Category: House

Inspector Norse – Todd Terje

I’m growing a moustache to raise money for the Movember Foundation. So this month I will be honouring some of the best moustaches in music. You can donate to my mo here: https://mobro.co/harry-mo?

Look, I think everyone has heard this. But boy is it great. It’s the kind of track you put on when you are in the Uber just about to arrive at the club. Guaranteed to get the party going “Bmm, bmm, bmm, bmm, ba da da ba da da, ba da baaee da daaaaa” on any given night. Cheers Todd. Great ‘tash by the way.

Time Spent Away From U – DJ Seinfeld

Remember how I posted an EP by Rimbaudian last week? Well this album, Time Spent Away From U is by the same guy, different name. It’s his first full-length album and it’s one of my favourites from last year. Like, it’s real good. It’s all about that dusty, lo-fi house scene, like you’ve downloaded a crappy version off Limewire. Trust me, it’s nice. My pick, How U Make Me Feel, an acid beauty.

Turned On – Ben Gomori

A confession. A huge amount of the new music I post, comes from this show.

If you like what you see on here, do yourself a favour and check out Turned On. A weekly hour of the best new electronic and house, curated by producer, DJ and Monologues Records label boss Ben Gomori.

You can hear Ben play live at Farbfernseher in Berlin next month. He is also the founder of Pitchblack Playback – a cool set of events where an album is played in full, in complete darkness. Recommend. http://www.pitchblackplayback.com/

Harrison BDP

Most killing-it artist of 2018 so far? Harrison BDP has to be up there. He’s released 5 EPs on 4 labels with about 20 top quality house tracks. The Welshman is Pro. Lific. Expect to hear his name more and more.

Here are some of my top picks – a lot of them are reminiscent of another of my favourite Welsh-raised artists, Dauwd. Occasionally ambient, occasionally bold, always fresh.

The second two tracks on this EP are huge collabs with Garth James

Contact Light, and It’s All Just Sound are the picks from this EP

The title track on this EP is glorious.

Finally, his breakout hit from 2016, Small Talk.

Saw You For the First Time – Laurence Guy

What do you get if you throw together the most delicate sections of Leon Vynehall and the playfulness of Harvey Sutherland? Well you get this of course! Laurence Guy’s debut album released last year on Camberwell-based Church Records is a glittery piano-looping genre-transcending gem. There are literally no bad tracks! Enjoy.

He’s playing alongside Session Victim at XOYO this Saturday. Don’t miss out.

Bonus track: Laurence’s break-out single Les Mur, released on Ben Gomori’s Monologue Records back in 2015

The Thief That Stole My Sad Days – Moodymann

Who doesn’t love Moodymann? Kenny Dixon Jr. has been making weird, funky house from Detroit since 1992. 1992! Anyway, here he delivers 8 minutes of blissed-out piano chords and one of those euphoric vocal samples that makes you glad to be alive.

If house dripping in piano is your thing, check out this playlist I made with some of my faves. Perfect for your Saturday between the hours of 7-11pm

Innervisions @ Royal Albert Hall

Tonight I’m headed to a pretty exciting event. For about 6 hours German Electronic music label Innervisions will be taking over one of the most famous homes of classical music in the UK for a live show. Details are pretty scarce, but with production support from LWE and a line-up including some of the label’s biggest names (and founders Dixon & Ame) it’s all set to be a pretty special gig. Last time I checked there were a few tickets available too.

A handful of my favourite tracks from people on the line-up:

Huge uplifting Afro-house from Henrik Schwarz (I could have picked any number of his jams though tbh)

 

An Emotional, goosebumpy house remix from Matthew Herbert

 

Finally, Howling & Ame combining for some more heart-string tugging house back from 2012