Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Creep - Days (Soul Clap Remix)
This is lovely, quite creepy, very low-slung bassy slow house with vocals from the singer from The XX who I am told are a cool band, not that it would mean anything to me, but it might to you.
Labels:
Creep,
James Winfield,
Soul Clap,
Top Tunes
Jeff Mills — Jingle The Bells
Just for a bit of festive cheer - this is what happens when Christmas meets The Bells by Jeff Mills.
Labels:
Christmas,
James Winfield,
Jeff Mills,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Slam - Hot Knives (Slam Remix)
This is a really good remix of a fantastic techno tune from a couple of year ago – this however builds up and builds up but never kicks off like the original. The original is even better, but I do love this mix too.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Sexy Techno,
Slam,
Top Tunes
ANBB - I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (Extended)
I don’t think I have ever heard anything like this. Very minimal, with some guy singing “I wish I Was A Mole In The Ground” amongst other random things, and then seems to get angry towards the end.
Labels:
ANBB,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Jichael Mackson - A Snake In Da System
Most people won’t like this. It is very minimal, with plenty of strange clicks and really very understated. It is rather inventive and charming to me and the best cold minimal track I’ve heard in a while. But if you don’t like cold, clicky minimal – don’t waste your time.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Jichael Mackson,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Radio Slave - I Don't Need A Cure For This
Typically deep, hypnotic minimal from a producer of a hell of a lot of good music over the years.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Radio Slave,
Top Tunes
Simon Wish, Cruz & Lati - Dawn's Highway
Ooh this is hot, it is fairly slow, very dark and bass-driven, with snippets of male vocals, and is just so good. Possibly the slowest thing released by Cocoon.
Labels:
Cocoon,
Cruz,
James Winfield,
Lati,
Simon Wish,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Oscar – Africanism
This is good fun, a remix of Toto – Africa , a very recognisable early 80’s tune. Would get a good reaction on a dancefloor, somewhere between minimal and house.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Oscar,
Top Tunes
Ambivalent - Down
A nice, dark, quite sinister piece of minimal. Am quite a fan of their work, previous track called R U OK? was just absolute depreaved minimal filth.
Labels:
Ambivalent,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Daniel Mehlhart - Fistbump (Franco Cinelli Remix)
It is quite a basic house track, nothing amazing, just a good solid house track
Labels:
Daniel Mehlhart,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Clio - For Sure Baby
It goes “doo, doo, doo, doo-do” with other random bits of talking and a fairly minimal beat, heard Loco Dice play this.
Labels:
Clio,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
No Regular Play - Doesn't Matter
Quite dark, slow and groovy baby – another piece of class music on Wolf & Lamb.
Labels:
James Winfield,
No Regular Play,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Monday, 6 December 2010
Audio Injection - Operation A (Speedy J remix)
A rather eerie but deep techno bomb.
Labels:
Audio Injection,
James Winfield,
Speedy J,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Nina Kraviz - I'm Week
I really like her stuff, this is rather floaty and deep, with plenty of vocals snippets and just sounds really quite lovely. Not for a dancefloor though.
Labels:
Deep House,
James Winfield,
Nina Kraviz,
Top Tunes
Livio & Roby – Garaghivirap
A simple minimal beat with some faint jingles, it definitely does it for me. Only 7 minutes long though – should be twice as long. But life is far from perfect.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Livio And Roby,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Brothers´ Vibe – Revolution
A very danceable groovy house tune, perhaps a little too summery for early winter!
Labels:
Brothers' Vibe,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Ruede Hagelstein – Emergency
Groovy, underground vocal house tune.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Ruede Hagelstein,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 2 December 2010
40 Thieves feat Qzen - Don't Turn It Off
This has a really good disco feel to it – shame it is only 4 or so minutes long but well worth a listen or three.
Labels:
40 Thieves,
Disco,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Dennis Ferrer - Red Room
This guy has with great regularity produced great house music for many a year – seems to have imbraced a slightly more techy feel to this track, or perhaps slightly electro and just feels really good and lively.
Labels:
Dennis Ferrer,
James Winfield,
Tech-house,
Top Tunes
Oracy - Bass Mood
This is a good bassy piece of tech-house, a nice 10 minutes long and rolls along very nicely. Perfect for grotty clubs.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Oracy,
Tech-house,
Top Tunes
Masomenos – Coco
This I think would bore the hell out of most people. But for those with a bit of patience, joy will befall you, in a minimal way, eventually.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Masomenos,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Steller – Terrence
It’s house. And it’s funky. Oh shit, funky house must be back. It does feel good though.
