gay diva-dude early house vocal stuff s/d

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i'm looking for stuff w/vocals similar to mr. fingers, colonel abrams, and yes, the LCD 45.33 mix. early-mid 80s sound appreciated.

sorry vahid

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link

dl the sendspace on the minimal house bobbins thread

― rslvd (rslvd), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

ten city - "that's the way love is"

― josh (josh.), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

^^^^ pwnz "45:33"

― josh (josh.), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

also frankie knuckles' "your love" which i'm pretty sure appeared within a dfa mix in the not too distant past.

― josh (josh.), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link

^ that's one of the best songs ever made

― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link

agree. i figured i was stating the obvious with both of those choices, but what the hell.

― josh (josh.), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

cmon get up everybody
c'mon get up everybody

― deej (deej), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

"Twilight For Some" - Mark Rogers
"I Believe" - 3rd Nation
"So Into You" - Michael Watford (actually, just about anything by him)
"Do You Know What I Mean?" - Fresh Tunes #1 (samples Colonel Abrams)
"Your Mind, Your Body, Your Soul" - Leee John
"Someday" - Ce Ce Rogers

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:38 (seventeen years ago) link

any and all Robert Owens!

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 22 December 2006 22:50 (seventeen years ago) link

"You Used to Hold Me" by Ralphi Rosario

― Jay Vee (Jay Vee), Saturday, 23 December 2006 00:41 (seventeen years ago) link

now we're talking..."your love" definitely one of the best records ever made...

mr fingers-what about this love (unbelievable record....)
all ten city
romanthony-let me show you love

also it's not quite right for this thread but if you're on a chicago style at the moment I always have to recommend jungle wonz's "bird in a guilded cage", or "the jungle", both of which I love.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 23 December 2006 01:13 (seventeen years ago) link

mr fingers-what about this love (unbelievable record....)

YES! Find the entire excellent Mr. Fingers "Introduction" album (on CD for the extra tracks) -it includes "what about this love?"

― Jay Vee (Jay Vee), Saturday, 23 December 2006 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

mr fingers-what about this love (unbelievable record....)
YES! Find the entire excellent Mr. Fingers "Introduction" album (on CD for the extra tracks) -it includes "what about this love?"

-- Jay Vee (milkis...), December 23rd, 2006.

It also has "Closer", which is jaw-dropping.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 23 December 2006 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link

the billy mackenzie album that was re-released this year! esp 'feels like the richtergroove'

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Saturday, 23 December 2006 02:47 (seventeen years ago) link

7 ways to jack

― deej (deej), Saturday, 23 December 2006 02:49 (seventeen years ago) link

robert owens / fingers inc is a big old duh, especially since it's the first thing jaxon mentions in the thread-starter.

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 23 December 2006 03:44 (seventeen years ago) link

just download all these tracks

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 23 December 2006 03:56 (seventeen years ago) link

"Follow Me" by Aly-us

(that better, Vahid?)

― Jay Vee (Jay Vee), Saturday, 23 December 2006 03:58 (seventeen years ago) link

as featured on this truly excellent compilation

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 23 December 2006 04:12 (seventeen years ago) link

i was gonna suggest "promised land", but these "early house: s/d?" questions are SO MUCH more easily answered by recommending comps!!

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 23 December 2006 04:13 (seventeen years ago) link

"reach out for the love" by members of the house?

― friday on the porch (lfam), Saturday, 23 December 2006 05:09 (seventeen years ago) link

who made that into a question?

― friday on the porch (lfam), Saturday, 23 December 2006 05:09 (seventeen years ago) link

"Promised Land" is an absolute must. Also "Move Your Body." Actually in keeping with Vahid's comp recommends, this one is easy to find, (too) succinct (but good as a starting point), and the tracks are across the board essential:

http://www.discogs.com/release/167514

― matt2 (matt2), Saturday, 23 December 2006 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link

FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK FT DARYL PANDY - LOVE CANT TURN AROUND(about anal sex)

― rio natsume (rio natsume), Saturday, 23 December 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link

has Jimi Polo ever been mentioned on ILM?

