I touched on how certain songs can dig up sights, sounds, and smells from our past in yesterday’s post. Well, here are a few that do it for me.
It was 1995. I had a new license, a set of keys, a mean CD collection (5 books worth!), and no wheels. I thought I had all the bases covered when I did get my own ride— Pinl floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Green Day, Dr. Dre. That ride of my own never panned out and I spent the rest of my teens bumming rides. Yes, I was that guy. Well, my friend’s boyfriend, Phil from Orlando, gave me a ride home one night and he put on on Sasha and Digweed’s Renaissance mix CD. The first tracks was Sunscreem’s Perfect Motion (the boy’s own remix). I was blown away and had no idea music could move my insides like that.
We were on our way home from the beach, and as I write this in my shoebox apartment in the-middle-of-winter NYC, I can smell the thick, heavy salt air float across my nose. I am reminded of the the way my arm moved in the wind as I held it out the window and snaked it to the beat, the way my back seat against the seat in the dark, humid air, the glow of the green alpine stereo, and the taste of the juicy fruit, of which I had about 4 pieces stuffed into my mouth. Chomp, chomp, chomp.
Up until that song, and those CD’s I thought of electronic music as patterns. “It sounds the same,” I would say, “Who wants to listen to that shit over and over.” Apparently I did. That next month I started collecting records that I still have to this day. These jams are a few of mys early favorites. Enjoy! And if they take you back, write about when and where in the comments. Peace.
Sunscreem – Perfect Motion (Boys Own Remix)
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Last Rhythm – Last Rhythm
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Grace – Not Over Yet (Perfecto Mix)
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