Record Labels You Ignore...

[darrow]

So I'm wondering...Are there House records labels you usually don't bother paying attention to even though they routinely put out a consistent volume of product?

['Magic' Juan]

Underground Construction ... lots of cheesy tracks were release by them in the 90's. If anyone knows any decent tracks by them, please post.

magic_juan

[Klaus B]

Fast Eddie - Fast Tracks vol.1"
1 great track out of 6! graemlins/rofl.gif , which samples
Gherkin Jerk's "Acid Indegestion"

[Molsten]

I dont ever look at Soulfuric releases, as to me mosts of their recent releases sound the same...

[housedeep]

guidance for me
but are they even a house label anymore?!

[rob brito]

guidance jumped into the parallel dimension of sleepy cheese.

right up to the 50th-ish issue....guidance was what we all love it for under the "guidance" of one spencer "gemini" kincy i believe.....it was sold to these cats from the uk i think and morphed into something alien....to put it real nicely!! some good cuts here and there after the 50's but all in all musical nonsense from my vantage point.

the first cuts on the label were gold.....charlie brown, abacus, glenn underground, boo williams, alton miller, iz and diz, deep sensation, dino and terry, kevin yost, chris brann (ananda project), dj deep, callisto....GOOD STUFF!

labels i don't look twice at;

-naked
-look at you
-roi/toi
-fallout (sorry folks...shoot me now please but i really can't help it. god knows I TRIED!!)

ofcourse there will always be exceptions but for the most part...

[darrow]

Twisted (is this still around?)
Guidance (ok, I'll listen ocassionally but haven't picked up anything in a bit)
Soulfuric
Azuli

I'm sure there's more but since I sort of ignore them, I can't now remember them.

[K Civ]

I Ignored them ... so I don't remember which ones they are.... graemlins/conf44.gif

[Mah'chew]

I thought Guidance was bought by some French cats, I could be mistaken, but a lot of their stuff was Francocentric for a while.

I agree, anything on Guidance or Defected is usually weak-assed..

[Mah'chew]

Don't sleep on the early Azuli stuff, Rob Mello, Chris Duckenfield, Todd Edwards, etc

[Fred Naked]

Originally posted by rob brito:
guidance jumped into the parallel dimension of sleepy cheese.

right up to the 50th-ish issue....guidance was what we all love it for under the "guidance" of one spencer "gemini" kincy i believe.....it was sold to these cats from the uk i think and morphed into something alien....to put it real nicely!! some good cuts here and there after the 50's but all in all musical nonsense from my vantage point.

the first cuts on the label were gold.....charlie brown, abacus, glenn underground, boo williams, alton miller, iz and diz, deep sensation, dino and terry, kevin yost, chris brann (ananda project), dj deep, callisto....GOOD STUFF!

labels i don't look twice at;

-naked
-look at you
-roi/toi
-fallout (sorry folks...shoot me now please but i really can't help it. god knows I TRIED!!)

ofcourse there will always be exceptions but for the most part... Okay, but if you slept on the trentmoller EP on Naked Music then may god forgive you...

[Molsten]

Gotta say, I picked up the trentmoller ep & love it, also really like the mixes Quentin Harris has done on Fall out...

[The Buddy Love Show]

I dont ignore any label. They might have something good on the particular release. I try to keep an open mind and ask or listen.

[Physicalheat-The MusicMaster]

Truthfully, I don't look at a lot of MAW, Mainly because everyone else will be playing it.

[ December 11, 2003, 07:34 AM: Message edited by: physicalheat ]

[Javier Drada]

Originally posted by St Magus the Reviled:
I dont ignore any label. They might have something good on the particular release. I try to keep an open mind and ask or listen. I learned that a while back... You never know sometimes something nice comes out on a label you usually don't pick up.

[messiah]

I haven't been too happy with DEFECTED as of late. They do it every now and again but IMO not consistent.

What's up with GOSSIP records?

[The Buddy Love Show]

Originally posted by Javier Drada:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by St Magus the Reviled:
I dont ignore any label. They might have something good on the particular release. I try to keep an open mind and ask or listen. I learned that a while back... You never know sometimes something nice comes out on a label you usually don't pick up. </font>[/QUOTE]and then kick yourself cause you don't ever se it again...a hard lesson to learn

[Brut by Faberge]

Originally posted by darrow:
Twisted (is this still around?)
Guidance (ok, I'll listen ocassionally but haven't picked up anything in a bit)
Soulfuric
Azuli

I'm sure there's more but since I sort of ignore them, I can't now remember them. darrow, wasn't your all-time classic favorite "let me show you love" released on azuli? biggrinangel.gif

[illiciumverum]

i try to listen to everything regardless of label, but i dismissed the majority of large releases for quite some time, even now..

