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| Slam’s ‘Positive Education’ and dance music 1993 - 1994 Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:15 AM PDT Slam smashed their way into the international club scene in 1993 with the stabbing notes of 'Positive Education', that minced Chicago house, Detroit techno, and European grooves into a veritable musical haggis. Driven by a frenzied choir of acidic synthesizers, bubbling basslines, and rolling snare drums, the track injected adrenaline into the veins of Chicago and Detroit and inspired a generation of house and techno producers. Scottish pair Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle created the timeless masterpiece in their studio in Glasgow and it changed their lives, and possibly dance music, forever. |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2009 10:05 AM PDT Israeli Guy Gerber brought dancefloors to a standstill in 2004 with 'Stoppage Time', a shimmering peaktime progressive cut full of majestic wonder. Many stopped and admired its prowess that year, and all the eyes of the dance music world focused in on the Tel Aviv-based producer. John Digweed released 'Stoppage Time' on his Bedrock Records imprint, and immediately Guy Gerber was cast as the golden boy of progressive house, but his roots and ambition stretched much further. In 2008 at Miami's Winter Music Conference, Gerber revealed a new, more house-based direction by releasing 'Disorientation' on his own label Supplement Facts. The futuristic Ennio Morricone sounding track led by a saxaphone had remixes by Johnny D and Reboot, and aligned Gerber much closer with the nu skool, rolling German house sound. It was far from the melodic house and trance that his country is known for. Since then, Gerber's label has been going from strength to strength, with a family of underrated up and coming artists that includes Dop, David K, Fabio Giannelli, Boris Werner and Reshuffle. His techno and house soundclash has been tearing up festivals and clubs the world over - he destroyed the Beatport stage at Detroit's Movement festival last weekend. His set was so great that we had to steal his big weapons. Here are Guy Gerber's big three from Detroit. |
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