Labels:
Funky House,
James Winfield,
Steller,
Top Tunes
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Dubfire – Rejekt
Ooh this is a bit dark and moody. Rather sinister in fact. I do like this.
Labels:
Dubfire,
James Winfield,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Boo Williams - Mortal Trance
This ticks quite a few boxes for being purposeful but slow, house with melody and beats and squishes and floaty synths. Quite simple but it works. Don't be scared by the "trance" word!
Labels:
Boo Williams,
James Winfield,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Lee Foss - U Got Me
Hmm, this is fabulous by one of my favourite new artists of 2010, very warm, quite slow, with vocals (how predictably fabulous!). Beautiful and summery. Shame it is freezing outside right now.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Lee Foss,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Deniz Kurtel - Yeah (Jamie Jones Shower Aquafunk Mix)
This is just groovy as hell house music with plenty of vocals - and the man of the year on the remix.
Labels:
Deniz Kurtel,
House,
James Winfield,
Jamie Jones,
Top Tunes
Loco Dice - La Bicicletta
A rather groovy but fairly minimal track from one of the stars of the year, my ex-hip hop DJ himself, Loco Dice.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Loco Dice,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Pablo Cahn - Speyer Elle
A really good house track with bits of vocals that seems to say ‘minimal’ repeatedly.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Pablo Cahn,
Top Tunes
Loko - Scarlet House
This is a really nice, simple, house track with a touch of vocal and a little piano. Quite gentle and smooth but yet still very danceable.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Loko,
Top Tunes
Johnny D – Leave Or Love Me
I cannot believe that I haven't listed this yet.
I absolutely love this tune, loads of ridiculously silly noises, crazy drumming and complete randomness, perfect for Mr Villalobos and it was indeed him who introduced me. Such a great vibe to it. Somewhere in between minimal and house.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Johnny D,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Monday, 29 November 2010
Arado & Den Ishu - R U W M
Such a good house feeling to this track, you may recognise it from the vocals of "Are You With Me"
Labels:
Arado,
Den Ishu,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Friday, 26 November 2010
Blehorkestar Bakija Bakic - Fizheuer Zieheuer (Todd Terje Edit)
Someone has updated the amazing Fizheuer Zieheuer by Ricardo Villalobos, the 37-minute long minimal track which I fell in love with many years ago. It is quite magnificent. I cannot really describe it. I do wish I had first heard it played by Ricardo though, rather than finding it on Youtube.
Though actually I think Ricardo sampled this track first.
Either way, a little piece of genius.
Leland McWilliams - Mama Lola (Johnny D Remix)
Lots of strange noises. 12 minutes long. Minimal. Just like my sex life.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Johnny D,
Leland McWilliams,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Nico - Dying Of Fever
Ooh this is nice, very floaty kind of tech-house, yes with vocals again!
Labels:
James Winfield,
Nico,
Tech-house,
Top Tunes
Benoit & Sergio - Walk & Talk
"My baby does k all day... she doesn't wash her hair, doesn't wash her clothes, just sits on the couch watching television shows"
Lyrics that make sense at last! Behold!
Pointed out to me by my very good friend, Carrie, not my own discovery for a change.
It is just very laid back, minimal and quite damn hot. Making minimal sexy!
Lyrics that make sense at last! Behold!
Pointed out to me by my very good friend, Carrie, not my own discovery for a change.
It is just very laid back, minimal and quite damn hot. Making minimal sexy!
Labels:
Benoit And Sergio,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Kabale und Liebe - Since You Looked Into My Eyes
I absolutely love this, really good house track, with vocals and recognisable ones from many a year back, oh a few enchanting plinks and plonks. Think I might have heard it for the first time at Ketoloco, a few moons ago. Must listen. Must dance.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Kabale Und Liebe,
Top Tunes
Basti Grub & Komaton – Sick
Ooh this is quite nice, mellow and melodic, can almost hear someone from Cocoon finishing with this. Lovely.
Labels:
Basti Grub,
James Winfield,
Komaton,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Santos - Primitive Cannible
Slightly crazy minimal track clearly made for something like the Zoo Project with all its crazy circus sounds and plinks and plonks and a good 11 minutes long, happy days.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Santos,
Top Tunes
Arado & Den Ishu - Preacher Man
To me this is just like the perfect DC10 kind of track, reminds me of when minimal was so perfect, though this is slightly more house than minimal. It just is really damn good.
