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Talkin' 'bout house music (with mp3s where possible)
est:
I feel so pedestrian in house music. I mean, I know what I like when I hear it, but until I have heard an artist there is no real way for me to know if I'm going to like it.
Was wondering if there were any house music fans here that could recommend me some new music to check out? I'll give you a list of stuff I like, then if you see something that you know is like another artist, please lemme know. I know some of these are breaks or maybe other genres, but I'm not being all that strict by "house" here.
Here's a list of some of the artists who I've heard that I've enjoyed (bolded items are favourites):
2many DJs, Ajax, Apollo 440, Armand van Helden, Avalanches live sets (their mash-ups fucking rock), Bang Gang, Basement Jaxx, Benny Benassi, Bodyrockers, Carl Cox, Coburn, Daft Punk, Deep Dish, Felix Da Housecat, Ferry Corsten's non-trance stuff, Freestylers, Friendly, Goldfrapp, some Groove Armada, GusGus, Joey Negro, Junior Jack, the Knife, LCD Soundsystem, Les Rythmes Digitales, Martin Solveig, Mish Mash, Moguai, Mylo, Nextmen, Plump DJs, Poxymusic, Scandal Inc, Stick Figures, Soulwax, Stanton Warriors, Studio B, Tiga, Tonight only, TV Rock, Van She
I know I like breaks, house, dirty & electro-house, as well as mash-up stuff like Avalanches live sets, Bang Gang & 2many djs. I know I don't really like hard-nrg/trance stuff, and I'm not really all that interested in IDM recommendations at this point. If you don't think you know anything that sounds like anything on this list, but you really do know your house music and can think of some good stuff (electro house with big, crunchy basslines especially) to recommend then by all means, please do!
thedevilissix:
Electro-house with big crunchy basslines, you say? HELL (or DJ HELL) is your man, for sure. Have a listen to the music section on his official site, where the full tracks of all his albums are on a flash player. Keep On Waiting is particularly good. :)
nuisance:
I'm really enjoying Booka Shade's latest album, 'Movements'. It's pretty pure and clean, sorry, but I like a fair number of the artists you mentioned, so maybe worth trying. The site's link-unfriendly, but if you go here and click on "Releases" you can stream every track:
http://www.bookashade.com/
The Juan McLean, on LCD Soundystem guy's label DFA, might be up your alley. Pretty heavy on the 80s vibes. Again, you can stream every track and, again, I can't link you to the right place.
http://www.thejuanmaclean.com/
est:
oh man. I've been listening to DJ Hell, and up until Suicide Commando the stuff was kind of good but not really catching me, but the beat to this one is really good. I'll have to get some of his stuff, thanks :)
re: Bookashade, I have already heard some of their stuff and not known it (and liked it). Thanks for putting a name to the sound. When was Movements made, by the way? The second track on the album is either a direct rip of Mylo's DESTROY ROCK N' ROLL with a few stylistic changes, or he got it from them (or they both sampled the exact same loop from someone else, who the fuck knows anymore). Mylo's album was out some time last year, I think.
re: the Juan Maclean, it's alright, but not really what I was after. This is more laid-back, whereas this time around I'm looking more for dancefloorish type stuff. I'll probably still save the name and check back later when I'm in a more mellow mood though, so thanks anyway!
nihilist:
I shall go sifting through my archive and see what I can see. A lot of the names you listed off wouldn't be house, though. Some fall under trance, others are breaks... :) (Sorry, I had to be a dick.)
I'd recommend Coldcut's Essential Mix, Shiloh, Way Out West (Nick Warren/Jody Wisternoff), Hybrid...
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