mini reviews #14

fourteenth edition now and again one long overdue in my mind. another person that is on my mind when i was starting this but for whatever reasons it was left in the back of mind, sorry for that. he is jason c (also known as le freak) and i know him from a musicrelated forum where he's proven to be quite a character. i did not like him in the beginning but his taste in music and dj-sets have turned me over and the fact that is one of the best at being the internet douchebag you love.

he's from the great country of canadia but stems with italian roots and swears that he is the longlost brother of chilean techno dj ricardo villalobos. he's also great and marketing himself and will hand you a link to his latest or not so latest djset in a heartbeat, and chances is that you will like it. on with the selections then...

01. somfay - fricative white (from a whisper to a scream) [archipel] (2007) | soundcloud
this owes a lot to brian eno but it's brilliant. it's a masterful piece of techno,...errr not just techno, music.

02. jean leloup - je joue de la guitare [audiogram] (1998) | youtube
on the fence with this one. i really like the emotion he pours into it but otherwise it doesn't faze me.

03. tanita tikaram - twist for tanita [bootleg tago 001] (2010) | youtube
i've never liked the original. this refix doesn't change that fact.

04. unkle featuring mike d - the knock (drums of death part 2) [mo wax] (1995) | youtube
proper solid hiphop, good stuff from all parts involved. shadow's mpc fuckaround-session in the middle is insanely immense.

05. free - mr. big [island records] (1970) | youtube
that groove, it's so funky.

06. hugh masekela - mama (metro area birthday dub) [verve records] (2003) | youtube
loved this ever since i first heard verve remixed 2 back in '05.

07. omar-s - set it out [fxhe] (2003) | youtube
it's nice but i'll take midway's original any day over it.

08. cave - street carnival [ignoma] (2003) | youtube
like this quite a bit, it was seen as a "give it up" clone when it was released but it used the sergio mendes samples well.

09. icarus - round midnight [jericho] (1998) | youtube
tenaglia played this on his first global underground mix where it was pitched down, great piece of techno, prefer it slower though.

10. sista bob - charmin [pastamusik] (2003) | youtube
the way jichael mackson slices up the mancini sample is immense. the outcome is house with the herrmann's theme from psycho but on uppers.

thanks for those ten jason. and as always i asked if he wanted to anything extra about his picks and the response was:

if you aren't random you aren't trying. http://www.soundcloud.com/le-freak. this list would be different on different days. rhis is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for pleasure, this is for fun.

right on.