Labels:
Arado,
Dan Ishu,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Art Department feat. Seth Troxler — Vampire Nightclub
This is really dark and spooky, quite Dracula-like, nice and slow.
Labels:
Art Department,
James Winfield,
Seth Troxler,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Paul C, Paolo Martini - Plug Me (Johnny D. Remix)
I love this for the Johnny D beats as I love pretty much everything he does, very bouncy and minimal but I am not convinced by the occasional bouts of rapping going “fuck all of ya” – maybe it might grow on me, but maybe I need a dub version of it!
Labels:
James Winfield,
Johnny D,
Minimal,
Paolo Martini,
Paul C,
Top Tunes
Butch - No Worries
Ubiquitous house track that just does it quite simply and makes me want to dance and dance and dance.
Labels:
Butch,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Traversable Wormhole - Closed Timelike Curve (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
Nasty evil techno to pound you into submission and make you stomp until you can cope no more. Or until 6 minutes 18 seconds is up.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Marcel Dettmann,
Techno,
Top Tunes,
Traversable Wormhole
Steve Bug – Loverboy
Ooh this is a bit good, quite emotive minimal. I discovered Steve Bug at my first Cocoon trip in Ibiza in 2004. I really wasn’t sure why I liked all this music which was very under-stated and didn’t do a lot, yet was exceptionally enjoyable. I later discovered, that I had discovered minimal, and a whole new level of enjoyment and excitement of music began, thanks initially to Steve Bug.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Steve Bug,
Top Tunes
Monday, 15 November 2010
Lucien N Luciano - Behind My Soul
This is very minimal, very much just setting some atmosphere – perfect first track for a mix, or for a club night, really sets things off in a moody way. Very good.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Lucien n Luciano,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Basti Grub & Komaton – Sick
Oh this is really quite gentle, floaty and nice and I could listen to this for quite a long time – and it is on Cocoon – what are you doing to me Cocoon?
Labels:
Basti Grub,
Cocoon,
Deep House,
James Winfield,
Komaton,
Top Tunes
Maetrik - Herb House
Part warm deep house, nothing too exciting at all, just gentle dreamy music for desks or beds, but also with a slight minimal 6am dancing twist to it too.
Labels:
Deep House,
James Winfield,
Maetrik,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Soul Center - Dyr Bul Scyl
Rave song number 2 for the blog, very German and first heard from Sven at Cocoon In The Park, not sure I want all music to be like this but it is different and good.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Rave,
Soul Center,
Top Tunes
Grub & Aldo Cadiz – Eleccion
Giggity-house music. I’m clearly running out of inspiration now. Just listen and be done with it.
Labels:
Aldo Cadiz,
Grub,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Monday, 8 November 2010
Brian Sanhaji – Higgs
Evil techno. I say nothing more.
Labels:
Brian Sanhaji,
James Winfield,
Techno,
Top Tunes
James T. Cotton - On Time
This just has a really good old house feeling to it, simple sounding beats. And only 154 people on Youtube have listened to it so it is like our secret, ok?
Labels:
House,
James T Cotto,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Lee Foss - Run Around
Another really good vocal house track with a kick-ass bass-line (did I really just use that phrase?)
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Lee Foss,
Top Tunes
Robert James - Sleep Moods
Oh this is excellent, first heard it on a Jamie Jones mix, so as you may imagine it is slightly disco-fuelled but solid house track, with light and dark.
Labels:
Disco,
House,
James Winfield,
Robert James,
Top Tunes
Robert Hood – Omega
Minimal. Just minimal. But really excellent minimal. Simple. Effective. Minimal.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Robert Hood,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Black Van – Yearning
Beautiful piece of disco-house, could almost bring a tear of joy to one’s eye.
Labels:
Black Van,
Disco,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Bibio - Lovers Carvings (Catz n Dogz re edit)
Most Catz n Dogz stuff I have heard is generic shit, but this is really quite charming and floaty and nice. Surprised.
Labels:
Bibio,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Superpitcher - Rabbits In A Hurry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elAwU0gKzvgGuitar-disco in a twisted minimal way. Different, but good. More of a 8am tune.
Labels:
Disco,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Superpitcher,
Top Tunes
Chris Carrier - Cabaret Des Belles Lettres
This is a good solid house track, with bits of vocals of course (so 2010!). It could be better though. I demand a remix.
