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VA – House Of Trax Vol. 3 [RH-TX3]
Rush Hour proudly presents an official series of Trax reissues. This third release in the series mostly touches on the magic of Jamie Principle. However, this EP opens with a sublime deep vocal track originally released on Trax sub-label Saber in 1991 by Ace & The Sandman (who are also responsible for the Virgo Four tracks).
Fanon Flowers – Chicago-Detroit [SS002]
Raw jacking acid tracks as we know from Fanon Flowers since his debut on I-f’s Ref-ference label many years ago!
Steve Summers – Lucid Fingers EP [EVR002]
Steve Summers is back with his third ep, this time around for Greece’s Echovolt label. Summer’s continues to play with his main inspirations, the energy and grit of Hardy tape edits, melodies of Larry Heard, and deep bass tones of William S,. This four track ep manages to capture a feeling of experimentation and authenticity that’s often missing in modern dance music.
Randolph – Echoes Remixes 3 [STILL031]
Charles Webster, Todd Sines, Zed Bias remixes. Charles an Zed both deliver stunning soulful house music takes that will ravish dance floors worldwide while Todd creates an analog techno journey around Randolph’s classic Eda Mae.
Specter – Bionic Being [SIS012]
Chicago’s Specter is welcomed into the Sistrum family with the Bionic Being EP, featuring three cuts of raw depth and sonic purity.
Langenberg – Past Present Ep [DES097]
Past Present bristles with tough analog energy as a pushing solid state drum pattern opens into a rousing bassline-led theme. Moody, utterly deep and shining with reverence for the classic days of Chicago.
David Vunk @ IFM Festival, The Hague, 28.05.2010
Mick Wills – Demo Mix CD #15
Traxx – I Once Was …
Sometimes moments of a catastrophic emotion in himself determines how the writer is bringing his words to the paper. Enjoy another mysterious session by the caretaker of haunted sound. It sure is sending shivers down your spine. Spooky!
June – June 01 [JUNE01]
Mysterious producer under the name June, composes a three track EP ranging from trippy acid house to chicago. Apparantly all tracks were composed on hardware machines.
R-A-G – Beyond [MOSDEEP002]
Four rough tracks by this new Amsterdam underground jacking crew, consisting of MOS label boss Aroy Dee, G-String, known from the infamous Intergalactic FM and Amsterdam’s best kept production secret known as Marco Spaventi! Four times pure old school house beauty & energy!
Tama Sumo & Prosumer – Rarified EP [OTON036]
Panorama Bar’s most respected residents go toe-to-toe on two tracky new cuts for Ostgut, backed with a rare remix from Oliverwho Factory! Chicago influenced techno tracks.
Jared Wilson – Bonus!!! [7777003]
Baz Reznik – Dirt From The Mind [SD17]
Dirty, sleazy, mean and in your face pumping Chicago electrotechno jack from upcoming The Hague talent Baz Reznik on the ever impressive SD Records label. It has that beloved La Haye roughness that makes it essential for sweaty, hypnotic dancefloors and dark afterparties.
Actress – Splazsh [HJRLP049]
Darren Cunningham’s eagerly‐awaited new album is an adventurous, ultramodern, thoroughly British affair, rummaging about in the inner lives of house and techno, and brilliantly elaborating the accomplishments of his debut, Hazyville.
James T. Cotton – On Time [SPC093]
After a two-year wait since Tadd Mullinix’s last release as James T. Cotton, the man storms back with “On Time”, on Spectral Sound. Four tracks packed with more music than any EP has a right to. The EP includes also a Rick Wade remix.
Hipodrome Podcast 001 – Toygun
Here is the starting point for the podcast series. The first mix is from Toygun, a young dj from Hermannstadt , Romania. He delivers a 2 hours mix with more than 40 chicago, electro, disco and italo tracks.
I hope you enjoy it, I certainly did.
Jaime Read – Never The Future [ESR002]
After more than a decade of being out of the music industry, Jamie Read is back in business. Jaime Read had a few solid releases in the ’90s and a trickle of collaborative material with Felix Dickinson as L.H.A.S. Inc. (short for Larry Heard Appreciation Society). “Never The Future” EP finds Read picking up on a diversity of sounds that his solo work afforded him.
Basic Soul Unit – Tuff Luv [CR1247]
Deep and raw, at times retarded and industrial edged emotional Jack Trax that are firmly rooted in the Detroit/Chicago tradition. Toronto based Basic Soul Unit (aka Stuart Li) is back on Creme with a 4 track EP.
The Hipodrome Of Music 