Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Shiny Plastic People

As most anyone I know will tell you, I get quite quickly and easily distracted onto different tangents.  Whether it be while I'm searching for something online or as is most often the case, while in the middle of a conversation.  Like a puppy.  I'm yours until something shiny goes by.  So its not that surprising I got incredibly distracted today while searching for......something. I don't even know what it was anymore because I got lost on this tangent of amazing spacey disco edits and blissful stoner music.  And it was all thanks to this chap named Mark E.  The tracks are long ones, with none on this collection coming in under seven and a half minutes.  Its the kind of stuff you put on while you're at home in your underwear playing video games, or maybe cleaning the house in solitude one happy sunny afternoon.  I checked out a few of his remixes via youtube as well and its all pretty consistently wicked.  Disco influenced, bumpin' soulful electronic music. It has a pretty mature sound so why not make yourself a Manhattan, roll up your sleeves and get down to business.  He reminds me A LOT of Motor City Drum Ensemble who I posted on here a while ago, and who I also love.  Turns out hes from Birmingham. huh. How about that? On a label called MERC Records. Seemingly gone are the days where you can presume to know something about a certain style or sound hailing from a certain spot.... Music Without Borders. Yeah buddy!

Im going to go back on what I said about cleaning the house and video games.  Its perfect for all-day, all-night listening. I promise.

I couldn't decide on one track to play for you so I'm going with three.... simply because posting the entire album would be silly.  So here..in order of how much they make me wave my pointed index finger around in the air while I try to type:

Mark E - Plastic People(MEdit)

Mark E - You(Full Vocal Mix)

Mark E - RnB Drunkie

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Be Yourself.

Ugh what a week.  My first time putting in a full weeks worth of work in four months, and it had to come on the heels of having a friend and his boyfriend in town last weekend- turned out to be a heavy weekend. Anyhoo... no parties this weekend. just work :( I was really enjoying the whole unemployed thing but being broke, as my grandfather would say, is a damned inconvenience!

I was going to say my "fellow blogger" Vince sent me this guy's soundcloud, but since he never posts anymore I'll just call him Vince, and yeah, Sascha Braemer you sound pretty dope.  Good bunch of remixes there and the set I heard its pretty wicked too.  Both of these little nuggets come via him.

Adana Twins - Strange (Original Mix)

and this beauty is a remix of Sarp Yilmaz's Downtown.  That snare is pretty vicious, and it totally reminds me of another track but I can't quite place what song that snare reminds me of. Body Monster by Leon???

Sarp Yilmaz - Downtown (Sascha Braemer Remix)

Lastly, it would be just plain wrong if I didn't mention Danny Tenaglia here.  The Maestro announced the other week he would be taking an indefinite leave from touring.  Not retiring, but resigning, as he reiterated several times through his facebook profiles.  I've seen Danny 3 times live. Once at Guvernment, once at the now defunct CiRCA, and once at Space Ibiza... I know he isn't everyone's cup of tea and that his marathon sets don't sit well with everyone but come on... the guy is 51 years old and when it comes to producing a show the edits and shit he pulls together are some pretty genius bits of programming even if you don't like his crazy goofy antics with flashlights and whatever.  Hes been doing this for 30+ years, and compared to so many of his contemporaries who are total divas or stern as hell with attitude problems galore, Danny brought personality, flare and uniqueness to our scene.  He's one of the very few who seem to actually give a shit about the movement that was(?)/is(?) house and if I never get to see him play another marathon 9+ hour set... what I heard in Ibiza was WELL worth the trip... even if he didn't remember our brief period of correspondence when we spoke for a bit after the show.  A pretty simple message from a very complex and talented man from Brooklyn.

enjoy your time off Danny!

Celeda - Be Yourself (Part One)