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Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow (Darla)

Hammock never fails to dissolve the illusion of time and space, break down the matrix of structured rules, and unplug from the looping pattern of being. Hammock makes me close my eyes and with the flow of sound hear my breathing. I occasionally drift outside of my thoughts while soaring through the vast soundscapes of Hammock's pillow-soft meadows. But when I listen closely, the music speaks in its ambient tongue to the body within. Andrew Thompson and Marc Byrd have been creating their ethereal lullabies since the inception of Hammock Music, and their debut release, Kenotic, in 2005. Four albums later we are rewarded with Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow. At once in a familiar territory of reverb-heavy guitars, pads, and strings, the progressions are reminiscent of sound left over from Hammock's last masterpiece, Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo. This recognition is not a mere coincidence. In 2007 Hammock was asked to play at the Riceboy Sleeps exhibit (the art project of Sigur Rós' Jón "Jónsi" Birgisson and Parachutes' Alex Somers) in a modest loft, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. But this was Hammock's first live PA, with no previous experience or sufficient budget to unleash their layered sonic ocean. A unique Hammock sound had to be created specifically for the live performance of the duo, using only their guitars, pedals, and synths. This stripped down version of Hammock revealed its essence at the core. Although the experience of live sound can never be repeated, its echo is shared with you, in this studio recording of the original music written for the occasion. And maybe... just maybe... they will sing for us tomorrow.

An interesting afterthought by the event's organizer, Chuck Dodson:
Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow

http://www.myspace.com/hammockmusic | http://www.hammockmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/darlarecords | http://www.darla.com

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Two and a Half Questions with Hammock

How did your debut live performance shape your music production?
The production process on "Maybe They Will Sing for us Tomorrow" centered around capturing the same vibe & spirit of the live performance. We were able to record all of the pieces very soon after the "Riceboy Sleeps" opening & that helped in capturing the essence of that body of work. We performed the songs more or less live (very few overdubs & no click tracks) & then went back & focused on the string arrangements & wrote 2 additional pieces. Initially we were planning to use some of those songs on our next release, but after hearing them on tape, in context to one another, it seemed to make much more sense to release them as a single project.

What is the most important lesson that you took away from the experience?
In performing these songs, we had to put ourselves in the mindset of a string section basically. Because there are no beats to follow, all of the cues & changes are not only felt & heard, but come about through visual communication. A nod here, a glance there; I think it has helped us become much more intuitive & focused, especially live.

Will the rest of us get an opportunity to see Hammock live?
Hopefully so. We have a few things on the books, but I think the initial hurdle of performing our music in a live setting has been cleared.

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Julien Neto - Le Fumeur de Ciel (Type)

I've been listening to Julien Neto for a couple of years now, since his debut Le Fumeur De Ciel came out on John Twells' (Xela) beloved Type Records. So it is way overdue for a proper review. Especially since lately the album keeps popping up in my rotations again. Not much is known about an artist producing these surreal, ethereal, insomniac lullabies. We know that Julien lives in Paris, and has produced other [unknown] works under many monikers. The latter is not surprising, since the music on Le Fumeur De Ciel is clearly produced by a season artist. Two tracks on the album feature samples by Keith Kenniff, also known for his work on Type under Goldmund and Helios. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if Neto turned out to be Kenniff's alter ego, but then again, Neto's site is hosted on inpuj.net - home of Proswell. I have confirmed though, that Julien Neto is indeed his real name, and that Kenniff and Neto are different people ;). So really, the mystery behind the real man remains. And the mystery works well with the hazy smoke rising slowly into the sky. The sound is melancholic, cinematic, and without a doubt, modern classical. There is hint of suppressed memory that is bubbling up to the surface in another form of water that can not be turned to tears. The acoustic instruments are in turn consoled by their digital counterparts, within the pieces of a molded program music. Type extrapolates: "Neto based part of the record on the poems of Keats finding a kindred spirit in his deep and moving romanticism." Closing your eyes, you too, will draw on the special images within you. Bring this album back for another spin, if you like Max Richter, Colleen, Susumu Yokota, and Sylvain Chaveau. Favorite track: Voy.

http://www.myspace.com/julienneto | http://www.jules.inpuj.net
http://www.myspace.com/typerecordings | http://www.typerecords.com

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Two and a Half Questions with Julien Neto

Who are your current inspirations, in terms of modern and classical artists?
I tend to listen to just about anything I can, regardless of the genre. I have been on a golden era hip-hop tip lately, but I have been playing quite a lot of jazz and klezmer music too. As for classical music composers, it is hard to mention any as an inspiration without sounding pompous, but I have a quite a tender spot for Debussy.

Le Fumeur De Ciel seems to be a conceptual album around poems of Keats. Is there another melancholic message hiding beneath the surface?
As a matter of fact, only a bit of the album is based on poems of Keats.

You've been pretty quiet since the last release. What have you been working on?
I'd like to avoid making the same album twice, which is probably what has been holding me for some time. I have had the chance to work on a few remixes for friends and I am planning to release a dub(as in reggae-dub) record on Jahtari as soon as I am happy with what I can come up with. A sampler featuring one of my tracks has just been released.

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Stateless - Stateless (Studio !K7)

I first came across Stateless after hearing Chris James contribute vocals to DJ Shadow's last album, The Outsider. I picked up the self titled debut on Studio !K7, and got treated to exactly what I was looking for - indie tracks mixed with trip-hop beats and a hint of that Radiohead sound. Stateless is a Leeds based band comprising of afore mentioned Chris James on vocals, guitars and keyboards; Justin Percival on the bass; David Levin on the drums; Rod Buchanan-Dunlop on live-FX and keyboards, and Gerard Roberts (Kidkanevil) on the turntables adding that staple Portishead feel. By the time you reach the third track, Bloodstream, which also appeared as a promo single (with two remixes by Henrik Schwarz), you realize that Stateless got somethin' there. Still a bit in the shadow of Josh Davis [pun intended?], Stateless is starting to pick up steam across the UK electronic/indie scene. Listening to an album a couple of times, you realize that Stateless' lyrics are full of soul. This is the kind of album you've been craving for without knowing. Play Bloodstream to your [non-electronic-inclined] friends in a car, and they'll be asking you questions about the artist, to which, in a matter-of-fact voice you can reply, "Oh, that? That's Stateless. Haven't you heard?" Recommended if you also follow leftfield sound from Hird, Plej, Little Dragon, UNKLE and Nostalgia 77.

http://www.myspace.com/statelessonline | http://www.statelessonline.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/k7records | http://www.k7.com

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Emanuele Errante - Humus (Somnia)

