Usually, [EDM] songs succeed when they feel good on the dance floor...

November 18, 2014 5:45 PM

From The New Yorker: "Depth on the Dance Floor: The Music of DJ Sprinkles." Some music to listen to while reading Joshua Rothman's profile:

• Oh Yoko's Seashore (Sprinkles' Ambient Ballroom)
• Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion's Routes Not Roots
• Terre Thaemlitz & Laurence Rassel's The Laurence Rassel Show
• DJ Sprinkles' mix album Where Dancefloors Stand Still (YT playlist of individual tracks)
• Bill Laswell & Terre Thaemlitz's "Open URL"

posted by Going To Maine (7 comments total)

Terre! His early ambient techno stuff on Instinct Records in the mid-90s was a big influence on me. Didn't know he was still making tunes.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 7:03 PM on November 18, 2014

You should most def' find yourself a copy of Midtown 120 Blues if possible. It's a gorgeous production.
posted by Going To Maine at 7:25 PM on November 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

This is cool, thanks for posting. The Oh, Yoko remix is beautiful.
posted by carter at 7:29 PM on November 18, 2014

Midtown 120 blues is out of print (and expensive!)…but you can listen to parts of it free, on youtube apparently…this is a CD I would buy, based on the cover art alone, and not be disappointed.
posted by littlejohnnyjewel at 7:36 PM on November 18, 2014

You can find Midtown 120 Blues through Comatonse Recordings, Terre Thaemlitz's label in Japan, for $26, shipping included. The album was re-released earlier this year.
posted by TemporaryTurtle at 8:23 PM on November 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Shameless self-promotion: I did a big post on Terre and the excellently labyrinthine Comatonse Recordings website four years ago.

This profile looks great - thanks for posting! Can't wait to dig into it.
posted by koeselitz at 12:23 AM on November 19, 2014 [2 favorites]

Love love love Terre. 2 decades of love.
posted by Theta States at 7:22 AM on November 19, 2014