they keep on playing freemasons in the gay clubs non-stop!!! its not unusual to play kylies – the one (freemasons remix) and kelly rowlands – work (freemasons mix) sophie bextor – heartbreak (freemasons mix) and the rest of the freemasons back catalogue, more than 3 times in the same night, and thats really annoying when a lot of other good music is being ignored.
sophie bextor has a new song out soon called bittersweet remixed by the freemasons. im enjoying it now pre-release before the gay clubs play it to death!
by the way im gay, ask anyone whos gay who goes clubbing, they will say the same. regards, julian

Second…House IS about dance. So, Gay or hetero, get a short clue. This ain’t jazz miss honey. You won’t score points with the childrens doing a dissertation. No sense analyzing house music. It really has to be felt in your rear and your feet. If you stop long enough to contemplate it, you just missed the beat.

(while I was witnessing one of these a few weeks back, a friend of mine was on the receiving end of the pick-up line, “Hey, you’re one of the guys from The Freemasons, aren’t you?” – as pick-up lines went this didn’t work so well, and I was drafted in to translate. It was awkward for all concerned)

The stuff on ‘Unmixed’ in particular is practically archetypal for the scene, whereas in my experience the kinds of straight clubs that do play The Freemasons tend to mix this stuff up with R&B, electro-house etc. I’m not crusading for the term though!

Ned: I really like the album and would love to run an evolutionary argument along the lines you’re suggesting but there’s nothing to hang it on – if anything, the appeal of this album is its blatant refusal of the obvious incrementalist options (the most prominent being electro-house-ification), unless you count “back to 2000!”

Space didn’t permit a further run-down but the other key tracks on the album to investigate are “Nothing But A Heartache”, “Love On My Mind” and “Watchin”. And the cover of “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore” is better than I expected. Also, tip: look for the original and superior version of “Rain Down Love”, better than the album version and perhaps anything else on there.

anyway, the freemasons are pretty generic in their productions–very late 90s stuff. i think most club music now has been given the dirty synth rub and sci-fi bleeps courtesy of timbaland, basement jaxx, and the neptunes. funny how the club, seen as underground and progressive, now takes its cues more from pop.

you people need to get more kenny dope and masters at work in your lives if you love the late 90s ish.

Also, I normally hate it when remixes slow down the vocals, because it literally makes the song drag, but that “Ring the Alarm” remix is pretty great in its straightfoward way.

In the end I do have some of their stuff on my ipod for working out too :D

If you need further proof of the blending of R&B and house, go listen to the recently leaked Ne-Yo song “Closer”.

Make of it what you wish….

Also, on the Whitney tip: my personal experience was that “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay” marked the last huge confluence of charting R&B and house. Every thing after was for the most part remixes of artists who weren’t getting serious mainstream success (see: Rockamerica), or simple remixes of rap hits.

In recent years, many of the more prominent DJ’s had been returning to a modernized version of 80′s synth pop in an attempt to continuously reinvent the sound of the current dance floor.

But this sort of electronica/’gay dance’ that is represented here is a reminder of what people really want to hear, and that the main purpose of this is to make your gay ass MOVE!!

Glad they’ve made a name for themselves by simply making solid tracks that don’t overthink themselves…

Also, I know about 3,000 queens who will scratch your eyes out for calling Peter Rauhofer “forgotten.”