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Jon Dasilva hot Playlist
Jon Dasilva was at the centre of “hot” — the night that brought house and acid to the Haçienda. His sets helped shape the club’s underground identity through his eclectic, forward thinking and big import influenced style.
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The Show Is Coming - Dub Syndicate
Adrian Sherwood and Lincoln “Style” Scott’s collab with the Sugarhill Gang/Tackhead uber dudes, this was very much the wind-up track at Hot – often taking the night from New York-Baleuric into staighter 4/4 action that dominated the rest of the night (with the aid of a few BBC Sound Effects!)
2. I'm Going to Go - JAGO
A slow burning, glossy Italo Disco track from the mid 80s, re-energised by Frankie Knuckles, that made its way into our sets in ’88.
3. Take Some Time Out - Club - Arnold Jarvis
The first of two Tommy Musto / Yvonne Turner productions in this chart – completely underrated producers responsible for dozens and dozens of amazing club tracks. This particular track is graced by Arnold Jarvis, is moody as f@ck ando delivers one of the greatest bass lines known to humanity.
4. Notice Me - Club Vocal - Sandee
This timbale driven Latin house track with amazing dub drenched vocals was a dancefloor dominator at Hot.
5. Future FJP - Liaisons D
A total Belgium gem found at Eastern Bloc Records, this plunders Lil Louis’ Frequency and turns the riff into a huge, menacing, cathedral of sound!
7. Carino - T Coy
There’s not many people in the UK with Mike Pickering’s pedigree of talent and influence in dance music. I moved back to the North for the scene and the Hacienda, that he had such a hand in creating. To find myself, less than six months after being back, co hosting a night with him was…well. you can imagine. That was Hot night. This track was already doing it – Pickering with A Certain Ratio’s original singer, now reinvented as a latin percussion ace, Simon Topping and the lovely Ritchie Close on keys…and is the first UK House tune. Period.
8. Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald
Ahhh…Gerald’s never seen a fucking penny from this! I include the Glasgow’s mighty Optimo mix here as at least he gets the publishing from this, I assume! The correct story is (writers please do your research in future)…Knock at the Hacienda DJ box door, July 88, Gerald hands me a promo white of Voodoo Ray which I play without hesitation. He had that rep, legend already. Boom. Before G can get down the stairs from the balcony he hears the tune that kicks his career off and that will haunt him forever….and the first great UK Acid House tune. Manchester Rules. Period.
9.Acid Tracks - Phuture
Spanky and Pierre cooking this sound outta cheap Roland junk shop gear is the greatest story of the whole fucking acid house age! Literally defines it. There’s acid house and then there’s Acid House. They did that. Culture and soundtrack. This is an insane record to hear, fresh in 1987. It clarified for me the truth that you could hang the experimental over a beat and move a dance floor. Radical genius from the Southside of Chicago not the conservatoire.
10. Pacific State - 808 State
Gershwin wrote Rhapsody in Blue for New York in the Jazz Age…yeah, you know where I’m going here – but, listen to it though! Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson were a killer writing duo. Both steeped in cutting edge technology, music and this dirty old town. They got the mood right here, so right. Euphoric and blue. Hard beats and lyricism.
11. Im in Love -Caught Up Version - Sha-Lor
One of those finds at Eastern Bloc early 1988 I shared, I mean given, to so many people. Must have bought it ten times at least. It has that New York electro feel married to a sweet street vocal that kills me every time. Machine Soul or Socket Soul as I called it. My preference was to further fuse it to an acid instrumental…coz I could.
13. French Kiss - The Original Underground Mix - Lil Louis
Having already blown minds with Frequency and Video Clash, Louis hits gold with this strange beast of a tune. Driving, sophisticated minimalism. Three very exciting words. This would have been a classic with or without the slow mo sex talk but hey, who doesn’t love a bit of slow mo sex talk?
14. Clear - Cybotron
Kraftwerkian Proto Techno that will have to stand in for so many Detroit 12”s that dominated our sets at the time. Year Zero material. Juan Atkins, the very godfather of that scene no generations old will be with us on Good Friday. I for one will be awe.
15. Slam - Phuture
So good, so good. Sponky and Pierre’s finest moment as far as I’m concerned. Acid house is both our cultural history but a genre as well and this defines it perhaps even more than the original Acid Trax. Dark thunderous beats and our very favourite little silver box in ascendance.
16. Ketama - Ketama
Whilst the big HOT sun was shining down from the stage of the Haçienda it only seemed natural to sprinkle my set with a little flamenco and Brazilian batucada. This,from Spanish fusion-flamenco band, Ketama, was and still is a massive fave of mine.
17. Washing Machine - Mr Fingers
Futuristic House Music at its best. Hearing this next to Nude Photo by Rhythim Is Rhythim (sic)and you were so completely aware you were listening to genius minds.
19. The Acid Life - Farley "Jackmaster" Funk
A statement of overdriven acid house – pretty much defined by Farley here. Moody and unrelenting machine music that sounds as relevant now as ever.
20. I Like It - Blow Out Dub - Landlord
From the instantly recognisable stabs, which launched a trillion dub techno / tech house tunes, to the beautifully stark arrangement, this is a masterpiece of minimal house from 1988