Italian ambient composer, Emanuele Errante lands his second full length release on the only label where it belongs - Somnia. Errante began his musical career in electronic folk-rock bands. In 2004 he released his first solo album, Stand, under Mais alias on a Maetrixsolution netlabel. In 2005, Errante released his first ambient work under his real name, Absolute EP on Maetrixsolution once again. 2006 reaped his debut full length, Migrations, on Apegenine Recordings - a Canadian independent label for electronic textural music that first hit the scene with a compilation of ambient sounds from Julien Neto, Xhale, Xerxes, and Khonnor among a few [definitely worth checking out as well]. Errante's sound is soothing, organic, drifting, and at the same time present in the now. The textures within the soundscapes are carefully laid out, like a crisp white table cloth saved for a special occasion. The music within Humus is more than just a selection of layered ambient pads and smoky dream states. Intelligent design and production looms just around the corner, ready to reveal itself just as you float away. Errante is definitely an excellent addition to the roster of Somnia. Instantly fitting in among the modern classical releases by its owner, Evan Bartholomew, Somnia's third hand made installment propels the independent label to the ranks of Xela's Type Records and Deaf Center's Miasmah. I've got my eyes and ears open awaiting any future releases from this young label, as it slowly reveals its layers and unfolds its wings. Recommended for the likes of the above mentioned artists. Favorite track: Radio Hopes

http://www.maisound.com/errante | http://www.myspace.com/eerrante
http://www.somniasound.com

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Two and a Half Questions with Emanuele Errante

What defines modern classical sound for you?
The modern classical sound is the result of a constant research of new canons in the creative process, associated to a deep innermost research. The new resulting approach can include the whole music background of the last years, but the standards are radically distorted and released from the cages of the strict scores of the traditional classical music. I don't like to close music in small labeled boxes ordered by genres, categories and sub-categories though. I prefer considering the arts for what they express, no matter the genre, the style, or the standards they belong to.

Are there any Italian artists that we should check out?
My reference point is an artist from my city, Naples: Luciano Cilio. He was only 33 when he committed suicide in 1983. His music was a step ahead of any other known artist. If you listen to his tracks you realize how his music is still incredibly projected to the future. Maybe he was too "modern", too advanced, too much ahead to be understood and those might be some of the reasons of his sad story. His music survived though, and I strongly recommend to hear "Dell'universo assente", a collection of his masterpieces released by the label Die Schachtel in 2004, whose contents in the 20-pages booklet have been written by Jim O'Rourke. I'll never stop thanking Lino Monaco of the great electronic duo Retina.it (Hefty) for letting me know Cilio's music several years ago. Also, I'm obliged to mention two Italian artists who do not need any introduction:Ludovico Einaudi and Alessandra Celletti. As per ambient music, I like Enrico Coniglio (especially in duo with Elisa Marzorati) Giuseppe Ielasi and Lorenzo Senni.

Tell us about NetstockFest.
NetstockFest was the very first 4 days 24hours-nonstop music festival that happened completely online. I wanted to create a special event for the whole netaudio community and I thought it had to happen on the Internet, which is the natural environment for all commercial and non-commercial artists who come from netaudio. So I talked about the idea of an online festival to my friend Raffaele Marranzini and we immediately started studying the way to make it possible. Pete Leuenberger (head of the netlabel maetrixsolution and creator of the Everest-released project Mathon) and Manfred Genther (creator of the Lab30 festival in Germany) helped in the organization. The technology behind Netstock (whose name means "Woodstock on the Net") allowed any artist to perform live for 60 minutes from his bedroom, his studio, or from any other place with an Internet connection available. The performance was broadcasted to a central server and then replicated in real time by all the webradios involved thus letting multiple users from all over the world listen to the festival without any problem of buffering and bandwidth. All listeners could also chat in a specific chatroom created on Soulseek and share comments and opinions in real time about the performances they were listening to. In the days before the festival we had to test the connection for every artist who participated and we tested it again on a private broadcasting one hour before each artist went "on-air". It's been a very long weekend, where we almost did not sleep at all but it was great fun for everybody. Maybe for the first time artists had the opportunity to play a concert from their own places and reach a global audience in real time! Artists were very nervous before performing as if they had to go up on a real stage. Some of them broadcasted from parks or other open-air places where they went with their friends and then posted pictures taken during their performances. We had a mean of 3000 listeners for every performance which is a great result considering that we did very little promotion. We felt like pioneers. No other event with the same features of Netstock has happened since then, as far as I know. In the lineup there were names like Kilowatts, Dennis DeSantis, Bern, Molair, Alex Navarro, Retina.it, Tomas Jirku and Rob Warren, Krill.Minima, among the others. I hope we will have a chance to repeat this great experience one of these days.

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Gescom - A1-D1 (Skam)

Gestalt Communications returns after four years of silence, with two 12"s on Skam. The same release is repackaged into a mini white album with a clear sticker announcing in Braille its abbreviated name. The rest is just bar code and catalog number. The six tracks contain chopped up, effed up, transposed and twisted samples from classics like the 1978 disco, Space Dust, by Galactic Force Band; the 1994 acid track Downfall by Armando; 1993 ambient piece by David Byrne and Brian Eno, Come With Us; and a Chicago house track, No Way Back, from 1986 by Adonis. As always, the true identity behind the Gescom collective remain unknown, and we can only guess at the names of the usual suspects. Of course, Skam does not shed any light on the obscured artists either. What we can extract from this release is that it's as dirty, mental, and sick acid flashback as we could possibly anticipate. Whether Sean Booth or Rob Brown were involved, we can only presume, but will never know. What we can be sure of, is that A1-D1 sounds nothing like the 2008 album by Autechre, Quaristice. Perhaps Russel Haswell or Rob Hall had another hand at this. But since Gescom (aka, friends of Autechre) is a project of almost twenty different people, the digging and guessing is a moot point. Ignore the mystery and enjoy the release if you like abstract IDM by the above mentioned names plus AFX, The Tuss, Lego Feet, Jega, Clark, and Mr. 76ix. And I really dig A1.

http://www.skam.co.uk | http://www.myspace.com/gescomskam

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Sankt Otten - Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder (Hidden Shoal)

