Forgotten Treasure: Chubb Rock “The Chubbster” – Clark Kent Remix (1991)
Since it’s my first take here, I decided to talk about a little something that both combines House music & Hip Hop elements from the early 90’s, a musical era that’s the closest to my heart. There was a time in the late 80’s and early 90’s, especially in New-York …
Forgotten Treasure: Seven Grand Housing Authority “Jessica” (1994)
This records has had many lives and it’s still around after over 20 years after it was originally released. Let’s go back in time. Detroit is often associated with Techno around the late 80’s and early 90’s. The city also had a very vibrant house scene. Both movement were actually …
Exclusive Preview: Alister Johnson “Broken Body”
‘Broken Body‘ is the follow-up to 2015’s ‘Do It Again’ single. This two-stepping banger is dripping with 90s retro-futurist sensualism, a heady and visceral latin jazz-tinged house track with a back beat guaranteed to get the dancefloor jumping. Alister’s trademark synth flourishes mingle with the vocals of returning collaborator Rahan …
24HOV Mixes – Montreal Edition: FRED EVERYTHING
(Photo by Bruno Destombes) Recorded live in Montreal in February 2016 at the Bleury Vinyl Bar for the 14th edition of the 24 Hours of Vinyl project. This one comes from our good friend, and bona fide Canadian house music legend, FRED EVERYTHING. The set was a great way to …
Future Classic: Andy Stott “Too Many Voices”
via Boomkat: 4th Album from Andy Stott, a follow-up to 2014’s Faith In Strangers, featuring Fourth World pop variants joining the dots between Haruomi Hosono & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Newworldaquarium, Ruff Sqwad and Theo Parrish… Too Many Voices is the fourth album from Andy Stott, recorded over the last 18 months …
Forgotten Treasure: Workdub “Workdub EP”
via Juno: The latest volume in Music From Memory’s impressive 12″ series of reissued obscurities takes us back to late ’80s St Louis and the hard to find world of Workdub. Formed of Virgil Work Jnr. and Nicholas Georgieff, Workdub’s output was restricted to a pair of highly limited albums …
Pilooski “EarlyMorningZombie” Mix (2006)
(Photo by Philippe Levy) Trust me, this 10 year old mix from Pilooski is the perfect way to start your work week. The essential session for all of us “Early Morning Zombies” as we painfully crawl back to work at 9am. While cleaning some old hard drives this mix caught my …
Future Classic: Byron The Aquarius “Gone Today Here Tomorrow” (Wild Oats)
To most electronic music heads, it might seem like Byron The Aquarius came out of absolutely nowhere in the last 12 months in which he released an album on BBE, a underground best-selling EP on Theo Parrish’s Sound Signature label and now a 6 track EP on Kyle Hall’s Wild Oats imprint. However, …
Forgotten Treasure: The Funky Horns “Blow” (1995)
Jazzy House wasn’t always associated with background elevator music found on countless generic lounge compilations. Before the formula was abused, some stunning creations were made fusing the purest jazz elements and the pulsating rhythm of House music together. The Denmark-born and NYC-based DJ Duke was always very versatile with his …
Future Classic: Omar S “The Best”
via Juno: Alex “Omar” Smith has never been one for modesty, so we shouldn’t be too surprised that he’s called his latest full-length – his fifth in total – The Best. To be fair, he is rather good at producing high-grade deep house, and here unveils another eleven gems. Interestingly, …
Forgotten Treasure: Free Love Foundation “The Sound” Kerri Chandler Remix (1993)
If you were heavily into UK Garage and 2 Step around 1997-1998, you might be familiar with 4 Liberty records. They had major releases out from Dreem Teem, Colour Girl and Underground Solution amongst others. Let’s rewind 4 years earlier when US Garage was king and laid the foundation for …
The Wire Tapper – Tribute Mix by Mixsoup
The first Wire Tapper compilation came along with Issue 170 of The Wire magazine, in April 1998. Since then, 40 Wire Tapper compilations have been released – Wire Tapper 40 is available to subscribers with The Wire magazine Issue 387 which is out today. I deciced a few weeks back to …