Hello again – I thought I would give you all a selection of nice house tunes to keep your Saturday night pulsating. This is A Derogatory House – not to be confused with A Derogatory playlist. Throw the below songs into a playlist and put it on shuffle, no order needed – the more chaos the better, let it surprise you anytime of the day or night. That is the great thing about house music it seems to morph into your surroundings, deep and dark at night yet drifty and dreaming during the day.

Anyway let this post not be about words and let it be about the music, after all the music is what keeps A Derogatory’s heart beating.  So close your eyes and prey for the return of Adso the Derogatory Incubator.

A Derogatory House

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Lem – European Boy (Director’s Cut)

Dog Days – 92 (Pol On Edit)

Kraak & Smaak feat. Romanthony – Let’s Go Back (Solomun Remix)

Fink – Make It Good (Tale of Us & Tennis Remix)

Baunz – The Same Thing (Huxley Remix)

Blond:ish – Lonely Days (Hunter Game Remix)

Konrad Black, Art Department – Graveyard Tan (Version Two)

Murphy Jax – The Acid Housekeeper (Original Mix)

Zhanna, Avanti – Back To Rapture (Brioski Disco Mix)

Footprintz – Rush To The Capsule (Ewan Pearson’s New Wave Moon Rave Remix)

Hey Today! – 83 (Original Mix)

Thanks

Jimps

There have never been any rules to a Playlist just certain ideas that have been kept alive. These ideas are almost always plugged into electronic brain waves laced with melodies and topped with groove.  From indie to electro, disco, house, and techno all barriers are smashed and scattered as the synths transfix the portal to your hollow minds.

Number 20 gets deeper and darker and is a modern taste of the range of electronic music that the Derogatory ones are made of. I could explain how much my taste has progressed and grown however that thought is quickly extinguished by logic and fact as two producers below being Tiga and Punks Jump Up actually featured on my very first playlist.Another idea which I think I may keep alive is that all files below will be available in WAV just in-case you get in a situation where you need to use them.

A Derogatory Playlist PT XX

Download The Complete Playlist Zipped in 320kbs

All tracks also available in WAV

1. Benoit & Sergio – Principles (Original Mix) WAV

2. Hiem – 2AM Feat Phil Oakey (Brioski Remix) WAV

3. Keith & Supabeatz – Pressure (Etnik Remix) WAV

4. Douglas Greed – Go Down On You Feat Rosa Roug (Original Mix) WAV

5. Huxley – Let It Go (Original Mix) WAV

6. My Favorite Robot – Forest Fires (Original Mix) WAV

7. Lee Curtiss – I Can Hear You Arthur (Original Mix) WAV

8. Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love (Tigas What Iz Houze Muzik Remix) WAV

9. Scuba – The Hope (Original Mix) WAV

10. The Space And Time Machine – Pill Party In India WAV

11. Punks Jump Up – Get Down (Alex Gopher Remix) WAV

I highly Recommend….

Benoit & Sergio – Principles

This track was actually released in June last year but I have only started listening to it in the last month. It needed to be the start of the playlist as it is the perfect intro. Benoit & Sergio are two dudes delving into the deep house/tech vibe, which is dominating dance floors everyone at the moment. Their first EP was released on DFA records and hence they were just out here with Future playing that stage. Unfortunately I missed their set due to a clash with Aphex Twin but I am sure as Aphex were melting minds they were getting their grove on. They have also released tracks on the hugely hyped Vision Quest label (Troxler, Crossman, Curtiss & Reeves) and continue to create buzz into 2012. Their sound is marvelously melodic with uplifting bumps which create a vibrate ride to the end.

Hiem – 2AM feat Phil Oakey (Brioski Remix)

I only got this Brioski remix of Hiem’s 2AM last week and it is currently my favourite track. Starts with a punchy bass line that runs with a very familiar voice over the top. That voice would be Phil Oakey from The Human Lead helping create a modern 80^th synth classic. The track continues to bop along progressing into an indie disco delight. For your room or for the dance floor this will work in any setting – enjoy!

