This track is one of those which better represents the time around mid to late 80ies when my city Zurich started to open lots of venues fully dedicating to electronic and house music. From my point of view 'You don't know' was ahead of its time and it was also an early example of what House music stands up today. I really liked the use of the drum machine and tracks like this were the reason I later became an afiscionado for drum machines like the 808. (Dan Piu)
Orbital Chime
It's hard to describe what this record meant when it was released in 1989. It changed everything, it changed my mood and it re-set the compass. It was inspiring. It sounds absurd today, but the feeling was that nothing was impossible in terms of new music being released and spreading everywhere. I still remember well when I entered the „dome“ back then and the DJ played this, it really blew me away. It sounded euphoric and big and futuristic in the same time and it also sounded different, it really overwhealmed me. From then my DJ sets changed a little and they became more techy. (Dan Piu)
Minimal Vision Magic Staircase
Don Carlos an italian Producer and a legendary DJ, regularly performed in Zurich back from 1990 to 1992 as he had a residency at the club „Magic Factory“. He brought that very smooth and melancholic dream aquatic house from Italy to our city and it was the time when I started to produce my own tracks. I immediatelly knew that I needed to buy a Juno 60 to create those warm chords that I found on "Magic Staircase". It is probably the track that influenced my music at most. (Dan Piu)
Mr Fingers Amnesia
One of my favorite tracks from the landmark album "Ammnesia" by Larry Heard AKA Mr. Fingers. All of this album is essential. There might be more well-known tracks on this album like for example "Can You Feel It" or "Mystery Of Love", but this one with it's banging snare, driving chords and futuristic yet jazzy feel has always caught my special attention when I came by this album as a "bargin bin find" in 1989. (Estimulo)
Rhythmatic Take Me Back
Here we go, this is the one that pretty much started the journey into Bleeps for me in 1990. It was the opening track of the beloved first "Bio Rhythm - Dance Music with Bleeps" compilation and even if it may sound like a normal techno track today, back then it sounded alien, far-out, like the future. Deep Bass that massaged your guts while the crazy bleeps on top stimulated your neurons. Exciting times! (Estimulo)
Ian Pooley Flatlet
No favourite list could be complete without this guy. Unfortunately none of his Force Inc. and Definitve material are available on Spotify, so here is an exemplary track of one of my big influences, Ian Pooley (also together with Thomas Gerlach as T'N'I and Space Cube). Everything up to this album is pure gold to my ears. Atmospheric yet bouncy, yet good melodies, yet underground, this music has it all for me. (Estimulo)
