I know vurt, avec and undo will dig this. Sure others will too....New Portable tracks from Alan Abrams. I was a bit thrown by the vocals at first but I've had it on all morning and the repetitious percolations are already working their magic. Second track is even more hypnotically infectious thanks largely to those chords. Hope the album is this good.

Portable - Speak Out

Tracklisting
a - Take Action
b - Bubble World

who's talking about lable whoring? i just said that i find kompakt going downhill. that's all.
and what's with the pop thing? sure they don't push the music and whatever, but do they have to be pop to be good or something? i don't get it.

totally agree with you remark on the clubs. that's what i always try to do.

i'm all for new interpretations/discussions of kompakt's direction or whatever but basing kompakt's overall direction on how consistent you think their 'album-as-art' albums are is just silly. (And not just because The Field album is one of the best I've heard this year). They're still a great label and they've made lots of great tracks in the past couple years, ok its not like their '02-'03 heyday but it seems to me that has more to do w/ familiarity, us being able to readily identify something of a 'kompakt sound' and having certain expectations, whereas early on their biggest strength seemed to come from their ability to create such a diverse range of club tracks w/ unexpected influences and from different directions, from smooth trip-hoppy superpitcher house to kaito's nu-trance...now its more 'reliable kompakt' than 'WHOA KOMPAKT'

Never mind that measuring the health of a dance label based on whether or not they can make classic LPs destined for Rolling Stone/internet message board year end lists is a fool's game.

Sweet. Thanks, Bruegel. Looking forward to hearing this.

i know, and i'm not disagreeing with you, deej, at all. it's just that "reliable" kompakt that i'm not feeling these days. i was never a huge fan of the lable, and to me it always seemed like kompakt's fans' base is more dependent on kompakt aesthetics, rather than the actual music.

i'm not bashing the kompakt. more like clearing my thoughts and expectations about it, i suppose.

Very good. That first album lacked the brutal precision of the Bodycode album that I loved so much, but it's coming through a lot more here. This sounds more like Bodycode than Portable to my ears, at least.

Thanks.

This is a stolen link, but it seems pretty nice. Jazzy house stuff.

ManmadeScience - One

You, more discussions of Kompakt were started by you than anyone else on the board in the last 2 years.

Not good, just memorable. Those four albums that you mentioned (including Gui) will not stand the test of time.

Compare dance music to the pop-punk scene of america... recently emo/prog has taken over as the dominating sound in that scene, but throughout the 90's every single band coming out sounded like NOFX or Bad Religion. The point being, are you gonna see any clones of MY MY or Soylant Green anywhere, especially because of said albums? I'm sure they are both fine albums, but the buzz they created was minimal. I left Isolee out because he already accomplised what we are talking about. Isolee broke ground with Rest and made a more poppy affair with Wearemonster. People remember Rest because it sounded different when it came out; it took the more experimental approach. Daft Punk's Homework also should be mentioned because it had two huge hits but was still memorable in its album context.

i have no idea why you talking about those albums creating minimal buzz and not standing the test of time. i like them and i listen to them. sure not much time has passed since their releases but right now to me they feel important. simply, i like them right now. that's all. if i forget about them in a year or two so be it.

surely, everyone has a different idea of what an "accomplished" album would sound like, particulalry in such a diverse scene as electronic dance music. no?

and the reason, as you've said i started the most kompakt threads on this board than anyone, is because kompakt seems to resonate with people who're not necessarily listen to electronic music.

You are one person. Buzz is when MANY people like an album. In electronic music buzz is generally created on the dance floor where DJ's test out certain tracks to see if the crowd will move. After that it moves to the internet, then finally to the masses if it gets the proper buzz.

so, what's your point?

Semantics, Semantics, no wonder you're at the lonely end of the dance floor!

board, please forgive me for my kompakt threads.

Ha, I searched "Kompakt" here a while back, and fuck, were there a ton of Kompakt threads. Sort of overwhelming.

really? breath in. breathe out. should help.

that's actually funny. good one, deej.

I just want to say that I love the Pantha du Prince album. And what do you electronic music snobs think of Trentemøller? I know it's not new, but I just listened to it for the first time recently and I'm diggin' it.




Man, why don't I lurk in this thread more often?

are you talking about his album from last year?

yes.

didn't like it that much. sounded too safe for my ears.

artem, you are allowed one post do-over. re-answer this q:

very unmemorable music. some sort of downtempo techno. same goes to the new bpitch compilation:

has anyone heard Ben Watt's compilation "Buzzing Fly, Vol.3" from last year? really nice, soulful deep house mix. i only heard samples of it, but i rather like it. anybody has it?