Hidden Shoal continues to impress. My first introduction to the label was with Wes Willenbring's debut, Somewhere Someone Else. With its 29th release, it is clear that this Australian label is in no doubt with us to output quality experimental ambient, post-rock, and shoegazing pop material from across the globe. Sankt Otten is Stephan Otten and Oliver Klemm, hailing from Osnabrueck, Germany, with two previous full length releases: Eine Kleine Traurigkeit on Eleganz Records, and Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben on Hidden Shoal. Don't try to translate the titles, just take in the music as is. Trust me. Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder, is the duo's third LP, in which they shed the Bristol's trip-hop influence, and move towards a cinematic territory. The instrumental ambiance of the album is lavishing, gorgeous, and inexplicably German [well, what's that supposed to mean?]. I guess some of those lightly distorted, sawtooth synth and guitar sounds gliding over thick and layered pads is what makes it "that German sound" for me - think Ulrich Schnauss, Klaus Schulze, and sometimes Pole. Read my Two and a Half Questions with Sankt Otten to see what they think about that. The percussion accompaniment is light and upbeat, diluting melancholic heaviness with an airy feeling. And the melodies... Ah, the melodies. The track, Der Groove Des Guten Gewissens, with its dramatic strings and high octave piano notes is a true cinematic experience - turn that up and walk around the city in the rain, and let me know if your eyes don't swell up with tears. Both Hidden Shoal releases are available and distributed through Tonevendor. Similar artists cloud includes Talk Talk, Ennio Morricone, Portishead, John Barry and Bohren & der Club of Gore.

http://www.myspace.com/sanktotten | http://www.sanktotten.de
http://www.myspace.com/hiddenshoal | http://www.music.hiddenshoal.com

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Two and a Half Questions with Sankt Otten

In my review I mention a unique German sound. Do you feel that there is a distinct geographic influence in your music?
Spontaneously, and as a German, I can't really see any apparent signs in our music, which could be linked directly to our German heritage. At least not in the way that one would think of Jamaica and their sort of music, for example. I guess considering the point of view of some of my other global compatriots that might look differently. What is the German stereotype in other countries? A mixture of tradition, being rooted, and visionaries? That somehow could fit to us, the Germans.

What are your classical music influences?
What I would accept, is that we try to achieve the sort of atmosphere, which is usually created by the classical composers, such as Henryk Gorecki, for example. It's a one of a kind mix of longing and mourning and yet at the end there is always a ray of hope. You combine that with hypnotic beats, the way you know them from Krautrock or Trip-Hop and the unbelievable Robert Fripp guitar soundscapes and that's how you get to Sankt Otten.

If your album was a soundtrack to a film, what would the main character's name be and why?
No clue. A mixture between a David Lynch episode and Brokeback Mountain with Darth Vader as a supporting character ;-)

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Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative (Modern Love)

After four volumes of Warehouse Sessions and a few additional twelve inchers on Modern Love, Mark Stewart releases his sophomore LP on the same label. Stewart began his Claro Intelecto project in 2003 on Manchester's IDM label, AI, with a Peace of Mind EP. He quickly followed the release with the acclaimed Neurofibro (named after his genetic disease). Metanarrative is more melodic than the preceding EPs, centered around deep bass groans and minimal grinds building up the postmodernist grand narrative. Stewart infuses the Detroit influenced UK beats with his IDM and electro background, creating an album that spans the sub-genres from dub techno to tech-house. This sound falls somewhere around cold warehouse nights and deep underground lounges, where the walls vibrate with bass, killing all the vermin in the process. In Neurofibro, I found myself attached to a handful of glitchy tracks on the wavelength of Arovane, Nautilis and Tipper. This time, Stewart has left his experimental touch in the past, and in Metanarrative we're only offered the straight up four-to-the-floor beats. The bpm doesn't scour or trot, instead it bathes in its leisurely rhythm. Combine that with a short album playtime (40 min), and you find yourself hitting play again after eight tracks. Recommended if follow Ricardo Villalobos, Alex Smoke and Lawrence.

http://www.claro-intelecto.com | http://www.myspace.com/claro_intelecto
http://www.modern-love.co.uk

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The Herbaliser - Fabriclive.26 (Fabric)

I've been trying to chase down this mixed compilation for a couple of months now. Ever since I saw that The Herbaliser (Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba) contributed a mix towards London nightclub's Fabric label. Known for their trip-hop, downtempo, and jazz infused instrumental hip-hop tracks, The Herbaliser got signed to Ninja Tune back in 1995, and since then been a resident for the label's staple sound. Their last appearance was a 7" single on Skyline Recordings, as well as a track contribution (Gadget Funk) towards a 2008 triple CD sampler from Ninja Tune, You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts. For the FabricLive.26 mix, The Herbaliser took a step back from downtempo sound to make a party mix. And what a mix it is. The turntable skills are flawless, but it is the track selection that makes this an instant gem for me. I feel it is my duty to take you on a quick tour of this genre-spanning collection of classics. We start off with ragga track by Million Dan, moving quickly into dirty UK hip-hop, then a track by RJD2 and a label mate appearance by Dynamic Syncopation. Blufoot and Yungun add some North London rhymes followed by a classic Hurby's Machine with Antoinette. On track 8 (out of 24), we break down into James Brown! From here on The Herbaliser rock the tables with some funk, electro, and of course, soul. We've got J Rocc, old-skool breakbeat track from Demon Boyz, and even a 1971 soul disco from The Jackson 5! The Roots kick in with Boom! at track 21, and Dynamix II treats us to an '87 vocoder electro classic. We barely finish with some crunk from Diplo, as Bugz in the Attic contributes the last broken beat. Whew! It's a doozy! Thank you, Herbaliser, thank you!

http://www.herbaliser.com | http://www.myspace.com/theherbz
http://www.fabriclondon.com | http://www.myspace.com/fabricfamily

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The Ideal Setback - Dream Dialogue (self)

These days I find myself spending a lot of time contemplating stillness, the nature of now, and the peace of being. With that, certain sound becomes my companion and a closer friend. Music without boundaries, concepts and hidden messages is best for clearing out my head of thoughts and instead turning them on within. Is it then a simple coincidence, that an album conceived for such moments lands itself in my demo bin, or is it something others may wont to call "a sign". Todd Chappell is the man behind this solo instrumental ambient project called The Ideal Setback. Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, Todd blends minimal soundscapes, swelling pads, and simple melodies with guitar infused shoegaze. The mood of the album is calm, measured, and enlightened. Somewhere, half way between nothingness and dissociated bliss, the distortion slowly creeps in, takes a bow, and steps aside for bass, only to drop you into a reverb saturated oblivion once again. Chappell is definitely crafting some of the exemplary pieces where "less" is always "more". Dream Dialogue is a perfect soundtrack for your meditations, and I can only look forward to Chappell's future output as he perfects and tweaks his skill of ambient production. Similar projects that immediately come to mind are Hammock, Stars of the Lid, Belong and Evan Bartholomew. A previously released Demo CD is available as a free download from the Ideal Setback myspace page.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/idealsetback | http://www.myspace.com/theidealsetback

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Two and a Half Questions with Todd Chappell

Describe your composition process.
How I compose my songs varies pretty often. If I had to put it into steps, I would say the first step would be that I come up with something simple, whether it's a piano part or a chord progression, and I take it from there. After that, I just do what sounds good, and/or what I want the atmosphere of the song to be. A lot of times I think a song is done, and I'll go and listen to it again and realize I need more there, so that's sort of step two in the process. There's a lot of layering with my music, and I try to manipulate the sounds I use as much as possible. I'll go back days later after recording the song and add reverb and delay and mix things differently, and even reverse sounds and change keys just to explore all of my possibilities. I've had songs that have changed completely from the original just by adding an extra layer of a reversed pad, etc - (An example of this would be "For Once").

