:
i am a fan of the technodecadancecake
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 6:58 pm ¶
Joe wrote:
“Robert Wyatt’s Comicopera from last year is getting pretty heavy rotation on my long commute”
i heartily recommend this too. he has a fantastic voice and knack for songs. “Just As You Are” in particular.
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 7:11 pm ¶
carson wrote:
hi ronan
great blog - really enjoyed your 2007 top tracks list - some real gems in there.
my 2008 listening is comprised as follows:
luciano’s cadenza comp
cocoon ibiza summer mix (freakshow)
pantha du prince (i know, i’m a bit late on this one)
fabric 38
donnacha costello’s colorseries
from antenna to antenna 1
… & i’m waiting for serenity & the sound of the 8th season to arrive in the post!
Posted 08 Feb 2008 at 8:39 pm ¶
bensen wrote:
i just can recommend the new one on philpot “jackmate-male kicks”
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 1:23 am ¶
mathieucote99@hotmai wrote:
hey folks, i’m from quebec city, canada. about to get out to see Adultnapper playing a small club, so yeah, in the meantime here’s what i’ve been listening to lately.
chaim & guy j - isreality (turbo) .:. I’ve been listening a lot to this new EP out on Tiga’s great label from Montreal. The twelve is very nice, a little more deeper than the usual Turbo stuff.
sébastien léger - goulden moulden (circle music) .:. I discovered Léger just recently and i’m pleasantly surprised. Makes me wanna dance
kollektiv turmstrasse - tristesse (connaisseur) .:. Been completely obsessed with this track since i heard it on Lee Burridge’s Balance 012 comp, beautiful yet so intense.
scsi-9 - another day acid (kompakt extra) .:. In my opinion, one of the best of the speicher series, deep..deep..deep. i love everything about this track and wish i could hear it in a decent club.
marcel janovsky - shopping (treibstoff) .:. You gotta love marcel
len faki - odyssee II (podium) .:. Spectacular track, the last 5 minutes are just insane techno!
gabriel ananda - ihre persönliche glücksmelodie (extended live mix) (karmarouge) .:. A little long (13:36) but really effective track, i found it on Karmarouge’s Ton sur Ton album (the first one).
sennh - warm frequencies (traum) .:. One of my favorite track of 2007, i just love the flow, texture and sounds of this one. The way it goes at 5:07 is subtle but so damn nice
kettel - little tongues (sending orbs) .:. Wicked chillout track from the My Dogan album.
fairmont - coloured in memory (border community) .:. Wow!
cheers!
mat
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 1:56 am ¶
michael wells wrote:
hey ronan, no introductions necessary but it would be rude not to…
10 tunes i’m currently loving:
1)aeroplane-pacific air race
2)invisible conga people-cable dazed
3)badly drawn boy-promises
(a mountain of one version)
4)ytre rymden dansskola-magadrag
5)nami shimada-sunshower
6)steinhoff-you are (props dude)
7)smith & mudd-shulme
8)tracey thorn-kings cross(hot chip mix)
9)sascha funke-mango
10)carl craig-future love theme.
not all shiny and new obv. but i don’t think that’s what you’re after.
books: dawkins & ‘perry bible fellowship…colonel sweeto’. both highly recommended!
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 9:11 am ¶
Hennessy wrote:
Some good posts there,currently im listening to,
Sounders department - Cosmopolitan
1) Black Mustang - Mad as hell
2) Alex Cortez - Himemes
3) Taho - Forest of wonder
4) Deetron - Isotope
5) A made up sound - Sleepwalk
6) Andy Stott - Massacre ep + fear of heights ep
7) UR - Hardlife
9) Kenny Larkin - Loop 2
10) Goth Trad - Cut end
Ben klock - dawnings revisited as mentioned above is unreal too.
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 3:44 pm ¶
Sotek wrote:
^ 3) Taho - Forest of wonder
Awesome EP!
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 8:35 pm ¶
barry wrote:
hennessy?whered you hear that black mustang track?????
the nick chacona release on internasjonal is tickling my disco fancy at the moment, as with the new full pupp too.
digging that made up sound track that was mentioned.
moondog/moondog 2 have been knocking around again on cd and its some of the most amazing music ive heard in a long long time.
got ahold of ashras ‘ new age of earth ‘ lately aswell thanks to some timely re-issues, amazing stuff.
denzel and huhn - passport and the efterklang album from last year too.and a bit of stars of the lid has to be had too.
Posted 10 Feb 2008 at 3:16 pm ¶
andrew wrote:
haven’t been to a club in forever so a little divorced from dance musc right now, and the 12″ production factory doesn’t seem to be anywhere near full steam yet. anyway.
listening to:
conrad schnitzler - rot, blau, gelb lps (the original colour series?)
red sparrow - late at night during park 12″ (weird breakbeat detroit house from lowtec… for home listening only… on out to lunch, workshop’s predecessor, the label that spawned marvin dash)
kerri chandler - atmosphere 12″ (happy they repressed this)
tyree cooper - da soul revival 12″ (… this too)
abacus - the relics ep (classic 1994 12″, sounds older than that tho — all old analogue gear, sounds like the more downtempo atmospheric end of mr fingers, without any of the jazz…)
king tubby meets soul syndicate - freedom sounds in dub lp (great — quite over the top/kitchen sink for tubby)
king tubby meets harry mudie volume 3 lp (love the harry mudie/tubby series — my favourite tubby, no doubt, definitely check em if you’ve never heard)
jim ford - harlan county lp (completely inappropriate for here i suppose, 1969 country/rock/boogie/soul — so so good tho, my most played of the week)
reading:
under the volcano.