Labels:
Chris Carrier,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Smirk - You Will Find
Sorry, no Youtube link for this one.
But it is worth trying to find in my opinion, as long as you like slow sketched out minimal dark house music with a low rumbling bass. It is on Wolf & Lamb if that helps to encourage you!
But it is worth trying to find in my opinion, as long as you like slow sketched out minimal dark house music with a low rumbling bass. It is on Wolf & Lamb if that helps to encourage you!
Labels:
James Winfield,
Slow House,
Smirk,
Top Tunes,
Wolf And Lamb
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Kink – Rachel
I wasn’t expecting this after such a slow start but it comes on strong and techy, but a little quieter after the breakdown. And it does have a bit of an old skool feel to the beats.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Kink,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Claro Intelecto - Back In The Day
I’ve never liked any of Claro Intelecto’s stuff. Always been too dull techno for me. But this is a remix of a very old tune and done really well, kind of like jacking house but with a darker, moodier techno twist. Not for everyone.
Labels:
Claro Intelecto,
James Winfield,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Cobblestone Jazz – Chance
I had to put this in if only because it sounds like a remix of Sesame Street made for anywhere in your local red light district. And I think they are singing about cats.
Labels:
Cobblestone Jazz,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Soul Clap – Extravaganza
Why am I liking vocal house at the moment? This is quite slow, very musical, not for anyone into electro-house! It can best be described perhaps as lovely and beautiful. I am getting so soft. Just you wait for the backlash next year when I get into something much harder or faster!
Labels:
James Winfield,
Slow House,
Soul Clap,
Top Tunes
Jamie Jones – Ruckus
Oh my Jamie Jones-like god, he does it again. I did hear this a few months back but typically it took me a while to work out. Sensational disco-sounding house. And then it gets a bit dirty. Jamie’s magic dust applied again. Love it.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Jamie Jones,
Top Tunes
Monday, 11 October 2010
Marc Houle – On It
Some Marc Houle stuff is irritating, this is an absolute beast. It’s minimal but with personality and a groove and lots of strange noises.
Should be seeing him at the Warehouse Project in Manchester this Friday all being well.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Marc Houle,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Robert Hood – Alpha
Proper banging techno, well for my standards anyway. Quite nasty.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Robert Hood,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Slam - Collecting Data
Minimal. It doesn’t do much. I like it. You might not.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Slam,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Luna City Express - Mr. Jack (Robags Edna Mompf Remix)
I just love this song, jacking house at it’s very best, I would love to be dancing to this right now.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Luna City Express,
Robag,
Top Tunes
Luna City Express - Diamonds And Pearls (Mathias Kaden's Smaragd Remix)
Ooh this is a lovely piece of minimal, it just sounds really pleasant and relaxing.
Sadly not on Youtube at the moment :-(
Sadly not on Youtube at the moment :-(
Labels:
James Winfield,
Luna City Express,
Mathias Kaden,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
DJ Sprinkles - Masturjakor (Kink & Neville Watson Remix)
A little light and floaty at first, but a tremendous dirty bassline to kick it into life, lovely.
Labels:
DJ Sprinkles,
House,
James Winfield,
Kink,
Neville Watson,
Top Tunes
Art Department - Without You
I cannot believe that I have not posted this. This is without doubt the tune of the year and I knew it was when I first heard it on a Jamie Jones mix. So dark, so creepy, fantastic vocals, amazing bassline, it just ticks every single box and I could listen to this over and over. Cannot recommend enough.
Labels:
Art Department,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Lee Foss - U Got Me
Oh this is more like it, I have been listening to so many crap tunes the last couple of days, this is lovely, mellow and just really too nice for me. Happy days.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Lee Foss,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Markus Fix – Dark Side Of Bo
Such a Cocoon tune, it is very understated techno, which you want to grab hold of and take you into another techno stratosphere, but it teases and teases. Oh it is good, so good.
Full track not on Youtube at the moment - there is a snippet of Sven playing it at Time Warp for the first 4 minutes of this video.
Full track not on Youtube at the moment - there is a snippet of Sven playing it at Time Warp for the first 4 minutes of this video.
