I reviewed it on Ibiza Voice a few weeks back. It's a rare treat and well worth checking out.
Every Soul Needs A Guide at Beatport.com
Showing posts with label Vince Watson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vince Watson. Show all posts
13 March 2012
Vince Watson releases 7th artist album
I reviewed it on Ibiza Voice a few weeks back. It's a rare treat and well worth checking out.
Every Soul Needs A Guide at Beatport.com
11 March 2011
Sounds Like: Alola Records. They're back!
17 years is a long, long time in the business of cutting-edge music but English label Alola Records is celebrating just that. Sounds Like Alola is two separate mixes of the label's back-catalogue - either remastered or completely remixed or edited for 2011 - combined with a few new tracks - all of which will be available at the usual digi-download stores.
Volume 1 is mixed by label boss Omid 16b, a veteran producer of futuristic music who's 1998 album 'Sounds From Another Room' and the more recent 'Like 3 Ears and 1 Eye' showcase his ample skills for genre-bending classiness. This mix is chock full of his own house - tech-house productions comprising mostly his own productions including the stand-out gem 'Re-Arranged' and the pokey 'Who Are You?'
Volume 2 was put together by a true DJ's DJ, Demi, who makes use of the more off-kilter material from Alola's past and comes up with a mix you'd expect to hear if Dimitri From Paris went on a futuristic buzz. It's a cluster of downbeat, afro-jazz and house productions with quirky as the overwhelming theme.
With material from rising guns Marco Da Mata & Matthew, veterans Vince Watson and House of 909 and a few sneaky edits by Demi thrown in this has the on repeat thing going on big time.
Key moments: 'It Doesn't Have To End' - lifted from his 1998 album, remixed for the comp on Volume 1, and Vince Watson's 'Mystical Rhythm' on Volume 2.
Alola has long had a fanbase which includes some of the best known taste-makers in underground music and Sounds Like Alola will hit the spot with most open-minded listeners and earn the label plenty of new fans.
5/5 stars! With music this good, the idiots might not win for a change!
Listen/buy Sounds Like Alola at Beatport.com
Volume 1 is mixed by label boss Omid 16b, a veteran producer of futuristic music who's 1998 album 'Sounds From Another Room' and the more recent 'Like 3 Ears and 1 Eye' showcase his ample skills for genre-bending classiness. This mix is chock full of his own house - tech-house productions comprising mostly his own productions including the stand-out gem 'Re-Arranged' and the pokey 'Who Are You?'Volume 2 was put together by a true DJ's DJ, Demi, who makes use of the more off-kilter material from Alola's past and comes up with a mix you'd expect to hear if Dimitri From Paris went on a futuristic buzz. It's a cluster of downbeat, afro-jazz and house productions with quirky as the overwhelming theme.
With material from rising guns Marco Da Mata & Matthew, veterans Vince Watson and House of 909 and a few sneaky edits by Demi thrown in this has the on repeat thing going on big time.Key moments: 'It Doesn't Have To End' - lifted from his 1998 album, remixed for the comp on Volume 1, and Vince Watson's 'Mystical Rhythm' on Volume 2.
Alola has long had a fanbase which includes some of the best known taste-makers in underground music and Sounds Like Alola will hit the spot with most open-minded listeners and earn the label plenty of new fans.
5/5 stars! With music this good, the idiots might not win for a change!
Listen/buy Sounds Like Alola at Beatport.com
8 March 2010
March House and Deep Techno Gems
Some tunes to get you through the week. From deep house to disco-infused tech-house your week will be better for it.
Vince Watson - Love In F Minor (Everysoul Records)
Vince Watson - Love In F Minor (Everysoul Records)
Deep house with a real space jazz vibe. It's subtle as anything with lush rhodes keyboards and orchestral elements but also a dance floor knock-out at the same time. Vince Watson is all class and this has support from Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Ashley Beedle etc so you know it's quality. It also kicks of Watson's new Everysoul label. Arno E Mathieu - Heritage (Clima Germany)
In a similar vein to Greg Gow's 'The Bridge' on Transmat Recs this is a sparse, synthy number with Detroit techno influences. No bells and whistles or silly wooshes, just solid, quality dance music. Epic without being crass. Heritage E.P. on Junodownload
The Crystal Ark - The City Never Sleeps (DFA Recs)
The Crystal Ark - The City Never Sleeps (DFA Recs)
DFA at the pointy edge of the arrow here with a disco infused grinding track that's half vocal house and half mid 90s Detroit techno. Sick groove and massive peaktime potential - anywhere. The Crystal Ark on Junodownload
Itokim / Ben Businovski - Permanence E.P. (Itinerant Records)
Itokim / Ben Businovski - Permanence E.P. (Itinerant Records)
A 4-track EP of melodic Detroit style house. Itokim's 'When The Lights Go Out In The Village' is the kicker here - deeper than usual for him but a sparse, warm groover with spacey keys and synth action going on. Ben Businovski's 'Assurance' is a piano-led number with a twisted synth thing bubbling beneath. Itinerant on Junodownload
Steffi feat Elif Bicer - Kill Me (Ostgut Ton)
Steffi feat Elif Bicer - Kill Me (Ostgut Ton)
Outstanding understated vocal house on the slower disco/tech tip (albeit with some pretty off-kilter lyrics). Most DJs will enjoy the dub but the vocal version has the sort of crossover appeal potential to rock dance floors of all sorts. Steffi 'Kill Me' on Junodownload
Ray Mang - Look Into My Eyes (DFA Records)
Ray Mang - Look Into My Eyes (DFA Records)
This is prime example of Ray Mang's decade-and-a-half long knack for making dubbed-out disco of the highest quality. This sound has come full circle to popularity again and he's right at the top of the pecking order with stuff like this.
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