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Name: Charles Howarth Member Since: May 27, 2002 Rank: 690 Rated 379 releases, average: 4.84 Location: Manchester, England Profile: Long-time devotee of the house scene and have followed many threads of its subsequent mutations. If you are interested in a record in my collection, contact me by all means but I probably won't sell (if you mail me and get no reply then I'm not interested in selling/trading). If anyone has a record on my wantslist that they wish to sell then feel free to contact me. Also no request for MP3s please - I simply don't have the time to do this. | |
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51 Days - Paper Moon - 18-Apr-07 05:38 AM
Outrageously deep EP. Every single track on it is good enough to be the main track on separate pieces of vinyl. Paper Moon is a superbly produced hybrid of techno and house. Persisent hypnotic rhythms and spacious strings rise and fall all through this blissed out track. Tracktion is a killer piece of deep techno - superb beats for the intro drop out to make room for the track's melodic hook. And what a hook it is - once heard never forgotten. The EP finishes off with Squeeze, a piece of smooth sophisticated house music of the highest quality. No reliance on house cliches here - just a few deep smooth Rhodes keys, beats, funky bass and a perfectly chosen repeated vocal sample of "Je reside en Paris. Voulez vous venir?" are put together in masterful style.
Simply an all-time classic EP
Solid Doctor* - How About Some Ether: Collected Works 93-95 - 11-May-05 03:49 AM
This fantastic album shows off the Solid Doctor's know-how for smokey downtempo beats. Among my personal highlights are A Moving Family of Suns, U-Turn and the sublime Dusk. Some uptempo tracks are on offer too - Armed to the Teeth is flavoured with Mr Fingers style early chicago house. But for me the real heart of the album lies in the slower, after-hours chilling tracks.
And for those interested in such things, the title of the album is lifted from a line in Hunter S Thompson's "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas".
Horn, The - The Villager E.P. - 26-Jan-05 01:13 AM
I would echo TheFormula's comments on this excellent EP. From reworking of IDM flavoured reworkings of chicago house through to the breath-taking epic ambience of the closing title track, this record delivers in fine style.
And the cockney english guys mentioned by TheFormula are Derek & Clive, the infamous foul mouthed comic creations of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. The samples centre around, appropriately enough, having the horn !
Pork Recordings - 23-Jun-03 03:55 AM
Hugely important label in the Downtempo arena. With over 100 non-commercial releases to their name, Pork have been a constant purveyor of the highest quality material for over 10 years. With no hype-driven publicity machine behind them, Pork have built their reputation through the strength of their music and relied on word-of-mouth to spread the message. A label that has its ethos and output totally sorted.
Arovane - 11-Mar-03 03:42 AM
One of the few artists who have such a unique sound of their own. Arovane creates such heart-melting soundscapes full of yearning. Buy into this beautiful and haunting sound and you won't be disappointed. Organic machine music for romantics.
