Such warmth in this short track by Franck Roger – played on a podcast he did, I think for Circo Loco. It’s a slow track, a warm track and with vocals that I don’t mind.
New Tracks
This track has a nice floaty feel and a groove to it – maybe nothing out of the ordinary, but I just like the feel of it.
Archie Hamilton – Dos Equis
This has quite a forceful techno feel despite it very much being in minimal category – at least it is for my ears. Hypnotic, forceful and with discorded vocal snippets running through. Very nice.
Charlie – Sleepwalkers
I’ve been slowly going through Paul Johnson’s back catalogue following his passing, and this particularly stood out as a charming and almost quite flippant piece of 12 minute long happy house music.
Paul Johnson - Doo Wap (Paul Johnson Original Mix)
It’s a very short track at just 3 minutes long, but has a happy synth bassline with a catchy hook. Vocals over the top and could easily be radio played…so not always my kind of thing but I do like this.
Jimi Jules – My City’s On Fire
This is really quite a dreamy track – takes a couple of listens to really get into it. Almost more Ibiza blissed house but in minimal form.
Really struggling to find good new music right now – curse of the pandemic or are quality levels much lower at the moment? Or am I not searching enough. Who knows, but this is bliss.
Melchior Productions Ltd – Closer (California Dreaming Mix)
House music with such a deep oomph and groove, by the wonderful Mr G. A good 7 years old at the time of writing, but discovering late is fine.
Mr. G – Music For All
A dirty, kind of roar of a track. I guess you’d call it electro though kind of hard to fit it into a box. Would be immense on a proper sound-system. According to Discogs, it is “characterised raw analogue pure machine funk”. OK. But have a listen.
Ara-U – Battle Royale
A minimal, slightly spaced-out groove that I’ve been trying to find for a few years now.
Spokenn – Limbic Resonance
Well, I’ve started going through Paul Johnson’s very extensive discography following his passing, to see what gems I may have missed. This is quite a recent track, I’m enjoying the upbeat triggerish jack to it, and all the computerised vocals. One for a real dancefloor moment.
No vinyl release sadly.
Paul Johnson – House Music Will Bang Forever
This just has quite an astonishing breakdown and a really good use of the sample. Almost Ricardo-esque padded beats and quite an adventure at 15 minutes long.
Traumer – Espala
One of those feel-good techno tracks that Omar S is soooo good at. Well, I call it techno – it is more at a pace of house music but it has a techno ethos. Enjoy the euphoria.