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I never considered myself a big fan of house music, but some things lately have been catching my ear - specifically tech-house along the lines of Terry Lee Brown's "Chocolate Chords" LP. The darker, more "tech" stuff is what hits me; it's not particularly inventive or amazing but it still goes way beyond standard house IMHO. Anything else along these lines worth checking out (labels, artists, etc)? I've read a couple good reviews of Terry Francis' "Architecture" comp that place it in the realm of tech-house but haven't heard it myself. Somebody school me on this one - thanx.

You sound like you're talking about my brand of house... I (literally) just picked up: The Pianoheadz - Distortion (subliminal) Rhythm Masters - Give Me Back The Underground (disfunktional) Funk Diggaz - Mitternacht (plastic City) T-Total - The Dub Addict EP - (99 degrees) Da Junkies - Tick Daddy (Da junkies) Ian Pooley - Loopduelle (Force) Rozzo - into your heart (terry lee brown remix) (Plastic City) Will review later if ya want. I havent really sat down with 'em yet.

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> -----Original Message----- > From: Brock Phillips [SMTP:bphil@email.unc.edu] > Sent: Friday, March 20, 1998 3:06 PM > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: (idm) tech-house > > I never considered myself a big fan of house music, but some things > lately > have been catching my ear - specifically tech-house along the lines of > Terry Lee Brown's "Chocolate Chords" LP. The darker, more "tech" stuff > is > what hits me; it's not particularly inventive or amazing but it still > goes > way beyond standard house IMHO. Anything else along these lines worth > checking out (labels, artists, etc)? I've read a couple good reviews > of > Terry Francis' "Architecture" comp that place it in the realm of > tech-house but haven't heard it myself. Somebody school me on this one > - > thanx. >

At 03:05 PM 3/20/98 -0500, you wrote:

quoted 11 lines I never considered myself a big fan of house music, but some things lately

> >I never considered myself a big fan of house music, but some things lately >have been catching my ear - specifically tech-house along the lines of >Terry Lee Brown's "Chocolate Chords" LP. The darker, more "tech" stuff is >what hits me; it's not particularly inventive or amazing but it still goes >way beyond standard house IMHO. Anything else along these lines worth >checking out (labels, artists, etc)? I've read a couple good reviews of >Terry Francis' "Architecture" comp that place it in the realm of >tech-house but haven't heard it myself. Somebody school me on this one - >thanx. >

Tech-house is one of my favorite styles of music. there's a lot of labels and artists/labels in this style. some of the best tech-house labels are Ferox, Phono, Primitive Urges, Soma, Music Man, Generations, Palette, and Parallel to name just a few. When i get home this evening i'll post my top 10 tech-house releases. btw: i second brock's recommendation of the Chocolate Chords album. it's fantastic. -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states