You know, sometimes I think people go out of their way to write things just to irritate the hell out of me. This has to be one of the most asinine things I’ve read in a long time. Obviously, Mr. Rico, the author of the post, is unaware of the original release of “Shades of Jae” whose release he lists as being in 2004 (Edited to add: they have now corrected the release date!). This track has been a huge anthem for house and techno deejays for what has to be close to a decade at this point! The 2004 release date he refers to is from the Peacefrog issue of the song from Moodymann’s album “Black Mahogani”, which is the only way Beatport will get its hands on that mp3 as Kenny has not made the KDJ catalogue available in digital form.
Now we have this “DJ Gossip” blog flogging it because Luciano is currently playing the song. Wow, stop the presses! How amazing is that?!?! Even better is when the author tells us why we should like it: “This is sophisticated, tempting and ultimately sexy.” This would probably make me laugh, if only it didn’t make me want to vomit.
Boy, what would we ever do without Beatport to serve us all the hot new house and techno mp3s and news? I guess we’d be languishing in mediocrity, unable to determine what is sophisticated, tempting, and sexy all by ourselves!
Yet another case of the hype being too little, too late, even in regards to one of the best house music songs ever recorded. If you really wanna know why this record is special, play it. Watch what people do.
Here is a video of our own Jwan Allen dropping “Shades of Jae” in Pittsburgh a few months ago.
infinitestatemachine: lightyears ahead of sucker techno cash-ins.
9-01-07: Thanks to reader lf who pointed out that Beatport has since taken the offending post down, also for providing a link to the cached version of the page for those who missed it when it was still up!
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I have that record. 🙂
i really hate beatport. i really hate goodfathers of space pop, kings of chaos house, don’s of underground and such hyped classifications
You know, the whole idea behin Beatport & Beatportal is just wrong. What would you expect? Of course, there’s gotta be hype and shit talking like that – just to generate sales. Good for artists, though.
just my two cents.. no offense to anyone, including Beatport.
Unfortunately I don’t even own a copy of “Shades of Jae.” But I’ve heard it many times on quite a few mixes on the internet.
It’s a funky, dirty groove. A tremendous tune for the dancefloor.
If I had a copy of “shades of Jae” it would’ve been a nice jam to include on a 80’s leftfield dance music mixtape I’ve recorded some 8 or 9 years ago. See playlist below. It would’ve fitted nicely somewhere between the cuts by Flash & The Pan, Giovanotti Meccanici, D.F.X., Nightmoves, and Section 25. Also would have fitted nicely around the last three cuts of side B.
Yeah, I know “Shades of Jae” isn’t an eighties cut but I’m just saying. Plus the below playlist isn’t 100% pure 80’s. Note the cut by Foremost poets, which was released in the 90’s.
NO RESERVATIONS: 80’s Funky-Leftfield Electrofied Disco (100min. tape)
SIDE A:
Napoleon – Why (Man, 1985 12”)
NYC Peech Boys – Come On, Come On (Garage, 1984 12”)
Blancmange – Feel Me Now (Island, 1982 12”)
52nd Street – Cool As Ice / Twice As Nice (spun both vers.) )(Factory Benelux, 1983 12”)
Telex – Brainwash (WEA, 1981 12”)
Mark Shreeve – Legion (Jive Electro, 1985 12”)
B-52’s – Mesopotamia (Warner, 1982 12” promo)
Jago – I’m Going To Go (Full Time, 1983 12”)
Flash & The Pan – Midnight Man (Epic, 1984 12”)
Giovanotti Meccanici(w/ Alexander Robotnick) – Love Supreme (Fuzz Dance, 1986 12 ‘)
Depeche Mode – Strange Love (Sire, 1987 12”)
D.F.X. – Relax Your Body (Fulltime, 1989 12”)
SIDE B:
D.F.X. – Relax Your Body (continued) (Fulltime, 1989 12”)
Night Moves – Transdance (CG Recordings, 1983 12”)
Section 25 – Looking From A Hilltop (Factory, 1984 12”)
Nile Rodgers – Stay Out of The Light (Warner Bros, 1985 12”)
Alexander Robotnick – Problems D’ Amour (Fuzz Dance, 1983 12”)
Klein & MBO – Dirty Talk (25 West, 1982 12”)
Machine – Marisa (RCA, 1979 12” promo)
Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice (Geffen, 1981 12” promo)
Yello – No More Words (Elektra, 1983 EP)
Foremost Poets – Reasons To Be Dismal (Nu Groove, 1990 12”)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful (Stiff, 1979 12”)
END OF MIX
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nice playlist, many of those tunes frequent the seedier areas of my record box 😉
you need to put that mix up online!
