RE: (313) Vestax or Technics
this coming from someone who plays mostly '80s music on his radio show. I know your jsut trying to educate people but that's so typical why not more minmal techno and early '90s techno? mostly 80's? Really? I think you mean SOME, but definitely the minority. The 80's is decade, not a genre of music man! And I consider myself a student, not a teacher. When you play every single week, for years, you have to mix it up. I play probably 3-10 records from the early 90s in a 60 minute show. But whatever.. I vary it constantly on purpose. You couldn't have known this, but at my station there are also other shows adjacent to mine dedicated to harder or minimal techno for an entire show, so it's not something in my broadcast area I feel needs greater representation, (esp. when I find a lot of new minimal techno boring/lacking). You would have enjoyed our Bleep techno marathon but that would bore me to tears to play it every single week, techno has changed and some of it (gasp) even for the better. And I thought *I* was nostalgic for old techno... yikes BTW - I do appreciate ALL feedback on my show, both negative and positive. Electronic music to me is too large to stay micro-genre or period focused. It's just a different philosophy than yours, obviously. Staying up late to hear Mojo playing freeform as a teen inspired me to connect the dots all over the genres/periods... but most DJs don't. A lot of people (maybe even you) can't handle it, they want to keep putting things in boxes that are more comfortable for what they're used to. Consider making a website and posting your own mixes consistently, it's a challenge. You don't need a radio station to have a radio show. Turn that criticism into some ideas and positive energy... fill the need yourself with what you feel is missing. Many people do this instead of complaining about what others freely offer. Bring joy to others with your excellence in nothing but early 90's techno selections. I disagree, there's always room for improvement especially if you have a formula that works. Look at all the Detroit labels trying to sound like the '80s with electro. To me it doesn't sound 80s, that's where we differ. There are influences, sure, but it's not trying to sound 80's. And making such comments about pitch is not considering this is the 313 list? I think the comment about what pitch is one person's opinion, not some universal mandate. I myself think it's silly, as to do a lot of the mixes I attempt, things have to be pitched way up or down to even pull it off since the tempos are all over the place. I'm just telling it like I see it. As am I. HIGH FIVE!! Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Mixup Selecta...
Brand new mix online at : http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/users/mbl/Bang4DaBucks.mp3 This is a fun mix, really cracked me up in parts... I love a sense of humor, fun turntable action on scratching the old RB samples in and out :) Thanks for posting it! I gotta ask where are the samples from all about we're all here for one reason: to get filty rich etc. Gotta be some movie? Not Glengary Glenross, is it? Cheers Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Vestax or Technics
To be fair, this is a statement that it's trendy now to play records at normal tempo and house music is more trendy than techno at least on this mailing list. People here seem to feed off the vibes of the deephousemusicpage Ha! Steve I always like how you keep us abreast of the latest trends in dance music.. as I can't be bothered much myself to worry if I'm following trends or bucking trends properly or not. I'm too busy finding and playing out the music I like. But if any music or DJ styles I post about fall in or out of trendiness can you please let me know and I'll change accordingly. Best! Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Vestax or Technics
Irrelevant to my point. What I observed is your trend vigilance and I perceive it as a waste of time and has nothing to do with most people like or play. I think the only person so concerned with the trends is music is you, so you can discredit them as soon as they emerge. Music changes over time, thank god, it's fluid. There will never be another KDJ I can't kick this feeling just like there will never be another SEAWOLF and there are great reasons why both of them were made, and there's equally great reasons why people have moved on and those records should never be made again. Your trendspotting is getting trendy, not to mention tedious. Just observe that trend if you will please... and please stop casting yourself as a rebel, it just reads as ignorance. Matt MacQueen -Original Message- From: spw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 4:02 PM To: Matthew MacQueen; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Vestax or Technics As funny and ridiculous as my statement must seem, people would have not made statements like you must play records at normal tempo back in the early to mid '90s when minimal techno was all the rage. Now even Jeff Mills is mellowed out and mid tempo, trends change and a lot of times people here reflect the latest trends like the popularity KDJ and 'soulful house' ect..
(313) well, this will get you into a Toyota Scion...
Jury rules fired DEMF director is owed $13,533 in compensation http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm15325_20030710.htm Carl Craig, fired as creative director of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2001, is entitled to $13,533 in compensation, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury ruled Thursday. Craig had sought $44,533 from festival producer Carol Marvin and her company, Pop Culture Media.
(313) Chicago: Metro Area + Common Factor DJ sets tonights
DJs: Metro Area DJ (Morgan and Darshan) - Environ NYC Common Factor - Tactile Music, Planet E, SSR Friday, July 11th in Chicago SmartBar 3730 N. Clark, 21+, $13 (I think they're open on Friday till 4am ??) so should be plenty of good tunes hammered by then... peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) LFO are back!
because it sounds better that a lot of contemporary dance music. To you. So that is an excuse for LFO to keep making the same tracks over and over? I don't buy it. While diehard fans might want an artist to stay in their personal favorite period (to your ears 'the best' period) forever, the vanguard artists will always want (for better or worse) to push a sound forward, especially in a genre like techno that rewards innovation. You can't freeze a musical time period and put it in a bottle and expect to keep progress at the same time. Get over it. How about using some of the same concepts bleep and bassline sound instead of 'rehashing' with out making it sound like stupid tech-house/basic channel/ micro house/broken beat/ stupid stupid stupid. Who said his new material is trying to be something else? If it doesn't sound like old LFO and you're going to be unhappy, well start get disappointed now because it probably doesn't. You could take it up with the artist, see how far you get. Ha ha The stupid labels you mention are just words that became labels for artists pushing things in different directions, thus they got named to separate or highlight them. If they didn't move in different directions, we'd all be stuck in a rut and all electronic dance music (or whatever) would sound much more similar even than it does today. Things change, morph, take in old and new influences and move where the artist wants to take things next, get over it. Techno will never go back to the way it was 10-15 years ago, nor does it need to. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Bradock Discog+French House
Re: Motorbass immaculately produced French House with the funk ripping out of it- album is called Pan Soul. I remember when this came out, 1995-96 or so... really different sounding too, really stood apart from all the generic formula house flooding the market at the time, the right mix of everything. Pan Soul is filling to listen to, like a good meal! Ha ha.. BTW on Pepe Bradock, how hard is that older Kif stuff to track down? What do people consider the must-haves of the Kif material? I'll admit more than a few of the Pepe Bradock remixes I've heard have just been so-so, but his original productions I have had more success with. Of course that's completely subjective and has a bit to do with the source tracks getting remixed too... so, FWIW. Thanks, Matt MacQueen
(313) There is NO Theo and Moritz Collaboration
Re: Theo Parrish and Moritz supposed collaboration Ken O. said: I'm just repeating something which Matt McQueen mooted a little while ago on this list. Then he went schtum! I don't know what 'schtum' means but OH NO... this is how rumours get started folks!! It was wishful thinking and absolutely nothing more. I just said something (after hearing SS-18) like wouldn't it be nice, it's about time for one, etc. and it was an joking open suggestion to HARDWAX... :) :) that it sure would be cool if something like that could ever happen, etc.. because I found some similarities in mood/sound. For the record there is no such a collaboration thing in existence nor do I have any reason to believe there ever will be. Alas it's just a wish... If anyone passed these emails along to anyone OUTISIDE of 313, please pass this message along to dispel the rumor before it goes anywhere. I know Moritz has expressed frustration in the past about many untrue random rumors about their music and I certainly don't want to contribute to that phenomenon. Cheers, Matt MacQueen
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 4 July 2003
Clinically Inclined 4 July 2003 10:30pm - 1:00am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 11:00pm - 12:00amMatt MacQueen Theo Parrish - Summertime Is Here (Sound Signature) Patchworks - Sugar - Amp Fiddler remix (Still Music promo) Andres - untitled C2 (KDJ) Daniel Bell - The Wild Life (Elevate Special Projects) Rick Wilhite - What Do You See? (MM mix) - Soul Edge EP (KDJ) untitled A2 - Tribute to Ken Collier (Intangible) Cloud One - Charleston Hopscotch (PP) '77 Dance Reaction - Disco Train (original 1981 12 mix) (Unclassics) Metro Area - Miura - 4 (Environ) Laser - Laser (Rams Horn) '86 Eddy Grant - Time Warp (boot) '82 Pluton The Humanoids - World Invaders (Unclassics) Space - Carry On Turn Me On - Magic Fly (UA) '77 Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Melt You Down) Instr. (West End) '83 Cybotron - R-9 (Fantasy) '83 12:00 - 1:00amDr. Siska connective zone - palm palm (broom and hill rmx) (uxb) link - antacid 1 (album mix) (warp) esem - red skin - ikae (defocus) closer musik - 123 no gravity (kompakt) el mal - citrus (ifach) stewart walker - it's process not substance - abstract symbols of decadence (tektite) carl craig - demented drums version - tres demented (planet e) lusine - haze - push ep (ghostly international) love inc - respect (mike ink rmx) (force inc) exos - haus i krukku - q-box ep (thule) red sequence - squirrel scratch - parotic foundations vol 1 (parotic) echoplex + damon wild - adapt to steps - niteworks pt 2 (synewave) surgeon - set two - balance (tresor) richard bartz - b1 - subway (kanzleramt) jel ford - new home - ad hoc (jericho) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) amp fiddler lovewar
Detroit Experiment I was really only feeling a couple tracks, it seemed pretty cut and dried, like stuff that has already been done better by Herbie Hancock in the 70s which is a real pinnacle of music for me. Herbie is sick! I am telling you Midnight at Twenty Grand is the cut!! Such a moody detroity soundtrack, I can imagine driving into the city to that one, or looking out a rooftop across the city on a warm night outside. BTW - Totally agree about Herbie... not trying to take anything away from him. But as a proponent of future music (esp. of the detroit flavor) I can't just sit back and say well that sound has been done better 30 years ago by someone else so why bother. I want people to keep pushing, I want to hear someone who'll in 30 more years have blown Herbie away... hey I know it's far fetched but you know what I mean. Once you have the Herbie moments on vinyl you need, there's plenty of places and trajectories he's launched forward... I want to seek out where those seeds landed and who is taking it forward... on the electronic tip especially. Ayro seems promising... So you jazz fans, how about the top 3-5 must have Herbie Hancock LPs or moments ? Commentary encouraged. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) amp fiddler lovewar
what strikes me most about some of the criticisms of this record is that they appear to be out of proportion relative to both its strengths *and* its weaknesses! Is something else going on here!?! Oh god Ken, why does there always have to be a conspiracy behind everything ? That last line is out of order. I like the record but if someone (else whose opinion on music I respect A LOT, by the way) DOESN'T like it, I'm not going to think it's for some dark and mysterious ulterior motive... some records just hit different people differently! SHeesh folks... --this horse is officially nearing it's beaten-to-death phase-- Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) amp fiddler lovewar
my criticisms probably usually come off as out of proportion and agro actually I felt the tone was more like a couple of headz sitting around a record store dropping needles on stuff and just BS'ing about the releases and relative hype or substance of various stuff, I thought it was funny :) just me being a picky opinionated mofo, please dont take me too seriously i say all this crap with a big smirk...dont mean anything by it..just way opinionated about some things... and we wouldn't have it any other way! Stop apologizing for it JT.. opinions challenge assumptions and this has been a good thread! It's drawn out a lot of good discussions about the merits and shortcomings of said record! nice reviews on the new bleep43 ken :) but i am gonna be PISSED if i pick that stuff up and it lets me down!!! haha jk!! LOL! Yeah are reviewers now have to offer you'll like this or your money back guarnteed!? And if you like that, get the extra Ginsu Steak Knife set for only 3 easy payments of $9.99... Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) club sodade (was amp fiddler lovewar)
