Jaisu “Whiplash Trash”

Before the fledgling Astral Black label begins issuing full vinyl releases next year, the UK outpost has elected to begin introducing its roster of artists via a series of limited-edition cassettes, the latest of which comes from Edinburgh-based producer Jaisu. Utilizing a “100% sample-based” production method, Jaisu crafts collage-like pieces of electronic-minded instrumental hip-hop. One such production is “Whiplash Trash,” a steadily moving beat that—even within the course of just three minutes—can’t really decide what it wants to be. Fortunately, the multitude of various forms Jaisu lands on throughout “Whiplash Trash” are all solid in their own right, and the results certainly boast well for A Short Album, the man’s forthcoming 12-track cassette release from which this tune stems.

Whiplash Trash

John Wizards John Wizards

John Wizards is the brainchild of Cape Town multi-instrumentalist/producer John Withers, who recorded his debut with the help of Rwandan vocalist Emmanuel Nzaramba. The band’s self-titled LP is anchored by Withers’ warm production, but it features an eclectic mix of sounds that borrow elements of bass music, R&B, dub, tropicalia, and African music ranging from Congolese rumba to Shangaan electro. Still, even though it includes 15 tracks, John Wizards is a surprisingly focused debut, particularly when one considers that the album is coming from an outfit that can total up to seven members when playing live.

From start to finish, the album is both ambitious and endearingly simplistic. While John Wizards is certainly eclectic, listening to the record as a whole isn’t as scattershot it might seem, largely due to Withers’ limited set of tools (he recorded with just a condenser microphone, guitar, and limited computer software). Though it’s easy to wonder what it would be like if Withers had stuck with, say, reggae (“I’m Still A Serious Guy”), lounge-pop (“Jamieo”), or ambient (“Friend”), it’s to the listener’s benefit that he can’t seem to settle in one place.

“Lusaka By Night,” a track originally released as a part of a John Wizards’ 12″ earlier this year (it arrived with remixes from Planet Mu regular Ital Tek and Hyperdub’s LV), contains a deceptively varied approach to its sun-flecked sound. The song mixes African percussion and contemporary R&B while adding subtle electronic textural flourishes. Nzaramba’s vocals, sung as a vocoded croon, are buoyed by a slinky bassline, hand claps, and sunny guitar. Veering closer toward yacht-rock territory is “iYongwe,” a track whose electro-funk bounce is reminiscent of infomercial themes or daytime TV intros from the early ’90s. (As a day job, Withers has composed music for television commercials, which makes sense considering the album’s occasionally cheesy air.)

The more traditionally song-oriented tracks, such as “Limpop,” may remind some listeners of Vampire Weekend, who have been borrowing from African music (perhaps of the kind Withers grew up with) for years. It’s an interesting case of cyclical cultural appropriation that’s probably best not to parse here. A better comparison is probably to The Very Best (a.k.a. Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya), who have a similar love of cross-pollinating genres, and, like John Wizards, share ties to the dance world.

It’s also worth noting that John Wizards (like the “Lusaka By Night” 12″ before it) is being released via ever-broadening experimental dance hub Planet Mu. While the label has certainly expanded beyond its core focus in recent years, John Wizards is perhaps its most pop-oriented release yet. Even so, the LP has its fair share of dance cuts that aren’t wholly outside Planet Mu’s wheelhouse. “Finally /Jet Up,” for instance, becomes a repetitive, house-leaning track once it gets going, and its less-than-three-minute runtime could have easily been extended. “Durvs” suffers from the same abbreviated length, but it’s a pleasant diversion while it lasts. With so many tracks, though, it’s a positive that John Wizards is so acutely aware of sonic economy—there’s a ton of ground to cover, and to the group’s credit, the album rarely flags.

Considering the LP’s story as a bedroom project, it’s tempting to look at the album as a stopgap before John Wizards can record as a full band in a proper studio. Some may also wish for the group to hone in on one or two styles and forgo all the genre hopping. However, both criticisms would do the project an unnecessary disservice. Though it’s likely that John Wizards will grow and refine its sound, there’s no reason to take away from what has already been achieved. As it is now, John Wizards is an effortlessly fun, pan-global pop record that stands on its own, no qualification needed.

