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HOUSE REVIEWS


Mello does what Rob Mello does so very well on his ‘No Ears Mix’. RIP, Mr Hawkes.


Immer Quite Baked/As Ol’ Ways/It’s


A Nice Balance Fullbarr 8.5


Waze & Odyssey


I Want You You You EP Throne Of Blood


9.0


Winding up an inspiringly consistent year for New York’s Throne Of Blood is this three- tracker from London’s Waze & Odyssey, a release that befits the label’s solid pedigree. ‘I Want You You You’ is a New York-style jam par excellence, busting its own fierce ruling diva and a loop which just keeps adding groove upon groove until it’s so thick, rich and funky you could spread it on toast. ‘Our World’ is far more brash, with classic organ stabs swelling to a climactic, deftly executed breakdown. LA’s Split Secs go all West Coast with their remix, a homage to the dizzying house psychedelia of the ‘90s.


Alex Coulton


Adventures In 4x4 HypeLTD 8.0


Sterling, sterling work here from Manchester’s Alex Coulton, channeling the four-to-the- floor bass sounds of Bristol for Hypercolour’s HypeLTD vinyl- only offshoot. This generous four-tracker is all killer; ‘Dance, Max’ boasts a nagging, percussive synth groove, while ‘Submerged’, as one might expect, is all depth, dank atmospherics and dark delay. On the flip, ‘Function’ is sparse, stripped down to the utter basics, stuttering synths and a monstrous loop doing all the work. ‘Fade Realization’ breaks the 4x4 with some deep dubbiness. Lovely.


Alexis Raphael & Marc Houle


Brickwall/You Can Do It Jackathon Jams 8.0


The lovely Heidi knows what turns a stoic dancefloor into blancmange. Quivering,


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whooping, sweating blancmange. And what more do you need by way of A&R skills? Precisely. So this latest in her Jackathon Jams series offers up some stone-cold rumpfunk from the excellent Alexis Raphael of Lower East and Hot Creations, and former m_nus man Marc Houle. What could possibly go wrong? Well, judging by ‘Brickwall’, absolutely nothing. It’s a humping belter, as is ‘You Can Do It’. Use them wisely.


Boo Williams Back To The Future/Looney


Chunes Vol.1 Contemporary Scarecrow 8.5


As well as being probably the best name for a magazine ever, Contemporary Scarecrow is a new label out of Australia, and this first release is from the legendary Boo Williams, the Chi-Town don and disciple of the great Glenn Underground whose resurgence in the past few years has been greeted with the respect it deserves. Virtually a mini-album, this seven-track EP is inspiring, burbling, analogue-sounding mastery, from front to back. ‘Further Teck’ sets the tone, a trance-inducing workout, while ‘Tickle Me’ is as sumptuous a slab as you’ll hear this year.


Groovestyle


Freedom Train Classic Music Company 9.0


This track was a staple for the late Kenny Hawkes, resident at London’s legendary mid-week mangler Space and a sorely missed member of the house music community. So it’s most fitting that Luke Solomon and Derrick Carter re-release this, his signature track, on the newly invigorated Classic. ‘Freedom Train’ quite literally chugs, an unstoppable underground house anthem. The D Boogies version ups the funk quotient, while Rob


Bradford’s Fullbarr, despite being only six or so releases old, has turned in some serious quality from the likes of Luke Solomon, Hans Berg, Samaan and now this from Eindhoven’s Geert Schilder, aka Immer. Three tracks, ‘Quite Baked’, ‘As Ol’ Ways’ and ‘Lovely Balance’ are masterclasses in intricate, percussive garage. ‘Quite Baked’ is a heads-down, shuffling banger, ‘As Ol’ Ways’ injects warm garage grooves, while ‘Lovely Balance’ throbs and pumps. Kris Wadsworth is on the remix too, as if that wasn’t enough. Too good.


Rachel Row


Follow The Step Pets Recordings 8.5


Poland’s Pets Recordings heads over the border for a Bulgarian soundclash from chanteuse Rachel Row and KiNK — less better known as Strahil Velchev — who both hail from Sofia. Velchev featured Row on his track ‘Hand Made’ over the summer for Rush Hour. That was great. This is something else. KiNK tethers a dark, churning breakbeat to a solid kick, then layers with warm organs, hoover bass and Row’s silken vocal. It’s spine-chilling. Trikk from ManMakeMusic turns in a very decent version too, but the Bulgarians have it.


