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I also took ownership of the following gems

Chicken Lips : Re-Echoed Vol 1 – Meet Me At The Freezer – 12″ [Reissue. Big Chicken Lips acid 80s business]

Claro Intelecto : Section EP – 12″ [Tasty. No Piece of Mind on this one, but still nice]

Joe Claussell / The Songstress : Je Ka Joe / See Line Woman – 12″ [Had Je Ka Joe on recommendation for ages. Another cool reissue]

Directions : Busted Trees – Carl Craig Mix – 12″ [People seem to have mixed opinions of this one, but I think it’s pretty sweet]

DKD : Future Rage – 12″ [Seriously dope. This is going to destroy shit this year]

Joe Dukie & Fitchie / Fat Freddy’s Drop : This Room / Ernie (Live) – 12″ [New Zealand dub/soul hybrid stuff. Been diggin’ them loads since seeing them open for Recloose last year. These two are excellent]

Earth The Californian Love Dream : In The Garden – 7″ [Some indy 7″ thingy. Was a nice find at £2.49 new]

Matthew Herbert : On Your Feet EP – 12″ [New varied destruction. One track with Dani Siciliano. A few wonky, spastic Herbert house cuts]

R-Tyme : Use Me – 12″ [Rare reissue on Trance Fusion, a KMS subsidiary. Wicked MK and Carl Craig remixes]

Urban Culture : The Wonders Of Wishing – 12″ [Another old reissue from Carl Craig on Eclipse. Also sick]

Wildchild : Wonder Years – 12″ [Stones Throw hip hop with a really nice remix. Peanut Butter Wolf concocting some beautiful shit]

Various Artists : Reworked 2.2 – 12″ [Hip hop cheeky re-edits. Hoping to get 1 and 2 as well. This one has Pete Rock and CL Smooth, plus Tribe Called Qwest’s “Once Again”]

A coupla new thangs

Ordered these new chunes today:

Kathy Diamond : Sunshine – 12″ [Was hesitant about this one for a while. It’s got a pretty unique broken/disco feel to it, produced by Maurice Fulton, and while I like the vocal, it seemed perhaps a bit too ‘poppie’ to play out, but was eventually persuaded by the fact that there’s an instrumental on the flip]

DJ Kent : In The Bush (Theo Parrish Remixes) – 12″ [More Theo Parrish remix tastiness. He is on fire]

Talib Kweli : Get By (Blackbeard Reworks) – 12″ [More dopeness from the Yam Who camp. Not sure how convinced I am by the rap, but the hook, the strings and the rest of the track are all brilliant. Also eventually sold by the nice instrumental on this one]

Ursula Rucker : This – With Jazzanova / Tempest – 12″ [Jazzanova do Detroit beatdown. Seems like a theme for this batch, but I was once again sold by the inclusion of an instrumental, since Miss Rucker can get a bit up her own ass at times]

A new haul, and more on that last one

From Boomkat (not in-hand yet):

Rene Lowe + Paul St. HilaireFaith (late on this one)

V/ASuperlongevity 3 (late on this one)

Arne WeinbergCupola (from the clips I’d say this is probably my favorite Arne release to date)

Claro IntellectoPeace Of Mind EP (late on this one)

From Piccadilly:

John Beltran : Candela / Starlight Memories – Kirk Degiorgio Remix – Ubiquity 12″ (Wicked straight through. Starlight Memories features Stateless (no, not Woody Allen, sorry), and is one of the better of his newer organic releases that I’ve heard. The Kirk Degiorgio mix is some wicked broken techno with the Stateless vocal in tact. Excellent. Should be a no-brainer for Ubiquity fans)

Russ Gabriel : The Crossing – Soul on Wax 12″ (The a-side is big and latin in a Russ Gabriel kinda way – one of the more appealing straight-up house tracks he’s done IMO. The b-side is a mad dub of it – properly dubby. Sounds very unusual in a latin/broken/dubbed way, but is rather minimal in a maybe-wish-it-did-more kinda way. Can’t wait to get my mits on the new album – which I’ve only seen @ Rush Hour so far)

Ennio Morricone : Remixes Volume 2 – Compost 3xLP (Playing right now. Seems to be mostly broken beat and house of the highest calibre. I think both these triple-packs are going to be hot items for a long time to come once people get over the 3x-pack sticker shock. Not a moment of filler on either one from what I can tell, with each remixer turning in efforts worthy of the task.)