I could well be wrong but I think the Kerri Chandler mixes were done on a separate 12 too.. __ yeah what is the deal with the separate 12... did it come out as a preview to the 2xLP or after, or what? What is different on it than the 2xLP, etc. Does anyone actually have both? Are there plans for any more? Cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) amp fiddler lovewar
JT, it's so simple... You're wrong. JUST KIDDING!! If everyone liked the same stuff the world would be as boring as a 7 hour John Aquaviva DJ set... ok whatever but you know what I mean. ;) Disclaimer: this is not an attempt to get you to like it (a pointless exercise to anyone for any reason) but more of the reasons why I see merit in this .. and others of his records. I like Amp Fiddler because it's not techno or house but it has the elements of detroit sound that I like to hear in other music I listen to. It's funny you use jazz as a reference cause that's the last thing I would have likened it too. I like the songwriting. I would classify it as 'rb' or 'soul' before I would think of it as jazz, but wherever you come from is how you relate and describe things so whatever, that's pretty moot point anyway. I also know very little about jazz compared to most, so maybe I don't have the same distaste as a more typical jazz head might. I also think when you take a mouthful of something and spit it out immediately (judging from your reaction that seemed to be the case?) You might have written it off wholesale without looking a little further. I like Freakin, reminds me of a cut you'd hear coming out of someone's trunk at a BBQ in the summer, recalls a Fatback or SOS Band vibe almost. I like the lyrics to love and war... didn't hear any scat myself. The keys playing I find interesting, moreso than the rhythms... the piano keys in 'love and war' I think are great and moody. Did you listen to the electronic synth parts in freakin' ? Crazy analogue sounds and squiggles and synth farts, etc. It's just a fresh little summer jammy jam, I don't see anything generic in it.. the solo is nuts! Or if nothing else, fun and groovin.. not a whole lot else to think for me. I agree the KDJ version was a bit of a let-down.. if you want better examples of that check the Mahogani or KDJ collaborations (DOH - too late you bought this one!) ;) Maybe the expectations where too weird but I also don't think that much about it, I liked the grooves, a summertime kind of sound and the man has a lot of talent on the keys and I like the sound of his voice myself too. The beats I think could be better compared to other elements of his productions, but we'll see what happens in the future... Maybe Amp just needs some $tinkworx beats to liven it up!! PS - I love Detroit Experiment as one of the whole greater than the sum of the parts thing, each track is a little different and the crazy influences do come out individually AND collectively (to me). Midnight at Twenty Grand!! It seems to be the trendy thing now with a lot of techno heads to dislike where Carl is going on the jazz collective tip and I'm not havin it... music needs to expand, the detroit sound is way to wide to stay pegged in a single genre. I'm glad people are going for it. Peace, Matt MacQueen PS - Speaking of... Now I gotta go drive to Dusty Groove and pick up the new Dwele LP: From DustyGroove.com - sparkling debut from Detroit's Dwele -- a sweet vocalist in the Donny Hathaway tradition, but with a tight, beat heavy soul sound that glides between 70s soul jazz, mellowed-out Jay Dee synth hop groove, and the natural soul vibe ?uestlove brings to his productions! We first caught wind of Dwele on Slum Village's Tainted single, and that's a good indication of the sound you'll find on the debut. Mellow, trippy keys and sound washes drench the album from beginning-to-end, with Dwele's often deeply layered vocals weighing the bright, modern groove aspects of the sound with a rich sense of soul history. There's a slight 70s soul jazz vibe, too, in spots -- a sophisticated studio groove with bright bass and some sunny, soulfully strummed electric guitar. Dwele finds some truly nice middle ground between the natural soul scene, modern groove, and the mellower beats and grooves of the best Detroit hip hop of recent years -- a scene that Dwele indeed was a player in before finding his soul muse. Great stuff -- similar enough to some of his contemporaries -- but still wholly unique in Dwele's embrace of a bright, sunny, polished sound that still manages to maintain naturally soulful grit and grease! The title track is a classic -- crackly, thumping beats, sweetly chiming keys, and capital M Moody vocals -- and many others are nearly as strong! Includes Hold On, Find A Way, Day At A Time, Kick Out Of You, Sho Ya Right, Lady Mahogany, Money Don't Mean A Thing, and more. 10 tracks on the LP. -Original Message- From: J. T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 4:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) amp fiddler lovewar the if you stand for nothing, youll fall for anything bit. its certainly not a straight up vocal track. ahh yeah i didnt hear that...i wasnt payign that much attention i guess im not calling it fresh, but its definitely distinctive. i could pick an amp track out of a lineup
RE: (313) Good girls
some french people have bootleged a record with good girls and stevie knows on it (with also 2 others d.may hot tracks on it) that sucks for the artists if the originals are still in print... what were the other tracks? And didn't Designer Music vol. 1 get re-issued awhile back anyway? OR am I crazy but I thought it did. Like there's that bootleg of detroit classics I saw in the shop, and I thought most or all of those tracks are still very much in print on transmat, metroplex, etc. I don't understand why someone would buy it given you could get the official 12 for $6 or so, better mastering, supporting the original label, etc. Strangely enough Dept. -- There's also a bootleg of that cover terrible version of Knights of The Jaguar floating around with 3 other random tracks on it (one of them by James Brown). Why the hell anyone would want the Sony version of Jaguar baffles me, on a crappy bootleg no less. I forgot the name of the boot, it's something like About Time vol. 2 or something like that. Full disclosure: I'm not POSITIVE it was the Sony version, but it sure as hell wasn't the Rolando version on UR, it was terrible. But it was definitely trying to recreate the exact song with different-yet-similar percussion, synths and melodies. According to the man who sold it to me (for 35 $), juan and derrick (whom this record was given to) have said that the sound is better than the original. Of course a salesman is going to tell you whatever he has to get you to buy a bootleg for $35... I would tend to doubt it... the artists are going to have the masters afterall, not the bootlegger. :P But I guess anyone can cut a record louder if that's what you mean. Cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) netcasts
313 list member Dave Walker's Freeform Goodness station on live 365 is IMHO as good as it gets... cross genres, from Drexciya to Dexy's Midnight Runners... but it's all quality. Give it an hour I predict you'll be hooked. http://www.live365.com/stations/20005 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:24 AM To: Robert Taylor Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) netcasts thanks for all the speedy replies, whoo!! i'm wondering though if there's anything more like a radio station than a mix... only not on the radio 'cause i work in a dungeon and get sh*t for reception. i'm getting a little tired of *mixes* per se (looknig for something that jumps genres and moods a little more erraticly), so some suggestions like the cybernetic live365 stream (which is rocking me right now) would be cool... thanks again! On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Robert Taylor wrote: Not strictly netcasts (whatever they are) these are my favourite work listening sites (although I have always found it difficult to find any 313-related MP3 sites, things like Paxahau just have Real Audio): http://www.mixoftheweek.com/ - huge variety of genres all mixed up - some 313 music in there occasionally too http://www.globaldarkness.com/mix/mixes.htm - graet electro/italo disco mixes http://www.adapteri.com/betoni/ - deep dubby techno - excellent mixes Then of course there's this: http://www.deephousepage.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 4:06 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) netcasts sorry, i know this has been asked and answered 55983859012 times on this list, but what are some good netcasts i can tune into for the next couple of hours? fancy connection at work + boring brainless busywork = need for some tunes! # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. #
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 27 June 2003
Clinically Inclined 27 June 2003 10:30pm - 1:00am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 10:30 - 11:30Matt MacQueen Oratai - Closet Space - The Timpani Waves EP (Oratai) CM Connection - Flutes - Preview (Network) Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (Souped Up Ken Collier Version) (Island) '81 It's A Peach Melba - Vol. 2 (Moxie) Dan Bell - Subterranean - (Elevate) Moodmann - A1 - Don't Be Misled - (KDJ) Daniel Wang - Not Feeling It - Afroasiantechnubian - (Balihu) Dancin Days - Mad Mad Mike - (Big Bear) Jellybean - Toot Toot (Relief) Carl Craig - Demented Drums Version - Tres Demented (Planet e) Starflight - Dance to the Beat - #5 (Automan) Margueritas - Margherita (Hot Edit) - Unclassics Vol. 2 (Environ) $tinkworx - Urban Interface - Drexion Caves (Keynote) Pepe Bradock - 4 (Atavisme) Los Hermanos - untitled B1 - Tres (Los Hermanos) 11:30 - 1:00Dr. Siska detalles - solm - shapes of summer (traum) spacetime continuum - kairo (carl craig rmx 2) (reflective) fuse vs. lfo - loop (fuse mix) (plus 8) chip e - time to jack (house mix) (underground) sleezy d - i've lost control (trax) 69 - my machines pt 1 - 4 jazz funk classics (planet e) rhythim is rhythim - feel surreal (subconscious mix) (transmat) strand - mf-2d - message 2 (delsin) paul mac - malibu slump - whenpushcametoshove (primate) alex cortex - c1 - inwards (ann aimee) duplex - aerosoul - autoload (clone) nico awtsventin - eccentricity (immigrant) joe louis - flyin' high - back to the beginning (relief) baby ford - spiritworks - headphoneasyrider (black market) random xs - frantic formula (djax) jeff mills - a1 - axis 9b (axis) luke slater - bande magnetique - x-tront vol 3 (peacefrog) oliver ho - light dark pt 1 russ gabriel - mutations - darwinian ep (ferox) miles tilmann - the big swim (toytronic) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) john rocca
Is this the track C.Craig/D.May re-edited for that Incogdo thing on Outland? What's that Incogdo thing on Outland ? Peace Matt MacQueen
(313) Was (Not Was)
Don't forget the very nice 'out come the freaks' dub on the flip. This is the version with all the Ronald Reagan cut-up samples of that famous line he told Congress, right? Can we who man the ship of State deny it is somewhat out of control? Was (Not Was) also printed that quote on the back of the 12 jacket. Man, the 80s. :P Peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) john rocca
C.Craig D.May tearing up a John Rocca track. like a re-edit, or a pre designer music, designer music track. Wow I never even knew that existed! And I'm a fan of Rocca's I want it to be real anyway... sounds hot. Anyone got an .mp3 ? I imagine the 12 is mighty scarce. That said, if anyone has a line on one of these... hit me off list, I might have some ok stuff to trade for it. :) Cheers Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Was (Not Was)
Read the fine print, (from memory here?) it says something like remixing by Ken Collier over to the right of Tell Me that I'm Dreaming or something. Remix isn't by Was (not was) as you might assume from the title. I didn't even know Collier was involved with them until recently. Cool! Who else did he remix.. ? Spottin' with a magnifying glass (sorry), Matt PS - I agree 'WHEEL ME OUT' is also a jam!!! -Original Message- From: jurren baars [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:41 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Was (Not Was) Matthew MacQueen wrote: Don't forget the very nice 'out come the freaks' dub on the flip. This is the version with all the Ronald Reagan cut-up samples of that famous line he told Congress, right? =20 Can we who man the ship of State deny it is somewhat out of control? Was (Not Was) also printed that quote on the back of the 12 jacket. Man, the 80s. :P : ) State of the Union Message on Economic Recovery. Februari 18, 1981. according to my copy. my copy is on ZE/Island, cat. # 600.534 two versions of 'Tell Me That I'm Dreaming' [Traditional Remixed Version and Souped-Up Version] and 'Out Come The Freaks' dub version [i think this is the one Shake plays on the set archived @ http://www.d-i-r-t-y.com Another killer Was (Not Was) track is 'Wheel Me Out', think it even got included on one of those disco (not disco) compilations [the first one i think] jurren _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
(313) Rick Wilhite in Chicago tonight
Subterranean 2011 W. North Avenue (@ Damen) Wednesday July 2 Soulphonetics Boo Williams * Glenn Underground * Rick (Godson) Wilhite http://www.subt.net/ 773.278.6600 Don't know if there is cover charge or what, but this is a small-ish bar/live venue in Wicker Park. Never been on a Wednesday, but I actually love this space. This is where we threw the gig when CiM and Clair did the deFocus mini-US tour. It's nice intimate (non clubby) vibe, lights down low, and drinks are cheap. The Cabaret Room upstairs has 2 levels and really nice sightlines to the stage and dancefloor from the second (kind of U-shaped) balcony floor. From their website: Subterranean of Chicago is located in the heart of Wicker Park Bucktown in a 3-story, 110-year-old building. It's upstairs 'Cabaret Room' was host to a brothel during the 1920's, while 'the Lounge' on the 1st floor was a 'wire room' for gambling. When the guests needed to flee the authorities, they escaped through the basement's underground passage (now boarded up) which led into a tunnel allowing access to the Coyote building across the street.
