Classic jazzy Chicago deep house tracks in the rebound
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The Rhythm Odyssey – State Of Space EP [CHIWAX009]
Henry Gilles – Damn It Or Change It EP [RAWAX107]
Marco Bernardi – Uber Depa [RAWAX012]
Mome – Tikka Ep [HOUSEWAX008]
Suburban Boyz – Insane [CCE005]
Dance Mania Classic by the founder of this legendary Chicago house himself, Raymond Barney. Bouncing jack/club tracks from the golden year 1988.
VA – Frankfurt Tracks [CHIWAX008]
Chiwax connet to Frankfurt with 4 tracks from 3 Frankfurter producers Emil Seidel, Orson Wells and Benjamin Milz.
Steve Murphy – Planet Earth EP [RAWAX010.6]
Excellent dreamy nineties Detroit/U.K. inspired techno/house tracks by Steve Murphy on Rawax.
Livio Improta – Analog.ie EP [HOUSEWAX007]
The debut release by Italian Livio Improta from Naples on Housewax, offering an “old school” sonority with continue references to repertory of Detroit and Chicago.
Robin Scholz – Retrospective EP [RAWAX010.5]
Perseus Traxx – A Girl Named Rebecca [CHIWAX007]
With releases under a range of pseudonyms (Orpheus, Sir Leon Greg, Nite Vision), once again Perseus Traxx unashamedly shows his nature on this release. Thoughts, feelings and emotions are by far the most important influences on music, and capturing moments then translating into a musical form he once again documents the more personal elements of his life, taking you deep. Perseus weaves a rich tapestry of emotions and desires using heavily weighted bass tones and skipping percussion that thread together with expansive strings and pads. These are married with more detailed melodies and modulated tones that shimmer in and out of the psyche as he uses analogue boxes and their warmth like a loom. This collection of music ranges from the deep and dreamy, to total transcendence within steady dance floor rhythms clothed in a warm yet spacious fabric of sound. Deep House, sometimes with a real sense of urgency that juxtaposes with itʼs inherent flights of fancy.
Robert Armani – Arrow [CCE003]
Re-release of Armani’s classic ‘Arrow’ originally released on Dance Mania in 1997 with the hard-to-find ‘Poison Mind’ by Alvin Carr as a bonus track. Essential Chicago house/techno.
Andy Vaz – Imaginary Beings [CHIWAX006]
Return of Andy Vaz who delivers some minimal jacking acid for Chiwax, four tracks of acidy goodness from the hands of the Yore Records labelboss. ”He Used To Be An Asian” track is a perfect executed track of hypnotic jacking acid.
Nite Vision – Distant Planes EP [CHIWAX005]
Nite Vision’s second outing arrives via the meteorically rising Chiwax label. Craig Stainton and NigelRogers have once again combined their knowledge and love for warm synth tones. Distant Planes is an intoxicatingly psychedelic adventure into House music, interconnecting a range of new and old machines to generate a distinctively timeless fog of sound that transports the mind to other realms while forcing the body to move in its most primal and expressive way. All extracted live from the machines, the whole thing simply throbs a simplicity that while seeming basic and unfettered by the details of much of the over produced music currently available, somehow remains rich and complex in its sound and feel. This is as deep as it is mystical, a true interdimensional journey.
Drew Sky – Straight From The Hideout [CCE004]
Classic Drew Sky tracks from the obscure Chicago label Nitelife. Funky, dirty sample injected Chicago house tracks.
Marco Bernardi – Cosmodrome [RAWAX010.4]
M.S. – Get Down EP [RAWAX010.3]
Strong Detroit inspired tracks on Rawax. This one digging in the rich history of Detroit techno for its influences resulting in a cool 3 track ep of some timeless techno tracks on clear vinyl 10”.
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!
Vualitron – Blagodub EP [DUBWAX001]
A dubby offshoot of the highly collectable Rawax label called Dubwax. The first release includes four stripped-down obscure house tracks from Vualitron.
Rio Padice – Urania EP [RAWAX008]
Having slowly plugged away at the underground scene for many years now, Rio Padice seems to be settling into his own sound now, and it’s right at home on Rawax. There’s a brittle quality to the pumping drums that Padice programmes, as if they might shatter at any given moment. Meanwhile the vibes that surround these skeletal rhythms range from the mellow keys of “Track 1” through to the red-lined acid squelch of “Track 2”. With everything lovingly fed through an aging process to give it a grainy quality, you can’t deny that the man has worked hard to make his tracks raw.
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