has the same gorgeous mellow house-infused vibe as this even lovelier tune - one of my all-time absolute faves of the era - so slinky
And as if recognising the vibe-ual affinity, YouTube segued straight into it before I even made the selection myself
Met Gavin Cheung aka Nookie early in '94 - round at Goldie's England's Lane tower block flat
Immortal for this tune above all - another all-time fave
"you know House is a feeling"
Keeping the house ancestry alive within the hardcore and the junglizm - that was his thing, Nookie / Cloud 9
But he also did tunes like this - whence the "hardcoouooor" whimper-vocal as used in Mark Leckey's Fiorrucci Made Me Hardcore - although he might have got from another track that used it, I think there were several....
And this goofy one
Never noticed before that the daft vocal lick is human beatboxing
Man like Gavin could do that bliss-2-dark distraught-diva ecstasy-edging-dysphoria hectic-histrionic fever rather well
But lover's jungle (perhaps that's why he chose the alter-ego Nookie) was his forte
Did a lot of very nice piano-based tunes that are just a little bit too uplifting maybe
That one is faultless though.
Remodelled for 94
These are a bit too bright 'n bouncy
Ooh but this next one is a classic - and gets the balance just right
And he weren't just about the pianos - the breaks on this are awesome
I suppose he's only a notch or two behind Omni Trio when it comes to the piano-uplift style of jungle.
Rob Haigh's vamps are just a little more bittersweet, more fleeting and spare. Nookie's a little too florid at times.
Here's a great mindmeld of the two piano-core gods - fabulous Nookie remix of Omni's "Soul Promenade", with a great push-me, pull-you swaying rhythm
Of course he actually done a tune called "A Drum A Bass A Piano" - shades of the Red Crayola tracklisting for Coconut Hotel, demystifying their means of production or something
I like the fact that an early Nookie alter-ego was Windy Milla
Also like the way the bpm actually written after the track titles on this one - DJ friendly!
Ooh some very early indeed Cloud 9
sampled from Scientist / Jackie Mittoo?
