Paul du Lac with his follow up on his limited Clone X release. 3 tracks of which 2 tracks that are a mixture of the good old Dj International days, Joey Lewis and K-Alexi Shelby and a little bit of that Dutch Unit Moebius sound. Clone J.F.D. is not about inventing new sounds… its just about cool tracks that deliver some classic grooves, good vibes and fun… thats what mr Du Lac delivers.
Four track EP by label owner Aroy Dee. The first track Once U Loved, is warm and emotional, with slowly evolving strings topped with mysterious whispering vocals, reminding to older Blake Baxter material. 2nd track, Tears is a fierce and sexy Chicago-house influenced dancetrack, with a solid baseline, steady beats and lush keys. First track on the B-side is Lift Me High, a downtempo dreamlike analogue house classic with haunting strings and vocals of miss Salvador, merging Larry Heard and G-Strings with an Italo-disco kind of atmosphere. Last on this EP is Soul Spark, an atmospheric techno track with the raw energy of early Relief-releases and the psychedelia of Dance Mania.
After his “A Prescription of Love EP” which was heavily charted by more than 50 high profile DJs & artists such as Prosumer to Panorama Bar DJs in Berlin to the writers at Fact UK etc, Marcello Napoletano returns with his debut album “The Space Voodoo”. Napoletano pulls influences from a wide range of sources – from the electronic sounds of Brian Eno, the experimental values of Miles Davis, classic Chicago house by Larry Heard, jazz by Monk, Todd Edwards garage to the deep St. Germain. The label head of Mathematics Jamal Moss will assure you that this album will put a spell on you!
T&K is the duo of DJ KAOS and TIAGO. The music is piano and guitar filled house music that takes us back to Chicago circa 1991 with mellow vibes that build and build.
Hot on the heels of his debut 12inch on Love What You Feel, Disco Nihilist teams up with Daetron Vargas to kick-start another brand new US label called Construction Paper. Disco Nihilists lo-fi rhythms are augmented with Daetron Vargas melodic sensibilities on the A1 cut that locks listeners into its hypnotic groove. The collaboration continues on the B1 with a low down acid track that strips the groove down to the bone. Ruthless hardware minimalism is also the philosophy here, with swung 707 beats and tweaked 303 that are only slightly augmented with delay to deliver a driving dancefloor joint. In true old-school style, the Drum Mix of A1 completes the B side, sure to please all the jocks who fiend for more new rhythm trax. Rounding out the release is a stunning solo jam by Daetron Vargas, in the A2 position, whose bare-bones production belies its considerable emotional qualities. Daetrons track sounds like a lost first-wave Detroit gem that has spent the last 20 years decaying on a basement shelf. The primitive fidelity gives the track a raw edge that cannot be duplicated in-the-box with >vintage< plug-ins. This release is yet another step in the establishment of the new deep house and techno underground in the United States that combines old equipment and production techniques with modern ideas to take the sounds forward.
More Chicago tracks find its way on the HHYR label. This time the talented Tevo Howard (of Beautiful Granville Records fame) debuts on the label with a classic sounding track “Move”. Tevo blesses us with two versions of this jacking track. “Move” comes as original and an even rawer acid mix. With this release Tevo confirms that he is one of the most prominent Chicago house producers today.
The Hipodrome Of Music 