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<h2>DJ Pierre feat. Dawn Tallman</h2> <h2>The Spirit</h2> <h3>[Afro Acid Digital]</h3> <br /><img src="http://www.primedirectdist.co.uk/image.php?productid=15609" border="0" title="The Spirit" width="300" height="300" style="margin: 5px;" /><br /> <p>Old school house nuts and acid heads will have no problem remembering DJ Pierre as one of the true giants of the music we almost take for granted today. One night in the mid-80s, he was huddled in a Chicago studio with his band Phuture, fiddling with a little silver Roland TB303 for a bassline. The batteries had run low and whoever had used it before had left a pattern in there which sounded like an octopus mangling an electric whoopee cushion. The guys took this squelchy motif, whacked it over a primitive drum machine beat and took it to the late, legendary DJ Ron Hardy at the Music Box - who promptly cleared the floor with it. Five spins later the crowd was going apeshit. The tune became known as ‘Acid Tracks’ and acid house was born. After that, Pierre went on to fashion a string of club classics, both with Phuture and then alone as he unleashed the equally as influential Wild Pitch mixes, where minimal elements built gradually into towering sonic skyscrapers. He also proved he had a way with producing vocals on tracks for Strictly Rhythm, including ‘Generate Power’ and ‘Love Storm’ with Cynthia M.</p> <p>This latest release on Pierre’s current Afro Acid label uses elements from all his many musical breakthroughs and contemporary production touches to create an absolute monster of a tune, building over a steady pulse until Dawn’s roof-raising vocal comes in, paving the way for the monumental chorus. While strikingly modern, there’s a gospel-style euphoria in here that’s been missing from house music too much lately.</p> <p>If that wasn’t enough, Portugal’s Steve Parker contributes a steaming mix peppered with woozy, squelched efx, then Pierre dons his acid keks again for Phuture’s hypnotic acid-flecked treatment riding a beast of a groove.</p> <p>Finally, Pierre’s old protege Roy Davis Jr works on the soul side with the vocal and injects ’French Kiss’ style momentum into the groove.</p> <p>This isn’t out until early September, but the damage potential for the rest of the summer is frightening.</p>

<h2>DJ Pierre feat. Dawn Tallman</h2> <h2>The Spirit</h2> <h3>[Afro Acid Digital]</h3> <br /><img src="http://www.primedirectdist.co.uk/image.php?productid=15609" border="0" title="The Spirit" width="300" height="300" style="margin: 5px;" /><br /> <p>Old school house nuts and acid heads will have no problem remembering DJ Pierre as one of the true giants of the music we almost take for granted today. One night in the mid-80s, he was huddled in a Chicago studio with his band Phuture, fiddling with a little silver Roland TB303 for a bassline. The batteries had run low and whoever had used it before had left a pattern in there which sounded like an octopus mangling an electric whoopee cushion. The guys took this squelchy motif, whacked it over a primitive drum machine beat and took it to the late, legendary DJ Ron Hardy at the Music Box - who promptly cleared the floor with it. Five spins later the crowd was going apeshit. The tune became known as ‘Acid Tracks’ and acid house was born. After that, Pierre went on to fashion a string of club classics, both with Phuture and then alone as he unleashed the equally as influential Wild Pitch mixes, where minimal elements built gradually into towering sonic skyscrapers. He also proved he had a way with producing vocals on tracks for Strictly Rhythm, including ‘Generate Power’ and ‘Love Storm’ with Cynthia M.</p> <p>This latest release on Pierre’s current Afro Acid label uses elements from all his many musical breakthroughs and contemporary production touches to create an absolute monster of a tune, building over a steady pulse until Dawn’s roof-raising vocal comes in, paving the way for the monumental chorus. While strikingly modern, there’s a gospel-style euphoria in here that’s been missing from house music too much lately.</p> <p>If that wasn’t enough, Portugal’s Steve Parker contributes a steaming mix peppered with woozy, squelched efx, then Pierre dons his acid keks again for Phuture’s hypnotic acid-flecked treatment riding a beast of a groove.</p> <p>Finally, Pierre’s old protege Roy Davis Jr works on the soul side with the vocal and injects ’French Kiss’ style momentum into the groove.</p> <p>This isn’t out until early September, but the damage potential for the rest of the summer is frightening.</p>