Wolfgang Voigt Zukunft Ohne Menschen

Wolfgang Voigt’s career of late has been as quietly baffling as it is low-key and prolific. Starting around the time of Freiland Klavierwerk, the Kompakt co-founder started to dispense with some fundamental expectations about music being listenable and relatable. Plenty of producers have created machines, literally or figuratively, to create music in their stead, and there can be enjoyment in something that’s purely a product. However, despite its cheery surface, there’s something almost antagonistic in the way Voigt’s latest project, Zukunft Ohne Menschen, rattles off notes with so little regard for their relation to each other or the listener. It’s like a serialist player piano, running through tones breathlessly in a random sequence with defined parameters.

There’s a conceptual hook: Zukunft Ohne Menschen—or “life after people,” a title it shares with a German TV show imagining just that—was created for the entrance to the Art Cologne fair, where Voigt evidently posted up with a manual arpeggiator, guiding this very neutral-sounding music from a god-like remove. The album’s alienation is basically cheerful and benign, true to Voigt’s interest in music—from Wagner to schlager—which is so culturally embedded that it has to be decontextualized before it can actually be heard. Zukunft takes this to a plastic extreme, sounding like the ideal background music for a game of Sim City. Cities rise and fall, unpeopled commuter trains arrive and depart precisely on time, and what emerges is a spectacle of productivity calmly removed from human concerns. In this sense, the album is perfectly successful, even exemplary of the artist’s persistent ideas. But without something more intentional to leverage against, it becomes clear very quickly that listening to it is beside the point—very little can be gleaned from the album that can’t be gleaned from a clip. Initially though, Zukunft isn’t completely ignorable. The album introduces itself with a bit of tension, a couple dollops of sterile 16-bit boogie with glassy arpeggios rising over a dry, pumping beat. However, it quickly settles into circumscribed randomness. Textures, tones, rhythms, and melodies are standardized, and percolate drowsily for the album’s remainder, and the tireless variation is both lulling and irritating.

Although its musical value is negligible by design, there’s more to take away from this album than it might seem. One is the realization that the project Voigt is best known for, GAS, was an anomalous but related expression of the same ideas that drive Zukunft. GAS harnessed ideas of zoom, loop, and alienation to create a sense of all-enveloping presence. The defamiliarization here goes in the opposite direction, an impersonal one where it’s all but impossible to detect the presence of the person responsible. But the album lets us see that it exists on a an impressively broad continuum, a body of work that encompasses the sublime and the ultrabanal. Another side effect is that Zukunft allows the listener to hear the automatism at work in Voigt’s dance productions. There’s always some stiff element nibbling at the coherence of those tracks, too. Zunkuft may be even more sleep-inducing than the average ambient album, but it’s worth admiring for its robust, and not humorless, conceptual solidity. It refuses to break into expression and raises a lot of interesting self-reflexive questions in the process. This kind of technocratic utopia could only exist without people, after all, so it only makes sense that there’s no room for us here.

The Lowdown – This Week’s XLR8R Top 10 with Skream, Andy Stott, Roska, and more

Throughout the week, a whole lot of material gets posted here on XLR8R. And while we know—and love—that some hardcore readers will eagerly pour over every single news story, interview, podcast, video, and MP3 download that appears on the site, we also realize that for most people, it’s impossible to see everything, which means that some quality XLR8R content is likely to get missed in the hustle and bustle of everyone’s daily lives. In the interest of making it easier for everyone to catch up, every Friday we present The Lowdown, a weekly wrap-up of the top 10 tidbits from our site.

1. Last weekend, we headed to Amsterdam for the inaugural edition of the Dekmantel festival (pictured above), and put together a lengthy review detailing 10 reasons that we loved the event.

2. The latest installment of the XLR8R podcast came courtesy of Terrence Parker, a Detroit veteran and one of the city’s early proponents of house music.

3. We’ve been enjoying FACT TV’s Against the Clock video series in recent months, and the newest episode highlighted the talents of UK funky stalwart Roska.

