Fav House Songs? - Page 2

~god~ · #26 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

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Originally Posted by ebbomega

Old school disco loops, heavy on the filters. How is Call On Me so different from Groove In You (aside from the fact that, well, Groove In You is about 8 billion times better)?

yea but there are many tracks like that. This style was really popular during 2003- early this year.
a better example would be Patrick Alavi - 1992 (JJ flores and Steve Smooth Remix). check it out if you havne't heard it. Same build ups.. same everything pretty much.

This however is not really Armstrong's style... granted that he made groove in you with Angello, and has a couple other remixes that would go under the same catagory (like "I feel good"'s remix)... But I'd still like to think of Armstrong as a heavy Funky House producer with very twisted basslines.
Check out:
Make your move
Makin Me Hot
His remix of "Thinking"
uniqua
remix of "latino disco"

the list goes on...

ebbomega · #27 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

As of late it seems his style has been loopy disco. You hear his Out Of Touch cover he put out last year? The one Junior Jack promptly did a blatant rip-off that was more commercially feasable (and as such did better)?

Apparently his next one (due out this summer) is another one of these loopy filter disco tracks (from what I hear). I could be wrong though.

Goodfellow · #28 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuy !!!!

~god~ · #29 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

yeah i have that record. I like the dodgy boys remix.
Why is Junior Jack always up this guy's ass?

ebbomega · #30 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

Because he's got talent and Junior Jack doesn't?

Just a guess. I did like My Feeling though....

~god~ · #31 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

i think Vito's a great producer.
I really hate his habbit of ripping shit, but i like the tracks he's produced over the years.
One thing about him is that he keeps making mainstream tunes that tend to play out very quickly.

CharlieTuna · #32 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

^^Ya I agree Vito is a dope producer, just seems he always "borrows" samples and such off other people. But really in the end everything has been borrowed a million times anyways right.

Custard · #33 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

awesome thread, people talking about house!!

Goodfellow · #34 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

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Originally Posted by Custard

awesome thread, people talking about house!!

yeah it's amazin man !

i've always been on the sidelines of house.. ok so i've heard lots of shit at raves, i just never got into it .. cuz i've always been into hiphop.

but now that i realize it's REAL instruments, and not shitty synth stuff like trance, i REALLY dig it.

ebbomega · #35 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

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Originally Posted by CharlieTuna

^^Ya I agree Vito is a dope producer, just seems he always "borrows" samples and such off other people. But really in the end everything has been borrowed a million times anyways right.

Like Daft Punk at all?

Most of their loops are borrowed. Robot Rock is, Harder Better Faster Stronger is, I think One More Time is too...

ebbomega · #36 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

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Originally Posted by GoodFlow

but now that i realize it's REAL instruments, and not shitty synth stuff like trance, i REALLY dig it.

Huh?

House uses synths, buddy. They just sound more organic usually.

Either that or they're old disco/funk/soul samples.

Goodfellow · #37 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

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Originally Posted by ebbomega

Huh?

House uses synths, buddy. They just sound more organic usually.

Either that or they're old disco/funk/soul samples.

i didn't mean they are all real.......

i mean, using real piano and drums etc , coupled with samples and synth's .. as long as it has a real feel its allll gravy !

ebbomega · #38 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

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Originally Posted by GoodFlow

i didn't mean they are all real.......

i mean, using real piano and drums etc , coupled with samples and synth's .. as long as it has a real feel its allll gravy !

Just giving you a heads up man. More often than not you're listening to synths and nothing else.

I've heard guitars and pianos in trance and techno too.

miss.myra · #39 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

shapeshifters- lolas theme

freemasons- love on my mind

basement jaxx- get me off...or crazy girl.

cheeseburger · #40 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

soulsearcher - feeling love (ian carey edit)
poker pets - lovin you (a year old, but finally on mass commercial release)
bobby blanco - black sugar (nice lil tim deluxe rip off.. none the less sick)
dons - pump up the jam (half a year old but still rocking.. remix of the classic pump up the jam, crowd fav)
bob sinclair and a million others - summer moon (super huge this summer on the white isl, doesn't really turn my crank but i'm sure you can find a remix to please)
axel f house edit (beverly hills theme song on the mass edit, waiting for someone to make some comments on this one.. BEEF)
deep dish - say hello (8 months old, with some fresh remixes)

heaps of ingrosso and angello white promos that i'm not gonna mention =p

so many good tunes coming out of everywhere!!

