Man as a species only feels special in that he dominates the world in such a way that he has the time to think it. He may turn out to be like any animal and will certainly not live forever.
I've got a new site up and running called
Hidden Classics, I just posted a rare interview with Azalia Snail there.
The idea behind this site is to pinpoint isolated tracks that never became classics in their genre but yet have the necessary ingredients. The reasons behind their failure may be that they were simply overlooked, came in a limited quantity, were a B-side, were only available on a compilation or as a download or in some cases were never officially released. In the case of dance music especially, the dwindling sales of 12"'s has spanned a steady stream of mind-blowing releases that seem to permanently disappear within weeks. The site will of course reflect my own taste and its success will be judged on how well it broadly tallies with that of others. To this end I will endeavour to make it as genre busting as possible. One of my criteria is that if the track was played to a mass audience in the context of a movie for example that they would respond. I'm thinking of a Pixes at the end of Fight Club type scenario. I will also be covering current as well as older tracks.