4. UK dubstep mainstay Skream has been openly flirting with disco in recent months, and now he’s prepped a new single along those lines. “Rollercoaster” hasn’t been released just yet, but it’s already streaming online.

5. In celebration of the decade-long collaboration between Adidas and Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto—who together are responsible for the Y-3 line of athletic wear—a new compilation is being readied with tunes from Larry Heard, Maurice Fulton, Joe Claussell, Daniel Wang, and many others. Irish producer Mano Le Tough also turned in a track, which is available now for free download.

6. This week’s contest offered readers the chance to score headphones from AIAIAI and Kitsuné. Enter now before it’s too late.

7. Manchester producer Andy Stott is the latest artist to offer up a tune for Adult Swim’s ongoing singles series. “Anytime Soon” finds him collaborating again with vocalist Alison Skidmore, and it’s available for free download.

8. A collective called LGBT Rights for Russia has commissioned a new compilation that includes tracks from Legowelt, Hieroglyphic Being, Huerco S., Perc, Kink & Neville Watson, Truss, and more. All proceeds go to support GayRussia, organizers of the Gay Pride parade in Moscow and one of the few LGBT rights organizations in Russia.

9. Ahead of his new EP for Error Broadcast, Lithuanian producer 96wrld passed along “Bruce Willis,” a tune which fits dusty, jazzy boom-bap, 808-driven skitters, and barrages of foreboding synth squelches into a head-spinning 180 seconds. It’s available for free download.

10. Prolific LA beatsmith Knxwledge announced plans to release both a new EP and LP on Irish label All-City in the months ahead.

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Terrence Dixon, Lawrence, Throwing Snow, and More to Remix Heathered Pearls

Ghostly‘s Brooklyn-based ambient artist Heathered Pearls has an album of remixes set for release early next month, the 13-track Loyal Reworks. The record is scheduled to arrive on September 10, nearly a year after the immersive Loyal LP dropped in late 2012, and will feature remixes of that album’s tracks from the likes of Lawrence, Throwing Snow, Teen Daze, Loscil, Terrence Dixon, and Foxes in Fiction, productions which are said to range from subtle reinterpretations to fascinating deconstructions. Before Ghostly issues the collection, its tracklist can be perused below, where Sun Glitters’ and Foxes in Fiction’s contributions are available to stream. Furthermore, Heathered Pearls is currently on a North American tour with a few different Ghostly artists, so we’ve also included the dates below.

01. The Worship Bell (Foxes in Fiction Tape Remix)
02. Beach Shelter (Sun Glitters Remix)
03. Raising Our Ashes (Lawrence Remix)
04. Steady Veil (Teen Daze Remix)
05. The Worship Bell (Nightmoves Remix)
06. Precious Dive (Throwing Snow Remix)
07. Raising Our Ashes (Terrence Dixon Remix)
08. Docile Touch (Le Revelateur Retouch)
09. Beach Shelter (Loscil Drone Remix)
10. Raising Our Ashes (Solar Year Remix)
11. Lower Dome (Markus Guentner’s Guarded Remix)
12. Beach Shelter (Loscil Grin Remix Alternative Version)
13. Raising Our Ashes (Lawrence Ambient Edit)

08.30.13 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s*
08.31.13 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom*
09.03.13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox*
09.04.13 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall*
09.05.13 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall*
09.06.13 – Knoxville, TN – NV*
09.07.13 – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s*
09.08.13 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar*
09.10.13 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s*
09.11.13 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar*
09.12.13 – Montreal, QC – Le Belmont*
09.13.13 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison*
09.14.13 – Rochester Hills, MI – Laneway Festival*%

* w/ Shigeto, Beacon
% w/ ADULT., Matthew Dear

Bass Clef and Peverelist to Appear on New Remix 12″ for Punch Drunk

In the midst of a somewhat quiet year for Punch Drunk (the XLR8R Pick’d “Bells” record notwithstanding), Peverlist‘s label has announced a forthcoming remix 12″ which will feature reworks from Bristol mainstay Bass Clef (pictured above) and the label head himself. The release—which comes with an additional digital-only remix from Bass Clef under his Cosef Jonrad alias—takes on “Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare,” a highlight from Bass Clef’s 2012 Reeling Skulls LP. Before the Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare Remixes 12″ drops on October 7, its artwork and tracklist can be found below. (via Juno Plus)

