July 04, 2009

Songs of The Week 061

Club 69 - Style


I'm sure some of you will see the picture and say, "Dom, where'd you get those killer boots and matching bracelet?"

You will undoubtedly be amazed/appalled/overjoyed when I tell you, "Goodwill. And they had 3 more in stock."

You see it's not everyday you come by confident Style such as this and I've got it, so I'll flaunt it. Oh, and for all you green freaks; that hog is hybrid gas-electric.

The anthem: "Can't speak, can't think, all I want is one thing. A dance floor right now, turn up the music, make it loud. Party people next to me, feel the rhythm; ecstasy. Tweak the treble, pump the bass, put the party in your face. Twisted, twisted."

The motto: "Glamour can be bought. Style, this must be taught."

The chorus: "Everytime you touch me, it gets much better. Everytime you hold me, it gets much better. Everytime you squeeze me, it gets much better."

And this is what all the girls are saying: "I don't care if he's young or old (just make him beautiful). I just want someone I can hold on to. I WANT MUSCLES, oooooh all over his body."

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June 26, 2009

SofT Week 060: Analog Heat

SofT Week 060

It's full on summer and we're redlining the VU's. The following tracks all have an old school sound/feel to them that I just can't get enough of. New tracks-classic style.

Instrumental. Verbed-out disco strings. House chords. Phasey hats. A turntable rocker.

A hot joint. Flipped-out, tripped up basslines. oh man, turn it up!

Arthur Russell Interpretation '09 - Wax The Van (Ilija Rudman Remix)
Super Sexy Hip Shaking.

ok, yes I know it's like soul punkin' Caribbean jerk, seriously, what? Where did this come from? Outta this world.

On The Very Best's MySpace page it lists their influences as: "Traditional Malawi music, Tchopa, Manganje, Vimbuza and African reggae. And everything from Ludacris to Phil Collins". I mean c'mon.

It's like Second Summer of Love acid-filter tech house.

oh, and the original is quite nice too.

Some really fresh French filter house on the new Darling Records. I bought all their new releases, looks like a good one to keep an eye on.

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June 20, 2009

Songs of The Week 059: no apparent theme

cat vs dog
We're doing no apparent theme this week, just big songs to get to.

Another slow tempo marcher (srsly try marching to it). The low vocal just hooks you instantly. Nice for the early night when everyone's sober.

ok so, this track is just amazing. dj soulfeather brought it to my attention a few weeks back at Stallion Quarters and I didn't initially realize the genius until we listened back. The vocal at 3m55s will give you a sugar high. Oh, and there's harp.

Don't actually know when this is from. Late 90s? [Edit: it's from 1993] It's got that deep jacking style of the era and jazzy, stabby piano chords. Reminds of dimly lit cocktail lounges, top shelf drinks, and a turning record.

Turning it up. Funky minimal. The bouncy b-line, cowbell, and cheesy horn break keep it firmly within the realm of house. A perfect in-betweener.

Top notch techno that keeps rolling. The groove is so tight; a dj track.

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June 14, 2009

SofT Week 058: no experience necessary

SofT Week 058: no experience necessary

my oh my. Voice, Piston McMaxx invited his lady-friends out to the spin spot, Stallion Quarters, for their first techno experience. One thing led to another and what started as mixing just tracks became stirring mixed drinks with a splash of microphone shenanigans. Piston let his hair down for this one!


SofT Week regular Shaun Tudor pulls out those stops and dusts off the deep sexy vinyl house. Haven't lost your techno experience V-card yet? It's okay, no experience necessary.

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June 06, 2009

SofT Week 057: Latin Funky House

SofT Week 057
It's happened to most of us. Minding our business, strutting through an urban neighborhood where the cultural diversity is stark and you hear out of the random passing car this loud, insane music. All you can ask is "what is that?" And while it has familiar tones, it's a fresh mutation. This week's tracks can make you that random passer-by that flips everyone's lid. Big party music.

Funky, drummy, horny, funk carioca-influenced house with a slice of accordion is the flavor of the week. While I recognize that I'm more of a bandwagon jumper than a pioneer on this; it's new to me, so it's new to some of you. I'm also going to see about digging up some more authentic funk carioca (commonly referred to as baile funk) down the road.

Tracklist

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May 30, 2009

Soft Week 056: Grab Bag

SofT Week 056 - photo by Annzle
Photo by Annzle

HEY, Electro Freaks a group on The 61 selected my track One Dash One along with 19 others for an exclusive 61 compilation set to be released on June 1st! One Dash One was previously released on FeralCode Records and now sees the light of day again on the sixty one. Head over to The 61, create an account and vote these tracks up! This is gonna be huge.