RE: (313) New Mix Available at threeonethree.com.
09. keith kemp keith drilling oil ferris park man I love this track, has Keith Kemp done other similar-sounding stuff anyone can recommend? Cheers, Matt
RE: (313) New Planet E 12
Hmm sorry but i bought it on sight and after listening i thought it was a bit of a waste of money, It is basically a drum track and more made for the DJ's apparently, not really worth for listening at home. yeah i didn't pick it up when i heard it as the main tarck seemd a little 'noisey' for me and the drum tracks seems a little too minimali was saying this to friends tho that it's probably one of those tracks that you turn down then hear it in the right environment (big PA) and it'll blow you away... yeah I like it, a cool track to mix and the yeah the drum track is minimal but it's great low end in places! I like to see Carl back in action making tougher tracks. I'm not feeling the version with Garnier edits or whatever, I like the tres demented version one. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) RE: Something in the Water (does not Computer){was prince}
Isn't something in the water (does not compute) one of the baddest electronic songs to date. Drum programming is badass and the minimal computer synth sound is more original than most things out today. Totally agree!! listening to it now, the sounds and drum machines it's really a funkier take on some of the sounds that sprang to life on Kraftwerk Computerworld, which came out only a year and a half before 1999 was released! Crazy. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Prince Album Recommendations
Oh god where to start, pretty subjective: --Sign O' The Times 2xLP- probably all around best display of talent, he plays every instrument on every song 'cept for one live track done w/ The Revolution... amazing. I like this review too http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amguid=CASS70305141450sql=A31820r 8ac489 --Dirty Mind (1980!) - Synth work on here and all around funkiness is electrifying I like 1999 a lot too - Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) --Purple Rain - a masterpiece in it's own right --Around the World in a Day - more conceptual, still great songs, deeper and less pop polish in some ways, though still had some hit singles too. I've always had a soft spot for Pop Life There are some cool songs on Prince LP and For You, both completed in late 70's. but don't start there unless you get to be a real fan ;) peace, Matt MacQueen -Original Message- From: Brent Kirkwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:20 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Prince Album Recommendations After all this talk of Prince... Can anyone make an album recommendation for a newcomer to Price's work? Thanks in advance, Brent
RE: (313) Prince Album Recommendations
Crystal Ball is a crazy compilation (I think mine is 5xCDs?) that was boot only for awhile, then I think Prince just started selling it himself. (?) It's material around the time of Sign O' The Times and others. Some are brilliant outtakes that never made it onto albums!!! Some is filler though. There is also a recent Live thing one night alone that I have heard good things about, the tracklist is pretty incredible (lots of old stuff) but I haven't heard it yet http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amguid=CASS70305141450sql=A0l5zef wk3gf3 There are a zillion bootlegs though, many live ones collected/traded by fans on lists, etc. peace -Original Message- From: jurren baars [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 4:47 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Prince Album Recommendations Can anyone make an album recommendation for a newcomer to Price's work? how about bootlegs [yes, bootlegs again...] i was listening to the interview with THE man harco pront up on the musicforspeakers website [dutch only] where they were comparing his work to '80's prince bootlegs, the high pitched quasimoto-voice for instance. so what bootlegs should i look for? i know it's an impossible question as there's dozens of 'm, but i can at least try. jurren _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
(313) RE: Mojo interviews Prince OT (1985)
Albums...check Talented...check From Detroit...check nope, born and raised in Minneapolis. Though freakishly popular in the motor city (how many consecutive sellout shows of the Purple Rain tour were in Detroit? It was originally supposed to be FIVE but I think there were even more shows added?) Fantastic movies...no fcuking way, could this interviewer get any further up Prince's anal corridor...Jesh... this interviewer is the Electifyin Mojo so show let's show a little respect tough guy ;) Only the man responsible namechecked by Detrick/Kevin/Juan for fertilizing the birth of Detroit techno? But you knew that. Look at it context man, this was near the Zenith of his career at the time, and when it came out in 1984 and he was at the top of his game, He had only done one movie and it was hype. And you have to imagine the electricity in the air in Detroit about this time, just following a Prince concert and being on the airwaves over the whole city. He was the hottest act in the country at this time! You better believe it was exciting. I agree he's done some dumb stuff and bad music following his 80's dominance, but you can't sh!t upon the interview from today's perspective. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) itiswhatitis records
Could it be the Cobblestone Jazz ep? Really excellent ep that come out I think last year; a couple of Canadian guys Is this the one that has 'the fifth element' on it? Dan Bell put that track on his Button down mind strikes back mix CD on Logistic? Man that is great stuff. Also I HIGHLY recommend people check out this mix CD, artists like Pepe Braddock, Tejada , Akufen, Stephane Attias, Shake.. and the mixing is *tight*. My favorite mix CD in quite awhile. Though I still am looking forward to the new Kirk Degeorgio one done in studio/Ableton... haven't heard it yet. Can someone remind me of the label again? Peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) BANG! tonight! BMG, Patrick Russell, Trent Abbe
BMG's recent laptop DJ sets are off the hook! One of the highlights of the DEMF afterparties for me this year. It's like a spotters paradise, snippets and loops from the best of the best... from Phylps Trak II to Vanity 6 to KDJ to Liaisons Dangereuses to Perspects to Bam Bam and lots of crunchy Ectomorph loops and analog sqiggles throughout and underneath. Highly recommended!! Godfather popped in as surprise special guest at that Cannonball party to furiously scratch various booty loops over the top of his laptop DJ set, was surreal, a real treat and added another layer of dope improvisation. Gel, and weave. Gel, and weave. Trent Abbe is a deck master as well, this party looks awesome. PS - I'm not sure what a jagerbomb is for but I can imagine... if they're only $3, I'll take two please. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:18 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) BANG! tonight! BMG, Patrick Russell, Trent Abbe BANG! 10 pm Thurs June 26th, 2003 --+** Main Room **+-- BMG of Ectomorph -IT HQ / Interdimensional Transmissions / Live Laptop DJ Set Infinite Dimensions -Live DIY Fashion Trent Abbe -dollo / Playing Records (you wish you had!) --+** Bar Room **+-- Patrick Russell* -Ann Arbor/Detroit / DEMF 2002 --+** Patio **+-- George Rahme Scotto and a few more of us crazy locals come out and enjoy some electro under the stars by the fire. *last time i saw patrick he dropped by one of our parties and dropped some very classic tracks. he also fits in to the catagory of records you with you had @ Spiral Dance Bar 1247 Center ST. Lansing, MI 18+ $7 21+ $5 www.brownnoteproductions.com www.star67.com hope to see you all there and this could be the last week?? and remeber $2 long islands and domestics, $3 jagerbombs -scotto lansing, mi. plaztikjezuz.com tried posting this twice before, and it was not in html.
RE: (313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 20 June 2003
i thought, oh there's a couple nice tracks but overall.. not that exciting..very much a lowkey listening album...on cd. but i prefer it on vinyl sooo much more! JT I do know what you mean about the low key factor.. but yeah when you are in the mix with it, it really takes on another dimension... plus it's more uptempo that lots of his other stuff, so you can mix it with techno tempo tracks and more disjointed stuff like Liasons, etc. Peace Matt MacQueen
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 20 June 2003
Clinically Inclined 20 June 2003 10:30pm - 1:00am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 10:30 - 11:45pmMatt MacQueen Antenna - Cold Blood - soil.sole ep (Moving) Patchworks - Sugar (Amp Fiddler remix) (Still Music test) Sonar Lodge - Nautilus - Sound Effects (Music for Speakers) The Detroit Experiment - Midnight at Twenty Grand - The Detroit Experiment (Planet e) Dayton - The Sound of Music - Feel The Music (Capitol) '83 Hall Oates - I Can't Go For That - Private Eyes (RCA) '81 Heaven Earth - Space Time (Prescription) Moodymann - People - Silence in the Secret Garden (Peacefrog) Meikbar - Feelings (Rush Hour) CPEN JT Donaldson - Spread the Groove - Vol. 3(Late Night Essentials) Volcov Paradox - Soulbreeze (ISoul8 remix) (Rush Hour) Danny Wang - All Flowers Must Fade - Silver Trophies (Environ) Mu - Chair Girl (Tiger Sushi) Dan Curtin - Blipstream - Distort.Archive.Desire (down Low) 11:45pm - 1:00amDr. Siska cultural vibe - ma foom bey (special zzb version) (easy street) yello - bostich (reese respect mix) (ffrr) patrick cowley - primitive world - mindwarp lp (megatone) theo parrish - serengeti echoes - parallel dimensions (sound signature) chateau flight - rituel - puzzle (versatile) orlando careca vs. the cosmonaut - stars in your eyes - just for tonight (66 degrees) repeat - lilt (A13) stephan g the persuader - kaos (svek) losoul - beyond the creek (moodmusic) schatrax - mispent years (schatrax) rhythm sound w/ tikiman - never tell you (burial mix) pacou - a1 (LL 01) model 500 - m69 starlight (moritz mix) (metroplex) slowdive - crazy for you (ulrich schnauss rmx) - blue skied an' clear (morr) alex cortex - a2 - ctrl (ann aimee) cim - isempty - reference (defocus) 3.2.6. - just like heaven (dance mania) moodymann - on my way home - silence in the secret garden lp (peacefrog) dan curtin - parallel - the silicon dawn (peacefrog) ian o'brien - tap sketch (4th wave) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 20 June 2003
Patchworks - Sugar (Amp Fiddler remix) (Still Music test) any release info on this? i saw your post about it a while back... It's slated for September 2003. Still Music is a new label run out of Chicago. Patchworks are French producers who have done a variety of deep house / nu jazz /broken kind sounds, but they do a variety. There's more info here if you can read French (I can't).. I don't think the soundfiles are working for whatever reason :( http://patchworksprods.free.fr/patchworks.htm
RE: (313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 20 June 2003
Just ordered this record... Is it as good as one would expect based on everything else that KDJ has put out? Better? I think it's one of his best. Yeah it's that good. I really think he's hitting a second stride of his career, the productions are just getting better and better, more electronic but just as deep. I will always love the early KDJ sound too, the low-fi applause and old soul samples in it, really rough. But this moves him into more of a futuristic direction to my ears, but it's still conceptual and moody/moving and deep as hell too. This is the best Moodymann thing he's done in awhile IMHO... there is little else out there that sounds quite like this, he's breaking more ground with this release moreso than in the recent past. I know this sounds corny but if you are a prince fan, this (to me) conjures up some of the same feelings as prince 'Around the World in a Day' LP when I first heard it... the whole concept thing.. Condition of the Heart, etc.. OF course the music sounds very different but it takes you up and down through a similar series of moods. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 20 June 2003
well isnt he a fan of prince himself? Ha.. that's probably an understatement :) I thought I had a moodyman remix of a price track around here somewhere.. maybe in ny the critics love you or something like that I cant remember the track name You are probably thinking of the doublepack of U Can Dance If U Want 2 (KDJ 9) which is basically different jackin reconstructed versions of all the critics love U in new york (from the 1999 LP, circa '82 or '83)... amazing. Then there's the black JAN 12 that is the cut-up interview of the questions that Mojo asked prince on the air from a detroit radio interview. The connection is definitely there. Prince and Detroit is a STRONG connection to be sure. Has everyone read the interview where Mojo interviews Prince on the air? It's incredible.
