Tracey Thorn's latest album, Love & Its Opposite, has been well received by lots of folks. If I had been updating when it came out, I'd have told you that I find her album impressive, rich, soulful, very personal and a healing experience for both creator and listener. This remix/re-edit comes from a track on said album, "Why Does The Wind?". Happy 4th weekend, y'all.
Tracey Thorn - Why Does The Wind? (Andre Lodemann Remix - John Bennett Edit) by Dewse
A great Saturday to you, really feeling this groove so I'm sharing it. This track in particular recalls the house anthems of 1988-1990, and hopefully you'll agree. I dig the way the refrain from "Master and Servant" by Depeche Mode is used. What I don't know: is this a remix or a track he made? Either way, I like. Thanks Anthony.
Anthony Atcherley - Its A Lot Like Life by Anthony Atcherley
Tonight is the Loudersoft + Funke edition of Putting In Work at Dish. We're going to be tearing through everything we can find that makes you dance -- anthems, jams, classics, breaks, disco, whatever we got. There's no cover at Dish tonight, the kitchen is open till 11pm, and the music goes from 10pm until 3am. If you're in Memphis, head to 948 S. Cooper (corner of Cooper & Young). You're gonna dance. I promise you will.
LETS GO!
Welcome to the dream. It's important that, in spite of this historic and symbolic celebration of his birthday, each of us recognize that there remains so much work still to do in order that all people are able to truly experience the meaning of freedom symbolized in the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King.
How fortunate we are that we no longer have to wait for someone to help us make the dream a reality.
"We are the ones we've been waiting for."
Happy Birthday, Dr. King.
I am getting geared up for my weekly and I've been listening to this way-out-of-print vinyl rip of New York City jazz-R&B-soul vocalist extraordinaire Sylvia Striplin's Roy Ayers-produced 1981 funk-disco outing Give Me Your Love that (frankly) I don't think gets much play these days. Well, if you've ever played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, you've heard her on VCFL so...maybe a little play?
Sometimes that's the best way to find out about new music: randomly. I mean, there's just so much to digest in the world of music that you can't possibly hear it all at one time. ...
In a week during which retrospectives on 80's electronic and hip-hop are the trend, it only seems fitting and appropriate to re-examine Manchester-born 808 State's first (ed. note: it wasn't their first single oops!) (and most well-known) recording, "Pacific State". Mixed, remixed, repackaged and reissued innumerable times, the original version (which appeared on 1989's EP Quadrastate) loses no power or edge with time. The perfection of their execution makes "Pacific State" the supreme benchmark of acid house: lush, synthetic harmonies blended with driving TR-808 rhythms.
I'd say we're pretty lucky that Rephlex Records has just reissued a fully remastered ...
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