The seemingly never-ending heat of summer 2019 is finally winding down, and the cool, crisp air of fall that always seems to make music sound just that little bit better to my ears is sweeping through. Thankfully there has been a small handful of new releases that feel tailor-made for the season that have caught…
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A Couple Late Summer New Records
It’s been kind of dry out there for me recently. Having a huge backlog of music from DEMF weekend made it seem not all that bad though. And the good thing is that the couple records I have picked up have all been quite excellent, some of my favorite music of the year so far….
Early Summer 2019 Jams
DEMF weekend is always a goldmine for me acquiring new music, and this year it was so much that it took a while to be able take it all in. Now that I have a handle on it, here are some of the highlights of the jams that are actually out and available: Teflon Dons…
Bunch of New Records
This year was feeling a little slow for new releases I cared about. That seems to have changed over the last month or so. I’m just going to do a quick rundown of some of the things that are out and about right now…. An early contender for jam of the year is Patrick Gibin’s…
Recent Jams By Spinna, Kai Alcé, Andrés
Kai Alcé’s NDATL label began celebrating its 10th birthday in 2018. I can remember eagerly ordering the very first release right when it came out from Opus Music in NYC (which was yet to be known as Downtown304), hard to believe it has been so long. Kai is also doing a series of parties to…
Thomas Xu – Different Wisdoms EP
One of the cats I mentioned in my recent piece on current wave American dance music was Thomas Xu, whose debut release was a split 12” with Julion De’Angelo on Sound Signature back in the summer of 2017. To kick off 2019 in style, Thomas has started his own label called Steady Flight Circle and…
2018 Year In Review
Click here for a YT playlist of many of the tracks from this list… Unlike some previous years, I’ve done a pretty good job of writing about dope music all throughout 2018. I wouldn’t say there has been a particularly large amount of new music that I like, but there is definitely a lot that…
Marcellus Pittman – Something Like {A Dream}
This year has been a really fun one for me musically as it has seen some of my favorite producers who aren’t known for quantity of releases dropping a boatload of great new jams. Way back in February I wrote about two excellent releases by Marcellus Pittman, both on his Unirythym label. Over DEMF weekend…
Specter – Built To Last
Specter is, like Rick Wilhite whom I wrote about just a few weeks ago, one of these underground cats who is a brilliant DJ and producer but not known for releasing a high volume of music. Even a full solo single by Specter would be cause for celebration, but what we have here in Built…
New Rick Wilhite Records
Rick at his shop Vibes in Detroit, April 2008 I’m going to save the whole story for a forthcoming “Record Store Memories” post, but I first met Rick Wilhite in person at his shop Vibes all the way back in May 2004. Ever since that day he has been one of the biggest inspirations for…