Posted 10 Feb 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶
andrew wrote:
oh, the new alex cortex single is seriously good too.
Posted 10 Feb 2008 at 10:39 pm ¶
Kenny wrote:
These ones keep on ending up on the decks recently when messing about
Shed - Opulence
Raiders of the lost Arp - Beyond the Dark (UR rmxs)
Rob Rowland - Freestate 2 (picked up for a couple of quid in spin dizzy during the week.)
Currently reading The Third Policeman, by Flann O Brien. Excellent stuff
Posted 11 Feb 2008 at 1:27 am ¶
sombrerero wrote:
sound nice from samples..
yuro & trago - primary roots [rush hour]
koljah - coffee papa [vidab]
move d - quit quittin’ [uzuri]
jimpster - dangly panther [freerange]
mr g. - custom made [oproof]
Posted 11 Feb 2008 at 6:04 pm ¶
aNikdote wrote:
Alright, time to stop lurking…
Non-dance:
1. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
All seem to be on high rotation for various reasons; emotional connectivity, simple pleasures, depth, layers, escapism etc. Many other albums feature, but these are the regulars.
Dance:
1. Andy Stott & Claro Intelecto’s RA Podcast.
2. Modern Love back catalogue.
3. Substance & Vainquer - Resonance.
4. Substance & Vainquer - Immersion (Sleeparchive Remix).
Much like many others have been swept up in the dub vibe of late. The deeper sounds seem to mix nicely with my state of mind.
5. Par Grindvik - Do Us Part (Len Faki Remix).
One of those tracks that gave me shivers. Have been a recent convert to Faki through the Rainbow/Mekong Delta EP. Love the sense of widescreen beauty that he brings to his music.
6. Dave Aju - Be Like The Sun.
Such a slinky, cool as fuck late night vibe.
7. Anything by Noze & Dop.
No intellectual reason. Makes me dance.
8. Szenario - Pleaseasy (Raudive Remix).
Oliver Ho is pure quality.
I’m sure there’s more, however that will do for now.
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 8:15 am ¶
JacobW wrote:
Virtual Mismo - Mismo Plastico Serge Santiago mix.
It’s stadium-techno, but in the best possible way. Can’t stop listening to it.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 8:49 am ¶
Robbie wrote:
hi - enjoy your blog alot as it is extremely informative.
listening to:
Tobias Becker - Trallafitti
Pantha du Prince - this bliss
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Lots of Tom Waits
BPitch Contol - Camping Comps Vols 2+3
Reading - Love in the Time of Cholera (for the third time) in advance of seeing the movie at the festival. Just finished Canal Dreams by Iain Banks.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 5:25 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
Hey Robbie,
Thanks a lot. I must do more threads like this, it’s great to see new names posting and lots of good recommendations of stuff to listen to.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 5:26 pm ¶
kuri wrote:
I’m a little late to this post but here goes:
Itokim - Baby Moon EP (Fineart)
Raiders of the Lost Arp - Beyond the Dark remixes (Nature)
Marco Passarani - Nova (Pigna)
Nubian Mindz - Afrika Man (Delsin)
Mr. De’ - It Don’t Matter (Submerge)
Bart Skills & Anton Pieete - The Shining (100% Pure)
Niko Marks - West 8 Mile (Logos)
Westpark Unit - Bad Weeds Grow Tall (Future Classic)
Posted 19 Feb 2008 at 9:47 pm ¶
Björn Schaeffner wrote:
Hey Ronan
Some of the stuff I like to play these days…
The Rhadoo EP on Cadenza
Tampopo - Helicopters got Cameras (Tobias Mix) - Curle
Xtrak - Unreflect - Yore
Losoul - Westsidehorn - Playhouse
Kerri Chandler - Pong (Drum Mix) - Deeply Rooted House
The Workshop 4 EP
EQD - Equalized
The Mole - Baby you’re the one - Wagon Repair
And lately I’ve been (re)discovering…
The Persuader - What is the Time, Mr. Templar? - Svek.
A percussive evergreen from the hey-day of Svek label before Jesper Dahlbäck electrocuted his productions.
Gemini: Swimmin’ wit’ the Sharks (Classic)
I love this guy. Too bad he ended up so badly.
Fantastic groove, a total singalong thing.
Move D. meets Ro 70: Untitled A - Source
Ultradeep late 90s acidic minimalist techno.
A collaboration with Roman Flügel.
Cheers, Björn
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 8:48 pm ¶