It has been 8 months since we released Dieter Mit Platten's excellent trainspotters selection for the Avenue Red 1210 series, where 12 records are played that are 10+ years old. Now we can update this sister series playlist with a new selection of 12 choice gems from Andy Green AKA Verdant Recordings, who is based in Hitchin, England.
"I have been listening to the Avenue Red series for a while and when I spotted the invite to put together a digger's selection it piqued my interest. Frankly, I'm a bit of a junkie for new music and having skipped most of the late 90's for "serious" record collecting this was a good challenge to accept. By default I’m a Deep Techno head but have mellowed into house and more so Dub Techno in recent years, so these selections sit somewhere in that space. The Hexagon is a good example; I bought that on release for the acidic Burning Trash Floor and ignored the B's until much later and much prefer those now.
I picked out Daniel Bell's Elevate too since he's partly responsible for developing my taste in recent years. I heard several sets by various DJs within a few months of each other (his at Bloc about 5 years ago) that really made me feel House music in a different way. A gem from John Harvey too, a wonderful producer of emotive deep music which leads onto Delsin; I challenge anyone to find a mediocre release from Marsel. Artemis is my favourite and it blends beautifully with UR's Transitions... but that would have made it 13! Enjoy!" Andy "Verdant Recordings" Green, December 2014
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01 DFA - Cause of Suffering // Surveillance Recordings (2001)
02 Hexagon - Float Baby // Djax-Up-Beats (1994)
03 Ray Gun - Mist // Indulge Records (2002)
04 Steven Tang - Cadence // Emphasis (1998)
05 Nuages - Apres Les Larmes // F Communications (1994)
06 Walt J - Untitled // Dow Records (1997)
07 Drivetrain - Soundtrack // Soiree Records International (1993)
08 Gemini Sounds - Elevate Your Fellow Man // Earth Recordings (1998)
09 Daniel Bell - Warped // Elevate (1997)
10 CVO - The Wilderness // Balance (1996)
11 Alton Miller - 100% // Planet E (1998)
12 Peel Seamus - Artemis // Delsin Records (2002)
