off to Japan...

off to Japan tomorrow. as exciting as ever.
here's a little (but long) follow-up to the 'proper old school house' edits posted a little while back.

once again, sorry for the rubbish sound but my copy has suffered and getting a new one is pretty expensive (but worth every penny) these days. I'm realizing these days that there are a lot more unsung classics in the early Chicago stuff than I thought...

both instrumental and vocal versions used to send shivers down my spine. I tried to get the best of both worlds...

TWIST AND TURNS (ISE8 VOCAL DUB)

come come come

a variation on a very dear theme

Most of you what happened when Marc Grouls, up north and back nearly three decades, decided to play Split Second's Flesh at the wrong speed (45rpm to 33rpm): "One Nation Under a (Slowed Down) Groove"... Those who don't know should read the 1991 eponymous article by Richard Norris (hat off to him actually).

The story goes that it was 33rpm/+8, it's hard to find that handles the pure switch. In a way, this one does. just... It may be rough and unplayable but Grouls and the others were just spinning rough and unplayable records. so take it as an homage on a style that shaped a lot of what I am today.

HOMAGE TO THE GROULS ROUTINE (ISE8 VARIANT)

ps: let's see if anybody recognizes the original....

for the remaining summer days

This is one of these edits that I'd always said i would do... Such a perfect summer track but 2'30 is a bit short, especially when it shines like gold. Despite its original title, I haven't turned it into a moody burner. This is sugary pop funk at its best, probably one of the best of that rare breed I had heard in years.
and the best and worse about it ? the (major) label who commisionned it did not give it a full release. As scandalous as the non-release of Pilooski's remix of Jarvis Cocker's 'Angela'. We may come back on this one but in the meantime:

BLACHOLIMONIE (ISE8 EDIT)

the real deal?

I am pretty sure that professional DJs and music lovers will agree, as useful as they are Beatport charts are pretty annoying: too much plugging (even if you kind of have to), obligation to chart tracks available on the platform, massive influence of a handful of DJs etc... And I do not subscribe to Resident Advisor. for a long time, I was reluctant to put 'real' charts out there ,after all, my 'reputation' has always been based on the singularity of my record box more than anything else... But I am getting older (sure) and wiser (may be). I can't think of any good reason to hide the tunes I love anymore... You'll find below a bit of everything: demos, promos, unreleased, vinyls, tracks bought elsewhere than Beatport (I'll come back on the matter soon). I am not saying that none of these can be find there but the point was surely to give an alternative to the chart I sent yesterday to the big B.

In no particular order, these really rock my world right now:

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-I CAN CHANGE (TIGA RX)-DFA
HARMONY FUNK-CAN'T LET YOU GO (MB RX)-CLONE
CARIBOU-BOWLS (JAMES HOLDEN RX)-CITY SLANG
DAN GHENACIA-GLOBES-FNC
GONZALES-CAN'T STOP (EROL ALKAN RX)-PHANTASY
MONOBLOC-DIRTY (ISE8 RX)-REMAIN
HIGAMOS HOGAMOS-DEUCED-HH
DEXTER-1992 (VOCAL)-CLONE
CHLOE-ONE IN ANOTHER (ALEX SMOKE RX)-KTDJ
RMVN-AMEN ADORNO (THE EYES IN THE HEAT RX)-KTDJ
SHONKY-MIZ MIZ-???
RILEY RHEINOLD-ASHPHALT HEROES-MBF LTD
MEGAPHONO-DON'T COUGH-BARKING DOGS
AL USHER-LULLABY FOR ROBERT-INTERNASJONAL
ROTARYDISCO76-B1-???
HOUSEMEISTER-HYPERACTIVE-BOYSNOIZE

you'll be able to find some of these. others will not come out for months. sorry but there's no middle line here.

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up north and personal

A very quick word on one of Chloe's favorite sub-genre (Chloe being my girlfriend but not being 'DJ Chloe'- we'll leave that pairing to the wanking fantasies of a committed trainspotter or trainspotteuse...):'twee synthabilly'? 'lo-fi beatbox twist', 'retro swing wave'????
She, nor I, would not want to pin it down but in our heads, it's quite a defined genre. When one of us bump into a track that fits that strange box, I suppose he is instantly reminded of the other.
Yes, We'd rather die than celebrate Valentine's day but we are proudly romantic. I'll add for my part that having a girlfriend that is into (good) music is one of the best things that ever and could happen to me...

oh, sorry, you'd rather have examples of the style than feel a bit quaint from that sudden exposure of feelings ? hmmm... Klik Klak's 1919 is the ultimate one, Adn Ckrystall's Do Zeu Twist, Los Alamos by J & J Hudson in a way, but going up to Fairmont's Bikini Atoll or Mark Kammins' incredible rx of J Dynell's Jam Hot...

May only make sense to us two but you got that it's enough. Selfish as it may be, you may enjoy this little extension of a lesser known track by one of the main bands from this imaginary school.

NIKOLA'S DEATH TWIST-ISE8 SIMPLE EXTENSION