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My vinyl purchases from the past couple of months. Reviewed.
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| aloep |
I just felt in the mood to do this, so here it goes. In January I started my collection which is growing relatively quickly. If you know me, I'm mainly into older stuff and prefer CD to vinyl but these are all stuff that I could only find in vinyl and pointed me in the direction to start a collection:
Natural Born Grooves - Groovebird (Positiva 1997)
A1 Original Mix
A2 NBG Mix Pt. 2
B1 Klubbheads Remix
B2 Qattara Remix
I picked this one up for the Qattara remix as I'm a big fan of theirs. While the original NBG Mix and Klubbheads Remix are rather dated pizicatto based old Euro House/Trance, Qattara have worked it into a beauty. Featuring the trademark Qattara piano in the breakdown and led by stabbing acidic riffs, another really nice piece of work from the boys.
Salt Tank - Skyline/I Dream Of Jeanie (4Real 1998)
A1 Skyline
B2 I Dream Of Jeanie
A very limited 10" vinyl release. After hearing "Skyline" in Real Audio on Salt Tank's official site I had to make this purchase. Beautiful, laid back melodic led by a lovely sun kissed guitar melody over and some sweeping piano, this should be among Salt Tank's classsics like "Eugina", "Dimension" and "Pueblo Blanco". I strongly advise you to pick this up if you can. The B side, "I Dream Of Jeanie" is another Epic masterpiece full of dark piano and haunting female vocals.
Dizzy - Cuerdas (Strings) (EastWestDance 1997)
A1 Dizzy's Original Mix
A2 Qattara Remix
B1 Distant Drum Remix
B2 Dizzy's Co-ordinated Remix
Again, I bought this for the Qattara Mix. A lengthy and laid back stringed intro with Qattara's trademark piano leads into 4/4 1997 UK Epic trance. Midway through comes a gorgeous breakdown with spoken Spanish female vocals and again with the piano, then build up with a riff similar to that of "Dark And Long" by Underworld. But personally I find this much better, some of Qattara's best work. The Dizzy and Distant Drum mixes cover similar ground but Qattara wins hands down.
Ariel - Deep (I'm Falling Deeper) (Wonderboy 1996)
Record 1 A1 Stretch & Vern Mix
Record 1 B1 Vincent De Moor Remix
Record 1 B2 Red Jerry 95' Remix
Record 2 A1 Digital Blondes Seriously Positive Mix
Record 2 A2 Deeper Vocal Mix
Quite a rare Wonderboy promo I picked up for the Digital Blondes Seriously Positive Mix but I actually found myself more interested with Red Jerry's Remix which is a great anthemic piece of uplifting house/trance which sounds somewhat similar to his co-production with JX from that year, "There's Nothing I Won't Do" but without the vocals. The Deeper Vocal Mix, also by Red Jerry is essentially the same but with a slightly over the top male vocal. The Digital Blondes Seriously Positive Mix was a little bit of a letdown for me but the more I listened to it the more it grew on me. Featuring a riff very similar to "Antheum" by The Digital Blondes and heavily relying on the male vocal which took some growing on me but that cheeky little riff got me coming back for more. The Vincent De Moor remix is the worst of the bunch, essentially nothing more than a Re-Edit of the Deeper Vocal Mix, I was expecting more.
Tocayo - It's Gonna Be Alright (ID&T 1996)
A1 Original Mix
B1 Red Jerry Mix
B2 X Cabs Remix
The original is disco house with female diva vocals, not quite my cup of tea really but on the B Side there are two remixes by Red Jery and X Cabs, the latter being the better. Following in Hook Recordings classsic "dark trance" style as I call it and the vocals cut down to minimum, this is a stormer that would go down well on the dancefloor. Fits Christopher Lawrence's style if you see what I mean. :)
DMC Remix Culture (DMC 1996)
Record 1 A1 Reel To Reel - Jazz It Up
Record 1 A2 Shiva - Let There Be Love (Amethyst's Violet Mix)
Record 1 B1 Dakeyne - Illegal Cut Up
Record 1 B2 Peaches & Herbs - Shake Your Groove Thing
Record 2 A1 Future Force - What You Want (Fade Remix)
Record 2 A1 Friday Night - Friday Night (Johnny Vicious New York Style Mix)
I paid a lot for this rare 2x12" Promo from DMC mainly for the remix of Shiva - Let There Be Love by Amethyst. And I don't regret it one bit, following along the lines of "The Tempest" and "Futura" by Amethsyt, this is a great piece of storming UK trance. Led by simple bleepy melody over a crisp 4/4 bassline and the dark techy samples that everybody was using at the time and with female very diva-esque vocals singing about "in times of trouble, ohhh let there be love, let there be peace...". It's very nicely put together and I'm glad I picked it up. Pitty John Horrocks of the Essex duo Amethyst is dead, as they were one of my favourite producers of the old style of Epic UK Trance. Most of the other tracks on this vinyl are disco house which again is not my cup of tea, but on Record 2 there is a great remix of Future Force - What You Want by Fade. Yes, it's in their classic "Sanctuary" style and it's very nice. :)
Surge Feat. Sally Strawberry - Summertime (Millenium 1998)
A1 Quietman Remix
A2 Surge Remix
B1 Heliotropic Remix
I picked it up for the Heliotropic and Quietman remixes, the latter is by far the best. Platipus artist Quietman brings out a stormer of a mix with all the trademark Platipus sounds that I know and love and featuring the dark and haunting vocals of Sally Strawberry in the breakdown. The Heliotropic mix is a bit different to what I expected, it completely removes the vocal and goes for a darker journey a bit like the Hook Recordings style. It's very good, and again would work well that kind of dancefloor.
