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Heist Recordings was founded by Dam Swindle to gain full control over their own releases and to create a stage for likeminded musicians. From the first release on, Dam Swindle’s “Break up to make up” EP in summer 2013, Heist has been a go to label for proper underground house and electronic music. Now, going into its 10th year, Heist has brought forward artists like Crackazat, Byron the Aquarius, Marina Trench, Kassian, Fouk, Makez, Kassian & Scan7.
Heist has been a home to many remixers and collaborators such as Blue Note artist Tom Misch, Nightmares on Wax, Ash Lauryn, Emma-Jean Thackray, DJ Bone, Matthew Herbert, Seven Davis Jr, Pépé Bradock, Ge-ology, Kai Alcé, Session Victim, and Jitwam. An annual label highlight is the ‘Round up’; a remix ep where all artists from that year remix each other; A unique concept that is another clear sign of the family approach the duo have with the label.
Now coming into its 10-year anniversary, there is no sign of slowing down and with the music they’ve got ready for future releases, Heist will continue its path to build bridges, support talent and showcase legends.

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Heist Classics Vol 02
Various
Andy Hart - "Epsilon Girls" - (5:49) 118 BPM
Review: Dam Swindle's Heist Recordings celebrate their 10th anniversary this year, and here we have the fourth in a series of EPs marking that milestone. The EP opens with the surging, pulsing 'Alfa' from Crackazat with its insistent, rolling piano line, before Andy Hart injects a little old school funk/soul flava on 'Epsilon Girls'. Makez's 'Different Planets' adds an Afro-style chant to the classic deep house blueprint, Kassian take us into more stripped-back territory with the fluid '8th Movement' and its familiar "music!" vocal sample, before Nachtbraker play us out with 'Hamdi', a slightly more leftfield, bottom-heavy shuffler. The quality standard is high throughout, so here's to another decade!
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HEIST 078
10 Nov 23
Deep House
Hidden Gems
Various
Nachtbraker - "Gurl" - (6:01) 118 BPM
Review: As part of Heist Recordings' ongoing 10th birthday celebrations, label founders Dam Swindle have decided to showcase some of the 'Hidden Gems' lurking in the imprint's back catalogue. It's a smart move, because there's plenty of high-grade dancefloor heat to be found across the 15 under-celebrated tracks on show. For proof, check the squelchy synth-bass, rushing piano riffs and classic house vibes of Fouk's 'Truffles', the gorgeous sci-fi techno melodiousness of Lord of the Samurai's 'Space Designer', the sun-splashed, jazz-flecked excellence of Crackazat's 'We Know', the low-slung, drum machine driven headiness of Adesse Versions' 'Push It Along' and the drowsy, soul-flecked late-night deepness pf Marina Trench and Sabrina Bellaouel's 'Wake Up'.
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HEIST 074
11 Aug 23
Deep House
Senses
Do You Think About Me - (4:09) 116 BPM
Review: A regular to the imprint Heist Records, Crackazat comes back to Dam Swindles' label with a mesmerizing mini album "Senses". From the soulful downtempo beats of the exceptional opener "I Need To Know", to the infectious and sun-soaked house brilliance of "Do You Think About Me" with its uplifting piano melodies, each track offers a unique and delightful experience. Next is "'Freddie's Groove", a sublime blend of deep house and subtle jazz influences while "Phantom", a collaboration with Potash Twins, fusions broken beat, jazz, house, and soul that will leave you spellbound. To wrap up this auditory adventure, Crackazat delves even deeper with "Endless Life" and "When We Last Met".
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HEIST 073
14 Jul 23
Deep House
The Motherland
Owo - (6:17) 118 BPM
Kitoko - (5:08) 119 BPM
Ghana Groove - (5:48) 119 BPM Hot
Review: Here's something of a surprise: an appearance from long-serving French beat-maker, re-editor and bootleg remix king Krewcial on Dam Swindle's house-focused Heist Recordings imprint. Even more surprisingly, the four-track EP explores the veteran producer's love of Afrobeat, Afro-funk, and Afro-disco, combining classic-sounding instrumentation (including Fela-esque horns and guitar licks), with contemporary dancefloor grooves. There's much to set the pulse racing throughout, from the modern Afrobeat bounce of 'Owo' and Africa 70-goes-house flex of 'Kitoko', to the heavy Afro-disco-meets-Afro-funk brilliance of 'Wahala Dey', featuring Nimiwari, and the percussion-rich Afro-disco-goes-Afro-house excellence of 'Ghana Groove'.
