Benny Badge as Freewency dropping some genuine disco funk boogie tracks on Voyeurhythm.
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Claws For? – Profumo [DUB001]
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.
Kathy Diamond & Mastercris – Right There [ENDLESSFLIGHT047]
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.
Steve Summers Live @ Visit, The Waldorf (Vancouver) 27.07.2012
Jared Wilson – Unknown Desires [DABJ1201]
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 & Lomez – 3rdwave [EDEC006]
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.
Intergalactic Gary – Sweatbox Mix
VA – Jerome Derradji Presents – 122 BPM – The Birth Of House Music [STILLMDCD006]
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.
Bad News – Real Bad News [LIES012.5]
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.
VA – Iero Specimen [IERO07]
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.
DJ TLR – Everything Is Everything – August 2012
K-Alexi – 1000 Shades Of K [CCE001]
Tribal/spiritual Chi-house by Chicago legend K-Alexi Shelby, who delivered so many hot classics… x-rated whispering included of course!
Willie Burns – Creme Podcast #1
Elbee Bad: The Prince Of Dance Music – True Story Of House Music [RH121LP]
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 – Little Pianist Remixed [REB070]
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 – Alien / Talk Good [HUP001]
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.
Alex Cortex – Oh Yeah [KHT001]
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.
Patrice Scott – LWE Podcast 129
Mutant Beat Dance – Urban Dust [LIES014]
While everyone was sleeping Mutant Beat Dance (the production duo of Chicago’s Traxx and Beau Wanzer) were in the studio cooking up something nasty. If you know these guys then you know they are out to push music into a different realm every time they work. On this 12″ we get two very different songs, the lead cut being driven by 727s, JX-3P bass, and some sampled horns which make this a driving and funky excursion bring you back to another time and place. Sketch III clocks in at around 110 bpms and drives on and on and on, plodding through the depths of your mind while conflicting voices (mis)guide you through your trip. Strictly for the freakz.
Protect-U – The Protect U EP [VIB006]
Protect-U move to Vibrations for this four-track EP of foggy analogue house oddities. “Wild Drift” opens proceedings with a flowing piece of arpeggiated machine funk, shifting through a myriad of hazy moods, whilst “Ultra (Basic mix)” utilizes a conga led rhythm and aquatic bassline in combination with dramatic lead melody. This track is revisited on the flip, as “Slow Ultra” gives a reversion characterized by its shimmering, intertwining pads punctuated by a rich bassline. The EP is closed by “Bright After Dark”, undoubtedly the moodiest track of the bunch; foregoing the relatively rich melodies of its counterparts, it focuses instead on swampy atmospherics and an industrial squelch.