(313) Mojo interviews Prince (1985)
Some trivia: -- THE ELECTRIFYING MOJO (1985) On the eve of his birthday in 1985, Prince gave a surprise interview to legendary Detroit disc jockey the Electrifying Mojo. He had never offered a live radio interview before. Of the experience, Mojo later said: I had no idea he was going to call. I had no list of questions or anything like that. First I talked to Billy Sparks and he said, 'Hey Mojo! Prince wants to talk to you. You got a minute?' I said, 'Do I have a minute? Give me a minute to make sure we have a tape on,' and Prince says, 'Hey Mojo! What's happening? This is Prince.' If I hadn't heard Billy Sparks' voice prior to that, I may have said, 'Yeah, right.' The following is the text of the spoken interview, as transcribed by Rose Gardner on the Emancipation mailing list. --- MOJO: This is the one-man hit machine from Minnesota. Ladies and Gentlemen...Prince. PRINCE: Hello, Detroit. MOJO: How are you? PRINCE: Alright, how are you? MOJO: Well, Prince... I heard nothing but magic flowin' down from the concert. How was it? PRINCE: Mmm, a lot of fun. You should've been there. MOJO: I was there in spirit. I wanted to be here for one reason...I wanted to be here, so that the moment that the concert was over...I wanted to flood the airwaves with Prince. PRINCE: Well, you know what? I was driving from the gig, wiping the sweat off my brow, and I heard Automatic. And we just got through playin' it...we don't normally play that one. It went over pretty good, and I think it's 'cuz of you, and what you've done for us and...my thang. It's a good feeling. I just wanna tell all my little motor babies that I'm just happy to be here...and it's a fun way to spend my birthday, for sure. MOJO: Happy Birthday to you. PRINCE: Thank you. MOJO: Prince, you've been the entertainer that has insisted on doing things one way...your way. PRINCE: Well, you know, it's like...I worked a long time under a lot of different people, and most of the time I was doing it their way. I mean, that was cool, but ya know, I figured if I worked hard enough and kept my head straight, one day I'd get to do this on my own...and that's what happened. So I feel like...if I don't try to hurt nobody...and like I say...keep my head on straight...my way usually is the best way. MOJO: Growin' up in Minne-wood, as it's been now called, simply because that is the hot point on this planet right now. PRINCE: Well, it's been called a lot of things, but it's always Uptown to me. MOJO: Uptown? PRINCE: Yes. MOJO: What was it like growin' up Uptown? PRINCE: Pretty different. Uh, kinda sad, to be exact. (laughs) I mean, the radio was dead, the discos was dead, ladies was kinda dead, so I felt like, if we wanted to make some noise, and I wanted to turn anything outI was gonna have to get somethin' together. Which is what we did. We put together a few bands and turned it into Uptown. That consisted of a lot of bike riding nude, but ya know...it worked. We had fun. That's why I wanted to come here on my birthday...'cuz I wanted to give them a little taste of where we live and get a little taste of where you all live. To me, this is like my second home. If I could spend the night at somebody's crib, I would...'cuz this hotel They're real nice to us, but, this bed is hard! MOJO: You've made fantastic albums, and you've made fantastic movies, and you're making another movie right now. PRINCE: Yeah. MOJO: What's the difference between making a hot movie and making a hot album? PRINCE: There is no difference. There have been people who have tried to tell me contrary to that, but like you said before and like I said before, I strive for perfection, and sometimes I'm a little bull-headed in my ways. Hopefully, people understand that there's just a lot on my mind and I try to stay focused on one particular thing. And I try not to hurt nobody in the process. A movie is a little bit more complex, but to me it's just a larger version of an album. There are scenes and there are songs, and they all go together to make this painting, and...I'm the painter. Y'all is the paintees. (Mojo laughs.) Hopefully it's something that you can get into. Jerome Benton stars in this new film with me and he's on his way to becoming very, very big. I'm real proud of him. He takes direction well and he gives direction well and I expect a lot of big things from him. MOJO: Speaking of Jerome Benton, and other people who've flown under the wings of Prince, and also speaking of Detroit's own Billy Sparks, a person that you took from Detroit, put him in your first movie... PRINCE: Yes. MOJO: You've always maintained contact with people that you've always been in contact with. PRINCE: Oh yeah. Without a doubt, there's people who have flown the coop, so to speak, and gone off to do their own thing, which is great and I stand behind them and support them, whatever they
RE: (313) Sonar Mixes...
they've been doing these every year since at least 2000. they used to be 4 CD sets for like $19, an amazing deal. Now they're down to two CDs for the same price. Did anyone see Darshan from Metro Area DJ at Sonar this year? I heard he went off!! Was it recorded? Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) New Detroit releases
Minto said (re: Rei Loci): This is what i call pump your fist toughness no playin' around techno Yeah! Now the bigger question is this description going to start showing up in the Watts New Releases descriptions? Kinda like peak hour screamer or aceeed phunk or tweaked out groover ha ha ps - I agree about Rei Loci. Gotta keep my eye on everything Jason Brunton has a hand in... if you like quality product and class techno that is. peace
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 13 June 2003
Clinically Inclined 13 June 2003 9:30pm - 12:30am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 11pmMatt MacQueen Donny Hathaway - Valdez In The Country - Extension of a Man (Atco) '74 Shake - Lay Back (In the Cut) - Convalescence EP - (Frictional) Amp Fiddler - Freakin - Love and War EP (Genuine) Astrud Gilberto - The Beginning - Basic Principles of Sound (Soundsational) untitled - A1 (Sound Signature 18 test) Moodymann - Sweet Yesterday (feat. Pitch Black City) - Silence In The Secret Garden (Peacefrog) Russ Gabriel - Flip Down To Break (Emoticon) Silky - vol. 1 (Moxie) Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter - Dance Version (Warner Bros.) '84 i:cube - Vacuum Jackers (Versatile) Tim Harper - Slammin All Night (Relief) Glenn Underground - May Detroit - Atmosfear (Peace Frog) Romanthony - The Wanderer (Journey Man Thump mix) (Prescription) Iz Diz - What We Need (Satisfaction Mix) (Silver) 3 Chairs - All Over (3 Chairs) untitled B2 - Bleed To Be Free EP (Ferris Park test) Double Helix -Subscript (Emoticon) Kelley Polar Quartet - Hammer/Anvil - Audition EP (Environ) Jesse Saunders - Funk You Up (Club Mix) (Streetfire) Pepe Braddock - Ghost - 6 Million Pintades (Atavisme) 11:00pm - 12:30amKarl Meier, Interrupt Media monolake - mass transit railway - hongkong (chain reaction) fumiya tanaka - sketch 1 (exist) motorbass - visine (astralwerks) a j sound - bassmental (decay) makaton - ? - animal worship (rodz konez) max duley - doublefront (meta) dj hell - passionate (traxx rmx) (unreleased) mion - drop the filter (music man) dj skull - frequency respone (red cat) regis - unknown (rsp 01) planetary assault systems - booster (surgeon rmx) (peacefrog) surgeon - waiting for me (counterbalance) exium - untitled (tsunami) dj shufflemaster - sole survivor (theory) archae grovskopa - dive (emergence TEST) curve - falling free (aphex twin rmx) (anxious) gescom vs ad vanz - viral (fatcat) octagon (basic channel) cyrus - enforcement (mills mix) (basic channel) oliver ho - jackal (blueprint) hiroaki iizuka - slapback (coda) kalpa - untitled (pure plastic) takaaki itoh - where is svetan? (pvc) steevio - core (echoplex rmx) (mindtours) sascha zastiral - new continents (physical soul) ulf lohmann - 3 - because before (kompakt) peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) Blaktroniks live in SF
Out in San Francisco this week and stumbled across a flyer for a Reflective Records release party tonight (June 12) Blaktroniks live PA. with DJs Jonah Sharp and Monty Luke. 9pm - 2am. $5. the Top 425 Haight St. Could be sufficiently freaky... I enjoyed their 'Truth + Desire ep' with the Mike Grant and Domu remixes... Peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) amp fiddler on Still Music
Speaking of Amp Fiddler keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming release on new label run out of Chicago called STILL MUSIC. The debut will be a cool deep house affiar called The Sugar EP by jazzy French house guys Patchworks, and features an Amp Fiddler remix of the title track! Really nice if you like that whole deep detroit house sound, but the production is a bit cleaner and has a more overt use of jazz instruments and sounds. A class production that will appeal to fans of deeper house like kdj, harmonie park, elevate, deepside / st. germain, glasgow underground, neroli, etc. Peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) speaking of shake - new Frictional EP
Speaking of Shake... Check out his excellent new Convalesce EP on Frictional. A 2-tracker with a long gorgeous track on both sides: - Lay Back (in the Cut) is a smoother instrumental electronic instrumental hip-hop tempo affair.. if you remember his OUTSTANDING contribution to the 11 Phases compilation on Sublime a few years back, this is in a similar mood/style... contemplative, deep and gorgeous. - ...Like A Dream (soundhack mix). Originally this track came out on his awesome Songs for my Mother EP on Frictional. The Soundhack remix tightens it up a notch to creates a funky, jerkey, slighty more uptempo feeling techno soul gem... that plugs along and begs to be mixed with techno, house or broken up choppy stuff. Really nice! I love the original too but let me say this version is a lot easier to slip in and out of a hotmix. :) Peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 7 June 2003
Clinically Inclined 7 June 2003 11pm - 2:00am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 11:00pm - 12:30am Dr. Siska paul mac - penny in the jar - native sampler volume 4 loess - sofar (toytronic) boards of canada - twoism - twoism (warp/music70) arovane - neel (city center offices) curve - falling free (aphex twin rmx) velocette - afterimage - clockworks ep (reflective) pub - this can't be happening - do you ever regret pantomime (ampoule) newworldromantic - spirit ep (delsin) dark comedy - solace - seven days (art of dance) arovane - plnt (fwd) agent blue (herbert rmx) (low life) losoul - sunbeams and the rain - belong (playhouse) jark prongo - spadet (pssst) lil louis - how i feel (dance mania) dj skull - don't stop the beat - stomping grounds (djax) scott ferguson - q (dx mix) - gnosis ep (ferrispark) jeff mills - b1 - every dog has its day vol 1 (axis) 12:30 - 1:00am tag team as one vs ian o'brien - contours (ian o'brien rmx)(ubiquity) rac - root - double-jointed ep (warp) sterac - asphyx (100% pure) percy x - face on - day 3 (soma) soultek - still life (kompute) deepart - picture 1 - collage #1 (rush hour) terry brookes - mindmachine - breaking cycles (deepart) mr velcro fastener - testarossa - mode 2: metrobus (mass transit) ectomorph - breakthrough (interdimensional transmissions) 1:00 - 2:00am Matt MacQueen francois de roubiax - le mer est grande: carl craig mix (cinemix) future beat alliance - head ways - head ways ep (emoticon) titonton - curvaceous: opaque remix (amalgama) dark energy - aurora - dark paradise (ur) somatik - reflections of the future - interaktion (twisted funk) acid jesus - ultravoilet - radium ep (klang) clark - christo - lofthouse (planet e) static - thetys (sonar kollectiv) meat beat manifesto - helter skelter (p.a.i.s.) dj funk - happy feet - club tracks (cosmic) tyree feat. chic - i fear the night: fear the dub mix (underground) lil louis - blackout: phase 1 (ffrr) dj funk - knock knock - club tracks (cosmic) steve poindexter - computer madness (musique) dj funk - happy feet - club tracks (cosmic)
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 30 May 2003
