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Profile: Unadulterated underachiever. I dance to disco and I don't like rock.
Collecting is creepy. Record collectors put each other down for their various fixations. Everybody is convinced that his way of collecting is superior. They look down on casual collectors, who are just accumulators - the kind who'll just pick up anything and let it pile up. - Robert Crumb
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Lotus (5) & Nate* - Bardo Hotel EP - 22-Feb-09 05:53 AM
A solid three-tracker of driving, smooth, atmospheric tech house with trance elements. A1 is my favourite and features some understated tribal percussion which works very well. B2 is a more basic, linear track best suited as a quick mix tune rather than as a specific highlight, whereas B1 is a dubby and low-slung affair. There's hardly anything radical or earth-shattering at stake with this music, but it's good stuff.
But if the music itself isn't too unusual, then the artwork definitely is. My copy comes in the sleeve for Change's classic disco album "The Glow of Love", which has been substantially modified by gluing various images, news headlines, tape etc. onto it. There's also something that looks like small drops of blood on the front... nice. Apparently the first batch of copies came with individually made sleeves, so if you have one of those, then it's probably the only one in the world that looks like it.
Obsession Project, The* - 4 Track E.P. - 22-Feb-09 04:19 AM
This record is a nice little time capsule from the early 90's underground dance music scene: a comletely faceless release with an unimaginative title, no credits and four straightforward, club friendly and not particularly revolutionary tunes. Yet sixteen years on, while it certainly sounds very much of its time, it's not corny or dated like so much other stuff from the same era. This release incorporates elements of house, techno, breakbeats and even slight progressive house/trance leanings with an unassuming ease that somehow sits very nicely with the record's anonymous nature. And fortunately, it avoids the typical gimmicks and cliched schticks that were prevalent at the time.
I've had it confirmed that Norwegian DJ and producer Peer "DJ Wizard" Osmundsvaag was behind this EP. Peer was involved in the house scene from the late 80's onwards, both in the UK and Norway, and he'd later go on to work with D:Ream and become one of the busiest booking agents and promoters up here. He's been less active production-wise, but these little ditties have held up pretty well.
NNC - Fosen - 20-Jul-08 11:57 AM
You know the feeling; coming home from a rave, fucked, incapacitated, somehow trying to come to terms with the end of the night, reaching for something to drown out the noise and help you through the morning, no beats, no melody, just sound. Thomas Köner, Chris Meloche, Aloof Proof, later Deathprod and Løksa's unknown "Green Adaptor" are all helpful in escaping vertigo, but "Fosen" has sent me drifting off to sleep more often than any other record: the drone contained in the first track is, quite simply, perfect.
Although they're Norwegian, I have no idea who Brønlund and Mikkelborg are (alas, no first names to go from) or, indeed, if they've recorded anything else. But this album (I'm not even sure how it should be listed - it's that obscure) is ample proof that music where "nothing happens" is, sometimes, all you need.
Ray Castoldi - Scientist - 24-Jun-08 12:32 PM
Early 90's deep house devotees love this label, and with good reason; just check "In Orbit" for one example of flawlessly executed, timeless music to immerse yourself in.
"The Nightflight", on the other hand, is quite a surprise, as it's a fast-paced, dark, hypnotic techno track which has absolutely nothing in common with the A side. The vibe is a bit creepy and paranoid (think Teste's "The Wipe"), and the track could easily have been released on a label like V-Max - it's hard to believe that the tracks on this EP were produced by the same artist.
A great release that tackles two different styles with confidence and talent. Track it down.
Various - Imaginary Landscapes - 01-May-08 09:01 AM
I'm not very familiar with Force Inc’s long-since defunct (and short-lived) house subsidiary Intense Recordings, and "Imaginary Landscapes" is the only release in its catalogue that resides in my collection. This compilation mostly contains material produced by DJ Tonka and Ian Pooley (when they were still in their teens and busy on the rave circuit with their Space Cube project), plus Jörg "Modernist" Burger. The kind of house music on offer here is of the extremely naïve and unrefined variety; pianos a-plenty, cheesy hooks, cliched basslines and keyboard stabs, indiscriminate use of vocal samples and an altogether simplistic and somewhat goofy approach which is so early 90's it hurts, nowhere near the best and most timeless house of this period. (An example of the latter would be Space Cube's exquisite "Dolphins" from 1992). It is, for the most part, hopelessly antiquated and lightweight. But a lot of fun. I dare you to listen to this music and remain unaffected by its carefree optimism and charming, sometimes overenthusiastic innocence. Compared to today's streamlined, politically correct dance music, it certainly falls flat in the technical department – but with music like this, picking holes in the production is just a meaningless exercise. These tracks document an era, and do it brilliantly – in fact, they paint a much more accurate picture of this period than the revered classics that have stood the test of time. (Thomas Heckmann's lush and still relevant ambient techno classic "Parnophelia" actually feels a bit out of place here). I'm not on a mission to seek out more records on this label – after all, an hour of this music will suffice – but this CD isn't leaving my house.
As a side note, the mega pretentious title of this thing (also the name of a series of John Cage compositions) must have been label owner Achim Szepanski's idea; I can't think of anyone else who could possibly consider "Imaginary Landscapes" an apt tag for this collection of light-hearted party tracks. Pure genius.
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