I spent the day wandering around the Soho district of London and found my way into a couple of record stores including the Soul Jazz Records hub, Sounds of The Universe . They had a deep collection of classic and new vinyl, but alas for obvious reasons I am going wax free on this particular journey overseas. I later walked into another shop and heard a solid classic house compilation from the early 90's playing on the PA and snatched it up. The House Nation comp is probably my first cd purchase in over [...]
Our good friend Ital suits up and strays into the the irradiated zones of Minimal Techno to retrieve the Detroit archives, once held as sacred tablets by the mid-00s hordes but now in danger of falling into a state of disrepair. With percussion ripped from an agitated Geiger counter, Ital wades into a landscape scared by years of Ketamine abuse. Great mounds of earth hang in the air, connected with blue neon thread. With space time anaesthetised the light from these threads appears to pulse as it moves in and out of pockets of localised distortion. The sky, [...]
New day rising over the spires of 20JFG's demesne, we awake stronger than yesterday. Why? Because we have a new recruit, christened 20Jazzfunkgreats Dan. We have known Dan for a long time, he's been feeding us recommendations and things for a long time, plus we have collaborated on a number of ...
Rhythim Is Rhythim if you dont already know is the brain child of the legend that is Derrick May...they graced us with the classic Stings of Life, a tune more sampled than Paris Hilton's whips...one of the many great tunes spanning their dominance. Fuck its good! Rhythim Is Rhythim- Nude Photo
Getting closer to the top spot on NME's countdown. A genuine classic in Rhythim is Rhythim and a key figure in DnB with Goldie. 05. Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life (1987) NME says "When he wasn't inventing house music, Frankie Knuckles was buying his first drum machine from the man who helped invent techno. That man - Derrick May - took his inexpert knowledge and sprayed it at random ovef 'Strings of Life'. Way too weird to be a hit in any other era, that stabby synth line didn't seem [...]
MP3: Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life from Strings of Life (1987) All photos: Sexy Fitsum/iLLIMETER During the recent "25 Random Things About Me" Facebook fad, a friend overcame the trite, threadbare conventions of tell-all confessional writing. He didn't write a word, but instead linked to 25 music videos on YouTube. Music speaks a great deal more to me than words (sometimes, and in [...]
Ahhhhhh Carnival weekend almost upon us, thank f**k! Haven't been for two years not since I danced like a rabid yoot on the wall at the front of Goodtimes a little worse for wear for half the day, it was the music that did it... bloomin' Strings of Life, one of my all time favourites and a memorable Carnival moment. Strings Of Life (Danny Krivitz re-edit) - Soul Central (Whistlebump) ...and the jazz version Strings of Life - Christian Prommer (sonar kollektiv) [...]
A brief diversion while I muster up the energy to keep going through the Deep Heat series, this time it's the turn of the Warehouse Raves series from Rumour Records. Again, a nice snapshot of music of the time, but where this one varies from Deep Heat is that it is focused on full versions of tracks Starlight - Numero Uno : As previously mentioned, this is from the wave of Italian sourced house that washed over the UK led by Daniele Davoli aka DJ Lelewel. Other notable releases from Daniele and his extended family [...]
Marc Romboy vs Stephan Bodzin, "Io" Rhythim Is Rhythim, "Strings of Life" (Unreleased mix) Markus Müller, "Chop"
Visiting my good friends Vicky and Darren (of Pleasurelab ) over the weekend and always amazed at their deep knowledge of especially certain pockets of music from the early 90's. Darren volunteered a cassette that has genuine critical cred instead of something that I happen upon in the Dalston Oxfam Shop bin (there are a few Celine Dion and M People cassettes in case anyone is looking for them). Hence, Biorhythm 2 . Lots of august names on here. For those of you who don't know, Model 500 is techno legend Juan Atkins, Energise [...]
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