Nitzer Ebb : Murderous – Phil Kieran Mix / Control I’m Here – LFO Mix – Nova Mute 12″ (Both sound nice. Still need to ingest.)

Marco Passarani : I House You / Clair – Peacefrog 12″ (Mad vocodered Jungle Bros. electro remake on the a-side. Ethereal techno on the flip with disco synth lines dominating. Both much better than I could count on from the audio clips.)

Squarepusher : Ultravisitor – Sampler – Warp 12″ (Whole thing is great, with A-1 and B standing out. Big melodies. First Squarepusher I’ve bought since his first one, so I may not be the best person to spout off about this one.)

Stereolab : Margarine Eclipse – Duophonic 2xLtd LP (Yarr… eat my limited pressing of the new one! Sounds very electronic in some bits, yet overall not a huge departure from recent albums. Sounds lonely without Mary Hansen. 🙁 Still need to properly ingest. Their albums always take a few listens for me.)

$tinkworx : Los Gatos Lloros EP – Delsin 12″ (more goodness from Stinki – The Putsch ’79 remix in particular is some funky disco meets techno action that I’m totally drooling over.)

Ultramarine : Carl Craig Remixes – Real Soon 12″ (finally the repress…)

And some further comments on these purchases from last week:

Kai Alce : M-7 – Mahogani 12″ (Totally seductive and minimal. Those moaning voices! I *really* like this although the face-valueness required a bit of an attitude readjustment. Can’t wait to hear this loud. It’s gonna DESTROY!!!)

Brothomstates : Rktic / Matala Bobo – Arcola 12″ (Another one that I vascilated on for a while before deciding that I really like it. The vocals on the B-side are very unexpected. I think the overuse of delay on this one made me suspect there wasn’t as much to it as there is, but it does have it all there, and both tracks take a long time to develop into the big epicness they arrive at. Cool.)

Chef : Extraball (The Remixes) – Grill 12″ (The Kemit Sources remix is a bit stripped down for what it is, but still works well. Perhaps not as compelling as some of their other stuff for the almost-trackyness of it, but still nice. The Freaks mix gets tired quickly)

DJ Genesis : Back in the Middle (The Remixes) – Dynamite Soul 12″ (No reason to bother with this except for the Theo Parrish remix, but it is excellent. I really like the return to the dancefloor he’s made in the last year or so. This is just no-nonsense deep Detroit beatdown with hints at techno, as we like it from Mr. Parrish. Those chords are sick.)

Everyday People Feat. Loretta Heywood : I Can’t Sleep – Earth Project 12″ (All three are very good and very different. One housey with a hint of broken beat, one downtempo in a very analogue Spacek way, the last with a devastating Afronaught beat and all the goodies you’d expect from him. This is one hell of a broken beat tune – just wish there was another version of this mix with the vocal too. Am I just imagining that it exists elsewhere?)

Mark Force : Running In The Red – Archive 12″ (Quality broken techno at a variety of speeds with a variety of different breaks. Pretty nutty. Not gaga over it, but definitely worth a thorough scan. Also still need to spend some more time with this one.)

Franz Ferdinand : Take Me Out – Morgan Geist Re-Version – Domino 12″ (More ultra-slow house grooves from MG. Like I said initially, this should appeal to the MG house of jealous lovers remix fans. The vocal is better on this though, and the remix really covers some territory while capturing the mood of the original. Also has a totally mad intro.)

Kerrier District : Kerrier District – Rephlex 3xLP (Some really brilliant moments on first listen, especially the first track. Need to spend more time with it. Obviously drowning in vinyl at the moment though.)

Monolake : Cern / White II – Monolake 12″ (Been out for a while on CD IIRC, but limited to 200 copies now on white vinyl. Buy now or regret it. Cern is brilliant future electro (sorta) stuff. White II is scary.)

Moodmusic Limited : Unreleased Vol.2 – Moodmusic 12″ (The b-side of this one has a pretty subdued, high-pitched acid line that comes in about 1/2-way through. Rather like it. The a-side is a bit aimless though.)

