Freddy Fresh – The Harvest [RX3]

Back in 2020, hip-hop, breaks and electro stalwart Freddy Fresh decided to turn his hand to vintage-sounding house and techno, self-releasing a set of tracks called The Harvest online. Rawax were impressed, with the popular label deciding to put the pick of the cuts out on vinyl. Title track ‘The Harvest’ sets the tone, with the veteran producer wrapping a house-tempo, post-electro groove in sustained organ chords, spacey synths and bubbly electronic melodies. ‘House-Spanner’ sees him doff a cap to The Middle of Nowhere-era Orbital (seriously, it’s very reminiscent of the Hartnoll brothers’ late ’90s output), while ‘Misunderstood’ is a woozy, delay-laden chunk of early morning U.S deep house. Elsewhere, the deep house dreaminess continues on the interestingly swung ‘Twain’, and clonking, TB-303 speckled ‘Horlywagon’.

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Freddy Fresh – The Harvest [RX3]

The Arabian Prince & The Sheiks – Situation Hot [RWE002]

ARABIAN PRINCE & THE SHEIKS, The - Situation Hot

Second release on the new Rawax West Coast Edition comes again from The Arabian Prince & The Sheiks.
It’s the 1986 hit ”Situation Hot” originally released on Street Kut Records.

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The Arabian Prince & The Sheiks – Situation Hot [RWE002]

Thomas Barnett presents Subterfuge – The Foundation Series Volume One [RMCE017]

BARNETT, Thomas/SUBTERFUGE - The Foundation Series Volume One

Rawax welcomes Thomas Barnett to the family. with the “Foundation Series Volume One”. Originally released in 1997 on Visillusion Records (Detroit).

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Thomas Barnett presents Subterfuge – The Foundation Series Volume One [RMCE017]

Precession – Retrograde Motion EP [RSO-02]

PRECESSION - Retrograde Motion EP

RAWAX presents Precession aka Steve O’Sullivan with the second release on his own series. This one is very special as it’s the first release Steve ever did 25 years ago. 2 tracks on this outstanding ep were co-produced by WIS. Retrograde Motion EP came out originally on the legendary Ferox label, runned by Russ Gabriel.

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Precession – Retrograde Motion EP [RSO-02]

The Arabian Prince & The Sheiks – Take You Home Girl / Innovator [RWE001]

ARABIAN PRINCE & THE SHEIKS, The - Take You Home Girl

Rawax welcomes Kim Nazel, one of the founders of N.W.A. aka The Arabian Prince, starting with ”The Arabian Prince And The Sheiks – Take You Home Girl/ Innovator” from 1985, originally released on Rapsur Records. This release contains for the first time the unreleased extended version of ”Take You Home, Girl” and ”Innovative Life”, a track done together with Dr. Dre.

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The Arabian Prince & The Sheiks – Take You Home Girl / Innovator [RWE001]

Armando presents Robert Armani – Armani Trax / Circus Bells [CRATX002]

ARMANDO presents ROBERT ARMANI - Armani Trax

Chiwax presents the second release of Robert Armani on his own platform called Robert Armani Traxx Series. This time in the rebound the masterpiece from 1990 formerly out on legendary Dance Mania: : Armando presents Robert Armani – Armani Trax / Circus Bells.

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Armando presents Robert Armani – Armani Trax / Circus Bells [CRATX002]