Lane Visitor Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 the mix that broke Sasha to a larger audience b4 he went all progressive/epic, also a rare case of an MC actually clicking with a House jock (plus i was there) skip to 1min-23secs https://soundcloud.com/mattyhough100/dj-sasha-universe-92-with-mc-joe-peng-19th-june-1992 What's your/watmms take on progressive house? Just curious. It seems like such a far encompassing style that it's hard to categorize often (which I think makes it exciting). What comes to mind for me when I think of progressive house stems from when it took off in the early to mid 90s. Of course the cliches-- bell synths/pads, slow builds/transitions, on the darker moodier side with more poetic lyrics and vocals, atmospheric. It's changed flavor over the years of course. Elements of trance, electro, chill, etc. Really anything can be progressive depending on the structures and attitudes. I'd even call some 80s and early 90s deep house progressive as much of it truly was. Evolving, long, complex, heady. Nowadays it seems to be hone in more on the Uber clean emotional poppy vocal, with beach/Palm tree asthetics lol. A lot of it is samey and uninspired, but some of it is lush as hell. Maybe far from the spirit of house of course, but often an ambitious excercise in euphoric trance/electro-house tropes and structures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) Can't forget those deep progressive tribal house vibes or tech house. Even minimal.can be progrrssive haha... Fuck me, there's so much progressive stuff out there I would vote to kill the phrase entirely lol. Edited June 18, 2018 by Lane Visitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taupe Beats Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Figured I'd spam my mix thread here, lots of classic and modern house, check it out! https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95058-very-old-member-idi-amin-new-mixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 the mix that broke Sasha to a larger audience b4 he went all progressive/epic, also a rare case of an MC actually clicking with a House jock (plus i was there) skip to 1min-23secs https://soundcloud.com/mattyhough100/dj-sasha-universe-92-with-mc-joe-peng-19th-june-1992 What's your/watmms take on progressive house? Just curious. It seems like such a far encompassing style that it's hard to categorize often (which I think makes it exciting). What comes to mind for me when I think of progressive house stems from when it took off in the early to mid 90s. Of course the cliches-- bell synths/pads, slow builds/transitions, on the darker moodier side with more poetic lyrics and vocals, atmospheric. It's changed flavor over the years of course. Elements of trance, electro, chill, etc. Really anything can be progressive depending on the structures and attitudes. I'd even call some 80s and early 90s deep house progressive as much of it truly was. Evolving, long, complex, heady. Nowadays it seems to be hone in more on the Uber clean emotional poppy vocal, with beach/Palm tree asthetics lol. A lot of it is samey and uninspired, but some of it is lush as hell. Maybe far from the spirit of house of course, but often an ambitious excercise in euphoric trance/electro-house tropes and structures. a mixed bag like a lot of music depending on labels & jocks, if you're in the mood to dig "Flying Records" & "Guerilla" releases are worth sifting through, but there's a minor caveat (see below) https://www.discogs.com/label/7260-Flying-Records-UK?page=1&genre=All&limit=500 https://www.discogs.com/label/621-Guerilla something sketchy happened round about 1994, maybe a collective comedown with certain London music industry types rinsing a sound until it was dead on its feet, but have a rummage for mixes by a DJ called Fabi Paras on Youlube for a taste unfortunately Progressive (even the tag sounds a tad naff) morphed into the later Sasha/Digweed "Epic" bs that is frankly inexcusable, but Junior Boys Own skirted that sound signature although they were canny enough not to over-indulge it have a gander at those labels & their releases between inception up to about '94 & there are bound to be bits you'd like, i aint at home so record crate digging isnt possible, but i'm sure you'll navigate what takes yer fancy the date specific angle isnt nostalgia or snobbery, more that theres a world of shit after a certain time period & life's too short Figured I'd spam my mix thread here, lots of classic and modern house, check it out! https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95058-very-old-member-idi-amin-new-mixes/ cheers ears, will give these a rinse this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) the mix that broke Sasha to a larger audience b4 he went all progressive/epic, also a rare case of an MC actually clicking with a House jock (plus i was there) skip to 1min-23secs https://soundcloud.com/mattyhough100/dj-sasha-universe-92-with-mc-joe-peng-19th-june-1992 What's your/watmms take on progressive house? Just curious. It seems like such a far encompassing style that it's hard to categorize often (which I think makes it