This fucking THROBS.
It THROBS so fucking hard it hurts.
In short, it's a THROBBER.

MRK 1 - Copyright Laws



Tracklisting
01 Slope
02 Caveman Boogie
03 I Got Too - Feat. Sizzla
04 Sensi Skank
05 Devils & Angels
06 Ruler
07 Trip Down The Nile
08 Dr Rudeboy
09 Grit
10 The Underworld - Feat. Poet Shado
11 Digital Orient
12 Stardust



Oh yeah...its PLANET µ, its dubstep, its got Sizzla on it, it THROBS.

Jesus wept. I'm about ready to put Artem on ignore.

Dude, can't you just have discretion QUIETLY?

Without adding the sneer to everything released by any vaguely popular crossover electronic label/act? I don't know if you're trying to develop some kind of psuedo "authority" towards this stuff (save it for your blog, better still rateyourmusic.com or ateaseweb...) but all it does it make you sound like a FLAMING NOOB and make these threads beyond tiresome.

Artem, this is perfect for you! It's totally not safe!

I'd practice safe sex with this band y'all. Seriously, that Six Finger Satellite cover is pretty bitchin'

so, how do i say that i dont like something? are "vaguely popular crossover electronic label/act" sacred cows here or something?

Without the posturing reactionary bullshit and thoughtless one-sentence dismissals? There's so little content in your brush-offs AND your (random, weirdly passionless) big up-ing of stuff it's unreal. You're all noise and no signal.

Sacred cows? dude, you're the one fetishising these labels harder than anyone else on the thread, as has already been pointed out.

a declining hit rate doesn't render them incapable of still putting out a good record any more than it does bloody WARP. Get over yourself and your asinine broken minimal-electronic-house heart.

Why can't you just accept that people aren't always just going to like what's good. They're going to like whatever they identify with. It's psychological. I LOVE WARP, but I mean, shit I'll listen to Madonna.

fandango rather otm

I feel kind of bad about that now

A bit personal towards someone who admittedly, annoys me here, but I aint going to meet the dude IRL and wish no harm to him. And it's probably jacked the thread again.

I'll get my coat.

Question:

I really want to contribute to this thread but I have no idea where you folks get connections to this rather obscure music? Like the Wee DJ's,,, that shit is really awesome, but I search it online and come up with basically nothing. Wear did you get the file?

And when I get the file how do I upload it? I want to share things with you folks but I'm pretty sure EVERYONE here has already heard the music I have...

I'm way more on the busy side of the dance floor though. I love to PARTY!!

So if I wanted to up a really old but good DnB comp, or some Ed Rush or John B.. I mean, what would people think of me here? Would anyone care? No.

OK, so news in. I'm a senior in HS... snow day tomorrow praise the lord.

Spend it wisely, scouring the indienet for rare techno comps and posting them here for lurkers in the electronic music thread (Wolfgang) to download and pawn off as their discovery to his friends.

I can give you some of my own personal creations... you can tout them as being some super hyped up shit you found on a message board, so then they'll spread it around even more... yeah...

I think I'm just going to get stoned and play in the snow with loved ones

Fandango, don't sweat it.

Artem is like the retarded kid on the plaground running around with the kids playing tag, shouting 'I'm open, you can tag me!' He just wants some love but things is a little slow up there.

What is 'good' though?

i don't think i offend anybody with my posts, and i don't claim my posts to have any deep significance to them. it's a free message board after all. not some music review site. and i don't insists that people follow whatever u write. so i don't see why you get so fired up because i posted an album that i've downloaded and didn't like.
didn't know that there're rules about posting here.

dont' get fired up about shit like that. if you dont' like whatever i write - dont' read it. ignore it. and you can always contribute some deep insights into the thread yourself, by the way, of you feel that it's what the thread needs.

damn, people, relax. got some cute gentlemen's club going here or something.


hardly looking for any attention, really. as i've already said, this is a thread for new music, so i try to point out whatever new i find.

General answer:
I spend too much time and money in record shops talking to nerds and listening to tunes
I spend too much time and money and brain cells in clubs talking to nerds (djs) and dancing to tunes
I spend too much time on the internet talking to nerds and listening to tunes

Specific answer:
As for the Wee DJs, I bought it after hearing it in a record shop and asking what it was. I then nabbed it from oink so I could share it with people here as I’m too much of a spaz to do quality rips of my own vinyl and cds.