Labels:
Cocoon,
James Winfield,
Markus Fix,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Johnny D & Butch – Blues Shoes (Johnny D Mix)
Johnny D is a bit of a genius. This is more like shakey-shakey house music, with lots of bizarre bits and some great drops, and just bumbles along brilliantly, I have admired his work for a long time, and he just keeps getting better. Eritrea ’s musical genious.
Labels:
Butch,
House,
James Winfield,
Johnny D,
Top Tunes
Robert Dietz - Soup Opera
I love this house tune, far more of a groove than I have this dull and cloudy morning.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Robert Dietz,
Top Tunes
Monday, 4 October 2010
Chris Liebing & Tommy Four Seven – Bauhaus (Mallet Mix)
It takes a while to get going but this is like smash your face in techno, a real pounding that the Techno Viking would approve of I am sure. Makes me want to work on a construction site.
Labels:
Chris Liebing,
James Winfield,
Techno,
Tommy Four Seven,
Top Tunes
Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann – Fuego
Lots of drums and lots of techno sounds, a return to form.
Labels:
Dubfire,
James Winfield,
Oliver Huntemann,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Kabale Und Liebe - Since You Looked Into My Eyes
Ridiculously good house music track which is just what the doctor ordered on a dull Monday morning which an overwhelming sense of Monday doom. Until now that is. Makes me want to dance even on a Monday morning. Well, tap my feet anyway.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Kabale Und Liebe,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts and dOP – Discotheque
Oh this is so gentle and musical, floating away in a basket of minimal musical love. Oh this is as my friend Zoe would say, “lush” in a Welsh accent, you need to soak up the instruments.
Labels:
Guillaume,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
The Coutu Dumonts,
Top Tunes
Delano Smith – A Message For The DJ
I’m not totally convinced that enough has been done with this track, it is crying out for a remix to give it a bit more oomph. Which is ironic as it is in your face asking for it on the vocals. But it definitely has something. Anyone care to remix it for me?
Labels:
Delano Smith,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Way Out West – Ultraviolet (Guy J Mix)
Well this little number doesn’t really start off as anything, I was thinking maybe early Eric Prydz but then a disco thing happens, and it floats along quite-trance like, in a progressive way to a very satisfactory conclusion.
Labels:
Guy J,
James Winfield,
Progressive House,
Top Tunes,
Way Out West
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
The Gathering – In My System (Jef K Remix)
I first heard Ricardo Villalobos play this at fabric in March (how often do I say this?!) – I liked it a lot on first listen but message boards went crazy about this, and after a few listens I fell in love. Deep, soulful and vocal-led, beautiful house music – really does something for me, hot hot house music.
Labels:
Deep House,
James Winfield,
Jef K,
The Gathering,
Top Tunes
Ryan Davis – Zodiac
This is a nice Border Community – style electronic track – think James Holden. Not heard anything from that label in a long while, have they died a death?
Labels:
Electronic,
James Winfield,
Ryan Davis,
Top Tunes
Azari & III – Hungry For The Power
This sounds ridiculously old, like 80’s house and it sounds so good in a 2010 style.
Labels:
Azari and III,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Hey Karolin – Sleeping, Dancing, Laughing
Ooh this does something for me in a way that very few minimal tracks do nowadays, definitely a beginning of the night track, bits of vocals and lots of strange twisted sounds.
Labels:
Hey Karolin,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Tiefschwarz – Find Me
This is a really rather deep and minimal vocal house track, definitely has a soul to it – and Tiefschwarz are fabulous – every year for years they have done something great and yet they keep managing to keep it different every year.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Tiefschwarz,
Top Tunes
Clement Meyer – A Bucket Of Blood
One assumes this is what a bucket of blood sounds like inside. Dark, brooding and techy. I like.
Labels:
Clement Meyer,
James Winfield,
Techno,
Top Tunes
MRS – Shaun
I have a very close and delightful friend called Shaun so approached listening to a track, clearly named after him, with great trepidation. I am delighted to report that it is an excellent warbling minimal number.
Electric Jones - Nasty's Party (Jamie Jones Edit)
Jamie Jones really does know how to bring the funk back to the dancefloor – possibly the DJ that I haven’t seen that I most want to see. Fantastic stomping house music.
