I am so ridiculously far behind on music related work. I blame DEMF - it seems that just those four days away have a far reaching ripple effect. Anyway, here’s the ten records and one album that rocked my world in June, not accounting for the crazy stack of new and used vinyl I got in Detroit, and on a jaunt to Pittsburgh that month too.
Basic Soul Unit - Tuff Luv Ep - Creme Organization
Jamie Read - Never The Future Ep - Elektrosouls Recordings
Jitterbug - Beaten Trax Ep - Uzuri Recordings
Justus Kohncke - Now Phreeq - Stilove4music
Kyle Hall/Rick Wilhite - Pres. Vibes New & Rare Music Part C - Rush Hour
Phlash & Friends - Jungle Orchidz - Archive
Steve Summers - Lucid Fingers Ep - Echo Volt
Terrence Dixon/Upperground Orchestra - Room 310 (Remixes) - Meakusma
Various - Masque Edits - Masque Edits
Dj Yoav B - Love Dubs Ep - Delsin
It’s really embarrassing that you listed Villalobos as confirmed booked for Movement 2010, only to announce on the eve of the festival that he won’t be playing. What’s even worse is that of the thousands of artists you could have booked at the last minute, you chose instead to have Richie Hawtin play two sets. I really don’t think I could be more irritated with your decision. Still, I bought my ticket before I knew either of them were booked, I go to Detroit over Memorial Day Weekend not just for your techno fest, but for the after parties, to spend time with friends, and to shop at Detroit record stores.
In other words, you can have your double up plastikman. I’ll be at one of the other stages anyway.
eleven records i would have bought in may if i weren’t saving money to go record shopping in Detroit (where i might end up picking up more than a few of these anyway)
i haven’t decided for sure if i want the masque edits record. one of the tracks is an edit of this PiR track:
BASIC SOUL UNIT - Tuff Luv EP - Creme Organization Holland - CR 1247
BLAKE, Andy - Cave Paintings I - Cave Paintings - CP 1
BRAWTHER - Asteroids & Stardust (Burst mix) - Balance Alliance - BL 12
DJ NATURE - This Side Of Heaven - Golf Channel US - CHANNEL 007
DJ YOAV B - Love Dubs EP - Delsin Holland - 81DSR/YBS 3
GERD - Friendly Fire - Royal Oak Holland - ROYAL 03
HIEROGLYPHIC BEING - The Ninth Root EP - Mathematics US - MATHPLUS 05
HUNGRY GHOST - Illuminations - International Feel Uruguay - IFEEL 004
MASQUE EDITS - Masque Edits - Masque Edits - ME 001LTD300
READ, Jamie - Never The Future EP - Elektrosouls Recordings - ESR 002
WILSON, Jared - Paris Massacre - 7777 US - 7777 003
one of the tracks i’m charting below shamelessly nicks this Jeff Mills classic:
here’s my mid-April chart:
Cosmin TRG - See Other People - Rush Hour
Chicago Skyway - Wolfgang Hair ep - Uzuri
Gene Hunt - Cancemnini EP - Hour House is Your Rush
KiNK - Rachel EP - Ovum
Based on Kyoto - Sunrise EP - Japonica
Tevo Howard - Kisses From New York With Love - Rebirth
Nebraska - Soho Grand - Rush Hour
DJ Qu - Secret Place - Strength US
Various - Soft House Experience - Mathematics
Big Strick - 100% Hustler Remixes - FXHE
Andrea - You Still Got Me - Daphne
for full reviews of the above, see my post over at ISM.
older stuff i finally picked up
justin martin - my angelic demons - buzzin fly
levon vincent - solemn days repress - deconstruct
mick welch - morphological construct - elektrosouls
xdb - lost tapes - wave music
STL - Things From The Basement (Something) (12″)
Arto Mwambe - Love Lift (Osborne Remix) (Brontosaurus) (12″)
Move D/Steve Oh/Black Jazz Consortium - Earth Tones (Soul People Music)
Relapxych.00* - Hallucinogenitaliencryption (Ghost Sounds, Creative Space)
Rob Belleville - Sounds Of Introspection (aDepth audio)
Various Artists - We Do It For The Love EP (House Is The Cure)
Mock & Toof - Farewell to Wendo - Tiny Sticks
Jerome Derradji / Rahaan - Concrete Reservation Pt 1 - Stilove4music US
Marvin Belton - The Letter E.P. (Ferrispark)
Jeff Mills - Something in the Sky Part 2 - SITS
I’ve also really been enjoying a couple Robert Hood represses that came back out recently, including the Floorplan - Funky Souls re-release on Rush Hour and the Alpha/Omega re-release on M-Plant.