Ok back to the business. So many tracks, so little time. Dig in.

Tracklist
An obvious and surefire hit. I'm 77% sure this consists of samples from other tracks, don't know which ones. Good nonetheless.

Loony Tunes, Bananas, and Minimal Tech, in hindsight it seems so obvious.

VV Brown's diva cut-up diva vocals clash nicely with the booming timpani-tinged, minimal b-more house beats. The original pop mix of this track is quite nice as well.

Tasty Sounds ft. Catherine - Galactica (Keegan Potter & Morgan Sax Dub)
This one's a horny chugger! A nice warmer to the night.

John Talabot is slowing things down a bit for us. I must say, house music 26 bpm too slow reminds me of barbiturate mid nights and heroin sunrise.

A super-low bpm make out jam with a smooth, sexy vocal.

Laurent Garnier dropped this in his ultra eclectic Essential Mix last week. A funky electro rap joint with vocals by what sounds like Bootsy Collins.

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May 23, 2009

SofT Week 055: Stallion Quarters

SofT Week 055 - Live at Stallion Quarters

Well you might call this week similar to the last, or you might call this week -- last week rocketed to the outer stratosphere with only the oxygenated-funk of the hot turns laid down by Soulfeather, Shaun Tudor, and dtFunk. Live at the playboy pad, the style room -- Stallion Quarters.

Tight jams were holding us down for the pre-party until we checked local greased-up, nerd-punked, misfits Treehouse Bordello. Cops busted us out right after their set.

***ALSO***

Legendary radio guest personality Piston McMaxx gets it out and gets it up filling us in on the straight stuff. Lush.


Catch Soulfeather every Saturday night spinning out at Caterpillar Lounge and Shaun at his new Wednesday night weekly at Gangshen.

Tracklist (27m00s)
  • Funk Plaza - Bryan Jones
  • Smoothie - White Label
  • Depeche Mode - Only When I Lose Myself (Lexicon Avenue Remix)
  • Eelke Kleijn - The Night (Add2Basket Remix)
  • Stimming - Silver Surfer
  • Adam Beyer - AWC Part III
  • Harlem Zip Code - I Feel Music

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May 16, 2009

SofT Week 054: Experimental 4 Deck DJ Mix - Shaun Tudor and Dom Terrace

Shaun Tudor and I got up to no good Friday night. While we were planning to set up some mics, have some drinks, listen to some tunes, and yell at stuff we realized that we forgot to bring mic stands!!! After 23 minutes of agonizing banter between us, we got civilized and set out to play music that didn't require just 1 turntable -- NO. It didn't require just 2 either, that would be just too normal for strapping chaps such as ourselves. Not even 2 turntables and 1 CDJ would have sufficed.... We were playing the dopest minimal tech with some of the poppiest 90s house and yes, even a trance track slipped in there (much to our surprise) on FOUR DECKS. Through most of the mix, at least 2 tracks are playing at the same time and at some points three songs are jackin' at the same time. SlamTown 9000.

To preface, this was an experiment and we were mostly just goofin. And as experiments go, it doesn't always turn out how you expect. This mix is pretty raw, but what do you think? With refining, is it a sound that could make you move? Comments.

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May 09, 2009

SofT Week 053: If disco had a baby, it would have oldie-handclapping kiddies resembling matured vulgar-core anthemic rip-off artists that cover Lenny Kravits and want to be like Xavier de Rosnay when they grow up.

Keeping it straight and forward.

Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (The Revenge Rework)
Watch more for Glasgow's The Revenge, this dude's got it.

Nina Simone - Take Care Of Business (Pilooski Remix)
Pilooski puts through a soulful-oldie handclapper, it's hardly house but we loves it.

Peaches - I Feel Cream
Toronto's Peaches has matured since the vulgar-core days of "Fuck The Pain Away" and as I listen to her new sound it sure reminds me of...

Art of Trance - Madagascar (Ferry Corsten Remix)
The ultimate anthem at the peak of Trance, don't care what you say, it's still quality. Aspects of this sound appear to be making a comeback tasteful or not, don't know that I'll jump on it just yet. Anyway, I think the bandwagon just left with Calvin Harris driving it.

Lenny Kravits - Let Love Rule 2009 (Justice Remix)
To the too-cool-for-Justice crowd... get off. They can make a choon. Comments.

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May 08, 2009

I'm gonna try something

I'm going to try an experiment this weekend. It's nothing that you should notice, it might just end up meaning that SofT Week doesn't get posted Saturday night. Rest Assured, if you don't get your SofT Week Saturday night, it will be there Sunday. Talk to you soon. Dom

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