Labels:
Electric Jones,
House,
James Winfield,
Jamie Jones,
Top Tunes
Monday, 27 September 2010
Terence Fixmer - Electric City (Function Remix)
This won’t be most people’s cup of tea I suspect, a dark and moody piece of minimal.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Terence Fixmer,
Top Tunes
The Revenge – Forever In Their Debt (The Revenge’s Pitched Down Mix)
Never heard of The Revenge, sounds like a band? This is slowed-down Chicago house to me, and I am liking anything a bit slow at the moment.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Slow House,
The Revenge,
Top Tunes
Ben Klock – Red Alert
Not normally a fan of Ben Klock, but this is a rather excellent stomping dark techno track, perfect for a little bit of Monday anger!
Labels:
Ben Klock,
James Winfield,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Joris Voorn – The Secret
Joris makes some amazing stuff sometimes, but equally some really dull and predictable stuff too. This falls into the first category, a very upbeat Cocoon-like affair which just sounds fantastic, even for a Monday! I recommend a listen (as I do to all the tracks here!).
Labels:
Cocoon,
James Winfield,
Joris Voorn,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Friday, 24 September 2010
Salvatore Freda - Irpinia (Massimo Di Lena remix)
I have listened to this track three times in a row now, and my feet are merrily dancing away. I hadn’t actually heard this track before I clicked play (which is unusual for good tunes given how many DJ sets I download and listen to), this seems to be a hidden gem of a jacking house track, lots of excitement going on in it and lots of reasons to get people on the dancefloor, and those on the dancefloor to make some moves, loving this! And to think just 30 minutes ago I thought today had no significance…oooh! Yum yum.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Johnny D,
Top Tunes
M.in - Sing And Blow At The Same Time
This is definitely a party house track, such a good vibe to it. Was feeling a tad uninspired today until I heard this, oooh will a smile break out on my face soon? Quite a bit of randomness going on, with bits of instruments, crowd noise and talking too.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
M.In,
Top Tunes
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Muravchix - Replicants Lament
Brilliant bit of new Italo-disco, loving the synth stabs.
Unfortunately no Youtube video on this one, so you will have to do with a sample from Juno. Or go and seek it yourself.
If anyone finds a link please do let me know.
Unfortunately no Youtube video on this one, so you will have to do with a sample from Juno. Or go and seek it yourself.
If anyone finds a link please do let me know.
Labels:
Disco,
Italo,
James Winfield,
Murachix,
Top Tunes
Lee Jones - Yoyo
This is a stunning piece of minimal, almost orchestral in its beauty, oh and when the kick comes back in, assuming you notice it, oh it is magical.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Lee Jones,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
James Flavour - Whos In The House
I heard Ricardo play this a fair few months back, and I think it is garage. I mean, look at the name. Everyone else says it is house, and ok it has a 4-4 beat but so did a lot of 90’s garage prior to two-step which is the garage that most people know. This is definitely groovy and most danceable.
Labels:
Garage,
James Flavour,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Soul Clap & Sergio Santos – Michael Went To Heaven
This is just beautiful and floaty and a little bit Michael Jackson – on Wolf & Lamb of course!
Labels:
James Winfield,
Sergio Santos,
Slow House,
Soul Clap,
Top Tunes
Stevie Wonder – All I Do (U-Tern Disco Edit)
A bit of Stevie Wonder? What is happening to me? Rather soulful and a bit of disco, it is rather good. Recommended to me by my good friend Matt Powell a few months back.
Labels:
Disco,
James Winfield,
Stevie Wonder,
Top Tunes
Monday, 20 September 2010
Electric Jones – Hot Natured
Oh my, they just get better and better, guess what label it is on? I promise I will find something on a different label one day soon, but for now enjoy more lovely slow-favoured house music from over the pond.
Labels:
Electric Jones,
James Winfield,
Slow House,
Top Tunes,
Wolf And Lamb
No Regular Play – Owe Me (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
More Wolf & Lamb love – will I ever tire of this? I hope you love it too.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Nicolas Jaar,
No Regular Play,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Wolf & Lamb – If U Had (Shaun Reeves Edit)
More lovely slow house, yes more vocals too, from the irrepressive Wolf & Lamb.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Shaun Reeves,
Slow House,
Top Tunes,
Wolf And Lamb
Jamie Jones & Gadi Mizrahi – Nasty Things
This is house music at its sexiest, I absolutely love this – unsurprisingly it is on the Wolf & Lamb label, and I love everything Jamie Jones does and this is no exception, fully recommended at once!
Labels:
Gadi Mizrahi,
James Winfield,
Jamie Jones,
Slow House,
Top Tunes,
Wolf And Lamb
Wolf & Lamb – Must Be Brooklyn
More slow house, or perhaps slow minimal – slominal? Shaun, where are you?
