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dance house essentials

marumaru 1,450 Posts
edited January 2006 in Strut Central
i've been a hip hop guy my whole life, but have slowly started getting into dance & house music. shit is nice when the mood is right. thing is i don't know jack shit about the genre. what are some essentials?
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  • On_the_Red_ClayOn_the_Red_Clay 1,728 Posts
    where to start?


    check out some early Masters at work (BBE did a 4cd comp that can be condensed into one or two really good discs)

    Moodyman

    Theo Parrish

    Carl Craig

    Pepe Braddock

    livesets by Derrick Carter

  • MondeyanoMondeyano Reykjavik 863 Posts
    Off the top of my head:



    Masters at Work - To Be in Love 12"

    16B - Sounds From Another Room LP

    Paperclip People LP

    Pepe Braddock - Burnin

    Directions - Busted Trees 12" (w/Carl Craig rmx)

    Those Norwegians - Kaminzky Park

    Etienne de Crecy presents Super Discount (comp)

    Nuyorican Soul LP + Mind Fluid 12"

    Force of Nature - Unstoppable 12"

    Jazztronik - Samurai 12"

    Troubleman - Time Out of Mind LP



    ..there are too many to list really. Hope you find some shit you like from these.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Larry Levan's catalog.
  • ayresayres 1,452 Posts
    Aly Us - Follow Me
    Soho - Hot Music
    Raze - Break For Love
    Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
    Chez Damier - Can You Feel It
    Royal House - Can You Party
    Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
    Inner City - Good Life
    Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On
    Lil Louis - French Kiss
    Rhythim is Rhythm - Nude Photo
    Bucketheads - The Bomb
    Hard Drive - Deep Inside
    Todd Terry - Bango
    Tyree - Acid Crash
    Phuture - Acid Tracks
    DBX - Losin Control
    Frank Ski - Whores in the House
    LNR - Work it to the Bone
    Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants to Ride
    Frankie Knuckles - Whistle Song
    Armondo - 100% of Dissing You
    Funky Green Dogs - Fired Up
    Daft Punk - Around the World
    Black Magic - Freedom
    Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman
    Cajmere - Percolater
    Green Velvet - Answering Machine
    Pepe Braddock - Burnin
    Robin S - Show Me Love
    Modjo - Lady
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming
    Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
    Metro Area - Metro Area LP
    Daniel Wang - Seven Shadows
    Les Visiteurs - Snoops Acid Drop
    Mylo - Drop the Pressure
    bonus beat:
    DJ Ayres and Cosmo Baker - Feeling A Certain Way
  • bonzaisk8bonzaisk8 946 Posts
    and insert pal joey listing....now.



    oh, and some morgan geist toos.






  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
    contemporary producers who are holding it down

    steve "fela" kotey
    lindstrom and prins thomas
    reverso 68
    manhead / headman
    chicken lips
    idjut boys
    quiet village
    map of africa
    daniel wang
    morgan geist / metro area / kelly polar
    putsch 79 / bankok impact
    tod terje
    silver city
    brennan green
    Who Made Who
    Munk

    labels:
    DFA
    Rong
    Whatever We Want
    2020
    Deep Freeze
    Outergaze
    Environ
    Relish
    Feedelity
    Bear Funk / Big Bear / Full Pupp
    Eskimo
    Gomma
    Modal

    none of these are "proper" house but MAW et al bore me to tears


  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming

    My love for this record goes beyond words.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts

    Jazztronik - Samurai 12"

    This record was thoroughly dissed on the strut.

    I still love that track though.

  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
    oh yeah i forgot abotu that infamous broke beat debacle
  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    such a taboo subject here. I used to like some of this back in the late 80's early 90's. Like Ten City, God Within, stuff on Tribal America. I thought those were the best sounds of the genre. Haven't been a fan of it since then... although 'Burnin' is good.
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming

    My love for this record goes beyond words.

    go find that 82 ayers lp w/ him rocking a pink fedorah, looks very suspect but has the og of our time is coming.

    Inner City "Big Fun"

    so essential
  • DJCireDJCire 729 Posts


    Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman & 100% Pure Love[/b]

    Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Hell Yes!)[/b]

  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming

    My love for this record goes beyond words.

    go find that 82 ayers lp w/ him rocking a pink fedorah, looks very suspect but has the og of our time is coming.

    Inner City "Big Fun"[/b]

    so essential

    On that note, don't forget:

    A Guy Called Gerald "Voodoo Ray"
  • MondeyanoMondeyano Reykjavik 863 Posts
    such a taboo subject here. I used to like some of this back in the late 80's early 90's. Like Ten City, God Within, stuff on Tribal America[/b]. I thought those were the best sounds of the genre. Haven't been a fan of it since then... although 'Burnin' is good.
    Erik Kupper's Planet K is essential.

