Skylax Records, the company focused on realeasing original obscure dance classic and everything’s that sounds fine to their ears. For this new release serie, they bring one of the most influential & mysterious producer from Detroit since the late glorious 80’s, an amazing singer, keyboard player & producer. This guy is Niko Marks.
Norwegian Sex Tags Mania offspring-label wANIA presents a very special, off-schedule and limited Wania-US-edition. A-side with a disco-house jab from the usually spaced out Trance Yo Lie. B-side giving full-side-space to dj Sotofett’s NYC Dub Mix – an unreleased house remix of Madteo’s ”We Do…”!
The Chuck “Cyril” Walker Collection (1980-1985) featuring 8 rare tracks highlighting the career of this Charlotte, NC keyboardist and producer. “Saturday Night” is dedicated to the family, friends, and fans of the late Chuck “Cyril” Walker, who passed away during the making of this album.
Profumo is the first release in the new Don’t Be Afraid 10″ series entitled DBA DUBS. This series is about teaming a London house dub with a ‘techno-related’ dancefloor remix. The first release comes from Claws For? ,with a remix from Gosub. Hearing is believing as far as the original goes, a soulful and expressive analogue house cut that will work in both day time and night time sets this summer. Gosub’s remix is a sleazy, greasy Miami electronic funk work out which sweats and oozes authentic East Coast vibe.
New material from one Kathy Diamond who’s teamed up with Mastercris for a beat down, piano heavy, hands in the air sort of track featuring ms Diamond’s signature voice. On the flipside, Amsterdam bods Juju & Jordash deliver a solid detroit flavoured mix for the more demanding stages of the night.
Straight outta Glasgow comes a fresh new label with a mindset aimed squarely at the dance floor! The first release comes from Detroits Acid House maestro Jared Wilson. Three trax of raw analogue emotion, kicking off with the A-side track ”Why Trust”, an epic and futuristic acid builder, cut loud for maximum effect, it gets more insane as the track progresses.
Andrew Grant teams up again with Lomez for the sixth release on EDEC Music Outlet. “3rd Wave” definitely nods to the Stateside influence with its classic touches, smooth synth chords and spoken vocal drops. New Jersey´s DJ Qu with his signature cut ups and splices delivers a rework to completes the package.
Stunning triple disc compilation and includes numerous unreleased tracks and beyond hard to find house tracks made in Chicago in the early to late Eighties from the catalogues of Mitchbal Records and Chicago Connection Records. 3CD boxset includes an exclusive mix by Jerome Derradji, and a 28 page booklet documenting the story of Mitchbal and Chicago Connection Records.
For anyone with an interest in the history of house music, this excellent compilation from Jerome Derradji’s Still Music imprint should be essential listening. It focuses on the output of two long forgotten Chicago labels, Mitchbal and Chicago Connection Records, during the early to mid 1980s, when electro, new wave and boogie were morphing into house. As such, 122 BPM offers a mix of rare, largely overlooked cuts that bristle with analogue dancefloor intent. There’s proto-jack in the shape of Jeanette Thomas’s “Shake Your Body” and Z Factor’s “I Am The DJ”, dubbed-out Chi-town proto house from Mitchbal and Larry Williams, and some terrific bodypoppin’ electro from McGhee.
Two mega dancefloor tracks made by Doug Lee (Stallions, TBD) and L.I.E.S. label boss Ron Morelli. Real Bad News reminds us of the Cajual/Relief records days with heavy drums and a massive breakdown that is sure to totally confuse or drive people insane. The B-side’s More Bad News is a massive morphing track that sounds like a dying animal trying to escape a garbage can. It’s like German shuffle track through the eyes of two drunk and delusional Americans.
Amazing futuristic and forward thinking three track ep by Japanese producers Takuya Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Onozawa and Kouji Nagahashi. Exotic house music from Asia made with a fresh approach thats stirring up influences from jacking Chicago and Japanese pioneers such as Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Tribal/spiritual Chi-house by Chicago legend K-Alexi Shelby, who delivered so many hot classics… x-rated whispering included of course!
Elbee Bad aka Lamont Booker is another great underground house pioneer from the formative days of NYC house in the late eighties. ‘The True Story Of House Music’ is the first time Bad’s catalog gets compiled for re-release. Although the best and most prolific part of his catalog is his late 80’s and early 90’s output, Booker never stopped producing (and dj’ing). Elbee Bad aka LB Bad aka The Prince Of Dance Music aka Lamont Booker aka The Voodoo Man, aka Lord KCB aka BAD currently lives and works in Berlin where he continues to work on music as well as producing and running his Bad’s Label.
Bocca Grande is the alis name under which Kousuke Ishida is producing music focusing and marked by the piano blending in with electric sounds to the expression of music with former piano teacher Yuka Kobayashi. This is a nice remix package featuring Morphosis, Artifact, Chromatic Filters and Corrado Bucci.
Hands Up is the production team formed by The Analogue Cops and Alex Picone. Their analogue joint venture has groundbreaking results. Machine powered house music heavily influenced by the Berliner dub techno and by the funkiest 2step ,with a debt to Detroit. This first release features 2 dancefloor killers recorded on tape and saturated with bass.
Killekill announces the start of a sub label focusing the housier side of music. Killekill House Trax starts with the release of a track by Alex Cortex. Quite uptempo but groovy as hell “Oh Yeah” comes along with a strong reminiscence to classic chicago house with its strong bassline and the catchy vocal sample. Tyree Cooper added a simple but well working piano and packed the original into an even more classic outfit.
The Hipodrome Of Music 