A “Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare (Bass Clef Remix)”
B “Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare (Peverelist Remix)”
Digital Only: “Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare (Coseph Jonrad Remix)”
Digital Only: “Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare (Original Mix)”

Natasha Kmeto Announces Fall North American Tour

Folowing on the heels of her debut full-length, Crisis, West Coast producer/vocalist Natasha Kmeto has announced plans for a US/Canadian fall tour. Focusing mostly on her own side of the country, Kmeto will make her way through Vancouver and down to San Diego before heading east for dates in Pittsburgh, Montreal, and Brooklyn—including select shows alongside Lapalux, Jimmy Edgar, Actress, and Kode9. The full list of Kmeto’s North American tour dates for this fall can be found on the flier below.

Kyle Hall, Huxley, and More Remix Close on Upcoming 12″

Will Saul‘s debut LP as Close, Getting Closer, was released via !K7 just under three months ago, and is already set to be followed up by a new 12″ for its “Wallflower” single, which will arrive with four brand-new remixes. The vocal-heavy original tune is one of Close’s more loose and moody tracks, and will be reworked on the forthcoming release by Detroit techno mainstay Kyle Hall, Swiss DJ/producer Deetron, UK up-and-comer Huxley, and Quantum Entaglement, the collaborative project from Lee Jones and singer Fink (whose vocals also feature on “Wallflower”). Before the new single drops on October 14 on vinyl and digital formats, Saul’s original production can be streamed below.

Trax Releases 16-Disc Retrospective Box Set

Seminal Chicago label Trax has released a comprehensive, 16-disc collection which gathers remastered versions of the imprint’s first 75 releases—including cuts from Marshall Jefferson, Ron Hardy, Mr. Fingers, Virgo Four, Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, Frankie Knuckles, and more. The Traxbox collection showcases Trax’s early role in the rise of house music, offering over 200 songs which originally saw a release between 1985 and 1989. The sizeable collection is split into eight discs of “A-sides” and eight discs of “B-sides,” and also comes with extensive liner notes penned by dance music history buff Bill Brewster. Traxbox‘s borderline intimidating tracklist is included below, and the complete box set—which is out now—appears to be selling online for around $120. (via Resident Advisor)

The A-sides:
CD1
01 Le’ Noiz – Wanna Dance? (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Jesse Velez – Girls Out On The Floor (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Le’ Noiz – I’m Scared (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Jack Master Funk – Jack The Bass (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Marshall Jefferson – Ride The Rhythm (Remix)
06 Farley Jackmaster Funk – Funkin With The Drums Again (Jack The House)
07 Farley Jackmaster Funk – Funkin With The Drums Again (Jack’n The Trax)
08 Farley Jackmaster Funk – Funkin With The Drums Again (Clap’n The Pella)
09 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled A1)
10 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled A2)
11 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled A3)
12 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled A4)
13 Jesse Velez – Girls out on the Floor (Original 12 Inch Version)
14 Jesse Velez – Fire 121 (Original 12 Inch Version)
15 Jesse Velez – Do It To The Beat (Original 12 Inch Version)
16 Ron Hardy – Sensation (Long)

CD2
01 (con’t) Ron Hardy – Sensation (Short)
02 Screamin Rachael – My Main Man (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Screamin Rachael – My Main Man (My Main Vocal)
04 Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge – Sensuous Woman Goes Disco (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Adonis – No Way Back (Vocal)
06 Sleezy D. – I’ve Lost Control (Space Side)
07 Virgo – Free Yourself (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Virgo – Under You (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Fresh – Dum Dum Part Two (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Rude Boy Himself Farley Farley Farley – Give Your Self To Me (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Marshall Jefferson – The House Music Anthem (Move your Body)
12 Marshall Jefferson – The House Music Anthem (Dub Your Body)

