Flashback Friday Music Share for 08/21/2015

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August 21, 2015 at 2:29 pm #2243521

Gerd Bauersfeld
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I feel lazy, so only one track from me today:
Artist: X-Press 2 & David Byrne
Title: Lazy (Original Full Mix)
Year: 2002
Label: Skint
Genre: House

August 21, 2015 at 5:39 pm #2243551

Alex Moschopoulos
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Nice pick. I’m glad when I see the classics picks go beyond the 70s and 80s.

August 22, 2015 at 12:43 am #2243651

Ronnie EmJay
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Here’s one .. I usually play electronic music these days: deep, tech, techno… but I miss those days when Hip Hop was made like this… with a Barry White sample to boot 🙂

August 22, 2015 at 12:50 am #2243671

Ronnie EmJay
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One of my all-time favourite bass-lines in a hip hop song.. A Tribe Called Quest’s Electric Relaxation. I’ve kicked off a couple of pool parties with this song, just for myself, and then move into deep house 🙂

August 22, 2015 at 1:00 am #2243681

Ronnie EmJay
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Now my 3rd and final pick, former Ultramagnetic MC Kool Keith with one of his personas (before he killed him off), Dr Octagon, ahead of his time in the year 3000, with Dan Nakamura producing this and the rest of the album… and the album is well worth a listen, I have it on vinyl and CD as well as the instrumental version. This was definitely not a typical rap album at all, crossing multiple genres but keeping a fresh underground aesthetic.

Artist: Dr Octagon [aka Kool Keith]
Producer: Dan “The Automator” Nakamura
Title: 3000
Genre: Hip Hop
Year: 1996
Album: Dr. Octagon
Label: Bulk Recordings (US) / Mo Wax (UK)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sBI60bV-A8

August 22, 2015 at 1:22 am #2243691

Alex Moschopoulos
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Cool stuff Ronnie.

August 22, 2015 at 2:28 pm #2243891

Alex Moschopoulos
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Was a bit tied up yesterday, so here’s a few for me…

Title: I Believe
Artist: Happy Clappers
Label: Shindig

Genre(s): House
Year Released: 1994

It’s funny this tune was released in 1994, because I never really heard it until 1998. I used to go to a wonderful loft nightclub called Red Dog. There wasn’t much too it but a few bars and a lot of space to just dance…no booths or bottles. You went mainly for the amazing house music that was being played. I’ll never forget when I heard that rolling piano loop of I Believe, and it made me rush out seeking a copy of the 12″. I would still play it to this day. It’s a timeless anthem cooked up by a studio project in the UK.

August 22, 2015 at 2:37 pm #2243901

Alex Moschopoulos
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Here’s #2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uUAYz60dM

Title: I’ll Be There
Artist: Joe Smooth featuring Mikkhiel
Label: DJ International

Genre(s): House
Year Released: 1988

I know when the name “Joe Smooth” comes up, most think of his anthem Promised Land, but in my own social circles, our first taste of Joe Smooth came from his later release of I’ll Be There. We can thank Bad Boy Bill and his classic Hot Mix cassettes for that.

Every time I listen to I’ll Be There, I can only think of it as a precursor for much of the smooth deep house that took off in the 90s and then on.

August 22, 2015 at 2:45 pm #2243911

Alex Moschopoulos
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Ok, last one for me is a bit more “recent”:

Title: Galaxia (Solarstone Remix)
Artist: Moonman
Label: Heat Recordings

Genre(s): Trance
Year Released: 2000

For those who don’t know, Moonman is an alias for Ferry Corsten. I first heard Galaxia back in 2000 off a Pete Tong mix, and was mesmerized by it’s dreamy synths and smooth sound. I love this tune so much that I have a “Radio Edit” on my phone just in shuffle, and I’ll probably toss it in a future trance mix as a flashback.

August 22, 2015 at 5:18 pm #2243921

Ronnie EmJay
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Nice stuff!
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