New Sector Movements : Sho You Right / Something – Goya Music Promo 12″ (Ultra-lush broken soul or R&B or whatever. Very big. Only listened once so far though.)

Osunlade & Nadirah Shakoor : Pride / Touched My Soul – Set 12″ (Repress. Up there with his best stuff.)

Recloose : Us Vs Us – Rush Hour 12″ (Very glad I decided to get this one. The Recloose mix should be exactly what fans of Recloose like, and the Kid Sublime mix almost reminds me of First Floor Metaphor ultra-slow (prolly 90bpm) house.)

Franck Roger : Mascarade – Versatile 12″ (Quality straight-through. Two house cuts, one broken beat. The A-side is the real stand-out but all three cuts = nice. B1 is a cool French take on West London broken beats.)

Arthur Russell : The World Of Arthur Russell – Soul Jazz 3xLP (Wow! Totally brilliant. You can count me as a fan now.)

Sequel : Neptune, Moon & Mars / Upsolid – Sonar Kollektiv 12″ (Can probably skip this one. The squelchy bassline sounds very nice at first, but there’s not enough funk in the variations to the bassline later on (they feel a bit forced and obvious), and the rest of it just doesn’t do anything that much more exciting than once it first reaches full-speed.)

Dani Siciliano : Likes… – !K7 2xLP (Growing on me. The best tracks are gorgeous and should absolutely appeal to fans of her previous stuff. It’s all pretty downtempo though, so you know. Surprised no one else is mentioning this yet.)

Siriusmo : Sirius EP – Sonar Kollectiv 12″ (This is only really worth it if you like the track ‘Cuba’ – the rest is a bit flakey IMO. However, ‘Cuba’ totally justifies the price in my mind. A dope-ass broken beat destructor.)

Skyy : First Time Around – Larry Levan Mix / Call Me – Salsoul 12″ (Crap, I totally forgot this is one of those tracks I lost my sh*t to when Theo Parrish dropped it @ DEMF 2000. Totally essential.)

$tinkworx : Whut / Yinmao / Mischa – Platinum Projects 12″ (Don’t sleep on this reissue. It’s excellent. Some bits of disco cut-up a la Cajual, but with loads of techy synth work on top. All-around great three-tracker – one of my favorites of this haul. All of the tracks evolve a ton, and none of it is easilly classifiable.)

Swag : Them Drums – Version Music 12″ (I like both sides. One’s rough, one’s deep. Both nice. Probably not essential, but nice. If nothing else, the a-side would make a wicked tool, and the B-side will fit well into lots of different sets.)

Martina Topley-Bird : I Still Feel It (Freaks / Jori Hulkkonen Remixes) – Independiente 12″ (This one is a bit cheesy, vocal-wise. Probably would not buy again, despite nice bits in the Hulkkonen remix.)

Zoltar : Story Of An Age / Wah Wah – Sonar Kollektiv12″ (Pretty much exactly what you’d expect from Domu at the moment on the broken beat side. The house cut doesn’t really do it for me though, as with most of his housier stuff. Perhaps a bit sacarine.)

Saturday’s Record Shopping

Kai Alce : M-7 – 12″ (a tasty, dirty Detroit house groove. Not essential, but nice)

Brothomstates : Rktic / Matala Bobo – 12″ (Arcola thingy which everyone is rightly spooing over)

Chef : Extraball (The Remixes) – 12″ (Kemit Sources and Freaks remixes – both sound hot)

DJ Genesis : Back In The Middle (The Remixes) – 12″ (has that Theo Parrish remix we all been waiting for – yay!)

Everyday People Feat. Loretta Heywood : I Can’t Sleep – 12″ (Spacek and Afronaught remixes – a gorgeous vocal)

Mark Force : Running In The Red – 12″ (not sure how I missed out on this earlier. I know I had it in my cart at one point… Quality broken techno)

Franz Ferdinand : Take Me Out – Morgan Geist Re-Version – 12″ (think: House of Jealous Lovers remix, but slower, better, and this time with the vocal. Coooool)

Inner Life : Moment Of My Life / I Like It Like That – 12″ (Salsoul reissue that Farley always caned in those WBMX mixes – one of my favorite Hotmix 5 classics)

Kerrier District : Kerrier District – 3xLP (Vibert gone disco)

