Last year a compilation came out on Dutch label Safe Trip called Welcome To Paradise: Italian Dream House 89-93. It was, as it suggests, a round up of Italian house music, 21 slices of late 80s and early 90s modernism. The Italian house music in the compilation is completely care free- it has none of the wonky, hard edge of Chicago or the mind melting acid of Detroit, the darkness of British house from the same period (like Voodoo Ray) or the sped up frenzy of rave and hardcore. It is beaches, bikinis and tanned skin. Drums pad away, synth lines ascend slowly, basslines are fat and warm. A lovely place to visit. The compilation is well worth picking up with a second volume is about to be released. This 1991 single from Don Carlos is not on Welcome To Paradise but is a perfect accompaniment to it.
Alone (Paradise)
Tune and just what's needed on this grey days. A hunner times better than the fucking terrible techno pounding through the walls from Max's room at present.
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ReplyDeleteVolume 2 is great aswell. The version of Now Now Now's Problem on there is phenomenal. Really worth checking out!
ReplyDeleteYep, I need to get Vol 2. On my list.
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