Luomo: "Diskonize Me/Body Speaking"

That said, I agree that Luomo's vocal manipulation is great - my favourite track on Vocalcity is most days "Synkro", and a good deal of my passion for it stems from the way that the increasingly hypnotic hook ("because you move, the way you move..." etc.) seems to organically assemble itself out of glittering shards of shattered whispers, mumblings and murmurs.

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("body speaking" to follow shortly.)

(listens)

I think the hard-edged beats are designed to have greater dancefloor impact - Luomo's overly dubby, repetitive arrangements sound great in a dancefloor setting, but the usual lack of a straightforward rhythmic guide (ie. a strong 4/4 beat) would probably be alienating for many.

The tracks sound a bit odd in a standalone context; both worked much better buried within the mix of the US live set that's online, submerged within the amniotic flow of groove-to-groove that you also get on the first album (for all that most tracks are separate there). Based on that set I can really imagine the next album being an explicit late-night disco album (cf. the overt dub tendencies of Vocalcity), sexier and more propulsive and thus necessarily less lustrous and disorienting.

Favourite moment so far: the wordless "oh eugh eh oh" vocals in "Body Speaking".

This sums up all Luomo stuff for me. But I guess I'm in the minority.

Vocalcity was "grower" music of the best sort -- music that grows on you not because you've conquered any complexity, but because you've adjusted to a new sensibility.

it's probably already been said already but this bassline...

"i can't - i can't - i can't stand losin -
i can't - i can't - i can't stand losin --"

"Digitize Me," more like. Still prefer this version of "Body Speaking," but my 12" is warped.

Anyone know what's up with catalogs of Force Inc. and its subsidiaries?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggodEBYL9MU

Force Tracks, what happened? Playhouse, what happened? Don't think anyone picked up their distribution after they both folded. DJ Koze did reissue the Isolee records, but that's a drop in the bucket.

This guy bought Mille Plateaux (maybe including Force Tracks?), put out some crummy music, and made a lot of people angry. Not sure if he still has the rights or not?

"Do You Remember Playhouse [Clickhop Version OOP]"

i was just wondering about those digital disco comps

Glad this thread got bumped. I've been jamming Diskonize Me pretty hard lately. It flew under my radar way back when. A friend just introduced me to it, which led to a Vocalcity / Present Lover late night jam where my friends and I were singing all the songs.

Luomo's hits were so high. I have faith that Sasu will hit that mark again someday, though his recent efforts don't bolster that hope too much. I love the dude for what he has done. His music fit my life like a glove during my early 20s. Bless him and his side projects.

Vladislav Delay reissued some of his older Force Inc/Mille Plateaux stuff on his own HUUME label, but looks like that one isn't active anymore, either.