Slaying Dancefloors at Will .Count Zer0.

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

Robert Hood – Omega - M Plant Us

these are notes, tweets, shouts, bigups, track IDs, and trash talk from my time at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, aka Movement 2010

• 11:13 @kdiddy I was trying to do the math for how many total hours of sleep since Friday morning, but my brain is too fuzzy to compute it #
• 11:20 @recloose they were! I was told I couldn’t rest on a low wall while walking to the hotel. & of course that party where we met got shut down #
• 12:00 @stevemizek me too! wtf. i blame demf #
• 16:48 @stevemizek yes, more often than not. Easier to remember what’s what that way. Impossible to see runout etchings in a dark club. #
• 16:52 @stevemizek That was one hella crucial "yet" you just dropped! #

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these are notes, tweets, shouts, bigups, track IDs, and trash talk from my time at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, aka Movement 2010

• 11:55 @pipecock sound system at TV bar was crazy good. #
• 16:19 @phonopsia yeah I really don’t even know what to say about that. As if one dude w a handful of records is going to cut into vendor profits #
• 21:09 @paxahau we want answers. #
• 21:12 @drscientifical worrrrrd that’s what’s up indeed. Nobody’s greater than us. #
• 21:15 Woodside. Heart healthy home cooked meal. Love. This is why I didn’t leave anything in Detroit. #
• 21:15 @kdiddy I ain’t jealous! :D #
• 22:04 @drscientifical touché! #

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these are notes, tweets, shouts, bigups, track IDs, and trash talk from my time at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, aka Movement 2010

• 11:16 @stevemizek you should have come had breakfast with us at the clique! #
• 14:45 Ankle is all R.I.C.E.d out at the Shorecrest #ravinginjuries #movement #demf #
• 15:09 Dear Paxahau. There is absolutely no excuse to not let people in with promo records but allow drugs. You suck so bad right now. #movement #
• 20:51 Holla if you’re going to hear DJ Harvey play tonight at the afterparty. #movement #demf #sarcasticdisco #
• 00:34 @mikebeee lookin for you and you ain’t here (Harvey) #
• 00:35 @technorebels one of my faves!!! #
• 00:59 Out hearing Harvey at TV lounge. It’s a real see-and-be-seen kinda thing. :P #demf #movement #disco #
• 01:16 Harvey dropping what I think is a cover of Barabbas’ classic Woman #fb #movement #afterparty #
• 01:49 Police shitting on the party. everybody back to the ‘crest where the ISM crew will be rocking one turntable #fb #movement #demf #
• 02:11 Got in a chat w #MrScruff about British beer. couldn’t think of any names. now he thinks I don’t know good beer. beside myself #demf #

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these are notes, tweets, shouts, bigups, track IDs, and trash talk from my time at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, aka Movement 2010