Besides music, what is the role of minimalism in your daily life?
I think minimalism plays a part in my daily life without me even knowing it sometimes. I've always been drawn to the "less is more" aspect. I'll be looking at photographs, and I'll see one of a huge landscape with tons of trees and mountains and think "that's pretty cool", and then I'll see a picture of two wires out of focus and a white background and think "now that's awesome". It's just a natural thing that I've always admired - how you can show so much with presenting so little.

Where does ambient meet shoegaze?
I think ambient and shoegaze can mean completely different things to different people. To me, shoegaze is represented by bands like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, and ambient is represented by bands like Stars of the Lid and Hammock. I guess the point where both genres meet would have to be the reverb aspect of it. Both genres use a ton of reverb to change the ways the guitars, vocals, and drums sound, but I think it's the way that they're presented that separate them. To me, shoegaze is more raw sounding and ambient is more refined.

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Wagon Christ - Tally Ho! (Astralwerks)

Hailing from Cornwall, England, Luke Vibert started his career early by releasing a debut album with Jeremy Simmonds on Richard D. James' Rephlex Records in 1993. He then moved on to Rising High Records releasing an ambient album Phat Lab Nightmare under an alias Wagon Christ. In 1996, Luke tried his hand at drill'n'bass with an alias Plug releasing Drum 'n' Bass for Papa on Blue Planet. Luke finally landed on Astralwerks - a Virgin Records owned New York label known for main stream electronic acts such as Basement Jaxx, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Future Sound of London and the likes. Tally Ho! is Vibert's sixth full length album (third under Wagon Christ moniker) to come out on Astralwerks in 1998. Luke's sound fits in nicely alongside the friends and artists that defined the late 90's electronica, such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, µ-Ziq and Cylob. "Together they assimilated such diverse elements as hip hop beats and drum & bass into the more eccentric take on electronica they tweaked, and kick-started a virtual insurrection in sound around the world," notes journalist Andrez Bergen. Tally Ho! is a perfect example of more stylistic exploration under the electronica umbrella, where jungle meets trip-hop, and new genres emerge. The sound is upbeat, confident and playful at the same time. Luke's other notable aliases among the many are Kerrier District, Amen Andrews and Ace Of Clubs with a deep discography on defining labels such as Warp, Ninja Tune and Planet Mu. In 2007 Luke collaborated with Jean-Jacques Perrey on Moog Acid project for Lo Recordings. I think I did more name-dropping in this review than talk about the music, but I trust you get the idea. Five stars for this one.

http://www.brainwashed.com/vibert | http://www.myspace.com/lukevibertdj
http://www.astralwerks.com | http://www.myspace.com/astralwerks

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Armen Nalbandian Trio - Manchester Born (Blacksmith Brother Music)

Armen Nalbandian has recently turned 30. The career of this improvisational and experimental jazz musician spans over a decade of over 600 original compositions and performances. Born in Manchester, England, Armen has dedicated his life to music, recently rising to the position of Musical Director of California's Fresno Art Museum. A protégé of jazz legend John Hicks, Armen has experience playing with members of the Classic Coltrane Quartet, Ornette Coleman Quartet and Charles Mingus' ensemble. For Manchester Born, Armen comfortably settles behind Fender Rhodes, while Kevin Hill joins him on the upright bass and Brian Hamada on the drums (I just love his brushed ride cymbals). The collection of ten tracks is upbeat and light, transforming musicians' inner moods into gliding fingers, plucked strings, and gentle taps. This child of contemporary jazz skillfully folds the familiar influences into an interpretation curated for a modern ear. The playful and organic sound instantly reminds me of the limitless possibilities that can be achieved with just three instruments, leaving me afterward humming my own improvisations to the rhythm buried in my mind. Armen's latest solo album, Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off, is an abstract and experimental improvisation for prepared Fender Rhodes, full of distorted reverb, controlled delays, noisy feedback and altered hammers for a unique percussion, all recorded live with no post-production - John Cage would have been proud.

http://www.armennalbandian.com | http://www.myspace.com/armennalbandian

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Skalpel - Konfusion (Ninja Tune)

Being in the mood for future and nu-jazz, I throw on Skalpel into my rotations. Igor Pudlo and Marcin Cichy are the crate diggers out of Wroclaw, Poland. Juxtaposing lifted jazz memories from old Polish records (circa 1960-70) along the broken beats sourced from the same material, Skalpel lays out a path much often traveled, but rarely with a precision of a GPS-like time shift. The music flows naturally while holding on to its history rooted hooks and jabs. The instrumental loungy sound borders funky trip-hop, but is undeniably jazz infused with samples of Hammond, saxophones, and laid back drum strolls. Konfusion is Skalpel's second album on Ninja Tune, following along the heels of their 2004 full length debut, self titled Skalpel. I really like this quote from label's page : "Very much one for jazzers, beat heads and strong cigarette smokers, Konfusion is an album to soundtrack your espresso breaks and to play so that you don't have to read Jean Paul Sartre." The sixties and seventies were pretty tough on the Polish folk. With the Communist party of the Soviet Union instituted over the government in a post WWII country, free expression, especially American influenced jazz music, was somewhat of an underground movement. Skalpel performs a tremendous service to the audiophiles around the world by resurrecting dusty sound of artistic freedom. Recommended if you like Jaga Jazzist, Bonobo, Amon Tobin, UNKLE, and DJ Vadim. Break this one out for another spin if you missed it on the first cycle.

http://www.skalpelsound.com | http://www.ninjatune.net

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Lines in the kitchen, vodka in the jelly, tequila in the punch… Its house party time!. All you need is some funky tunes to get the girls on the dancefloor.

So check out this classic mix of house music to fire up your party. Deep house, Electro house, Funky house, Tech house and some old school acid house for good measure.

