hello. not that a particularly tight schedule is kept here at sb but even so, a mid evening tuesday post is unexpected.
no real reason for it - just felt like a catch up, make sure you’re ok…
music & etc
Archives for category: remix
shameboy is on heaviest rotation here. original productions, remixes they do, remixers they get on board – everything they touch is gold. they seem to have a midas touch.
featured the alex gopher ‘rechoque redux’ remix and their own wazabi remix a bit back so you’ll know it’s all big room bonkers acid/electro/wiggly bits/large drums. massive buildups/downs are slightly restrained, increasing the tension. full on but with really nice sharp edits behind the madness. and then on the new album they even slip in a couple of really gentle flute & acoustic guitar led trad folk covers**. Read the rest of this entry »
if i were to focus-group myself on “mixtapes” tonight, the outcome would almost certainly be we are prostitutes.
stubru, switch mix
guestmix for boris dlugosch
it’s still sunny frank – are we on?
shameboy, rechoque redux (alex gopher remix)
attaque, moderate
bitches with wolves, hurricane (ghostboy remix)
the sneekers, modern pleasure ep minimix
stress records was one of the most prolific dance labels of the 90s. brothers in rhythm, kathy brown, sure is pure, hustlers
convention, bedrock, sasha…..at the time much of it wasn’t actually for me, but they never simply ploughed one furrow – each release could’ve had some amazing noise, so each got a listen.
the stress logo was ace, each 12″ sleeve was well designed and they were made with good quality stock. stress records had an overall quality filter few other labels matched.
chris & james ‘calm down’ was a favourite (and would probably be here if i could find the record….), but here’s the none-more-happy, cud sampling, time to make a brew, delorme/dharma bums mix of ‘gimme a smile’ by lost tribe.
lost tribe, gimme a smile (the delorme vs dharma bums remix)
all my vinyl is finally all in one place again and man i’ll tell you it feels….well, a bit underwhelming to be honest.
what was once the single most important thing in the world is now a nice looking backdrop to the living room.
absolute favourites have long been duplicated, first on cd, then a file. others in the collection will be, jesus, digitised eventually. the rest may never even be touched again, but they’re going nowhere. simply can’t be done. someday may come an urge to dig in, rediscover that one-off, weird mix, forgotten buy, unloved freebie.
but at last they’re all together again. as yet, no cataloguing or arranging, just quickly unboxed & banged on the shelves yesterday.
while doing that i did pull out a few i’d been thinking off recently.
here’s my first ever vinyl rip then: a 1999 nude promo 12″, from ‘head music’ by suede – that tricky 4th album. there was a lot of promo activity on the album but that there were suede remixes at all is still surprising; a shark-jumping rollo remix just seemed plain weird and/or lazy. unsurprisingly it sounds of the time (of about 3 years before actually) and does nothing different to any other rollo mix. it all comes together though and bretts vocal works brilliantly. it kind of laid the path for future twd-ish productions and anyway, i’ve always liked it – back then partly as it antagonised a few end of-their-tether brett fanboys, now because it’s a nice old toe tapper.
now then, this is seriously worth getting.
after what sounds like a drunken challenge, heavyfeet set themselves the task of remixing 8 current mancunian ‘indie’ bands in just one month. wanting to snapshot 2011 manchester whilst channelling spirits of late80s,early90s/madchester/balearic/indie-dance and taking it, like a carpark, next-level ….
listen below and get the full details here on their bandcamp
franks latest playlist round-up for another possible friday off: Read the rest of this entry »
cicada are finally back then….. Read the rest of this entry »
…no – of course not – doofus. Read the rest of this entry »