exciting). What comes to mind for me when I think of progressive house stems from when it took off in the early to mid 90s. Of course the cliches-- bell synths/pads, slow builds/transitions, on the darker moodier side with more poetic lyrics and vocals, atmospheric. It's changed flavor over the years of course. Elements of trance, electro, chill, etc. Really anything can be progressive depending on the structures and attitudes. I'd even call some 80s and early 90s deep house progressive as much of it truly was. Evolving, long, complex, heady. Nowadays it seems to be hone in more on the Uber clean emotional poppy vocal, with beach/Palm tree asthetics lol. A lot of it is samey and uninspired, but some of it is lush as hell. Maybe far from the spirit of house of course, but often an ambitious excercise in euphoric trance/electro-house tropes and structures. a mixed bag like a lot of music depending on labels & jocks, if you're in the mood to dig "Flying Records" & "Guerilla" releases are worth sifting through, but there's a minor caveat (see below) https://www.discogs.com/label/7260-Flying-Records-UK?page=1&genre=All&limit=500 https://www.discogs.com/label/621-Guerilla something sketchy happened round about 1994, maybe a collective comedown with certain London music industry types rinsing a sound until it was dead on its feet, but have a rummage for mixes by a DJ called Fabi Paras on Youlube for a taste unfortunately Progressive (even the tag sounds a tad naff) morphed into the later Sasha/Digweed "Epic" bs that is frankly inexcusable, but Junior Boys Own skirted that sound signature although they were canny enough not to over-indulge it have a gander at those labels & their releases between inception up to about '94 & there are bound to be bits you'd like, i aint at home so record crate digging isnt possible, but i'm sure you'll navigate what takes yer fancy the date specific angle isnt nostalgia or snobbery, more that theres a world of shit after a certain time period & life's too short Figured I'd spam my mix thread here, lots of classic and modern house, check it out! https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95058-very-old-member-idi-amin-new-mixes/ cheers ears, will give these a rinse this week! Nice... Thanks for the links- will definitely check those out. Speaking of Guerilla Records, I stumbled into this LP today. Really great acid prog house. Kinda like a more contemporary and minimal version of 808 state. groovy one around 25:14 Also, kinda unrelated, been rocking this. In love with the EP Edited June 19, 2018 by Lane Visitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) piano vibes toward the end there remind me of this imagination classic, also one of my favs: Edited June 19, 2018 by Lane Visitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jafs Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Sasha just mixed Fabric 99 and Its actually pretty good apart from the vocal breaks track at the end of the mix which is apparently a new tune off his label. I wonder who will be on charge for #100... probably Craig Richards I'd guess, or maybe a few discs. It's also the last in the series. His podcast for Resident Advisor from last year was insane (3 hours anyway, a true club set), so this would be good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I loved deep hypnotic prog house. I was a bedrock regular 15 years back, still enjoy Digweeds transitions podcasts now. It all went off the boil around 10 years ago when minimal took over but I'm glad to see a lot of the melodies returning to the music. Best example of the prog I loved ever: Also Satoshi Tomiie and his Saw Recordings label, deep and dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 NTS profiled Bottom Line's catalog in a thumping mix series, one of the finest US labels for many a year https://www.nts.live/shows/nitetrax/episodes/nitetrax-9th-may-2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pholant Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I don't know if it has already been posted before... Huge album from South Africa, pure Chicago house feeling, full of soul music: Dr. Duda & Dr. M-Bee "House Prescription" (2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Andy Compton of The Rurals did a release with various South African musicians, some gems here https://andycompton.bandcamp.com/album/sowetan-onesteps personal favourite from SA was Black Coffee's "Even Though"....deep garagey bidness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Dunno, usually I find house music repelling in many ways. But this mix together with that video is alright, also it evokes memories of a phenylethylamine plus cannabinoid overdose I've had a year or so ago. It was not good but good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taupe Beats Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Love the hell out of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pholant Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 That bomb!!! https://wavereform.bandcamp.com/track/begums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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