cadenza poll!

sorry but 08/10

by a mile...

it's gotta be "orange mistake" by a mile! ;)

or solomon's prayer, or even harissa or tips

yeah runners up are 01, 06, 11. harissa and tips don't even get a look in

etudes electronique came out today btw :)

all of those are really good, too. xpost.

i would also add the salif ketia remix and the second NSI. there are a bunch of these i haven't heard as well.

I thought this would be a poll about, you know, cadenzas...

6 for one login, 8/10 for the other

13's got A Chico A Rhytmico on it which is unimpeachable goodness. damn split vote!

09, clearly 09. achso = the pitchfork vote

tough. orange mistake or salif keita.

salif keita gets the vote.

09 for me too

OCTOGONAL PEOPLE.

but yeah, 06 and 09 if i could split. chose 06.

I voted for 06 (BOMBERO'S PEOPLE) but really this needs a ranking:

1. 06
2. 08
3. 01
4. 02
5. 09
6. 13
7. 11
8. 04

Voted for 09 - not really for the Salif Keita remix, but for the harmonica and wailing of "Harmonic Crashes".

i ended up going with 09 as well.

i wonder if the new luciano will be anything like the last one he did on perlon. i love that record, but i know some folks here don't/didn't rate it.

the reason i love it is because the day i bought it a friend came over and it was late and we were drunk, playing records and hanging out. i couldn't play it too loud, but it was definitely not quiet even though it is record with lots of space. my neighbors came home and they were having a little party, too, and the sound of their party wafted up to my place. that sound mixed with the song and my friend and i just looked at each other mouths agape because it was the most perfectly balanced "surround sound" moment. "is that ... the record??"

hard to describe and just bizarre. it makes me wonder if he did it on purpose.

I feel guilty about that 12" - never heard it except at work on little head phones. Looking at the poll list was about to say it was about time Luciano released something else via Cadenza - then realised "No Model No Tool" had been ignored (semi-justifiably). Anybody actually heard "Études Électroniques"?

'no model no tool' is actually kind of awesome sonically. just not really beat-wise.

I meant semi-justifiably as in it was released on a sub-label, not Cadenza proper. Wasn't meaning to impugn the release.

i love the luciano mix of "clara ghavami". when i first heard it i was sure it had to be some long lost mid-90s minimal detroit classic.

has anyone noticed how many labels ripped off the cadenza graphic design this year? in my room right now i can count records on delsin, innervisions, horizontal, liebe detail, and ostgut ton that have that digital floral design on the sleeve, i'm sure there is more

digital floral = this decade's fractals?

all those producers are using 808s. they must be ripping each other off ;)

Achso.

Tim F style ranking:

1. 08/010
2. 06
3. 11
4. 09
5. 02

Haven't heard a bunch of the more recent ones.

Oh noes, I've missed Harissa from the top 5. Those were my on-the-bus-to-work-jams for about six months.

Not really digitial but I suspect 240 Volt's marvellous 12 inch sleeves circa 2002 may have had an influence.

And then there's the Pop Ambient compilation covers...

i only have 6, 11, and 12, but after seeing this poll i listened to 'orange mistake' and WOW! now to find a copy...

Bombero's / Octogonal is great also.

Orange Mistake - Bomberos - Yamoré - Father. all Luciano, all the time.

Hmm.. I don't know these. I prefer 'Let's Do It' by Kadenza

except you haven't heard any of them so your preference is meaningless

Well, I probably have heard some of them, actually. I should have said I don't remember them, rather than I don't know them.

So still meaningless then.

the new luciano is IMMENSE!! i feel rather stupid for leaving it off now

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

achso = the pitchfork vote

too much greatness to pick from - between orange mistake, achso, the yamore remix, solomon's prayer and even pikaya's 'kambrium' (which i heard for the first time a couple days ago and really like), it's near impossible... i'm going for 'prayer' for now, for some reason.

is cadenza the most consistent label ever?

for a label with such a comparatively small catalogue, certainly.

Yeah "Kambrium" is massive as well. So is "Madre Tierra".

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Not a bad result, except that "Stone Age" is consistently underrated.

stone age and amael are both killer tracks, agreed.

reboot's "letters"!! (especially the doomy, synth pile-up build up fakeout release)

so my shortlist is something like this (in no order)

luciano & quennum - orange mistake/funky dandy
nsi - clara ghavami/luciano remix
luciano & serafin - funk excursion
luciano - bombero's/octoganol
digitaline - honolulu
petre inspirescu - tips
schneider/galuzzi/schirmacher - albertino and nora p (very strong candidate for best thing released on this label)
reboot - be tougher/letters
carl craig/villalobos remixes of mirko loko
luciano - etudes electroniques

who can tell me what i'm missing? any glaring omissions from the last year and a half or so?

I guess the obvious ones that would be at the top of my list (and this poll) are:

Luciano - Yamore Rmx / Harmonic Crashes
Ricky V - Achso

Luc. and Melchior - Solomon's Prayer/Father

I'm also partial to Frivolous - My Consciousness, and Alex Picone - Floppy

yeah i completely forgot about achso! was never really into solomon's prayer, but yeah floppy is pretty good. will check out the frivolous