.DEEP HOUSE GARAGE LOFT & DISCO PLAYED HERE!! CLASSICS.... 1- There the Keepers of The Deep the dark & edgy it may just make you're ears explode or they may fill up with puss. You may know or have heard of them if you happen to be A connoisseur or not even give a S@#T! But for you that know, This production team known as "Mood II Swing" and a plethora of many other aliases. Their sound is often imitated, but never duplicated. they have been responsible for dozens of some of the hottest tracks around so for those who can't get high anymore, (you know what I mean) here is your alternative! This was a massive record when it was released & highly sought after This piece of plastic is Titled: MOOD II SWING PRODUCTIONS-Wall of Sound I Need Your Love Right Now! & 4 if not all tracks are not to complicated to understand . I'd describe it as almost apocalyptic its like seeing the sky open up & consume your soul. Or (like a supernova) & though It may have seemed like you where going straight to hell, but you just couldn't give a damn. And if hell is a House Party, then fuck it! I'm there! I often have such a difficult time explaining these kinda things! If your interested Its on you tube!! & for vinyl fanatics like myself it's on discogs!! Note: On vinyl (for you aficionados!) it typically fetches $35-$75 (depending on condition) on Internet, If you can locate one for sale. Now, remember the 1990s I hear were a really important decade for this genre of music and was a bit difficult to keep up on with all the details. Especially if you collected it on vinyl. That’s why I'm still catching up with the 90s . I'm not ashamed of that in the least. I still stuck on my Technics-1210's and its soon to be ill-faded and cast into the dustbins that antiquated media format Vinyl. I don't own but just 30 c.d.'s. People seem to have lost all affection for Vinyl. But for me there’s just no substitute for it. 2-So Its safe to assume most of these new school DJs have no understanding of true Hi fidelity, desirability & collect-ability attributes & semi permanent life span. For DJs from the old skool (though it maybe a hefty) 79Lbs sitting in your cool DJ flight case that has been personalized by all those Hot & Hard to find House Music Record label stickers If your friend went to the Early Winter Music Conferences of years gone by. Is it considered arrogant to say this "personalizing" the record case is making a statement of your reverence for dance music of a higher caliber? 3-For Dance Music (as we know it) was born out of the ashes of the 1970s - 80s, The vinyl record was the radio and club DJs media source (period) note: except for tape (10.5) generally used for direct recording applications playback & editing. But I’ve seen footage of Kerri Chandler mixing of a couple of tape machines. It was impressive to "Back to what I was saying" for the DJs of the 70s it was the birth of a higher fidelity sound from the vinyl 12 inch. (Vinyl 12 inch) a very different creature than vinyl pre 1976 with the release of Double Exposures "Ten Percent" the first commercial 12inch. It featured better tracking ability and fidelity than similar products known prior. records possessed a fresh contagious mystique It's (sometimes) irreplaceability & also tangibility. Which makes it still today a force to be reckoned with. I'm not sure if they had ever considered an alternative to vinyl records. (I wish I could say that was fact) I'm quite sure the recording industry had fore planed years in advance vinyl’s untimely demise somewhere in it's future plans & projection charts. but I was never in their board room meetings! Moreover, I'd also considered vinyl’s so-posed demise was to force a new "essential" new even higher fidelity (so they said) & even more compact media format so is to amass millions more in profit that was seen in decades past. Then they invented the laser disc (isn't that queer!?) The current electronic music & computer savvy children are sometimes known as MP3 generation or generation-Y . In sharp contrast to the 1970s 80s & early 90s .They live In ultra modern fast changing technology driven world where tastes change very quickly & its purely an instant gratification driven gen. When it comes to the new DJ cults of today (I don't know if they can be called that) But clearly they don't seem to appreciate nor have most of them ever manipulated the vinyl format. Considered not are the skills & respect for their predecessors of the 1970s gained .The untrained ear might consider simplistic, even boring blending techniques of the early to mid 70s & early 80s. Those who know have colors not seen on modern pallets of today this was the way they amassed & mastered their hands on approach to their media and learned to master mix those (sometimes obscure & a little quirky) Early Garage & House tracks where romanced in a most conventional & unconventional approach. Ya know When I reflect back on my (understandably) Then limited knowledge of House, Disco & Loft music, cause it certainly wasn't learned overnight! sometimes we are blind to the tastes and styles of the distant past. I realized that the knowledge of music previously unknown was just a connection or a away. If you have the itch to learn the early dance genres, it takes some time to it's non syncopated pre M.I.D.I., & real instruments may seem antiquated for the non musician . It may take one years to recall & master. You may find the the catalogues of quality music are vast than once thought. And just like in the early to mid 90s, Disco ,Loft & Garage (proper) it had begun to be obscure cause it almost faded away completely. But oddly enough It seemed that the 90s needed to relearn the knowledge lost of the 70s. It wasn't until the millennium came of age It seemed (for a short time) to fall out of favor to poor taste & dodgy fads. Which are now completely forgotten at least I hope. Also It should be mentioned that 95-99 A handful of DJs saw the salvaging of rare and obscure disco ,Loft & Garage but rarely did those artists get a mention in the album credits. Probably due to the sample length recorded. Currently we are at a whole new phase in our hunger for genre knowledge that ever before. Thanks to the internet there is an extensive databases to tap in to. So Bon Appetite! In the end I’m happy to pass in to history knowing that I was able to DJ in S.F. Ca at the legendary End-Up sun. Tea Dance many times. I had two residencies and played at many hotspots at the end of 90s and the millennium. But just like so many others I'd burnt out too quickly & became a little disillusioned with the rat-race. Maybe I was born 10 yrs. too late. Then finally I realized what life is all about. But I will never forget the people who where teachers, mentors, friends (some here) many now gone. The Fans, acquaintances & Idols. & all the great club experiences, legendary DJs i've had the pleasure of dancing too all night long. And I don't feel regret spending them under the influence of Ecstasy or other chemicals, up until 7 a.m. & beyond club hopping to where ever the vibe led me. I sure that my memory(s) will not leave one trace of its presence here. I can only hope to remember them crossing over into the next dimension & infinity. Samuel Schneider (september 7, 2011 11:55 pm) more