CD3
01 Master C & J – When You Hold Me (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Sweet D – Thank Ya (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Adonis – We’re Rocking Down The House (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 On the House with Marshall Jefferson – Ride The Rhythm (mixed by Ron Hardy)
05 Willie Wonka – What Is House? (Original 12 Inch Version)
06 Radio Fashion – What You Deserve (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Farm Boy – Jackin’ Me Around (Farm Mix)
08 Fat Albert – Beat Me Till I Jack (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Santos – Work Me Trax (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Santos – Work The Box (Vocals)
11 Mr. Fingers – Washing Machine (Original 12 Inch Version)
12 Mr. Fingers – Can You Feel It (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Sampson “Butch” Moore – House Beat Box (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD4
01 Jungle Wonz – The Jungle (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Boris Badenough – Hey Rocky! (Extended)
03 Lidell Townsell – Party People Jack Your Body (House Mix)
04 Lidell Townsell – Party People Jack Your Body (Dub)
05 Robert Owens – Bring Down The Walls (Original 12 Inch Version)
06 Terry Baldwin – Housemaster (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 House People Featuring Cynthia M – Move My Body (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Jungle Wonz – Time Marches On (Vocal)
09 On The House – Give Me Back The Love (Club Mix)
10 On The House – Give Me Back The Love (Radio Mix)
11 Mr. Lee – I Can’t Forget (Vocal)
12 Mystery – Mystery Girl (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Eric Bell – Your Love (Instrumental Mix)

CD5
01 Mr Lee – Come To House (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 William S – I’ll Never Let You Go (Vocal Mix)
03 Phuture – Acid Tracks (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Dalis – Rock Steady (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Dalis – Rock Steady (Edit)
06 Kevin Irving – Children Of The Night (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Kevin Irving – Children Of The Night (Radio)
08 Two Of A Kind Featuring James Earl – Somewhere In West Hell (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Pleasure Zone – Fuck Charley (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Pleasure Zone – House Nation (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Doctor Derilict – Dance Doctor (Inst.)
12 Dean Anderson – Don’t Stop (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Frankie Knuckles – Baby Wants To Ride (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD6
01 Frankie Knuckles – It’s A Cold World (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Marshall Jefferson Presents Hercules – Lost In The Groove (Vocal)
03 Dancer – Am A Dog (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Evie – Just Stay The Night (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Evie – Just Stay The Night (Radio Edit)
06 Rich Martinez – Are You Ready (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Mr. Lee – House This House (Vocal)
08 Pierre’s Pfantasy Club – G. T. B. Got The Bug (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Lidell Townsell – Get The Hole (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Lidell Townsell – Acid Hole (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Curtis Mc Claine And On The House – Lets Get Busy (Original 12 Inch Version)
12 Curtis Mc Claine And On The House – Lets Get Busy (Radio Mix)
13 Dancer – Number Nine (Original 12 Inch Version)
14 Dancer – Number Nine (Bedroom Mix)
15 Pleasure Zone – Fantasy (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD7
01 Phuture – We Are Phuture (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Mr. Lee – Pump Up Chicago (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Mr. Lee – Pump Up Chicago (Acid Mix)
04 Donell Rush – Knockin At My Door (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Donell Rush – Knockin At My Door (Edit)
06 The House Gang – Cool J Track (RX)
07 Maurice Joshua With Hot Hands Hula – Gotta Big Dick (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Maurice Joshua With Hot Hands Hula – Gotta Big Dick (Instrumental Mix)
09 Lidell Townsell – Jack The House (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Lidell Townsell – As Acid Turns (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Lidell Townsell – The Groove (Original 12 Inch Version)
12 Acid Fantaslee Mr. Lee – Art Of Acid (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Acid Fantaslee Mr. Lee – Feels Good (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD8
01 Farley “Jackmaster Funk” Presents Ricky Dillard – As Always (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Farley “Jackmaster Funk” Presents Ricky Dillard – As Always (Acid As)
03 K. G. B. – Respect (Rap Radio Edit)
04 K. G. B. – Respect (Rap Scratch Mix)
05 K. G. B. – Respect (Rap Brads Club Mix)
06 Kool Rock Steady – Power Move (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Kool Rock Steady – Power Move (Fresh Mix)
08 Virgo Four – Do You Know Who You Are? (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Virgo Four – In A Vision (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 M.E. – Ride (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 M.E. – School Hall (Original 12 Inch Version)
12 Grant And Dezz – You’re Too Good (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Grant And Dezz – You’re Too Good (Dezz-A-Dub)
14 Scamara – Kisses Never Lie (Club Edit)
15 J.R. S House Co. – It’s About House (Original 12 Inch Version)