K L : Smile / Life – 12″ (this one slipped by unnoticed the first time – ’99. Kenny Larkin on KMS reissue. Feel dumb for not having it sooner…)

Monolake : Cern / White II – 12″ (yummy)

Moodmusic Limited : Unreleased Vol.2 – 12″ (guess I’m gonna have to track down that Heinrik Schwarz as well, innit)

New Sector Movements : Sho You Right / Something – 12″ (new NSM promo on Virgin. Slow-mo broken soul – may as well call it r&b. Sounds tasty though)

Nu Era : Some Think Electronic – 2×10″ (yet more broken techno, from the 4 Hero massive)

Osunlade & Nadirah Shakoor : Pride / Touched My Soul – 12″ (repress. Dig both tracks)

Recloose : Us Vs Us – 12″ (was hesitant first time I saw it, eventually it was the Kid Sublime remix that sold me. Real slow. Real good)

Franck Roger : Mascarade – 12″ (deep house and broken beats a la Versatile. Delivers exactly the quality you’d expect)

Arthur Russell : The World Of Arthur Russell – 3xLP (Very happy to have Dinosaur L and a few others off of this, and hoping to learn about a ton of his other stuff. Soul Jazz hooks my ass up!)

Sequel : Neptune, Moon & Mars / Upsolid – 12″ (more very tech-y broken beats on Sonar Kollectiv)

Dani Siciliano : Likes… – 2xLP (when I first heard the ‘Come as you are’ cover on Gilles Petersen ages ago, it really left me cold, but on hearing a few more clips I’m warming to it a bit. All seems to be pretty downtempo. Will give fuller report in due time)

Siriusmo : Sirius EP – 12″ (more Sonar Kollectiv broken beat madness)

Skyy : First Time Around – Larry Levan Mix / Call Me – 12″ (more tasty Salsoul reissue business)

$tinkworx : Whut / Yinmao / Mischa – 12″ (Hopefully have the latest Delsin one on the way as well)

Swag : Them Drums – 12″ (why did I pass on this the first time? Both mixes seem very tasty)

Martina Topley-Bird : I Still Feel It (Freaks / Jori Hulkkonen Remixes) – 12″ (the Hulkkonen mix is a perfect middle-ground between his house and techno stuffs. Sounds very deep)

Zoltar : Story Of An Age / Wah Wah – 12″ (yet another Domu project, this time also for Sonar Kollektiv. Passed on a few of his other more recent things after his deluge of genius, but this one seems to be pretty on it)

Musical Highs and Lows of 2003

Highs

-The Summer of Insanity, Brixton ©™®

-The UK scene pulling even closer together, geography meaning less, and so many great local nights pushing forward from their successes in 2002

-Some of the up and coming local live sets we’ve been treated to, especially Orphan, the Werk boys, Plant 43 and Nick Wilson

-All that beautiful wax

-ATP (every moment from start to finish)

-Movement (so many amazing live sets)

-Carlos Souffront, Derek Plaslaiko, Ectomorph and Traxx @ the Movement Cannonball party

-Atkins, KDJ, Ron Trent and more @ The Works Movement afterparty

-Surgeon repeatedly

-Hood repeatedly

-Theo Parrish repeatedly

-The birth of Homerton ©™®

-The return of LFO

-Dan Bell @ OC (and the aftermath it inspired)

-Cynic’s Titonton, FBA and Tom Churchill in-a-row party @ Rhythm Factory

-Mount Gay AKA THE DESTRUCTOR

-Larry Heard, Brett Dancer & Mr. Fingers w/Robert Owens @ Barrumba

-FK @ Deep Space NYC

-Blaze Live w/Danny Krivit, NYC

-Carl Craig spinning with his child in a stroller in the Vinyl Junkies bassment – just me and the staff in attendance (albeit for only 15 minutes) + his set @ Plastic People

-The lineups at Fabric over the last few months, and a few really excellent nights there, especially the sets from LFO, Fabrice Lig, Akufen and Technasia

-Gene Farris or Maurice Fulton @ the Notting Hill Arts Club

-Joakim @ 93 Feet East

-Stewart Walker @ Clever Music

-Werk’s Gescom, Ghostly and Surgeon parties

-The London invasion of Weymouth

-Larks in the Park (although perhaps not that electronic)

-Return of the [313] party

-So many birthday parties

Lows

-Cosmic Twins ahem

-Rob Hood getting shut down after 20 minutes @ a Movement afterparty, and me getting shut down

-Thomas Fehlmann @ 93 Feet East

-Yokota @ 93 Feet East

While I’m sure there were some other lows I’m not remembering at the moment, they were certainly few and far between, and almost all of them were overcome by the crowd. The three above stand out in my mind because they were not.

