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Hey, Completed my first record binge this weekend.... spent 4 hours going through the cut-out bin at Gramaphone in Chicago, and pulled out 20 gems... which leads me to a couple of questions: Blakdoctor doublepack is credited to Doc Martin and Mark Bell. Is this the same Mark Bell from LFO? Fucking brilliant mad house tracks on this release..... worth every penny. YMC on Source Records... looks like an album, but who are they? I'm a sucker for everything on that label, but more than often the labels are missing credits (and an album title in this case). Any ideas? Tom Middleton's production on A Man Called Adam's Duende #2 is awesome. Buy it on sight... (on Other Records). Bought lots of other stuff too..... which leads me to ask, WHY ISN'T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT BASEMENT JAXX ON THIS LIST? Got a promo of the album a couple of days ago, and the new single "Red Alert" yesterday.... top stuff indeed! It's full-on house with IDM-esque pruduction values.... lots of 8-bit filtering, noising crunchy sounds and computer game sampling... if you're in a record store, sample "Red Alert" for some wicked sounds. Wow.... Aaron np: blakdoctor

At 05:21 PM 7/18/99 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines Blakdoctor doublepack is credited to Doc Martin and Mark Bell. Is this

>Blakdoctor doublepack is credited to Doc Martin and Mark Bell. Is this >the same Mark Bell from LFO? Fucking brilliant mad house tracks on this >release..... worth every penny.

I was always under the impression that it was the same Mark Bell. Check out Mark's Blakkat records also on the Shaboom label for more of the same brilliant house sound.

quoted 3 lines YMC on Source Records... looks like an album, but who are they? I'm a

>YMC on Source Records... looks like an album, but who are they? I'm a >sucker for everything on that label, but more than often the labels are >missing credits (and an album title in this case). Any ideas?

The YMC record on Source, called Orange Peel is indeed an album produced by two Swedes: Yan and Cpook-E. They also have a few eps on the US Yoshitoshi label and another album on the Swedish Deck Deli label. Their style is a mix of smooth and hard house all bedded in deep lush melodies. All YMC releases are recommended in my book.

quoted 2 lines Bought lots of other stuff too..... which leads me to ask, WHY ISN'T

>Bought lots of other stuff too..... which leads me to ask, WHY ISN'T >ANYONE TALKING ABOUT BASEMENT JAXX ON THIS LIST?

Basement Jaxx, and their Atlantic Jaxx sister label, have done some good stuff in the past - the Samba Magic and Fly Life mixes being my personal favorites. But the Jaxx crew does produce their share of dance- floor commercial vocal house. You probably dont see much mention of them on this list because their tracks are in the straightforward floorfriendly house style that seems to offend many on this list.

quoted 5 lines Got a promo of the album a couple of days ago, and the new single "Red

>Got a promo of the album a couple of days ago, and the new single "Red >Alert" yesterday.... top stuff indeed! It's full-on house with IDM-esque >pruduction values.... lots of 8-bit filtering, noising crunchy sounds >and computer game sampling... if you're in a record store, sample "Red >Alert" for some wicked sounds.

Excellent. Been looking fwd to hearing the new Basement Jaxx album. Personally i've never considerd any BJ material to have IDM-esque production values but maybe they're doing something a little different on this new album. -->-Lance--- mclance@nacs.net lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states