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Daniele Luppi - Fashion Party Remixes - Jan 15, 2008
What a beautiful homage to the golden age of 60s and 70s Italy. Daniele Luppi recorded this tune with the original session players who had played on hundreds of classic soundtracks for Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota (for Fellini's films) and Henry Mancini. He even used the original recording studio, "Telecinesound", to capture the spirit of a long gone era. A lonesome trumpet player here - a whistling cowboy there.
This release came out as an extremely limited promo only and is possibly one of Charles Webster's best remix works so far. He somehow manages to keep the sound of the "La Dolce Vita" era captured in his two totally different deep house remixes. The "Dub Mix" is rather full on and a classical Webster dub in his 2003/2004 mode. The absolute highlight is his "Lot's More Perc Mix" which of course adds more percussion on one hand, but he left the bass drum out of the game and still manages to keep this a totally danceable affair. The only release by Webster you can possibly compare this one with, is his remix work for Doctor Rockit's "Café de Flore" which kind of shares the same spirit but which is not half as fine and delicate productionwise than his "Fashion Party". An absolute must-have for any Charles Webster or Ennio Morricone fan... and this funny combination already says it all.
Various - The Best Of MBG - Feb 11, 2006
Well this is what i call a real label compilation. All highlights of this classic Italian label that initially focussed on Deephouse and then became a famous oldskool Trance label put together on this nicely pressed 2x12". Every track a straight 5/5 and some sought after remixes by MBG (AKA Gio Canepa) that are only available on this compilation but not on the original Italian EPs at that time. It includes the extremely rare "Vostok 3" which is also called the "Official Anthem of MBG & Johnson Righeira (AKA Stefano Righi)" and "Close To The Day Lightness" which is from the famous "Peter Pan EP" and that has been produced especially for the "Peter Pan Club" in Riccione, Italy way back in 1992. If you are into the deep Italian "Ambient House"-genre then try to track down this value pack full of classics. Don't expect the sound of the beginning of Ambient House (1989-91) with the occasional piano here or there but a more defined sound which rather tends to go to mellow spheric Italo-techno typical for 1992.
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen - Jan 08, 2005
This album is called "Two Wheels Good" on the american market. This is related to the fact, that Prefab Sprout got a copyright problem on the american market with the usage of the name of the actor "Steve McQueen". Both covers are identical and show the band on a motorcycle. "Two Wheels Good" is a parody on the old motorcycle and has it's roots in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" saying "Two legs good - four legs better".
Aztech - Symphony Of Brotherhood - Dec 30, 2004
"Symphony Of Brotherhood" is another great track that includes parts of the famous "I Have A Dream"-speech by Martin Luther King (like for example Nikita Warren's "I Need You", Fingers Inc.'s "Can You Feel It" or The Speech's "I Have A Dream").
Julius Papp - Le Deep - Sep 07, 2004
This vinyl arrived some days ago and I must say, I have to listen to it again and again. "Le Deep" is based on kind of an instrumental version of Grace Jones' "Libertango (I've seen that face before)" with a straight forward beat and short vocal pieces by "good old" Franky Boissy. Not the usual mash-up crap - heavenly made. Both can be proud of this piece - Grace and Julius.
Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved - Oct 12, 2003
Impressive I must say - only this morning I grabbed this vinyl for the 1st time in years. It's still creating goosebumps when listening to it. A perfect combination between an unbeatable melody and pop-production by the PSB with this voice of a lady we will all never forget - no matter if we liked her or not. Plus a sax played by "The Sax of the Eighties" himself: Mr Courtney Pine and an orchestra beautifully arranged by Angelo Badalamenti. Last but not least a guy that has been completely forgotten in the track-list of our entry: one of our biggest House Gods has done this kind of downtempo-like "Dance Mix" - Marshall Jefferson himself. All in all still bigtime. No need to watch the movie "Scandal" after listening to it's title-track with those "self-explaining" lyrics.
JP Soul - Waiting - May 14, 2003
"Waiting" contains a vocal sample by singer Marcus , who has sung on a couple of Hayden Andre / Subculture-productions in the beginning of the Nineties.
Miguel Migs - Dubplate Sessions 2 - Apr 29, 2003
As per sleeve this 10" is limited again to 3000 copies - like part one of Migs' Dubplate Session.
Aromabar - 1 - Apr 12, 2003
Track 10 "Horses" is based on Prefab Sprout's "Wild Horses" and contains lot's of samples of the original. Unfortunately Aromabar completely forgot to mention Prefab Sprout in their credits on the sleeve.
Cam* - Audiobiography Volume One - Apr 11, 2003
"Juliet" in track 10 is named after Cam's girlfriend and French topmodel Juliet Lancelot.
Jamie Anderson - Rebel Sound (Part 2) - Jan 23, 2003
The promo of this record has been published as a doublepack with part 1 of this record. It has complete white labels and the thin white paper-sleeves have been stapled together.
Jamie Anderson - Rebel Sound (Part 1) - Jan 23, 2003
The promo of this record has been published as a doublepack with part 2 of this record. It has complete white labels and the thin white paper-sleeves have been stapled together.