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HEIST 071
19 May 23
Deep House
Keep On Swindling Pt. 2
Yes, No, Maybe (Arp Frique remix feat Tom Misch) - (4:09) 110 BPM
Yes, No, Maybe (Arp Frique instrumental remix feat Tom Misch) - (4:09) 110 BPM
Review: Dam Swindle's Keep On Swindling series, which marks their tenth birthday, offers an enticing mix of remastered back catalogue favourites, obscurities, brand-new cuts and fresh remixes of classic tracks. This expansive second volume in the series is full-to-bursting with club-ready treats. Check first the gospel-influenced, handclap-heavy peak-time house stomp of 'Good Woman', before turning your attention to 'Call of the Wild', an often-overlooked collaboration with LA Afrobeat orchestra Jungle By Night that cannily combines the best of both artists' trademark sounds. Other highlights across the EP include the Dutch duo's percussion-rich tropical house takes on Gaoule Mizik's 'A La Tikni', Arp Frique's Afro-cosmic take on 'Yes, No, Maybe', and Lauryn Ash's tidy deep house flip of Lorenz Rhode hook-up 'High Life'.
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HEIST064D
23 Sep 22
Deep House
Keep On Swindling Pt. 1
64 Ways (2022 mix feat Mayer Hawthorne) - (4:42) 115 BPM
Played by: Vaudafunk
Review: 2022 marks a decade since the birth of Dam Swindle (or as they were called back then, Detroit Swindle), so to celebrate the Dutch duo has decided to deliver a trilogy of EPs featuring a mix of remastered and remixed productions and previously unheard tracks. There's plenty to set the pulse racing on part one of three, from the pleasingly warming, loose and sun-kissed deep house vibes of brand-new opener 'Body Control', to the pair's own soul and R&B-flecked 2022 house mix of their vintage Mayer Hawthorne collaboration, '64 Ways'. Elsewhere, jazz starlet Emma Jean Thackray delivers an incredible, dancefloor-focused soul-jazz take on early DS single 'The Break Up', while 'All I Want' is a driving, tooled-up, riff-sporting 21st century take on mid-80s NYC proto-house with a 21st century twist.
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HEIST 061D
10 Jun 22
Deep House
Chant Des Oiseaux
Cop Show - (7:26) 116 BPM
Review: While there's plenty of subtle variation within the now vast catalogue of Nebraska, by and large you know you're getting good quality deep house. Naturally that's what's on offer on the producer's latest Heist Recordings outlet, which sees him confidently skip between interestingly programmed, pleasingly inventive vocal deep house jazziness ('Chant De Oisseuax', which its twinkling Fender Rhodes flourishes, enveloping chords and French vocals), jaunty dancefloor joyousness (the retro-futurism of 'Skelp Tune'), string-laden disco-house cheeriness ('Cop Show'), and percussively dense but surprisingly breezy brilliance (the hard-to-describe but undeniably fine 'Henri Rousseau').
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HEIST059D
25 Mar 22
Deep House
The Round Up Part 8
Various
JKriv & Peter Matson - "New Friend" (Felipe Gordon Deep remix) - (6:07) 115 BPM
Review: By now, we should all know what to expect from Heist Recordings' annual Round-Up EPs, namely label regulars and selected guests remixing each other. JKriv and Peter Matson do a terrific job in turning Fouk's 'Money' into a squelchy, TB-303-fired slab of nu-disco/retro-futurist house fusion, before Makez re-imagines Mariana Trench's 'Wake Up' as a jazz-funk flavoured broken beat number and Fouk re-frames a Lore of the Samurai track as a gorgeous slab of house-not-house sunshine. Elsewhere, Mariana Trench gives Felipe Gordon's 'Highly Corrosive Acid' a driving, riff-heavy deep house spin, Felipe Gordon opts for a drowsy and eccentric mid-tempo house sound on his version of JKriv and Peter Matson's 'New Friend', and Lore of the Samurai's rework of Makez's 'City of All' is a hypnotic, tech-tinged treat.