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Slominal,
Slow House,
Top Tunes,
Wolf And Lamb
Nicolas Jaar – The Student Hairstyle
Slow, of course, just like me on Mondays, but rather dark and minimal too. Also like me on a Monday. Just how good is he? Not like me on a Monday.
Sadly not available on Youtube at the moment :-( So don't buy it.
Sadly not available on Youtube at the moment :-( So don't buy it.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Nicolas Jaar,
Slow House,
Top Tunes
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Clickbox – Bad Fish
A disco-minimal style track that I’ve heard Magda play – alas not live
Labels:
Clickbox,
Disco,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Mendo – Aventuras
Fairly minimal track that Luciano was playing loads last year, only just worked out what it was as I am so-2009, it sounds like it continually says “Richie Neville”, it is rather repetitive but hey I like repetitive music.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Luciano,
Mendo,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
The Human League – Together In Electric Dreams (Extended Mix)
OK I am a closest Human League fan. Although I probably haven’t heard any more of their tunes…or have I?
Labels:
Electro,
Human League,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
Ok I admit it, I like the original too.
Labels:
Electro,
Human League,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me (Extended Dance Mix)
Am I allowed to like this? Of course I am! It is the version without vocals though which has more appeal, I know what they are on the off-chance I want to sing along.
Labels:
Electro,
Human League,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Zev – This Feeling
I love just about everything on Wolf & Lamb – no in fact I love everything. A house tune this time, not quite a leisurely as much of their stuff.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Slow House,
Top Tunes,
Zev
Perc – Work Softer (Matador Remix)
A rather dramatic piece of techno.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Perc,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Tim Xavier – No Day Like Thursday
Ah this made it worth getting out of bed this morning, a rather funky little minimal number which warbles about the place.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Tim Xavier,
Top Tunes
Welcome To My New Blog
Welcome to my new blog.
The purpose of this is to display all my favourite newly discovered tunes - well not all will be new, I will also post tunes that I discovered a few years ago or many years ago.
Hopefully it will provide you with some entertainment and something to listen to, or maybe even inspire you!
The purpose of this is to display all my favourite newly discovered tunes - well not all will be new, I will also post tunes that I discovered a few years ago or many years ago.
Hopefully it will provide you with some entertainment and something to listen to, or maybe even inspire you!
Ron Hardy - Sensation
I heard Ricardo play this at fabric, another one which the crowd went crazy for, despite it being recorded in the mid-1980's.
It is a little odd sounding as it seems to go a bit backwards, certainly not conventional, but definitely great!
It is a little odd sounding as it seems to go a bit backwards, certainly not conventional, but definitely great!
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Ron Hardy,
Sensation,
Top Tunes
MMM - Nous sommes MMM
This one has been doing the rounds, it is featured with a massive rave synth, very unusual for recent years - I first heard Ricardo Villalobos play it at fabric in March, and also heard Steve Lawler and Sven Vath play it, it seems to have quite a wide appeal - and I love it!
Labels:
James Winfield,
MMM,
Nous Sommes MMM,
Rave,
Top Tunes
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Dj Tonio & Al Ferox - Bionik
This is a Cocoon classic from when it used to play much tougher techno, I do love it! I could go crazy to this and hope I get the opportunity one day!
Die Vögel - Blaue Moschee
One of Sven Vath's favourite tunes (in case you don't know me, I am Sven/Cocoon obsessed) - heard him play this at matter on a crazy Sven crowd-surfing night back in April and the place went crazy.
So many people love this.
It's the tune with the trumpets.
So many people love this.
It's the tune with the trumpets.
Labels:
Cocoon,
Die Vogel,
James Winfield,
Sexy Techno,
Sven Vath,
Top Tunes
Chris Simmonds - I Changed My Mind
Another vocal house tune - what has happened to me this year?
Labels:
Chris Simmonds,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Frivolous - C:\ My Consciousness (Reboot Rebuttal Remix)
This is a really good, almost quite emotive minimal track remixed by one of the producers of 2009 - Reboot, who was excellent when I saw him at matter for Cocoon.
Labels:
Frivolous,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Reboot,
Top Tunes
Lumidee - Never Leave You (Luciano Bootleg Mix)
Yeah I know it is from last year (I'll probably at some point list all the tracks I have ever loved when I get around to it so you'll have to forgive a few old ones)...goes to show the minimal/underground house thing can be fun!