December Top 10 and 2003 Top 50

December Top 10

1. I:Cube : 3 – Versatile

2. Meg : MGRMX – Joint Records

3. Kelley Polar Quartet : Recital EP – Environ

4. Titonton : Explicit EP – Neroli

5. Lucky & Easy : Pimp Soul Blister EP – Ann Aimee

6. Starfighterz : 4 Flavours Of A Two-Sided Story

7. Fabrice Lig : Meet U In Brooklyn – Playhouse

8. Niko Marks : Chune / Truly Something – Planet E

9. Various Artists : Iridite Productions Present Electron Music – Iridite

10. Joshua : Nu Cycles – Tweekin

2003 Top 50

2003 has been an absolutely stunning year for new music (and reissues/re-edits/remixes for that matter). Obviously, a top 50 is overkill, but if I didn’t do it this way, it would’ve been an albums versus singles thing, and both have seen tons of activity. Ultimately, you can never give good artists/releases too much recognition, and I would’ve felt like some of these folks had been slighted by their omission. Also, the sheer quantity of good material means that many of these have not seen as much platter time as they deserve, but I’ve never felt as on top of such a broad range of music before, and I think this chart represents some of that diversity.

This is a sampling of the 300 or so records that came my way this year (and I know there are a few like the Andres stuff, the Dan Curtin on Downlow, the new Amp Fiddler, some Rob Hood and some brand new releases that I’ve missed, to name but a few). Notably, it’s been easy enough to shop these days, that I have yet to sell a single record in 2003 and would only think about getting rid of a handful. Death of the music industry my ass! 🙂 If anyone wants more info on any of these records, please feel free to ask questions. I’m more than happy to help.

1 . Outkast : The Love Below LP – Arista

2 . DJ Gregory : Elle – Faya Combo

3 . Stateless : Leave Me Now (Brooks Remix) – Freerange

4 . Amp Fiddler : Love And War – Genuine

5 . RSL : Wesley Music – Player

6 . Dimlite : A/DD EP – Sonar Kollectiv

7 . Moodymann : Silence In The Secret Garden LP – Peacefrog

8 . Spacek : Vintage Hi-Tech LP – !K7

9 . Meg : MGRMX – Joint Records

10 . Dudley Perkins (produced by Madlib) : A Lil Light LP – Stones Throw

11 . Pitch Black City featuring Roberta Sweed : Runaway – Mahogani Music

12 . DJ Cam feat Cameo : Love Junkee (Dilla Remix) – Inflamable

13 . Pal Joey : #17 – Loop D’ Loop

14 . Infinity Plus One : Rhythmatic Unison – Drenched

15 . Russ Gabriel : Into the Unknown LP – Out of the Loop

16 . Reunion : Strange Attention – Seiji Mixes – Dialog Recordings

17 . Freedom Soundz Feat. Vanessa Freeman : Feelings EP – Nepenta Promo

18 . Truby Trio : Universal Love (Âme Remix) – Compost

19 . Horror Inc. : Horrorama – Revolver

20 . Rima : This World LP – Jazzanova Compost Records

21 . N’Dambi : Call Me (Limited Re-Edit) – Yam Who

22 . 32 Project : The Root Of World – Ibadan

23 . Nikolai Dichev : Grasses (Ltd. 5) – Trapez

24 . I:Cube : 3 LP – Versatile

25 . Clyde Feat. Capitol A : Serve It Up! (Brooks remix) – Mantis

26 . Yotoko : All Creation Remix EP – Delsin Records

27 . John Arnold with Amp Fiddler : Get Yourself Together / I Can Be – Ubiquity

28 . Tread : Tread 3 LP – Third Ear

29 . Ennio Morricone : Remixes Volume 1 3×12″ – Compost

30 . Jay Dee : The Official Instrumental Series – Unreleased Vol 1 LP – Bling 47

31 . Joshua : Hustlin’ – Select Recordings

32 . Glad Today : Thoughts of You – M-Break Recordings

33 . Cesario Evora : Angola – Lusafrica

34 . Gotan Project : Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) – Ya Basta!

