Neurhythmics once again enters the deepest realms of house music with the help of the one and only Roger 23. Four exciting tracks ranging from deeper chi-house to more jackin’ type stuff.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: acid, chicago house, acid house, elec pt.1, humandrone, j.a.m. traxx, punknown, tiger mask, alternativ 2
J.A.M. Traxx is a vinyl only label inspired by synth and analog machines, spacey- hypnotic atmospheres and everything is showing a genuine passion for complex rhythm and going against. This is the second various EP and includes tracks by Punknown, Humandrone, Elec Pt.1, Alternativ 2 and Tiger Mask.
Filed under: 100.Sessions | Tags: alchemy, chicago house, disco, jak beat, mick wills, minimal wave, vicius club
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: album, alden tyrell, chicago house, creme organization, fre2k, orgue electronique, robert owens
A double album by Orgue Electronique aka Brian Chinetti on Creme Organization. What lies here before you is sculpted out of the blood and tears of 5 years of life, and all the dreams, imagination, tristesse and longing that goes along with it. A mesmerizing double album: wholly matured and further enhanced by collaborations with luminaries like Robert Owens, Alden Tyrell and cult hero Fre2k. It’s warm and generous, made up of real emotions, of moments frozen in time and of the impassioned cries of a soul on the run. To finally let it go after so many years is – for all the parties involved – a strange yet exciting moment, not unlike the birth of an elephant baby…. out of a human female.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, d'marc cantu, dcantu, jak beat, kold, melvin oliphant III, sequencias, traxx, villan x
Killer release on New York’s Sequencias label. Powerful and hypnotic Chicago acid inspired cut on the A and a cool slow building chord driven track layered over raw drum rhythms on the b-side. A pair of artists from two different points along Interstate 94, who have a reputation for the very same. The main body laid down by VILLan X is tight metallic percussion underpinned by solid kicks and a stream of robotic filtered bass, containing unexpected shifts within the frequency register. Foreboding tones and feelings drift towards us across which the disembodied voice of Kold is able to find a platform from which to shudder into our consciousness and pose questions from across the galaxies about the nature of our very being. dcantu carries on the feelings of space, with protracted white noise shots and stabby modulated organ chords, but doesn’t leave it long before setting the pace with solid drums and shifting keyboard funk aimed squarely your body and the dance floor as octave changes force you up and then down again to a backdrop thick with texture. This provides for the body and the mind.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, john heckle, skylax records, stay underground it pays, violence fm
The second release from the Skylax sublabel Stay Underground, It Pays is coming from Violence FM. Rhythm playing and drum-machines programmings, editing, mix and mastering, his compositions are often inspired by tribal spirits, organic deep bass and melodies, oscillating beetween smoothie and energy, or both. Deep & Drum could be summing up his mind working, but no matter because the energy and emotion are primarily convened for a result that combines demanding sensuality and wildness. The release comes with a John Heckle remix.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, john heckle, luv jam, master muzikbox, mzkbx, rezkar, skylax records
The second Houseville of Skylax EP features 5 amazing cuts from respectively John Heckle (with 2 cuts !), Master Muzikbox aka Mzkbx, Luv Jam and Rezkar.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, kink, larry heard, linkwood, rush hour, tom trago, tyree cooper
A year after the release of Tom Trago’s ‘Iris’ album we now have versions from no less than KiNK, Linkwood AND Larry Heard.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: alex israel, chicago house, creme organization, kevin reynolds
Alex Israel, Chicago’s own overlord of deranged deep house comes to Creme with a rip-roaring four tracker in said style. Lush pads meander over swampy basslines and drum patterns that wash over you like a sweet Monsoon. Hard to imagine it was conceived in the Windy City, but we guess the allure of the unattainable is a potent one.
Filed under: 100.Sessions | Tags: chicago house, jak beat, minimal synth, minimal wave, nation, naughty wood, podcast
For his first solely produced Nation Podcast we would like to celebrate Naughty Woods comeback to his vocal elegance.
On Mutant Beat Dances latest sonic installment on Rush Hour, he delivered stunning tonal artistry, and it is been said they have produced arguably ‘the best 80′s Chicago house record not made in the 80′s.
It is what we call Jakbeat, inspired by the early days of house music.
