Killer after hours grooving in a Wigout Waltzes stylee…
01. Arca ‘Love You In Chains’ (Showtime) Arca Remix
Mental version of Nelly Furtado…Proper 21st century music you can waltz to – One long step, two little steps…
02. Throbbing Gristle ‘Hot On The Heels Of Love’ (Carl Craig Re-Version)
A seminal influential techno track from many moons ago…But it’s in waltz time…Count it 1.2.3. I just chose Carl Craig’s version cos it’s fatter for da future….
03. Fairmont ‘Darling Waltz’
More techno in waltz time…I wish there was more, more, more. I played before and after Gary Numan at Bestival a couple of years ago…He and his wife loved this one…I guess cos it’s quite dark.
04. The Stranglers ‘Waltzinblack’
This is quite dark too in a surreal slapstick kind of way. I could’ve also put ‘Golden Brown’ which I’ve just made a cover of with arse shaking beats… Out in feb. You’ll have to hear it to believe it!
05. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins ‘I Put A Spell On You’
Brilliant, there’s millions of versions of this classic from the rock and roll era…But this is the definative version. Why don’t we have any characters like this fronting tunes these days ?
06. Artful Dodger Ft. Michelle E ‘Think About Me’
Beautiful garage in waltz time signature. Maybe the only record of it’s kind! I’m from the same neck of the woods (the New Forest) as these guys…Maybe there’s something in the water…..
07. Jerzimy ‘L’anarchie Pour Le UK’
I loved the film ‘the great rock’n’roll swindle’. It’s when the great cultural architect, Malcolm Mclaren said you can do anything you like with music…Not just formulaic obvious shit, and I allways have done ever since…And how cool does Sid Vicious look in this clip… Swagger !!
08. Beyonce Ft. Frank Ocean ‘Superpower’
Hooray a modern waltz with american groove, sex and bass…
09. Kate Bush ‘Army Dreamers’
Pop music isn’t as random or fearless as it was in the 80’s…But it could and should be, it’s all about protools and photoshop. Now, there are young women trying to be like her…But the thing about her was she wasn’t and still isn’t like anybody else – so be ourself !!!
10. Emma ‘Dreamphone’
I kind of mentored this young lady into making this – for selfish reasons. I wanted more diversity in my DJ sets…She was staying at my house and I said “Emma can you make something tropicalish at 130bpm in 3/4 time”? And she made this, which is absolutely amazing and so fresh – love her 3 Step forever……
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Adamski ‘This is 3-Step’ EP (FutureWaltz Records)
Electronic music Godfather Adamski is back with a new EP: This is 3-Step. Taking inspiration from the waltz music he became enamoured with during a spell in Venezuela – Adamski serves up five tracks here that work as a not-so-gentle reminder for a generation of producers who regularly cite him as an influence – a reminder that he is still at the cutting edge of electronic music. From its very beginnings, the waltz was revolutionary. It still is. Its roots are somewhat obscure – but what is known is that the first music labelled ‘waltzen’ (meaning ‘to turn’ in old German) was a popular, spinning dance of peasants emanating from rural parts of Austria, Bavaria and Bohemia in the mid-eighteenth century. It was danced in 3/4 time with an accent on the first beat of every measure. That sound is steeped throughout the EP – 3/4 beats at odds with a 4/4 saturated world. The first track on the EP, recorded at Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound studio, features the critically acclaimed David McAlmont – known primarily for his work with Bernard Butler, David lends vocals to ‘The Last Waltz’ an Engelbert Humperdinck cover, from 1967 (the year both McAlmont and Adamski were born). The cover is dedicated to the late great Frankie Knuckles and directly references his seminal house classic ‘Your Love’. The EP tirelessly shifts between the uplifting and the soulful to the gritty/bass fuelled – not least on the hugely catchy ‘Belle of The Speedball’. Adamski on future waltz: “After 25 years in the nightspots of the world providing sci-fi beats for hedonists, and even longer as a consumer of all the best scenes from glam rock to grime, I am now spurting all my creative juice into what I call FUTUREWALTZ,” he says. “I realized just how sexy and groovy the Waltz rhythm can be after hearing its influence in the folk music of Venezuela, which is a country I visit a lot. While Googling its origins, I became fascinated and inspired by the history of the Waltz and its social and cultural significance.”
A boxset is due on the 9th Feb, featuring such eclectic figures such as Lee “Scratch” Perry, David McAlmont, Bishi, Congo Natty, Asia Argento, Rowdy SS as well as fresh artists like Shanki, Betty Adewole, Eloise X, Sirena, Harmony Boucher and more.
Adamski will forever be remembered for huge worldwide smash ‘Killer’ – and rightly so, but this EP goes a long way in proving he is still a huge creative force in the dance music world.
Adamski ‘This is 3-Step’ EP (On FutureWaltz Records) Out Now!!!!!
