the best (only?) detroit wildpitch release: dance fever 'out on the
dancefloor' (piled witch mix).
although that feeling might not be univerally shared - i have cleared a
dancefloor with it.
as much as i love the wild pitch sound, it wasn't a sound that had much
potential to grow and mutate. without a skilled hand at the controls the
driving sound of wildpitch can so easily veer into the progressive/techy
realm. some of felix's releases were heading in that direction.
some favourites: (all s.r.)
phuture rise from your grave
phuture inside out (an underappreciated classic!)
pierre fire drill
james
www.jbucknell.com
"Dan Kurzius"
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RE: (313) Felix Da Housecat
Yeah the wild pitch sound was on it's way out when rise from your grave
dropped. The Phuture guys did release Spirit on Strictly Rhythm and Pierre
dropped What Is House Muzik on Emotive a couple of years later but not much
beyond that really came out. At least anything I've seen beyond that has
just been repressing of the original classics. If anyone knows of any
records I might have missed I'd love to hear about them!
I think labels such as DJ Duke's Sex Trax and even DJAX-UP were partly to
blame for the downfall. Duke was big on the wild pitch sound and DJAX-UP
was big on the Chicago tip. From what I saw people jumped all over those
imprints, me included.
Unfortunately many of the projects were less melodic and more techno, which
influenced many wild pitch producers to start cranking out banging techno
records versus staying true to the original wild pitch style.
Granted I liked the banging stuff, many other labels were already putting
out techno of that nature so I personally didn't like to see the older
Chicago producers who understood the Wild Pitch formula going that route.
-----Original Message-----
From: placid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:49 AM
To: 'Dan Kurzius'; 'Stewart Caig'; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: (313) Felix Da Housecat
I went to see dj Pierre in London when he was pioneering the wildpitch
sound.. I asked him if he was going to be doing anymore acid and he said
no..cos he wanted to concentrate on the wildpitch thing....
He had just released 'rise from your grave'...
Fantasy girl was in 87. Are u saying it was wildpitch sound in between
then cos if it was. I missed it.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Kurzius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 23 July 2004 13:45
To: Stewart Caig; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: (313) Felix Da Housecat
> The only time I heard him spin was with Robert Hood at a London gig
many
> years ago. I think he had just started Clashback records and it was at
the
> start of the whole WildPitch thing.
I have to correct something that was mentioned here real fast :)
Legend has it that Flex got his production start by sitting in and
contributing keyboard on Pierre's Fantasy Girl project
http://www.discogs.com/release/132582 in the late 80's.
Within a year of that The Wild Pitch sound was alive and kicking,
Clashbackk
dropped circa 96'. The Wild Pitch sound was brought to a broader
audience
by labels such as Strictly Rhythm around the time Clashbackk was
started,
but unfortuntely the sound was dying off when projects such as Rise From
Your Grave hit. Kind of singled the beginning of the end :(
We used to go crazy to Wild Pitch records in the late 80's/early 90's,
that
sound has always been one of my favorites, I'd love to see a resergence
in
it. Does anyone know if there are any recent tracks in that vain
floating
around that are worth grabbing?
Cheers
dK
www.latenightessentials.com
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