Avenue Red Podcast #029 - Jori Hulkkonen

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Avenue Red Podcast 029 is an exclusive mix by Jori Hulkkonen, recorded live at a recent event called "My House Is Your House" at a venue called Portti, playing a vinyl-only set at a rare appearance in his hometown of Turku in Finland. Originally hailing from the rather remote Northern town of Kemi in the Lapland region (a place from which The Northern Lights can be seen on 100 days per year), Jori has consistently been a truly inspired innovator throughout a productive music career spanning over two decades, rendering a rich and eclectic discography of releases including a dozen full studio albums, dozens of singles and remix projects counting into the 200's. A mainstay artist on Eric Morand & Laurent Garnier's (sadly now defunct) F Communications label, Jori's musical output has bled into many different genres and styles, mostly ranging from House to Techno and Electro to Ambient. He has done some conceptual artistic work too, having assembled the Acid Symphony Orchestra in 2007 - an experimental, avant-garde, 11-man techno ensemble featuring ten Roland TB-303's - performing a raw score all written, conducted and mixed by Jori. As a DJ, Jori has played all over the world and played at hundreds of clubs and festivals throughout the years since the early 90's. His luscious style of high quality, melodic, groovin' House music was brilliantly captured on his famed Radio One Essential Mix from 2002 (https://soundcloud.com/blanche/jori-hulkkonen-essential-mix-2002-02-03) and this mix for our series has distinct echoes of that brilliant session and that era of House music in general. Hope you're ready to hear some classic and obscure House gems woven in true style by a master of the business... Enjoy the mix everyone! "The fact that it was a party rather than something recorded at home makes it feel like a bit of hit-compilation vibe. But the crowd who were there were so young, I'd guess they'd never heard any of this classic stuff before so my idea was to show them the best of what true Deep House has to offer rather than play curiosities for the connoisseurs. Deep House in 2014 has a very different ring than it did say 15 years ago and I used this session to show them how it used to be. The tracklist is included in full - I have no secrets on this one." Jori Hulkkonen, November 2014 @theofficialjorihulkkonen http://www.jorihulkkonen.com/ Event Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/311812992354171 Credits: Cover photo taken by event promoter, Juho Puolanen. Thanks for the image! ===== 01 Detroit Soul Project - Detroit Is A Ghetto (Extended Mix) // PAN (1998) 02 Vincent Floyd Featuring Chan - Your Eyes (Vocal) // Dance Mania (1990) 03 Ron & Chez D - Untitled (A1) // KMS (1994) 04 Roy Davis Jr. - Gabrielle (feat. Peven Everett) // Large (1996) 05 Blaze - Seasons Of Love (Blaze Club Mix) // Nite Grooves (1998) 06 Taster's Choice - Instant Coco (Slezzysmoothe Mix) // Prescription (1997) 07 Kurt Harman Project - Comin' Back // Prescription (1998) 08 Presence - Better Day (Presence Vocal Mix) // Pagan (1997) 09 Louie Austen - Hoping (Extended Mix) // Cheap (2001) 10 Âme Strong S.A. - Tout Est Bleu (Attaboy Remix) // Airtight (1998) 11 Norma Jean Bell - Dreams // Peacefrog (2001) 12 True Spirits - Smiling (Club Mix) // Chillifunk (1998) 13 Mood II Swing - All Night Long // Groove On (1996) 14 Todd Edwards - Fly Away // i! (1996) 15 Blue Boy - So Lonely // Guidance (1996) 16 Round Two - New Day // Main Street (1995) 17 Andre Harris - I Can't Take It // Cajual (1997) 18 Sunday Brunch - Things You Said // Svek (2000) 19 Midnite City Soul Affair - Still Loving You // Lumi (1999) 20 Parris Mitchell - All Night Long (feat. Reggie Hall) // Dance Mania (1995) 21 The Dance Kings - Climb The Walls (Acapella) // Dance Mania (1991) 22 Chocolate City - Love Songs (Demo Mix) // Deep Dish (1995) 23 The Mole People - Break Night // Strictly Rhythm (1995) 24 Wham! - I'm Your Man (Acappella) // Epic (1985) 25 K-Scope - Latin Blues Part 1 // Twisted America (1998) 26 Paperclip People - The Floor // Open (1996) 27 A.D.N.Y - That Sax Song // Svek (1997) 28 Midnight Creeperz - Muneca // Ascension (1999) 29 Alexander Kowalski - All I Got To Know (Original Version) // Kanzleramt (2002) 30 Two Banks Of Four - Skylines Over Rooftops (Maas From Soma Remix) // Sirkus (2001) 31 The Funky Worm - Hustle! (To The Music...) (Predora Mix) // Fon (1988) 32 Kosonen - Miks' Tulet Mun Luo (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) // Keys Of Life (2014) 33 Romanthony - The Wanderer (Journey Man Thump) // Prescription (1994)