1991 is my all-time favorite year for music
and if i have had a constant ambition in life, it has been to track down records from this year
the other day jimbackhouse identified "precaution" for me, so now i'm newly hopeful that other people on dissensus may be able to identify tracks --
sadly i have to do these all from memory b/c my copies of these songs are on tape, and i haven't a tape player at the moment -- so descriptions will be somewhat lacking
perhaps by describing six tracks I’ll get lucky ------
(1) house track that i believe is out of nyc -- 1990/91 -- but more rave-oriented house than deep -- i have a tape of pete tong on radio 1 from the summer of 91 where he plays it -- a woman sings and the lyric goes something like this -- "i wanna rock n roll with you, i wanna roll all over you, i wanna relax your body and soul, i wanna rock n roll with you"
(2) this is the lover's rock end of ragga techno -- has a reggae feel w/ beats going at same speed as a typical 1991 house track -- the sample is of a male reggae-soul singer -- "i know what it is, come with me tonight, i knooow ooooh" -- and then there's also a sample of someone toasting about "live and direct" -- somewhat lush production, orchestral sweeps in parts -- wouldn't be surprised if this record were on vinyl solution
(3) breakbeat piano hardcore track but w/ virtuoso production -- the sample goes "atomic" synth stab "atomic" synth tab "atomic" -- and there's something being said about a starship at the beginning of the track -- the piano vamp is roughly the same chords as lenny dee's "vamp," but with more elaboration -- suspect this is out of either nyc or belgium
(4) this track is based on a gimmick -- has an old hollywood western thing going on -- w/ pistols firing away -- and then a sample of some cartoon cowboy going "oh oh oh oh yeah" -- and then there'll be a sinister cowboy saying something like "a little was not enough for me, i needed much more than that" -- i probably have to the lyrics completely wrong -- again, the distinctive thing about this track is the cowboy western gimmick & the constant rhythmic firing of the cowboy's pistol -- and the whole track is like a western narrative -- and it's very funky proto junglistic -- probably came out winter of 91/92 -- and it got played on the london pirates
(5) rave-orientated piano house track w/ diva who sings "don't you take your love away from me . . . " ----- the track begins w/ a sample from the ny disco track "weekend," and the sample goes "i'll try to make this as brief as possible" ------ and then there's also a sample of kool moe dee going there's not a problem that i can't fix, cause i can do it, cause i can do it"
(6) another rave-orientated house track -- but also very balearic in feel -- and the woman sings "come on down to the funky beat, get on the groove, it's a funky rhythm" -- folowed by "funky rhythm/it's a funky rhythm" -- and it's got a kind of hip hop hesitation in the bassline, though for the most part it's house
AGAIN, sorry for the inadequate descriptions
AND sorry for using this space to pursue my own private agenda -- of course not *that* sorry, o/w i wouldn't be doing this
and if i have had a constant ambition in life, it has been to track down records from this year
the other day jimbackhouse identified "precaution" for me, so now i'm newly hopeful that other people on dissensus may be able to identify tracks --
sadly i have to do these all from memory b/c my copies of these songs are on tape, and i haven't a tape player at the moment -- so descriptions will be somewhat lacking
perhaps by describing six tracks I’ll get lucky ------
(1) house track that i believe is out of nyc -- 1990/91 -- but more rave-oriented house than deep -- i have a tape of pete tong on radio 1 from the summer of 91 where he plays it -- a woman sings and the lyric goes something like this -- "i wanna rock n roll with you, i wanna roll all over you, i wanna relax your body and soul, i wanna rock n roll with you"
(2) this is the lover's rock end of ragga techno -- has a reggae feel w/ beats going at same speed as a typical 1991 house track -- the sample is of a male reggae-soul singer -- "i know what it is, come with me tonight, i knooow ooooh" -- and then there's also a sample of someone toasting about "live and direct" -- somewhat lush production, orchestral sweeps in parts -- wouldn't be surprised if this record were on vinyl solution
(3) breakbeat piano hardcore track but w/ virtuoso production -- the sample goes "atomic" synth stab "atomic" synth tab "atomic" -- and there's something being said about a starship at the beginning of the track -- the piano vamp is roughly the same chords as lenny dee's "vamp," but with more elaboration -- suspect this is out of either nyc or belgium
(4) this track is based on a gimmick -- has an old hollywood western thing going on -- w/ pistols firing away -- and then a sample of some cartoon cowboy going "oh oh oh oh yeah" -- and then there'll be a sinister cowboy saying something like "a little was not enough for me, i needed much more than that" -- i probably have to the lyrics completely wrong -- again, the distinctive thing about this track is the cowboy western gimmick & the constant rhythmic firing of the cowboy's pistol -- and the whole track is like a western narrative -- and it's very funky proto junglistic -- probably came out winter of 91/92 -- and it got played on the london pirates
(5) rave-orientated piano house track w/ diva who sings "don't you take your love away from me . . . " ----- the track begins w/ a sample from the ny disco track "weekend," and the sample goes "i'll try to make this as brief as possible" ------ and then there's also a sample of kool moe dee going there's not a problem that i can't fix, cause i can do it, cause i can do it"
(6) another rave-orientated house track -- but also very balearic in feel -- and the woman sings "come on down to the funky beat, get on the groove, it's a funky rhythm" -- folowed by "funky rhythm/it's a funky rhythm" -- and it's got a kind of hip hop hesitation in the bassline, though for the most part it's house
AGAIN, sorry for the inadequate descriptions
AND sorry for using this space to pursue my own private agenda -- of course not *that* sorry, o/w i wouldn't be doing this