~god~ · #41 (**permalink**) Jun 22, 05

House is also pretty much all about synths. like ebbomega said they may only sound more organic.

What really seperates House from the other forms of the genre, is the feel. Be it funk, hard, gospel, bluesy, jazzy, ...and thats the beauty. The broad range is what makes house what it is.
Now to create "the feel", artists are really picky about the synths they use. Be it overdrive guitars, Slap bass, percussion, realtime sampled drums, or whatever. I doubt many artists would go out of their way to actually sample actual instruments (sometimes they do.. but there are usually good reasons behind it). You can make your synths sound like actual instruments to a point that noone can tell. There are tricks on how to do this. be it layering your sounds, shuffling (having different velocities for different layers), reverbs.. bla bla

BUT IT IS ONLY IN HOUSE THAT IT MATTERS!!
poooooka!

ebbomega · #42 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

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Originally Posted by Kenny Grant

axel f house edit (beverly hills theme song on the mass edit, waiting for someone to make some comments on this one.. BEEF)

Just about every rave I've been to since 1998 has fucking played Axel F, usually some shoddy genre-stereotype remix.

I hate it.

I love the original. Nobody ever plays that though.

ebbomega · #43 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

"Not everyone understands House music. It's a spiritual thing. A body thing. A soul thing."
- Eddie Amador - House Music (also one to check out)

~god~ · #44 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

I always play: Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie (original) in my sets!

Goodfellow · #45 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

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Originally Posted by ~god~

House is also pretty much all about synths. like ebbomega said they may only sound more organic.

What really seperates House from the other forms of the genre, is the feel. Be it funk, hard, gospel, bluesy, jazzy, ...and thats the beauty. The broad range is what makes house what it is.
Now to create "the feel", artists are really picky about the synths they use. Be it overdrive guitars, Slap bass, percussion, realtime sampled drums, or whatever. I doubt many artists would go out of their way to actually sample actual instruments (sometimes they do.. but there are usually good reasons behind it). You can make your synths sound like actual instruments to a point that noone can tell. There are tricks on how to do this. be it layering your sounds, shuffling (having different velocities for different layers), reverbs.. bla bla

BUT IT IS ONLY IN HOUSE THAT IT MATTERS!!
poooooka!

I somewhat stand corrected then...... however... i can still hear the real piano, real guitar, etc, that's what i wanna hear. REAL basslines.. with bass guitars! i don't care if they used pro tools "real drumset" to create the beat, cuz hey i do that too, it sounds decent. as long as they use some real samples, and put some soul into it, that's what im lookin for.

~god~ · #46 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

well if you seek soul, son, you've come to the right place ;)

Goodfellow · #47 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

and yes, there are some trance producers who put soul into their music too..... i like A.V.B because some of his mixes, *not sure about all?* are him rippin a bassline with a guitar, adding in a drum beat on the comp, then throwing over synth sounds and piano here and there......

its just the music that is done 100% on a computer i don't like...... when you can really tell.

Goodfellow · #48 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

which is also why i strive to work with real breaks producers and DJs, singers, and stuff.. when it comes to writin hiphop :)

ebbomega · #49 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

Like I said... It's an "organic" feel (as opposed to techno's "synthetic" feel).

They both have their place. But that being said, check out some Electroclash... A lot of the more synthetic breaks basslines and synths with a funky house beat. Here's some examples:

Soulwax - NY Excuse
Alter Ego - Rocker
anything by Rex The Dog
Mylo - Drop The Pressure
Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene

All kinds of happy goodness in those ones there. If you like I know of tons more.

ebbomega · #50 (**permalink**) Jun 23, 05

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Originally Posted by GoodFlow

and yes, there are some trance producers who put soul into their music too..... i like A.V.B because some of his mixes, *not sure about all?* are him rippin a bassline with a guitar, adding in a drum beat on the comp, then throwing over synth sounds and piano here and there......

I've heard a couple of AvB tracks I'd consider house, frankly.