Future Classic: Omar S “The Best”
via Juno: Alex “Omar” Smith has never been one for modesty, so we shouldn’t be too surprised that he’s called his latest full-length – his fifth in total – The Best. To be fair, he is rather good at producing high-grade deep house, and here unveils another eleven gems. Interestingly, …
Forgotten Treasure: Free Love Foundation “The Sound” Kerri Chandler Remix (1993)
If you were heavily into UK Garage and 2 Step around 1997-1998, you might be familiar with 4 Liberty records. They had major releases out from Dreem Teem, Colour Girl and Underground Solution amongst others. Let’s rewind 4 years earlier when US Garage was king and laid the foundation for …
Future Classic: Psychic Mirrors “Nature of Evil”
For any music enthusiast, there’s a notion of having your “go-to” record labels; labels that you necessarily buy every releases, often without having to listen to them in the 1st place. It was the case for me with labels such as CTI Records, Chocolate Cholly, Loud Records, BBE Records, just …
Forgotten Treasure: Ryo Kawasaki “Selected Works 1979 to 1983”
via NuNorthern Soul: The five pieces of music you will hear on this selected works EP have been carefully chosen by NuNorthern Soul’s Phat Phil Cooper, culled from the long and highly varied recorded career of Ryo Kawasaki. His boundary pushing catalogue of music, the exemplary musicians he has recorded …
Future Classic: Beats In Space “BIS: 001 – 020”
via RVNG: From its beginnings as a college radio show on WNYU, Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space was on a necessary trajectory toward preserving waveform memories permanently to wax. BIS: 001 – 020 chronicles the consideration and sophistication embodied by the first twenty releases of the label’s twelve year history. …
Future Classic: Jonny Trunk “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” (Jules Verne)
via Drift: The latest in the Four Corners Familiars series, where artists are asked to create new artwork to illustrate a classic novel, puts a new twist on the notion of illustration, which this time takes the form of music accompanying Jules Verne’s classic tale of underwater adventure. Newly composed …
Forgotten Treasure: Gino Vannelli “Mama Coco” (1975)
Gino Vannelli is a Montreal born who is known for his hair and shaggy, ironicaly enough he got his big break by standing outside herp albert’s (famous for his whipped cream LP cover) locked gate begging for an audition. Usually, you learn to dismiss these two artists when digging and …
Future Classic: Jamma-Dee “Vol 2” (Arcane NY)
In the past 30 years of underground dance music many labels and artists have gone for the tried and tested strategy of “mysterious marketing”: ultra-limited vinyl runs, cryptic information on the release and the artist, hand-made artwork. Part of the fun lies in trying to figure out who is hiding behind the …
Forgotten Treasure: Herbie Hancock “Nobu” (1974)
As you put the needle on this record, you realize after a few seconds that it really wouldn’t take very much to transform this gem into a Techno track perhaps hidden deep in the Underground Resistance back catalogue. Add a heavier kick drum and bassline and voilà! All the techno legends …