Dear friends, there is some great music around. It has been years since I liked this much music that I am playing and years since I have enjoyed myself doing so. Those who come over and get annoying by asking for… old style music, old style clubs, old style vocal house (whatever that may mean?!) make me feel sorry for them. They haven’t got much up top. With that aside, never like now has there been a need for true sound systems. This is an old argument and I know we have had it millions of times. It really is time for a change though. I have personally decided to no longer go and play at those clubs that have a sound system without the necessary characteristics for bringing out the right result that the music being played calls for. I recommend that you do the same. It is time that the club owners realised that at the centre of night clubbing is the music, the sound and not all the other crap that, normally, they spend tons of money on. The music is the centre and the people dancing are the true spectacle. That’s all.

‘Til next time.

 

GOLDFRAPP “Ride A White Horse” (MUTE)

Nice and ‘flexible’.

THEO PARRISH “Falling Up (Carl Craig remix)” (THIRD EAR)

Him again! An authentic wonder.

SALIF KEITA “Yamore (Luciano remix)” (white)

‘Oblique’ and very evocative.

LUTZENKIRCHEN “Counterfunk” (GSR)

‘Oliver Koletzki’s Krimi remix’… criminal!

GUS GUS “Need In Me” (PINEAPPLE)

Pure techno-soul. I even listen to this at home, when I am doing my bits… and that says it all.

MARTIN EYERER “Wicked Line” (KLING KLONG)

The ‘Original’.

LOGIC SISTER “Wie Auch Immer” (RINGEL BEATZ)

Sinuous vibrations.

LOCODICE “Carthago” (COCOON)

Geometric, hypnotic and… shaken up (just as Federico Locchi pointed out to me, Lo Codice is a great ‘shaker’). Beautiful.

ELLEN ALIEN “?” (NEUTON)

I like the version by Dinky.

THOMAS SCHUMACHER “Kickschool 79” (SPIEL-ZEUG)

This creates ‘panic’ everywhere!!! A true ‘biggie’.

MATTHIAS MEYER “Reichenbach” (LIEBE DETAIL)

One of my favourite pieces.

HEARTZ4 “Intimaci Girl” (HELLO ? REPEAT)

The bass makes itself at home in a corner of your brain… and stays there.

DANIEL STEPANIK “The Bells” (MOBILEE)

I swear. This sends me crazy!

FAIRMONT “Gazebo” (BORDER COMMUNITY)

It is almost as if this doesn’t need reviewing, it is so fundamental! Fun-da-men-tal!!!

HARDFLOOR “Soulful Spirit” (KILL BRIQUE)

Go straight for the version by Josh Wink. Pure class.

HUG “The Happy Monster” (K2)

This is really strong when it starts up… the sound, the people start hanging off of the ‘chandeliers’ as well as anything else they can hang on to.

EUPHORHYTHM “Patrik (Dr. Motte’s Testified 1997 remix)” (IMMER)

Exactly the same as above.

BERG NIXON “Box Escape” (MINUS)

GAISER “And Answer” (MINUS)

The sound of Minus (the sub-label of Plus 8) is either interesting or one you ignore. There is no middle field. I find it rather extreme however very important for creating possible new directions and new addresses for dance music as well as music in general. If you like Minus you should get these two records.

DOMINIK EULBERG “Eine Oleine Schmetterlings” (TRAUM)

Fabulous.

CRISS SOURCE “Gate Twenty-One” (MAURITIUS)

Simple and effective.

GOLDFISH UND DER DULZ “Ding Dong Privacy” (KICK BOXER)

Two ‘things’ from Patrick Chardonnet that shouldn’t be missed.

3rd FACE “Yoga Bola” (white)

The version by the Pasta Boys greatly represents their actual sound address and expresses exactly their great potential.

PARALLEL SOUND “Party Goin’On” (WHOOP!)

‘Kitty Kitty dub’.

LAYO & BUSHWACKA! “Feels Closer” (OLMETO)

On percussion there is Nino Cinelu who is a true legend and this alone justifies you buying it… however, naturally there is much more also.

HUNTEMANN & WINTER “In Your Car” (CONFUSED)

Nice, effective and very sexy… veeeeery!!!

MAGNETIC BASE “Mad Racket” (HIGHGRADE)

Without a doubt the ‘Samin’s Low Down mix’.

STEPHAN BODZIN “Marathon Man” (SYSTEMATIC)

A nice ‘trip’.

LAYO & BUSHWACKA! “Life 2 Live (remix)” (OLMETO)

One of my favourite songs. Usually it ‘comes up’ at least two times in my set.

FUNK D’VOID And PHIL KIERAN “White Lice” (SOMA)

Bloody Hell!!!... A bomb. Trust me.

ADAM BEYER “A Walking Contradiction” (PLUS 8)

A vortex!

LEO MAS + ZEN “Magic Acid” (OCEAN DARK)

True power. Consider it as an uppercut that, if unleashed at the right time, will knock anybody out.

SLEEPER THIEF “Freeride Freefall” (64)

When it starts up again after the ‘reverbs’ it makes your head spin. A bomb.

TERRY BROOKES And AARON SOUL “City Life” (CITY HOUR / RE-VOX)

Nowadays it is in the public domain, practically a classic, how could I not mention it though. Carl Craig at his best.

FEDERICO LOCCHI & FRANKIE WATCH “Ping Pong” (TENAX)

Beautiful, well constructed and very effective. When the bass sequence comes in… you have to shout!

BRITNEY SPEARS “Breathe On Me” (JIVE)

‘James Holden dub’… ge-ni-al.