Enter the Flouro Continuum, part one: An inquiry into the delights of one of the most maligned variants of electronic music, including some key voices of the faithful.
Followed Sasha from his first residency in Bugsy’s to Shelly’s to Shaboom with the occasional Blackburn warehouse. He went through everything from house, rave, techno, prog house, trance. Have some marvellous mixtapes of his from those nights. Scorchio is my favourite track of his, made with Darren Emerson I think, I have the cd single somewhere.
outstanding playlist. interesting to think about these tracks, so many of which are faves, through a “trance” lens. my first thought about that pic was the bro-ness of it though. my recollection was being more annoyed with all the guys from chicago suburbs in my dorm at univ illinois who loved sasha, digweed, etc. and like dave mathew’s band. i just felt that something must have been wrong even when i would like a track… :)
Experiencing a double-dose of nostalgia here, Sam, reading this entry whilst listening to recently released 'Snowflakes & Dog Whistles: Best Electroacoustic Ambient & Sexpanic 1995-2017' by Terre Thaemlitz, an equally misunderstood entity from that same turn-of-the-millennium era.
It's taking me right back to those early neptune days with all those prog-house 12"s every thursday, friday...
Great indulging in your comprehensive writing on this much-maligned topic!
(ps, Dettinger's "Blond" should just be considered for every playlist anyone ever makes, lol)
Sam does it again. I started clubbing right in the peak era of trance / progressive house. Manchester’s Tribal Sessions was a regular stop for Sasha, Digweed, Tenaglia, Deep Dish and more. We’d drive over to Sheffield and hit up Gatecrasher every so often, but the music all too often felt secondary to neon glow sticks and outlandish “club wear.”
I still have a fairly well packed progressive house section in the record collection, some great memories (and incredible records) in there.
Slow Trance //\\ Slow Clubbing. We are slowly slipping into a beautiful abyss of arps.
Arpocalypse
Followed Sasha from his first residency in Bugsy’s to Shelly’s to Shaboom with the occasional Blackburn warehouse. He went through everything from house, rave, techno, prog house, trance. Have some marvellous mixtapes of his from those nights. Scorchio is my favourite track of his, made with Darren Emerson I think, I have the cd single somewhere.
Amazing, would love to hear the mixes.
This was one of the highlights of a Sasha night in Shelly’s - https://youtu.be/Nmn0kVfpUew?si=05vhWsy-xAv3yFwS
so sick thank you!
outstanding playlist. interesting to think about these tracks, so many of which are faves, through a “trance” lens. my first thought about that pic was the bro-ness of it though. my recollection was being more annoyed with all the guys from chicago suburbs in my dorm at univ illinois who loved sasha, digweed, etc. and like dave mathew’s band. i just felt that something must have been wrong even when i would like a track… :)
Experiencing a double-dose of nostalgia here, Sam, reading this entry whilst listening to recently released 'Snowflakes & Dog Whistles: Best Electroacoustic Ambient & Sexpanic 1995-2017' by Terre Thaemlitz, an equally misunderstood entity from that same turn-of-the-millennium era.
It's taking me right back to those early neptune days with all those prog-house 12"s every thursday, friday...
Great indulging in your comprehensive writing on this much-maligned topic!
(ps, Dettinger's "Blond" should just be considered for every playlist anyone ever makes, lol)
Haha, very different sample sets. Thanks for the forever influence Brett.
Sam does it again. I started clubbing right in the peak era of trance / progressive house. Manchester’s Tribal Sessions was a regular stop for Sasha, Digweed, Tenaglia, Deep Dish and more. We’d drive over to Sheffield and hit up Gatecrasher every so often, but the music all too often felt secondary to neon glow sticks and outlandish “club wear.”
I still have a fairly well packed progressive house section in the record collection, some great memories (and incredible records) in there.
Magical stuff sir.