Click here for the house party mix streamable tag radio station

So whats in the mix?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_house
Deep house is a style of house music which fuses elements of Chicago house, 80's soul, jazz-funk and Detroit techno. The Jazz influences of deep house are most frequently brought out by sustained augmented or diminished chords which span several bars, which give the tracks a slightly dissonant feel. The use of vocals is also more common in deep house than in many other forms of house music.

Moodymann - Yesterday Party Watta Bout it
DJ Pierre - My Club (Wild Pitch Instrumental)
DJ Yellow - Forever And Even More (David Alvarado Remix)
Phuture - Your Only Friend
Offshore Funk - the cliff (extended mix)
Märtini Brös - Dataman
Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin'
The Jinks - Cecilia (Original)
Moodymann - Your Sweet Lovin
Bryan Jones - Chicago Jack
Carl Craig - Flash -Fix
GreensKeepers - Slippin´
John Tejada - In Control
Quentin Harris - House (Danny Howells Re-edit)
Soulphiction - get it right (evil version)
Superdiscount - Prix Choc
Inland Knights - No Stoppin
White Lotus Society - Space Cadillac[JT Donaldson Remix]
Moodymann - Don't Be Misled
Sean DiMitrie - Dr Doo Yoo (Fred Everything Remix)
Daniel Diamond - Champu
Groove Junkies - Just Groovin' (Gj's Original mix)
FC/Kahuna - Mindset To Cycle
Paul Johnson - A Little Suntin Suntin
Kevin Yost - Take Me
DJ Pierre - King Dream
Kevin Yost - Stronger Love
Moodymann - shades of jae
Ben Watt - Lone Cat (Holding On) (Justin Martin remix)
Jay-J & Chris Lum - Roots Roll Call
Silicone Soul - Minted
Dark Comedy - Good God
Louie Austen - Hoping (Herbert mix)
Soldiers of Twilight - Believe
DIY - Hold On
Mr. Scruff - Mr Scruff - Shrimp
Kevin Yost - Handsfree
Moodymann - long hot sexy ni
Harry "Choo Choo" Romero - Tania (New Mix)
Kevin Yost - The Birth
Kevin Yost - Above the Clouds
Savas Pascalidis - Acid Cock
Sascha Funke - Drei auf Drei
Moodymann - M Traxx
Silicone Soul - gimme danger
Moodymann - People
Swayzak - Make Up Your Mind
Metro Area - Orange Alert (DFA remix)
Röyksopp - So easy (So B.H.Q. Derrick Carter remix)
Theo Parrish - So Now What
John Tejada - Streamer
Dan Curtin - Tromp
Deep Dish - Stay Gold
Nuyorican Soul - the nervous track (horny mix)
Ian Pooley - Me leve ft Rosanna & Zlia
Lisa Shaw - I Think My Heart Is Tellin on Me (Restless Soul mix)
Paperclip People - Throw
John Tejada - Fading Memory



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro_house
Electro house (also known as dirty house, electrotech, and often shortened to electro) is a subgenre of house music that rose to become one of the most prominent genres of electronic dance music in 2004-today. Stylistically, it combines the four to the floor beats commonly found in House music with harmonically rich analogue basslines, abrasive high-pitched leads and the occasional piano or string riff. The tempo of electro house ranges approximately from 125 to 135 bpm.
The use of the word "electro" to describe this style of modern house music is contentious, and creates an ambiguity between electro house and the 1980s electro movement, by which it was influenced.
Minilogue - Out Of The Curious (Luke Dzierzek's iPlay Vrs)
Soulwax - E-Talking
Green Velvet - Flash [Danny Tenaglia's Nitrous Oxide Mix]
Digitalism - Jupiter Room
Paul Woolford - Erotic Discourse
Wonderland Avenue - White Horse (Mike Monday Remix)
Märtini Brös - Moonbootica Mix
King Roc - Flicker
The Whip - Divebomb
Justice - Newjack
Dirty South - Spank feat Boogie Fresh
Extrawelt - Fernweh
Simian Mobile Disco - It's The Beat (Luke Vibert Mix)
Tomas Andersson - The Other Day
Dick4Dick - Technology
Vinylshakerz - 1 Nite Xxl Mix
Rex the Dog - I Look Into Mid Air
Bolz Bolz - Take A Walk (Neo Romantic Dima Remix)
Fedde le Grand - Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (Club Mix)
Vitalic - Poney Part 2
Tom Novy - Take It (Danny Koenig)
Till West & DJ Delicious - Same Man (Club Mix)
R-Type - 18teen (original mix)
schneemann & redmer - jewels (peter latino remix)
Dominik Eulberg - blueten sind dem grossen schillerfalter fremd
Technasia - For We Are All Children Of Earth
Alter Ego - Rocker
Redanka - Waves (E-Mission mix)
Tomas Andersson - Washing Up
Tiefschwarz - Issst Dub
Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl
Hell - Follw You (Dominik Eulberg Mix Edit)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_house
House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. House music is strongly influenced by elements of the late 1970s soul- and funk-infused dance music style of disco. House music takes disco's use of a prominent bass drum on every beat and developed a new style by mixing in a heavy electronic synthesizer bassline, electronic drums, electronic effects, funk and pop samples, and reverb- or delay-enhanced vocals.

Steve "Silk" Hurley - Kelly G's Bump 'n Love Mix
Eric Prydz & Steve Angello - Woz Not Woz (club mix)
Shakedown - At Night (Original Mix)
Roger Sanchez - Another Chance
Jay-J & Chris Lum - Roots (Jo Jo Thanks)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Chris Lake feat. Laura V - Changes (Dirty South Remix)
Kings of Tomorrow - Tear It Up [Bob Sinclar Dub Attack]
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Mossa - Town Hall (Eloi Brunelle Remix)
Daniel Wang - All Flowers Must Fade
Antoine Clamaran - Release Yourself (Ext Mix)
Deux - Sometimes
Underworld - Two Months Off
Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
Spiller - Groovejet
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
Deep Dish Featuring Stevie Nicks - Dreams
Rui Da Silva - Touch Me
Todd Terry - Groove Line
Salomé de Bahia - Outro Lugar
Phats & Small - Music for Pushchairs
Armand van Helden - Flowerz Feat. Roland Clark
Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme (Original Version)
Röyksopp - Eple (Original Edit)
Ben Watt - Pop a Cap In Yo' Ass (Edit)
Mylo - Reform Reprise
Dimitri from Paris - Sacre Francais
Onionz - Sea Serg
Michael Gray - Borderline (Vocal Club Mix)
Basement Jaxx - Plug It In (Feat JC Chasez)
Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' mix)
Eddie Amador - Pshyco X Girlfriend
Full Intention - Vocal Radio Edit
Michael Gray - Borderline (Michael´s Neon Wave Vocal Mix)
Who da Funk - Shiny Disco Balls
Puretone - Addicted To Bass
Archigram - In Flight
Masters at Work - Like a Butterfly (You Send Me) (Featuring Patti Austin)
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
Cassius - Foxxy
Armand van Helden - U Don't Know Me w Duane Herden
Basement Jaxx - Good Luck (Feat Lisa Kekaula)
Mylo - Muscle Car (Reform Reprise) (Album Version)
Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango
Moloko - Sing It Back
Martin Solveig - Jealousy
Armand van Helden - My My My
Afro Medusa - Pasilda (radio edit)
Röyksopp - Eple (Boris and Michi's Eplistic-Scratch - Attack)
Rui Da Silva - Touch Me (original 12" mix)
Bob Sinclar - Love Generation
Dimitri from Paris - Sacre Francaise
Cassius - Under Influence
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro
Nuyorican Soul - Runaway (Armand Rascal Edit)
Mylo - Drop The Pressure
The Bucketheads - The Bomb! [These Sounds Fall Into My Mind] (Armand Van Helden Re-Edit)
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (12" Club mix)
Daft Punk - Around the World
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
Daft Punk - Da Funk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_house
Tech house, like progressive house, represents a fusion of house and techno.