― sede vacante (blueski), Saturday, 23 December 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Charles B: "Lack of Love" - 1988 acid house tune with male vocals.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 23 December 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

my bro fanon grew up in kalamazoo between chicago and detroit when all this stuff was comin up. he has an amazing collection of this stuff. ill have him make a list for you.

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 23 December 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I know I always say this but...Your Love is Jamie Principal, just credited as "Frankie Knuckles presents"...

― dan selzer (dan selzer), Saturday, 23 December 2006 23:02 (seventeen years ago) link

argh, i always do that.

here are two more, but they are more 90s/00s.

round two - "new day". or following the big v's lead, get this excellent comp.

larry heard's "on the bridge" remixes - glowing glisses

― josh (josh.), Saturday, 23 December 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

And if we're going to mention the last twop we may as well include Chelonis R Jones and Prosumer as well.

― Tim F (Tim F), Saturday, 23 December 2006 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I know I always say this but...Your Love is Jamie Principle, just mispelled as "Jamie Principal"...

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, if you are willing to move to the 90s, round one and round two are a must, beautifully produced vocal house by basic channel with andy caine. plus, round one has a mindblowing remix by trent and chez and round two has some lovely bongos. i think it was jd stirmonster who said that round two got him through a shattered smashed broken heart and these two records definitely have that power...

they will save your life

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:01 (seventeen years ago) link

i feel like a lot of the production of the early gay diva-dude vocal house is sort of flippant and it doesn't match with the vocals but of course basic channel is not flippant, those songs are amazing, perfect tracks

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah I love the seriousness of the gay diva vibes on Round One and Round Two and "Moved" (which is a total Round Two tribute) - feels like an advancement or extension from the widescreen drama of "Your Love".

Basically stuff which bridges the gap between the music listed in this thread and the music I was talking about on the Spooky Deep House thread.

Not in the same boat, but we're remiss in not having mentioned "You Don't Know Me" and "Flowerz" yet.

― Tim F (Tim F), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:12 (seventeen years ago) link

wait, what is moved? it's not googleable

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:15 (seventeen years ago) link

and you are otm with the 'your love' comparison, they have very similar vibes

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:16 (seventeen years ago) link

of course, some of the early diva-dudes were right in tune with their producers, like pandy and farley on 'love can't turn around.' is it really about buttsex? never knew all those times dancing to it. now i will dance with an even bigger smile.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:22 (seventeen years ago) link

i guess the lyrics are pretty vague. although i guess all early house is about sex of some sort.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:23 (seventeen years ago) link

now, what else can i guess?

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Sebo K ft. Prosumer - "Moved".

Check out as well Prosumer's "The Craze".

― Tim F (Tim F), Sunday, 24 December 2006 06:26 (seventeen years ago) link

You left some new techno droppings in this here early vocal house thread

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 24 December 2006 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link

uh oh, here comes the wa-a-ahmbulance!

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 24 December 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Have you even heard those tracks blunt? They're very housey. As housey as Mark Bell's "Woman Cry", say.

― Tim F (Tim F), Sunday, 24 December 2006 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Have not heard any of those. Mark Bell of LFO?

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 24 December 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link

No, Mark Bell the deep house singer/producer. You haven't heard "Woman Cry" Blunt? I would think you would love it.

― Tim F (Tim F), Sunday, 24 December 2006 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Also records as Blakkat and as part of Shaboom.

― Tim F (Tim F), Sunday, 24 December 2006 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

OK heard the others, so Prosumer = light, by-the-book retro-acidy house w/weak(ly generic) vocals & Sebo K forgot to add music to his admittedly housey rhythm track. Or it's a dub that doesn't say it's name, either way not much happens that we haven't got already from 10 diff. producers.

