1. Depeche Mode – Strangelove
So I was a bit of a goth kid growing up and this song takes me back to the time I snuck out of the house for the first time to see Depeche at Universal Amphitheater in Hollywood. I even bought a white english bulldog from the cameo in this video!
2. Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
This is a sacred song in my collection and always makes the hairs on my arms stand right up. I can’t think of a song with more self-reflective and contemplative lyrics that everyone could relate to.
3. Dolly Parton – Little Sparrow
Dolly Parton is my hero. She’s written over 64 studio albums and even if you’re not a big country music fan, you have to give her mad respect for all she has done in the music world. She is so classy with attitude & style all her own. True icon.
4. 808 State – Pacific State
This song reminds me of where i grew up in California chilling on the beach listening to it on a boombox. It’s heavily fusion of jazz meets electronic & pop makes it a landmark in British house music.
5. Mr. C & 16B – That Look
I’ll admit I’m a big acid snob. I came into electronic music a bit later in life,
6. Sting – The Shape of My Heart
This song is such a masterpiece and I saw Sting perform at the Jazz Fest New Orleans 2000 with trumpet player Chris Botti and I’ll never forget it.
7. Ben Sims – I Wanna Go Back
I’m revealing one from my ‘Secret Weapons Techno’ crate – it’s incredible from the vocals with the sax sprinkles stuff you really don’t hear in techno these days. however, when i play this in the right environment takes people into another dimension.
8. Everything But the GirlvWalking Wounded
I bought this album on my first trip to London and it gives me such intense nostalgia of that time & space I was in. At the time I couldn’t have described it as Trip Hop but I didn’t know about genres then but i knew I loved this music. Tracey’s vocals are intoxicating and I’m in love with every track on this album.
9. Faithless – Insomnia
I’m so intrigued by this song. It draws me in on so many levels and yet I still can’t really describe it; it’s mental electronic madness clashing so many genres yet delivered so beautifully. I still scratch my head and ask myself how the f did they do this?
10. Laurent Garnier – Wake Up
If I could spend a weekend in a studio with any legend it would be Laurent Garnier. What an inspiration of diversity on so many levels from disco to house to techno, I can’t think of anyone who masters all of these and never gets stuck into anyone thing. I mean this track is straight up elite acid techno at it’s finest.
Arctor & Jay Hill – Mercurial (Superfreq)
After making her debut on Freq Traxx, Volume 1, Philadelphia-based producer Jay Hill returns to Superfreq for a full release, this time in collaboration with up-and-coming Scot, Arctor. Hill has landed on King Street Sounds and iRecords with her highly hypnotic sounds and is very much one of the rising stars of the modern scene. Her partner here is Arctor, and their collaborative single finds plenty of fresh new ground in tech house. Standout opener ‘Mercurial’ is built on solid beats and splashy
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Arctor & Jay Hill – Mercurial (Superfreq) Release: May 3rd 2019 Cat No: SFD058
