Now, the fiercely experimental and intellectual producer returns to the sound with midtown 120 blues, his first fulllength album under the dj sprinkles moniker. Theres a contradiction at the core of terre thaemlitzs album as dj sprinkles, midtown 120 blues, that is difficult to resolve. Sprinkles, an alias of multimedia producer and computer musician terre thaemlitz, is probably not a name thats familiar to most house heads. Dj sprinkles aka terre thaemlitz is an award winning multimedia producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, dj and owner of the comatonse recordings record label. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues reissue details stereogum. Listen to dj sprinkles radio featuring songs from midtown 120 blues free online. Midtown 120 blues is a 2008 deep house album by terre thaemlitz under the name dj sprinkles. And as long as im dj ing, you will not be allowed to vogue to the decontextualized, reified, corporatized, liberalized, neutralized, asexualized, regenderized pop reflection of this dance floors reality. Get all the lyrics to songs on midtown 120 blues and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Fans of osunlade, theo parrish, trusme and moodyman etc need to wake up and get onto this.
Midtown 120 blues is widely regarded as an exemplary contemporary deep house album. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Midtown 120 blues by dj sprinkles album, deep house. Terre thaemlitz aka dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues roskofrenija. House music is uncontrollable desire you can own 6. Collected remixes by dj sprinkles, and where dancefloors stand still. And their fourpanel cd booklet design places real restrictions on the inclusion of text. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. His work critically combines themes of identity politics including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race with an ongoing critique of the socio.
That album, midtown 120 blues, wasnt really noticed until. Midtown 120 blues by dj sprinkles, released 16 july 2012 1. That way, the public might become aware of it and consequently listen to it as well. I was really angry with myself, having missed this excellent release more like a series of vinyl releases which are now mostly impossible to get earlier. Annoyingly its import only which means expensive but its worth every. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues my friend brought my attention to this lp in december, few weeks before it was chosen as lp of the year by ra. Reissue of dj sprinkles classic midtown 120 blues, selfreleased by terre thaemlitz through his own comatonse imprint bringing deep house back into contact with its club culture roots, terre thaemlitz has created one of the most essential house albums of the last few years with midtown 120 blues. Midtown 120 blues is simple and effective, colored by two massive piano chords that decay slowly, as alacrative percussion carves out the groove. If you dj, your mixes can only be posted on mix monday with that exact tag included in the submission title. Jan 20, 2011 dj sprinkles aka terre thaemlitz is an award winning multimedia producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, dj and owner of the comatonse recordings record label. So goes part of the twominute monologue that opens dj sprinkles albumlength paean to early90s deep house, midtown 120 blues. Any self made mixes posted any day other than monday will be removed.
Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues lyrics and tracklist genius. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues house isnt universal. Terre was originally working as a dj under her sprinkles alias in the gay clubs of midtown. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Thaemlitzs work critically combines themes of identity politics including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race with an ongoing critique of the socioeconomics of commercial media production. Midtown 120 blues is a treatise on deep houses origins and its erasure by mainstream culture. Her work critically combines themes of identity politics including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race with an ongoing critique of the socioeconomics of commercial media production. An everyday alternative would be submitting your mixes to rmixes instead. Released under the moniker dj sprinkles, midtown 120 blues reflects thaemlitzs experiences in almost every aspect of its construction.
With this in mind, terre thaemlitz begins midtown 120 blues with a challenging. Thaemlitz left the american midwest in 1986 for new york city, where he djed in midtown manhattan transsexual clubs as dj sprinkles and witnessed the first bloom of deephouse. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jun 04, 2014 midtown 120 blues in now available to buy on cd here dj sprinkles will play an fourhour set for thunders takeover of the 200 capacity dance tunnel venue in dalston, london on friday july 11th. Sisters, i dont know what this world is coming to 7. Dj sprinkles aka terre thaemlitz midtown 120 blues vinyl at. But where dancefloors stand still is not a dj sprinkles album. A name for the disenfranchised people that he believes house music really stands for. For me its a timeless masterpiece dj koze mule musiq cd9mmcd9 distributed by word and sound. From what i read its fantastic and im really eager to hear it but cant find it anywhere.