Keith & Supabeatz – Pressure (Etnik Remix)

Now this is a track which would sound absolutely delicious on a huge sound system when that bass synth extrudes its juice through the speakers. This remix gives a feeling of irony as the huge dirty sounds actually create quite a minimal track. I can not see a dance floor going nuts to it but I can see some serious nodding of heads as people agree that the sounds moving their feet are crisp as candle light.

Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love (Tigas What Iz Houze Muzik Remix)

Azari & III have been a remixes dream over the past year with their tracks getting touched up by the best and the result has been perfection. Their latest single and probably my favourite song off their album Reckless With Your Love gets the Tiga touch. The secret to any Azari remix is to use the hook of the original vocals as much as you can and Tiga does this by keeping them vibrate with a repetitive deep bass hook as the vocals continue to do all the talking. Breakdowns then take effect and the returning bass is always welcomed. So simple yet so effective – good one Tiga!

Punks Jump Up – Get Down (Alex Gopher Remix)

It is always a little scary putting on a Gopher remix for the first time, not quite sure how much damage he is about to do to your ears as you instantly turn it up to full volume. Punks Jumps Up has released a superb track in Get Down and the Cccrash Mixxx is a slice of electro pop brilliance however I could not go past Gopher’s driving madness when choosing over the two. As the sirens scream get ready for an absolutely huge drop and a progression into mayhem only the brave should take.

Till next time

Jimps

I would like to make my return with a mix I have just completed which showcases some new and some old tracks I have been listening to lately.

This is a mix which took many different directions as it evolved over time. It started as an idea to put together a selection of personal classics, so Tiga’s disco drama remix of E Talking was the seamless beginning I was hoping for. After mixing and editing the track I decided I wanted a really heavy mix to create a connection to the dance floor. This idea was swiftly extinguished as a selection of disco, deep and tech house I was listening to at the time crept in. However I stayed true to the idea and brought the noise back for the last half of the set creating differing levels and experiences.

Few interesting edits, bootlegs and samples which bring it all together. The vision was to create a wave of beats to progressively stab at your consciousness and subsequently raise your arms.

Jimps – Extensions of the Mind (SoundCloud Link)

1. Soulwax – E Talking (Tiga’s Disco Drama Remix) with a (Jimps’ “A Part of The Savage Beast Never Ends” Edit)
2. Crazy P – Eruption
3. Jane’s Addiction – I Would For You
4. Flowers & Sea Creatures – A.M (Ewan Pearson Re-Edit)
5. !!! – Steady as a Sidewalk Cracks (Tim Goldworthy Remix)
6. Ben Westbeech – Stronger
7. Mongolian Jetset – A Blast Of Loser (9406 Version) (With a Jimps extension of Pink Floyd out of your head edit)
8. Justice – Canon (Erol Alkan Rework)
9. The Glimmers – U Rock My World
10. The Presets – I Go Hard, I Go Home (Ascii Disko Remix)
11. James Zabiela – Darkness 2
12. Goose – Words (Boris Dlugosch Remix)
13. Afrojack – Pacha On Acid
14. Benoit & Sergio – Walk and Talk/Thomas Gandey – The Piano Track (Radio Slave Remix)
15. Detachments – Audio Video (Stopmakingme Remix)

I have included all the heaviest weapons below from the second half of the set – all available in WAV format to help you demolish the floorboards.

Download:

Justice – Canon (Erol Alkan Remix) – WAV

The Glimmers – U Rock My World (Original Mix) – WAV

The Presets – I Go Hard, I Go Home (Ascii Disko Remix) – WAV

James Zabiela – Darkness 2 Original Mix – WAV

Goose – Words (Boris Dlugosch Remix) – WAV

Afrojack – Pacha On Acid (Original Mix) – WAV

Benoit & Sergio – Walk and Talk (Original Mix) – WAV

Thomas Gandey – The Piano Track (Radio Slave Remix) – WAV

Detachments – Audio Video (Stopmakingme Remix) – WAV

Well – till next time ta ta.

Jimps

I would like to welcome the 19^th Derogatory Playlist – a big number for the Derogatory one and only 1 away from number 20. It is not yet time to reflect retrospectively so let’s avoid hindsight and enjoy the deepness which lies ahead.