Falko Brocksieper - Follw You (Dominik Eulberg Mix Edit)
Gregor Tresher - Still
Frivolous - A1 - Song Of The Kwaning Bird
Silicone Soul - Chic-O-Laa (H-Foundation mix)
Soul Mekanik - Wanna Get Wet
H-Foundation - So Fine (Jay's Bass Heavy Mix)
Chris Lum - You're Mine (FSD Remix)
Morgan Geist - Doorbell
Jeff Bennett - Wise Rise
David Alvarado - Unspoken (Dub)
Lawnchair Generals - You Got To
The Timewriter - Just Can't Stop
Mr C - The Birds & The Bees
David Alvarado - Solera [Main Mix]
Chicken Lips - Do It Proper (Maurice Fulton remix)
Phonique - The Red Dress
John Dahlbäck - If You Give Me
The Timewriter - Night Over Sundbtberg
Steve Angello - Acid
Kerri Chandler - So Let The Wind Come (Remix)
Jay Tripwire - Deep Rumbler
Bangkok Impact - The Floor
Alexander Kowalski - My Truth
Steve Bug - Drives Me Up the Wall
Alex Under - Una Aguja En El Pajar
Avus - Real
Alex Under - El Establo Queado
Matt John - The Rising Scope



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_house
Acid house is an electronic music-oriented subgenre of house music, which emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's characteristic electronic "squelch" sounds were developed by mid-1980s DJs who were experimenting with the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer. Acid House spread to the United Kingdom, Australia and continental Europe where it was played by DJs in the early rave scene. By the late 1980s, copycat tracks and Acid House remixes brought the style into the mainstream, where it influenced other pop and dance styles

Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutha Fucker
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume (Extended)
Housemaster Boyz - House Nation
James T. Cotton - Buck!
The Untouchables - Dance To The Rhythm
Farley Jackmaster Funk - Funking With The Drums Again
Inner City - Do You Love What You Feel
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Mr. Fingers - Washing Machine
Bang the Party - Bang Bang You're Mine (Full Instrumental Mix)
Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Cant Turn Around
Joe Smooth - Promised Land (Original 12in.)
Inner City - Good Life
Adonis - Now Way Back
Adonis - The Poke
Only Freak - Viper Vapour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_house
Piano house (often simply referred to as "Italo") is a form of house music popular in Italy, Britain and United States since the late 1980s that fuses house and Italo disco. The main musical characteristic is its use of predominantly electronic piano chords in a more lyrical (yet still "clunky") form than classic Chicago House records. The best known example is Black Box's "Ride On Time".

Sterling Void - Runaway
Paul Johnson - Get Get Down (Choo Choo's Subcriminal mix)
Ruff Neck - Feel The Music (Power Mix)
Blaze - can't win for losing (kevin hedge mix)
FPI Project - Going Back to My Roots (Rich in Paradise)
FPI Project - Everybody All Over The World (Dance mix)
TPO - Hiroshi's Dub (Savanna Mix by Satoshi Tomiie)
Turntable Orchestra - you're gonna miss me (club mix)
Awesome 3 - Don't Go
Phortune - String Free
Todd Terry - Something Goin' On
Shawn Christopher - Another Sleepless Night
Hardrive Featuring LG - Sindae
Kraze - The Party
Soft House Company - What You Need
Don Carlos - Alone
On the House - Pleasure Control
Kerri Chandler - Testify by Byron Stingily (Kerri's Dub)
Steve Lawler - That Sound

Basic Unit


Yair Etziony (Vermont) and Shlomi Avni (DJ Sola) have been pioneers in the Israeli electronic scene since 2001 with the Micoropeople collective. In 2005 they joined forces to become Basic Unit. Their new creation fusing influences from Detroit techno to German and US-house. Alongside the like-minded Tubi and M1 crew, they initiated the Exercise parties that became the taste maker night for minimal club music in the city. Exercise guests include international artists as Sebo K, Jens Bond, P.toile and Tom Clark.


Gary Beck


Gary Beck has been producing electronic music since early 2002.After three years spent DJing at various clubs and pubs around Glasgow, Gary decided the time was right to start making music for himself. His fist release ‘Stick To The Reggae’ was signed up by ‘Dub House’ Philadelphia-based imprint Worship Recordings, home to artists such as Pete Moss, Hipp-E and Jay Tripwire, to name but a few. Most of his tracks fall under the ‘Tech House’ category, however Gary also likes to record under the pseudonym Ruskin Franks, for the more down-tempo experimental side of music.


Jammic


Jammic a.k.a. Jam Kazovsky was raised on art and music. As a young boy in south Ukraine, he studied piano in a local art school. Later on he established his first musical guise in the shape of a kraut-rock electronic band, mainly combining rock and electronic experimental sounds. Hip hop and black music quickly followed and Jammic became hooked on music production expanding his inspiration to new wave and ambient artists such as Depeche Mode and William Orbit. When understated house came along Jammic clicked immediately and got into the studio with fellow music lover CJ Flip.