Clinically Inclined 30 May 2003 9:30pm - 12:30am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 11:45pm Dr. Siska smyglyssna - on partiklar och lyktstolpar - plug research and development (plug research) electric birds - pitch patterns - frames (inc.us) exos - b1 - you can't stop time (statik_entertainment) plastikman - plasticine - sheet one (plus 8/novamute) monolake - stratosphere (ml/i) rod modell - solar cross (deepchord) sunpeople - check your buddha (trelik) spacetime continuum - movement#2 (herbert rmx) (astralwerks) reflection - cube loop (morgan geist rmx) (clear) esg - moody (soul jazz) urban tribe - d2000 (mo wax) joe lewis - midnight dancer - the beginning and the ending (target) baby ford - ford trax - ford trax (rhythm king) armando - land of confusion rmx (secret mixes/fixes) davina - don't you want it? (performance mix) (soul city) e-dancer - heavenly (kms) max 404 - may the force be with us - recycler (eevolute) redcell - infinite lites (b12/ART) moodymann - silence in the secret garden (peacefrog) paul w teebrooke w/ nova - blue light (op art) eric ericksson - synchronized minds (fragile) wavescape - dave (2001 mix) - silicon jazz ep (4th wave) substance - centralized (central) aphex twin - flaphead (rs) british murder boys - rule by law - learn your lesson (counterbalance) leo anibaldi - fusion 1 - aeon (acv) cyrus - inversion (basic channel) 11:45pm - 12:30am Matt MacQuen yotoko - all creation: domu remix - all creation remixes (delsin) dj 3000 - hemi (motech) shake - like a dream (soundhack mix) - convalescence ep (frictional) scan 7 - black moon rising (UR) vice - peace out - survival instinct (430 west) cabanne - can't stand (7th city) dan curtin - bygone epigone - distort.archive.desire (downLow) rick wilhite - what do you see? (MM mix) - soul edge ep (KDJ) amp fiddler - love and war (version) - love and war ep (Genuine) untitled b2 - bleed to be free ep (Ferrispark 006 test) 3 chairs - all over (3 chairs) double helix - witness (emoticon) the detroit experiment - think twice - the detroit experiment (planet e) --peace
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 16 May 2003
Clinically Inclined 16 May 2003 9:30pm - 12:30am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 11:00pm Matt MacQueen Robert Hood - The Color of Skin - Nighttime World Vol. 1 - (Cheap) Gil Scott-Heron Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit - Bridges (Arista) '77 untitled B - Sound Signature 18 Rick Wade - Night Track - Night Trackin' (Elevate) Pal Joey - Hot Music (bootleg) Virgo Four - Do You Know Who You Are? (Trax) '89 Lil Louis - Frequency - (Dance Mania) '87 Octave One - Farpoint - X-Files (430 West) Andres - untitled C2 - untitled 2LP (KDJ / LV) Circulation - The Return (Heard) Luomo - Synkro - Vocalcity (Forcetracks) Yunx - Jazz Skunk - Spanish Fly Guy (Yunx) Rima - Try to Understand: Rima Pressure Dub (Papa) Genre - Won (Surplus) Somatik - Interaktion (Twisted Funk) Jason Brunton - Different Places: Observation Mix (Laws of Motion) 3MB feat. 'Magic' Juan Atkins - Jazz is the Teacher (Nova Mute) Daniel P - Wasserman - Karo (DAP) Dynarec - Phonetic Responses (Delsin) Alex Cortex - untitled #17 - Inward CTRL (Ann-Aimee) 11:00pm - 12:30am Dr. Siska cim - a2 - noki bay (ann aimee) strange attractor - golden gate (phono) aj hunter - waxing the dolphin - pressure point ep (parotic) mark thibideau - last night - last night (sub_static) pub - surgery (ampoule) exos - a1 - you can't stop time (statik entertainment) resilent - 1.2 (chain reaction) maurizio - eleye (m) moodymann - silence in the secret garden (peacefrog) aardvark - cult copy mix 1 (rushhour) dan curtin - airport martini - art science (peacefrog) claude young - shift - soft thru (elypsia) sensurreal - neo cortex - excuse our dust (beam me up) ulrich schnauss - untitled - a strangely isolated place (city center offices) miles tilmann - smallest flame (toytronic) ulrich schnauss - untitled - a strangely isolated place (city centre offices) kenny larkin - track - azimuth promo (warp) grain - untitled 3 (fat cat) paul mac - malibu swamp - push came to shove (primate) fumiya tanaka - pitch black - midnight ep (torema) i:cube - tunnel vision (versatile)
RE: (313) new 3 Chairs EP.
The main track - 'All Over' sounds like it could be on Main Street records. You know I was thinking the same thing! BTW - Isn't a Maurizio + Theo house collaboration track due by now. DID YOU HEAR THAT OVER THERE, HARDWAX ? ;) Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) techno-house recommendations?
Oh yeah reading the SG New Stock List I noticed Blake Baxter - Sexuality Rmxs have finally have been released on Sonic Groove Records which contains the orig. version. Interesting. I'm afraid to ask who did the remixes? Respect to them for putting the original on too though. Peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) house recommendations?
think you might... What about Steve Bug? Since you want specific records, the first one that occurs to me is Egoexpress, Here Comes the Night. The Steve Bug name reminded me of Common Factor (Nick Calingaert).. did anyone mention him yet? great house!! Plenty of funky electronics in it. His stuff is on many different labels but the Planet E are favorites. Bug and Common Factor did a joint release on his Tactile Recordings label I liked, nice line between house and techno.. would definitely appeal to fans of Playhouse, etc. The Pull EP: http://www.discogs.com/release/71125 BTW anyone heard the Disco Exorcism EP ? http://www.discogs.com/release/71193 Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) house recommendations?
early (first 15 or so) svek releases might interest you. minimal, dubby, snythetic. the first brommage dub release (sK013) is really good and has been re-released very recently. impossible to find the early stuff on vinly. Ditto that.. one of my favorites is Jesper Dahlbäck - The Persuader EP... all four cuts are outstanding deep electronic house. Peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Wild Planet
Btw., Wild Planet is Simon Hartley, he's from the UK, and Transmitter was recorded in Stockholm - he lived in Sweden (Swedish Techno? ; p ) at the time, or still does, I don't know. So, anyone have an update on him? Hmmm I always thought he was in Scotland? Interesting. Love to hear more of his style, I love synthetic on that 2 tracker 12-inch on 430 west... never picked up the Genetic Remixes thing, how was that? Peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313)track id. 'Nothing's Been the Same...'
Leroy Burgess came thru Chicago a few months ago and preformed this (and 2 sets of his classics) live, what a blast. He was singing and on keys and had a backing (disco) band. It was Rob Theakston who tipped me off to the gig... There were people who flew in from SF for it (!) -Original Message- From: Placid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:24 AM To: Maarten Baute; James Bucknell; 313 mailing list Subject: Re: (313)track id. 'Nothing's Been the Same...' Nah you're right... On buddah records... Deep deep tune... sounds like black ivory - mainline.. or am I confusing my classics? Cheers, Maarten
RE: (313) Electro-Jazz
Just wondering - there's an upcoming Jazz fest in Toronto, and they're featuring an Electro-Jazz series. They haven't announced the lineup yet - I wonder what kind of artists would fit into that category? Static fits that description IMHO... you can hear some of the tracks at TigerSushi http://www.tigersushi.com/site/frameset.jsp?page=Art.jspArtId=748 peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Every Dog 4
i feel there are only 2 tracks that really stand out while the others are in the typical millsart everydog/metropolis style. which is still good, but its nothing groundbreaking. that's sort of the way I felt about vol. 3 myself. Don't get me wrong -- what Mills does in this style is better than a lot of the crap out there diluting the market with average techno -- , but I'd rather have fewer tracks that are just... well... more memorable or something. Or when the best of Every Dog vols. 1 thru 6 comes out let me know. ;) I feel like I keep buying the same tracks. That said there are some standouts, to be sure! peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) Rare - Drexciya captured on film
With all this talk of Drexciya, I thought the list would like to know that a rare archival photo has surfaced of the Drexciayns collaborating together deep inside the Bubble Metropolis: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2u=/030508/241/4014c.htmle=16ncid=996
RE: (313) Frictional 003?
I noticed on Discogs that there is not a third release listed for Shakes label. It skips from 002 to 004. Was this catalog # skipped? Didn't receive a proper release? I think an early frictional label test pressing came out that was completely hammered... i mean messed up. I'll have to doublecheck but I think there might have been one white that was improperly pressed and then just scrapped?? I could be completely wrong. If so, I will disavow any knowledge of this transmission. ;) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Every Dog 4
a lot of people will probably barf all over this statement but i think one of the toughest things to do is play a well programmed hard techno set. no you are absolutely right! that's why people who play hard and INTERESTING with their own personal style can make even the most rigid and boring monotracks funky: Claude Young! Mills obviously. Surgeon and Jay Dehman can bring it too, when in form. The problem is there's for every interesting hard techno DJ there's 100,000 20 year kids with the same records and no skills or ability to program/mix it, it's just a Beyer megamix yawnfest. It's okay they'll outgrow it ;) peace, Matt MacQueenm
RE: (313) UNSPECIFIED ENEMIES
im looking for a track called -Unspecified Enemies Multi Original Tracking Unit The artist is Counterattack -- great techno stuff but from late 90's if I recall... might be hard to track down and I doubt it would get repressed again. And it's Multi ORDINAL Tracking Unit (full spotter mode here). peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Free Form Goodness
[Kent said:] Which reminds me of something worthwhile -- http://www.freeke.org/ffg which is the portal to Dave Walker's freeform goodness live365 stream. As likely to hear Adult as Adam and the Ants as Seefeel as ... you name it. Dave doesn't toot his own horn, but this sort of rampant eclecticism is a key component of what Detroit music is all about. Right on Kent! This is, over all, one of my favorite streams -- consistently interesting! Variety, plenty of Detroit representation, and a sense of humor. The other day I was on and in the same hour or three you can hear Gas, Stereolab, X-103, Gary Numan, Arab Strap, The Martian, Geto Boys, Ilkae, NewOrder, CiM, Club 8, Astrobotnia, Camper Van Beethoven, Hab, Tom Elis, Monolake, Leonard Nimoy!?! and a host of indie bands I've never heard of before and can't remember anyway. In the spirit of Mojo, there's a subcurrent of the better B-side or album cut you barely remember now, but in retrospect it's better than the single you knew so well in the first place. And you can usually count on hearing some Drexciya or Dopplereffekt during your stay. The direct station page is http://www.live365.com/stations/20005 It's Genre free internet radio, but longtime 313'er D.W. takes the smart bets wherever he finds them on the musical spectrum. If you're needing some tasty side-dishes to your musical diet look no further. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Journey Home
I saw that on the soul in motion compilation (from the Irma label) the track journey home from drexciya is featured. The track on this clip http://www.morthenkiang.com/samples/derrickatbetalounge02.ram is also from the journey home ep on warp. Is it this track that is on that compilation? And how rare is that original warp copy actually? No it's not on the compilation. I don't think the original is *THAT* rare or hard to find used... anyone know how many were pressed up originally? It's Warp for gods sake, they had decent first runs of this. I mean it's unlikely you'll just run across it in some random used bin, but people buy and sell them online fairly frequently... cheers, Matt MacQueen
(313) Harmonie Park records
I only have the first one... Rick Wade - Late Nite Basix vol. 1? How are the others? I've never heard the Huckaby records on that label. Any must haves ? Some of Rick Wades stuff can sound same-y IMHO, (not bad per se, just kind of formulaic) but there are definitely some killer ones... I like his record on Elevate, for example. cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Francois K's Playlist
http://www.deepspacenyc.com/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=2 unbelieveable diversity. no kidding! this is so inspiring. . . my kind of DJ! Hope he plays something along these lines at Movement... one for the heads cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Yay!!!
