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VA – RDY #29 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY029]
Four monstrous tracks straight from the basement featuring one of the original house music creator Ron Hardy.
Prins Thomas – D (Hieroglyphic Being Remixes) [STS27412]
Given the sprawl and epic that was the recent Principe Del Norte album from Prins Thomas, it is no surprise Smalltown Supersound have opted to think big for this subsequent remix 12″ series. Hieroglyphic Being kicks matters off with a pair of remixes of “D”, whose original 14 minutes made for one of the highlights of the album. In the hands of Jamal Moss, the track doesn’t transform into the corrosive monster you might expect though little of the original remains intact. The accompanying Beat Rework buries PT’s original krauty melodics deep below a killer barrage of drums and is our favourite of the two HB versions.
Jamal Moss – 4 This Is Living That Gherkin Life: Gherkin Tracks [0000000-001]
Jamal Moss AKA Hieroglyphic Being with the Gherkin inspired treats. Combining tracks from CDR releases, of the same name, that were circulating at the end of 2015.
VA – RDY #28 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY028]
Three monstruous tracks straight from the basement featuring one of the original house music creator Ron Hardy. Tullio de Piscopo – Stop Bajon, Eberhard Schoener – Why Don’t You Answer and John Forde – dDon’t You Know Who Did It.
I.B.M. – Eat My Fuck [SYNSEN004]
Special limited cassette of I.B.M. aka Hieroglyphic Being’s ”Eat My Fuck” which was originally released on vinyl in 2014 & is out of print. Limited to 100 numbered copies worldwide. Includes 2 stickers. A demented sonic painting of rhythmic cubism & synth expressions.
Dona – City With No Fear [POINTS006]
For its sixth release, Points Records invited Jamal Moss who drops an awesome B-side here. Great underground acid track featuring a twisted Hieroglyphic Being rework.
VA – RDY #26 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY026]
Rinder & Lewis – Lust, The Alan Parsons Project – Mammagamma (instrumental) and an 120 BPM rhythm track.
Hieroglyphic Being – Dekmantel Podcast 052
VA – RDY #25 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY025]
All three tracks here are on a stretched-out, dubbed-out electronic disco tip, beginning with what appears to be Hardy’s reel-to-reel extension of Disco Dream & The Androids’ quirky 1979, Moroder-ish arpeggio-jam “Dream Machine”. Flip for an all-instrumental dub take on Craig Peyton’s decidedly wonky, electro-disco cover of “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got” and “116 BPM Trax”, an un-credited, boogie-era, proto-house jam full of bubbling electronics, cheeky synthesizer riffs and clanking drum machine hits.
Traxx @ Club 101 (Clermont-Ferrand) 27.11.2015
Africans With Mainframes live @ Boiler Room Chicago 11.11.2015
John Heckle – Trema EP [MATH086]
John Heckle is back on Mathematics with this 4 track EP. Bringing back some serious textures and sequence in sonic mentalism. “It’s a Chicago thang don’t be confused or afraid.”
Jamal Moss - 4 This Is My Gherkin Life Vol. 3 [GHERKINCD003]
While Larry Heard only ever produced two 12″ singles under the Gherkin Jerks alias, the ragged acid tracks featured in those EPs have been hugely influential. Certainly, they made a lasting impression on Jamal Moss, who earlier this year decided to record a bunch of tracks inspired by Heard’s infamous blend of rugged drum machine rhythms, twisted acid lines, and heart-aching deep house touches. 4 This Is My Gherkin Life Volume 3 continues where installments one and two left off, delivering eight more killer machine jams which temper Moss’s usual balls-out approach to Chicagoan acid with a few melancholic, melodious touches. The result is another impressive set of analogue box jams, from the bass-heavy bounce of the intoxicating “Track 8”, to the spacey electronics and Detroit drums of “Track 5”.
I.B.M. – From The Land Of Rape & Honey (The Suppressed Tapes ) 1995-2005 [IT035]
Jamal Moss (aka I.B.M. – Insane Black Man) is a lost warrior of sonic truth. Digging through shoe boxes of cassettes, video tapes, and mini discs, we have collected the secret tapes of one Insane Black Man. This is an archive of the impetus of his genius, containing perhaps the holy grail of all Jamal Moss tunes The Land of Rape and Honey and Tribal Retribution. Artists on labels like LIES are still searching for these originals. We have taken them from their dusty and damaged condition and painfully & meticulously restored them. Now we can present these fragile raw and pure visions with the greatest level of quality. Finally the full impact of these ideas can be felt.
Traxx @ We Are Monsters, Monarch (San Francisco) 05.06.2015
VA – RDY #24 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY024]
Traxx – Dekmantel Podcast 034
The Angel Race – Futureshock Disco [MATH083]
Time for some serious maniac sonics for the world to enjoy the way Mathematics has been known for by combining the talents of two insane sonic visionaries, Deviere & Jamal Moss. A fusion of Larry Heard, Sun Ra, and Armando. This EP is to ease you into what’s about to come.
VA – This Is How It Started Vol. 5 [CHITOWN005]
‘This Is How It Started’ focuses heavily on the early days of the Chicago sound, especially in the formative years at Ron Hardy’s Music Box. Part 5 with a selection of old and new proto house inspired tracks. Including the killer Peaches and Prunes!
The Hipodrome Of Music 