“Of course, there’s gotta be hype and shit talking like that – just to generate sales. Good for artists, though.”
Indeed, and don’t get me wrong, it makes me happy when the people that really deserve it get their propers. The problem arises when there are factual inaccuracies, claims of being a “secret weapon” made about a tune that should be a well known anthem to anyone following house or techno, and of course the old “Let’s sell this great tune by putting a white face on it”. Seriously, don’t you think its hilarious to see a post about a Moodymann jam with some corny looking white guy who has nothing at all to do with the song attatched to it? That’s why I put Kenny’s logo at the top of the post, somebody’s gotta keep the record straight.
Actually I’m not deep into the internet like that … Actually not really trying to be(LOL…LOL). This helps me from over indulging in & spending to much time fuc*king w/ the internet. Just simple blogging & EVEN, EVEN foolin around with a myspace page is enough (again LOL).
Appreciate that you dig the playlist, though.
And keep doing your thing. I’m really enjoying your blog.
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beatportal axed the post so here’s the google cache: http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:15D0LWJbTgcJ:www.beatportal.com/blogs/post/moodymann-shades-of-jae/+beatportal+moodymann+jae&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari
im torn. i dont know whether to praise you or bitch at you. on the one hand, its great you have a blog with lots of invaluable knowledge and tips into quality dance music. on the other hand, i hate snobby attitudes. you’re a snob for expecting the whole world to know who the fuck moodyman is. thats what djs do, they pull up an old tune that maybe a lot of people have never heard and introduce it to them. im a dj and ive been into house/techno since 1995. should i be ashamed for not ever hearing this tune before luciano played it? hell no. i see nothing wrong with beatportal’s post aside from the wrong release date. all it did was talk about an older tune luciano has been playing lately. so the fuck what. get over yourselves. thats what sucks about dj culture, bunch of prissy fags that take themselves and the history of this music way too seriously. people need to take off their judgement hats and put on their party hats.
how exactly can we have a snobbish attitude when the whole idea of the site is to expose people to the music, deejays, and ideas that are not currently being explored? but thats hardly the point.
my qualms (in a more concise list format) with the post are:
1. wrong information
2. disingenuous marketing by using something other than the quality of the record (mainly the white mnml face) to sell it
3. general cluelessness to the genre
#3 is apparently your problem as well if you have been into house music since 1995 and not heard that tune. seriously, that tune has been huge for so many deejays across the techno and house spectrum that its ridiculous. what kind of house and techno have you been listening to?
it’s also sad that the “serious vs. party” line has to be brought up yet again. i don’t know about you, but my whole life is not a party. in fact, there would be nothing to party about if life was all about not giving a shit about anything. studying the history and ideas about partying has been a constant since the beginning of house music. in 1984 people were playing 10+ years of music in their sets, that didnt happen by not taking the music seriously!
