Can anyone inform us on the really new aka 2000-2007 atmospheric stuff? I know there's a ton...
And can anyone recommend solid QUALITY NON CHEESY, NON DISCO/HOUSE BASED lounge/hotel costes type stuff? I'm not into the house-y stuff but more into it for the atmosphere...and there are a ton of comps out there..I don't know where to start..UK /Euro heads I'm looking in your direction for some reason...
classics:
co-sign on the K&D Sessions - perhaps these remixes are better than their og material anyway? a big part of the appeal is how they manage to effortlessly turn a diverse range of artists into the best lounge bossa band you never heard; Bone,Thugs N Harmony, Depeche Mode, Roni Size, Alex Reece, Lamb, Sofa Surfers, Bomb The Bass and others all get the signature K&D sound, and you'd never care that they'd cut original versions
Mo-Wax: DJ Shadow has been 'hatted' on, but "he good" . Have you got Preemptive Strike? Or did you score the individually graff'ed 4 x 10" releases? Plenty of other good stuff on that label, the best is ebay-gold-only, but a lot things have been booted for those who missed out the first time
Ninjatune: At the time that Mo-Wax was in it's prime, this label was the under-study, but has since come into it's own and the comparision now seems daft. Their website has soundclips!
Warp: great back-catalogue that has seen lots of recent (legit) re-press action, more focus on the experimental/electronic though
recent decent:
for me, I've found it harder to identify bankable artists that I'll scoop-up without hesitation, but if you cast your net wide enough, the over-all quality is really good. I don't have many LPs to recommend, so buying individual singles, remixes and re-edits has been the thing. Some one should be putting out good comps, but a lot of the best stuff aint legal!
co-sign on Nightmares On Wax "Inna Space Outa Sound" LP. The first plate is the definition of blazing downtempo, but I feel the standard drops a little for the second half of the LP. Still a must-have though, if just for
Flip Ya Lid
Azymuth remixes/re-edits on the Far Out label. One day I'm gonna post a mix on here with the Mr Beatnik re-edit, and y'all be hollerin' and slobberin' to know
whut do it he?
Demicustico 12" listen
here also on Far Our, if you like downtempo with the latin-american flavour
Shoes Re-Edit of Al Green
Simply Good To You is some deep soul shit that's worth cussing over. And
this Wu-Tang instr edit aint bad either!
would recommend looking out for Detroit dude DL Jones, and a guy named Paul White (has a couple of good mixes on the Demicustico single and
this)
Galician Girl by Fanu is Lonnie Smith
Voodoo Woman b-line chop-up supergoodness
some bloke called Burial has done an LP that the music press seems to like a bit.
DJ Day done some nice things
go to
www.nyctrust.com and download the Ease E sets
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