The Playlist El Derog below is a segment of electronic tunes built for darken rooms, late nights, early mornings and most importantly a sound system which can deliver the tasty Wav files into your ear drums with pin point sharpness. Play them loud, play them with your eyes closed and let your fingers guide the rest of your body in rhythm through the clouded hoops in the sky.

A Derogatory Playlist PT XIX

Download The Complete Playlist Zipped in 320kbs

All tracks also available in WAV

1. Ron Basejam – Looter (Original Mix) WAV

2. Joe Goddard – All I Know (Original Mix) WAV

3. Hiem – Freaky Nights (Tim Paris Remix) WAV

4. Tom Trago – What You Do feat Tyree Cooper (Original Mix) WAV

5. Raze – Break 4 Love (Soul Clap Main Mix) WAV

6. Osunlade – Envision (Ame Remix) WAV

7. Virgo Four – Its A Crime (Caribou Mix) WAV

8. Brioski – Radio Anatomy (Emperor Machine Stretched Version) WAV

9. Monarchy – Maybe I’m Crazy (Diskjokke Remix) WAV

10. Zombie Nation – Tight (Etienne De Crecy Remix) WAV

I highly recommend…

Ron Basejam – Looter (Original Mix)

This is my favourite track over the last month however it is not without a trick. Both the Magician and his former partner in crime Aeroplane understood that this sounds a lot better sped up from 100bpm to 120bpm to accelerate the prodding bass as heard on both of their most recent mixes. So pitch it up or get someone to pitch it up for you and start punching that fist.

Hiem – Freaky Nights (Tim Paris Remix)

This track is definitely a soundtrack to a Freaky Night with a mysteriously doomy melody. The bass runs as you creep down a darkened hallway, you can hear movement in the distance as your fingers grip the wall. The track heats up as you peer around the corner and bounce into the light.

Virgon Four – Its A Crime (Caribou Mix)

It’s nice to hear from Caribou again. This progressive stabber turns into absolute brilliance half way through with synth madness.  Dizzy drum patterns remind you that you “gotta go underground”.

Osunlade – Envision (Ame Remix)

One of the most recent tracks I have purchased on the list and an instant thrill. Can’t help but think it could be a shout out to the Deep House Label Innervisions, which released the track with the lyrics stating that you “can’t envision it”. The bass delivers the melody as the lyrics follow….

Monarchy – Maybe I’m Crazy (Diskjokke Remix)

This Disjokke remix was the first I decided needed to go in the next Derogatory playlist back in July. The track along with the Zombie Nation remix proves I still have some balls. This Maybe I’m Crazy release by Electro Poppers Monarchy has some serious talent on the remix front however I believe that the sheer brutality of the first bass drop makes the usually reserved Disjokke’s remix stand out.

Thank you and I will see you all next time.

Jimps

Thundercat is the stage name for Californian bass player extraordinaire Stephen Bruner, whose father played with legendary funk band The Temptations and brother is a Grammy award winning drummer. Impressive loins indeed. Thundercat is only a recent incarnation for Bruner as he picked up his guitar at the tender age of 4 and has been playing in various bands since he was 16, including stints with heavyweights like Snoop Dogg and Erykah Badu! He also counts LA producer Flying Lotus as a good buddy and collaborated on his acclaimed 2010 LP Cosmogramma, which no doubt resulted in him taking on production duties for this album.

It ranges from slow jam R’n'B to jazz freak-out and then back to somewhere in the middle, but despite this, his debut album The Golden Age Of Apocalypse sounds very cohesive. This makes it really easy to listen to from start to finish without the songs feeling like they are repeating themselves. My favourite song from it is For Love (I Come Your Friend), mainly because it reminds me of Outkast‘s classic slow burner Prototype. Another highlight, Is It Love? showcases Bruner’s soulful vocals, and with flourishes of horns, piano and a bass guitar solo, wouldn’t sound out of place on a compilation next to the likes of Al Green. The last track I’ll share with you is the electro strutter Walkin’, which sounds like a classier version of something Breakbot would make.

Thundercat – For Love (I Come Your Friend)

Thundercat – It It Love?

