My Selection of Essential Albums

So, NME have just published a list of 100 albums compiled by a jury of industry types and musicians [www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade]. Some seem to thing the list is pretty accurate - but I think there are a few albums missing. Yes, this is a selection of my personal favourites from the last 9 years 10 months and 3 weeks - but I also think they are rather essential.

So, here is my list - no particular order, no number 1, just 12 albums from my collection that all deserve equal placing.

• BT - This Binary Universe
• Burial - Untrue
• Frou Frou - Details
• Grand National - Kicking The National Habit
• Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
• Quiet Village - Silent Movie
• Royksopp - Melody AM
• Sasha - Airdrawndagger
• Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Delay Sustain Release
• Thom Yorke - The Eraser
• Trentemoller - The Last Resort
• Zero 7 - Simple Things

So, that’s mine - do you have any suggestions that were [wrongfully] missed.

Martin Lucas November Chart

Loads of great deep house around at the moment - and lots of my favourite labels releasing material, Freerange, Buzzin’ Fly, Urban Torque and Compost.

1. DJ Yellow - Mindz Theme (DPlay Remix) [Freerange]
2. Sonogama - Wink Bias [Sounderground]
3. Zwicker - Dragon Fly (Soultourist Remix) [Compost]
4. Glimpse & Martin Eyerer (Jay Shepheard Remix) [Buzzin' Fly]
5. Paulo Olarte - Vivir Sonando (Garnica Remix) [Trenton]
6. Charles Webster - Together As One [Om]
7. Sebastian Davidson - Nightbird (Shur-I-Kan’s Sound of Summer Remix) [Meerkat Music]
8. M.A.D. - Brainwaves [Urban Torque]
9. Solomun - Don’t Cry [Compost]
10. Lovebirds - Operator [Om]

Martin Lucas October Chart

Put simply, 10 fantastic deep and tech house tracks found over the last months worth of record shopping, all tried and tested on the dance floor for good measure!

1. Sebastian Davidson - NightBird (Shur-I-Kan Remix)
2. Florian Kruse - Mind Games (Nils Nurnberg Remix)
3. Stel - The Burds (Kruse & Nurnberg Remix)
4. Office Gossip - Sirius A (Kruse & Nurnberg Remix)
5. Charles Webster - Together As One (Aquabassino Remix)
6. Matin - Io
7. Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Flaschenpost
8. Ribn - This Feeling
9. Paulo Olarte - Vivir Sonando (Garnica Remix)
10. MAD - Brainwaves

Yes, there is a lot of Kruse & Nurnberg in there this month, but I’ve just found them and they are very prolific - definitely worth hunting down.

Troy Carter September Chart

10 superb tracks selected by this week’s guest DJ, Troy Carter - some of which can be found in the guest mix he supplied us for the Podcast.

1. Jimpster - Just The Kind Of Girl
2. Doomwork - Lost In Memory (Aki Bergen Remix)
3. Groove Armada - Love Sweet Sound (Mark Knight & Funkagendas R.H.B Remix)
4. Onur Ozman - Erotizm (Judea Stonez Mix)
5. Will Saul - 3000AD (I:cube Dub Mix)
6. Karol XVII & MB Valence - Drooling Mouthpiece
7. Israel Perez - Mexico
8. James Talk - The Beginning (Gorge Remix)
9. One51 - Together As One (The Flute Dub)
10. Carlos Cid & Greg Bahary ft Richie Cannata - The Conversation

Martin Lucas September Chart

Some really nice deep house that I’ve been playing out, as well as a lot of tech landing in my record box from the likes of Corrugated Tunnel.

01. Jimpster - Sleeper
02. Ferdy & Edwin Mulder & Sebastian Davidson - Night Shift
03. Tiefschwarz - Music (Peet The Guitarist Bootie Mix)
04. Rene Breitbarth - Drama String
05. Gui Boratto - No Turning Back (Nomad in the Dark Remix)
06. GIOM - I Know You Were Right
07. Corrugated Tunnel - Green Keys
08. Bernard Jones - Don’t You Wish (Harold Heath Re-Rub)
09. A:Xus - Suite Disappointment (Edwin James Deep Remix)
10. Psycation - Deeper Shades of Black (Corrugated Tunnel Remix)

August Chart

Here’s my top tracks for this month, a little bit deep and a little bit techy. Really love ‘Let it Ride’ by Roy Davis Jr, it’s a quite a difference from Gabriel which was a stunning piece of vocal garage from the late 90’s, it’s a grooving deep, almost progressive house track that is built for the dance floor.

01. Roy Davis Jr. - Let It Ride [Nice and Smooth]
02. Misstress Barbara - Dance Me To The End Of Love (HOSH Remix) [Iturnem]
03. The Bionics - I Care [Paper]
04. Pezzner - Too Many of Your [Urbantorque]
05. Fish Go Deep - Final Tide (Charles Webster Remix) [Go Deep]
06. Franck Roger - I’m Waiting [FR
07. Angel Alanis - The Question EP (Ciseland Remix) [Ruttelplatten]
08. Who Made Who - Keep me In My Plane (DJ Koze Remix) [Gomma]
09. Patrick Turner - Dream Is Real [SOWAT]
10. Alexander Ross - Distance [Deeply Rooted House]

Martin Lucas / July 2009 Chart

10 Deep House tracks from the last few weeks or so, can’t speak highly enough of the top record - such a simple groove, it has to be played out loud to be fully appreciated as it has such a warm bassline. Oh, and a quick note of #10, it’s like Burial producing Deep House - Deep Dubstep anyone?

01. Jamie Anderson & Owain K - Freerider (Kirby Remix) [Elevation]
02. Matt Masters - Deep Or What (Milton Jackson Remix) [Pack Up & Dance]
03. Orbital - Halcyon (Tom Middleton Re-Model) [20]
04. Spencer & Parker - The Beginning [Buzzin Fly]
05. Manoo & Francios A - Souvenir [Buzzin Fly]
06. Joshua Heath - Son Of A Gun [Drop Music]
07. Palm Skin Productions - Done (Shur-I-Kan Mix) [Dark Energy]
08. Jamie Jones - You! [Crosstown Rebels]
09. Dolle Jolle - Balearic Incarnation [Peppermint Vacation]
10. Taho - Energy Fields (Shed’s Ride Disturbance Mix) [Delsin]

Martin Lucas / June 2009 Chart

Plenty of really good deep house around at the moment - especially from the likes of Pezzner, Shur-I-kan and Manuel Tur & DPlay. Here are the latest 10 tracks that are doing it for me in the clubs and bars;

01. Home & Garden - Domesticated (Pezzner Remix) [OM]
02. Jamc Groove - Midnight (Manuel Tur & Dplay Remix) [Muak]
03. Dennis Ferrer - Sinfonia della Notte [Strictly Rhtyhm]
04. Atjazz - Parallels (Charles Webster Remix) [Atjazz]
05. Rithma - Tell Me Why (Fred Everything Lazys Days Remix) [OM]
06. Soda Inc - Night Fever (Morgan Page Remix) [Tronic Soundz]
07. Sygaire - The Time Is Now (Shur-I-Kan Perspective) [Room With A View]
08. Margaret Grace - God Created Woman (Vocal) [Save Your Soul]
09. Karma - Father, Father (Marcus Worgull Remix) [Compost]
10. Karol XVII & MB Valance - Jazzified (Nacho Marco Remix) [Deep, Deeper, Deepest]