
Hakim Murphy has not been shy about sharing his vision with the world, & here he brings some classic home grown Chicago flavor.

Hakim Murphy has not been shy about sharing his vision with the world, & here he brings some classic home grown Chicago flavor.

Here’s the pitch: ask six of Chicago’s finest exponents of bumping house and pitched down disco cuts to contribute some of their finest works, blend them all together and present in the appropriate space either side of two 12″ slabs. What’s the end product? The rather hot looking Chicago Service from the Amsterdam label Lumberjacks in Hell which features a merry cast of the city’s finest in Gene Hunt, Rahaan, Jamie 3:26, Cratebug, Hugo H and Boogie Nite across two hot plates.

More tracks selected by the Running Back head honcho, Gerd Janson, for our continuing Music For Autobahns series. This 12″ includes tracks previously only on the CD release plus some exclusives…varied and roadworthy electronics that can also be used in cycle lanes and footpaths.

New single from the upcoming new Bottin album. Taking a detour from his italo and space disco trademark sound, this one is full spectrum laser house is sure to captivate a wide range of disco and not disco heads. And of course it’s ablaze with Bottin’s sizzling synth paraphernalia. Flipside features a lucious dub mix by In Flagranti.

Studio Barnhaus presetns the debut release from young Stockholm based producer and selector Baba Stiltz with 3 versions of his raw house tune Our Girls.

Dutch house producer De Sluwe Vos drops a heavy house hitter on the new Soulfood Records, including a Montel remix. De Sluwe Vos offers a nice contemporary version of classic peak time tracks rooted in the 90’s club house and (uk) garage tradition. Fresh, sexy and ballsy house music that will maintain its essential and funky edge ten years from now. Soulfood the new home of house in pure, raw and uplifting form.

Two House Limited is a Vinyl & digital label based in Copenhagen Denmark Focussing on House music. The debut release is a compilation of four tracks by Colman Buckley, Nick Beringer, Cram and Rikki Humphrey.

Recently acclaimed for his high quality remixes, this time it’s John Heckle’s turn to be remixed. Back Alley Terminator is a menacing and industrial single, accompanied by three suitably dark reworks from Andreas Gehm, Mick Wills and Valanx.

With the exception of the title track, People Mover EP is comprised of new tracks recorded by JTC especially for Ansatz. The tracks here represent JTCs ever expanding repertoire. Live synth and vocal work dance above solid rhythms which JTC is known for. The result breaks new ground for JTC as an artist, and dance music as a genre. People Mover is anthemicthe perfect ethereal intro to the EP and Ansatz as a label. Solutions is a solid mellow dance floor track with subtle build. Banter Block is a chaotic Afro-jazz carnival ride. Juvenile Conversation highlights some live synth work over a techno Roland rhythm.

New release by Romanian talent MarcMan on Savor Music. Four slamming house-techno cuts for peak time action.

For their next release Creme Organization turn to an emerging producer in the form of young Belgian Innershades. With but one previous release on Ukraine’s Wicked Bass label, little is known of the man other than the fact that he produces heavyweight techno with a purposeful and dubbed out menace. The first cut here, ‘Nina At The Boiler Room’ is a mid tempo stomper with grainy textures and musky ambiance run through with a wild acid line and classic pinging cowbells. It’s potent and feverish and forever builds to a peak, at which point a searching horn sound surveys the desolate landscapes. ‘No Stoppin’ is more like dub house, shrouded as it is in plenty of echo, delay and rueful and romantic pads. Last cut ‘The Future’ is the most up beat and peak time of the lot. It’s a bouncy, nimble bit of analogue house with sombre pads, busy melodies and a healthy scattering of percussion that brings plenty of kineticism to the mix. Three fine tracks that will surely have the world keeping an eye on Innershades from here on in.

Debut release from Delroy Edwards’ new label L.A. Club Resource. Dark & ruff beat tracks for the club. no frills..straight from L.A.

Three tracks of techno funk straight from Saturn on Hakim Murphy’s label. Classic Jamal Moss harsh raw Chicago tracks.