PatrickHH

Name: Patrick Lazhar
Home Page: http://www.myspace.com/patricklazhar http://www.myspace.com/fronthamburg
Member Since: Oct 30, 2002
Rank: 13178
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Rated 5586 releases, average: 4.15
Location: Hamburg, Germany
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Housemusic lover since Day 1, way back in '85/'86. My favourite year still is 1992. Of course i started out with disco,soul & funk in the 70-80ties. Now mostly into deep/tech house, Detroit techno, "Ambient" Italo house, future jazz, Japanese deep house from 1989 until 2008, latest craze: Turkish deep house......

Favourite labels: Island Noyze, Nu Groove, Irma CasaDiPrimordine, Mantis, E-SA, Citi, Gherkin, Strobe, Underground Quality, Alleviated and X-Ray Records.

Favourite producers/remixers: Hayden Andre Brown, Rheji + Ronald Burrell, Ron Allen, Ray Castoldi, Vil-N-X, Larry Heard, Wayne Gardiner, Jus-Ed, Charles Webster and Carl Craig.

Long-haired Pat at FRONT on the cover of TEMPO magazine in June 1991. LOL!

I got a full discography in my collection of (another crazy completist...):
-Nu Groove Records
-Citi Records (Truly-Madly sell the #19 to me!!! :^)
-Mantis Records
-Dessous Records (until 2006)
-Igloo Anchorage
-Island Noyze Records
-Naked Music SF
-Burrell productions and mixes
-Charles Webster remixes and almost all productions
-Atjazz remixes and productions

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Discogs moderator since Jan.15 2003.
Forum moderator since Oct.12 2004.

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Ratings:
1/5: total crap
2/5: not my style
3/5: nice piece
4/5: great
5/5: alltime favourite
(be aware that i sometimes rate vinyls high because of 1 single track that I really like - even when the rest on there is crap.)

Some flyers and tickets of concerts and gigs I have attended that inspired me the most:

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Seller Rating:

100.0% positive (135 ratings)

Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (70 ratings)

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Daniele Luppi - Fashion Party Remixes - 15-Jan-08 11:53 AM
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 Fellinis 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 Websters 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 "Lots 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 Rockits "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 - 11-Feb-06 07:49 PM
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. Dont 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 - 08-Jan-05 06:03 PM
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 its roots in George Orwells "Animal Farm" saying "Two legs good - four legs better".

Aztech - Symphony Of Brotherhood - 30-Dec-04 01:27 AM
"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 Warrens "I Need You", Fingers Inc.s "Can You Feel It" or The Speechs "I Have A Dream").

Julius Papp - Le Deep - 07-Sep-04 12:01 AM
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 (Ive 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.

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