‘Let Me Go’ is as intense and rhythmically inclined as they come. Naughty Wood’s sparse vocals cry desperation, almost nearing insanity, which makes up for a pressure cooker like warehouse anthem.
His decknician-skills are equally impeccable, touching base in various borrows of electronic music, performed with diversity, integrity and sound condition.
Please enjoy this moment in time!
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, chiwax, ken kojima, nick anthony simoncino, simoncino
Chiwax presents the debut release for Ken Kojima, the new project by Nick Anthony Simoncino.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, edits, electro, tevo howard, tevo howard recordings, the black electro orchestra
New release by Tevo Howard under his The Black Electro Orchestra project, reinterpreting classic pop songs by Culture Club, Joe Jackson, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode and Madonna.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, clone jack for daze, clone records, paul du lac
Three new and raw box tracks by Paul du Lac, who seems to be pushing his minimalistic jackin’ sound palette even further. We have the fierce and autistic-tantristic dirtyness of ‘Tantra Master’, the Dance Mania flavoured funk of ‘Childs Play’, and the deep strings of the bassline-driven ‘Spaces Below’, a classic Chicago-inspired piece of work that seems to come from deep within.
Future Times presents a new Max D 12″, with a remix by Terekke! Max is back from the jungles of “Polo”, and he’s shed some of the atmosphere to make two cuts in full precision mode. “Orgies Of The Hemp Eaters” swings between Sakamoto romanticism and classic bass euphoria while the drums almost snap the track apart. Terekke steps in next with his “Can’t Get Enuff Mix” and punishes with a smudged version. B-side “Slick” streamlines the flow into a taut, intricate frenzy – a meditation on melody and the pure bliss of machines.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, cynic, felix dickinson, jamie read, lhas, phoreski
Strong track from L.H.A.S. Inc. (Jamie Read and Felix Dickinson). Analogue synths and vintage drum machines rock along with an infectious old school style reminiscent of the early sounds coming from Chicago and New York in the late 80′s early 90′s. On the B side Phoreski delivers a remix that takes the track to another level, darker haunting synths and a robo vocal asking, ‘Do you like the way you feel, will you dance with me’.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, chicago shags, legowelt, m>o>s recordings, orgue electronique
Brian ‘Orgue Electronique’ Schijf and Danny ‘Legowelt’ Wolfers return with their project Chicago Shags on the ever-excellent MOS Recordings. The four track EP starts with ‘Ponderosa’; a forward looking, cosmic surfing house cut wired with plenty of smooth electronics and pure jacking energy, before ‘Pancake Breakfast’ glistens and glints just as much with its firefly synth lines, gurgling baseline and sweet, pixelated melodies. ‘Firetruck Sunday’ is more dense and edgy, never resting in one place for more than a single beat, with chattery drums and claps offset by a rounded, smoothed but acidy bassline. Finally, ‘To The Westfield’ surges and soars through more sci-fi universes as a house groove busies itself below.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: aroy dee, chicago house, g-string, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, marco spaventi, r-a-g
MOS Deep presents Black Rain EP, the return to the label for R-A-G aka Aroy himself, G-String and Marco Spaventi. Opening with ‘Fog’ the deep vibe is set immediately. Crispy snares, a chugging groove and plenty of eerie sonics swirl around into something with a keen sense of foreboding. The titular track then gets all Chicago with its busy claps and nagging synth lines. The mood is a sombre one for those creepy back room sets and the analogue machinery used to make it gives a trademark warm and fuzzy feel to proceedings. The EP closes with a reprise of ‘Black Rain’. This beat-less rework deals in ambient synthscapes that drag you into their fold and never let you go.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: chicago house, echo 106, mathematics recordings
Swiss producer Echo 106 sees an EP with 4 outstanding tracks on Chicago’s Mathematics Recordings. The title track calls upon the spirits of Chicago’s jack past & is followed by “Copy Ins Del”, a deep acid filled cut.
Filed under: 001.Features | Tags: album, chicago house, chiwax, die roth, steve murphy
The first full length on Chiwax is coming from Steve Murphy & die Roth from Venice, Italy. The album includes 8 lovely vintage Chicago house and ’80ies Chicago house tracks.
