Samstag, 8. Dez 2007, 17:50

Thanks to a link given to me by a fellow LastFMer, tech-house and I have rekindled our long lost friendship.

I've always loved deep house and tech-house, but I'd become resigned to the fact that all the music I liked was made around 1995 - and, like it or not, 'they' just didn't make (or play) the kind of music that I liked anymore - it was all this high energy electro noise now - designed for today's kids, just as rave and jungle were designed for my generation of kids.

And listening to old music can be a bit depressing, because, well, it can make the listener feel old too. Especially if they are the kind of listener who has been going through twice-yearly mid-life crises since they hit 30..

Anyway back to the rekindled friendhip. It all started with a random hello from Germany via Scraty, who sent me off to a website to download a recent club mix by the ever-brilliant JFC (aka The Timewriter).

Suffice to say that the mix was superb, but naturally I assumed that all the tracks were circa 1995, just like the rest of my collection.

Then, a couple of weeks later I stumbled upon another great Timewriter mix. This time my curiousity got the better of me, and after piecing together the playlist I headed back to Google with said playlist in hand, eventually finding the wicked and well-stocked trackitdown site.

Well these guys are gonna love me, because every day since then, I've been on there buying the lushest tech-house and techno i didn't know existed only days before.

Which is not going to be good for my bank balance, but it sure is going to be good for my soul (and my frail mid-life psyche).

Yesterday evening, I headed out into the night with a minidisc full of my latest acquisitions. Damn it was good to feel the synergy of great music and forward motion again :)

I walked down to Ocean Beach and watched the last few rays of daylight slip below the horizon, then headed home. I was thirsty and my feet were aching, but I was quietely satisfied that things were once again back to the way they should be.