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Unknown Artist - Music Institute 20th Anniversary (Pt. 1 Of 3) - 16-Nov-09 07:00 PM
If i could be there right 20 years ago...
I have to praise that we have Detroit around to get our musical mind straight. Sometimes i just weer to far and get bumped of track with music i shouldnt listen to or even touch, So the Detroit scene is where i turn to over and over again to get back on the ground. As i did with this release.

I almost started to cry after listening to this 12". The core of Detroit c.a 88 right here. This music absolutely blew my mind. The A1 is just a monster of a track, Rolandos "Jaguar" slips into my mind. Listen to how it builds and just explodes into something that the institute used to dance to. Again i wished i was there to witness it..
The cuts on the B-side is brilliant Motor City Soul music, smoothest lovely garage house tracks i have heard for long time. Kinda spirals it way back and finish of with the B2 that just climaxed it to me, that is when i felt the tears lurking at the corner of my eye. Rarely does music have such powerful effect, but this music is way lost and forgotten, but with this, Kai Alcé just reminded & purified my mind completely and tells me with 12s like these that THIS is real electronic music.
Been listening to alot of new "trendy-house" as i call it, i just dont get it. But this record right here just makes all that stuff like SHIT!
TIMELESS.. I want more of this!!!!

Leron Carson - Red Lightbulb Theory '87-'88 - 15-Nov-09 10:01 AM
Raw and dark tracks from Chicago that that can be releated with the early Detroit Techno sound. China II was to be found on one of the Ugly Edits (Vol 6 if i am right).

Keith Worthy - Moments In Rhythm Vol. 1 - 06-Nov-09 04:23 PM
Holy mother of 12 Inch this is a work of perfection. 2 heavyweight pumping phat deephouse tracks, and one hypnotic mindwork monster "Lost In Sound". The way this track builds up its climax is just unbelievable orgasmic.. I dont know what to choose as a fave, The A1 track is a real slow-burner that has an infectious drive. Combining low BPM and make it groove is difficult to achieve that takes more than just understanding house.
Amongst all these sophisticated Detroit tracks, it is great to have some cuts like these to just synchronize your head back on track.
This EP is equally as good at Kerris Atmosphere EP or Francois Ks FK-EP, if not better..
Hail this man and this label.

L.E.S.S. Productions - 24-Oct-09 06:38 AM
These CDs is a must-have, IF.. you can find them. They are only sold via the Five20East record store. However they were long gone by the time i discovered this label. After hearing "Planets" i just went on a quest to find more from him.
I acquired these trough P2P networks (sorry Graham, Sue me if you like but it was the only way). Me and my flatmate was sitting there with our jaws dropped with each tuned we listened to.
According to Graham himself, his edits -which are on the majority of these tracks, was in the beginning done to be used in his DJ Sets. But since he started to release them both here and elsewhere, the edits have gained huge praise from people and these CDs in particular flies out the door faster than you can say "DISCO".
If you enjoy the edits from the likes of Todd Terje, you will soon find that Graham takes his edits a bit further than cut and paste and brings new fresh beats and elements to the core with the old.
These edits are so nice that to me, they overshadow his regular house productions. Two to check is the edits Funky Space Reincarnation (my fav) and MJs Thriller.

Zero 7 - Yeah Ghost - 09-Oct-09 10:18 AM
Zero 7s first album Simple Things was a true gem. Then i went head over heels over to get the follow up When It Falls. After those i went on to discover other things and forgot Zero 7 for a while when it just popped in my head recently and remembered that i had forgotten. So i decided to check out what they have done since then and funny enough, and in good timing, they just have released their 4th album "Yeah Ghost". (As i write this i had yet to hear "The Garden".)
So i decided to this give it a listen and see if the boys were up to date and have maintained their superior production skills.
However i was left a bit disappointed with it. First of all, "When It Falls" had loads of fine vocalists on it, this one was rather loaded with annoying ones. In the end, the singers gave the vocal tracks a rather commercial pop feel to them and was just painful to listen too. Only "The Road" was comfortably for my ears. Some of the production of these tracks is a bit Electro-ish and contributed to mess up the picture more.
The instrumentals are the best ones, but there are few of them and they get left in the shadows by the overwhelming vocal tracks.

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