Onark
http://www.myspace.com/djonark

Born in ’77 (a Scorpio) Oliver discovered electronic music as young as 15. His musical awareness started to build while raving in all of the biggest nights around France and Europe. Oliver stepped up to the decks in 1996, gaining most experience in the “Monde a l’Envers” parties in Lyon alongside End Of Silence collective. Around that time he got involved with an electronic music “Mix up” collective on Crock Radio in Vienne (France). In 1999, he founded the association Gangstas Of The Groove” with Peewee (Bewol). Later he kick started many nights around the Rhone-Alps, before becoming records dealer at Eardrum (Electronic Shop) in Lyon. Production was the next obvious step and O leaft he shop and entirely devoted himself to building his home-studioThese days he encompasses a tight international DJing schedule as he travels to Nuits Sonores (Lyon), Happy People (Annecy) and Tekno Therapy (Mulhouse) as well as to Palais (Geneve),Espace grevin (Dijon) and Exciters (Lyon)…



Canson
http://www.cans0n.com/

Amar Derradj, born 1976, works and lives in Zurich. In 1993 he discovered techno and electronic dance music. Having Always been passionate about music and electronic media, he bought his first synthesizer and sampler in 1994. Since then Amar is an inherent part of the underground dance scene in Zurich.His first release in collaboration with Cosili – a fellow producer and DJ from Zurich - emerged in 2000 on Stattmusik. Their project called Anatol is soon to perform its first live gig at Rohstofflager. The following years are accompanied by many live performances not only in Zurich but all over Europe (WMF/ Berlin, Robert Johnson/ Frankfurt, Batofar/ Paris).In 2002 Amar starts his solo project called Canson, putting forth the release „One Call“ on Stattmusik. Together with two friends he shortly after founds the record label Handheld and releases # 1,2,3 and 7. Furthermore Canson releases on Sub Static and Morris Audio and remixes for Bit Boutique.

Since this year Canson again performs regularly. His sets are in constant flux, combinig deep, groovy and minimal techno beats with dubby and colourful snippets of sound.


Pedro Cali
http://www.pedrocali.com/

Pedro Cali was born the 19th of March 1979, in Charleroi, Belgium.

At the age of twelve, he developed a passion for music, discovering a LP of The Doors in his Fathers vinyls collection. This motivated him to become a self-taught pianist and he later on starts taking part in various musical acts. At the age of sixteen, Pedro got the bug of electronic music, and finds himself intrigued by the Detroit sound. In this music, he finds the melodies and the free pattern of artistic expression that he was searching for.Few years later, while completing his studies to become an infographist, he started working on his first tracks. Following an advice of a friend he sent a demo to Fabrice LIG (F-communications). The feedback he got was pretty good and Pedro signs his first track, Behind The Clouds, to FU!FCOM.
In the same time he signs a double ep on Melodika Recordings (Secrets Ep)

Today, Pedro has a day-job as infographist while on his productions he explores melodies and their characteristic, in a deep & “Funky” journey.


Jens Loden


Jens Lodén is a very versatile and talented musician: Bass player, producer, and composer. Jens experience is wide and versatile ranging from jazz collaborations to laying minimalistic arrangements on Arabian music as part of a string quartet. He also engaged in TV and Radio music for a number of programs in Swedish national media highlighted with his 2001 Swedish Grammy Award nomination for his remix album on one of Sweden’s finest contemporary jazz profiles - saxophone player Per “Texas” Johansson.

Since the early nineties his fascination and love for techno has constantly developed, as a more abstract zone, free from work, words, opinions, solos, musicians and so on. Until very recently he only experienced this as a listener, but recently he crossed the line and became a producer.

Influenced by reading Igor Stravinskij´s ideas on repetition versus variation, listening to Arvo Pärt, The Orb and new techno from Contexterrior, Jens started making his own brew. His first tracks were immediately recognized by Mikael Stavöstrand of Sunset Diskos/Mitek who included the track “Ju inte” on the Mitek compilation “Do you copy?”, and by Håkan Lidbo and Andreas Tilliander who made a feature on him in their radio program “Ström” on Swedish national radio. They praised him there and also broadcasted his exclusive remix on the theme of the program.




TR ONE


TR ONE is Paul Reynolds, Edward Reynolds and Dean Feeney. Based in Carlow, Ireland and influenced by Detroit techno, Chicago House, and electro. In particular Kraftwerk, Richard D. James, Derek Carr and Dan Curtin bearing primary inspiration. Taking up a method of production similar to session recording of the past, involving each member playing live instrumentation in order to create a unique atmosphere using only hardware machinery. Inspired by the deeper more thoughtful side of electronic music, our aim is to continue the legacy of deep analogue music production.




Lee Holman


Lee Holman has been buying records since he first got into house and techno via hip-hop when growing up in the south-east of Ireland. Since then he has gone on to play at many of Ireland’s leading clubs and festivals such as u.k. festival coloursfest, as well as running his own club nights and guesting throughout Ireland with top international dj talent.

2004 he co-founded the Sub-Culture night which went on to become SUB-SCAPE and moved to Belgium later that year. Now firmly established as one of Belgium’s most respected club nights, as resident Lee has played with some of techno’s best djs and producers including Fabrice Lig, Steve Rachmad, Ian O’Brien, Dan Curtin, DJ S²(Underground Resistance), Peel Seamus, Aroy Dee, Quinn(Delsin Records), Eamonn Doyle(D1), Âme, Aardvarck, Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes, Marco Passarani, St.Dic (Fuse), Shed(SoloAction, Berlin),DJ Innx(Electronic Resistance), Mark August(Mezzotinto,Curle Recordings) and Ripperton - Fat Lazy People (Planet E Records).Lee is also extremely busy with music production, and while his style is aimed at the dancefloor, the deep aspect which he weaves into his dj sets always remains. 2007 see’s lee take on a residency for www.livesets.com for the “Interstate 94″ radio show along with fellow dj’s Pedro Cali, Erell Ranson and Tyler Smith and also brings a high profile residency for Sub-scape with fellow residents Fabrice Lig(F-com),Spiritcatcher(20:20 vision) and Sub-scape founder Will O Brien.


PEAK


Pasquale Cazzetta, aka Peak, was born 1980 and lives in Zurich. Peak discovered the world of electronic dance music in 1994. He was strongly influenced by the Detroit and Chicago vibe and the acts who played at the legendary Rohstofflager in Zurich. From that on he started to collect a massive vinyl-collection an play in different clubs and special locations. His sets are deep, classic, straight and always kickin’.
2005 first release on canson’s dunken groove EP (handheld records) as co-producer of „double click”.

Nick Sole

Behind the synonym Nick Solé is Karsten Kaufmann, -Born in February 1969 in the former East Germany.
He started playing football in the age of 6, break-dance at the age of 12 and from that early age he had interest in music -Electro, Funk , Disco , Old school Hip hop...
By the age of 18 years fled to West Germany to work as a deejay. His first contact with house music was Arnold Jarves - take some time out , Frankie Knuckles - the whistle song , Adonis - no way back).
On 1994 Karsten returned home and later on took on his SOLÉ moniker.
His favourite styles are Deep House, Down tempo, Nu-Jazz, Disco , Electro and Soul. He is also the founder of (the now late) mbeat record store in Potsdam, Germany.