Thundercat – Walkin’

Thundercat – The Golden Age Of Apocalypse (WUpload link – open in new tab and click slow download)

Enjoy! Back soon!

Adso

I gave myself the deadline of today to finish the mix as it has been dragging on for at least 3 months now and I am sure I could work on it for another 3 – so it might not be as perfect as I hoped but I do hope you enjoy.

I would describe it as a Deep Disco Lyrical Dive into Dance Music and really highlights my music taste over the last few months and features many of the artists I will blog about below.

Jimps – Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen (Open in New Tab – Soundcloud Link)

1. Soul Clap – Lonely C/Gold Panda – Same Dream China
2. Noze – Love Affair
3. When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
4. Who Made Who – Every Minute Alone (Tale of Us Remix)
5. The Weeknd – Glass Tables
6. Nirvana – Breed
7. Metallica – Enter Sandman/Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology (Emperor Machine Remix)
8. Ost & Kjex – Mosambique Travelplan
9. Locussolus – Tan Sedan

10.  Art Department – Without You

11.  Azari & III – Hungry for the Power (Art Department Remix)/Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – In Motion (Jimps Hungry for the Social Network Edit)

12.  DoP – No More Daddy (AME Remix)

13.  Metronomy – The Bay (Erol Alkan Rework)

14.  Noze – Marabout

15. In Flagranti – Brash & Vulgar (Jimps End Of Set Edit)

16. Charles B – Lack Of Love

Noze

I have just recently being introduced to Gypsy Deep House kings Noze from France. They already have 4 very solid albums behind them that have helped define their own genre and give life to dOP. I have got 3 of the 4 albums and the evolution of their sound is remarkable.

How To Dance is their 2^nd album from 2006 and is an awesome example of how the husky and almost ridiculous lyrical content paired with deep progressive groves can produce tracks you will instantly enjoy (although you will be thinking you shouldn’t).

Noze – Love Affair

Noze – Tulip Schnaps

My favorite of their albums is Songs on The Rocks from 2008. The progression from How To Dance is clear and the electronic production shines through with long technical intro’s which develop into swinging pop songs. The lyrical content is similar to How to Dance – strange yet fits perfectly with the beats.

Noze – You Have To Dance

Noze – Slum Girl

Their most recent album was just released a couple of months ago and is called Dring. This album is much more musical with hints of Jazz and Reggae but still a whole lot of house.

Noze – Marabout

Noze Feat. dOP – In The Back Of My Ship

Art Department

Art Department are a Canadian Duo who individually have already made marks in the dance music scene over man years but collectively are one of the hottest things to come out of the Deep House movement.

Each track is laced for slow dark dance floor groves and eyes closed imagination. The intelligent vocals on each track make them seem like they are sitting on the surface however the gloomy beats keep them cemented in the underground

Art Department – Much Too Much (Original Mix)

Art Department – Living The Life (Original Mix)

Art Department – Without You (Original Mix)

OST & Kjex

Ost & KJex are a couple of very interesting guys from Norway who make deep disco house with pop hooks and soulful melodies.  Cajun Lunch is their second album and was actually released last year. Their first album was released in 2004 so it has been long time between hits. The vocals are a definite stand out on the album with strong falsetto’s and backing from what sounds like a gospel choir.

Ost & Kjex – Cajun Lunch

Ost & Kjex – Mosambique Travelplan

Ost & Kjex – We Got Ticket To Moon

dOP

As mentioned above Noze actually showed their fellow Frenchman dOP the scene – before deep house they were 3 struggling Jazz musicians. The sound is similar to Noze but probably not as outrageous in their music however more outrageous in their stage presence. Many of the tracks on the album are quite minimal with slow dark progressions. This is interesting music for the ones with good taste.

dOP – Happy Meal

dOP – Assurance Vie

dOP – No More Daddy

dOP – No More Daddy (AME Remix)

Locussolus

Locussoius is the product of DJ Harvey – a very well respected and renowned DJ from the UK. His album is really just a collection of releases from the past few years under Locussoius including some remixes. As I had not heard any of his productions before the fact that some of them were old did not bother me – the collection of the tracks on the album are amazing.

