As our newest writer Joseph Hallam discussed in his first post here on infinitestatemachine, the big trend in house music right now is knocking off old 90s New York and New Jersey house music. Last year, instead of the Juno “New Releases” page sounding like Kerri Chandler ripoffs, it was all Larry Heard wannabes. It [...]
Last year saw a huge influx of producer’s both new and old jumping on the house band wagon. They would label their work deep and it would follow a path, well, more of a rocky road, that we have been down many times before. This road took us back to the 90′s but it left [...]
This is the soundtrack to the top secret African Space Programme, cosmic sounds for a funky exploration of deep space. Or something like that…. 01 Francis Bebey – Super Jungle 02 Zazou, Bikaye & CY1 – Lamuka 03 Eddie Hooper – Tomorrow’s Sun 04 Ozo – Anambra 05 G Lawani – Tayata 06 Shina Williams [...]
It may be hard to believe, but here I am making a post on my blog yet again 2012 was a pretty crazy year for music in my opinion. It always seemed that there were far more cool records than I had money to purchase, so that seems to scream GOOD YEAR to me. Looking [...]
Our latest mix-up comes from Ireland’s premier Italo don and co-boss of Forza Italo, a new monthly night dedicated to all things Italian here in Dublin, be it football, film or disco. A rooftop soiree of a Sunday night it has fast become one of the most entertaining nights in Dublin. They have an extra [...]
Quick and dirty mix I did the other night, an hour of melodic techno followed by an hour of deep house. Download here. For the ravers. 01. Pittsburgh Track Authority – Strenf – unreleased 02. Amir Alexander – The Black Rain – Argot 03. Tony Ollivierra – Stiletto – Northside District 04. Echo 106 – [...]
Editions Syliphone Conakry was the most famous of a number of state-funded labels set up in Guinea post-independence under the cultural policy known as Authenticité, the purpose of which was to revive and modernise the arts, especially music, while still remaining faithful to traditional roots. Regional orchestras were established throughout the country, including Bembeya [...]
Been a while since I’ve posted about records I’ve been buying, and aside from Kenny’s efforts we’ve certainly become pretty slack in that department recently, I blame pipecock for dedicating more time to making music than just talking about it! Anyway, there’s been a few new releases and new reissues that have really impressed [...]
A new mix from me, kind of a tribute to the summer that never came and dreams of sun drenched beaches in Tropical lands. Mostly late 70s to mid-80s disco, boogie, and funk with some tropical flavours. gmos24 – Tropical Holiday
This is a mix of Walt J tracks and some other stuff from DOW Records. A lot of this stuff is now being reissued, so no excuse not to buy them! download link here!