‘The Moon Dance’ Mark’s the come back of one of Chi Towns most innovative and iconic figures to Apnea Records. Jamal Moss (Hieroglyphic Being) sound’s were first released on Apnea in 2007. Now, in 2023, he’s back with this double 12” album flooded with synth jazz and cosmic acid explorations in his signature and irreverent style.
Nick Anthony Simoncino’s HotMix Records presents Obscure Underground Dreams Vol. VIII, a collection of 14 obscure underground house gems.
Chicago house artist Boo Williams returns with his famous signature sound that is full of party but never short on class. His chunky drums are always the foundational element and they come embellished with superb synth work. This new EP on Pariter finds him lean into tech with the loopy acid squelches of ‘303 Effect’ keeping you in suspense, ‘Acid Smoke’ layering soft 303 lines into a punchy deep house cut and then comes the EP highlight, ‘Extension Time’. It’s a zoned-out roller with tender piano chords turning you inwards for deep reflection as the rubbery drums keep things moving.
New heat on L.A. Club Resource beat out by Duke & Cliff! Unearthed Essentials pays honourable homage to classics over six tracks….names like Boyd Jarvis, Marcus Mixx, Gherkin, and Nick Nonstop all popping up on this one. Continuing to move forward bringing essential, formative dance music back to the forefront over these six tracks.
London-based label Release Sustain announces the release of a brand new EP by Chicago’s Jamal Moss, Mathematics Recordings label head, one of the most uncompromising artists in the game. Famed for his raw, lo-fi approach to house, he messes with the rules and makes unpredictable, unforgettable sounds like few others. Here he arrives on London’s Release Sustain with four cuts of relentless drum programming and acid melodies that traverse the line between house and techno. From the slow and wonky opener to the coruscated ‘The Dark Hold of the Bold’ via the distorted and deprived ‘The Nu Glance Sound’ this is a fine EP.
Tyree might not get the headlines that many of his Chicago peers do but it’s hard to see why. One reason might be that he was big on hip-house, a fusion of, well, hip-hop and house that never quite fully took off and got the respect it should. Here he offers something more raw and aligned with the first wave of Chicago jack. ‘Video Crash’ is a scintillating analogue fusion with pushing synths and caustic perc. It gets even more acidic on the remix and then the Traxman Funkbomb rework ups the vocal event for pure destruction.
Hieroglyphic Being with a collection of 10 tracks on volume four of ‘The Black Box’.
Hieroglyphic Being with a collection of 8 tracks on volume three of ‘The Black Box’.
Raw collection of remixes by Chicago’s Houz Mon of the classic Acid tracks from Armando (Confusion & Downfall Remixes), Spank Spank and Set Me Free on BeatBoys Records from Chicago.
Chiwax Classic Edition presents Paul Johnson – In The Kitchen 95′, originally released on Nite Life, runned by the legendary Dace Mania founder, Ray Barney in 1995.
“For the 3rd chapter from the definitive days of house music, as the previous 2 chapters is education that a lot of alleged “House” DJs and Producers are obviously lacking.
Traxx plays again from the early 80s, 90s and today from vintage and out of print record labels: Polar, Trojan, Dirtyblends, Westwood, Smack Trax, Slip n Slide, Trax Records, to productions from: Boyd Jarvis, Urban Soul, Blaze, Virgo, Prince, Romanthony, Colonel Abrams, Leron Carson, Tyree, MBD, Marcus Mixx, Ron Morelli, Nature Boy, Delroy Edwards, Turtle Bugg, Cliff Solomon and also a new joint from Deep Concentration bridging and building blocks of the early dance music scene culture with selections of today and yesterday incorporating musical blueprints of Chicago and New York’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..
This musical timeline is literally all over the rhythm scales ⚖️with vinyl turntables, a vintage mix console…effects box and cd players.”
Marking the 10-year anniversary of Chicago legend K’ Alexi Shelby’s grooved out, vocal laden house bumper ”The Dancer”, with a reissue that shines a light on four standout remixes from four true greats, Ron Trent, Ian Pooley, Glenn Underground and Grand High Priest.
Alley Version presents the third installment of the series ‘Tracks From The Alley’, a V.A. 4-tracker compilation, kicking off with a new track by the Japanese machines wizard Takeshi Kouzuki, ‘PaganParadise’, where Chicago style acidelic beats meets immersive gloomy pads and tiny dripping melodies. The Italian duo FLML complete the A side with ‘Analog Jerky Thing’, a tape recorded jam driven by a hypnotic proto-acid style touching bassline. Greek cult producer DimDj open the B side with the intricate ‘Apo Pou Eisai’, a track made of rarefied jack-beats into dub echoes, mutating in acid attacks. Closes the e.p. Chris Mitchell, U.S. based producer-DJ and label boss of Feral Colony, with ‘Tru1’, a raw impact complex textured acid-techno track.
“For the 2nd chapter from The Definitive Articles of House Music, Traxx plays from the early 80s, 90s and today from vintage and out of print bootlegs and record labels housetime, precision, nbasement and street sounds to productions from Carlos Berrios the Latin rascals, Bobby Konders, Edward “Get Down” Crosby, the Williesden brothers and a secret alias known as Genius At Work with new material from Modern Analysis, Deep Concentration and musical blueprints of Chicago and New York’s timeless heroes we admire, honor and inspired by their education with this 2 hour and 48 minute selection.
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..
This musical timeline is literally all over the rhythm 🎵 scales ⚖️ with vinyl turntables, a vintage mix console…effects box and cd players.”
Originally released early last decade, Simoncino’s four-part The Warrior Dance series boasted a mix of inspired original productions and superb remixes. This 12″ contains four of the best remixes, all of which first appeared between 2010 and 2012. Ron Trent’s EP-opening revision of ‘The Warrior Dance’ is little less than analogue deep house perfection – all sparse drum machine beats, bittersweet chords, sci-fi synth sounds and the producer’s usual emotive piano motifs – while Gene Hunt’s take on ‘Do It Again’ is hypnotic, bass-heavy and reminiscent of Larry Heard’s most bittersweet early works. Merwyn of Virgo Four drops two takes on ‘Mystery Girl’: a raw, analogue-rich deep house main mix, and a sparse, jacking and groove-based Dub.
The Hipodrome Of Music 