Comments on: Yo Derrick, What the fuck?

By: Leetenant

Leetenant — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:59:35 +0000

WHOOOPS! I picked up the “Love Under Pressure EP” by DVS1 on 12″ Transmat Record at Movement 2010 before it was officially released to stores. Therefore Derrick May did back himself up. BOOM!

By: Radu

Radu — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:35:09 +0000

we have a saying in romania, my country, one guy says “i swear i dont eat garlic”! yeah? then why is your mouth smelling garlic?? dissapointing indeed

By: bassline

bassline — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:39:57 +0000

Um…where is it written that techno has to be wedded to vinyl? Isn’t techno a music that was specifically rooted in ideas of progress and futurism? In light of that, it seems a bit strange that there is so much resistance to moving beyond a musical format invented in 1877.

As far as the record itself goes, it’s not great but certainly not bad – just a slightly gutless, middle of the road take on the Transmat sound that will probably sell like hotcakes to the club DJ crowd. But those classic records that changed the world were 20 years ago – anyone expecting DM and Transmat to jump in and reinvent techno at this point is bound to be disappointed I think. Listen to one of Mr. May’s sets and I think you’ll hear the same thing – competence and tastefulness, even a truly great tune or two, but no huge surprises.

But I’m fine with that. There are enough new people making truly innovative music in the electronic realm that I can’t hate on Derrick May for releasing tunes like this, or even cashing in on the $2.49 download. Hell, compared to the likes of, say, musical icons like Paul McCartney or David Bowie, he’s at least approaching middle age with a certain degree of class;)

By: karnival

karnival — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:26:59 +0000

and could someone explain why the catalog number is MS99
as the last release was MS33 (Stephen Brown)??
Maybe because of all the releases that Derrick did not put out because he had invested money in “Transmat Event” who was the major sponsor of the DEMF…Joris Voorn,Vince Watson,Sui Generis and many others were on the line waiting to be released….(just a supposition)

By: karnival

karnival — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:44:14 +0000

By: jason fine

jason fine — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:17:44 +0000

man, this shit sounds like some serious ibiza trance-tech. at least derrick can be comforted knowing that it will sell like crazy because all the trance fools will have no problem slotting this into one of their sets.

By: qtel

qtel — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:57:09 +0000

Absolutely, if you love a record you love a record.
For me, at the time, Deeparture was a ‘ah yeah, that’s that. pretty ok’, but subsequently having seen where he went musically, and having seen him ply/dj, confirmed my gut feeling and pushed it into the piles of meaningless 90′s dance music that’s now worth more as landfill. Progressive house I guess you’d call it, and that’s what the second gow track sounded like to me.

By: pipecock

pipecock — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:23:08 +0000

well we’re gonna have to agree to disagree on that one. in fact, due to all this Transmat talk i’ve been listening to Deeparture In Time the last 4 nights, and it is still just as beautiful and brilliant of an album as it was when it came out. i bought that shit when i saw it sitting on the CD shelves in the local shop with the Transmat logo on it, knowing nothing about it and i was blown away. 10 fucking years later, i still feel exactly the same about it…..

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:23:36 +0000

Yes, I was underwhelmed by Aril Brikha’s album on Transmat. It didn’t help that it was over-hyped at the time. Groove La Chord on the other hand, remains a great tune.

By: cecil

cecil — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:49:29 +0000

Transmat is not necesarily about “the early stuff”. Thats what many guys still have to get& I dont mean the makers of this blog

Anyone knows Pooleys release on TM? Quiet daze-November? Mindblowing. The real sound of transmat