this here Lo-Fi House

[jobotic]

Someone (apologies forgotten who) posted this in another thread.

DJ Seinfeld - U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6eu1Wb8CVE

and I love it. Found some others that I like even more

DJ Seinfeld - Too Late For U and Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEnKY7TIbo

Kemt - 100 Reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPp3TnYBt9c

Ross from Friends - Talk To Me You'll Understand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tKKNV5sXUs

1989 - Year at Harvard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag88ahdR2Dk


Who are these people, where are they from and what's with the names?


It's not all good, I'm more into techno than house and normally have no time for vocals, but the fact that they are usually distorted in these adds to the air of melancholy.

[Captain Z]

Ross from Friends - Talk To Me You'll Understand

I prefer the (We Were On A Breaks Mix).

Sorry, I don't really know anything about this genre.

[BlodwynPig]

Thanks for this. I had avoided those artists because the names conjure up happy hardcore. But the music is great

18 Carat Affair - Masquerade

18 Carat Affair - Jon Benet

[purlieu]

It's intriguing how these things suddenly gain momentum seemingly overnight. The sound's been around for quite a while - it went under the name 'outsider house' for quite a few years - but this year it's become much more widely known, particularly with those sitcom-themed artist names.

Some of the slightly older artists really worth a listen.
Huerco S:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmE20Fawpdg

nthng:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCNLogpeZA

Patricia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9vkqYzMWN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVpMID6ZFn0

Cloudface:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdabrJRGLQ


The two double CD compilations on L.I.E.S. are really worth a listen, 'American Noise' and 'Music for Shut-Ins' (here's a Bandcamp link to stream the latter). Opal Tapes is probably my favourite label around at the moment, their catalogue is quite diverse stylistically, but has an aesthetic similarity throughout - grainy, murky, dark, distorted stuff. Lots of lo-fi techno and house, with a bit of industrial, drone and noise thrown in for good measure.

[phantom_power]

Why would someone limit themselves to such a finely delineated category? Isn't "house" restrictive enough? I can understand an artist having a sound they want to explore but as a listener to want a whole compilation album of very strictly defined genre is a bit odd to me

[Cuellar]

Someone (apologies forgotten who) posted this in another thread.

DJ Seinfeld - U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6eu1Wb8CVE

Is that Bob Geldof?

[jobotic]

Cheers purlieu - will have a listen tonight. Thought I was hip to the house beat, seems I was wrong.

Cuellar - yeah, apparently so!

[purlieu]

Why would someone limit themselves to such a finely delineated category? Isn't "house" restrictive enough? I can understand an artist having a sound they want to explore but as a listener to want a whole compilation album of very strictly defined genre is a bit odd to me

If you have a listen to the compilation I linked to, you'll notice it's pretty varied.

[Cuellar]

Cheers purlieu - will have a listen tonight. Thought I was hip to the house beat, seems I was wrong.

Cuellar - yeah, apparently so!

Oh! I was being facetious.

[Shay Chaise]

Great stuff. This is right up my street. Reminds me of listening to cassettes of Chicago house guys I recorded direct off my mate's turntables and shoddily mixed together.

It also sounds very much like a rougher version of Colours by Circulation, which is a great late 90s early 2000s deep house compilation.

[phantom_power]

If you have a listen to the compilation I linked to, you'll notice it's pretty varied.

Then why create such a restrictive sub-genre? (not having a go at you here)

[BlodwynPig]

Great stuff. This is right up my street. Reminds me of listening to cassettes of Chicago house guys I recorded direct off my mate's turntables and shoddily mixed together.

It also sounds very much like a rougher version of Colours by Circulation, which is a great late 90s early 2000s deep house compilation.

Circulation produced some great 12 inches too.

Purlieu, I thought you were Cloudface, or is that another poster?

[Shay Chaise]

Yeah, I think Colours is a comp of loads of their 12" up to that point. Colours 2 also of similar standard!

