Released around twenty one years ago - Daft Punk's junior album Human After All divided many professional critics upon release, and for understandable reasons. I'll make this very clear, right from the get go, and admit that Human After All is a very, very different record from its predecessors - both in sound and in overall tone. Homework is built for clubbing, and had tons of American influence, and Discovery (which remains my favourite record of all time!) is a perfect record from start to finish, filled with iconic filter house classics, warm, glittery pop and themes of childhood. In comparison, Human After All is cold, somewhat dystopian, repetitive and machine like - which is somewhat fitting, seeing as it was around this time the enigmatic Parisian duo decided to lean fully into their robot personas, but despite the change in sound - which to many, seemed jarring and odd - in my eyes, Human After All is still a fantastic record, just with a little less glamour. Before I ...
Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! It's been a hot minute since I did a post centered around the stuff that's been on heavy rotation in my life at this moment in time, and seeing as we're now basically in autumn (which really sucks in my opinion, I absolutely adore summer!) - I thought that I'd give you readers some sweet recommendations for your month ahead, whilst also doing some mini reviews on tracks I absolutely love. Without further ado - let's get started! Eric Prydz - Slammin' (2003) I've been listening to French / filter house properly for almost around two years now, and while I'd consider myself to be decently knowledgeable on most of the genre's eras - the early to mid 2000s scene is where I'd like to think the majority of my gaps are, especially with the Swedish scene from that time, which pumped out loads of absolute classics in what was essentially a three year golden period, perhaps the most popular purveyor being Eri...