Andy Smith
Northern Soul
BGP 2005
For today's mix, ex-Portishead DJ Andy Smith takes his usual crate-digging through the BGP catalogue, picks some of his favourites and simply laces them on two turntables. "Northern Soul is the most uplifting music ever", he stated in an interview. I'm almost convinced. Almost all 25 tunes are up-tempo-ish; they have the hooks & energy that shoul've almost made them big hits in their time. In fact, I'm almost sure I've heard them sampled by the likes of Wu-Tang and Fatboy Slim. And yes, it should almost cost a fortune to own the originals - exactly why the BGP dudes also put out an unmixed double-vinyl issue which some should almost be tempted to buy. Either way, this almost made my day.
Northern Soul, for many, is a meaningless term because it doesn't refer to any specific kind of music. For many others, it's a term that means everything. Where most soul genres are named for either the region that the music where the music was created, or for the sound of the music, Northern soul is named after where the music was played -- in dance clubs in northern Britain. During the early '70s, once the mods had run out of steam and prog rock was ruling the landscape, there were a handful of underground dance clubs that played nothing but '60s soul records, and they weren't any ordinary oldies. Instead, the DJs at these clubs were obsessive collectors, finding the most obscure American soul singles. Usually, these records sounded like Motown, Chicago soul, or New York soul, but they were records by unknown or underappreciated performers.
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Northern Soul, for many, is a meaningless term because it doesn't refer to any specific kind of music. For many others, it's a term that means everything. Where most soul genres are named for either the region that the music where the music was created, or for the sound of the music, Northern soul is named after where the music was played -- in dance clubs in northern Britain. During the early '70s, once the mods had run out of steam and prog rock was ruling the landscape, there were a handful of underground dance clubs that played nothing but '60s soul records, and they weren't any ordinary oldies. Instead, the DJs at these clubs were obsessive collectors, finding the most obscure American soul singles. Usually, these records sounded like Motown, Chicago soul, or New York soul, but they were records by unknown or underappreciated performers.
>> get it (70mb)
4 comments:
this is a counter-post! rrr.
Looks great, but the file-host may be down currently?
NEvermind, worked in the end :D
Can you repost this?
Thanks in advance!!!
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