Matthew Dear at Glitch – October 2005

The Herd – Black & Blue
The Herd – Freedom Samba
Matthew Dear – Elementary Lover
Moodymann – Shine
Robag Wruhme – Gnomon Lukks
Tim Harper – 747
Carl Craig – At Les
UR – Analog Assassin
Herbert – See You on Monday
Broker Dealer – After Hours

Christian Prommer at Ten Days Off – Ghent, Belgium 2008

The charts are back. Making a long awaited return. This week, the big favourites have been Luciano’s Fabric Mix and Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson. I had the fortune of seeing Prommer in Belgium earlier this year – highly recommended. Yes, they’re a cover band, and they do jazz/salsa/cuban-beat interpretations of some of electronic music’s finest moments over the years. Before you cringe, have a listen, as you’ll probably be quite surprised. The intrepretations are thoughtful, clever and bum-wiggling as well. “Strings of Life” is one of the tracks they cover, and whilst you may have heard that horrid version that was dished out on 23 different Ministry of Sound CDs over the last two summers, at least give this one a chance as it’s good, no very good.

And on to the top listening chart:

Galluzzi Schneider – Albertino
Kenny Larkin – You Are… (Original Mix)
Chymera – Arabesque
Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson – Claire
Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson – Can You Feel It
Kevin Saunderson feat. Inner City – Good Love (Luciano Remix)
The Herd – Time To Face The Truth
Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson – Plastic Dreams
Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson – Rej
The Herd – 2020

Spank Rock at Sydney Festival – January 2008

I gave FabricLive33 an absolute thrashing this week, so you’ll see a favouring of the tracks from the CD below in my chart of most listened to for the week. If you’ve seen them live, or even if you haven’t, and are just familiar with their playful Baltimore sound, then this CD might surprise, not for it’s lack of playfulness – far from it, but it’s a fusion of many styles, a genre-smash of techno, old school breaks, guitars, electro (not electro-house) and even some progressive rock!

Mr. Oizo – Nazis (Justice Mix)
Dominatrix – The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
KW Griff – Good Man
Metro Area – Orange Alert (DFA remix)
The Romantics – Talking In Your Sleep
Uffie – Hot Chick (Feadz edit)
CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Spank Rock Remix)
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Rick Ross – Hustlin’
Matthew Dear – Fleece On Brain

Claude Young – Play.fm part at Flex, April 2008. Photo: Dentcys

Kenny Larkin – Without a Sound (Art of Dance)
Rhythim is Rhythim – Beyond the Dance (Transmat)
Carl Craig – Goodbye World (Planet E)
Symbols and Instruments – Cymbolic (KMS)
3MB – Jazz is the Teacher (Metroplex)
Rhythim is Rhythim – Nude Photo (Transmat)
Scorpions Dream – Aqua Dance (Fragile)
Vision – Touch Me (Incognito)
Yennek – Emperical Reality (Buzz)
Jeff Mills – Purpose Maker 001 (Axis)
Robert Hood – Minus (Tresor)
Rhythim is Rhythim – Icon (Transmat)
Kenny Larkin – Groove (R&S)
Fade To Black – In Sync (Reprise) (Fragile)
Claude Young – Dj Kicks (Studio !k7)
The Martian – Cosmic Movement (Red Planet)
The Martian – Ultraviolet Images (Red Planet)

Download. Now. Thanks again to Vince Watson for a delectable mix!

Related links:
Detroit Classics Volume 1
Detroit Classics Volume 2

Ricky V and Richie at Mutek 06 – Photo: Miguel Legault

An eclectic mash-up this fortnight.

Bjørn Torske – Expresso
The Slits – Spend, Spend, Spend
Sigur Rós – 180 Sekúndur Fyrir Sólarupprás (Recycled by Curver)
Newworldaquarium – Curse Of The Bloody Puppets (Original Mix)
Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes – 420 High
Ricardo Villalobos – 4 Wheel Drive
Pinch – Airlock
Sparklehorse – Getting It Wrong
The Black Dog – 43s777
Ricardo Villalobos – Andruic & Japan

Albums on high rotation:
Ricardo Villalobos – Fabric 36
Astronomy Class – Exit Strategy
Charles Webster Born On The 24th Of July
Sigur Rós – Von Brigði
Matthew Dear – Asa Breed
The Slits – Cut
Paavoharju – Yhä hämärää
Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst
Cut Copy – Bright Like Neon Love
154 – Strike

Jamie Lidell – Another Day
Dr. Octagon – I Got to Tell You
Jamie Lidell – Wait For Me
Dr. Octagon – Bear Witness
Prince – Sign “O” the Times
Mike Dunn Presents MR 69 – Phreaky Motherfucker (Mike Dunns Original Phreak Mixx)
Jamie Lidell – Rope of Sand
Thom Yorke – And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix)
Holger Zilske – The Bees
Wareika Hill Sounds – Coconut Head Special

“Little Bit of Feel Good”, from the new album “Jim“.

I heard Ken Cloud play this last Saturday at Lost Baggage – the first time I had heard in it a club environment, the sort of track that’s even better when you’re watching the dancefloor jack to this monster. It’s a dirty, dirty, get your freak on kind of record, and what you’d be expecting from Mike Dunn. Could easily slide in to my top ten for 2008.

Photo by Nicola Kuperus (one half of ADULT.)

ADULT. – Kick in the Shin
Theo Parrish – Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)
Theo Parrish – Falling Up
Alex Smoke – Persona
Phylyps – Untitled B
Alex Smoke – Never Want To See You Again
ADULT. – We Know How to Have Fun
ADULT. – Nervous (Wreck)
Ultramarine – Hooter (Carl Craig Remix)
Cesária Évora – Angola (Carl Craig remix)

Chrysanthemum – Kelley Polar (Check the beautiful video above!)
MK – Decay
Pegz – Two Sides of the Map (feat. Debaser)
Conrad Black – Greyscale for Slow Building
Spank Rock – Rick Rubin
Roisin Murphy – Sinking Feeling
Deep Chord – 5:58.60
Ricardo Villalobos & Jay Haze – Prefer Summer (Cabanne Remix)
Marc Houle – Has to Do
Farben – Alpin (Formatted)