Kind of summing things up with,
Nav Katze - Crazy Dream, Reload (Retro 313 Future Memory Mix)
It's not only my favorite Mark & Tom rekkid, but also the greatest techno rekkid ever to share 'on par' with Positive Education.
Beat it ?
Try.......
I dare you !
All time favorite track by these two
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Oldies
I was just sorting out some old stuff and came across Chaos and Julia Set: First Generation so I played it and it nearly took my head off! That is some serious shit!!
By the way if you're a fan of Global Communication, Reload, early Aphex Twin and that sort of thing, you have to get:
Aphex Twin: On (Reload mix)
The first Reload tune I bought and here I am 12 years later.. still probably my favourite
By the way if you're a fan of Global Communication, Reload, early Aphex Twin and that sort of thing, you have to get:
Aphex Twin: On (Reload mix)
The first Reload tune I bought and here I am 12 years later.. still probably my favourite
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The whole of Blood Music, is just one of those very rare LP's that just change things a little bit for those who care.....
Gamma Phase is (I think) DA'BOMB, but so is Beta, and Alpha, and Delta, and Epsilon.
The 'On' mix they did for Aphex is also pretty spectacular, but (for me), it has a master, and that would be 'The Biosphere' (Global Communications Remix); musically, it just doesn't get any better than this for me.
Ahh, the memories !
PS. Where did the sample from The Biosphere come from; the one that goes (I think) "awearness, enlighenment; to which something else is lost" ? Always been really curious about that !
PPS. This is a bit daft, but who's is the stilettos on Gamma also ?
Gamma Phase is (I think) DA'BOMB, but so is Beta, and Alpha, and Delta, and Epsilon.
The 'On' mix they did for Aphex is also pretty spectacular, but (for me), it has a master, and that would be 'The Biosphere' (Global Communications Remix); musically, it just doesn't get any better than this for me.
Ahh, the memories !
PS. Where did the sample from The Biosphere come from; the one that goes (I think) "awearness, enlighenment; to which something else is lost" ? Always been really curious about that !
PPS. This is a bit daft, but who's is the stilettos on Gamma also ?
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This is a difficult one isnt it?
I mean, the quality is so high throughout that to pick a favourite track is almost impossible and blasphemy to boot!
The very first track by either Tom or Mark that I heard was Beta Phase that me mate Splian put on a tape (along with some other great tunes by the likes of Speedy J, Black Dog, etc.)
I was absolutely amazed by it (and still am.)
He told me that when he was at college in Croydon a year previously the record shop he used to go to still had a copy of Chapterhouse Blood Music (with the GC CD) and I should go and get it. (Although he didnt know if it was still there - after all it was a year previous!)
Anyway I didnt go and basically forgot about it for about another year.
By this time I had got a lot more into GC, Reload, etc. and asked him on the off chance if he new if the album was still there. He got in touch with a Croydon mate who had a look and by golly it was!
So he got it for me (I owe him) and here we are...
So, my desert island tracks are:-
Beta Phase
Human Blancmange
In Mind
Strikehard
Jazz Carnival
Chicago Chicago
Le Soliel Et Le Mer
Gorecki
Isolation 1
Take Me With You
7:39
Lullaby
But that really is a struggle - Everything else is VERY close behind...
I mean, the quality is so high throughout that to pick a favourite track is almost impossible and blasphemy to boot!
The very first track by either Tom or Mark that I heard was Beta Phase that me mate Splian put on a tape (along with some other great tunes by the likes of Speedy J, Black Dog, etc.)
I was absolutely amazed by it (and still am.)
He told me that when he was at college in Croydon a year previously the record shop he used to go to still had a copy of Chapterhouse Blood Music (with the GC CD) and I should go and get it. (Although he didnt know if it was still there - after all it was a year previous!)
Anyway I didnt go and basically forgot about it for about another year.
By this time I had got a lot more into GC, Reload, etc. and asked him on the off chance if he new if the album was still there. He got in touch with a Croydon mate who had a look and by golly it was!
So he got it for me (I owe him) and here we are...
So, my desert island tracks are:-
Beta Phase
Human Blancmange
In Mind
Strikehard
Jazz Carnival
Chicago Chicago
Le Soliel Et Le Mer
Gorecki
Isolation 1
Take Me With You
7:39
Lullaby
But that really is a struggle - Everything else is VERY close behind...
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My favorite GC tracks.
This is a tough-y. I have followed these lads since the beginning. I at the time listened to everything from Industrial, Indie Rock (the original Britt stuff), ambient, house, breakbeat era, what have you.... I heard Tom's first stuff with Richard James when they did Aphex Twin projects and Mark's Roobarb and Custard tracks made their way into my early sets. After looking back the most influencial artists in the beggining were:
The Future Sound of London
The Orb
Global Communication
The Hardkiss Bros. (A bit later)
and all on James Lavelle's Mo Wax label
I have to say after all this time the only guys whom kept it real were Mark and Tom. They never disapointed me. They tried just about every type of electronic style with mad success. I couldn't settle on one track by them. My chase changes from day to day. I am always trying to work a GC track into my sets. At any given time I always have at least one of their tracks in my box. I would have to list these as my current fav's from these guys.
