• Basket
  • Music Jobs
  • Login / Register
  • Login
  • Register
Resident Advisor
×
Search
Submit
Did you mean
×
  • Resident Advisor
  • Magazine
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Features
    • Videos
  • Listings
    • Events
    • Clubs
    • Festivals
    • Photos
  • Music
    • Artists
    • New Tracks
    • DJ Charts
    • Podcasts
  • Search
  • Reviews
  • /
  • Singles

Various - Tour Diaries

    • Label /
      Honey Soundsystem
      HNY018
    • Released /
      June 2018
    • Style /
      House, Electro
    • Rating /
      4.0/5
    • Previous
    • Next
    Various - Tour Diaries Various - Tour Diaries

    A batch of "secret weapons" road-tested by a killer DJ crew.

    Various - Tour Diaries These days, everything around us, from major league baseball to the next YouTube video, is driven by data. But haven't DJs been involved in this pursuit since the craft's inception? Most dance music that makes it to wax gets a run in the club first—if people dance, it works, if they stand around looking confused, maybe leave that one alone. This is the concept behind the new Honey Soundsystem 12-inch, Tour Diaries. These are "secret weapons" that Honey have gathered over the past few years as they have criss-crossed the world. As an added bonus, the EP functions as a memento, with music coming from friends they've met on tour and at home in San Francisco.

    A few days after Honey's tenth anniversary, Jackie House said: "I realized I've done everything for San Francisco." Fittingly, Tour Diaries leads off with Bay Area producer Sepehr, who has released Detroit-inflected tracks on Monty Luke's Black Catalogue. "I Just" follows along that path, a moody, peak-time banger with a tinge of darkness. For proof that it works, check Jason Kendig riding it for three minutes in Honey's London Boiler Room set.

    Jackie describes Henrik Bergqvist's "Trippin'" as a tune he got his "hands on after a crazy night of MDMA and accidentally voguing on top of Henrik's computer bag." Like Bergqvist's best for Aniara Recordings, it's a workhorse house track, this time with a cheeky Derrick Carter sample. After some dreamy electro from Berlin (Morven Son's "Looking Back"), Tour Diaries ends on a high note with "Loom" from Lunate, a producer Honey met at Video Club in Bogata. The playful, laidback "Loom (Alternative Version)," will appeal to fans of Regelbau, closing out a diverse EP that takes us around the world with a leading DJ crew.
    • Published /
      Wed / 27 Jun 2018
    • Words /
      Matt McDermott
    • Share
    • Tracklist /
      01. Sepehr - I Just
      02. Bergqvist - Trippin'
      03. Morven Son - Looking Back
      04. Lunate - Loom (Alternative Version)
    0/
  • Popular reviews

    • Post a comment

      Leon Vynehall - DJ-Kicks

    • Post a comment

      Adam Beyer - Teach Me (Amelie Lens Remixes)

    • Post a comment

      nd_baumecker - Panorama Bar 07

    • Post a comment

      Ossia - Devil's Dance

    • Post a comment

      Various - Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990

    • Post a comment

      DJ Sports - Akrasia

    • Post a comment

      Sound Stream - Love Remedy

    • Post a comment

      Nkisi - 7 Directions

    0/
    • More on Honey Soundsystem

      Honey Soundsystem

      HARD NRG IN SAN FRANCISCO
      View the full label profile

    • Reviews

      • 3 comments

        Vin Sol - Moonchild

      • 9 comments

        Octo Octa - Adrift

    0/
  • Related artists

    Henrik Bergqvist
    Henrik Bergqvist
    Sepehr
    Sepehr
    Lunate
    Lunate
    0/
    • RA
    • Copyright © 2019 Resident Advisor Ltd.
    • All rights reserved
    • Privacy & Terms
    • Cookie Policy
    • Resident Advisor /
    • About
    • Advertise
    • Jobs
    • 24/7

    • RA Tickets /
    • My Tickets
    • Ticketing FAQ
    • Resale
    • Sell tickets on RA
    • Submit event

    • Apps /
    • RA Guide
    • RA Ticket Scanner
    • Elsewhere /
    • Watch on YouTube
    • Follow on Facebook
    • Listen on Apple Music
    • Stream on Spotify
  • RA is also available in Japanese. 日本版
    • RA on YouTube
    • RA on Facebook
    • RA on Twitter
    • RA on Instagram
    • RA on Soundcloud