Much of the interest in thaemlitz as a dance music outsider, though, froths around midtown 120 blues, her 2009 album under her deep house alias dj sprinkles. Album opener midtown 120 intro takes the opportunity to lay wise words at the feet of musics current house revival, a meditation on the real meanings of house and a personal journey through one persons own relationship with the contexts from which the deep house sound emerged, as one would expect, the album is awash with. Its not streaming on spotify in australia for some reason. Roughly twenty years later, as the sound and definition of deephouse has expanded immeasurably, midtown 120 blues serves as an elegy for the scene as she knew it and a. The comma of a warm, undulating chord wash, the semicolon of a synthesized energy pulse. Apr 23, 2014 dj sprinkles, aka terre thaemlitz, had been djing since the 90s, but waited until late 2008 to finally release her first official album. Dj sprinkles has mastered the art of the subsidiary genre of house described as deep house. The producers will also release three eps together later in the year. Here you can find terre thaemlitz soil shared files. Midtown 120 blues, an album by dj sprinkles on spotify. Midtown 120 intro house isnt so much a sound as a situation. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues music forum drowned in sound. Terre thaemlitz producer, writer, design, liner notes, laurence rassel cover art.
Nov 12, 2009 dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues house isnt universal. Dj sprinkles and hardrock striker team up as skylax house explosion on new mix cd. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as descri. Terre thaemlitz dj sprinkles is a very well known figure in house and ambient circles, as well as being a producer, record label owner and a public speaker. Reissue of dj sprinkles classic midtown 120 blues, selfreleased by terre thaemlitz through his own comatonse imprint bringing deep house back into. Download dj sprinkles terre thaemlitz midtown 120 blues. It is a compilation on mule musiq for which they hired me to make the track selection and mix. Jun 02, 2014 theres a contradiction at the core of terre thaemlitzs album as dj sprinkles, midtown 120 blues, that is difficult to resolve. How to download dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues rar files to my device.
Dj sprinkles is please to announce the reissue of midtown 120 blues, selfreleased on comatonse recordings with custom packaging hand assembled by terre herself. Kshe is like a prequel to midtown 120, similar jazzy deep hous vibes with political theme. Download dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues rar free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts. An awe inspiring, atmospheric and sublime journey into the world of midtown 120 blues. Terre thaemlitz aka dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues. A very unique masterpiece which let me thinks of the wonderful music of larry heard, brian eno an william shattler. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues special edition boomkat. Terre thaemlitz is a musician, public speaker, and owner of the record label comatonse recordings. Track one, midtown 120 intro, begins with a voiceover from thaemlitz laying out these. Dj sprinkles returns with first solo vinyl in over five years. Listen free to dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues midtown 120 intro, midtown 120 blues and more. Dj sprinkles is please to announce the reissue of midtown 120 blues, selfreleased on comatonse recordings with custom packaging hand assembled by terre herself first released in 2008, dj sprinkles debut full length album continues with themes from 1998s sloppy 42nds. Due to the fact that i enjoy and highly recommend this album, i posted it on this blog. However, i never would would choose to listen to these, this is more my taste cya.
Click download file button or copy dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues rar url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. Thats the only reason the text for midtown 120 blues was so short. The album, a treatise on house music, goes lengths to debunk the. Dj sprinkles debut full length album released august, 2008, by mule musiq. Dj sprinkles, aka terre thaemlitz, had been djing since the 90s, but waited until late 2008 to finally release her first official album. Read about midtown 120 blues from dj sprinkles s midtown 120 blues and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The album presents an unabashed view of the commercialization of the new york house scene, and the mix of ambience, deep house and melancholy throughout the album embodies this disenchantment. It was respected dance music website resident advisors record of the. This diversity of themes is matched by thaemlitzs wide range of production. Our filtering technology ensures that only latest dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues 2009, 320 kbps, file discogs. Dj sprinkles, midtown 120 blues little white earbuds.
Apr 11, 2015 malgre le fait quil ne soit pas tres connu, son album midtown 120 blues tres difficile a trouver en ecoute gratuite sur internet. A meditation on the meaning of house, a critique of the recent deep house revival, an exploration of one mans personal relationship with the soundmidtown 120 blues is all of these things, not to mention being some of the best deep house youll hear in a very long time. He is especially known for his work that combines social critique and tackles the themes of gender politics, sexuality, class linguistics, race within. This is, however, most definitely not thaemlitz cashing in. Terre thaemlitz once said that his dj sprinkles moniker was a signifier of unheard djs and unplayed records. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. A very unique masterpiece which let me thinks of the wonderful music of larry heard, brian eno and william shattler. Dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues music forum drowned in. Midtown 120 blues, his first album delivered under his disc jockey alias. It was reissued in 2014 by thaemlitzs comatonse recordings. Aug 17, 2019 dj sprinkles midtown 120 blues the comma of a warm, undulating chord wash, the semicolon of a synthesized energy pulse. Ironically i had to download this dj sprinkles one though, annoyingly. Midtown 120 blues fulllength cd album may 31 2014 c.
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