Jedi Knights - Air drums from outer bongolia
(I love tribal breaks)
Global Communication - the way (secret ingredients mix)
(I still play this one all the time)
Secret Ingredients - Taking over me
(great subtle acid line)
Chameleon - Just close your eyes and listen
(one of the most beautiful DnB tracks ever!)
Global Communication - Maiden Voyage (Original 8'07>5'23 version)
(I love that flute they always use)
Cosmos - Summer in space (Mark's Harmonic 33 mix)
(Not as good as their older tracks but it still finds it's way into my sets)
NY Connection - Bless the Funk
(I know it's just Mark but I Love that beat)
Global Communication - the groove (extended skit)
(It's on my voicemail currently)
Boy - In da Jungle (Modwheel Safari mix)
(Great mix from Tom, Love the chants and the brids in the Jungle)
Palm Skins Productions - The Beast (Global Communications mix)
Just a few that I have dug out of my collection lately.
peace-out
The Future Sound of London
The Orb
Global Communication
The Hardkiss Bros. (A bit later)
and all on James Lavelle's Mo Wax label
I have to say after all this time the only guys whom kept it real were Mark and Tom. They never disapointed me. They tried just about every type of electronic style with mad success. I couldn't settle on one track by them. My chase changes from day to day. I am always trying to work a GC track into my sets. At any given time I always have at least one of their tracks in my box. I would have to list these as my current fav's from these guys.
Jedi Knights - Air drums from outer bongolia
(I love tribal breaks)
Global Communication - the way (secret ingredients mix)
(I still play this one all the time)
Secret Ingredients - Taking over me
(great subtle acid line)
Chameleon - Just close your eyes and listen
(one of the most beautiful DnB tracks ever!)
Global Communication - Maiden Voyage (Original 8'07>5'23 version)
(I love that flute they always use)
Cosmos - Summer in space (Mark's Harmonic 33 mix)
(Not as good as their older tracks but it still finds it's way into my sets)
NY Connection - Bless the Funk
(I know it's just Mark but I Love that beat)
Global Communication - the groove (extended skit)
(It's on my voicemail currently)
Boy - In da Jungle (Modwheel Safari mix)
(Great mix from Tom, Love the chants and the brids in the Jungle)
Palm Skins Productions - The Beast (Global Communications mix)
Just a few that I have dug out of my collection lately.
peace-out
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.......and may the funk be with you too 
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Wikked !
I've been listening to a lot of 'Remotion' over the last few days, and I can honestly say that 'Amor Real' is just absolutely breathtaking. For some strange reason, I always head back to that album; I think, because it reminds me of my mum (she always loved Natural High).
But Amor Real is just one of those tracks, that can't be done any better. I know most of their stuff falls into that category, but that one track, over the last few days, has just been doing it for me, in all of those right places.
Again, and again, and again !
Thanks guys.
P.S. Sorry about the mix-up, Mr. Kenobi, with regards 'the way'. I should listen to those Swede's a little more often.
!Wikked !
I've been listening to a lot of 'Remotion' over the last few days, and I can honestly say that 'Amor Real' is just absolutely breathtaking. For some strange reason, I always head back to that album; I think, because it reminds me of my mum (she always loved Natural High).
But Amor Real is just one of those tracks, that can't be done any better. I know most of their stuff falls into that category, but that one track, over the last few days, has just been doing it for me, in all of those right places.
Again, and again, and again !
Thanks guys.
P.S. Sorry about the mix-up, Mr. Kenobi, with regards 'the way'. I should listen to those Swede's a little more often.
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No prob Mista Guest. I will find that track someday soon. It's really just a backup copy. Never hurts to have two. Know what I mean?
I agree Amor Real is a great track. Don't get me wrong. All of Mark and Tom's ambient/experimental techno tracks are top notch. A few years back I relistened to all of it. Reload is off tha hook. I have just been playing more house and downtempo in the late.
I guess all of us should have a list of what we listen to and what we play in a DJ set. It would be quit different I think.
Cheers,
I agree Amor Real is a great track. Don't get me wrong. All of Mark and Tom's ambient/experimental techno tracks are top notch. A few years back I relistened to all of it. Reload is off tha hook. I have just been playing more house and downtempo in the late.
I guess all of us should have a list of what we listen to and what we play in a DJ set. It would be quit different I think.
Cheers,
"May tha funk be with you . . . always!
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Another....
I forgot another favorite house jam.