35 . V/A : Detroit Beatdown Remixes – Third Ear

36 . Kelley Polar Quartet : Recital EP – Environ

37 . Pepe Bradock & Michelle Weeks : Distorted Echoes – KIF

38 . Headman : It Rough (Chicken Lips Trax Dub) – Gomma

39 . New World Aquarium : Heavy Metal EP – Peacefrog

40 . Rick Wade : Big Foot EP – Music Is

41 . Lucky & Easy : Pimp Soul Blister EP – Ann Aimee

42 . John Tejada : The Toiling of Idle Hands LP – Immigrant

43 . Titonton : Explicit EP – Neroli

44 . The Detroit Experiment : The Detroit Experiment LP – Planet E

45 . Various Artists : Iridite Productions Present Electron Music – Iridite

46 . Rick Wade : I Can’t Take It – Funky Chocolate

47 . Isolee : It s About – Freundinnen

48 . Russ Gabriel : Spirit Of Corea – Soul On Wax

49 . Fabrice Lig : Meet U In Brooklyn – Playhouse

50 . Kemit Sources : An Ka Sein – Isma’a

Bleep 43 @ Public Life with Ryan Blackman and Mike Grant

Here’s my tracklist:

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Natalie Gardner – Going Down Slow (Flowriders Remix) – 4Lux

Spacek – Time – !K7

Dimlite:a/dd – Byrdshot and Bye – Sonar Kollektiv

Gangtarr – Just to Get a Rep (Madlib Remix) – No Label Records

Four Tet – As Serious as Your Life (Remix 1) – Domino Record Co

Diverse – Jus Biz – Chocolate Industries

Blockhead – Carnivores Unite – Ninja Tune

Outkast – Love in War – Arista

Jazzanova – Another Fine Day (Doctor Rockit’s Vocal Itch) – Rope a Dope Records

De La Soul – Aint Hip to be Labeled – Tommy Boy

Meg – Kouro (Theo Parrish Remix) – Joint Records

Scott Ferguson – “Q” (DX Mix) – Ferrispark Records

Rick Wilhite – Ruby Nights (Gilb-r Solo Flight Remix) – Third Ear

Bucketheads – Whew – Henry Street Music

Scott Ferguson – “Q” (Main Mix) – Ferrispark Records

Joshua – Century 82 – Tweekin Records

Kenny Hawkes & Louise Carver – Play the Game (Joshua’s Vocal Mix) – Music for Freaks

Stereo People vs. Music People – Baggershack – Select Recordings

Fabrice Lig – Meet U In Brooklyn – Playhouse

Liaisons Dangereuses – Peut Etre Pas – EMI

Kelley Polar Quartet – The Rhythm Touch – Environ

Niko Marks – Chune – Planet E

I:Cube – Oblivion – Versatile

James Duncan – Dub With Me – Traxxx Records

Lucky & Easy – Pimp Soul Blister (A) – Ann Aimee

Tha Poke – Uncommon Sense – Iridite Records

Starfighterz – Flavour 4 – Delsin Records

Yotoko – All Creation Remix – Delsin Records

Titonton – All Fours – Neroli

Horror Inc. – Siamese Twins – Revolver

Hakan Lidbo – White Trash – Moody Recordings

Infinity Plus One – Rhthmatic Unison – Drenched Recordings

Diego & Vocoderman – Refraction – Kanzleramt

Unknown Artist – Ltd 05 (B2) – Trapez

Kaito – Breaking the Star – Kompakt

Shawn Rudiman – That’s What I’m Talkin About – 11th Hour Technology

Dexter of the Avalanches last night

The place was really full – especially for a Tuesday (who the hell goes out on a Tuesday???), and almost entirely Antipodean from what I could tell. Not a bad thing, but you could tell a lot of people there were not your typical patrons of the underground, if you catch my drift. The music was so all over the map at the beginning that it was hard to feel comfortable, but around midnight Dexter settled into some proper DMC style business, then hit a great groove and took off from there. Never has pop music sounded so strange!