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HEIST 058
11 Jan 22
Deep House
Bigtime
New Friend - (6:43) 112 BPM
Review: Here's something of a surprise: a collaborative EP featuring the combined talents of Underground System Afrobeat member Peter Matson and sometime Escort bass player (and Razor N Tape co-founder) Jason Kriveloff AKA J Kriv. Given their respective musical histories, you'd expect a blend of NYC disco, Afrobeat, synth-boogie and deep house, and that's exactly what they've delivered. Their hybrid style is probably best exemplified by the late '80s Todd Terry-meets-Afro-synth brilliance of 'Ewesse Ye', which is subsequently given a deeper and more percussive Afro-house spin by Auntie Flo. The fusion fun continues on the horn-sporting Afro-boogie brilliance of 'New Friend' and 'Bigtime', where righteous Afrobeat horns surge above a tactile deep house groove.
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HEIST 057
26 Nov 21
Deep House
Highly Conductive Rhythms
Highly Rhythmic Pace - (6:19) 117 BPM
Review: Felipe Gordon could be the hardest-working producer in deep house right now. We're not complaining though, because over the last 18 months he's delivered a string of formidable, musically rich releases. Predictably, there's plenty to set the pulse racing on his first Heist Recordings outing too, from the vintage St Germain-inspired jazz-house beauty of opener 'Highly Smooth Tone (featuring Julio Rigal and Equilibrium)', to the squelchy, percussive and intoxicating Latin house vibes of closing cut 'Highly Rhythmic Pace'. Sandwiched in between you'll find two more reasons to be cheerful: the Italian dream house-with-added-jazz flex of saucer-eyed treat 'Highly Deep & Conductive', and the jacking, mind-mangling insanity of 'Highly Corrosive Acid'.
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HEIST056D
08 Oct 21
Deep House
City Of All
Orbit - (5:25) 111 BPM
Review: Here's something of a rarity: a full-length excursion on Dam Swindle's usually EP-focused Heist Recordings imprint. It comes courtesy of talented twosome Makez, who last featured on the Dutch label two years ago. There's much to enjoy from start to finish, with the pair blending loose-limbed house rhythms, head-nodding hip-hop rhythms, and sumptuous downtempo grooves with subtle disco instrumentation, colourful electrofunk synth sounds, layered percussion, squelchy analogue bass, and occasional vocal snippets. The results are uniformly vibrant, atmospheric and musically rich, without ever becoming overly fussy or self-indulgent. There's plenty of floor-friendly material for DJs to savour and champion, but the album sounds just as good when listened to at home. Stellar stuff all told.
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HEISTLP 02D
16 Jul 21
Deep House
The Wrap Around
Pain Tomorrow - (7:45) 118 BPM Hot
Review: Soon Salsoul will release a series of EP's featuring fresh Dam Swindle remixes of classic disco cuts. Before that, the long-serving Dutch duo have decided to treat us to a new EP of their own. It's a predictably impressive affair, with title track 'The Wrap Around' layering evocative vocal samples, dreamy deep house chords and increasingly sleazy electronic motifs atop sweaty drums and a frankly filthy acid-style, analogue bassline. There's a more classic U.S deep house feel to woozy, bass-heavy and gently soul-flecked bonus cut 'The Pain Tomorrow', which comes accompanied by a terrific late-night rub - all tight and awkward loops, hypnotic beats and dirty analogue squelches - courtesy of Pattern Select.
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HEISTSP 01
25 Jun 21
Deep House
The Round Up Pt. 7
Various
Pitto - "Discko" (Teleseen remix) - (5:44) 111 BPM
Review: By now, we should all know what to expect from Heist Recordings' annual Round Up releases - label artists remixing each other, basically - so we'll crack on and talk about the music on offer. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, with our picks including Alma Negra's deliciously percussive and groovy take on Scan 7's gospel-tinged Motor City gem 'All For Me', Scan 7's breezy, Latin-tinged Detroit house revision of Crackazat's 'Class One', Crackazat's Ethio-jazz-goes-sunshine house rework of Alma Negra's 'Dakar Disco', and Kassian's driving, warehouse-ready remix of Nebraska's 'Dip & Flip', which makes great use of thumping beats, undulating electronics and a seriously dirty analogue bassline. As the old saying goes, this seventh volume in The Round Up series really is "all killer, no filler".
