Am I the only one that loves the Herbert remix of Fantasy on Playhouse?? Blaze is the sh*t,
m* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonny McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 7:22 AM Subject: Re: (313) blaze > "Keeping My Mind" is record number one on my wants list. I agree, it's > strange Blaze have become popular now that they're not quite as on it as > they were. Still, they come out with some quality cuts, and I think "Natural > Blaze" was their best album. I don't have much to add to the > recommendations, of early stuff my favourite's "Sometimes Love" by Jerry > Edwards on Easy St. I don't know why this wasn't on either of those "Pure > Blaze" compilations?! "If You Should Need A Friend" and "Reaching" stand out > from then, too. They really got going in the period up to '94, I'd say, with > the stuff on Sumo, Polar etc. Mid Nineties stuff like Debbie Pender, with > those organ basslines, helped define that UK garage sound (for better or for > worse), and "Moonwalk" is perhaps my favourite Blaze record ever. It'll be > tracks like these they'll be remembered for, I imagine, rather than the > likes of "Star Suite". I think innovative house probably largely lies > elsewhere these days. That's not to say I don't make a point of checking > everything with their name on it though :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Bucknell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:30 AM > Subject: Re: (313) blaze > > > not an album, but a e.p. black rascals 'keeping my mind' on sumo. one of the > great deep house tracks. > > i've always thought it weird that blaze has become popular in the last few > years when their production in the last five years or so seems but a mere > shadow of their early work. but i guess that's just my personal taste. > james >
