VA – Workin’ Overtime Volume One [DGMD008]

Something different and special for Dungeon Module 008, Timothy J. Fairplay invites artists he admires both new and established for music on Working Overtime Volume One. The compilation begins with ‘Master Blaster’ by RZ-1 warrior and REALM resident Oyster, then Alex Israel keeps up the jackbeat intensity with ‘You Forgot The Briefcase’. Chupacabras is next with pressure building Thanet party electro jam ‘OFF Planet’. Hope Of The States frontman Sam Herlihy debuts his electronic project Total Mathematics with the cinematic ‘Warningcamp’ to close the side. ‘Set Phasers To Stun’ starts side B, analogue house by Computerdisco constructed in a workshop of vintage synths overlooking the Bristol Channel. Timothy first met Rebecca Goldberg playing at Tresor, ‘URNOTALONE’ is hypnotic Minimal Nation style Detroit techno featuring field recordings from her recent trip to Roswell. Alan Harman appears with ‘Blast Zone’ in his instantly recognisable and unparalleled cold wave style. Timothy J. Fairplay finishes the album with the lo-fi synth, melodica and Space Echo of ‘Night Warden Dub’.

VA – Workin’ Overtime Volume One [DGMD008]

Traxx Presents The Definitive Articles of House Music Chapter 6

“The 6th chapter as the previous 5 chapters is education that a lot of alleged “House” DJs and Producers are obviously lacking showcasing modern, vintage and out of print/promo labels:
Trax Records, Underground House Records, Precision Records, Dezzarotic Records, L.A. Club Resource, Gherkin Records, Chicago Connection, Still Music Chicago, Dark Entries and Chiwax to productions from:
Ron Hardy, Felix Da Housecat’s 1st production, Sweet D, Gene Hunt, Larry Heard, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Virgo 4, X2, Dmarc Cantu, Steve Summers, Boyd Jarvis, Juju, Leron Carson, G-Strings, Ron Morelli, Terence Woodard, Delroy Edwards, Mutant Beat Dance and a new production of jakbeat to come from Chicago with a new alias project dropping later this year in 2025 for a label we support. (more news on that later)

⚠️ warning ⚠️
This selection covers the building blocks of the early dance music scene with selections of today and yesterday incorporating musical blueprint dubs, a couple of vocals in between but overall: a raw style of basement underground tracks of Chicago and New York’s timeless heroes & icons 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.”

Traxx Presents The Definitive Articles of House Music Chapter 6

Böhm – People Communicate EP [MORRIS0133]

Morris Audio is welcoming Dutch artist Böhm with “People communicate EP”, full of dreamy, old school House with a techy edge. Techno, Acid or old school House, Böhm’s versatility while keeping a real underground edge is class.

Böhm – People Communicate EP [MORRIS0133]

Hieroglyphic Being – The Sound Of Something Ending [MATH109]

In a sea of disposable cookie cutter music Hieroglyphic Being continues to be a singular voice in the crowd. The 12 track album “The Sound Of Something Ending” deftly maps the intersection of house, techno, and EBM, while maintaining the curiosity of free jazz & the DIY of punk.

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Hieroglyphic Being – The Sound Of Something Ending [MATH109]

Sanford Zydeco / The Jak N Kincaid – Buckwheat Beat 4 The Primordial Cult / Psycho PipeZ [DB016]

Buckwheat Beat 4 The Primordial Cult
This spacey and atmospheric track pays tribute to the fallen heroes of the Muzik Box which tested and pushed dance music ideas for those who chose to UNDERSTAND the heritage and RESPECT the history these individuals created from their hearts..
Jakbeat is not to be trivialized.

Psycho PipeZ
Kincaid and The Jak come together showing massive respect to Marcus Mixx from the days of Saber Records in Chicago. with an homage of ”Psychousic” more twisted and mental for the dedicated freaks of oLd schoOL tracks!!!…

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Sanford Zydeco / The Jak N Kincaid – Buckwheat Beat 4 The Primordial Cult / Psycho PipeZ [DB016]

Nico Babylon / The Jak – An Announcement Of A Miracle / Roman Romance 4 The Drum Kidz [DB015]

An Announcement Of A Miracle
This tune is about a specific idea..not using a 303 to make a timeless piece of Chicago Seriousness. The Jak & Nico Babylon lays out the foundation of vintage electronics righteously snapping Kode with an intense amount of energy and balance paying respect to the underground tribes. The sermon included throughout the song is about the truthful miracle in the lives of OUR humanity everyday.
listen, absorb and realize!

Roman Romance 4 The Drum Kidz
This is a honorable homage to Fred Brown from Rocking House Records (Chicago)..The Jak & Nico go head to head with this dark and melancholic slab of pure chicago created by hand…
Showin Ultra Respect.

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Nico Babylon / The Jak – An Announcement Of A Miracle / Roman Romance 4 The Drum Kidz [DB015]

Nico Babylon / The Jak – Drum Major / This Nasty Possesion [DB014]

Drum Major
this conceptual production from new klan member Nico Babylon creates a hypnotic electronic blueprint focused on vintage synths and syncopated movement of rhythmic dimensions and craftsmanship.
plainly said..this is the next level of jakbeat moving forward!

This Nasty Possession
The Jak collaborates with Nico on this uber old school formula from the days of chicago underground in the mid 80s along the timeline of gherkin/gene hunt era. everything u hear on this tune was created by hand…No samples were taken!

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Nico Babylon / The Jak – Drum Major / This Nasty Possesion [DB014]

VA – Obscure Underground Dreams Vol. IX [HOTMIX]

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]

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.

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VA – V.143.LWSHM.25 [COD3QRV143LWSHM25]

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.

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Zopelar – Fornix EP [CJFD44]

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.”

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Hieroglyphic Being – Dance Music 4 Bad People LP [STS431LP]

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.”

Traxx presents The Definitive Articles Of House Music Chapter 5

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.

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Sweater On Polo – Mechanical Confusion [SGNL01]