Ragrange Records debuts with the label owner, Rondenion, delivering a killer house EP! The title track is a warm yet bass heavy tune with a serious groove. “Black Sky” follows in a real deep fashion. Flip it for “Mechanical Motion”, a harder edged track with an old school feel.
Skylax Records presents Wax Classic. The first release features 4 fantastic trax by legendary Detroit producer Jason Grove.
Dekmantel comes up with some serious tracks from the brilliant Detroit producer, Terrence Parker. Two tracks that came out earlier under different project names, now in the rebound on the same EP.
Parker Music Works presents a collaboration between Terrence Parker under his Polatronics guise and Chris Shivers as Tralopscinor. The EP includes 4 old deep detroit house tracks, released under different labels.
New 7 inch on Kyle Hall’s Wild Oats label produced by Jay Simon. ”Faith” is an interesting debut track from Simon with female vox from a familiar voice.
Paul Bennett returns with his label paying hommage to the classics. Immaculately programmed Maydayesque drum machines, emotive & expansive pitch bent synths, thundering low frequencies and clanks galore. This is a supercharged rewiring of the Detroit blueprint in three startlingly well executed flavours.
Machining Dreams no. 6 is materializing from Amir Alexander, who presents a deep project called Interdimensional Transit EP. Moving through the worm hole, a track materializes at each stop offering emotive tunes that pull at your senses. Alexander shows off his skills as you travel into four different universes encompassed within four House yet Techno musical adventures.
New artist to the Jamal Moss camp brings three original tracks to the label influenced by Chicago classic house, cinematic soundscapes, and Detroit tech. On the flip, Marcello Napoletano’s IFM project drops a fresh remix to the title track.
The sampler of the upcoming Amsterdam All Stars compilation, a release that catches the current spirit of house music from Amsterdam. This 12″ features an exclusive track from Young Marco (it will not be on the LP format) and a track from Juju & Jordash.
KILLEKILL’s next release comes from Snuff Crew, featuring two tracks. ‘Domo’ a proper acid monster and ‘Eat This’ a raw chicago jack track, that is working its way with nothing but a few drum tracks and a vocal sample and is pure raw sexual energy.
Three tracks straight from the basement which has been used by one of the pioneers of the original house music Ron Hardy. “Traffic Jam” from Prince, Teddy Pendergrass’ “The more i get” and “Lefturno” from R.H. Classic stuff bringing back the vibes from the early days.
The latest release in the ‘Perpetual Masters’ series, which sees the M-Plant catalogue being remastered and re-released, is the classic ‘The Greatest Dancer’.
L.D. Nero graces Pomelo with profound house rhythms. ‘Be the Light’ features a very catchy hook over deep strings and sparse but effective rhythmic programing, achieving an ethereal summer tune, floating and hypnotic, but grounded in the low end. The flip features two extremely stripped down house grooves, applying subtle changes and transitions for maximum effectiveness on the dancefloor.
Vault Series is a cheeky little series where Rush Hour drops never before released tracks and mixes from its vaults as well as tracks which are in dire need of a re-release. The series kicks off with an unreleased track by the mysterious Duster Valentine. An anthemic disco track that, with its catchy piano loop, pays homage to the golden days of New York house music. On the other side we find Aardvarck’s fun-loving-freestyle-disco-mash-up-party-jam, That Pig, remastered and extended.
3rd Strike presents a remix pack for Vakula’s ‘Saturday’, with remixes by Deetron, Jeff Sharel, Legowelt and Fudge Fingas.
Ribn return to the Mild Pitch camp with two fresh tracks and a stunning remix by The Revenge. “No Place” is a deep diving funky house jam, that combines fragile soul samples and buzzing electronics.
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