Blog: Groovin' You

Azari & III

Nov 28, 2009, 9:14am Groovin' You
Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love
Not got a whole lot of info on these guys but I am very much into the three tracks I have heard - all on an early 90s Chicago House tip. Think Jamie Principle, Blake Baxter etc. Their new EP entitled Hungry For The Power is out on I'm A Cliche records (Cosmo Vitelli's label). The title track with its sexy/camp vocals instantly grabbed me. A classic 808 beat, big funky bassline and some great synth work. The video is full of sex and violence so watch at your own risk! Azari [...]
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YOU+ME=LOVE Compilation

Nov 16, 2009, 10:33am Groovin' You
YOU+ME=LOVE Compilation I've uploaded a little mixtape I recently made for the special lady in my life. Songs about love and that, y'know? All the tracks have lyrics that make me think of her and/or us. She said it made her do a happy cry so it did the trick! Tracklist: Lenny Williams - Choosin' You (edit) Eastside Connection - You're So Right For Me (edit) Darcus - It's Got To Be Love (edit) India - To Be In Love (album version) Lee Garrett - You're My Everything Marvin Gaye - I Wanna Be Where You Are Breakwater [...]
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Keenhouse - Civic Transit

Nov 11, 2009, 10:31am Groovin' You
Keenhouse - Civic Transit I've been listening to Keenhouse's album Civic Transit quite a lot lately (thanks to my girlfriend for putting me on to it). It's a rather jolly affair of (mostly) vocal dance-pop with plenty of lovely synths. The tracks are quite varied in style but there seems to be a mixture of Synth-pop, French House and Electro-House influences, plus I reckon there's a bit of videogame music in there too. My favourite tracks are Starpower Outage , Revolution (which could be a Goldfrapp track) and The Rendezvous but I've not found myself [...]
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Hudson Mohawke - Butter

Nov 7, 2009, 11:30am Groovin' You
Hudson Mohawke - Butter Hudmo's debut LP Butter dropped last month on Warp Records and it's hot! Sounding like not much else that's around at the moment, it's a crazy mixture of Wonky beats, US Hip-Hop and R&B plus more traditional Warp-style electronic experimentation, all covered in lush layers of dazzling neon synthesizers. You can read a short interview with him here where he talks about the album, some of his influences and his deal with Warp. This track is blowing my mind right now: Hudson Mohawke - FUSE [...]
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Floating Points - Vacuum EP

Oct 14, 2009, 10:55am Groovin' You
Floating Points - Argonaut
Some of the best House I've heard for a long time. Deep and warm, melodic and hypnotic. Buy it at Boomkat.com
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Joy Orbison

Oct 13, 2009, 3:16pm Groovin' You
Joy Orbison - Wet Look
If you've not heard anything about Joy Orbison's Hyph Mngo already this year you must be living under a rock. A massive genre defying tune, now finally available digitally on Hotflush Records . The b-side Wet Look is also a stormer. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo Joy Orbison - Wet Look Buy them at Boomkat.com
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Mayer Hawthorne

Oct 7, 2009, 9:17am Groovin' You
Mayer Hawthorne His "A Strange Arrangement" album recently came out on Stones Throw Records. It's a throw back to all things old and soulful. It's pretty good, going on the few listens I've had so far. The opening accapella of "Prelude" into the title track is beautifully smooth. The more upbeat tracks like "Your Easy Lovin'..." or "One Track Mind" I could live without to be honest. But what's really been doing it for me recently are the two free remixes available for download from stonesthrow.com . Astronote's remix of "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" [...]
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Artist:Mayer Hawthorne
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Gatekeeper

Oct 6, 2009, 10:01am Groovin' You
Gatekeeper I mentioned Gatekeeper last year when they had four amazing industrial-electro-horror-disc o tracks circulating the internet. They now have their first vinyl release due on Fright Records - a new label set up by Kompakt's Michael Mayer and Jon Berry. The four track EP entitled Optimus Maximus will be available on limited edition granite coloured vinyl from October 26th (and also digitally). There's a video for the title track, created by Tommy Boy (who was also involved in the amazing cover art). Watch the video below and check the Fright Records myspace page for more [...]
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I-F Mixtape 1986

Oct 5, 2009, 8:06am Groovin' You
Blind Date - Your Heart Keeps Burning (Burning Mega Mix)
There's a great old mix by I-F (CBS / Intergalactic FM) on the Valerie blog at the moment. Never heard any of the tracks before but they're pretty much all awesome; from Italo to Electro Rap to Euro-Dance. Mixing is spot on too. My personal favourite: I-F - Disco Mix from Tape 1986
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Casiopea - Make Up City

Oct 4, 2009, 7:50am Groovin' You
Casiopea - Make Up City I've been meaning to post this for ages; some 1980 style Japanese Jazz-Fusion from Casiopea that I picked up in San Francisco last summer. First sample track is the straight-up groover, second one has more of a 'shuffle' vibe to it. Nice synths and a healthy portion of noodles throughout the album. Casiopea - Eyes of Mind.mp3 Casiopea - Make Up City.mp3 Casiopea - Make Up City LP
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Baxter - Proof EP

Aug 24, 2009, 10:36am Groovin' You
Baxter - Proof EP Willy Baxter first caught my attention back in 2006 when I stumbled across him via Kelley Polar's myspace page. I really liked his music and I blogged a couple of his tracks over on 24:Hours , which lead to the Irish label seedyBurnR putting out his debut release, the excellent Aiming High back in 2007. He finally has another release out, the Proof EP under the alias "Baxter" on OMG! Records. It features 3 quality vocal tracks in a synth-pop/nu-disco style and a dreamy downtempo bonus. There is [...]
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Johan Agebjörn FACT Mix 76