Fusing space disco with rock and techno the outcome is some of the most grinding disco tracks I have ever heard. Each track is an innovation of its own taking the listener on a journey through the realms of electronica with big bass lines and screaming guitar solo’s. Similar to Lindstrom & Prins Thomas who remix a track on the album Locussoius has taken the disco sound to all new levels of space and time – enjoy the ride.

Locussoius – Tan Sedan

Locussoius – Gunship

Locussoius – Little Boots featuring An Emperor Machine Special Full Length Version

Thanks for reading – catch you next time for another Derogatory Playlist

Jimps

He has a new album coming out in September called Nothing Gold on his own label Tigersushi. The album has already leaked and I’ve given it a few listens over the last few days and am impressed with it so far. The first single Forever Young is an obvious highlight, which is partly due to its nostalgic lyrics, a sly bit of cowbell and a big bass lead that sounds a lot like LCD Soundsystem’s Someone Great. Another track which I keep finding myself tabbing back to my iTunes to find out the name of is In The Cave. For this track he uses the bass more traditionally – a bit further back in the mix – and it holds together the track really well even when the synths reach breaking point and explode all over the place like a swarm of robot bees would if their metal hive fell to the ground. The title track has probably the best vocal hook of all the tracks and kinda reminds of a Holy Ghost! or The Juan Maclean track that’s been slowed down 10 BPM (definitely a good thing!).

Thankfully, Joakim will be touring Australia in a couple of weeks to show us all a great party. Dates and downloads below. If you like what you hear, be sure to come along and support him live, he will not disappoint!

Joakim – Forever Young

Bonus: Joakim – Forever Young (Extended Afro Mix)

Joakim – In The Cave

Joakim – Nothing Gold

Joakim – Nothing Gold (album download – open in new tab)

Joakim 2011 Australian Tour Dates
15.09 NEW GUERNICA, MELBOURNE
16.09 BARSOMA, BRISBANE
17.09 RA X, CIVIC HOTEL, SYDNEY

One of the albums I’ve been consistently playing over the last year has been Primal Scream’s 1991 release Screamadelica. It is a timeless piece of music that is widely acclaimed as one of the best albums of the 1990s, yet I’ve found that not very many people in and around Gen Y are familiar with it.

Its originality came from merging dub, gospel and experimental sounds with big house drums and rhythms. This often resulted in a very trippy, spaced-out sound, which was probably in no small part an affect of their heavy drug intake at the time. There’s an infamous tour-story about the bandmates arguing with one another over whether to get Vietnamese, Chinese or Indian: a journalist asked them if they’d settle for a burger and the band informed him, “It’s heroin we’re discussing, not food!”

Loaded is my favourite track and probably the best place to begin to get a feel for the album. Inner Flight would make a good soundtrack to a movie scene where a junkie feels the first affects of a heroin hit and Slip Inside This House is a more conventionally styled house track that is actually a cover of highly influential American psych-rock band 13th Floor Elevators from 1967. 

I strongly recommend you get the album and listen to it from start to finish even if these tracks don’t grab you straight away.

Primal Scream – Loaded

Primal Scream – Inner Flight

Primal Scream – Slip Inside This House

13th Floor Elevators – Slip Inside This House

Primal Scream – Screamadelica (Open link in new tab – Filesonic.com link)

Cheers,

Adso

Like Jimps said in the last post, my musical taste has broadened dramatically in the time since I last shared music with you all. Not only has it broadened, but it has shifted focus away from remixes and electronic productions and more so to guitars and psychedelia. But these aren’t mutually exclusive and often my favourite music exhibits a little from column A and a little from column B.

