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Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life - 21-Jan-08 12:32 PM
I read somewhere that Strings Of Life is about the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. gave to the world. Perhaps in the Detroit of 1987 that dream seemed to have died with King but listening to this song, I know that cannot be true. There is an energy in this song, a sense of movement, that I have never heard in another techno song. Somehow the string stabs chafe against the piano line and the drums in a unique way that electrifies my body. Judging by the response I have seen to to this song in clubs, other people have the same reaction. You cannot stay still when the song kicks off after the short introduction, and if there is more than one person listening, something special will happen between the two of you.
Sometimes I feel sad when I look at Derrick May's catalogue and see that he stopped giving us music after only a few magical years near the end of the 20th century, but when I listen through, I find it full of emotional explosions like this one. They are focused and cut like a scalpel to the heart. Maybe he got sick of the pressure, maybe he is lazy (doubtful), or maybe he just burned out after producing a dozen odd songs like this one. I want him to produce more music, but I also feel satisfied with what he has made so far.
Noni / D'Pac With Terrance FM* - Be My / I Wouldn't - 16-Jan-08 01:41 PM
'I Wouldn't' is a great synthesis of the organ house sound, the insane rough FM sound pioneered on The Choice EP, and the jupiter synth sound also explored in 'Forever' from the 1993 Classic Ep. It sounds like a lost Romanthony track. Terence FM injects as much energy and creativity into his vocals as Romanthony ever did. The beat is programmed to skip back and forth until the end of the measure, where a hand clap is morphed a spank and forces you to dance.
'Be My (Friend)' is Chez Damier's take on the style. He has a good voice, and he constructs a very hypnotic chorus out of the song title, but he lacks the range of Terence FM. Still, this is another classic house track, from one of the best Prescription records.
Ricardo Villalobos - 808 The Bassqueen - 14-Mar-07 12:01 AM
I can't believe I'm the first to comment on this! Ricardo Villalobos has made a lot of great songs but this ode to his 808 drum machine is the best. It's fun and quirky enough that it never fails to catch a group's attention but it is still graceful. His timing as he tweaks the bass drum and brings elements of the track in and out of the mix seems preordained. The production is beautiful and psychedelic, simple chords echoing as between mirrors over skipping, bass-heavy house beats. He finally brings in a super-deep rolling bassline for the last minute and it brings this incredible feeling to the song, it's like nothing else!
Los Hermanos - Birth Of 3000 / Son Dos - 01-Feb-07 02:51 PM
The a-side here, Birth of 3000, starts off with a very arresting synth loop, sounding very "spacy" like some of the Red Planet records, but at the same time very glitzy. Set next a bouncy piano synth and some woodwind stabs, the effect is amazing. Beamed down from the archetypal "moon discotheque": all white dancefloor under transparent dome, looking down and out and up, first to the setting sun, then the stars, and finally, the earth rising.
The b-side, Son Dos, displays a stronger Latin influence, sporting a denser rhythm, a choppy flute loop, and typically for UR, strings. Here, however, Los Hermanos let the song's elements share the space equally. No specific loop or pattern dominates your attention. Instead, the streamlined groove sucks you in and hypnotizes you.
Melchior Productions - The Meaning - 18-Dec-06 07:58 AM
To me, this record represents the height of soulful microhouse. Melchior engages the snappy, clickly, playful sound Perlon is famous for, and weaves it together with tiny keyboard piano lines and heavily edited vocals that mix the tiniest of samples, left barely comprehensible, and long wordless exultations. It is nimble and energetic. The music leaves a lot of space open, and seems to stretch into the distance, but it never lacks.