[FK]

No matter how jaded, no matter how much I thought I might have known, the one single and most humbling moment is always when I go to hear someone play, and that hot jam they are rocking is exactly that 3rd version on the B-side I didn't have time to listen to, or the thing in the store I thought was going to suck and didn't bother trying out. Dayum! It always comes to bite me back!

So in almost 30 years of doing this, the one thing I learned is that I cannot EVER pre-judge something. (some geniuses posting these blanket opinions are probably much smarter, but I am left with listening to stuff before I judge it....)

...which in a way is what is so refreshing and democratic about dance music. Everyone has a chance!
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FK

[upliftdisco365]

Originally posted by THX-1138:
"let me show you love" Pure, uncompromised Deep House.

[the crackhouse]

Originally posted by darrow:
Twisted (is this still around?)
Guidance (ok, I'll listen ocassionally but haven't picked up anything in a bit)
Soulfuric
Azuli

I'm sure there's more but since I sort of ignore them, I can't now remember them. AZULI ?
You miss things darrow, I swear !

[darrow]

Originally posted by idancetoomuch:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by darrow:
Twisted (is this still around?)
Guidance (ok, I'll listen ocassionally but haven't picked up anything in a bit)
Soulfuric
Azuli

I'm sure there's more but since I sort of ignore them, I can't now remember them. AZULI ?
You miss things darrow, I swear ! </font>[/QUOTE]yeah, that's very possible. It used to be one of my favorite labels and then I somehow lost that lovin feeling. It seems like I don't see a lot of Azuli in the local shops or even when I'm picking out stuff on sites like Dancetracks. Even now on their site, there are only 5 Azuli products listed (if I search by label name) and 3 are The Choice CD credited to three different DJs (what's that all about?).

I'll pay more attention and see if I'm sleeping on some stuff.

[darrow]

Originally posted by THX-1138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by darrow:
Twisted (is this still around?)
Guidance (ok, I'll listen ocassionally but haven't picked up anything in a bit)
Soulfuric
Azuli

I'm sure there's more but since I sort of ignore them, I can't now remember them. darrow, wasn't your all-time classic favorite "let me show you love" released on azuli? biggrinangel.gif </font>[/QUOTE]LOL. I never thought of that. See..that record scarred me for life!

And thanks THX, I now can't stop the record from playing in my head.

[ December 11, 2003, 08:39 AM: Message edited by: darrow ]

[Marko]

Seems some people are being a bit snobby to me.

How can you be fed up with Fall-Out? (Unless you really don't like R&B style house). They have only been going for just over a year and they have been pretty consistant.

Soulfuric can be a bit formula sometimes but they still release a fair few good tunes.

Azuli have changed direction over the last 2/3 years and don't put out as much good stuff as they once did singles wise. Of late I did like Ubu "Pixels" and Chiken Lips "He not in" (though both of these had come out first on smaller labels).

Personally I tend to ignore white labels and stuff with very little info on, unless someone particularly draws my attention to it.

[Bernie]

Originally posted by FK:
No matter how jaded, no matter how much I thought I might have known, the one single and most humbling moment is always when I go to hear someone play, and that hot jam they are rocking is exactly that 3rd version on the B-side I didn't have time to listen to, or the thing in the store I thought was going to suck and didn't bother trying out. Dayum! It always comes to bite me back!

So in almost 30 years of doing this, the one thing I learned is that I cannot EVER pre-judge something. (some geniuses posting these blanket opinions are probably much smarter, but I am left with listening to stuff before I judge it....)

...which in a way is what is so refreshing and democratic about dance music. Everyone has a chance!
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FK So true! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

[jpsf]

if only i had the time to listen to it all...

[King Vitamin]

i don't sleep on any label and i don't even sleep on other genres, because if the shit is good it's good. also i only record shop when i have at least 5 hours to spare - never on a lunch break, etc., i have to listen to everything new

[jpsf]

if i only went record shopping when i had 5 hours to spare i would never go record shopping at all.

i don't mind missing a record or 2. there are plenty of great tunes out there.

i'd rather spend the time in the studio.

but if you got the time...listening to everything is nice smile.gif

[DJ Rated M]

Soulfuric and Look At You put out good joints.....


what in the hell is this BS about????

[ December 11, 2003, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: DJ Rated M ]

[DLow]

I try to check out as much as I can. I don't exclude any labels (or genres for that matter) when I'm on a beat mission.

I agree; Look At You and Soulfuric put out some nice work.

[Matt U]

I usually ignore Peppermint Jam stuff, haven't felt much of their stuff since the Glenn Cummings releases.

[Tony Cano]

rubbish

[MrLiam]

AS MAGUS SAID
i listen 2 anything u never no when the surprice could come biggrinangel.gif