After hours grooving…
Herbie Hancock – Nobu
Early 70s interesting usage of polyrhythmic jazz improvisations from the master. Just stunning use of the Arp 2600 and 1601 sequencer and Fender Rhodes piano.
Blackwatch and Greed – Gental Rain (Black Jacked High Remix)
The holy grail of floor fillers back in the progressive heyday. Blackwatch always had the flavor.
Kerri Chandler – Bar A Thym
Excellent example of rhythm and color in techno. Deep and incendiary usage of synthesizer and drums. Kerri Chandler is always on rotation.
Chris Brann – Delilah B Strong 4 Me (Phillip Charles Remix)
Good usage of live instrumentation in a deep house context. Mpc 60 drums and analog synthesizers make the track feel warm and alive.
Miles Davis – Big Fun (Ife – Live 1973)
Ground breaking exploration of electronic fusion and jazz-rock hybrid bring this album alive with boundless possibilities in modern music. Recorded in 1973 …Light Years ahead.
David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees
Weathered Wall – From another master comes subtlety and prowess with a seminal album in the evolution of electronic music and multi genre works.
Cocteau Twins – Wax and Wane
Sonic riches and darker explorations mark this cornerstone album from 1982. Cocteau Twins blended processed guitars and technological genius with the ethereal and menacing vocals that are Elizabeth Fraser.
Morton Subotnik – Silver Apples of the Moon
Iconoclastic ambient music album that employed the Buchla 100 system synthesizer. Through the randomness that is life comes a control voltage laden arythmia of sonic tones and avalanches.
Patrick Gleeson – Star Wars
Nominal use of the idiomatic street music and electronic synthesizers during the 70s. Dr. Patrick Gleeson was a pioneer in modular synthesis and a funkateer alongside Herbie Hancock at Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco.
Lopazz – Share My Rhythm
This track along with most of Lopazz tracks always inspire me. He’s an artist that isn’t afraid to do his own thing and I feel very fortunate to have remixed and also worked with him many times. – Willis.
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Various Artists – Asylum Kau Wela (Asylum Confidential)
Hawaiian record label Asylum Confidential is back with a brilliant new compilation that pulls together plenty of key artists old and new. It showcases their unique house, techno and disco sound and at 19 tracks strong is an essential collection for any DJ or dancer.
Asylum Confidential is also an after-hours club out in Hawaii that has a crack team of residents and guests, plenty of whom feature here. Musically this is a rich, emotional ride through many deep house niches that often come with serene melodies or love struck vocals.
Kicking off things is Loic Tambay, who is Swiss by birth but is based on the island and is a resident at the club. His ‘Love of My Life’ track is a great opener that offers richly melodic deep house grooves. Next up, Hawaiian DJ and producer, Fathom Kanekoa, who has been a b-boy for years, offers the dreamy vocal grooves of ‘Hot Summer Streets’ which is a perfectly sun kissed roller. IN.PHrequent are next, a team made up of 20 year veteran Phillip Charles and Asylum founder Willis Haltom with Nick Maurer. They offer three tracks – the cosy and stripped back ‘No Sleep’ as well as the more bouncy ‘Space In Haters’ and the bumpy, vocal house delights of ‘Keep On’ Ft. Nick Maurer.
Bernies_Diction then get cerebral with spoken word musings and haunting grooves on ‘Humans’, Gravity Light offer a late night and spiritual track in ‘Cloud Whatever’ and Marasco serves up both the dubbed out and physical ‘Magic’ and the rubbery, shaker laced and feel good diva coos of ‘Hug Your Mother.’
There are many different shades and styles on offer on this compilation, which carries on with delightful house cuts from Dragon Suplex, Higher Concept and Russell Trent either solo or in collaboration with each other. Dragon Suplex & Willis Haltom’s ‘Never Stop’ with its warbling bass and smeared pads is a real standout, for example, but really this is a brilliantly creative release on every level that finds a wealth of local talents all hooking up to great effect. If you didn’t know how strong the Hawaiian house scene was before now, you certainly will once you have enjoyed this compilation.
Various Artists – Asylum Kau Wela (Asylum Confidential) Release: 15th December 2015 Cat. No. AC011