On this night, we heard Public Enemy, Pharcyde, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix twice, tons of Neptunes-y stuff, Beyonce, theme from Flash Gordon (mutated into somethignn devastating), lots of Avalanches (including some stuff that must be forthcoming, and seriously mind-blowing at that) and some of the tracks they sampled in making the last album, Underworld, loads of Dr. Dre-produced stuff, some P-Funk, The Cure, something vaguely metal-ish and one of the weirdest segments I’ve ever heard, which twisted something I’m not remembering into The Outkast into Fischerspooner into Cyndi Lauper into Tim Mass into The Clash. Steve – fill in the blanks! Seriously strange vibe in there, and by no means the tightest feeling of community I’ve ever felt @ PP, but a really interesting and rewarding night regardless. Very glad I went.

New Haul

Amp Fiddler : Waltz of the Ghetto Fly [really really limited advanced promo that I am very lucky to have caught (with some help). Went out of stock in an hour or two, by the looks of it. Could be the album of the year, err, next year]

Blockhead : Insomniac Olympics – 12″ [Nutty new Ninja Tune picture disc. Very cinematic]

De La Soul : Da Age Of De Daisy – Best Of Da Remixes – 2xLP [Lots of remixes – prolly a boot. Haven’t got their first album, so this is sort of a replacement for some of that, and it’s got that Spinna remix of Stakes is High, which is pretty tasty]

Four Tet : As Serious As Your Life (Remix 1) [A cheapo 7″, but some really twisted instrumental hip hop]

Future Beat Alliance : Lumiere – 12″ [More straight-forward than his earlier stuff, but a pretty nice fit into that Versatile world of Parisian/Detroit techno, but erm, from England]

Horror Inc : Horrorama EP [Wicked Akufen track if ya don’t know it yet (Thanks to mah boyee Crudmonster 4 the tip)]

I:Cube : 3 – 2xLP [Finally getting my mits on it!]

Jazzanova : Another New Day/Love And You & I [Stereolab, Dr. Rockit and Madlib remixes -i.e. my name all over it]

Joshua : Nu Cycles [Joshua doin’ his boompty house thang some mo’]

Kelley Polar Quartet : Recital EP – 12″ [Wicked! An absolute must for Metro Area or string-laden disco fans. This one adds vocals too! Probably better than the first one IMHO]

Kenny Hawkes & Louise Carver : Play The Game (Chicago & San Francisco Remixes) – 12″ [Bouncy-ass Joshua remix with typically dope bassline]

Lucky & Easy : Pimp Soul Blister EP [New one on Ann Aimee. Surprisingly mid-tempo with much more prominent beats than I would’ve expected]

Natalie Gardiner : Trouble In Mind / Going Down Slow / Move Me – 12″ [This is the remixes 12″. Gorgeous techy soul sorta like Spacek, but with female vocals. This 4lux label looks to be one to watch – run by Gerd, formerly 1/2 of Sensurreal, if memory serves]

Neon Phusion : The Future Ain’t The Same As It Used 2 B [Slightly older Oren Walters thing – finally found it in stock. Possibly my favorite pseudonym of his]

Niko Marks : Chune / Truly Something – 12″ [Chune is the chune]

Rough Trade Shops : Electronic 01 (album sampler) [Includes Rod Freeman & The Blue Men, Throbbing Gristle, Arovane, Stereolab]

Stereo People Vs. Music People : Won’t Leave You / Baggershack [More Joshua with help from south of the equator, but the b-side sounds more like a return to the ultra-lush, melodic Circulation material like Patternis/Memory/Ex-Tempo. Picked it up for that]

Starfighterz : 4 Flavours Of A Two-Sided Story [More amazing proper techno from Delsin]

Theo Parrish : That Day / How I Feel – 12″ [Repress = yay!]

Titonton : Explicit EP [The beat on the dub on this one sounds great. Not sure how it develops yet though]

Yotoko : Wet Ink – 2xLP [Domu can do no wrong]

Yotoko : All Creation Remix EP [Ditto – will also fill a gap since this track isn’t on the album above]

And that oughta hook me up for a while. 🙂