Stripped bare and driven hard – this is Jack at its most physical. Filthy, saturated drum work meets crunchy, uncompromising samples as Böhm channels the genre’s raw core across four relentless tracks. Each cut is engineered to whip crowds into a frenzy and lock the dancefloor in. Pure warehouse ammunition. Essential addition to any serious recordbox.
Originally released in 1988 on the compilation Acid Tracks Vol. 3 via Needle Records, ”The Other Side” has long been recognised as a potent example of early Chicago acid house. Now, more than three decades later, the track receives its first official 12” release – and, crucially, its first release with the original artists correctly credited. While historically attributed to Maurice Joshua, ”The Other Side” was in fact produced by Da Posse (Hula Mahone), with vocals by Martell. The release is issued by Island Life Records, a Bali-based label. The release is accompanied by a set of new remixes that respectfully extend the track’s legacy into the present day. Remix duties come from Island Life Records founder Garry Todd under his Clouds Of Kouros alias, Johnny Aux (one half of Paranoid London), and Age Of Hyperion each offering a distinct contemporary interpretation while retaining the spirit and tension of the original recording.
Neapolitan DJ and producer Lello Di Franco, aka L.D.F., presents World Beats — a project driven by the intention to carve out a new, deeper mood on the dancefloor. Rooted in rhythm, raw edits and sampling, the concept draws from forgotten and classic cuts pulled straight from his vinyl collection, reshaped with a contemporary, club-focused approach. This first volume brings together like-minded artists from different corners of the world — Jesse Bru, Chicago edit master Rahaan, and Berlin-based DJ Merci — each contributing their own unique musical perspective while helping define the project’s distinctive global sound.
Some big names feature on the second volume of Ensouled’s ‘Freedom, Innovation, Resonance’ series, and they serve up suitably profound sounds. Dutch mainstay Orlando Voorn gets the hairs standing on end with his ‘Deeper’, a sumptuous blend of soft synths, undulating rhythms and spiritual keys. The Cee ElAssaad remix has still soft edges but a little more upright groove, and then Chicago legend Boo Williams cranks it up further with his loopy, melodically intense ‘Loose Cannon’. Lastly, Nawfel’s ‘Fight Or Flight’ is a textural deep house affair with mechanical, rigid rhythms softened by the lush pads.
All Nice Records returns with NICE005, the second release from label co-founder Bobby Dreams, a five-track excursion through deep, functional, and emotionally rich house music.
Tom Carruthers continues his highly prolific production strikes with the first of the year 2026 on his label Non Stop Rhythm.
Skyline Systems emerges from Australia with Escape Vector — four deeply elegant cuts rooted in the classic deep Detroit influenced sound. Stripped-back and refined, the producer crafts machine-driven landscapes where analog synths and drum machines intertwine with a hypnotic, subtly futuristic groove. Warm, fluid basslines, shimmering metallic chords and a steady pulse invite both introspection and late-night dancefloor drift. Minimal yet immersive, Escape Vector distills the essence of Detroit’s deep house and electro heritage while adding a contemporary sense of space and precision.
The mystic SB&C, laying low amongst the stone circles of the Scottish Highlands send a message out to the cosmos with remixes from Orgue Electronique and Legowelt.
Whodamanny has been releasing colorful and evocative club compositions as part of his Periodica sublabel Biloba, and now, with ‘Onda Biloba’, the dynamic DJ and producer expands on these sounds with a full length exploration that overflows with vibrant textures of world dance exotica and paradise pop balearica, resulting in one of his most ambitious and adventurous releases so far. Recorded at his Biloba studio, the album is a sunburst bounty of groove, with downtempo jams alive with searing fuzz leads, expressive vocal interplay and seascape synth solos giving way to deviant disco in a dayglo dreamscape. Loved up lyrical spells play against Hi-NRG hedonism while sunburnt saxophones scream, and subtropical nights are soundtracked by amalgamations of sultry summer samba and blazing funk fusion. Equatorial house beats move the body beneath a pan-cultural carnival parade and fantasy flutes fly over stretches of slow dubby dream balladry while elsewhere flashes of sax, drum, and piano create a body burning fire of sweat, movement, and motion.
New free tracks from Mystery Friend. Expect full action with 707, 727 and a lot of samples.
Shin Watanabe returns to Hot Street with Album 1987, an album of nostalgic, analogue-rich and sample-heavy cuts that variously draw inspiration from early Larry Heard productions, formative Japanese deep house cuts, and the deeper end of late 80s New Jersey garage-house jams. Propper Classic House Music.
Mr. G, aka Colin McBean, presents a remastered, 23-track compilation entitled ‘OG Retrospective’. ‘The day I found my original studio masters and got my rights back was the starting point, and then I realised it’s 25 years on and it’s time to recode, remaster and reevaluate because I’ve never looked back properly. I’ve always been like a bat out of hell, never quite thinking I’m good enough or great at what I do, but it’s important to celebrate, because there’s nota lot of people still here, still doing it after this length of time’.
For its third release, ‘Nights in Itaewon’, PATH invites the Romanian artist Cosmjn, producer and DJ who also runs the label Radial. Across four tracks, he explores a wide spectrum of sounds, from techno and breaks to deep and atmospheric cuts. Each piece stands out with its own character while keeping a strong coherence throughout the EP. A record finely crafted for the dancefloor.
After the seminal Musica da Discoteca trilogy, L’oggetto continues his exploration of electronic music subcultures with Dance. This new series expands his research into the mutual connections between Italian and American sound cultures that gave birth to house music in the ’90s, while venturing into more introspective territories between Balearic beats, deep house, and techno. The new 12” EP, Dance vol.2, unfolds across four tracks that capture the night’s shifting moods and tempos, balancing collective euphoria with moments of personal transcendence.
The 20th official record release Dawn Of The Underworld – Bleep Chronicles: Otherworlds presents a spooky sci-fi Bleep SAGA. A haunted otherworldly journey, resurrecting sounds & scenes from an era long gone. Emerging from an ongoing process of revisiting old DAT tapes from the early 90s, rediscovering forgotten grooves, constructing new fragments / sequences and building sonic bridges between the past-present, time & space.
With “Cosmic Trance EP” Pedro Zopelar makes his first appearance on Frequencies Rhythm Life, channeling his signature sound through hypnotic synth work and gritty drum programming. Deep vibes and raw beats for this superb release from the Brazilian artists.
Timothy returns to Dungeon Module with six raw but playful house trax influenced by the early days of Chicago when you could still hear the wave influence. 12 bit drum machines, haunting strings, metallic percussion, cavernous flanger, stuttered vox. An antidote to over slick 90s house pastiche. This album is a fine example of the style Timothy has refined for years, from the psychedelic slam jak of ‘Junior’s Revenge’, to the heads down funk of title track ‘Home Of The Cone’.
Tom Carruthers is unstoppable and undoubtedly one of the most prolific house/techno producers out there in the recent years. Here he returns with a two tracks on his label his label Non Stop Rhythm. Title track is a pure monster.
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