The B-sides:
CD9
01 Le’ Noiz – Certainly (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Jesse Velez – Girls Out On The Floor (Dub)
03 Le’ Noiz – Get Out (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Jack Master Dick – Jack The Dick (S.M.M.F.D.)
05 Jack Master Dick – Jack The Dick (Dickapella)
06 Marshall Jefferson – Ride the Rhythm (Remix instrumental)
07 Farley Jackmaster Funk – Oh My God (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Farley Jackmaster Funk – Farley Knows House (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Farley Jackmaster Funk – Farley Farley (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled B1)
11 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled B2)
12 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled B3)
13 Vincent Lawrence – Virgo Tracks Again (Untitled B4)
14 Jesse Velez – We Don’t Need No Music (Original 12 Inch Version)
15 Jesse Velez – Laugh The Night Away (Original 12 Inch Version)
16 Jesse Velez – Intro (Do it to the Beat) (Original 12 Inch Version)
17 Jesse Velez – Rocko Laugh (Original 12 Inch Version)
18 Ron Hardy – Sensation (Dub)

CD10
01 Screamin Rachael – My Main Man (My Main Dub)
02 Screamin Rachael – My Main Man (My Main Beat)
03 Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge – Sensuous Man Goes Disco (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Adonis – No Way Back (Instrumental)
05 Sleezy D. – I’ve Lost Control (House Side)
06 Virgo – My Space (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Virgo – R U Hot Enough (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Fresh – Dum Dum Part Two (Instrumental)
09 Rude Boy Himself Farley Farley Farley – Give Your House To Me (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Marshall Jefferson – The House Music Anthem ( Drum Your Body)
11 Marshall Jefferson – The House Music Anthem (House Your Body)
12 Master C & J – Dub Love (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD11
01 Sweet D – Do Do it (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Sweet D – Turn It (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Sweet D – Dig I Da-Dig I Da (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Adonis – We’re Rocking Down The House (Down Break)
05 Adonis – We’re Rocking Down The House (Instrumental)
06 On the House with Marshall Jefferson – Ride the Rhythm (mixed by Frank Knuckles)
07 Willie Wonka – It’s Now Or Never (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Willie Wonka – Blow (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Radio Fashion – What You Deserve (Mistake Mix)
10 Farm Boy – Jackin’ Me Around (House Mix)
11 Farm Boy – Jackin’ Me Around (Dub Mix)
12 Fat Albert – Go Go (Original 12 Inch Version
13 Fat Albert – Go Go Again (Original 12 Inch Version)
14 Santos – Space The Box (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD12
01 (con’t) Santos – Beat The Knuckles (Original 12 Inch Version)
02 Mr. Fingers – Beyond The Clouds (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Sampson “Butch” Moore – House Beat Box (Instrumental)
04 Jungle Wonz – The Jungle (The Jungle Mix)
05 Boris Badenough – Hey Rocky! (Instrumental)
06 Lidell Townsell – Party People Jack Your Body (Club Mix)
07 Lidell Townsell – Party People Jack Your Body (House mix Radio Edit)
08 Robert Owens – Bring Down The Walls (Dub)
09 Robert Owens – Bring Down The Walls (Inst.)
10 Terry Baldwin – House Master (Radio Mix)
11 Terry Baldwin – House Master (Club Mix)
12 House People Featuring Cynthia M – House My Body (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 House People Featuring Cynthia M – Trax My Body (Original 12 Inch Version)

CD13
01 Jungle Wonz – Time Marches On (Club Mix)
02 On The House – Give Me Back The Love (Dub Mix)
03 Mr. Lee – I Can’t Forget (Club)
04 Mystery – Mystery Girl (Dub)
05 Mystery – Mystery Girl (Club)
06 Eric Bell – Your Love (Vocal Mix)
07 Mr Lee – Come Get House (Club)
08 William S – I’ll Never Let You Go (Instrumental Mix)
09 Phuture – Phuture Jacks (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Phuture – Your Only Friend (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Dalis – Rock Steady (Inst.)
12 Kevin Irving – Children Of The Night (Dub)

