Music's Hypnotizing [1]

2008-07-16 by The Double K

Hypnotist

The Hypnotist – The House Is Mine (Dark Syndicut Remix)

It seems to me that the late, great Caspar Pound has been almost criminally under-represented here at Dilated Choonz so far. At the age of 16 he was (partly) responsible for A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd’s Total Confusion, arguably the greatest hardcore record of all time (I think he was the Hippie). He then went on to found Rising High Records, a key label in the development of the UK’s Techno, Hardcore and Ambient scenes with artists such as Mixmaster Morris, The Black Dog, Pete Namlook and Luke Vibert, as well as his own projects. He was also responsible for licensing Sven Väth’s Harthouse and the mighty Underground Resistance to the UK.

He released a lot of his early rave stuff as The Hypnotist, and (predictably?) these are some of my favourite of his tunes.

First up we have a 1992 remix of the 1991 tune The House Is Mine. It’s a crossover track between house and hardcore – the original version opens up with a lovely bit of housey piano and vocals which soon descend into a massive Belgian-style techno workout before the piano is reprised. This remix opens the same but replaces the hardcore Belgian techno bit with some breakbeats and samples pinched straight from 2 Bad Mice, making it a little easier on the ear. (Don’t get me wrong though – the original is also great and I commend it to you!)

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  1. Hal Berstram says (on Jul 16, 2008 @ 01:58 PM):

    Another classic! I didn't know Caspar Pound started Rising High… in 1993/94 I think about 1 in 3 records I was buying was on that label. Namlook's 'Silence' and 'Air' LPs and 'The Definitive Ambient Collection', 'The Secret Life of Trance' compilation (great stuff – trance before it became complete cack), MLO, New London School of Electronics (which was Pound with another guy doing ambient techno)... the list goes on. Harthouse was fantastic as well – Hardfloor, anybody?

  2. ACID TED says (on Jul 16, 2008 @ 02:28 PM):

    Ay, Caspar is criminally under-rated, although I only knew about him from Rising High.

  3. Scott says (on Jul 16, 2008 @ 07:02 PM):

    Sweet version Kev, not heard this one before

  4. kenny jenkins says (on Jul 16, 2008 @ 10:16 PM):

    you should give some attention to the House 12"s that he released, terrfic stuff, I've been a fan since that homeboy record, one xmas I found about 6 copies cheap at a tower records in philly and that was my xmas gift to DJ friends that year.
    pioneer of the warped groove indeed!

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