Some more records

OK I do plan to talk about more than records but until I get the time:

Quite a few new bits out over the last month or so and I haven't had chance to write about them. Before some of you shout 'late!' :), some of this is a few weeks old, some from last week.

Keith Worthy - She Loves Me Not - Aesthetic Audio
Follow up to Emotional Content. BeatTheBeatUp starts as a beat track but builds the depth as it progresses. The title track on the flip is a lovely rolling deephouse number but the other side steals it for me.

Lerosa - Ruski - Real Soon
Nice 12 from Real Soon, following in a similar vein to the Juju and Jordash 12 on the label. Midway between broken beat and beatdown in vibe it's
another great 12 from this label.

Juju & Jordash - Blue Plates - Real Soon
Two slow weird organic tracks. Check.

Herb LF - Miles - Farside
Miles (SoulPhiction Mix) is a lovely lilting piano based track, the pick of the 12 for me.

Keith Worthy/KSoul&Ra.H/Patrice Scott - Underground Anthems Vol.1 - Sistrum
Another great 12 from Sistrum, this time split with two artists other than Patrice. Keith Worthy here with an acidic take on his usual sound. KSoul and Ra.H and label owner offering up
two more rough deep tracks. If you've not got any tracks by these guys this 12 is a great place to start.

Aroy Dee - Lies - M>O>S
'Jive' is the track for me on here. The Comtron voiced 'Evil' dropping more of a Chicago house vibe. Quality.

Rick Wade - Shamballa - Yore
l love Rick's stuff, and this is a solid 12 but I'd like to hear him push his sound a little. That said, 'Shamballa' is a cracking track.

Deetron ft. DJ Bone - Life's Soundtrack - Music Man
RadioSlave remix is the mix that works for me. Very C2 in flavour but I love the moodyness of Bone's spoken vocal. There's a Redshape mix of this too but it doesn't grab me as much as
his other output.

KSoul&Ra.H - Doser004 - Morphine Records
OK so their sound is close to that of Omar S but who cares if it works this well?

Kelley Polar - Chrysanthemum EP - Environ
Magic Tim mix of Rosenband is the standout. I find some of the KP stuff a little twee but this mix (by the label owner?) works for me.

Trusme - What Tony Wants - StiLove4TheMusic
Not quite up with his awesome 1st 12 but still a nice edit/cutup 12. More summery this time. Check.

Omar S - Grandson of Techno008 - FXHE
With some percussion input from Theo Parrish another minimal (not mnml) house monster from AOS. He really pushes the loose unsynced approach here. Awesome.

2006 Chart

Here's an attempt at a chart for 2006 that I never posted anywhere. May as well post it here.


2006 No order chart.

Larry Heard pres. Mr White - The Sun Can't Compare - Alleviated
Mark E - Smiling - Jisco
Robert Owens - Walk a mile - Henrik Schwarz Mix - NinjaTune
Don Williams - Orderly Kaos - Artless
ErellRanson - Empty Sky - AW Recordings
John Beltran - Going Home - Groovia
Substance & Vainquer - Substance - Scion Versions
Ron Trent - Love to the World - Future Visions
Redshape - Misc Usage EP - Delsin
Repeat Orchestra - The Making Of - Real Soon
Cobblestone Jazz - Peace Offering - Itiswhatitis