Ah Blakkat, not too subtle but sometimes efficient. I think I have one and it sure ain't deep house. Will search...

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 24 December 2006 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Maurizio M series >>>>>>>>>>>> 5 records I am too lazy to find >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Laid "Punch Up" >>>>>>>>>>> about 5 more > Sebo K

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 24 December 2006 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link

And while I'm using space here : Double Exposure "My Love Is Free" (Knuckles remix or Moulton orig.)

― blunt (blunt), Monday, 25 December 2006 00:02 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm not sure i've heard of this maurizio you bring up, is that some obscure gay diva-dude early house vocal stuff?? is it some cosmic italian slomo disco? is it some totally avantgarde underground experimental house stuff??

― vahid (vahid), Monday, 25 December 2006 00:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Oooh, that would be.. #3 but 10 years ago.

― blunt (blunt), Monday, 25 December 2006 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link

how does maurizio belong on this thread?

― friday on the porch (lfam), Monday, 25 December 2006 05:53 (seventeen years ago) link

"Maurizio M series >>>>>>>>>>>> 5 records I am too lazy to find >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Laid "Punch Up" >>>>>>>>>>> about 5 more > Sebo K"

Yeah it's a shame he can't be more like Frankie Feliciano or something.

― Tim F (Tim F), Monday, 25 December 2006 07:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Well at least I remind you of someone now. Maurizio? Nothing, but still more related to this thread than Sebo K/Prosumer.

― blunt (blunt), Monday, 25 December 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link

"Maurizio? Nothing, but still more related to this thread than Sebo K/Prosumer."

!!! Whatevs blunt.

― Tim F (Tim F), Monday, 25 December 2006 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Probably too recent for some, but Markus Gardeweg's "25 Years" has an awesomely camp falsetto male diva vocal, halfway between "Love Can't Turn Around" and "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real".

― Tim F (Tim F), Monday, 25 December 2006 23:39 (seventeen years ago) link

a few comps I would recommend are:

Paradisco 3000 - Chicago Boogie
http://www.discogs.com/release/268429

I cannot vouch for the cd, I only have the last three 12"s. I passed on the first because I have most of it on other records. Nice stuff with good euro pressings, something you will not necessarily get with the original pressings.

House Hallucinates
http://www.discogs.com/release/73358

This is more on the jackin Trax tip but it has a lot of nice stuff on it. I think I have the American version of this record. The track listing is identical but there is no mention of London on the cover. The pressing is a little dodgy because they are LP's and they were cut
without the bass that you would find on 12" versions of the same tunes. A good intro, but most of it is in print or relatively easy to find 2nd hand.

DJ Deep Presents City To City Part 2
http://www.discogs.com/release/700136

This comp is completely bananas. The Romananthony track is worth the price alone.

Underground Dance Music Vol. 1
http://www.discogs.com/release/699992

This is more on the NYC tip but if you are interested in older house music you will dig this in a big way.

Another thing you might want to look into is the Downtown 161 repressings that have been floating around lately.

These are some of the better comps I have come across this year.

― Burl Ervins aka Disco Nihilist (mjt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 03:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Not exactly house, but what about Visual 'The Music Got Me?'

― jacob sanders (Jacobs), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 05:22 (seventeen years ago) link

this music makes life tolerable!

― Dan I. (w1nt3rmut3), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 08:40 (seventeen years ago) link

that DJ Deep comp is amazing...and yeah "Bring U Up" is unbelievable.

There's a CD mix of that too that's really good, some of it is really weird underground stuff I'd never heard before, sounds really seedy, great comp.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 12:52 (seventeen years ago) link

That's the only prob with this comp, the purposeful inclusion of some tracks that had remained obscure for a reason (they suck). But that's French distinction for you. Then again it might veer far enough into beardo territory to find an audience there.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Jestofunk - I'm Gonna Love You

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link

And for more recent recent gay diva-dude-ism Roland Clark is your man, so to speak.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link

"that DJ Deep comp is amazing...and yeah "Bring U Up" is unbelievable."

