I love House music. I know in some quarters it's seen as too obvious or too mainstream or not glitchy or interesting enough, but I bloody love it. It's a very personal thing in a way, because in my mid-twenties I was in a bit of a mess and very, very angry about a friend's death and was in a horrible cycle of massive drinking, self-loathing, anger and self-harming - and then someone helped me take the first steps out of that, and then,
right then, I discovered House music. And then, readers, I was Saved and I never looked back.
It must be said, there is a
lot of House music out there. By its nature, dancefloor music is pretty short-term and ephemeral. But there is some House music that can provoke extreme emotion, shivers down the spine, elation or bliss. That's the stuff I want people to post in here. New stuff would be good, old stuff is fine, although we know what the classics are so no need to include those. But I want to hear your creme de la creme, your absolute every-time-a-winner, hair standing on end belters - your absolute top 5%. Not interested in the 94th centile mate, just your very very favourites.
By way of a start, I would include
the Timewriter remix of Cut the Midrange by Watchman. It's such a lovely, warm and positive track. It's on the Global Underground Nick Warren live in Prague issue, and has totally kicked off lots of house parties in my time.