    ..and I agree with strut-town with broken beat being shit for the most part but that Jazztronik track is crazy goodness.
  • DIGGADIGGADIGGADIGGA 456 Posts
    where to start?


    check out some early Masters at work (BBE did a 4cd comp that can be condensed into one or two really good discs)

    Moodyman

    Theo Parrish

    Carl Craig

    Pepe Braddock

    livesets by Derrick Carter

    WRONG
    WRONG
    WRONG

    M.A.W
    RON TRENT
    KIM LIGHT FOOT
    TIMMY REGISFERD
    LARRY LEAVN(DUH)
    E-MAN
    HOUSE NATION
    DJ CAMACHO
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Aly Us - Follow Me

    Soho - Hot Music

    Raze - Break For Love

    Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body

    Chez Damier - Can You Feel It

    Royal House - Can You Party

    Jungle Brothers - I'll House You

    Inner City - Good Life

    Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On

    Lil Louis - French Kiss

    Rhythim is Rhythm - Nude Photo

    Bucketheads - The Bomb

    Hard Drive - Deep Inside

    Todd Terry - Bango

    Tyree - Acid Crash

    Phuture - Acid Tracks

    DBX - Losin Control

    Frank Ski - Whores in the House

    LNR - Work it to the Bone

    Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants to Ride

    Frankie Knuckles - Whistle Song

    Armondo - 100% of Dissing You

    Funky Green Dogs - Fired Up

    Daft Punk - Around the World

    Black Magic - Freedom

    Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

    Cajmere - Percolater

    Green Velvet - Answering Machine

    Pepe Braddock - Burnin

    Robin S - Show Me Love

    Modjo - Lady

    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming

    Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You

    Metro Area - Metro Area LP

    Daniel Wang - Seven Shadows

    Les Visiteurs - Snoops Acid Drop

    Mylo - Drop the Pressure

    bonus beat:

    DJ Ayres and Cosmo Baker - Feeling A Certain Way



    A lot of classics in there. Man, I love that Raze track.



    Add:

    Sue??o Latino: Sue??o Latino



    That shit was ALL over the place in '89.
  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts

    Sue??o Latino: Sue??o Latino

    SERIOUS!!!!!!!!
  • DIGGADIGGADIGGADIGGA 456 Posts
    where to start?


    check out some early Masters at work (BBE did a 4cd comp that can be condensed into one or two really good discs)

    Moodyman

    Theo Parrish

    Carl Craig

    Pepe Braddock

    livesets by Derrick Carter

    WRONG

    WRONG
    WRONG

    M.A.W
    RON TRENT
    KIM LIGHT FOOT
    TIMMY REGISFERD
    LARRY LEAVN(DUH)
    E-MAN
    HOUSE NATION
    DJ CAMACHO

    TODD TERRY
    TODD TERRY
    TODD TERRY
  • marumaru 1,450 Posts
    knowledge dropped. keep em coming.
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    Three of my (old-school) faves:

    Moodyman - I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits
    Daphne - When You Love Someone (Danny Tenaglia mix)
    Mood II Swing - Do It Your Way
  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming (Jazzanova Remix)[/b]

    My love for this record goes beyond words.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    There was a long thread on this topic within the past year, but it appears to be gone already...

    Found a good-sized collection of this stuff at a thrift and combed through it a month or two ago... got some things named above... its obvious which 80s ones you wanna grab but I get lost in the early 90s... certain names you always check for but there are a lot of 'one hit wonders' in the genre too...
  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    where to start?


    check out some early Masters at work (BBE did a 4cd comp that can be condensed into one or two really good discs)

    Moodyman

    Theo Parrish

    Carl Craig

    Pepe Braddock

    livesets by Derrick Carter


    and on a similar tip, norma jean bell... i was listening to "dreams" the other day and it was sounding just right.
  • LamontLamont 1,089 Posts
    what Dubious said as far as recent cosmic boogiedisco

    + start here



    5 Classic cd's I like a lot: Mixmag cd's by Claudio Cocculuto, Derrick Carter & Dimitri From Paris, Africanism mix by Bob Sinclar, I-F - Live At The Hague mix cd (electro)

    10 more household names:
    Littlemen, Inland Knights, Slater Hogan, John Larner, JT Donaldson, Swirl People, All Good Funk Alliance, Martin Solveig, DJ Heather, Lance Desardi

    10 more techy/electro/techno names:
    Richard Bartz, Jerome Sydenham, Carl Craig, Robert Hood, Funk D'Void, Claude Young, Jeff Mills, Kenny Larkin, Adam Beyer, Ben Simms.


    have fun
  • nosawanosawa 89 Posts
    Basil Hardhouse - City Streets / Make Me Dance
    Rudoulpho - Sunday Afternoon / Touch Me
    Notions - Melodious Myles
    Comatonse - Raw Through A Straw
    Vincent Floyd - Cruising EP
    Mr Fingers - Slam Dance / Waterfall EP
    Lil Louis - Funny How You Luv
    Chez N Trent - The Choice
    The It - Donnie

    etc..etc...
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming

    My love for this record goes beyond words.

    go find that 82 ayers lp w/ him rocking a pink fedorah, looks very suspect but has the og of our time is coming.

    Inner City "Big Fun"

    so essential

    yeah, I got it the Ayers when I first heard the MAW cut. Not feeling the OG. AT ALL!!!
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Always remember:

    Ce Ce Rogers[/b] - Someday

    One of the best ever...
  • aimhighshootlowaimhighshootlow 146 Posts




    vocoderific
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming

    My love for this record goes beyond words.
    ayres recommended this to me the last time i was asking for house recommendations and i also fell in love with it too.
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    Masters at Work f. Roy Ayers - Our Time is Coming




    My love for this record goes beyond words.
    ayres recommended this to me the last time i was asking for house recommendations and i also fell in love with it too.



    I remember this took like 8-9 months to come out after it started showing up at wmc 2001. Everybody was fighting for the cdr that spring.....



    for current stuff, Recloose "Dust" was the song of the year for me.
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