Back in the late 90s/early 00s I was heavily into the 'French Touch' with all the usual suspects such as Motorbass, Cassius, Daft Punk, Bob Sinclair etc on heavy rotation. Was also quite heavily into Shazz, who later produced the epitome of 'lounge' house with his 2002 track 'Falling In Love'. Back in 1994 along with St Germain as 'Soofle' he put out this wonderfully deep number 'How Do You Plead?' as the B side to 'Acid Eiffel'; Laurent Garnier's acid classic. I must admit this came out a little bit before repetitive beats made any sense to me but I quickly sought it out after hearing it on the near flawless DJ History Mix by Bicep from last month. Ace!
Bit slow on the bloggin' of late. Relocating 300 plus miles plus becoming redundant from my job takes your time up. Still been hot on music though as always and when I'm more settled in to my new home by the coast I'll hope to blog more frequently in the future. Anyway. Music.
1. Marcellus Pittman-There's Somebody Out There (buy)
Nightmarish acid stormer from Marcellus Pittman. Just in time for Halloween.
2. The Tortoise-Last Night (Genius of Time Remix) (buy)
Two of my favourite new artists combined to great effect here, with Genius of Time subtle deep remix of the Tortoise's 'Last Night', getting me up every time.
Loved this album since what seems like the beginning of time and every now then I just get right back into it. A tune of it got dropped at my leaving bash at Folk in West Didsbury. Me and a mate danced to it (theres no dancefloor), shame I was too gone to remember what the actual track was! Timeless.
Emeralds member Mark McGuire has been releasing under many guises for a while, and on last year's full length release 'Living With Yourself', included the wonderful fuzzy and warm 'Brain Storm (For Erin)'. Thanks to simply good music blog for the heads up!
Disco of the highest order from Goody Goody which was the highlight of a bit of a shit night music wise during the Thom Yorke takeover of the Boiler Room. Unfortunately this is near impossible to get on vinyl unless you have deep pockets or a very sympathetic bank manager.
Low's seminal second album 'Long Division' got repressed recently, which has sent many Low nerds (like me) into raptures. This includes their wonderfully sombre bleak mid 90s tune 'Shame'. Rumour has it their first album 'I Could Live in Hope' is getting repressed too!
Heard this on 6 music the other day, what a tune, what an album, was my fave throughout high school. Im ashamed that I've not listened to this album for years.
