party-defining tunes (old and new)
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The Sun God
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All the house DJs fell over themselves to get a copy of this when it first came out. Osunlade on the remix. I did see him perform a few times to soul/funk crowds and thought he would cross over to big things but never quite happened. Now DJing at the likes of Cova Santa, for those keen to hear more.
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soha
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That day at cova santa with r o'gorman sounds class
Love those vintage synth sounds.
It's astonishing how many classics have been made with such few instruments/samples, most adequately shown in here.
Other Korg M1 highlights:
In-Sane - Crazy (1996)
Tapesh & Dane S - Your Love (Dub Mix) (2013)
Aura Safari - Dreams Of Music (2021) -> love that BottleBell
Electronic music history is studded with Western world places & persons, but the most iconic sounds were conceived by a handful anonymous japanese engineers who weren't aware of the stir it was going to cause on the other end of the ocean.
True game changers
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Rush Hour has been reissuing Vincent Floyd records for some years now. Brilliant stuff.
This got released last month:
Bonus story:
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This got released last month:
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The Sun God
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A couple of months back, Sunshine Jones (Dubtribe) shared a few comments about the classic "Do It Now" 20 years on from its og release. IMHO one of the greatest records ever made. REAL Deep House Music at its most beautiful and communal. Just one reason why I still care.
*the DFA artist he referred is the Juan Maclean and the track is Happy House, which I also love. Bit of an awkward one but draw your own conclusions...
DO IT NOW
// There’s been a lot of attention today over a song of mine called ‘Do It Now’.
My favorite things about this song in no particular order:
• It took more than a year to produce just this one song.
• It was intended to be released as the last Dubtribe single. The last word after 10 years of endless touring and performing.
• Many people think it is a re edit of a pop song, It is not. Every key, every bass thump, every conga, even the guitar is all played by me. There is a 2.4 second sample from the famous song in the chorus as a backing vocal, but that’s the only sample in the song. It’s not even in the same key as the song it’s supposed to be a re edit of.
• Lawrence Petty gave me the idea of where to look for the root of this song. Such a gift.
• Many people have sampled it, one famous DFA/Sony artist stole the whole intro, and the actually asked me to remix it. Never said thank you. Never gave me a credit.
• Hundreds of bashful couples from all over the world have approached me to thank me for saving their relationships, prompting their marriages, and breakups as the direct result of this song.
• There are not less than 16 tracks of vocals of myself and Moonbeam Jones on this record. Harmonies on top of harmonies, panned wide, layered and yet so sweet and subtle.
• After a year of working with this riff musically, I wrote the lyrics in about 8 minutes.
• The hi hat pattern is all done with a delay. There’s only a hat on the 1. There rest is a delay effect which loops 2 bars.
• I wrote this as a love letter to my best friend and partner.
• It was originally released as a single sided, limited edition 12” single on our own label, and that was supposed to be that.
They sold out in about an hour and we were forced to make thousands more.
• Despite having created a handful of warehouse and sunrise classics, always reinventing myself, Do It Now is most successful and widely applauded record I have ever made.
It is the first record I ever made where I played all of the instruments.
• Ben Watt and Tracy Thorne included this song on their ‘back to mine’ compilation and called it “a missing link” . Highest praise I have ever received.
The best thing about “now” is that it’s never yesterday, and it’s never tomorrow. It’s always right now.
This song turns 20, and I still cry and raise my hands in the middle eight every time I sing it.
LOVE
*the DFA artist he referred is the Juan Maclean and the track is Happy House, which I also love. Bit of an awkward one but draw your own conclusions...
DO IT NOW
// There’s been a lot of attention today over a song of mine called ‘Do It Now’.
My favorite things about this song in no particular order:
• It took more than a year to produce just this one song.
• It was intended to be released as the last Dubtribe single. The last word after 10 years of endless touring and performing.
• Many people think it is a re edit of a pop song, It is not. Every key, every bass thump, every conga, even the guitar is all played by me. There is a 2.4 second sample from the famous song in the chorus as a backing vocal, but that’s the only sample in the song. It’s not even in the same key as the song it’s supposed to be a re edit of.
• Lawrence Petty gave me the idea of where to look for the root of this song. Such a gift.
• Many people have sampled it, one famous DFA/Sony artist stole the whole intro, and the actually asked me to remix it. Never said thank you. Never gave me a credit.
• Hundreds of bashful couples from all over the world have approached me to thank me for saving their relationships, prompting their marriages, and breakups as the direct result of this song.
• There are not less than 16 tracks of vocals of myself and Moonbeam Jones on this record. Harmonies on top of harmonies, panned wide, layered and yet so sweet and subtle.
• After a year of working with this riff musically, I wrote the lyrics in about 8 minutes.
• The hi hat pattern is all done with a delay. There’s only a hat on the 1. There rest is a delay effect which loops 2 bars.
• I wrote this as a love letter to my best friend and partner.
• It was originally released as a single sided, limited edition 12” single on our own label, and that was supposed to be that.
They sold out in about an hour and we were forced to make thousands more.
• Despite having created a handful of warehouse and sunrise classics, always reinventing myself, Do It Now is most successful and widely applauded record I have ever made.
It is the first record I ever made where I played all of the instruments.
• Ben Watt and Tracy Thorne included this song on their ‘back to mine’ compilation and called it “a missing link” . Highest praise I have ever received.
The best thing about “now” is that it’s never yesterday, and it’s never tomorrow. It’s always right now.
This song turns 20, and I still cry and raise my hands in the middle eight every time I sing it.
LOVE
Thanks for sharing.
Another fav on that summery feelgood vibe:
Think this version is vinyl only. Definitely worth the purchase
The Sun God
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Going through some old summer tunes. A lot of fond memories. Mainly on the tropical vibe
A lot of decent club tunes are being reanimated these days.
Labels like Mental Groove Records, Mint Condition and 4 To The Floor are bursting with tracks that stood the test of time.
Luckily we have a thread to pour it all into.
Some pickings:
Being - Nine Bars (somewhere in the 90s, previously unreleased)
Force Dimension - 200 FA (1989)
Liquid Son - Tonefloat (1991) -> original demo dates from 1985(!)
Coil - Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex (1992)
Microwave Prince - Eternal Light (1995)
Labels like Mental Groove Records, Mint Condition and 4 To The Floor are bursting with tracks that stood the test of time.
Luckily we have a thread to pour it all into.
Some pickings:
Being - Nine Bars (somewhere in the 90s, previously unreleased)
Force Dimension - 200 FA (1989)
Liquid Son - Tonefloat (1991) -> original demo dates from 1985(!)
Coil - Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex (1992)
Microwave Prince - Eternal Light (1995)
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