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Post by tory on Jul 4, 2023 9:02:02 GMT
1993
Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak
Faceless Germans making echoey, dub-laden minimal techno in the ruins of East Berlin. In fairness, Moritz Von Oswald was a well-known session musician for the likes of Palais Schamburg and other NDW acts in the 80s, but now turned his attention to the sounds of Detroit. The Germans had been responding to the sound of Detroit, but this was in a different league - something that wasn't obvious. It was, dare I say it, more intellectual in its own way.
This stuff was HUGE for me. It was heavily abstracted from the previous era of Techno - something more cerebral and imaginary that one could, on the dancefloor, lose oneself in entirely. On a massive soundsystem this track absolutely dominates you, forcing you to dance. And at louder volumes, the frequencies act in an entirely different fashion - the more minimal the track, the more the elements really begin to make their impact. Those little pauses and then the introduction of a little hi-hat backed up by a kick drum and the whole place suddenly erupts. It's a masterclass in hypnotism as all these elements slowly but surely mutate, blend and then coalesce again into new forms.
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Post by fange on Jul 4, 2023 9:11:05 GMT
1992: The Black Crowes - Remedy
Yes, they are channeling the late-60 and 70s, but when it sound this good who really cares? Not me, as i whirl around like a loon. And those back-up singers are KILLING it with them.
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Post by oh oooh on Jul 4, 2023 9:26:47 GMT
Great song, fine album.
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Post by fange on Jul 4, 2023 9:29:35 GMT
1993: Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
A huge doorway album for me, one that not only solidified that i loved jazz and needed to investigate more of it, but also got me more into hip hop and groups like Gang Starr and ATCQ.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 4, 2023 9:32:00 GMT
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 4, 2023 10:51:46 GMT
1993: Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) A huge doorway album for me, one that not only solidified that i loved jazz and needed to investigate more of it, but also got me more into hip hop and groups like Gang Starr and ATCQ. Blue Note were pretty ahead of the game saying to US3 'here's our catalogue, use what you want'.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 4, 2023 10:52:54 GMT
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 4, 2023 10:53:32 GMT
1992: The Black Crowes - Remedy Yes, they are channeling the late-60 and 70s, but when it sound this good who really cares? Not me, as i whirl around like a loon. And those back-up singers are KILLING it with them. Even I liked that one.
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Post by oh oooh on Jul 4, 2023 11:01:38 GMT
The soundtrack to a wonderful summer. Swedish, Irish and Polish chambermaids, lots of Warsteiner, trips to Paris, Prague, Munich and the Black Forest, and a phone bill so big I had to work four more months to pay it off.
Oh to be 24 again!
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Post by DayoRemix on Jul 4, 2023 12:08:57 GMT
Cantaloop was released in the UK and Euro in 1992 (US release in 1993)
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Post by fange on Jul 4, 2023 12:46:00 GMT
Cantaloop was released in the UK and Euro in 1992 (US release in 1993) Argh, really?
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Post by riggers on Jul 4, 2023 13:05:41 GMT
1994 Manic Street Preachers-"P.C.P."
Posting in the Manics thread the other day reminded me of what a big impression this album made on me. Even though the sound is quite abrasive compared to their previous work and the lyrics veer between harrowing and impenetrable, the album is actually full of catchy tunes and it just bloody rocks. None more so than on this single from the album.
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Post by davey on Jul 4, 2023 18:49:34 GMT
Cantaloop was released in the UK and Euro in 1992 (US release in 1993) Argh, really? Probably a better record than whatever most of us picked in either year.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Jul 4, 2023 19:40:09 GMT
Not gonna say too much about this as I expect snorts of derision from the usual suspects, but when I think of the ultimate Joni performance as far as what's uniquely hers - the guitar style, the tough-minded lyrics wedded to a pretty melody, the self-harmony, even the fusion musicians not showing off their chops but rather tastefully serving the song - I think of this before I think of any of her 60s or 70s stuff.
Unfortunately it wasn't a great 'comeback' that was made to last, but rather a late-career one-off. Still great, and one of her greatest songs.
1994:
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Post by DayoRemix on Jul 4, 2023 20:31:59 GMT
1994 was better than this..
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