Fluke - Absurd (Global Communications mix)
Nice one!
Fluke - Absurd (Global Communications mix)
Nice one!
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damn....i mean there is SOOOOO much good stuff...that this question becomes impossible to answer really hahhah 
so insteed of doing that...im gonna list a few maybe less known tracks and remixes that i LOVE, if there are any less known that is hahaahah
Ennio Morricone - Come Maddalena (Cosmos Mix)
now this is some serious shit right here....tom did an AMAZING job on this mix
only wish that i was available on maxi....cos its the only remix on this 3xLP that i like
A Man Called Adam - The Calling Music So Clear (Dub Mix)
a real golden nugget i found on mp3 back in 1999, but i had a HARD time tracking down the vinyl...didnt find it until late 2003
this little bugger just builds so nice and slowly....a very, very simple bassline...but it works wonders
Amba - Moonbathing
Holy mother of crap......what can you say about this one....shivers down my spine EVERYTIME man.....brings tears of joy to my eyes this one
Amba - St. Ives Bay
live stings and bass...whoooosh, thats what im talkin'bout
Azymuth - Pieces Of Ipanema (Mark Pritchard Remix)
this mix just screams Mark....solid beats, dreamy strings and keys
love the break at around 5min in...from there on its SOOO dreamy and trippy
Bomb The Bass - Absorber (Jedi Knights Mix Pt.1)
sweet electro gods...please dont hurt me
SAD as hell that i dont have this on vinyl
the jedis show the world how electro is DONE
Cosmos feat Even Johansen - Working Class Heroine
the beat on this one is so damn nice...all clicky and scratchy
Evans dreamy vocals is the sherry on top...really makes the track
Go out and buy his Magnet albums btw...thy are REALLY good
not that this is on any of them though....not even released as far as i know
3:20...the time of a normal popsong that hahah
Espiritu - Man don't Cry (Modwheel Mix)
middletonness is the word here...a housey builder that gets soft before the break and then changes completly
and what follows is what makes this track SOOOO good
and that magic middleton bassline is here again...damn i say
Hefner vs Cosmos - Dive Into You (Cosmos Vocal Mix)
holy crap!!!!
you just know this is gonna be good the moment the needle hits the record
love what he did to the vocals on this....so fukin genius it hurts
the keys, the beats...the BASS....come on man...your killing me here
and the "wah wah" keys then...shit oh crap damn feck
and the break
Incognito - It Ain't Easy (Cosmos Remix)
LOVE the beats on this...thy just rrrrrrooooooll, and the bass sits so nice over them
a classic....but i HATE the i dont own it on vinyl booohoooo
Mandalay - Not Seventeen (Cosmos Mix)
did this track feck with me or what the first time i heard it..whoooosh
didnt know it was by tom....but i got a weird feeling it was heheh
the bass is so feck amazing
the track is like a dream and Nicola's voice just adds so much dreamyness its silly
to bad Mandalay splitt....cos thy was really good
Unfinished Remix of a Harmonic 33 track feat MCM
DAMN mark...git this fresh joint out NOW!!!!!!
you hear me??????
NOW!!!!!!
"Stanley Clarke - Concerto For Jazz - Part 1" used to perfection
wicked flow from MCM...me wants to hear more from him
Wishmountain - The Cough Co-producer - Global Communication
sublime....thats all i have to say
Schiller - Ruhe (Cosmos Mix)
the bass, the beats....the chants
what a magic combination
The Beloved - The Sun Rising (Mark's Deep House Mix)
damn......each time i hear this...i can really see the sun rising....its a weird feeling
The Jedi's - Disco Magic (Secret Ingredients Mix)
D I S C O!!!!
this is SOOOOOOOOO good.....just hits ya in the face and shakes your ass
i sure is Magic
The Orb - Once More (Mark Pritchard Mix)
sheeiit....rolling beats, dreamy keys, bubbly bass...ambient atmosphere all over yet very driving
The Slide Mix have even more rolling beats and bubbly bass
dont really know which i like the most
Cosmos - Beginning of the Middle
the man goes all pop.....and it sounds DAMN good aswell
have a coldplay feel about it...me likes ALOT this one
Amba - Yearning
live strings and bass again....
