Last week’s show featuring music from Dielectric Records was sort of a litmus test for those of you who listen to the show. I want to play the best of all genres of electornic music on this podcast and that includes the more experimental stuff. If you’re still with us after last week’s show then I know you’re the kind of person who likes music that’s a bit…different.
This week’s episode of solipsistic NATION is going to be more traditional and we’re going to focus on House music.
House began in 1977. The Warehouse on Jefferson Street in Chicago, was a key venue in the development of house music. The main DJ was Frankie Knuckles. The club staples were still the old disco tunes but the limited number of records meant that the DJ had to be a creative force, introducing more deck work to revitalize old tunes.
I’ll be honest with you, House is my least favorite form of electronic music. I think part of it has to do with working in a nightclub in the early 90s and being forced to listen to music from Manchester or House over and over and over again. That sort of repeition will really kill enjoyment of any kind of music.
A few years back I moved to Hillcrest in San Diego which is a very gay neighborhood and most of the people listened to house music. I constantly heard throbbing basslines and piano roles over and over again. And it was the worst kind of house music. It sounded irredeemably cheap, plastic and soulless.
But 99% of anything is crap. So the music you hear on today’s show may not be the kind of house music you would enjoy but it’s the kind of house music I dig.
- DJ Vanni “Nikita (Original Mix)”
- Paul Zazadze “Mood”
- Cheyne Christian “Up On Me”
- Greg Kobe “Speed”
- Gray “Appeal (Original Mix)”
- Los Brutos “Phat (Wehbba Remix)”
- Harshmallow “Sati’s Groove”
- Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de los Austrias “Boogie No More”
- Charles Afton “And So It Seems”
- Thomas Gooding “Open Your Eyes”