[purlieu]

Then why create such a restrictive sub-genre? (not having a go at you here)

I'm not sure anybody created such a restrictive sub-genre. Lo-fi house is just a term used for a current strain of house-esque music which uses tape hiss, distortion and other similar effects to give the music a rawer, grittier sound, partially as a reaction to the ridiculously over-produced sound of mainstream EDM at the minute. It's not a strict sub-genre with strongly defined boundaries or anything.

Purlieu, I thought you were Cloudface, or is that another poster?

I'm definitely not Cloudface. I wish I could make music as good as Cloudface, though. I'm International Debris/Intl. Debris, if that helps at all.
Does Cloudface post here then? That's cool.

[Lazy Gondolier]

It's not a strict sub-genre with strongly defined boundaries or anything.

I would have said it was, with its almost-mandatory ironic artist names. I wouldn't have lumped L.I.E.S. and all that in with it, even though the sound may be lo-fi and house.

[BlodwynPig]

Yeah, I think Colours is a comp of loads of their 12" up to that point. Colours 2 also of similar standard!

I would rate Colours 1 much greater than 2. Has the tingles right through.

Have you got their Abstract Funk Theory compilation? A fantastic comp of tech-house.

[purlieu]

I would have said it was, with its almost-mandatory ironic artist names. I wouldn't have lumped L.I.E.S. and all that in with it, even though the sound may be lo-fi and house.

Well yes, if you're considering it nothing more than "2016/2017 sitcom names lo-fi house" then yes, it's a bit of a pointlessly restrictive daft fad. But given that DJ Seinfeld and Ross From Friends have released on Lobster Theremin, who've been putting stuff out for a few years now and came around at the same time as labels like L.I.E.S. and Opal Tapes, I'd say it's all part of the same thing really. Back then it was called outsider house, now it's called lo-fi house, it's all well and good.

[jobotic]

It's intriguing how these things suddenly gain momentum seemingly overnight. The sound's been around for quite a while - it went under the name 'outsider house' for quite a few years - but this year it's become much more widely known, particularly with those sitcom-themed artist names.

Some of the slightly older artists really worth a listen.
Huerco S:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmE20Fawpdg

nthng:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCNLogpeZA

Patricia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9vkqYzMWN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVpMID6ZFn0

Cloudface:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdabrJRGLQ


The two double CD compilations on L.I.E.S. are really worth a listen, 'American Noise' and 'Music for Shut-Ins' (here's a Bandcamp link to stream the latter). Opal Tapes is probably my favourite label around at the moment, their catalogue is quite diverse stylistically, but has an aesthetic similarity throughout - grainy, murky, dark, distorted stuff. Lots of lo-fi techno and house, with a bit of industrial, drone and noise thrown in for good measure.

Some lovely stuff there. I know the Huerco S and second Patricia from some mixes I have - Lee Gamble or Ital or someone. Will have a look. So good.

[jobotic]

Found 'em, Both Lee Gamble and two of the best mixes I've heard for a long time.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=433

http://www.self-titledmag.com/2013/08/21/lee-gamble-shares-an-exclusive-mix-his-mind-fuckery-of-the-sciences-guide/

[purlieu]

Oh yes, Lee Gamble puts together some tremendous mixes. Although I've never gotten into his own work that much.

What I quite like about this whole sound is that, despite a lot of it not being entirely dance-floor friendly, there are plenty of 12" releases, which means labels are as important as artists, as curators, which ties it in with classic dance music. I always check out new stuff on Opal, LIES, Lobster Theremin, 1080p etc., because you never know what intriguing three-tracker is going to come along next.

I really lost interest in house and techno in the '00s, as so much of it sounded very clinical and polished, in a way it hadn't so much before then. All this stuff has reignited my interest due to the grittier, more analogue sound, and even if it's sometimes a bit contrived, it still just resonates so much better to me.

[BlodwynPig]

Oh yes, Lee Gamble puts together some tremendous mixes. Although I've never gotten into his own work that much.

That was my feeling too. I was going to ignore the above post but will give the mixes a listen.

[jobotic]

Charming. Wait until someone better recommends them, eh?

[BlodwynPig]

Charming. Wait until someone better recommends them, eh?

*based on a recommendation by leading industry figure Jobotic*