I'd been holding off on getting this because I didn't click with DJ Deep's Respect To DJ Deep comp from about 5 years ago, but it does look great.

The entire R.Hide In Plain Sight album is underrated I think - I listened to it again recently and realised that I love pretty much every track.

"And for more recent recent gay diva-dude-ism Roland Clark is your man, so to speak."

Yes, does anyone reckon he's ever topped "Flowerz" though? For a while in the early 00s I patiently checked out every single collab-o he did, but was always slightly underwhelmed.

Aaron Carl isn't really diva-ish enough for this thread is he.

― Tim F (Tim F), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Roland Clarke has been delivering teh goods. "I Get Deep", "Speak To Me" and the most recent "Sunshine", a tearjerker with v. clever percussion.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link

...by one Ron Trent. Also, Roland Clark = Urban Soul = GDD heaven ("Happy").

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link

the purposeful inclusion of some tracks that had remained obscure for a reason (they suck)

I disagree, I thought some were good, especially for people who've heard the canonical hits on comp after comp....

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah I'm the one who disagreed with you up there. You is reiterating.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

shut up you fucking robot

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Paradisco 3000 - Chicago Boogie
http://www.discogs.com/release/268429

DJ Deep Presents City To City Part 2
http://www.discogs.com/release/700136

i just picked up both of these cds w/in the past few weeks for under 4$ each.

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

how about the nightwriters - "let the music use you"? (and the mk remix too)

i agree with blunt re prosumer.

― josh (josh.), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry there's no mk remix of the nightwriters...i was thinking of the nightcrawlers

― josh (josh.), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 23:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Aaron Carl isn't really diva-ish enough for this thread is he.

His Tears 12" on Subject Detroit is one of the better records of the year. Definitely worth hunting down a copy.

His hardlife remix is still one of my favorite Detroit records of all time.

― Burl Ervins (mjt), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 03:58 (seventeen years ago) link

i got all excitable and just bought DJ Deep Presents City To City Part 2 from http://www.bbemusic.com/ on CD for under £9. good work gentlemen.

― sede vacante (blueski), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer
Colonel Abrams - Trapped
Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle - Waiting on My Angel
J.M. Silk - Music Is The Key
Mr. Fingers - Mystery Of Love
Farley Jackmaster Funk & Jesse Saunders - Love Can't Turn Around
Farm Boy - Move
Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle - Your Love
JM Silk - Shadows of Your Love
Robert Owens - Bring Down The Walls
Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle - It's A Cold World
Sterling Void - It's Alright
Ten City - Devotion
Chip E. - Get On Up
Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle - Baby Wants To Ride
Joe Smooth - Promised Land

― PappaWheelie IV (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Don't forget Frankie Knuckles' "Only The Strong Survive", which also features Ricky Dillard.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Dajae - "U Got Me Up", esp. the underground goodies mix (it's on a certain bit torrent site that shares its name with the sound that a certain farm animal makes)

― RIYL Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Thursday, 28 December 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

This thread is makking me feel good about my collection. I have a lot of this stuff and more; Is this what it feels like to be Dan Selzer?

Also, this is bananas:
http://www.discogs.com/release/122097

― Burl Ervins (mjt), Friday, 29 December 2006 07:03 (seventeen years ago) link

you don't want to know what it feels like to be dan selzer.

― dan selzer (dan selzer), Friday, 29 December 2006 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link

funny that the male diva par excellence (David McAlmont) has never recorded a proper house track...

― henry s (henry s), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

this thread is making me think that maybe my collection is not as gay as i thought it was, because other than the jamie principle stuff, i have no fucking idea what any of you are talking about

― the table is the table (trees), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

well, maybe the basic channel /maurizio stuff too.

― the table is the table (trees), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

also plz to sendspace or ysi the round one/round two stuff?

― the table is the table (trees), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link

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