Aug 23, 2009, 1:29pm Groovin' You
Johan Agebjörn FACT Mix 76 Sally Shapiro producer Johan has put together one of the best mixes I've heard for a long time for FACT Magazine. It's an excellent example of the quality and variety of tunes from the 'nu-disco' genre. Mid-tempo pacing, plenty of lovely melodies, an appreciation of song based structure and smooth, no frills mixing. Tracklisting: Friday Bridge: This Case Is Closed (Johan Agebjörn Remix) 40 Thieves feat Qzen: Don't Turn It Off (Brennan Green Remix) Sally Shapiro: Miracle (Bogdan Irkük Remix) Friendly Fires feat. Au Revoir Simone: Paris (Aeroplane Remix) Dølle Jølle: Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje [...]
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Groovin' You Too

Aug 17, 2009, 9:58am Groovin' You
I suppose I should draw your attention to this new mini blog I have set up. There is a permanent link at the top of the sidebar on the left. I don't always find the time to write full posts/reviews here so the new blog is something I hope to update more regularly, albeit with less information. So if I hear a random good track somewhere I'll be posting a link to it there. I'll still be writing more in depth posts here too. You can follow the Groovin' You Too blog if you're a Tumblr member or you can [...]
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Silkie - City Limits Vol.1

Aug 11, 2009, 10:10am Groovin' You
Silkie - The Horizon (Released: 2009)
I dabble in Dubstep now and then, and there are some really fresh sounds out there if you look beyond the raft of ear bleeding basslines and synths out there. Silkie can certainly be placed in the 'artistic' group of steppers on the strength of his new LP "City Limits Vol.1" recently released on Deep Medi Musik . My only complaint is that it's a little long at 13 tracks and 75 minutes but it does contain a wide variety of sounds, styles and influences over the heavy basslines. These four tracks perfectly highlight the [...]
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Alan Wilkis - Pink and Purple

Jul 15, 2009, 1:38pm Groovin' You
Alan Wilkis - Pink and Purple This new release from Brooklyn-based producer/multi-instrumentalist Alan Wilkis was one of the last promos I downloaded before being cut off from the world internet for a month after a recent house move. A crazy mixture of styles and genres (check out his influences at Owl & Bear ) that somehow manage to come together to form a cohesive whole. Starting out with the disco funk of Snuggle Up To Nail Down which is packed with catchy and infectious vocodered vocals and synth melodies layered over a bubbling bassline, lo-fi shuffling [...]
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Desire

Jun 15, 2009, 3:38pm Groovin' You
Desire Desire is the new project from Johnny Jewel of Glass Candy and Chromatics fame. They opened the show for Glass Candy and Lindstrom at the Italians Do It Better party at London's KOKO last Thursday and turned out to be the highlight of the show for me. Singer Megan Louise has a great voice, slightly reminiscent of Billie Ray Martin - she also played a bit of synth. Johnny Jewel was hunched over an array of electronic noise boxes and there [...]
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Nite Jewel

May 23, 2009, 3:56pm Groovin' You
Nite Jewel, "What Did He Say"
I can't stop listening to this song. And when I'm not listening to it, I'm singing it in my head. A beautiful, amazing record. I found it on the new Milky Disco 2 compilation from Lo Records (not as good as the original or the digital only Milky Disco 1.5). It also came out as a 12" on Italians Do It Better. Taken from the Good Evening LP which I've not managed to hear yet. Nite Jewel Myspace | Nite Jewel Website
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Colin McNeil - Cantina

May 18, 2009, 11:21am Groovin' You
Colin McNeil - Cantina A lost gem from my vinyl collection, the b-side to the Monsters of the Deep 12" on Ritual Recordings. A lot of Techno/Tech-House from this period (2001) hasn't aged well but I think this still has some interesting sounds, a healthy amount of funk and a slightly Detroit influenced groove to it. Can't tell you much about Colin McNeil I'm afraid, though all of the releases on Ritual Recordings were from him. So just sit back and enjoy the music with this one, pitched down slightly for your listening pleasure! Colin McNeil [...]
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Italo Disco with Karin Klark & Mondo

May 12, 2009, 12:43pm Groovin' You
Mondo - The only love
Two hot new Italo-Disco tracks that I'm sure I'll never see a physical copy of. Love the SNES sounding synth hook and the guitar solo in the third minute of Karin Klark's "In The Night". Mondo's "The Only Love" has a pretty laid back groove to it and some of the worst synthesized brass I've heard but I can ignore it with chord progressions and a basslines as good as this. These were both sourced from the new Flemming Dalum mix entitled "Italo Magic". It's full of obscure tracks and as ever, [...]
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acidbearboy - Deep House Mix 27-04-2009

Apr 27, 2009, 12:53pm Groovin' You
Here's a little something I put together this afternoon. Selected and mixed LIVE using Vinyl and Serato. acidbearboy - Deep House Mix 27-04-2009 Tracklist: Bogdan Irkuk aka Bulgari - Everything is Changing Trentemoller - Le Champagne Dolle Jolle - Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje Extra Doll Mix) Circlesquare - Dancers (Russ Chimes vs. Anoraak Remix) Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Yam Who? Electric Dub) Metro Area - Orange Alert Andy Stott - Talk Touch Nick Holder - Paradise '98 Model 500 - Starlight Ame - Engoli Brendan Moeller - [...]
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