Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka | XLR8R

Nice to hear the Midland & Pariah track (fave of the year so far), as featured on the West Norwood Cassette Library mix I’ve caned heavily on this blog….yup, a few months on,  still going through heavy rotation over here. ANNNNNyways:

“As for the duo’s mix, it finds Benjamin Damage and Doc Daneeka skating along the nebulous territory where so-called “bass music” intersects with classic techno and house sensibilities. Much like the pair’s own productions, their selections here are often the sort of tunes that breathe new life, not to mention unique rhythms, into the standard techno template. It’s a compelling listen, and something that provides an interesting preview of where many bass-music refugees might be heading in the not-so-distant future.”

01 John Talabot “So Will Be Now” (Permanent Vacation)
02 DBX “Beat Phreak” (Accelerate)
03 Hayden Andre Project “Broken Chains” (Strobe)
04 Joy O “Wade In” (Hotflush)
05 Untold “Little Things Like That” (Clone)
06 Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka “No One” (50 Weapons)
07 Presk & Cinnaman “Sweat (Doc Daneeka Remix)” (Audio Culture)
08 Armando “Downfall” (Trax)
09 Sepalcure “Breezin” (Hotflush)
10 Ken Ishii “Extra” (R&S)
11 Midland & Pariah “Untitled”
12 Doc Daneeka “Tobyjug (Lando Kal Remix)” (Ten Thousand Yen)
13 Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka “Deaf Siren” (50 Weapons)
14 Cosmin TRG “De Dans” (50 Weapons)
15 Dexter “Juno Fest” (Rush Hour)

 FACT mix 306: West Norwood Cassette Library

Been bumping this nonstop for the last month:

The South London resident has been recording music since the mid-‘90s, under various guises, but it’s in the last two years that he’s really come into his own, releasing some of the most distinctive UK house music around; warm and rough (by West Norwood’s own admission, barely any of the equipment in his studio works properly at this point), and constantly looking to the skip of mid-’90s garage and the bounce of classic hip-hop for inspiration.

His FACT mix is in a similar vein to West Norwood’s productions: groove is everything here, with not one track slowing down the overall flow, and it’s recorded off vinyl and acetate (yes, he still cuts dubplates) with a healthy touch of looseness to it. Unreleased material from West Norwood’s own label features, as well as forthcoming cuts by Blawan, Midland, Pariah, Brackles and more.

It really picks up around 11 minutes in and rallies for a good 25 minutes. A joy to listen to.

“good stuff. i like the mixing too, feels like a person behind the DECKS.”

-Via the comments thread

tumblklaat:

Surgeon Live at Freerotation - Wales, UK - 07.22.11

TRACKLIST:

Chon Joltrane - Psalm
Om Unit - Prawn Cocktail
Instra:mental - Pyramid
N/A - Dead Letter Drop #1 [Letter - 001]
Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (Olof Dreijer Remix)
Skudge - Overture (Substance Remix)
Coil - The Snow
Instra:mental - Vicodin (Skudge Warehouse Mix)
Coil - The Snow (Jack Dangers Remix)
Brother From Another Planet - Planet Earth
Mace - Headstrong (John Selway Remix)
Rob Glennon - Modunation
Marcel Fengler - Thwack (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)
DJ Pierre - What Iz House Muzik
Robert Hood - Acrylic
Russ Gabriel - El Juan
Sbjekt - Objekt Tool
Cub - CU1
Swarm Intelligence - Fighting Talk VIP
Aphex Twin - Phloam
Ozka - Phantomz (Aubrey Remix)
Steve Poindexter - Computer Madness
RSD - Sugar Plumb Instrumental
The Martian - Search You Feelings
R-A-G - Rage
Emptyset - All Together Lost (Ben Klock’s Glowing Clap Mix)
K Alexi - Drug Test
Boris Noiz - Inceptive Point
Lone - Explorers
Kraftwerk - Tour De France (Version)
Ruskin & Broom - Mas
Thomas Bangalter - What To Do

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Early Years Tribute: Deep Deep House Mix by Louis Guilliaume

TRACKLIST:

1 First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
2 T Connection - Do What You Wanna Do
3 Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone
4 Trackheadz - Our Music (Original Mix)
5 First Choice - Love Thang
6 The Originals - Down To Love Town
7 Double Exposure - My Love Is Free
8 Love Committee - Just As Long As I Got You
9 Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down
10 Bumblebee Unlimited - Love Bug
11 Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound Remix
12 Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want
13 Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream
14 Heatwave - Boogie Nights Intro
15 Peter Brown - Do You Want To Get Funky With Me
16 Gino Soccio - Try It Out

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Deep disco history lesson with a few decent (and some awkward) blends, via the always-dependable tumblklaat. Fantastic day off listening.

You might know by now how much we (unapologetically) love our house over here. 

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Graeme Park - Fascinating Rhythms Vol. 02

Welcome to Volume Two of my Fascinating Rhythms series of mixes celebrating my 25 years behind the decks. This one contains nothing but late 1980’s House music from Chicago, Detroit, New York and the UK too. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed mixing it.

