Picked up a lot of nice stuff of late, so it seems like a good time for a round-up. These are all available to buy on vinyl, from your local record emporium…..
A reissue that’s well worthy of first mention, and originally only available on this holy grail 12″, is Terrence Parker’s sublime “Your Love”; his tribute to Detroit legend Ken Collier. Built around a loop from an old soul track, it is beautifully put together, warm and haunting house music that teases a vocal sample in and out of the mix. The kind of thing you’d happily hear a DJ loop 2 copies of and still not want to finish when he played the next record. My most recent purchase, from Big Strick on FXHE, is a 5-track EP that ranges from downright weird to stripped down modern funk. It’s the B2 track here that wins out, “Buckle-Up”, a simple yet killer track with punchy drums and a pitch shifted sample that while weird, also has that deep warm groove that I (we??) love so much. On a more techno tip, XDB just dropped a new 12″ on his Metrolux Music imprint, and this is some heavy shit. Deep, well-crafted analogue techno that does the business in a club environment, on one of their customary limited-run, coloured vinyl pressings. On a recent trip to Berlin, I was handed a new 12″ on Diamonds & Pearls music, and damn it was good. Beautiful artwork that must have cost a small fortune, it features tracks by Marcel Dettman and Tama Sumo & Prosumer. Dettman offers an excellent crackly dubby number, while on the flip Tama & Prosumer deliver a customary old skool groove in the Chicago style. Mick Welch may be a name we hear a lot more of, he just dropped a debut ep on Elektrosouls Recordings, a 4 tracker in a melodic techno style, bearing a passing resemblance to John Beltran on a couple of the more broken tracks. Rondenion’s ‘Love Bound’ EP has been around a few months, but I only just picked it up; there are 2 useful looped up cuts on one side and a throbbing bassy number on the B-side, making for a nice package. Steve Summers’ “Jack Flash Ep”, on Clone’s Jack For Daze series, is, unsuprisingly, a fierce acid track. All drum machines and 303 (and that’s a good thing!) until you get to the B2, where “Dreaming in Color”, a super deep track that could pass for an old Virgo number, seals this EP as a fixture in the bag for the forseeable future. I picked up the new Marcellus Pittman record, as well as the Leron Carson doublepack, both of which Tom mentioned in his recent round up. The Pittman is a great 2-tracker; one track is a groovy mixer that kinda plays between two drum patterns, the other a killer morphing synthy builder with a great bass drop about halfway in. The Leron Carson is ultra lo-fi tracky stuff from back in the day that you probably won’t like if you’re seeking poppy hooks. However, you will find some poppy hooks on Theo Parrish’s long-awaited mix of LCD Soundsystem, where he offsets the vocal with one of his trademark just-hanging-together drum patterns and an equally off-kilter bassline. And a couple of slightly older bits; I think they both got mentioned already, but if you can’t plug good music then what’s the point. Keith Worthy’s “Moments in Rhythm EP” is a sweet 3 tracker with an aptly named B-Side “Lost in Sound”, a long jam with subtle movement that really does go deep. And what is probably my record of the year so far, Pepe Bradock’s “Path of Most Resistance”. Brilliantly made house music, full of intricate little touches and flourishes that really set it apart from the crowd. Intelligent music that you can really dance to. Love it.
If i get time I’ll get round to rounding up some of the dub/reggae/disco bits I’ve picked up recently too. Love me some damn records.
Why’s the Marcellus Pittman such a small pressing though? Bet I’m not the only one who’s missed out on this. £25 on discogs already – I ask you.
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I thought it got a 500 pressing, which in this day and age is about average. Though I do know a few people who missed out (not me
), but I know a lot more people who missed out on the E.R.P. on Semanitica (might have spelt that wrong) which was 100 pressing with the label refusing to repress. For someone of E.R.P’s stature, I found such a small pressing to be fairly annoying.
I missed out on the E.R.P as I just wasn’t ordering records at the time, I’d only just received a delivery in the post. Having to do an order then for just one record is something I’m not willing to do.
Going back to Jitters post, have to agree that the new Summers record is rocking and that Braddock 12 is something else.
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cew reply on November 3rd, 2009 6:01 pm:
the next semantica is mike huckaby remixing vladislav delay, 100 copies only again though.
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heard a repress on the marcellus greenie is in order.
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gmos reply on November 3rd, 2009 6:07 pm:
that would be nice
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Stephen reply on November 4th, 2009 7:45 am:
Not kidding – even Rushhour made a point about how few copies they had in.