A band who I think exemplify the convergence of these two ideas and is also my favourite new band is Unknown Mortal Orchestra. While borrowing psychedelic sounds from the heydays of the late 60s and early 70s, UMO’s sound has still got something quirky and original enough to sound somewhat modern. Add to that that Ruban Nielson, the New Zealander behind the project, made most of the debut album in his bedroom and you have a sound distinctly rooted in the past but born through modern technology. Thought Ballune is my favourite of his songs, the guitar riff in it reminds me of something Jimi Hendrix would do. The other track I’ve posted, Little Blue House, is a bit poppier and loaded with vocal hooks.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Thought Ballune

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Little Blue House

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Open in a new tab – I’m now going to post external download links where I can to the albums the tracks are on. I’ll try use Mediafire.com links whenever I can ’cause they are the easiest, but whenever it is another hosting site just look for the ‘slow’, ‘regular’ or ‘free’ download button and it should work. These links quite often get taken down so let me know if one’s down and I’ll have a look for another one for you.)

Suuns are another band who blur the line between psychedelic jamming and tight electronic arrangements. They are a relatively new band from Montreal who late last year released their debut album Zeroes QC on Secretly Canadian (also home of Yeasayer, jj and Antony and The Johnsons). Album opener Armed For Peace begins with just heavy drums and slowly builds until you’re just about to get bored with it and think a horrible dubstep wobble might burst out at you, but instead the lead guitar overpowers the drums and the track turns into more of a rock song than a ridiculous dubstep banger. PVC is a more traditionally structured track, but still has thick distorted guitar and bass

Suuns – Armed For Peace

Suuns – PVC

Suuns – Zeroes QC (Open in new tab – Mediafire link to the album)

That’s it for the moment. I’ve got lots more different stuff I want to share with you soon, so be sure to ‘Like’ our Facebook page for updates and stay in touch!

Cheers,

Adso

Adso and I are as keen as ever so let’s hope we can keep it going. Our musical taste has both shifted in all directions, which will give you a greater variety of sounds.  Quality of tracks is also going to be a focus of mine and I plan to post Wav files whenever I get a chance.

I thought I may as well start where I left off with the next instalment of A Derogatory Playlist. The tracks below range from Disco, House, Deep house, Acid, Tech House and Electro. I am starting to gain an interest in Techno so I look forward to exploring this avenue more in the future. Same concept as always in that the Playlist builds from the start – so you will find the heavier tracks at the end.

Enjoy

A Derogatory Playlist PT XVIII

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All Tracks 320 – selected tracks also available in WAV

1. Lucio Battisti – Nessun Delore

2. Houses – Soak It Up

3. Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Rework) WAV

4. Soul Clap – Lonely C. feat. Charles Levine

5. Crystal Fighters – At Home (Fusty Delight Remix) WAV

6. Sander Kleinenberg – The Journey feat Ursula Rucker (Kolombo Remix) WAV

7. David Harness Feat Roland Clark -The Deejay\’s An Alien (The Layabouts reprise) WAV

8. WhoMadeWho – Every Minute Alone (Tale Of Us Remix) WAV

9. Aeroplane – My Enemy (Rex The Dog Remix) WAV

10. Boddika – Warehouse

11. Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes (Original Mix) WAV

I highly recommend….

Soul Clap – Lonely C. feat. Charles Levine

I first heard Lonely C on Wolf & Lamb & Soulclap’s awesome DJ Kicks compilation. The two groups have really taken the dance scene by storm exploding in popularity this year through many years of hardwork put in by W&L in throwing infamous parties in New York. The track is led by a strong jumpy bass line and the whaling effected lyrics of Charles Levine which slap and stick to your mind.

Sander Kleinenberg – The Journey feat Ursula Rucker (Kolombo Remix)

Kolombo takes you on a disco Journey with a punishing bass line, funky guitar and sharp synth stabs. This is a complete track with an electronic break with incubating synth lines, bringing you up then down just before that bass line punishes you again till the end.

WhoMadeWho – Every Minute Alone (Tale Of Us Remix)

WhoMadeWho have been one of my favourite bands for a long time and their affiliation with the electronic dance music screen has spawned a string of quality remixes from all their albums. I am yet to get their new album but if the vocal track on this Tech House remix is anything to go by then there is a lot to look forward to. The vocals lead into a thumping dark techno bass line which is sure to turn the lights off in any set especially with the Wav file.

Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes (Original_Mix)

I thought I had grown out of the big room electro sound however this weapon of a track has made me appreciate the power of the mix between good quality production, huge bass and a Wav file. Play it loud and grind those molars.

Thanks

Jimps