THE BEST MUSIC: NEW & OLD
Look, I love the Pogues as much as the next man. But you know what I also love? House music. The ‘Christmas Music’ genre isn’t laden with house bangers, so it’s great that Confidence Man has had a crack at it. It may not nudge itself onto your auntie’s playlist just yet, but hey.
Shout out to Ben Gomori for the tip, and – MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.
There’s a lot being said about the UK’s drag scene these days and a lot of it seems to be coming back to the opinions of RuPaul. I don’t know if I’m super late to this or what – I thought that RuPaul was a scenester / TV personality – it seems he is a lot more than that. Exhibit #1 this track from 1993. It’s a camp, glittery, disco anthem.
Wondering which dance move to trot out? Check out this video from Peach’s Boiler Room Manchester set. She’s launched all the levels. Skip to 0:45 for a some tip-top vogue-ing action.
Who doesn’t love 13 minutes of Afro goodness. It comes at you courtesy of a new release by Italian producer De Gama (Stefano Gamma).
We got brass. We got beats. And we got riddims. Clue is in the title really. Smile, and groove on.
Shout out to Ben Gomori for the tip.
If you’re liking this and you’re not a Spotify-head, I have a Soundcloud profile. You might like it.
Today’s post is a direct rip from Resident Advisor’s Top 100 mixes of the year article. Lazy much? Anyway, it’s sick, and the description is good, and I thought, ‘why try beat it?’ You can find it here. I’m new to Peach, and I like.
“”I don’t think I’ve been ever very good at the chill thing,” Peach admitted when her Discwoman mix was published in October. No matter: her sets happily exist in a space well outside the chill zone. DISCWOMAN 55 was as bright as it was tough, with dreamy breakbeats, 135 BPM rave, the odd dollar-bin oldie and loads of great new music. This was Peach doing what she does best.”
If you like what you hear, Peach is playing a few dates around the UK over the next couple of months.
It’s 2012. To make a successful dance track:
It might be a formula, but the man from Bern Cyril Hahn kind of nails it with this Destiny’s Child remix. Simple, but deep and effective – I can’t help but love this one.
Every Sunday I bring you something a little more downtempo to ease you back into the world.
Today it’s one from the vaults. 100% fact: you had this track on the first iPod you ever owned.
Bradley Zero’s Peckham-based Rhythm Section label has been nailing it over the last decade. No surprise then that they picked up two beaut Jazz/House fusion EPs from Kiwi brother-pairing Chaos in the CBD. Let their smooth brass and beats drift over you.
They are playing one UK night tonight with Percolate at Hangar. Don’t miss.
Bonus track: could they go deeper? Could they go smoother? You betcha.
Lucky reader, I have 3 of the highest quality house tracks going for you today – all courtesy of KiNK. Strahil Velchev is the face of the Bulgarian electronic music scene. In my mind he is almost uniquely talented in taking massive, experimental steps in his production and yet still making music that is super listenable. No, I want to go further than that – he makes unfamiliar music that reaches out and grabs you, lifts you onto its shoulders and takes you on a wild beautiful ride. That’s what I hear anyway – let me know what you think.
First up Pocket Piano.
And now Dusky’s remix of Perth, followed by a KiNK remix of Jimpster.
What has happened to Hackman? He burst onto the scene making original, polished house music back when Soundcloud was big, and seems to have pretty much vanished since then. Come back Ben Hackman!
This is my favourite of his EPs, from 2013 on Futureboogie. The title track is a banger perfectly set to the Winter months. Enjoy.
Two utterly colossal tracks today from UK duo Casino Times. Both released in 2012, they are slow-building house numbers – based on yearning vocals, shimmering synths and (eventually) a warm thudding bassline.
First up, I Wanna Know.
Secondly, That’s The Truth. A beautiful re-imagining of De La Soul’s All Good. A huge shout out to James Prescott for the recommendation and playing it outside my room at all hours of the night.
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