Future Classic: Outboxx “Blueberry Lemon EP”
Here’s a future classic that sounds like it should be a forgotten treasure. Outboxx releases a very smooth EP on Well Rounded Housing Project, sister label of Well Rounded (Deadboy, Hackman, C.R.S.T). The hightlight here is “Brighten My Day (ft. Naomi Jeremy)”, a tune that starts off with soft jazzy …
Forgotten Treasure: Gil Scott-Heron “Bicentennial Blues” / Moodymann
I thought I’d pair these two together because, well, obviously one is heavily inspired from the other. Moodymann, by far one of my favorite 2-3 house producers of the last 10+ years took a Gil Scott-Heron poem recorded live from his record called “It’s Your World” (1976) and gave it …
Model 500 “No UFO’s” Video
My oh my! This is absolute gold. ‘No UFO’s’ single was the beginning of the solo career of Juan Atkins as Model 500 and one of the most important releases in techno history. It’s the first single on Metroplex Records, his label, back in 1985. The ‘No UFO’s’ track represented …
Future Classic: Pierre’s Pfantasy Club “Mystery Girl” (Seiji’s Bassrub)
The Numbers imprint is already well known for pulling some proper tricks out of their bag, and this is a BIG one. Originally released in 1987, DJ Pierre’s 2nd single ‘Mystery Girl’ should surely count in the Chi-town hall-of-fame, squarely defining the sound with horny bass vamps, futurist synth strokes …
Mix of the Day: Mr Scruff & Floating Points “Live @ Plastic People”
This is really all you need today. A whopping 6 hours of amazing music courtesy of Mr. Scruff & Floating Points recorded at Plastic People in London. Complete with the 86 track list! I talked to Floating Points this summer (check out the conversation here) about a bunch of things, …
Detroit : Real Scenes (a Resident Advisor movie)
Real Scenes: Detroit from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Moodymann “I Got Werk” (video)
Almost 20 years into the game mister Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann is still showing fools how it’s done!
Future Classic: Breton “RDI” (Girl Unit Remix)
I’ve been playing this track a lot lately and since I get asked everything what it is, I thought I’d share it with you all. When it comes to underground music I am still a huge believer in the power and the trust in quality labels. Hemlock is certainly one …
Dubbel Dutch – Slow Club MIx
Dubbel Dutch (known more for his off kilter up-tempo tracks), is another texan who seems to like the chop n screw route – the standard set by the man himseld DJ Screw who pioneered the sloooowwed down style texan hiphop embraced while gettin they lean on. This mix maintains the …
Future Classic: Mr Beatnick “Synthetes”
I’m just a sucker for deep house and strings. Songs like Pepe Bradock’s “Deep Burnt” and Trackheads’ “Our Music” being the ultimate references for me of course. This little gem from Mr.Beatnick finally came out last week but had been floating around in sets for some time before. As heard …
Forgotten Treasure: Lil’ Louis “Frequency” (1987, Dance Mania)
I had to share this with you all today because I must say that I was pretty happy to find this in a digging excursion today! And for 1$. (mouahahahha!) I had a few Dance Mania records in my collection but this is definitely one of the better ones from …
Moodymann Interview
A Moodymann interview is newsworthy enough. I don’t really need to add any more justification. Just click play already…