Re: (idm) review: round one to round five 1993 - 1999
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In a message dated 2/17/00 3:17:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
brad.shelton@centurytel.com writes:
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Here you go Hk and all others.. more of in that soulful/house/techno vein
if you're not on it already. If you are, send some recommendations my way.
=) >>
I think Hk! is probably the person on the list with the
tastes closest to mine, as he doesn't mind slagging crap
and he is really, really into what I would consider the
upper echelon of techno. So this is generally what I'd
say fits into that vein.
I'm not sure if "soulful" means it sounds like Motown soul
or if it has a lot of emotion and heart in it, but I would say
the artist who best combines both is John Beltran. He has
five CD's and some really, really old 12"s out. The two
newest CD's (Moving Through Here and Indio) are okay, but
when you compare them to his classic work they just seem
irrelevant. His first three CD's are "Earth and Nightfall", "Ten
Days of Blue" and "The Cry" (as Placid Angels) and the old
12"s are the Open House featuring John Beltran 12"s that
came out on three different labels (and I think they're all different).
Some only have one exclusive track (now) but oh well.
I would also say Carl Craig, Jamie Read and Detroit Escalator
Company fit really well into that developed yet soulful sound and
are the best tech-house crossbreeds. Don't be afraid of Ferox,
Sublime or Peacefrog material - that stuff is great! Old UK
electronica generally fits into this vein as well (Stasis, Nuron,
As One, Black Dog, Deepart, Black Dog, Human, and Spacetime
Continuum even though he's from the States). The old Detroit stuff
is pretty soulful as well, but I'd say it is more interested in the
man-machine hybrid than deep emotions (except perhaps for
Derrick May). The German stuff (Basic Channel et al.) I'm not sure
if I would consider soulful, but it's still excellent. Chicago house has
tons of soul but I don't know nearly enough about Chicago to say
anything other than I like Mr. Fingers and L'il Louis a great deal.
Finally from the Lowlands I would have to recommend Sterac (on
100% Pure) and the better Stefan Robbers/Eevolute moments.
If you want more specific record listings I can do that.
Matt
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