Posts Tagged ‘ vocal house ’
This week’s iteration of the Gramaphone Smartbar residency features Ross Kelly and Ike Release alongside regulars Michael Serafini and Scotty Brandon. These disk jockeys are sure to bring a healthy dose of the house music that Smartbar is revered for, and there’s a good chance of some deeper twists and turns as the night drifts [ READ MORE ]
The dark horse series “Vanguard Sound” has been establishing an aesthetic of gritty, almost militant house music. The sound here straddles the range of haunted acid, industrial electro, jack, and techno. Amir Alexander‘s imprint continues the trend with its third 12″. As usual for the series, the tracks are varied and strong. DJ Spider’s Tribal [ READ MORE ]
Lady Blacktronika‘s vigorous variety of raw cut-and-paste deep house music seems to have really hit its stride with this release on her own Sound Black imprint. Braiding strands of gospel house, Detroit beat-down, and trippy deep grooves together for a sound signature all her own, her three solo tracks here each center around vocal textures. [ READ MORE ]
Fourth member of the Three Chairs collective (alongside Kenny Dixon Jr., Marcellus Pittman, and Theo Parrish), Rick Wilhite has finally produced his debut album, a scant 15 years after his first credited releases. He’s a veteran who knows his way around the decks as well as the studio, and this savvy shines through in his floor-ready tracks: they’re [ READ MORE ]
Instant House, the NYC / Dance Tracks-related collaboration between Joe Claussell, Stan Hatzakis and Tony Confusione, was apparently active between 1988 and 1993, as indicated on their 2003 retrospective compilation Jungle Source Records. Now rarities, Joe Claussell revisits some of the material on his own Sacred Rhythm Music label. Included is what sounds like an [ READ MORE ]
I think those already familiar with MCDE‘s oeuvre will be neither shocked nor disappointed by his latest turn. In support of his mix for the kingmaking DJ-Kicks series, he’s seized the opportunity and crafted a crowd pleasing, slinky, and characteristically hooky beatdown house tune. With Dwayne King on the vocals, what the versions lack in his [ READ MORE ]