Classic track: Naomi Daniel - Feel The Fire

A classic track from 1993 I discovered wasn't on youtube already.

Naomi Daniel - Feel The Fire (Nature Boy Dubwiezer Dub)

 
When this came out the attention was mostly for the Deep Dish remix and Carl Craig original but the Nature Boy mix here is a worthy upload in a raw Moodymann sort of groove.

Enjoy!

Agoria 'Impermanence' Review

As one of techno’s consistent performers over the past decade Agoria had a lot to live up to with his latest album, Impermanence.

The past few years have seen his style wander a little from the more techy dance floor numbers of 2003’s ‘Blossom’ but it hasn’t been bad at all and it’s refreshing to hear an artist who doesn’t stick to the same thing over and over but can still come up with the goods too. This is all the more reason to check out Impermanence - it’s something special in itself and has a clutch of interesting tracks which will groove, soothe or amp you.

It kicks off with the piano ballad ‘Kiss My Soul’ featuring the sublime vocals of Kid A followed by one of the straight-up club numbers, ‘Souless Dreamer’ which features Seth Troxler on vocals overtop a sparse house groove. Right away you get the picture here.

Detroit’s Carl Craig appears on ‘Speechless’, contributing the sleazy, spoken vocals in a track which has already done the rounds on limited 12” since late last year. It’s well cool and has the classic Carl Craig stamp of ‘crazy’ on it. At the other end of the spectrum ‘Grande Torino’ is a bouncy key-led groove with orchestral elements – the sort of Âme ‘Rej’ moment of the album which is infectious and hypnotic.

The standout moment of the album is surely ‘Heart Beating’ which also features the vocals of Kid A. It’s superbly written and with a perfectly subtle orchestral and percussion arrangement which never overpowers the song, setting the stage for Agoria to earn plenty of new fans in the mainstream – and without selling out one bit.

Overall you might be disappointed if you were expecting stuff like ‘Sky Is Clear’ or ‘La Onzième Marche’ all over again but this is definitely a quality listen. It shows Agoria has the touch for creating great music without feeling the need to aim for the dance floor at all times

Agoria 'Impermanence' is out from 14 February on Infine Music.

Check out the Impermanence 7 minute teaser mix at Agoria's soundcloud page.

Review : DJ Hell feat Bryan Ferry 'U Can Dance'

It's not usual a single release warrants its own review here but DJ Hell 'U Can Dance' is one that does.

DJ Hell has teamed up with Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry and Peter Kruder to produce a killer take on an unreleased Ferry song from yesteryear. It first featured on Hell’s album Teufelswerk but comes into its own now with remixes courtesy of Carl Craig, Simian Mobile Disco and DFA's Tim Goldsworthy.

The fanfare of the previous album single, ‘The DJ’ featuring P. Diddy, would normally be hard to trump but nothing is impossible when Carl Craig is on remix duties and over two blinding remixes he delivers gold. Both adopt Craig’s usual creative genius and madness with one mix taking on a more stabbed and bouncy groove, holding the vocal at the forefront while the other is more stripped back and pushes a darker groove with perfectly timed trippy synth tweaks and refrains. Craig’s first mix in particular is nothing short of genius - one of his best recent remixes - and is one of those records which has elements you didn't even notice at first come to life when played on a decent sound system.

Tim Goldsworthy's 11 minute mix is an interesting take - quite laid back initially but taking lots of twists and turns along the ride - adding in live percussion elements, detuned keys and drum solos to give an almost live band feel for large sections. It's one to give a couple of listens because it will grow on you. Simian Mobile Disco deliver a slow-burning and stripped back remix which chugs along in their usual understated style until kicking into top gear around 6 minutes in. It’s solid but not quite the main event in this case. Carl Craig’s two mixes show yet again why he’s almost untouchable amongst dance music's edgier remixers. 

DJ Hell feat Bryan Ferry 'U Can Dance' is set for release in January 2010 on International Deejay Gigolo Records as MP3 download and 12" vinyl.

Rob's Top 10 Chart, November 2009

This month is a mixed bag of Detroit, deep, dubby, disco and tribal tracks. Carl Craig once again delivers with his remixes of DJ Hell's 'U Can Dance'. Angel Alanis shows he's still got the good with his tracky remix of rising Bulgarian artist Inert. Slam also return with a bottom heavy chugger on their own new label Paragraph.

1. DJ Hell feat Bryan Ferry - U Can Dance (Carl Craig Remix V.1) (International Deejay Gigolo Records)
2. Inert - It Depends (Angel Alanis Remix) (A-Squared Muzik)

3. m0h feat. Graciella - Disrupted (M.in & Patrick Kunkel Remix) (Ground Factory Recs)
4. Edmund - Dont Know Why (DeepClass Records)

5. Kris Wadsworth - Deep Inside (Dark Energy)

6. YNK feat. De La Maso - Flatuare (Micro.fon Digital)
7. Slam - We Doin This Again? (Paragraph)

8. 7. Samuel L Session - Tight Stack (Be As One Imprint)

9. 2 Human - Burn The Witch (Mak.Tub Music)

10. M.in, Ynk & Ben Anders - Do You Speak House (Emerson Remix) (Weplayminimal)

Classic pic: Soho - Give It Up (Passion mix). From the same producer as Earth People 'Dance' and released around the same period 'Give It Up' is a sparse, groovy, deep house classic.