IndustryStandard the other problem is that the filter function you mention from record shops has now been replaced by bloggers, play-listers, and influencers who don’t have a clue. i can’t tell you how much i loathe sending new tracks to these people in hopes they share them in some way. i never request feedback, but sometimes i get it anyways and it’s always non-sense; people trying to sound knowledgeable about production when they really just mean to say they don’t like it. the whole thing is ass backwards.

on a side note, i met one of my good friends 20 years ago buying records from him. i’d have to limit how many records he’d set aside for me because he knew me so well that i’d want all of them. that filter function was really helpful, but aside from that, i miss the tangible experience of going down there every tuesday for shipment day.

      303abuser

      Same. We had a spot here in SF that got deliveries of imports on Thursdays. Was there every Thursday. Might sound silly now, but I remember when they got Black Legend “You See The Trouble With Me” in stock (well before it became a huge hit) and they put it on the decks. Everyone was clamoring for a copy. Good times.

          303abuser
          I do miss that buzz of waiting outside the record shop wondering what has been delivered and also the owner playing a record to a busy shop and all the hands would go up only for him to place it on your pile. Nowadays you can do it whilst taking a dump.

              303abuser

              One of the reasons Sasha and Diggers built such a strong rep in the States is them always hitting up the local shops. Halo’s “Future” had been around for a bit on White Label in Tweekin’ and other stores but never made much traction. It was looked at as a rip-off of “Fathers Of Sound - Water” before it got picked up by Siesta and then Hooj. Tyrant smashing it out changed a lot of things. Point being, those two invested in local music, like the SF “West Coast Sound”, as much as they benefited from it. Back when different cities had different styles of dance music.

                  jonattonyeah lots of great san fransisco djs from that period too. mark farina plays here every canada day still and he’s as good as ever.

                      Dubman i want to say miami, san fran was more house/prog in the late 90s early 00s.

                        Sun kissed records was florida though I think. Had a few records on that label.

                          Dubman
                          @303abuser

                          SF had and has a very strong breaks scene. Miami was more tied to Hip Hop (think DJ Icey) where the West Coast thing was more Acid and trippy (think, “Loose Caboose” or Simon’s “Two Crates”; Uberzone if you head down LA-way). The blending with Prog around here came with the Hardkiss brothers (think, God Within “Raincry”).

                          Trippy House and Breaks have always ruled the roost in the Bay Area.

                          Mark Farina made his name as much with his House as he did with his Mushroom Jazz discs if that gives any perspective (tremendous DJ, mind). Even the more recent exports like Dirty Bird have had a left of center and humorous approach to dance music. That’s just how it’s always been around here. Weird, funny, trippy, and danceable. Same can be said for Bay Hip Hop - always weird and humorous.

                          This was an excellent place to be in the late-90’s.

                          EDIT what a monster this is…

                            -si-
                            I’ll have dig around tomorrow. I’m sure I can find some Sun Kissed vinyl somewhere.

                              Dubman Sunkissed was Bill Hamel’s label from Florida, and Sunburn was the Hardkiss and friends label out of SF. Both breakbeaty and housey.

                                  Amps

                                  Was just going to say I think it had something to do with bill hamel. Mezz cubism just spring to mind.

                                      -si- there’s a record i forgot about, will have to dig that out of the vault.

                                        3 months later

                                        Solid State Logik 2 is up on YT Music and Spotify.

                                        There was also a new mix of Chill Out called Come Down Dawn released in Feb