Korie is the Korie that has often tag-teamed with Planet-E's Hanna. Korie has thrown many successful events in the Eastern Mkt area wait a sec, is this the same Korie who used to work in the dance room at the (old roseville location) record time? If so she helped me s much with deep house picks back then... good taste! peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Detroits Biggest
Should have mentioned in the beginning, i'm curious about the size... I am too. Dan Sicko I think had some figures in Techno Rebels... Dan? Also there's a pressing of Reese color of love on Giant/Warner Bros. that has a Juan mix, a couple UR mixes, etc. ANy idea how big that run was? I think there were like 6 mixes on this thing... also wonder what kind of sales Guy Called Gerald's LP on Virgin did... Automannik ? Carl Craig and Derrick May got 'additional production' credits on a few tracks on there... actually I think cybotron's 'clear' might have sold the most for a single 12 ? anyone?
RE: (313) electro house is taking over (maybe not just in OZ)
a lot of house music does seem (to me) to be gettting a bit too polite of late. this i agree with, but there's ALWAYS been that lame, watered down crap that gets filed under house, maybe you're just noticing/hearing it more or in the shops Ken ? There's probably more house labels than techno, (hard to imagine but... ha ha). House has broader appeal and also more commericalized trends than techno (a broad generalization, but one I think it for the MOST part true..). Even though I have enjoyed virtually everything I've heard from Geist and Jesrani et al, I do think that they have contributed rather a lot to a trend of too clean, rather tame and 'uneccentric' house. Sorry Ken I gotta take issue with this offhand comment... THey didn't 'contriubute' to it, they created their own sound! They made something original out of older inspirations and spawned an army of immitators... some intersting but most IMHO weak by comparison, or not different enough from M.A. to hold my interest. I also find Metro Area anything BUT uneccentric! So the first time you heard them could you really say that? All the varied roots you can hear in their tracks, i think the combo of all those sounds is truly eccentric, as eccentric as the weirdo 'lost tracks' they play if you've ever heard them DJ out. When they dropped these Metro Area 12s one at a time there was nothing else quite like it (new) on the dance music market... w/ live instruments combined with deep funky electronics yet didn't sound noodle-y and silly, nothing that was made in the last decade anyway. It's just sewn up so tight... Now it's taken a couple of hard-fought years of their sound honing and now that they have found some exposure and a 'sound' all their own, people will label it a trend, which is too bad, Metro area was so eccentric people has difficulty categorizing it, which is often a good sign IMHO. Just as a point of comparison: Jeff Mills got blamed when he did this around the time he clicked solidly into 'that Purposemaker' sound for awhile, and series of first 3 to 5 12-inches on that sublabel and then everyone complained that techno was all going into 'that purposemaker sound'. OK, but the one think I don't think is fair to do is BLAME the innovator (in this case Mills) for all the purposemaker copycats! Some producers made careers as making purposemaker 'cover tracks', ha ha.. sad but true. It's one thing to be inspired, it's another (and a fine line in techno to be sure) to make copycats. If you don't like the tight production values that you can hear in MA (not raw enough) all I can say is Morgan's productions have *always* had that sharpness and precision, even on his old Metamorphic and Environ and Clear records, when it was more techno than house. His production values have been consistently high throughout, and his ear for melody as well I think few have it quite like that. There is plenty of raw house stuff out there too, it's just that (in my experience) there's not a lot of it that shows the same kind of quality you hear with Metro Area. I am of course a huge fan of chicago jackin' trax, love em!!! but for me there's not a lot of raw or really unique house coming out (of chicago right now anyway) that was the way it used to be. New generations of producers aren't as constrained as the founders were, and you get a lot of stuff made on computers and not a lot of 2nd and 3rd generation house producers are selling their iMacs for RZ-1's, etc. ;) Which is why I've somewhat gone back to much older material which displays a roughness simply because that was all that was possible at the time (I'm talking pre-1990) from the technology available. Also, what new stuff I buy has to have some sort of edge. I do share your desire for uniqueness too, but i don't feel like house needs to be underproduced or 'rough' to have it. Not as a sole trait anyway. on the previous points (many others commented on too): About the whole 'electro house' genre, I think as most silly over-labeled genre names go, (microhouse? techhouse? hardhouse? househouse???) they are coined by journalists who need to sell in headline in the here today, err wait, i've got a different career tomorrow world of dance music journalism. (save for a few of the quality writers, Tom Magic Feet, Mr. Sicko and a handful of others who have been into the music longer than flavor or magazine of the month ;) herion house is the stupidest yet... can we please let that die, it was a silly term by a bad writer and the music has connections to heroin except in the writers own veins. I thought it was buried years ago. If you're trying to categorize Theo Parrish: yes it's difficult and that's why it's so good. I know it's natural to want to label things when communicating verbally (in an email list for example) but putting a big magnifying glass over every artist and trend is a sure way to burn
(313) electro house is taking over (maybe not just in OZ)
However, pls re-read my original post before saying I don't like Metro Area. As you in fact pointed out yourself, I said: 'I've liked everything of theirs I've heard'! yep, duly noted Ken :) I was just responding (ad nauseum, in retrospect) more to you singling MA out as somehow responsible for all the weak immitators and flaccid house that is coming out now... which is what I took issue with. You can't just can't hold the true innovators responsible for the army of (largely bad) copycats. It ain't their fault... and you can't just lump them in the same group as the others IMHO. Ok nuff said from this end. cheers, Matt
RE: (313) electro house is taking over (maybe not just in OZ)
I agree that Metro Area really put together a unique sound, but definitely not without precedence and influences. oh yes totally agree... you can also hear plenty of 313 in it, in the realm of cybotron / kraftwerk / YMO influences, especially in the first MA 12-inch... then coming in from the other side you have a Prelude / D-Train / Moroder kind of synthetic disco. The 2 coming together is bliss, especially for people who like both techno AND disco, but you rarely get to hear that sound together on more than a handful of good records. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) WE WANT LYRICS!
favorite 313 lyrics-- model 500: nite drive thru babylon (time, space, transmat) i wanna be there i see the light more recent stuff: Terry Brookes - Breaking Cycles (deepart) amp dog - I'm Doing Fine (mahogani) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) WE WANT LYRICS!
4 Hero - Black Gold of the sun This is actually a cover of a psychedelic soul cut done by Rotary Connection in the late 60's (I think??) on Cadet. Anytime you play this out I can guarantee you will get comments. You can get this on the absolutely stunning Hey Love LP. Dusty Groove http://DustyGroove.com usually carries them, here's the description: - A massively beautiful piece of work by the new Rotary Connection -- a version of this groundbreaking Chicago soul ensemble which featured Phil Upchurch, Henry Gibson, and Charles Stephney -- the cream of the Chicago production scene! Minnie Riperton's still in the band on vocals, and her work on the LP is similar to that on the legendary Come To My Garden LP. The album features the incredible track I Am the Blackgold of the Sun -- a haunting soul anthem that has been a favorite of groovers for years, and which was later made into a house track by NuYorican Soul. A great album all the way through, and filled with loads of excellent cuts! Other tracks include If I Sing My Song, Hey, Love, Love Has Fallen On Me, and a cover of Terry Callier's Song For Everyman.
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 25 April 2003 - 3 Chairs spotlight
Clinically Inclined 25 April 2003 - 3 Chairs Artist Spotlight for Chicago Show 9:30pm - 12:30am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 10:30pm M. MacQueen jeff mills - learning sequence (tomorrow) CiM - pop squabble - noki bay ep (ann-aimee) CiM - lagrange point - noki bay ep (ann-aimee) double helix - subscript - sync or swing (emoticon) terry brookes - family ties feat. brother soul - deepart mix (deepart) jesse saunders - on on mega mix - on on (broken) aril brikha - aqua - departure in time (transmat) newworldaquarium - heavy metal (peacefrog) isolee - it's about - lopazz und casio casinos maxi mix (freudinnen) pluto - sueno plutino (i.t.p.) john beltran feat. open house - fragile (sinewave) 10:30 - 11:30pm tag team 2+2 3 Chairs Artist Spotlight moodyman - track four (planet e) theo parrish - i can take it (sound signature) theo parrish - heal yourself and move - first floor part 2 (peacefrog) marsellus pittman/theo parrish - night of the sagitarius - essential selections vol 1 (sound signature) kenny dixon jr - transit - 3 chairs #2 (3 chairs) moodymann - d1 - u can dance if u want 2 (kdj) ugly edits #4 - side b moodymann - the third track - silent introduction (planet e) kenny dixon jr - january (soul city) theo parrish - shadow dancing - musical metaphors (sound signature) theo parrish - that day (archive) theo parrish - dance of the drunken drums (sound signature) rick wilhite - roots of detroit (3 chairs) the godson - good kiss - II (kdj) jill scott - slowly, surely - theo parrish re-edit (ugly edits) 11:30pm - 12:30am Dr. Siska newworldaquarium - lovin u (peacefrog) arovane - neel (city centre offices) huburtus krantz - a1 - disturbe no (fracture) clementine - fast lane - cosmopolitan for the cosmos (djax) steve tang - unwind - nightfall (emphasis) duplex - entropia - ep4 (clone) miles tilmann - the big swim (toytronic) 3mb featuring juan atkins - die kosmischen kuriere - global technological innovations - soundwaves 1 (new electronica) otherworld collective - artificial world (peacefrog)
RE: (313) 2000 One, Serge Blenner
Cant remember who's behind it but another release ' never ending cycle ' on eevolute is one of my all time favorite tracks... yes this is good stuff! Isn't this 2000 and One also ? peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) 2000 One, Serge Blenner
was there ever a connection between 2000 and One and B12 records? OR am I just imagining things... cheers, Matt MacQueen -Original Message- From: marsel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:50 AM To: 313 Subject: Re: (313) 2000 One, Serge Blenner I picked up a second hand record on 100% Pure by an artist(s) under the name of 2000 One. The ep is called 'Belongings'classic sounding Detroit string- laden stuff...Anyone any ideas who's behind this? it's Dylan Hermelijn aka Edge Of Motion also try to catch the one on Eevo Lute
RE: (313) That Friday Question
(tho to get a dnb head on side shake's 'madmen' works well) good point! or Innzerone's Bug in the Bassbin for that matter... cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) That Friday Question
typo, that's Innerzone (Orchestra)... I know 'Bug' gets namechecked by a lot of dnb heads as a kind of important pre-cursor to the genre, but has it ever been sampled/used in any modern dnb tracks? There were some decent remixes on mo'wax when it got reissued again in like '95 or '96... (4 hero, peshay, future/past I think) but anything other than that? peace, Matt MacQueen -Original Message- From: Matthew MacQueen Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) That Friday Question (tho to get a dnb head on side shake's 'madmen' works well) good point! or Innzerone's Bug in the Bassbin for that matter... cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) That Sloppy Ass Broken Beat Mix I Been Saying I'll Do
Unfortunately, this mix didn't turn out like I'd hoped. It's kinda sloppy in a couple of parts. Hopefully you don't think any of my mess is too disastrous. I've never actually tried to mix an entire set of broken beat stuff before. ha... no worries! Such is the life of someone who chooses to mix this mad style! it's a cross to bear i hear ya ;) i feel like some of it does work well for a fast cut-n-paste fashion, while others (esp. the stringy ones) you can really ride and wring them out over some acapella beats. But to always take the safe transitions, intros and outtros is just too boring. I have yet to hear a super-locked-down-tight mix of something with this much differing percussion signatures and polyrhythmic breaks and disjointed action going on... and in the cases where I know the tracks being played, I can often hear even the most experienced DJs taking a mixture of risks and 'safely mixes' (ha) the ambient or beatless break areas as places to 'take' to the next new track, Orrin Walters included. And there is a time for both. I'd say such is the way of the style, I mean it's BROKE-N ! anyone who says they can lock a set super tight of this style isn't playing the craziest stuff in the genre... which to me is the most interesting. Not the noodley, faux-jazz wonky stuff, (which i am fading fast on) but the real experimental 'technosoul' side of it, like mustang, titonton, domu, aardvarck(!difficult!), rednose, genre, numbian mindz, seiji, nu era, son of scientist, moonstar, total science, etc. hats off for not pre-planning every mix out for the whole thing... that is so BORING. personally i can never do the same mix more than once or twice max, life (behind 1200's) is too short and there's too much fun in riding the randomness of it all, flipping it over and trying out that b-side you never really gave proper attention to, experimentation, etc. BTW - Brian Gillespie has pulled off some pretty heroic broken beat flavored DJ sets in detroit but he'll also tell ya the sh!t ain't easy and frankly i think it is (and should be) mixed with other genres to really stand out and create impact.. I love to hear it with similar 'feeling' 4/4 stuff too, UR especially comes to mind, Ibex, Recloose, As One, Urban Tribe, even Plaid.. (not exactly 4/4 but you know what i mean). DJ Aaron Shin is also great at mixing broken beat style, he lived in Chicago but has also relocated to New York, and he was into DJing this style (+ house) from day ONE.. he taught me a lot and turned me on to sounds I never heard before. He goes more vocal than I can personally, but if he is DJ'ing out and about in NYC do catch him. Very diverse and he always has the latest cuts, he's on the hunt for the new white lables like Ted Nugent on opening day of bowhunting season. :P peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) new emoticon - Double Helix