CD14
01 Two Of A Kind Featuring James Earl – Somewhere in West Hell (Inst.
02 Pleasure Zone – Jana (Original 12 Inch Version)
03 Pleasure Zone – Hold These Nuts (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Doctor Derilict – Dance Doctor (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Dean Anderson – Don’t Dub (Original 12 Inch Version)
06 Frankie Knuckles – Your Love (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Frankie Knuckles – Bad Boy (Original 12 Inch Version)
08 Marshall Jefferson Presents Hercules – Lost In The Groove (Lost In House Mix)
09 Marshall Jefferson Presents Hercules – Lost In The Groove (Groove Appella)
10 Dancer – Boom-Boom (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Evie – Just Stay The Night (Dub)
12 Rich Martinez – Are You Ready (Dub)
13 Rich Martinez – Are You Ready (Rub A Dub)
14 Mr. Lee – House This House (Dub)

CD15
01 Pierre’s Pfantasy Club – Got The Bug (Dub)
02 Pierre’s Pfantasy Club – Got The Bug (Instrumental)
03 Lidell Townsell – Under Control (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Lidell Townsell – Dub Control (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Curtis Mc Claine And On The House – Lets Get Busy (Dub Mix)
06 Dancer – Stars on Number Nine (Original 12 Inch Version)
07 Dancer – Number Nine (S&F Mix)
08 Pleasure Zone – I Can’t Understand (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Phuture – Slam! (Original 12 Inch Version)
10 Phuture – Spank-Spank (Original 12 Inch Version)
11 Mr. Lee – Pump Up London (Original 12 Inch Version)
12 Mr. Lee – Pump Up New York (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Donell Rush – Knockin At My Door (Dub)

CD16
01 (con’t) Donell Rush – Knockin At My Door (Wall Of Sound Mix)
02 HIT TRAX III The House Gang – Hangover Trax (Original 12 Inch Version
03 HIT TRAX III The House Gang – Bango Acid (Original 12 Inch Version)
04 Maurice Joshua With Hot Hands Hula – This Is Acid (Original 12 Inch Version)
05 Maurice Joshua With Hot Hands Hula – Feel The Mood (Original 12 Inch Version)
06 Lidell Townsell – Jack’N Tall (Instrumental)
07 Lidell Townsell – Jack’N Tall (Vocal)
08 Acid Fantaslee Mr. Lee – Acid Pump Up London (Original 12 Inch Version)
09 Farley “Jackmaster Funk” Presents Ricky Dillard – As Always (Lovin’ House Mix)
10 K. G. B. – Respect Rap (Extended Version)
11 K. G. B. – Respect Rap (Instrumental)
12 Kool Rock Steady – I’ll Make You Dance (Original 12 Inch Version)
13 Virgo Four – Going Thru Life (Original 12 Inch Version)
14 Virgo Four – Take Me Higher (Original 12 Inch Version)

Vin Sol Readies Two New 12″s

San Francisco DJ/producer Vin Sol has two new records on the way in the months to come, the two-track Space Relations EP for Defected sub-label Tenth Circle and a four-song 12″ for his own Soo Wavey label. Each release will focus heavily on the kind of stripped-down, acid-touched house rollers Vin Sol has been churning out lately, with the It’s House EP boasting collaborations with fellow Bay Area producer Matrixxman and Chicago house pioneer—not to mention recent XLR8Rpodcast contributor—Tyree Cooper. Before Space Relations appears on September 16, both of its sides can be previewed in the player below, where the details for It’s House can also be found ahead of its October 22 release.

1. Vin Sol feat. Tyree Cooper “It’s House”
2. Vin Sol feat. Tyree Cooper “It’s House (Vin’s Zanzibar Mix)”
3. Vin Sol feat. Matrixxman “Real Fresh”
4. Vin Sol “Out The Box”

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