Pumping up that volume....

100 HOUSE ANTHEMS!
Compiled at MAC.



49ers - Touch Me
808 State - Pacific 707
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion
Adamski - Killer
Adonis - Do It Properly
Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
Ame - Rej
Armand van Helden - The Funk Phenomena
Armando - 100% of Disin' You
Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall
B.B.E. - Seven Days & One Week
The B-Sides - The Tape (Remix)
Bam Bam - Where's Your Child
Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm
Beatmasters (feat. The Cookie Crew) - Rok Da House
Bizarre Inc. - Playing With Knives
Blackbox - Ride on Time
Blue Boy - Remember Me
Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis
Brainbug - Nightmare
Cappella - Heylom Halib
Carl Craig - Bug In A Bass Bin
Cleptomaniacs - All I Do (Original Mix)
Coldcut feat. Yazz - Doctorin' The House
Company B - Fascinated
Congress - 40 Miles
D-Mob feat. Cathy Dennis – C’mon and Get My Love
D-Shake - Techno Trance
Debbie Malone - Rescue Me
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Deskee - Let There Be House
DHS - The House of God
Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself
Everything but the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
Fierce Ruling Diva - Rubb It In
FPI Project - Rich In Paradise
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
The Grid - Diablo
Guru Josh - Whose Law (is it anyway)
Hithouse - Jack to the Sound of the Underground
House Master Boyz - House Nation
House of Venus - Dish & Tell
Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid
Human Resource - Dominator
Hysteric Ego - Want Love
Inner City - Good Life
The Italian Connection - Sax Heaven (Original Mix)
Jack 'n' Chill - The Jack That House Built
Jack E. Makossa - The Opera House
Jamie Principle - Baby Wants To Ride
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
Jazzy M - Jazzin' The Way You Know
Jesus Loves You - Generations of Love
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin'
Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
Kadoc - The Nighttrain
Kariya - Baby Let Me Love You For The Night
Kenny "Dope" Presents the Bucketheads - The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)
The KLF - What Time Is Love?
Kraze - The Party
Krush - House Arrest
Lil’ Louis – French Kiss
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
Movin' Melodies - La Luna
Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It?
Newcleus - Jam On It
New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix Edit)
Newtrament - London Bridge Is Falling Down (Original 12" Dub Mix)
Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On
Nomad - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion
Phuture - Acid Trax
Pookey Blow - Get Up (And Go To School)
Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia
Raze - Break 4 Love
Reese - Rock To The Beat
Ron Trent - Altered States
Royal House - Can You Party
S'Express - Theme From S'Express
Second Phase - Mentasm
Sia - Drink To Get Drunk (Different Gear Mix)
Soup - New York-London
The Source ft. Candi Station - You Got the Love
Speedy J - Pullover
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Starlight - Numero Uno
Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body
Sueño Latino - Sueño Latino
Swan Lake - In The Name Of Love
The Todd Terry Project - Weekend
Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix Edit)
Turntable Hype - Turntable Hype
Twenty 4 Seven - I Can't Stand It
Way Out West - The Gift
Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Heat It Up (Acid Mix)
Westbam - Hold Me Back

Thanks to everyone at the Old School House Desk.

AR Kane - Butterfly Collector
Disco Inferno - Love Stepping Out
The Trammps - Disco Inferno (J-Love Hot Panties Edit)
Jungle Wonz - Bird In A Gilded Cage
Marshall Jefferson - House Music Anthem (Move Your Body)
Adonis - No Way Out
Armando - Pleasure Dome
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Power of Love
Huey Lewis & The News - Power of Love
Jennifer Rush - Power of Love
The Zero Kelvins - Hero Boy
Dee-Lite - Power of Love
Peter Cetera - Glory of Love
Chicago - Street Player
Bucketheads - The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)

* Designates separate concerts

9th Grade:
*POD w/ Fenix TX and Blindside
10th Grade:
*Dashboard Confessional w/ Brand New and MxPx (I think)
*Finch
*Aztek Trip, Royal Noise Brigade
11th Grade:
*Mest w/ Fallout Boy (b4 they were big, I didn't like them then either), Dynamite Boy and Matchbook Romance
*Something Corporate and The Ataris w/ Mae
*Mindless Self Indulgence w/ two bands I forget
10-12 Grades:
*El Toro, Koji on the Roof, Salem Road, A Perfect Kiss, Adonis, Tear Stained Glory... various other local bands
Freshman (College):
*Reel Big Fish
*Kingsfoil
*Emery w/ As Cities Burn, Gatsby American Dream, Gym Class Heroes
*mewithoutYou w/ some other bands that I don't remember
*Puckerup Velcrolips, BangBangBeautiful
*Belle and Sebastian w/ The New Pornographers
*Brand New w/ Colour Revolt and Ultra High Frequency
*By the End of Tonight w/ Buxton
Sophomore:
*Brand New
*Dashboard Confessional w/ Brand New
*Koji on the Roof
*Brand New w/ Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine
*Brand New w/ Manchester Orchestra
*South Street Seaport Festival feat: Danielson and Animal Collective

Senior:
*Left Over Crack w/ Magrudergrind, Witchhunt, etc.
*O'Death

Total Counts:

Adonis (at least 2x)
Animal Collective (x1)
A Perfect Kiss (at least 2x)
As Cities Burn (x1)
Aztek Trip (x1)
The Ataris(x1)
bangbangbeautiful (x1)
Belle & Sebestian (x1)
Blindside (x1)
Brand New (x5)
Buxton (x1)
By the End of Tonight (x1)
Colour Revolt (x1)
Danielson (x1)
Dashboard Confessional (x2)
El Toro (at least 3x)
Emery (x1)
Fenix, TX (x1)
Finch (x1)
Gatsby's American Dream (x1)
Gym Class Heroes (x1)
Kevin Devine (x1)
Kingsfoil (x2)
koji on the roof (at least 4-5x)
Left Over Crack (x1)
Manchester Orchestra (x2)
Matchbook Romance (x1)
mewithoutYou (x1)
Mindless Self Indulgence (x1)
MxPx (x1)
The New Pornographers (x1)
O'Death (x1)
Pod (x1)
Puckerup Velcroplips (x1)
Reel Big Fish (x1)
Royal Noise Brigade (x1)
Salem Road (at least 2x)
Something Corporate (x1)
Tear Stained Glory (x1)
Ultra High Frequency (x1)