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HEIST052D
12 Mar 21
Deep House
Exposures
Transfer - (4:32) 110 BPM
Review: Gabriel Cyr AKA Teleseen has built his rising reputation on an ability to craft sonically inventive, retro-futurist house tracks that variously incorporate such diverse influences as post-dubstep style UK experimentalism, Batacuda, dub, ambient and new beat. He's at it again on this first outing for Heist Recordings, first combining heavily processed vocal samples and Brazilian percussion with pin-sharp synth riffs and proto-house grooves on 'Exposures', before reaching for more organic drum sounds on the sparkling, sun-baked house positivity of 'Dekalb' and the African juju-goes-electro wonder that it standout 'Transfer'. The latter is dizzyingly good and really rather hard to describe. The EP also boasts a club-ready bonus in the shape of Black Loops' sturdy deep house take on 'Exposures'.
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HEIST 049
02 Oct 20
Deep House
Dakar Disco
Dakar Disco - (6:00) 115 BPM
Dakar Disco (Kuniyuki remix) - (7:19) 115 BPM Hot
Review: Connecting the dots between labels like Highlife (Huntley & Palmers) to Basic Fingers and Lumberjacks In Hell, Alma Negra bring their undeniable sound back to Heist Recordings. It follows the 2018 Conversations EP which sees the Swiss trio turn in a classic dubbed out synthline and jazzed-up rebirth of cool in "Contra". "Back In Town" throws down some heavy percussion and Afro-Rhythms alongside an insatiable vocal sweep. Winding it back to the top is "Dakar Disco" that's been sent through the orchestral pit of japanese artist and discophile Kuniyuki (tip!) giving some extra flamboyance its original funk premise. From disco to Dakar and beyond!
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HEIST 048
28 Aug 20
Deep House
Y'Miss Me Baby?
Y'Miss Me Baby? - (7:10) 118 BPM
Y'Miss Me Baby? (Giovanni Damico Jam mix) - (5:18) 118 BPM
Review: Although he delivered two editions of his ongoing, vinyl only "Disco Dubs" re-edit series on Friends & Relations, 2019 was a relatively quiet year for Alistair Gibbs AKA Nebraska. Here he begins 2020 in fine style with his first EP for Heist Recordings in almost three years. Title track "Y'Miss Me Baby" delivers a suitably strong start and see Gibbbs wrap twinkling lead lines, rich electric piano chords, talkbox vocals and P-funk synths around a hazy jazz-funk bassline and unfussy dancefloor drums. Giovanni Damico riffs on the jazz-funk and P-funk influences further on his instrumental boogie style "Jam remix". Elsewhere, "Dip & Flip" is an all-action, filter-heavy disco-house loop jam, while "Xiao Long Bao" is a warm, deep, humid and undeniably jazzy sample-house roller tailor made for sunny afternoons.
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HEIST 044
09 Mar 20
Deep House
The Round Up Pt. 6
Various
Dam Swindle - "Music For Clubs" (Perdu's Culture mix feat Lorenz Rhode) - (7:21) 114 BPM
Review: As is now traditional, Heist Recordings has kick-started a new year by asking their artists to remix each other. Boss men Detroit Swindle set the tone with a gorgeously positive, synth-heavy remix of Fouk's "Need My Space" before Makez re-imagines Perdu's "Sacramento" as an acid bass-propelled bounce through melodious deep house pastures and Fouk adds a little loose-limbed swing and dirty bass pressure to Demuir's percussive and warming "The 3nity Returneth". Perdu reaches for the psychedelic acid lines and squelchy synth-bass on a Latin-tinged remake of Detroit Swindle's Lorenz Rhode collaboration "Music For Clubs", while Demuir beefs up Makez's breezy and melodious "Random Visits".
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HEIST 043
27 Jan 20
Deep House
High Life, The Remixes
Yes, No, Maybe (Sterac Electronics remix feat Tom Misch) - (6:23) 110 BPM Hot
Yes, No, Maybe (Sterac Electronics instrumental remix feat Tom Misch) - (6:23) 110 BPM
Review: There's plenty to set the pulse racing on this pleasingly varied collection of remixes of tracks from Detroit Swindle's 2018 album "High Life". Check first the Sterac Electronics revision of "Yes, No, Maybe", which brilliant re-casts the track as an authentic chunk of electrofunk-soul laden with jaunty synth bass, analogue synth stabs, swirling chords and the impeccable vocals of Tom Misch. Cinthie hits the spot with a pumping peak-time version of "Call of the Wild" rich in wild organ solos and mid-90s NYC house bass, while Jura Soundsystem's superb rework of "High Life" is a dubbed-out synth-boogie treat with added Balearic warmth. For those looking for deeper dancefloor pleasure, Matt Karmil's smooth and acid-flecked remix of "Ketama Gold" and Gail Romanis's version of "Ex Machine" should hit the spot.
