Hotmix Records presents Obscure Underground Dreams Vol. IX, a 9 track compilation featuring obscure underground house tracks from the end of the 80’s – beginning of the 90’s.
VA – Obscure Underground Dreams Vol. IX [HOTMIX]
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Mystic Bill – Chicago School Of Jazz Vol. 1 [CTX016]
Rawax welcomes Mystic Bill to the artist Family with a release on Chiwax. „Chicago School Of Jazz Vol. 1“ is beautiful Hommage to the artists and music of the Windy City.
Stefan Braatz – Timeless Altitudes [MV001]
VA – V.143.LWSHM.25 [COD3QRV143LWSHM25]
Laurent Garnier’s COD3 QR returns with a stellar four-track vinyl release featuring U.S. luminaries, K’ Alexi Shelby and DJ Bone, alongside French wizard Marc Bedikian and one of COD3 QR’s star players, Squal G.
Zopelar – Fornix EP [CJFD44]
Dark distorted acid, on and on 808 rhythm tracks and swinging 909’s. Zopelar for president! The Brazilian Jackmaster delivers a 6 track ep adding some samba to the Chicago influenced jack tracks.
Hieroglyphic Being – Dance Music 4 Bad People LP [STS431LP]
“I’ve been partying since 1984,” says Jamal Moss, the living Chicago legend known by his dedicated cult following as the one, the only, Hieroglyphic Being. “40 years later, it’s drastically different – everybody’s angry!” So sets the stage for Dance Music 4 Bad People, the artist’s first album for Smalltown Supersound. Tapping back into the same cosmic frequencies responsible for the prolific house virtuoso’s most vital work, the album sees Moss coaxing nine anthems for those up to no good from out of the ether. With driving drum machine workouts and low-slung synth sexuality, Hieroglyphic Being pays homage to human fallibility, drawing focus on the revolutionary potential of house music and club culture that is so often lost to the chaos of the present. “I have yet to walk into a club and see everybody hug and say: Let’s forgive each other, let’s move forward and make the world a better place,” he levels. “With all these conversations about sexuality, ethnicity, politics, whatever, when you walk into an environment with the music, you are supposed to celebrate all of that. Let it be and come together.”
Traxx presents The Definitive Articles Of House Music Chapter 5
“The 5th chapter from the definitive days of house music, as the previous 4 chapters is education that a lot of alleged “House” DJs and Producers are obviously lacking.
Traxx plays again from the early 80s, 90s & today from vintage, out of print and promo labels: Trax Records, Dancemania, Spectral, Sound Signature, Dirtyblends, LIES to productions from: Farley Jackmaster Funk, Boyd Jarvis, Marcus Mixx, JTC, Delroy Edwards, Carl Craig, Leron Carson, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Todd Terry, Colonel Abrams, Basement Jaxx, Sneaker, Gene Hunt, Mark Imperial, Orgue Electronique, Population One, Deep Concentration, Brand New Heavies, 2 Dogs In A House and a unpublished joint from the Chicago dungeon vault building blocks of the early dance music scene with selections of today and yesterday incorporating musical blueprints of Chicago, New York and Detroit’s timeless heroes we admire, honor and inspired by their education.
We hope this will give people the chance to listen to music many may have never heard on this side of sound that provides a provocative and thoughtful musical workout in your mind with vinyl turntables, a vintage mix console with an effects box and cd players.”
Sweater On Polo – Mechanical Confusion [SGNL01]
NYC’s underground producer Sweater On Polo back on the machines for the first release on Signal Route. “Mechanical Confusion” favors the techno and basement house approach of early 90’s Chicago innovators found on labels such as Dance Mania, Relief Records, and Saber Records. His style and approach carry a familiar old school angst, creating an intergenerational dialogue between the now and then. Going from acid house, to techno, and then synth punk, this 6 track EP captures the relentless range of the young artist.
Hieroglyphic Being – The 4th Dimension Of A Nubian Mystic Vol. 1 [+++-074]
Hieroglyphic Being presents The 4th Dimension Of A Nubian Mystic Vol. 1 on Mathematics Plus.