Shangri-Lies


Drain Crooked House 8.0


Ouch. More dancefloor sting from Crooked House, courtesy of Shangri-Lies — which would appear to be another nom-de- plume of label boss Crooked Man, who, in turn, is Sheffield leg-end DJ Parrot. He’s joined by Pete Hope, who provides dusky vocals on the jacking, abrasive ‘Drain’, a track ready to dismantle any dancefloor it’s released upon. ‘Greed’ is maybe even better still, while ‘Hunger’ is pure, demented acid. Join Laurent Garnier, Ewan Pearson, JD Twitch, Doc Martin and Gerd (and now us) in rating this most enthusiastically.


Casino Times


I Wanna Know Needwant 8.0


Nick Church and Joe Spencer are Casino Times, and this EP for Needwant is pretty special. ‘Trust’ is the pick of the bunch, for our money, but it’s all good really.


Glimpse


Oafish EP Hypercolour 8.5


Nothing oafish whatsoever about Chris Spero’s command of his studio kit, judging by the wizardry going on here for Hypercolour. This is complex, challenging, but above all, funky.


BEN ARNOLD ben.a.arnold@gmail.com QUICKIES


Recloose Electric Sunshine


(Andres Remix) Rush Hour 8.0


Recloose lets Andres loose on his classic ‘Electric Sunshine’ with devastating results for the stately Amsterdam stable Rush Hour. Oliverwho’s mix of ‘Magic’ isn’t too shabby either.


Tomson


we_ctrl003 we_ctrl 8.0


We_ctrl has proven within three releases that it has the potential to reach ‘buy on sight’ status, and this is no exception. Buy it on sight, basically.


ALEX NIGGEMANN SOULFOOLED


01.MARTIN LANDSKY‘1000 Miles (Laurent Garnier Remix)’ Poker Flat Recordings “I was really wondering what could be done better or added to this outstanding piece of music. Well, I didn’t think about the genius himself — Laurent Garnier!”


02. ALEX NIGGEMANN‘Boujuma (Matthias Meyer Remix)’ Soulfooled “Soulfooled is two this year, so we wanted to create a special release featuring our own


artists remixed by some outstanding musicians.”


03. SHADES OF GREY‘Tonight Is The Night’ King Street “Groove, groove, groove. Filter in, filter out! Works sooo easy! Flanged percussion, big


bassline, wired synth-toppings and crazy vocals! Biiiigggg!” 04. SALVATORE FREDA‘The Chosen Fools (Salva’s Shamanized


Rework)’ Soulfooled “I was always in love with Salva’s stunning grooves, and this remix really shows his ability again. Old skool meets modern techno house.”


05.DJ LINUS & KAMILLION‘Who Stole The Soul (Unexpected Mix — DJ


T Edit)’ Get Physical Music “Loved the original, I’ve been playing it for a long long time, and didn’t know about this remix. Simple, but a great vibe.”


06. SUPERLOUNGE‘The Whisperer feat Jonny Cruz (Martin Landsky


Remix)’ Soulfooled “‘Mr ‘1000 Miles’ reduced the original parts to a minimum, only using the vocals and building his own groove and theme around it.”


07. FRANCYS‘People (Alex Niggemann Remix)’ Highway Records “Definitely one of the biggest talents for me these days. Italian young gun Francys,


remixed by... ME!” 08. SIERRA SAM FEAT PARIS THE BLACK FU‘Sierra Sam Welcome To


The Black Out (Steve Bug Remix)’Upon.You “Mr Bug sticks to the original as usual, but adds his own old skool groove.”


09.MARK HENNING‘You’re Digging Into Me’Soma Records “Mark is on fire at the moment. After his outstanding release on Cityfox, he’s now back


with another EP on Soma Records.”


10. DETROIT SWINDLE‘Creep’ Freerange Records “Deep house at its best on one of my favourite labels.”


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