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September 6, 2010 11:27 PM

Is the housey piano bit of Sweet Shop by Doctor P a sample? Are the vocals? Any recommendations for more music like that?
posted by phrontist to media & arts (7 answers total)

Noze Remember Love is good piano house
posted by dydecker at 4:31 AM on September 7, 2010

Also this one of course
posted by dydecker at 4:35 AM on September 7, 2010

Oops here
posted by dydecker at 4:35 AM on September 7, 2010

This is the sound of early (pre-1992) hardcore (a nerd would understand "oldschool piano breakbeat"), probably not sampled but possibly using the same piano sound that others used. Similar artists include Skin Up, Shades of Rhythm, and a bunch of others I can't think of right now.
posted by rhizome at 11:04 AM on September 7, 2010

I'm glad rhizome said hardcore, coz it really is South Anjuna c1991. But buggered if I can think of any band names. The piano bits of various KLF hits come close, but not quite close enough. Searching for piano breakbeat on youtube brings up a lot of recent stuff with retro acid house styling that's kind of close too. Gear like Charly Dup's

(I really like that last one. :) Thanks for the journey-down-nostalgia-road question!)
posted by Ahab at 11:40 AM on September 7, 2010

Oh, yes, you just discovered "Rave Piano" The beginning of that track is just old-school early 90s breakbeat hardcore:

Let Me Be Your Fantasy

I Need Your Loving

Actually, it looks like someone did an early 90s rave piano playlist.
posted by empath at 5:13 PM on September 7, 2010 [2 favorites]

I better get some favorites for that shit, because that playlist is the awesome, oh my god, i'm so happy this question got me to search for that.
posted by empath at 5:17 PM on September 7, 2010 [2 favorites]