I've not been coming here very long but I really appreciate this forum because it has introduced me to loads of stuff I might never have found on my own. There are a handful of boarders who post stuff that consistently hits my buttons despite, or perhaps because of, being out of my comfort zone eg. Burzum, Avec, Helmet, Mouthbreather, Sask. Then there are others boarders whose taste crossover with mine in ways that makes it rewarding to follow what they’re digging (old and new) eg.THRSLVR, Vurt, SG, Undo, Deej, BGWaves, Rob, Ladytron, Jon, Philoctetes, Simakos, Viv, Alky. And there is the hodgepodge of other boarders whom I cannot avoid reading due to varying combinations of admiration, amusement, bafflement and occasional distaste eg. Yancy, Dan, GSH, Ben, DrJimmy, Jigga, Paves, Mitch, Fidel

That said, somb or no somb, my ears will always be my primary ''connections" when navigating the sonic universe.

Ah. I spend alot of time at record shops but I'm too young to go to clubs. I've found out about alot of wierd shit at the record store. How does one record vinyl into mp3s? I have some wierd stuff I'd love to share.

Avec is probably my favorite poster, the ambient thread is just amazing, and it's introduced me to a WEALTH of good, GREAT music.

This thread, whoever put up the Pantha du Prince, I know I was saying I didn't like it a whole lot last week, well since then I listened to it alot more and realized how wrong I was. Would you play this stuff at a dance club? I doubt it. It's too mellow IMO, but do kids like that these days (Ricardo Villalobos? I don't like his music at all, I'd prefer something like Audion at a club).

He's still one of the good guys. We're all still entitled to one or two unjustified rants a year here.

i dont dislike artem and i do like that someone actually makes threads on music that i like - its easier to participate if someone sets up a framework for you. I think fandango's right though, esp wrt to 'all noise no signal,' and its something artem might want to work on if he wants to feel like his contributions are being appreciated. Its like, whats the point in posting this music if you can't discuss it? it would be hypocritical of me to not agree w/ that assessment in artem's case since i've said it plenty of times to corny indie fuxx who post the same lists over and over on this board (which honestly seems to have gotten better in the past several months)(knock on wood, will prob regret statement later) but yeah I dont think its a bad thing for artem to step his game up and try to explain his opinions rather than tossing them into the ether to be appreciated (or more accurately, ignored)

So, to change the subject a tad, does this record belong in here:


Larry Levan - Classic West End Records Remixes?

I actually haven't even heard this thing yet but, on the advice the poster formerly known as deej , I purchsed this thing recently and expect it in the mail anyday. That is all.

No one's going to answer? Artem? Bueller?

well i will
its a great CD but I find it hard to put on and just listen to very often, primarily because - be prepared for this - its a bunch of 12" mixes of dance songs. So the songs seem very very long. And none of it is mixed; its an incredible collection of classic late 70s/early 80s dance and most of the tracks are just unfuckwitable, but beware the listening experience being a little underwhelming at first, due to its status as, essentially, a literal 'collection' of digitized artifacts, rather than a 'party in a cd' or whathaveyou.

If yr looking for more of the party-on-a-cd type action, get the double disc 'live at the paradise garage' set. Totally worth it!!!

But all the same, this collection is a classic and over time you appreciate having the unmixed, unaltered original 12" mixes. I don't mean this warning to sway others from purchasing this, merely am preparing you for the experience so you end up satisfied.

the only larry levan related release i'm familiar with is last year's 2cd rhino compilation, which i thought was rather good, especially the first cd. i feel like it's got the strongest tunes on it, espeically "hearbeat".

"Heartbeat" is on this one too, i think thats the only overlap though.

The real winner on the rhino comp is "Haven't You Heard"

someone should make a patrice rushen thread

Thank you sirs...I'm a newbie with this stuff...

Peter Shapiro sez:
In non-hip-hop circles, Larry Levan is almost universally revered as the greatest DJ of all time. While much of that reputation lies in the irreproducible atmosphere that he created at the Paradise Garage, this splendid collection gives those who weren’t there a hint of his sense of dance floor orchestration and highlights his considerable talent as a remixer. All nine tracks here are touched with genius, but of special note is New York Citi Peech Boys’ “Don’t Make Me Wait” (which Levan also co-wrote and co-produced), which features one of the most effective uses of instrumental drop-out and echo in disco’s long love affair with Jamaican dub techniques.

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Once they're done w/ larry it gets a little silly, about how relevant they are now.

lindstrom @ funky buddha tonite