Track Of The Day: Karim - In My Mind (Acid Pink)

 

Acid was a sub-label of Classic and, for my money, didn’t release a dud track. This one from Karim, aka Rob Mello, is a typical piece of very danceable, wonky deep house that still sounds fresh today and, because of it’s long length, would easily fit in with a minimal percussive Villalobos groover. Some of these tracks have found their way into the sets of like-minded groovers due to their linear approach and moderate, but incisive inflections. That Phillipe Maurice III release on Classic for example is much loved by those Romanians. Anyway, Rob Mello DJed at a party myself and my mate Kev put on down at Herbal, a bar in Shoreditch. It was a grand night and we made about £10 each. Which was nice.

Track Of Yesterday: Paul Mitchell - Ceres (Ohm Series Digital)

 

A random pick from a digital-only release from around a year ago. Paul Mitchell, a producer whose genius has been featured before on this blog, rises to the occasion once more with a piece of shimmering dub techno in the form of ‘Ceres’. And while this, like probably every dub techno record I’ve featured, is no radical departure from the norm, it “does” something on a certain level that will forever defy mere words.

Track Of The Day: Anton Lanski - Cyanogaster (Berg Audio)

 

Great track by Anton lanky on the excellent Berg Audio. A label which spans the whole spectrum of deep, dubby goodness, rarely putting a foot wrong even when it occasionally drops its guard and goes slightly off piste. Anyway, this is a great piece of dub techno, a genre which seems to have evolved in one fell swoop as a result of Maurizio’s doodling. Tracks which will remain unique and separate. The rest of the genre is different, owing a debt to Von Oswald, but developing in a different direction. This track, due to its interesting percussive patterns feels a little bit more original than most.

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Track Of The Day: Le Dust Sucker - Mandate My Ass (Carbon Recordings)

 

This takes me back. More than 20 years old now, and wrapped around an eponymous spoken word sample from Gil Scott Heron’s ‘B-Movie’, this track was big when it came out. Listening to it today however, for the first time in a long time, it has great chug credentials. Lovely monolithic undertow with a euphoric upper layer. One of those that rode the electroclash fad, even though it’s quite unique. It popped into my head today unsolicited, as a lot of these tracks do, so here it is.

Track Of The Day: LRNT - Recovering Conditions (Sintope vinyl Series)

 

Tracks like this really hit the sonic g spot. Low slung, minimal and moody. It just pootles along in a sinister way. There’s only one reason that a tune like this is made and that’s to enhance the messiness on the dance floor. It’s not just about feeling good. Sometimes that’s not enough. You need to dig deep into your consciousness as well. This is the type pop stuff that Barac builds his sets from. Deep, dark and mind-expanding. So much going on here between the grooves and the beauty of it is that everybody will take something different away from it.

Track Of Yesterday: Unkle G & Gavsborg - Riding My Bike To The Studio (Equiknoxx Music)

 

I’ve just come across this track on a Coyote mix I posted a week or so ago and, although it 

sounds like reggae, I suppose that’s just because of the spoken word vocal. The whole vibe is a pastoral, hippy one, which fits in with a roots feel. However, it also feels like a bit of a novelty record. We’re not talking on the same level as ‘The Birdy Song’, rather something more stoned and out there. Certainly a head turner though

Track Of The Day: DJ Compufunk - Beyond Mind (Beltran's from Detroit with Love Mix) (Vibes & Pepper Records)

 

DJ Compufunk is a Japanese producer from Osaka whose reverence for deep house, and particularly Detroit, runs deep. And in order to crystallise that devotion, who better to enlist for a remix than John Beltran. The analogue warmth is tangible, as is the evocation of that timeless techno ambience that here nods heavily to the type of emotive machine funk that was augmented by a host of British producers throughout the nineties. The label art nods to that of the Underground Resistance ‘Interstellar Fugitives’ releases that straddled this century and the last. And an embellishment of the vintage electronic ambience on show here comes in the form of a spoken word vocal that lifts the track into the realms of some of the best on the DNH label. Lovely stuff.

Track Of The Day: Metal Urbane - Paris Maquis (Rough Trade)

 

Metal Urbaine were standard bearers for French punk, and with ‘Paris Maquis’ they give a great account of themselves.They also have the distinction of this track being the very first release on Rough Trade. The catalogue number is 001, so I suppose it must be? Anyway, ‘Paris Maquis’ is a great ;piece of work. The guitars sound great. Loads of fuzz, and a drum that sounds like it’s being hit with balsa wood. The group were relatively ignored in France, with arguably a bigger audience in The UK. They also used a synth, which was pretty unique at the time. This probably contributed to a wall of sound approach. Sounds great through headphones. 

Track Of The Day: Fusion - Jack The Voltage (Ferox)

 

Ferox, a label that never released a bad tune. Some are better than others, obviously, but quality control was high. And this one comes in from Fusion, aka label boss Russ Gabriel. A great track that predates the minimal boom of around ten years later and, for the most part, surpasses most of it. The exact type of track that I used to love to play out and layer with complexities. More than just a whiff of Dan Bell about it. Lovely stuff!