History lesson, Detroit meets Ghent: Model 500 on R&S records. It’s frankly amazing how relevant this track from the legendary group surrounding Juan Atkins sounds today.
As a little extra, Model 500′s No UFOs performed on Detroit’s New Dance Show in 1986 (!). We were still in our nappies and these people were already busting moves to heavy stomping beats!
After it issued that brilliant Jacob Korn tune, Dolly now releases ‘Redbox’ by old time Dutch favourite Dexter. Expect Detroit oriented dancefloor old school house with a killer synth on this B-side. As Boomkat says: “It’s hard to this sort of pure club track justice in words, you need to feel this in situ and you’ll know the craic.” Damn right baby.
We’re loving Jacob Korn here at the Worldsbelow100Hz (check out the comments to an earlier post with music of the man from Dresden here), so let’s bring this guy again to your attention. ‘Grosskariert’ was released late last year on the terminally hip Permanent Vacation label on the nicely titled ‘If this is house, I want my money back’ compilation. This tune has D-E-T-R-O-I-T stamped on its forehead and I would go completely nuts on the dancefloor hearing this one out loud. Only after I discovered this tune I realised that Martyn picked up the tune for his XLR8R podcast as well, which shows again that there are no boundaries when it comes to good music in the world below 100hz.
As his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker implies, Stuttgart’s Danilo Plessow is a fan of classic Detroit techno, but, as December 2009 ‘Stuttgart Nights’ and this exclusive mix at XLR8R show, the man also has an affinity for old-school Chicago house, not to mention vintage soul and disco. Through his Raw Cuts series and releases on the Four Roses label, Plessow has developed a hypnotic deep house sound that simultaneously reveres the past while remaining clearly focused on the future.
Listen to this very pleasant mini-mix.
01 Latecomer “Cosmic Part” (Faces/MCDE)
02 Jacob Korn “Selene” (Running Back)
03 Code 6 “Beyond the Bassline” (Nu Groove)
04 This Ain’t Chicago “Ride the Rhythm” (Parisonic)
05 Mijan “Alright (SG Dub)” (Slip n’ Slide)
06 Peak Hour Rhythms “Disco Diva” (Nervous)
07 Ursula Rucker “Electric Santeria (King Britt Mix)” (Five Six)
08 Ron Trent “Altered States” (Warehouse)
09 Ben Klock “Viscoplastic” (Deeply Rooted)
Some pumping minimal Detroit techno for you, from Underground Resistance co-founder Robert Hood. Released on the Belgian Music Man Records back in 2007, this banger just picks up with the beat and doesn’t let down over the course of 7 minutes. If you like driving basslines and trance-like continuity, then this is right up your alley.
A new Claro Intelecto on Modern Love! ‘Back in the day’ takes you back to Detroit in the 80s or London in the 90s. But with enough feedback, delay and reverb it gets that typical Claro Intelecto touch. And we love that touch, he’s excellent in building a soundscape, a feeling of despair and a flow which keeps it very dancefloor oriented.
14tracks has this week a special edition on Claro Intelecto. Buy 14 of his tracks for £6,86
Dave Huismans released a new album this week under his alias 2562. The album is called ‘Unbalance’, and ‘Dinosaur’ is a track out of the album. You can listen to the whole album at 3 voor 12′s Luisterpaal (probably for the coming 3 weeks, so till mid-november).
‘Dinosaur’ combines broken beats with out-of-tune filtered lead synths. The bass however gives the whole tune a hip-shaking funky touch. Lovely schizofrenic tune, and representating the superb quality of the whole album!
jean 14:00 on June 19, 2010 Permalink
aciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!
love it