Old-school rave to make you happy

December 15, 2021 6:24 PM

DJ Chrissy (mentioned before here on the blue) has a new album out, and it's a glorious throwback to old-school rave. Resident Advisor has nice things to say. Available to listen on most (all?) streaming platforms.
posted by Runes (16 comments total)

I'm digging this. Thanks for posting!
posted by Tuba Toothpaste at 7:40 PM on December 15, 2021

Oh, thanks! I didn't even listen first, I know Chrissy... I bought the vinyl. (came with a download, so yay).

Looking forward to it! Thanks so much!
posted by hippybear at 8:06 PM on December 15, 2021

Fun! Maybe the most interesting thing about that review is the link to Chrissy’s 2011 Year in Mixtapes blog, which appears to run through whole heap of dance music genres that will all sound the same to me but also be extremely danceable.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:51 PM on December 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

Going To Maine, there are some recommendations in the "mentioned before here" link.
posted by Runes at 9:08 PM on December 15, 2021

You didn't mention that this project is a series of tracks each dedicated to a different kind of rave space, and so tuned to what you could maybe get away with there, or otherwise in groove with that idea.

This is a lot of fun. Again, thanks!
posted by hippybear at 9:11 PM on December 15, 2021

Oh, and Cuddle Puddle (Step Into My World) is a total Orbital pastiche.
posted by hippybear at 9:26 PM on December 15, 2021

I'll have to listen again with an ear for more such similar tributes and take-offs. Still on my first time through. :)
posted by hippybear at 9:28 PM on December 15, 2021

Also, I suspect there is a stack of 11 12" remixes out there each about 11m long... I'd love to get my hands on THAT set of these tunes. I am the target audience for this.
posted by hippybear at 9:39 PM on December 15, 2021

year of mixtapes was great. def going to be listening to this
posted by wooh at 12:04 AM on December 16, 2021

Chrissy is great. I def recommend going to one of his parties if he ever spins in your area.
posted by nikoniko at 3:18 PM on December 16, 2021

I would totally go see them spin, but I don't think that would be here locally...
posted by hippybear at 7:30 PM on December 16, 2021

Something scheduled in SF on a Sat early next year, but I'm not sure I'm cool enough to fly in for a party like that.
posted by hippybear at 8:13 PM on December 16, 2021

Listening again, and I'm not super well-versed on the whole dance music scene so I'll be wrong about my occasional guesses... but I feel like Lost In A Dream would be an Oakenfold pastiche?
posted by hippybear at 8:48 PM on December 16, 2021

Although he's mostly a remixer? and not a composer? So if is a composer pastiche that this should be, I'm lost.
posted by hippybear at 8:49 PM on December 16, 2021

I feel like the way things evolve on The Map Point should remind someone of something. I feel like it's familiar, but I can't place the source of inspiration.
posted by hippybear at 8:53 PM on December 16, 2021

Gaaa. I can't go through this track by track. So much of it feels inspired by others as a tribute, as exemplars of their genre related to the rave scene. Like, there's nothing NEW on this album, but it all feels fresh and new because it's assembled so true to form.

I love this. Again, thank you.
posted by hippybear at 8:58 PM on December 16, 2021