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Damn guys… stop posting so much! Just had to drop triple figures at Grammaphone based on the last few posts! Was happy to see they were carrying the Juju & Jordash and Dynamydose which I was afraid might take a while to get across the pond…
Also splurged on Parts 1 & 2 of Daniel Wang’s Balihu compilations. Very worth it in my opinion given the originals go for silly money on discogs.
Also got some new impossible to find Ron Hardy edits:
http://www.discogs.com/Ron-Hardy-Rdy-1/release/1983640
Those are definitely going to fly / disappear so get on it…
Additionally got some weird bootleg on the new ‘Old School Rider’ label. I have no idea what the hell this is but samples sound like Italo with vintage Chicago percussion grafted on:
http://webstore.gramaphonerecords.com/oldschoolrider-cantkillamanborntohang.aspx
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That Old School Rider record is about a year and a half old now. I dig that and the b2 on that record.
I used to play the hell out of the Kolm III edit when I first got the record. I was fortunate enough to come across the blue pressing on Elusive Records a few months later at Backspin in Austin.
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Bernardo reply on November 6th, 2009 1:16 pm:
Nice… looking forward to finally getting it on my turntable. Had no idea it was 2 years old. Guess just one of those sick records that kind of floats around without any promotion / background but deserves some recognition.
I’m still playing the A-side with the huge bass from your LWYF 12”. Looking fwd to checking the new one!
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Also, the new James Duncan record on Le Systeme is fucking bananas.
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I’m actually going to bitch a little here…
So, I bought 3 records from Juno the other day… Leron Carson (ss), Above Smoke ‘The Fix EP’ (I love that AWFULLY track) and then the one that I’m going to complain about…
MPT03??? So I’m new to buying records in Europe and especially new to listening to 30 second clips on the internet to buy records. This particular record is listed as ARTIST: Moody, THE CITY, FRANCE. So I listened to like 10 seconds of each clip and go to myself “Oh yeah, old stuff that some label in France licensed from KDJ.” I get the record, put it on the TT, press start/stop, and drop the needle. I think to myself “These are KDJ’s music but not his productions.” Then I think to myself “it sounds like a MCDE edit of KDJ shit” Then I think WTF!? Did I just get duped into buying some illegal record by some f@cking dip-shit who can’t even make his own music, he has to illegally edit well known artists music and use a well known artists name on the record so that idiots like me who don’t read, or listen to the full clip, buy some ripoff records thinking they are getting a reissue of tracks they bought years ago but didn’t bring them from America so they re-buy these tracks, but really they are not those tracks. OK, I’m done ranting…
Anybody know anything about this record before I throw it from my roof terrace and shoot it with shotgun.
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Kenny reply on November 7th, 2009 11:55 pm:
Yeah, I just heard about this record during the week. I thought one side of it was basically just “Day” by Omar S? (the b side). It definitely seems to be some bullshit boot anyways.
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Scott Ferguson reply on November 8th, 2009 4:52 am:
I believed that it (b side) was a new KDJ track with ‘Misled. I was under the assumption that the label had licensed an old KDJ track and released a new one along side it, I was unaware this was an Omar S track because I bought the first and 3rd FXHE in Detroit but then had stopped buying records for a long time.
I like the Omar S track (which is ‘day’) but I am not sure if it is unaltered or not because I don’t own the original. The A side is an altered version of ‘Misled” and I think it was done illegally.
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This is driving me crazy… What’s the track that Terrence Parker’s “Love’s Got Me High (Tribute Mix)” is based on? The chugging disco bit with the electric guitar riff — I know it but I can’t place it (and I’m sure it’s something embarrassingly obvious)… Thanks!
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Philip Sherburne reply on November 13th, 2009 3:43 pm:
Never mind, I figured it out: Black Science Orchestra’s “New Jersey Deep”!
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pipecock reply on November 13th, 2009 4:51 pm:
the real answer is Wood, Brass, & Steel’s “Funkanova” which is where “New Jersey Deep” and the TP cut are both sampled from. all-time classic dance track!
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thanks! after posted my last post, i realized i had no idea what the BSO track sourced in any case. will investigate!
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Scott Ferguson reply on November 16th, 2009 12:06 pm:
Tom is right, That’s my boy! ‘Wood, Brass, & Steel’s “Funkanova”’ TP added Jamie Fox. Also using classics by Two Man Sound, First Choice, and Alexander O’neal…
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