VA – Boccaccio Life 1987-1993 [MM183]
Belgian label Music Man Records presents Boccaccio Life 1987-1993, a new compilation offering a fresh perspective on the legacy of the iconic Belgian club Boccaccio – often associated with the short-lived New Beat movement. The 38-track compilation highlights the raw and futuristic early house and techno sounds that were heard in the pioneering club. Located in rural Destelbergen (Belgium), just a stone’s throw from Ghent, Boccaccio has secured its place among legendary venues like Paradise Garage in New York and The Hacçinda in Manchester. Its bold fusion of emerging electronic genres such as New Beat, Acid, House, and Techno was way ahead of its time, drawing music lovers and clubbers from across Belgium and beyond. Sundays at Boccaccio were unlike anywhere else—offering sounds you couldn’t hear anywhere else. Boccaccio Life 1987-1993 is carefully curated by resident DJ Olivier Pieters and club regular Stefaan Vandenberghe, standing as the ultimate testament to a club that was more than just a venue. For those who experienced it, it was a community — a way of life. Hence the club’s full name: Boccaccio Life.
Glenn Underground – Mother Tongue x Neroli EP [MT-NERO-001]
Something that was in the pipeline for a while is finally happening: the first collaborative release between Mother Tongue and Neroli. And right in time to celebrate Neroli’s 25th anniversary. To make it even more exciting the two Verona based labels worked together to curate a full 4 track EP from Chicago’s very own Glenn Underground. A very special selection of obscure and diverse gems from the deep vaults of the legendary producer touching the boogie, the jazzy and even the acid sounds, that will please the most demanding music lovers.
Mike Tansella Jr. @ Mutant Radio 04.04.2025
DJ Sneak – Disko Dialogue EP [FRPP031]
Chicago legend DJ Sneak once again brings his House Music magic and savoir-faire to Parisian Label “Frappé”, with Disko Dialogue EP. This 5-tracker is a new display of Sneak’s unrivalled flair and raw energy when it comes to making badass beats to make you bounce.
R&L Productions – Beyond The Garage “The Extended Mixes” [LIES-216]
Cut from the mega-mix these are five, long play, full length versions of tracks from the og megamix LP. Featuring two new and unreleased versions of the Robert Owens cut from the record. The Robert Owens accapella was discovered by R+L Productions and licensed officially from Mr. Owens. The other three tracks follow suit and are retouched new extended full length versions from the megamix.
VA – Midwest Rhythms Vol. 3 [DMLP04]
Mark Grusane presents Midwest Rhythms Vol. 3 on Disctechno: a compilation of five stripped down, off-kilter house tracks from four producers out of Chicago and Detroit and one from Grusane himself. On the A side is a spaced out synth-laden Memory Blank from DJ Slush (aka Eric Schwab) and a pulsing, bass-heavy beatdown on AYYYO from Deon Jamar. The B side features Jordan Zawideh’s reverb-heavy drum machine & synth duet Axolotls, Mark Grusane’s pounding, in-your-face atonal track The Recoil, and finishes with Thomas Xu’s grooving arpeggios on School Street.
Boo Williams – A New Beginning [CCE045]
Chiwax Classic Edition presents the re-issue of “A New Beginning”, Boo Williams’ first release ever, which came originally out on legendary Relief Records in 1994.
Marshall Jefferson – EPM.185
VA – Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997 [STRUT114LP]
Originally released in 2014, Strut re-introduces Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997, highly sought-after definitive retrospective of one of Chicago’s most important and innovative house music. Emerging as a raw alternative to the powerhouses of Trax and DJ International during the mid-‘80s, Dance Mania continued to represent street-level Chicago club music into the ‘90s, helping to pioneer the Ghetto & House sound. Hardcore Traxx traces the full story of the label from its heyday.
Shin Watanabe – Album 1986 [HS001]
Hot Street is the brand new sublabel of HOTMIX Records, runned by Nick Anthony Simoncino. The first release comes from Shin Watanabe. Propper Classic House Music.
Hieroglyphic Being – The Blessings Vol. 1 [+++073]
Hieroglyphic Being presents The Blessings Vol. 1 on Mathematics Plus.
The Hipodrome Of Music 