Jayn Hanna - River Of Tears (VC Recordings 1999)
A1 Evolution Club Mix
B1 Evolution Dub Mix
After loving the other tracks with Jayn Hanna's vocals and almost everything from the Manchester boys Barry Jamieson and Johnothan Sutton aka Evolution, I had no choice but to get this. Superb vocal performance from Jayn marked with the 1999 Progressive Trance sound, need I say anymore? ;)
The B Side has a dub mix which is technically superb, however it seems like nothing without the vocals.
Well, that took me a while but I felt I really wanted to do it. :) |
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| Project T |
| looks like u put a lot of effort into that mate :) i don't know any of them, but i'm looking for them now, looks like there is a few gems in that lot :) |
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| biznology |
mmm x-cabs
pfff christopher lawrence| |
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| oDrori |
| I really need U to send me some of those on MP3 :p Thanks for the reviews! |
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| Prototrance |
| No more than I expect of you matey!!!:D |
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| dark_tenshi |
| Great review! Nice tracks ;) |
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| aloep |
Here are some more vinyls that are currently in my wantlist:
Amethyst - The Tempest Jackpot VG+ 12" 701
BBG feat. Erin - Let The Music Play 4 mixes inc. Matt Darey Mix mcst40029 12" EXC 63479
United Nations Project ( Promo ) - United Nations Of House ( Dex & Jonesey Mix / Qattara Mix ) Manifesto VG+ 12" 18514
CASINO - SOUND OF EDEN Worx 1997 Incl. Digital Blondes Remix USED EU15985 12 Inch
Shamen - Move Any Mountain '96 (Andy Ling's Loaded Dub/Andy Ling's Unknown Pleasure Dub) One Little Indian Records 1996 12" single 169tp12p 2 track in pic slv RECS 024037 |
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| GrimReaper |
| Great reviews! Out of all those, i have now only "Jayn Hanna - River Of Tears" and "Surge Feat. Sally Strawberry - Summertime" on vinyl. Hmm.. maybe i should try to get the rest as well. |
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| Sand Leaper |
| Oooh,that sounds like one sweet batch of vinyl,especially that Salt Tank 10".Wicked stuff,mate.Now go rip them for us:p |
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| Dj_ExOn |
| Good reviews! Mouthwatering to say the least, and keep those vinyls for yourself! |
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| DJ-Ande |
nice1 mr/mrs/miss aloep
reveiws like this realy realy help ya and make the fourms a better place 2 read!!:D :D :cool: :cool: |
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| aloep |
OK, new one arrived this morning.
Satellite - Early Bird (Skinnymalinky 1997)
A1 Original Mix
B1 Heliotropic Mix
B2 Big C Remix
I got this for the Heliotropic Mix and have been listening to it for a good while today. A great production with some really nice tribal drum effects in the background, lots of little melodic touches and a lovely Spanish guitar flowing through it. The Big C Remix by Andy Cato of Mothers Pride and Qattara is darker, funkier and less melodic but with the same Spanish guitar through it and with some little mystified distant vocals in the background. An excellent remix too but doesn't match the Heliotropic Mix. The Original is hard to describe, it's more Drum 'n' Bass in style and I'm not really into this stuff so it's hard for me to really judge it. Overall, another excellent purchase which I'm glad I made. :) |
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