• 09:54 Perfect moment: watching @pipecock play air guitar to this: bit.ly/c7RxZS #fb #
• 15:47 @gridface do not expect much, I have heard some extremely uncool sets from her. Like UK hard house uncool. Inexplicable. #
• 15:51 Martinez brothers mostly enh but they did something cool with a Latin a Capella that i’d like to know more about #
• 15:57 @lilwhiteearbuds ah is Pierre falling into the dreaded big room dj trap? #
• 16:06 Beware: the big room dj trap is insidious and snares even the very originators of house music. #Pierre #garbage #movement #demf #
• 16:11 "how’s your evening so far" IS NOT "french kiss" #justplaytheoriginal #
• 16:18 Ryan Crosson playing nice and deep in the underground #fb #
• 16:19 @pipecock John Aqua Velva played it yesterday #jaguarplayedbycornydjs #
• 17:04 Mr Fingers starting his set with Steve Miller. #movement #demf #
• 17:06 Now Larry dropping some St Germaine #movement #
• 17:09 Keeping true to my play by play we move on to some Liz Torres #
• 17:18 #demfplaybyplay Didn’t know larry’s number four, @pipecock clued me into five as this: bit.ly/aFN55S #
• 17:36 TRAX #
• 17:39 @marzettewatts no um threshold? #
• 17:47 Armando’s 151 #acidtrackslarryheardisplayingatmovement #
• 19:25 Real DJs play vinyl. Cassy has four record bags with her. #movement #
• 19:31 @gridface - me and @pipecock must be failing. Need to disabuse you of this notion that we are "nice guys". Wise guys maybe? #
• 19:35 I would have to say that Cassy’s DJing skills are at an expert level #movement #demf #
• 19:40 @lilwhiteearbuds "I don’t even know what a Ricardo Willalobo is" #
• 19:47 Cassy just dropped floorplan funky souls #movement #
• 19:48 @losing_control the two are not mutually exclusive!!! #
• 20:02 Cassy sure is playing some Jedi Knights #
• 20:23 Can anybody ID Cassy’s final track with the insane 909 programming? #
• 21:49 Rob Hood - steely #
• 21:51 Would really like to know what piece of Korg kit Rob Hood had up there. Bad eyes, bad angle. #fb #
• 01:19 Can’t skate to H&O’s "Sarah Smile" cuz it’s a backwards skate at Northland Roller Rink 8 mile Mahogani Soul Skate. oops twisted my ankle #
• 01:25 Can’t skate to H&O’s "Sarah Smile" cuz it’s a backwards skate at Northland Roller Rink on 8 mile. Mahogani Soul Skate #fb #movement #demf #
• 01:26 Roller skating, Oops jacked my ankle all up anyways #fb #ow #
• 01:36 @gridface Hahaha #
• 02:47 Convalescing at Le Casa del Stone. #demfafterafterparty #

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these are notes, tweets, shouts, bigups, track IDs, and trash talk from my time at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, aka Movement 2010

• 14:19 Thank you Paxahau for putting thought and money and work into the Underground stage this year. #fb #
• 14:27 Patrice Scott be killlllin it #
• 14:32 Entro Senestre’s "La Caccia" #tracksiwantohearatDEMF #
• 14:55 A Man Called Adam "Techno Powers" #tracksiwantohearatDEMF #
• 15:00 Stop breakdancing! #fb #
• 15:03 Patrice Scott playing "Timbuktu" yay bit.ly/aA38wH #
• 15:29 Onur Ozer = god awful #
• 17:40 @beyondbooking WHOOOOA now that’s something #
• 17:45 DJ ESP banging it out like it’s 1996 in Minnesota. All vinyl too #
• 18:06 Waiting for Kirk Digiorgio to go on I had the misfortune of catching the end of Stylophonic yuck #
• 18:27 Make the bad man stop #
• 19:04 Rick Wilhite dropping Sleezy D! And following it with Piranhahead! #
• 19:15 Did Rick Wilhite just play bjork??? #
• 19:24 Rick onto Gino Soccio Dancer #
• 20:31 Really appalled at the number of smokers here. So disgusting. #
• 20:35 @KurosaraKokuou chewlies? #
• 21:57 Plastikman kind of awesome akshully #
• 22:05 FLAM MM MM M M M M MMMM #
• 22:11 I take back every bad thing I ever said about Richie Hawtin. #
• 22:30 KRIKET #
• 22:35 Plastikman in his FUSE guise with "substance abuse" #
• 22:52 Spastik/Do Da Doo mashup encore #
• 01:00 Larry Heard at the ndatl music institute party made it worth the plane ticket #fb #
• 01:00 @mikebeee he really did, didn’t he!? #
• 01:27 Adding records to my discogs.com wantlist left and right up in the ndatl music institute party. #
• 02:04 Wouldn’t mind being on team awesome #
• 02:06 "Baby we can do it take your time do it right" yessssss #
• 02:49 Theo Parrish Doin it to Death #
• 03:31 Powerful foul odor in the vicinity of Woodward and Forest #fb #
• 08:19 @VA_Olympix sleep is for the weak! (I just woke up) #
• 08:20 @VA_Olympix let’s see. No Oni yet. And no repeats that I can think of either. #

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Dear Paxahau,

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.

Best,

Frank

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:

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.