TRACKLIST:

Raze - Jack The Groove (Champion)
Lenny D & Tommy Musto - Everything Bamboo (Magnetic)
Fast Eddie  - Acid Thunder (Dj International)
This Ain’t Chicago - Ride The Rhythm (Acid Not Placid) (Club)
2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman & A Dominican  - Do It Properly (Cooltempo)
Reese & Santonio  - Bounce Your Body To The Box (KMS)
R Tyme - R Theme (Transmat)
Ralphi Rosario - I Want You (Hotmix 5)
Chip E - If You Only Knew (Dj International)
KC Flightt - Let’s Get Jazzy (Dope Mix) (RCA)
Swan Lake - In The Name Of Love (Idlers)
Liz Torres - What You Make Me Feel (Underground)
On The House - Ride The Rhythm (Trax)

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Mix of the month: DJ MikeQ | XLR8R

Fierce, ultraminimal and hypnotic jack/bounce:

“…one of the leading figures of the East Coast’s long-running (but still largely underground) ballroom/vogue-house scene. Based in New Jersey, the 25-year-old producer is not only one of the most in-demand ballroom DJs, but he also heads up his own Qween Beat label and turns out a steady stream of vogue and ballroom tracks, re-edits, and remixes. We’ll be taking a much larger look at ballroom in the next issue of the magazine, but in the meantime, we’ve enlisted DJ MikeQ to assemble this exclusive mix and introduce himself (and by extension, the ballroom scene) to the XLR8R faithful. It’s an exciting listen; prepare yourself for lots of fierce/fabulous divas, blown-out snares, gritty sounds, and a seemingly incalculable number of tunes built upon a tiny loop from Masters at Work’s classic “The Ha Dance.”

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John Roberts - Glass Eights //2010 / Dial Records//Deep House, Minimal

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Organic and melodic house, reminiscent of recent releases Splazsh and Cosmogramma; it actually shares with the latest Flying Lotus album conspicuous jazz aesthetics.

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velveteenrabbit:

Pump Up The Volume - Part 1 - The History Of House Music

omfg, so so so good.

omfg.

Yes it is.

Posted this a few weeks ago, but this bears reposting.

Really worth watching, all three parts.

Also: went through the archives, and putting this mix back up:

 Chrissy Murderbots presents My Year Of Mixtapes Week 38: Chicago House «« Meatskull..

“The stories about this genre have been told a bajillion times, so go google them if you want the in-depth version.

The short version is this: there was a guy from New York named Frankie Knuckles who moved to Chicago in ’77 to play at a new discotheque called the Warehouse. He played lots of very odd, deep, drum-oriented disco, which soon became the dominant sound of early-’80s black Chicago (and spawned a lot of other, even weirder DJs—most famously Ron Hardy, who played at the Music Box). By 1981, Chicagoans were referring to the Philly Disco, Italo, Quebecois disco, and new wave records heard at the Warehouse not as “disco”, but as “House Music”. By 1985 you have a bunch of local Chicago kids attempting to MAKE this type of stuff on their own, with loads of crummy equipment culled from thrift stores (equipment which, in the intervening 25 years, has become incredibly valuable due to its house music cachet).

By 1986, this local Chicago music has blown up and gone worldwide, conquering New York’s club scene, hitting #1 on the UK pop charts, and directly inspiring Detroit techno (and every other dance music genre since).
25 years later, Chicago House still sounds different than house music from the rest of the world. It often has a rawer, less polished quality than, say, French house, or NY house. Also, Chicago house tends to vacillate between VERY traditional, R&B-inspired vocal tunes and VERY weird, psychedelic, oddness in a way that most other genres (including other sub-genres of house) don’t.

But enough of my rambling. Here are my faves from the early years of Chicago house.” –Chrissy Murderbots

Jamie Principle – Waiting On My Angel (A Frankie Knuckles Production) (Persona Records, 1985)
Adonis & The Endless Pokers – The Poke (D.J. International Records, 1986)
J.M. Silk – I Can’t Turn Around (Chrissy Murderbot Re-Edit) (RCA Victor, 1986)
Mr. Fingers – Washing Machine (Trax Records, 1986)
The House Master Boyz & The Rude Boy Of House – House Nation (Dance Mania, 1986)
Mr. Lee – I Can’t Forget (Dub) (Trax Records, 1987)
Marshall Jefferson – The House Music Anthem (House Your Body) (Chrissy Murderbot Re-Edit) (Trax Records, 1986)
Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge – It’s All Right (House Mix) (D.J. International Records, 1987)
Joe R. Lewis – Love Of My Own (Target Records, 1987)
Robert Owens & Fingers, Inc. – Bring Down The Walls (Trax Records, 1986)
Steve Poindexter – Computer Madness (Muzique Records, 1989)
Project Democracy feat. China – Is This Dream For Real (Under Dog, 1987)
Vicky Martin – Not Gonna Do It (Mike Dunn Dub) (Movin’ Records, 1988)
Pierre’s Pfantasy Club – Got The Bug (Club Mix) (Trax Records, 1987)
Phortune – Jiggerwatts (Hot Mix 5, 1988)
2 Houss People – Feel The Rhythm (Acid Mix) (Neco Records, 1988)
Sleezy D. – I’ve Lost Control (Space Mix) (Trax Records, 1986)
Jackmaster Curt – Real Fresh House (House Mix) (Jiszack Master Records, 1987)
Armando – 100% Of Dissin’ You (Warehouse Records, 1988)
Maurice – This Is Acid (Les Adams Remix) (Vendetta Records, 1988)
Cool McCool – World Turns Around (Hot Mix 5, 1988)
Phuture – Slam! (Trax Records, 1988)
Tyree – Let The Music Take Control (D.J. International Records, 1989)
Ralphi Rosario vs. Richie Rich – You Used To Salsa (The Remix of Salsa House) (FFRR, 1989)
Frankie Knuckles Presents Satoshi Tomiie feat. Robert Owens – Tears (Classic Vocal) (FFRR, 1989)
Pleasure Zone – Fantasy (Trax Records, 1988)
Jack Frost – Clap Me (Trax Records, 1988)
Ce Ce Rogers – Someday (Club Mix) (Atlantic, 1987)

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