“#3 is apparently your problem as well if you have been into house music since 1995 and not heard that tune”
thanks for telling me my “problem”. this just in: my friend dj monk who lives down the street from me also has never heard the tune. im willing to bet many other well respected djs also have not heard it. i bet the martinez brothers at the young ages of I think like 16/17 years old haven’t heard it, they would’ve been like 5 years old when it came out. they dont deserve to have jaded old farts chin stroking their sets, they dont deserve to have comments like “young punk kids these days dont know shit”. give me a fukn break. dont be jealous you’re a balding dj doing free gigs at the local pub clearing dancefloors while they’re actually rocking it. that’s ok though, because at least you can contribute greatly not on the floor but on the internet.
theres too much music that has come out over the years to expect every jock to know every single good one.
you have a great blog, but this article just says amateur journalism; energy could’ve been better spent elsewhere.
at #2: please dont bring up the race card. that is so lame. who gives a fuck what color someone is who made the track. one of the great things about this music is that its mostly faceless. it sucks when someone who happens to know the artist is not white blabs about that fact and ruins the mystery. im glad they didnt put up a mug of moodyman, id rather not know.
at #1: wrong release date. oooooo! woopdee fuckn doo. i think the only people that care are release nerds that take this shit too seriously. which brings up this:
“it’s also sad that the “serious vs. party” line has to be brought up yet again. i don’t know about you, but my whole life is not a party. in fact, there would be nothing to party about if life was all about not giving a shit about anything.”
sure, but you take it too seriously. ying yang. so we’ve identified your “problem”. i’ll work on my “problem” while you work on yours.
so what’s up, do you wanna come on here and show me up? i wish you lots of luck with that, son.
“thanks for telling me my “problem”. this just in: my friend dj monk who lives down the street from me also has never heard the tune.”
tell dj monk that he is a joker, just like you.
“im willing to bet many other well respected djs also have not heard it.”
respected by whom?
“i bet the martinez brothers at the young ages of I think like 16/17 years old haven’t heard it, they would’ve been like 5 years old when it came out.”
i’m sure this will surprise you a lot, but i dont care about a couple of little kids on some novelty act type shit. if they dont know it, its because they havent done their homework.
“they dont deserve to have jaded old farts chin stroking their sets, they dont deserve to have comments like “young punk kids these days dont know shit”. give me a fukn break. dont be jealous you’re a balding dj doing free gigs at the local pub clearing dancefloors while they’re actually rocking it. that’s ok though, because at least you can contribute greatly not on the floor but on the internet.”
im not balding.
“theres too much music that has come out over the years to expect every jock to know every single good one.”
again showing your great taste in music. by my estimation, it doesnt take much to keep up with all the good music coming out since there just isn’t much of it. but if youre playing crap, im sure theres way too much stuff for you to buy to pay attention to anything good.
“you have a great blog, but this article just says amateur journalism; energy could’ve been better spent elsewhere.”
in fact it couldnt. oddly enough beatport didnt seem to think enough of the initial post to keep it online. so my point was obviously driven home.
“at #2: please dont bring up the race card. that is so lame. who gives a fuck what color someone is who made the track. one of the great things about this music is that its mostly faceless. it sucks when someone who happens to know the artist is not white blabs about that fact and ruins the mystery. im glad they didnt put up a mug of moodyman, id rather not know.”
hahahahahaha.
“at #1: wrong release date. oooooo! woopdee fuckn doo. i think the only people that care are release nerds that take this shit too seriously.”
yeah, what good are “facts” anyway. who needs them?
“sure, but you take it too seriously. ying yang. so we’ve identified your “problem”. i’ll work on my “problem” while you work on yours.”
the only problem i have is my fingers getting tired from replying to your nonsense. you dont have to take the “you wanna talk some nonsense?” bit so seriously.
:::shakes head:::
” im glad they didnt put up a mug of moodyman”
if you bought vinyl and had a clue you’d know how stupid that looks. Good luck to you.
Dude, how long does it take to do a quick internet search and find out these simple facts? Have you never heard of discogs.com ? If you’re going to write about something, anything, do a little research, make sure you know your facts, it’s really not that difficult! It either shows a lack of knowledge, a lack of respect or just laziness.
On the other hand, it’s a great track and deserves all the exposure it can get, so props for that at least 😉
This is a ridiculous argument.