It is Friday, which means it is time to hand over the selections with The Red Telephone. This week the honours go to Faebop, the Deal-based producer, DJ and live performer otherwise known as Jake Miller. More than two decades into a career that has run through clubs across the UK and Europe, a record label, a back catalogue of genre-resistant house and a parallel life as a sound engineer, Jake is an autistic, queer artist who has built a practice around feel rather than fashion.
The current focus is Faebop, a hardware-based live project worked out in the moment on an MPC and a TB-303, where nothing is locked off and no set repeats itself. For Five on Friday, though, Jake has stepped back behind the crates to pick five records that shaped the way they hear house. Here are the choices, in their own words.
My Beat (Swag’s Spiritual Mix) by Blaze featuring Palmer Brown
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Mahorka just released Passenger of the Galaxy by SurbaharSo this track does a pretty good job of summarising me as a DJ. The rhythm is off kilter, groovy and infectious. The vocal is powerful and meaningful and the whole slip n’ slide era of house is just perfection.
Symbiosis II by Delano Smith & Brawther presents D&B Productions
I’ve been following Brawther as a producer & DJ for a while now and I just adore his take on the deeper side of house. His collaboration with Delano Smith on this track really goes to a new level of that deep, dubby groove that I cherish so much.
Rhythm Spirit by Terry Francis
I mean, you could chuck any TF track onto a turntable and you just know it’s going to be quality. I just love that relentless groove of Rhythm Spirit that is synonymous with early tech house. Terry’s productions are always something I use to draw some inspiration from when the creative well is dry.
Pop Ya Cork (Technasia Remix) by Stanton Warriors, Twista, Technasia
This was a recent find and it’s just such a simple but really effective groove. The vocal is so raunchy and it’s impossible to not shake your booty to this one.
Love Trap by The Timewriter
The Timewriter is another one of those producers where everything they create is solid gold. Could have picked something obvious but I want to dig a little deeper and Love Trap was a perfect candidate for my last pick. Grooves for days, ethereal soundscapes and absolutely timeless.
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