I have had a couple good days at the local digging spot in the last week or so.
First up was the day I found the record pictured above, Mach’s “On And On”, one of the records that was somehow involved in the birth of house music. Check the discogs link for a short version of the story! To be perfectly honest, I don’t even really like the tune much if at all. It is in pretty sorry shape, maybe a VG if it is lucky, but I figured with the rarity of it and its relative importance that I would buy it simply for display purposes. This isn’t something I would normally condone, but with the track itself being so weak I don’t mind.
Even better for me was this past Saturday where I got to cross two long time wants off the list and added a new jam I had not previously heard. The first thing I dug up was Queen Samantha’s “Take A Chance” which I have been looking for since Metro Area kicked off their deejay set in Pittsburgh with it all the way back in November ’04. This is an all time electronic disco classic, I am very pleased to finally be able to play it in my own sets. Second was the jazz-funk dancefloor jam “Starchild” by Level 42. Not necessarily a hard record to find, but one that has eluded me for 5+ years since I got it on this bootleg as I was first really getting into digging for disco. I really like the picture sleeve as well, kind of reminds me of some 80′s sci-fi fantasy business. The new (well, to me that is) discovery was Montreal Sound’s “Music”. The “Special Disco Mix” is in fact very special, teasing with the bass and drums in a way that makes me think that Moodymann may have been paying close attention to this 12″. The sing-along chorus about, er, singing along is also pretty great, I think this one will be a dancefloor smasher for me.
Oh yeah, edited to add that I got all four of those records for a grand total of $14. I love Pittsburgh!
The modern records I ordered came in, and I think the highlight is probably the new one on Soul People Music by Fred P. This is exactly the kind of house music I like to hear, really minimal and spaced out but with that old school feeling that shows that the producer knows his place in the bigger picture. This one is sure to be big with people who dig Prescription and other electronic deepness in that style. Also in that vein is the new Patrice Scott which I imagine doesn’t even need a reccomendation with the ISM crowd. He is on a pretty wild romp, every one of his four releases is essential, plus the two tracks on comps all in just two years! Amazing.
For some reason I thought Scott had more releases. I got that new one plus Beyond Deep in the post last week. top notch.
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with you on the queen samantha and montreal sound tracks. take a chance is an all time favourite and montreal sound is always a winner (even the odd yankee doodle breakdown halfway through!)
i’m realy into the patrice scott / keith worthy records coming out too. evolutions is very very good and i’m also loving the worthy/juju&jordash 12″ that came out lately. i love what j&j did to one of my all time favourite jazz tracks (fleurette africaine by duke ellington, with charles mingus and max roach) and worthy’s atlantis track is immense. [plug]peeps can hear a track off the evolutions ep on my time machine mix[plug]
i met patrice a couple of months ago in london when he was playing with i-f and surge at a clone night in fabric. really nice guy, great dj and musically on point – he got his first taste for techno at the music institute too.
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Jitterbug reply on July 9th, 2008 5:52 am:
mach’s “on & on” – weak?! WEAK?! damn you man, if it’s so weak put it in the post to me here in london, it’s been near the top of my wants list for years! it’s f*ckin amazing!!!
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pipecock reply on July 9th, 2008 4:29 pm:
haha, i don’t know man. maybe i will try it out on a system with a crowd, see how it works. for me it just seems boring, id rather play any of the original tracks that its parts are taken from!
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pipecock reply on July 9th, 2008 4:28 pm:
the yankee doodle thing is pretty weird, i must admit!
between Patrice Scott, Omar-S, and Keith Worthy alone, i must have bought like 20 records from their labels in the past 2 years. they are all killing it so hard.
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oh yeah, i was going to say that too about on and on. i think it’s a great dancefloor track – aaaaah beep beep. hehe. where’s that great youtube vid of rahaan rocking that basement party with it?
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Jitterbug reply on July 9th, 2008 6:21 am:
“the best party you never went to”
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w9CVglCTDnU
“BEAT THAT SHIT RAHAAAAAAN”
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gmos reply on July 9th, 2008 8:21 am:
haha, love that clip
man, I need to catch Rahaan again, awesome DJ
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platinumray reply on July 10th, 2008 6:32 am:
Just checking some Rahaan mixes off Deephousepage, he is top. Thanks for the heads up.
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jonny5 reply on July 10th, 2008 7:25 am:
hey platinumray, if you’re digging those rahaan mixes check out the sadar bahar mixes too. those are excellent.
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damnit. i gotta drive up and do some shopping. though at this point it may be cheaper to fly.
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pipecock reply on July 9th, 2008 4:26 pm:
it might be if you can get a Southwest flight or whatever. let me know when you are looking to come up, it really is fun to record shop here. and there are some cool things in pittsburgh to check out like the Andy Warhol museum and whatnot.
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Damn, my copy is beat to hell… I love that track.
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