cant feck wait for the Amba album
ohhhhh snap...the list got longer then planned
and these are just a few golden nuggets
so insteed of doing that...im gonna list a few maybe less known tracks and remixes that i LOVE
, if there are any less known that is hahaahahEnnio Morricone - Come Maddalena (Cosmos Mix)
now this is some serious shit right here....tom did an AMAZING job on this mix
only wish that i was available on maxi....cos its the only remix on this 3xLP that i like
A Man Called Adam - The Calling Music So Clear (Dub Mix)
a real golden nugget i found on mp3 back in 1999, but i had a HARD time tracking down the vinyl...didnt find it until late 2003
this little bugger just builds so nice and slowly....a very, very simple bassline...but it works wonders
Amba - Moonbathing
Holy mother of crap......what can you say about this one....shivers down my spine EVERYTIME man.....brings tears of joy to my eyes this one
Amba - St. Ives Bay
live stings and bass...whoooosh, thats what im talkin'bout
Azymuth - Pieces Of Ipanema (Mark Pritchard Remix)
this mix just screams Mark....solid beats, dreamy strings and keys
love the break at around 5min in...from there on its SOOO dreamy and trippy
Bomb The Bass - Absorber (Jedi Knights Mix Pt.1)
sweet electro gods...please dont hurt me
SAD as hell that i dont have this on vinyl
the jedis show the world how electro is DONE
Cosmos feat Even Johansen - Working Class Heroine
the beat on this one is so damn nice...all clicky and scratchy
Evans dreamy vocals is the sherry on top...really makes the track
Go out and buy his Magnet albums btw...thy are REALLY good
not that this is on any of them though....not even released as far as i know
3:20...the time of a normal popsong that hahah
Espiritu - Man don't Cry (Modwheel Mix)
middletonness is the word here...a housey builder that gets soft before the break and then changes completly
and what follows is what makes this track SOOOO good
and that magic middleton bassline is here again...damn i say
Hefner vs Cosmos - Dive Into You (Cosmos Vocal Mix)
holy crap!!!!
you just know this is gonna be good the moment the needle hits the record
love what he did to the vocals on this....so fukin genius it hurts
the keys, the beats...the BASS....come on man...your killing me here
and the "wah wah" keys then...shit oh crap damn feck
and the break
Incognito - It Ain't Easy (Cosmos Remix)
LOVE the beats on this...thy just rrrrrrooooooll, and the bass sits so nice over them
a classic....but i HATE the i dont own it on vinyl booohoooo
Mandalay - Not Seventeen (Cosmos Mix)
did this track feck with me or what the first time i heard it..whoooosh
didnt know it was by tom....but i got a weird feeling it was heheh
the bass is so feck amazing
the track is like a dream and Nicola's voice just adds so much dreamyness its silly
to bad Mandalay splitt....cos thy was really good
Unfinished Remix of a Harmonic 33 track feat MCM
DAMN mark...git this fresh joint out NOW!!!!!!
you hear me??????
NOW!!!!!!
"Stanley Clarke - Concerto For Jazz - Part 1" used to perfection
wicked flow from MCM...me wants to hear more from him
Wishmountain - The Cough Co-producer - Global Communication
sublime....thats all i have to say
Schiller - Ruhe (Cosmos Mix)
the bass, the beats....the chants
what a magic combination
The Beloved - The Sun Rising (Mark's Deep House Mix)
damn......each time i hear this...i can really see the sun rising....its a weird feeling
The Jedi's - Disco Magic (Secret Ingredients Mix)
D I S C O!!!!
this is SOOOOOOOOO good.....just hits ya in the face and shakes your ass
i sure is Magic
The Orb - Once More (Mark Pritchard Mix)
sheeiit....rolling beats, dreamy keys, bubbly bass...ambient atmosphere all over yet very driving
The Slide Mix have even more rolling beats and bubbly bass
dont really know which i like the most
Cosmos - Beginning of the Middle
the man goes all pop.....and it sounds DAMN good aswell
have a coldplay feel about it...me likes ALOT this one
Amba - Yearning
live strings and bass again....
cant feck wait for the Amba album
ohhhhh snap...the list got longer then planned
and these are just a few golden nuggets
peace & respect
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Hey Chuck.
I have yet to hear the Bomb The Bass - Absorber (Jedi Knights Mix Pt.1).
I am sure I would like it. I will have to look for that one on mp3.
The A Man Called Adam - The Calling Music So Clear (Dub Mix) is
a great mix from Tom. Another one of my fav's. Your right there are to many to have a favorite one. Just to let you know this track was released as A Man Called Adam - Duende Dubs #2 on Other #130 1999.
I see it from time to time. I believe it was repressed a few years back as well. Good luck.
Cheers,
I have yet to hear the Bomb The Bass - Absorber (Jedi Knights Mix Pt.1).
I am sure I would like it. I will have to look for that one on mp3.
The A Man Called Adam - The Calling Music So Clear (Dub Mix) is
a great mix from Tom. Another one of my fav's. Your right there are to many to have a favorite one. Just to let you know this track was released as A Man Called Adam - Duende Dubs #2 on Other #130 1999.
I see it from time to time. I believe it was repressed a few years back as well. Good luck.
Cheers,
"May tha funk be with you . . . always!
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The track is up for sale on Ebay currently. FYI.
http://cgi.ebay.com/DJ-Vinyl-A-Man-Call ... dZViewItem
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