Tag: House music
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Mr B Needs Your Love
When you think of Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer you might not think of house, but Mr B The Gentleman Selector has recently released a collection of electroswing ‘chapstep’ tracks called Acid Ragtime, and included is this excellent mashup/cover of Frankie Knuckles ‘Your Love’ – Jive Bunny meets acid house with that clever In the…
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DJ Pierre
I’ve been avoiding Boiler Room videos even though it started here, mostly because of the twazzocks dancing behind them, the beautiful, young, weak, witless, ‘look at me’ hipsters in neon and conspicuous labels who seem less interested in the amazing music than posing for the camera. But they do have ace DJs, and I cracked…
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Shit Robot – Do It (Right)
DFA shows how to do a lyric video, with a nostalgic journey through record covers. Trax, Strictly Rhythm, DJ International (which is the one I usually bought, Jackmaster compilations!), C & C Music Factory, House Sound of… series and Jack Your Body cover, Streetsounds, and even nods to Peter Saville (Happy Mondays Hallelujah cover and…
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The Return of Hercules & Love Affair
Must say Hercules & Love Affair was mostly off my radar after the disappointing singles from the last album (apart from maybe the oddly muted My House which had a killer chorus trying to break out from a rather unsure sounding track) but boom! they come back with an aciiiieeed! energy flash. Love this recent…
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So many tears: RIP Frankie Knuckles
Sad to hear one of the fathers of house has died due to complications with diabetes, Frankie Knuckles. It’s funny, most of the tracks people know are mainly Jamie’s jams, hence here is Your Love which also became part of one of the most successful bootlegs ever, The Source’s ‘You Got The Love’. Never totally…
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DJ Sprinkles, limited editions and that bitch Madonna
Through an excellent (if slightly wrong article*) about the mostly unwritten history queerness of club culture in Resident Advisor I learnt about Terre Taemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles, who was part of the New York Deep House scene playing at transgender bars, and later making records. This lead me to Midtown 120 Blues, ironically on YouTube…