can anyone point me to any online clips of the new double helix ep on emoticon? http://www.emoticonrecordings.com/emot014.html I'm late on this thread but Hans and Rebecca's sound is just getting better and better... this record is awesome. And it's definitely a unique sound, you can hear the Detroit influences but it's original too. (this is how I feel about Recloose too). If you like Sync or Swing you definitely need to track down their Funxtiles EP on Rush Hour... there is a slower tempo cut on there that is wicked (forgot the name, I think it's on the long side??). All the Double Helix stuff is so well-produced too, I'm glad they are getting more exposure. The Double Helix mix CDs are incredible too, diverse selections and deep, cool house/dub and dusties selections. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) 313 geek culture - JUST DO IT
What you don't see in the picture is that new 313 list member intern making small talk about the weather. Or the list member who wrote up a really interesting idea (with basically a detailed spec and instructions) of how to improve the 313 list, but then insisted someone ELSE do it. How geeky is that? That kills me. THis listmember refused to take the initiative on their own idea, but will continue to complain that someone doesn't do it.A familiar phrase comes to mind: put up or shut up. I'd prefer to see the former, but if you don't then please do the latter. cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) What happened to Nuron
I was just going to some old Likemind records and wondered if Nuron did anything else except the stuff for Likemind, i saw his name on some a.r.t. compilation once but that is about it. That's all I've been able to find myself... (?) cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) ron trent
Got a brilliant record by Mr Trent and someone called Sundiata OM on Prescription called 'What are you doing with your life?' (at least I think that's the title). The instrumental track is really stunning...is this a new thing or an oldie? Who is the other bloke? Anyone recommend other stuff by him? If you like it, hunt down a copy his 4-tracker come together 12 on Prescription from 1994. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) 313 geek culture
this would be an impossible for task for one person.. not really, in fact it probably wouldnt take a lot of time out of anyones busy scheduale. great idea steve, you doing this will really help out list and keep the rest of us informed. we'll be looking for you to have a rough version 1.0 of this weeks list wrapped up by say, early next week? Why not? cheers, matt macqueen
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 11 April 2003
Clinically Inclined 11 April 2003 9:30pm - 12:30am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 10:30pm Matt MacQueen Donny Hathaway - I Love The Lord: He Heart My Cry (Part II) - Extension of a Man (Atco '73) Prince The Revolution - Sometimes It Snows In April - Parade (Warner '86) P'Taah - Flying High - Compressed Light (Ubiquity) Ian O'Brien - Homeless - Desert Scores (Ferox) Double Helix - Unlocked - Sync or Swing (Emoticon) Aardvarck - Cult Copy mix 1 - (Rush Hour) Pitch Black City feat. Roberta Sweed - Runaway (Mahogani) untitled A - Sound Signature 18 Rick Wade - Detroit Hustle - Late Night Basix Vol. 2 (Harmonie Park) Alton M. - Where My Fathers Danced (Hot Box mix) - Jazzin' It EP (M3) The Dells - Get On Down - They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It! (Mercury '77) Chris Gray - High Above - Trippy Fingers EP (Track Mode) Yunx - Numb Bed - Spanish Fly Guy (Yunx) Big Bang - Clouds: Stephane Attias Distant Rework - Reworks Sampler (Arison) Blake - Saturday Night (Joshua's Vox mix) - Remixes (Ideal) Chateau Flight - Prism - Puzzle (Versatile) Jason Brunton - Different Places - Looking Glass EP (Laws of Motion) Polarus - Ballet Class - Jams from the Funk Dump (Down low) New Order - 5-8-6 - Power, Corrupton and Lies (Factory '83) 10:30pm - 12:30am dr. siska timpani waves - lighthouse (theo parrish rmx) (oratai) benjamin brunn - fluss chemnitz - auftrag ep (usm) silex - sphere (vibrant) pub - summer (arovane amx4) (vertical form) round four - found a way (main street) kim rapatti - a1 - mood ep (plug research) florence - the vineyard (peter ford rmx) (eevolute) convextion - stiletto caress (downlow) arovane - silicad (city centre offices) phoenicia - metic (schematic) afx - c1 - analogue bubblebath vol 3 (rephlex) diversion group - all boys / no girls - playground procedure (downwards) neuropolitique - 1494-48209 - facility junction (irdial) octaves/tremolos - spike (plus8) visitor - cottage pie (d1) aztec mystic - aztec mystic (ur) link - avatar - teex5 (volume) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Shake in Holland
Just a few nice words about Shake, who played a brilliant set last Saturday here in Holland. His choice of records was amazing, he was going from one point of the musical spectrum. YEa! He is amazing DJ indeed. I love how everyone raves about his broad spectrum of selections. It's a lifetime of loving and producing music that sets this style apart... wish more DJs had the guts to spin out like this, it sure would make things more interesting! :) peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Shake in Holland
add Theo Parrish. exactly... disco, reggae, minimal chi jack tracks, soul, african music I can't begin to understand, 70's rb, italo, latin, rocksteady, jazz fusion, electronics... you can never predict where his sets will go cause just when you're in the groove of that genre he takes you to the next level on some other plane. A heavily EQ'd plane, mind... ;) I have also seen Claude Young pull out some serious surprises when he's on the freeform tip, but haven't seen him DJ in at least 3-4 years now... that whole Claude/Shake connection is strong and explains a lot, stylistically and technically. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Re: New Music and Elitism
I noticed the new Richie Hawtin Hardtrax Vol III wasn't mentioned or the new Monobox also a Detroit artist I cant think of his name Gary Martin? who released records on KMS has an album out which has not been mentioned. great, so mention it! Why wait for someone else to? Ask about it. If possible, drop a needle on it yourself if you can and post your comments/curiosities. It's not a one-way list unless you cast yourself solely as a consumer. We can *ALL* be producers of content here, not just consumers of it. 313 doesn't owe anyone anything, like any community (virtual or actual) if you want to see improve, grab a rake and plant some flowers in the front yard. Know what I mean? What I read in your comments is despair that the list isn't producing what you'd like it to. So why not devote that energy into providing content that you will like and there is a good chance others will read and appreciate it too. And contribute in kind. OR at least it becomes a good topic for healthy debate/idea exchange. Detroit electro labels like Twilight 76, Databse? don't get mentioned a lot. I'm sure if you compiled a monthly list 313 artist labels it would be a good size list. Mention them then! All of the artists/labels mentioned in this email are very welcome topics here. Who's job do you think it is to mention them? It's everyone's responsibility to provide new content, it's not some mysterious OZ figure hiding behind a curtain at hyperreal. :) In case you were under any false assumptions, there is no official 313 fountain of knowledge or topic officiator where from all new topics and releases for discussion are approved and flow from. If you are curious about a new release, ask for gods sake. If you want to know reviews of things - ask for them. Better yet, write them yourself when you get something new you are fond of. A record review is also not gospel, it's one persons opinion about something that hits their ear. I like reading multiple list members opinions on a record, especially when they differ. it keeps it dynamic. I also second Otto and others recommendation that if finding out about new releases gets you going, then subscribe to the outbound emails from Submerge, Hardwax, Rush Hour, Groove Distribution, Groovetech, Sonic Groove, etc. etc. Sometimes people cut and paste those descriptions to the list and say anyone actually heard this and it starts a thread or prompts opinions there. Perfectly acceptable and in fact welcome traffic. After all, it's about the music. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Shake in Holland
What about Traxx? I heard him go from onside to another. He plays from wave, to pop, to electro to disco... He played a 4 hour set here when DJ Hell came through (each of them played 4 hours, actually) and Traxx was all over the palce indeed.. he'll even drop some chicago industrial classics..., italo, classic detroit, proto-312 Jack Trax. He gets mad indeed, it's a wonder he can hold onto his records with all the sweat pouring off him. He definitely WORKS when he's on the decks, in every way: selection, EQ, doubles, long mixes, drop-ins... fun to dance to, if exhausting, ha ha peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) artists vs. bootlegging
the bootleggers would have a lot less market if the record were repressed I can't disagree with that logic. BUT... I've been following this thread for awhile and a voice I'm not hearing in this debate (that is kind of troubling to me, actually) is the rights of the ARTIST. Art is not necessarily subject to the same demands as say, any old consumer product where the goal is to sell as many as possible (say, toothpaste or something). One of the benefits of owning and running your own label (or printshop, for example) is to control the trickle - or flood - of your art into an art-buyers market -- more control over your own destiny. You can still keep things limited or special if, as the artist, you feel like that is a part of your 'statement' so to speak, of what you have created. When a famous potter makes a vase, and they decide to make 5 of them, not 500... it makes that vase unique. You have to think the artist has a reason to only make 5 if that's what they choose. Is everyone forgetting that the artist has a right to release as many or as few pieces of art as they feel? Sure there are ramifications of releasing few, I'm not denying that: if demand is high enough and the art is scarce, it may get bootlegged. That is a risk. But an artist of any medium is certainly never OBLIGED to fill the needs of every consumer! That is the artists right. I have detected this slight tone of well if he just would have pressed up more it wouldn't matter, he deserved it, etc. -- but the reality is sometimes an artist might want LESS of something out there, not more, as part of the artistic statement itself. I respect artists who choose to release less, not more... even if I can't have a copy myself. But that doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to bootleg it (and profit from it) if I can't find my copy. peace, Matt
RE: (313) artists vs. bootlegging
i can see why kenny is pissed off about this-he's started a label and put out a limited pressing to see how it does and some f#ckers decide to bootleg it and make some money Exactly. A footnote: Why is the UR S.I.D. series special? I mean, MOST of the releases (not all IMHO) are excellent music, first and foremost. But as a secondary factor: it's because you can only get them new from the Submerge store. They are less widespread. Also you don't see people bootlegging the UR S.I.D. records because they know UR has eyes and ears everywhere (aka - Operatives) ;) and they defend their independence and control of distribution in a militant manner. It's not perfect, but it's worked thus far. I don't see any problem UR seeking out who booted the KDJ stuff, because it could happen to UR too. If the artists stick together and 'protect the hive', a swarm is always more lethal than a single bee. peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 4 April 2003
Clinically Inclined 4 April 2003 9:30pm - 12:30am CDT live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 10:30pm the alician people legion of green men - mosaic eye: evolutionary approach (plus8) biosphere - baby satellite - microgravity (apollo) carl craig - butterfly - more songs... (planet e) mark broom - funked up - angie is a shoplifter (pure plastic) monolake - macau - hongkong (chain reaction) john tejada - l.e.d. - little green lights and four-inch faders (a13) alex cortex - 5 - laconic (source) aril brikha - setting sun - deeparture in time (transmat) aphex twin - to cure a weakling child - richard d james album (warp) 10:30pm - 12:30am dr. siska bill vanloo - tones (for sarah) (city centre offices) emillina torrini - dead things (e-rmx 6) fluxion - distant ear - [spaces] (vibrant) slag boom van loon - poppyseed (boards of canada rmx) (planet mu) christian kleine - firn - firn ep (city centre offices) bochum welt - la nuit (slumber) (rephlex) various artists - 3 (chain reaction) stewart walker - do you know me - pleasure island (persona) substance - centralized - remixed pt 6 (central) b12 - hall of mirrors - electro soma (warp) yunx - jazz skunk - spanish fly guy (yunx) phenomyna - everlast (otherworld) bandulu - phaze in version (infonet) tomito satori - a1 - blood rising (exhibit) surgeon - b2 - learning (dynamic tension) mark broom - rhino (mosaic) arne weinberg - beauty in decay - beauty in decay (downlow) the 7th plain - seeing sense (reprised version) (gpr) imax - 1 am (octal)
RE: (313) Acid Jazz (Best Acid Lines In The World...Ever!!)
