Alex Moschopoulos
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ParticipantThey’re new enough. I usually mean “within the last 5-6 years”.
I just would not want old tunes from 10+ years ago posted. That’s what Friday is for. 🙂
ParticipantLove that tune dmoney. Thanks for sharing.
ParticipantDigging into the classic trance for number two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYXwkRyfg3k
Title: La (Moonman’s Flashover Mix)
Artist: Marc Et Claude
Labels: Go For It / Orbit / PositivaGenre(s): Trance
Year Released: 1997I’ll never forget when I first heard this tune. It was at Crobar Nightclub in Chicago, where DJs Psychobitch and Teri Bristol were pumping Saturday nights as a mesh of techno, dark house, and the rising sounds of trance. Amid all the more beat-driven darkness, this sudden oasis of light just hit me, and I was taken to the point I ran to Gramaphone Records the next day to buy a copy.
I’d pump it at home in my room alone, just because the sound, the bassline, and those synths were incredible at the time. Most trance at that time tried to copy the sound Faithless ignited with their hit Insomnia. La more or less showed us all what was to come, and it’s still a coveted tune in my collection.
The technical talent behind this tune was the duo of Marc Romboy and Klaus Derichs, which I never knew until a year ago, as I thought Marc Et Claude was one person. What’s interesting is I remember the British magazines calling this sound “Hardbag” or “Handbag”, as opposed to trance.
ParticipantHere’s one I always bounce to:
Title: Playing with Knives
Artist: Bizarre Inc
Label: Vinyl SolutionGenre(s): House, Acid, Rave Techno
Year Released: 1991When you hear that opening piano rift, you’re just hooked. I know I was the moment I heard this tune back when I was just finishing high school. As the world moved from house music to rave techno, Bizarre Inc masterfully managed to appeal to both sides of the coin. They had a hit pumping all over Top 40 radio and MTV (I’m Gonna Get You Baby), but also created some of rave’s more seminal anthems.
Out of all their releases, Playing with Knives will forever be my favorite, and I’ll drop it even on top of modern music.
ParticipantOne from DJ Sneak, remix courtesy of the duo of Affani and Andy Slate.
Title: Magique (Affani & Andy Slate Remix)
Artist: DJ Sneak
Label: Inhouse
Genre(s): House, Deep, TechParticipantHere’s one from Roland Clark with a surprise appearance by Soulmagic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyR8U84VOA0
Title: I Get Deep (Soulmagic Remix)
Artist: Roland Clark
Label: Deeptown Music
Genre(s): House, DeepParticipantGerd, you make shopping so easy for me.
I got a few I’ll post over lunch, but I’m suspicious that the board is giving me problems again. Wish me luck.
ParticipantDeep house is about taking the listener on a journey, and I’ve seen many ways to mix it.
When I get more soulful, jazzy, deep, I’ll let tunes play out, but begin blending new tunes at points so there aren’t “dead spaces” of basic rhythm.
When it’s more techy/minimal, I’ll do longer blends and play tunes shorter, keeping things in layers so the minimal will sound more fuller.
ParticipantThis one was a surprise when I first heard it, as it didn’t sound like most of the house I was being exposed to in the early 90s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb26rDzY3zg
Title: Waterfall
Artist: Atlantic Ocean
Label: PegasusGenre(s): House, Trance, Progressive House, Happy House
Year released: 1993I remember when a DJ mentor I had pulled this one up. He had been going to college in central Illinois and thus connected himself more to the European dance music scene through various sources. He called this kind of music “Happy House”, but you can see it’s more the early sound of trance in it. I just liked its positivity, energy, and how different it was from much of what I had been hearing at the time.
Atlantic Ocean is a Dutch duo of producers Lex van Coeverden and Rene van der Weyde. They had a few hits in the 90s, but Waterfall remains their most popular track, usually being pulled into many European old school compilations. Many have tried making modern remixes of this tune, but I always felt they failed to capture the magic the original had.
ParticipantWas listing to an old school mix I did and it made me want to share this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ljUwlHGbw
Title: Keep Groovin’
Artist: T.D.C.
Label: PWL AmericaGenre(s): House, Hip-House
Year released: 1990While Chicago has been more known for hip-house, NYC did have a few good rappers lending their talents to the sound. With the group name meaning “Totally Damaging Competition”, the trio of Kool Mel, Kurt Alert, and K. Smooth only made their fame with Keep Groovin’, despite a follow-up that never went far.
For me, I mainly remember one night when local Chicago TV personality Jerry Bryant took over a UHF station for one evening and played dance music videos for a few hours, mixed like a DJ would. Bear in mind this was long before the DVDJ or any kind of actual DJ video gear. Plus Bryant had been more known for rock and alternative on his mainstay show, JBTV.
I just liked the flow and movement of Keep Groovin’. Loved it so much that it was among the first records I bought when I got serious about DJing in the early 90s. Still one of my favorite old school anthems.
ParticipantNice picks Gerd
ParticipantHmmm…Here’s a link to an embed player from Traxsource.
Also forgot to mention it’s the Seventy Mix I posted.
I hate this regional BS. Content should just be global and be done with it.
ParticipantHere’s a bumpin number that I’m liking:
Title: Movin’ On
Artist: Stefano Capasso and Pino Firmani featuring Kyn Mahone II
Label: Purple Music
Genre(s): House, Jackin’ParticipantI remember having a sprained ankle, but bringing a stool into the DJ booth.
I remember another sprained ankle years later, but going out to hear Derrick Carter play…bouncing around with the limited movement I had.
ParticipantHere’s one I’ve been meaning to share:
Title: You Make Me Happy (Tee’s Freeze Mix)
Artist: The Darryl James/David Anthony Project featuring Fay Victor ‎
Label: Freeze RecordsGenre(s): House, Garage
Year Released: 1992Some might have seen this tune as one of the tail ends of the old school of house, as rave and hardcore raged into the scene…but many more saw it as Todd Terry predicting the future sound of deep house that came a few years later. I just think this tune is timeless, as it seams easily in with modern deep and garage house.
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