Labels:
James Winfield,
Luciano,
Lumidee,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Cassius - Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes (Radio Slave Remix)
Quite a lively and techy tune. I have so many Radio Slave tunes/remixes in my collection, always been a big fan.
Labels:
Cassius,
James Winfield,
Radio Slave,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Automat - The Rise The Advance The Genius
I think this is from 1978, sounds way ahead of its time in a kind of dramatic 80's sounding electro-disco. Almost expect to hear it on Scarface.
Labels:
Automat,
Disco,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Azoto - Any Time Or Place
A bit of classic disco from 1979 - fun music :-)
Labels:
Azoto,
Disco,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Ray Mang - Look Into My Eyes
Another top disco tune
Labels:
Disco,
James Winfield,
Ray Mang,
Top Tunes
Fern Kinney - Love Me Tonight
Glorious beautiful disco track - a full 9 minutes long. Perfect for the end of the night.
Labels:
Disco,
Fern Kinney,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Tensnake - Around The House
Completely different to his other track below, a rather moody minimal track, still very good.
Labels:
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Tensnake,
Top Tunes
Tensnake - Coma Cat
This has been around a fair few months but I have only recently worked out what it is called - it has such a good feeling to it, very summery with bits of vocals! Absolutely love this.
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Tensnake,
Top Tunes
Arnaud Le Texier - Ivory Machine
Good piano-based minimal track - maybe it is house?
Labels:
Arnaud Le Texier,
James Winfield,
Minimal,
Top Tunes
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - The Pussy Shepher
Another deep house track I really like - I must be going soft?
Sadly, the full track is not available on Youtube.
Sadly, the full track is not available on Youtube.
Labels:
Deep House,
Guillaume,
James Winfield,
The Coutu Dumonts,
Top Tunes
Basti Grub - Negro
Back to housey normality, with an African chanting twist this time.
Sadly not available on Youtube.
Sadly not available on Youtube.
Labels:
Basti Grub,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Circus Contraption - Drunkard's Dream
OK this is one of my silliest music discoveries ever - but quite catchy in a banjo circus kind of way.
Labels:
Circus Contraption,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
Shimmy Sham Sham 002
This was one of my tunes of the summer but I am yet to hear it anywhere. Maybe I will have to wait until next year? Maybe it is just a bit too summery!
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Shimmy Sham Sham,
Top Tunes
Nina Kraviz - I'm Going To Get You
I'm not normally a huge fan of deep house, but this is rather lovely and has a nice vocal too...oooh!
Labels:
Deep House,
James Winfield,
Nina Kraviz,
Top Tunes
Alan Fitzpatrick - Face Of Rejection
This is lovely tough techno, quite adorable. Very much the kind of thing that Chris Liebing would play.
Labels:
Alan Fitzpatrick,
James Winfield,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Egbert - Vreugdevuur
One of many tracks on Cocoon that I am really liking, though this was released in 2009, I have only just discovered it.
Labels:
Cocoon,
Egbert,
James Winfield,
Sexy Techno,
Top Tunes
Al Usher - Lullaby For Robert (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
I love all this space disco kind of stuff by the likes of Prins Thomas - so floaty and dreamy but yet I could still dance to it.
Labels:
Al Usher,
James Winfield,
Prins Thomas,
Space Disco,
Top Tunes
Cabin Fever - The Morning Song
A nice simple 10 minute long house track, rather minimal too.
Sadly only a cut version available on Youtube.
Sadly only a cut version available on Youtube.
Labels:
Cabin Fever,
House,
James Winfield,
Top Tunes
James Ruskin - The Outsider (Luke Slater's ME Remix)
This is much more banging techno than I would usually go for - I used to be a massive Luke Slater fan back in my early 2000's techno love, when I preferred my techno to be about 140bmp!
Sadly not available on Youtube.
Sadly not available on Youtube.
Labels:
James Ruskin,
James Winfield,
Luke Slater,
Techno,
Top Tunes
Johnny D - Point Of No Return
I have loved many tracks from Johnny D over the years and this is no exception, quite a simple house track
Labels:
House,
James Winfield,
Johnny D,
Point Of No Return,
Top Tunes
Horatio - Sing With The Swing
Perhaps a little silly, I do like the odd quirky song in with all my 15 minute long minimal tracks
Labels:
Horatio,
House,
James Winfield,
Sing With The Swing,
Top Tunes
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