everything touched by Erik van de Broek with a 303 in it Whatever happened to him? Is he still producing? Some classics... peace Matt
RE: (313) Patrick Pulsinger
he's always been into jazz. another great example of Pulsinger effectively working techno and jazz flavors has to be the track City Lights on Dogmatic Sequences vol. II... on Disko B if I recall. Came out mid to late 90s. I always still play this track, the version with the stand-up bassline, and really lush strings.. very original sounding tune. It's got jazz influences by I wouldn't describe it as Jazzy if you know what i mean.. that word doesn't even do it justice. A true deeper sounding influence in his electronic music, esp. in the percussion. Just a brilliant, timeless track. peace Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Patrick Pulsinger
and City Lights is on RS (?) yep, and on Disko B too (not sure who was first) http://www.diskob.com/c/pulsinger/db25.html peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) Theo Parrish in Detroit last Sunday
Quick note to say checked out Theo Parrish at the Sound Signature 'residency'(?) Sunday night in Detroit -- the Instant Vintage night at Fifth Avenue. Dan Sicko and I popped down to 2100 Woodward, it's basically the a new bar in the corner of comerica park, a dimly lit lounge/bar area with laid back tables, chairs, and some pool tables in the back, little candles all over. Only $3 to get in... Nice bar/space and Theo was laying it down thick with decks set up on the stage and crates of wax spilling out everywhere. Good turnout for a Sunday night - the heads turned up and lots of groovers coming in the later it got, filled up by midnight and a nice spacious dancefloor. He was dropping all kinds of older stuff incl. Gil Scott Heron the bottle, Peter Brown do ya wanna get funky and one of my favorite Prince cuts of all time the ballad of dorothy parker ... man... Kenny Dixon Jr. rolled in later to take it in and a good vibes all around. The hometown crowd was up for it (plenty of little cuties too) and again a great opportunity to boogie down with mixed ages and races, from uptempo to laid back, quite a spectrum and a nice little intimate gathering for One Nation Under A Groove. I don't know how regular he is playing with Instant Vingate but one to look out for if you happen to be in the mood. peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) CiM - Noki Bay EP - REVEIW
CiM - Noki Bay EP (Ann-Aimee) Simon Walley makes techno music on his own terms, when he wants and to a level of earnestness and maturity of craft unmatched by many. His first proper release in a few years (and following mini US tour of live dates w/ John Tejada in 2002), CiM hasn't missed a click with the further extension of a sound now very much his own. On the new Ann-Aimee imprint (following a strong debut EP from Alex Cortex) comes a new 9-tracker EP. Signature for CiM the tracks are short and sweet, most clocking in around 3 minutes - but the amount of depth and emotion packed into each one goes far beyond their tracklength. The tracks are like super-concentrated electronic music pellets, each tiny one fully expands tenfold to fill and soak the room where it's played, recalling all the great reasons why you seek out 'listening techno' in the first place. The EP opens with a couple of deep sweeping stringy pieces with plodding fresh electronic beats. Track #4 'Fuss', at only 1:33, is a little microcosm of all things CiM: the combination/contrast of deep Detroit contemplative melody offset with bass depths, clicky ticks and pure techno bleeps. Robot love software patches, or bittersweet long-range driving music for a rainy day? Your call. 'Dance Party' (#6) is an adventure in beat programming, you bob your head as it gets twisted and jerked around by synth squirts and squelches... road-tested and played in live sets last year, this sought-after cut finally makes it to vinyl. But it's 'Pop Squabble' (#7) that seals the deal, an outpouring of electronic beauty at around 100bpm, deep bassline and warm synth pads and strings added to change it throughout. A future classic in the making, every detail balanced just right... you won't forget this track. The EP finishes with aptly named 'close', a moonlit goodnight caress with gorgeous tonal simplicity. CiM takes the warmth and feeling of Detroit techno and wraps it with his signature crispy beat programming and British bleeps into a futuresound all his own. An heir to the next generation of producers, CiM has earned his seat at UK techno roundtable, an heir to his older and better-known contemporaries like B12 and Black Dog Productions. Connections and re-send transmissions crossed up between London and Detroit but no worries, what falls out are little pieces of shimmering beauty like this. release date: April 4, 2003 Samples here: http://www.ann-aimee.net other essential CiM: - Reference LP/CD - deFocus (2000) - Service Pack - Delsin (1999) peace, Matt MacQueen
(313) playlist WNUR Chicago - 21 March 2003
Clinically Inclined 21 March 2003 11pm - 12:30am CST live stream www.wnur.org during showtime / 89.3 FM in Chicago 9:30 - 11pm M. MacQueen Shake - Can't Turn Back - Eleven Phases (Sublime) Recloose - Cardiology - Cardiology (Planet e) Gap Band - Beep A Freak - VI (Total Experience) '84 Rick Wilhite - War on Woodward Ave - 3 Chairs 1 (3 Chairs) untitled B (Sound Signature 18) Jesse's Gang - Real Dub (Is It Real?) (Jes Say) '85 Noni - Teach/Keep Me (Satisfied) - The Gift (Prescription) Jerry The Cat - Mating Ritual - Theo Parrish's Beat Freak (Soiree) Virgo Four - Do You Know Who You Are? (Trax) Fingers Inc. - Can U Feel It - Dr. MLK vocal (Jack Trax) Daniel Wang - All Flowers Must Fade - Silver Trophies (Environ) Isolee - It's About - Lopazz Und Casio Casinos Maxi Mix (Freundinnen) Max Mohr - Can We Get This (Keep The Curtain) - Time Travel (Playhouse) Borneo Sporenburg - What's Going On Tonight - Losoul Domino remix - remixes (Italic) untitled A - Cocadisco I 4th wave - Electroluv - Touched (Planet e) 11pm - 12:30am Dr. Siska urban tribe - covert action (planet e) aardvarck - gag - gensin (delsin) aphelion - click (defocus) redcell - practopia (art/b12) insync vs mysteron - nuclear warheads - these 4 walls (tenth planet) echoplex damon wild - adapt to steps - niteworks part 2 (synewave) damon wild - pt 1 - downtown pt 1-4 (kanzleramt) substance - centralized - central remixed pt 6 (central) monobox - realm (m-plant) gez varley - les cartes - bayou paradis (force inc) sterac - tears - thera (100% pure) phenomyna - passion - unexplained (applied rhythmic technology) nils petter molvaer - merciful (herbert's we mix) (universal music) luke slater's 7th plain - it's sandra's favorite - my yellow wise rug (gpr) cim - lighthouse - noki bay ep (ann aimee) dark comedy - eclectic - seven days (elypsia) purveyors of fine funk - ashes smashing red (peacefrog) joe lewis - electric love - the beginning and the ending (target) lnr - work it to the bone (instrumental) (house jam) peace.
RE: (313) Keynote
I got a copy of the Stinkworx ep on Keynote on Monday, and it's really good. There was one track on there which is just outstanding, I agree this release is really good record. If you liked their Todas Las Noches release on Delsin from last year, this is a little more electro-ey but still the similar warm and deep funky synth sounds. My favorite track is the middle cut on the side with 3 cuts... no tocar i think is the title... it might be the slowest of the 5 tracks too? Nice electronics and timeless mood. Check it out. peace, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) handbags vs. humanity ;)
Before chucking mud at Dixon, and at each other, perhaps we could have some clarification My thoughts exactly... can everyone chill out. You know how the internet is. Unless I heard someone say something or it was a direct quote, it's all assumptions stacked on assumptions and false conclusions. All subject to each layer of editorialization along the way. This could all be moot if he didn't say/write the slur. It's all too easy to judge people falsely and that works both ways. Just because you read it on a mailing list doesn't mean someone said it/wrote it... Racial slurs are horrible but ones that get falsely attributed to people who didn't even say them are far worse. I'd love it if a piece of music generated this much conversation, jee. I'm more interested that there isn't an instrumental or a dub version of it... 1-sided records have to be absolute knockouts to pull that off. We shall see. If it kick it kick, period Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Jesse Saunders On and On
This classic has been repressed... Pick it up. yes sir! I think i missed this discussion earlier but is the only track on the repress that was on the original the 'original vocal' ? Where did the 'megamix' come from on the repress and is it new or old? Great stuff though. cheers Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Congoman
Carl Craig remix of Congoman...Has anyone heard this ? what label is this on? sounds interesting... cheers, Matt MacQueen
RE: (313) Records Stores In London
I highly recommend Smallfish on Old St. Good listening equipment (last I was there) and super nice people! There are also loads of used shops worth checking if you have the time and are up for a dig. cheers Matt MacQueen
(313) Sound Signature # 18 (correction!)
yesterday I said whites are circulating of the new Sound Signature #17... this was a mistake, the whites are actually SS #18... sorry bout that. Which brings up the question what happened to # 17 ? Anyway after some time to digest it, a quickie review: A side is a long fairly uptempo cut that starts minimal with cowbell and old-ish sounding drums funky and maybe African sounding? builds slowly and really funky infectious groove. crazy stuff like and some rhythmic flute, comes in and a small chorus of voices saying a la la la la kind of melody... got to be a sample of something from long ago, hard to place,... very cool. Then about halfway into it, most of the elements except for the drums and cowbells drop out and these warm synth pads come up under it all and really smoothes it all out. The track feels like it's going over a hill and the sun is shining now over the bigger, broader vista. A bigger electronic bassline comes in and now the voices return, more melodies and some soft piano keys. A beautiful and uplifting piece, one you'd just like to end a set with the way it transforms. B side starts slow tempo, prob. around 90 bpm and a real plodding slow deep dark rhythm... distant fait sample that sounds like Eric B. saying you can clap to this and some cool electronic muted tones come in. Then as the track gets about halfway there's some clanging sounds and some couple kind of big drum crashes and a synthy haze. Then a sample breaks through, a female voice it's true without a doubt in a louder way and some more dramatic crashes... wicked breakdown. Then the tempo underneath picks up to probably around 120 - kicks it up a notch, more rhythmic elements join in and it's a jacking dance track that (after that crazy breakdown) is sure to wake up a dance floor. This track just gets thicker with electronic rhythm elements and an additional really simple melody... a few more crashes along with that sample as it rides the rhythm out. These tracks are some of the most unique on Sound Signature records so far IMHO. Really deep and aimed straight at the underground, trademark gritty low-fi production. No one else I am hearing else is making tracks quite as unique as this with a consistent high bar of quality. A rich broad sound and enough changes and elements to keep it simple yet really complex at the same time. So much mood and energy, it's thick. The sounds and samples are timeless, you couldn't place a time or year on this one. But you can imagine the city where it came from... peace, Matt MacQueen