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HEIST 039
08 Jul 19
Deep House
High Life
Ketama Gold - (4:01) 117 BPM
Yes, No, Maybe (feat Tom Misch) - (5:32) 110 BPM
Review: If your fame is built on delivering rock solid dancefloor cuts, should your subsequent albums stick to the same approach or mix it up a little? It's a conundrum that many artists have struggled with over the years. Smartly, Detroit Swindle has decided to hedge their bets with High Life following 2014's Boxed Out. As full length albums go, it's a bit of a peach, and sees the acclaimed Dutch duo flit between sensuous, home-listening fare, jaunty, instrumental-laden workouts (see the cheery, smoky pop-soul of Tom Misch hook-up "Yes, No, Maybe" and Afro-fired bounce of "Call of the Wild" featuring fellow Dutch combo Jungle By Night) and tried-and-tasty club tracks (Seven Davis Jr collaboration "Flavourism", the driving disco-house of "Freeqy Polly" and "Cut U Loose").
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HEISTLP 01
28 May 18
Deep House
With Lasers
See You On The Other Side - (6:16) 118 BPM
Review: This EP marks a welcome return to Heist Recordings from Fouk, the deep house collaboration between Daniel Leseman and Hans Peeman. There's naturally much to admire throughout, from the rubbery disco bass, hustling house beats and intergalactic synths of opener "F3000", to the pleasingly loose beats, clattering percussion hits and hard-worn disco-funk grooves of "See You on the Other Side", via the warm and toasty boogie/house fusion of "With Lazers". Improvisation-loving combo Mount Liberation Unlimited steals the show with a loose, languid and deliciously deep interpretation of "See You on the Other Side" that seamlessly fuses the best of both their and Fouk's respective production styles.
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HEIST 025
26 Jun 17
Deep House
Endless Summer
Afrorleans - (8:16) 118 BPM
Luanda Dub - (7:55) 115 BPM
Review: To date, Swiss quartet Alma Negra has carved a successful niche as makers of heavily percussive EP singles that look to the rhythms of Africa for inspiration. This outing for Heist Recordings draws on many similar influences, but shuffles further towards original production than their rework style back catalogue. Opener "Afrorleans" is a jaunty trip into shuffling Afro-house territory in the company of a cabal of Cajun musicians, while "Luanda Dub" is a booming, bass heavy late night trip full of swirling vocal samples and densely layered drum hits. If you are after some party-starting Afro-disco/deep house fusion of standout, then "Endless Summer" and a cracking Soulphiction remix of the same track will pushes a rubbery disco bassline to the fore to devastating effect.
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HEIST 024
08 May 17
Deep House
The Roundup Pt. 3
Various
Nebraska - "It Won't Be Long" (Nachtbraker remix) - (7:04) 118 BPM Hot
Played by: DJ Mau Mau
Review: Heist Recordings brings down the curtain on another successful year with their now traditional Roundup release, an expansive EP featuring "family remixes" of material released over the previous 12 months. As usual, there's much to enjoy, from the cheery, disco-tinged goodtime bump of Detroit Swindle's rework of Obas Nenoor's "Wakee", to Frits Wentink's jazzy, lo-fi, swinging deep house remake of Detroit Swindle's "Future Imperfect". Other highlights include a skuzzy, acid-fired interpretation of Nebraska's "It Won't Be Long" by Nachtbraker, and Nebraska's sunny, jammed-out fix-up of Frits Wentink's "Rising Sun, Falling Coconut". Best of all, though, is Ouer's remix of Nachtbraker's "Pollo Con Pollo", which boasts twinkling electric piano solos riding a thrusting analogue bassline and breezy disco guitars.
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HEIST 022
05 Dec 16
Deep House
The Circular City
Cicular City - (7:12) 116 BPM
Circular City (Matthew Herbert's Let Yourself Go mix feat Zilla) - (6:54) 116 BPM
Circular City (Matthew Herbert's Let Yourself Go instrumental mix) - (7:30) 116 BPM
Review: There's very little to fault about Detroit Swindle's latest EP, which comes backed with remixes from born-again glitch-house maestro Matthew Herbert. The latter delivers a pair of quirky but typically inspired remixes of lead cut "Circular City". Whereas the Swindlers' original is built around rising and falling synthesizer melodies lines, drowsy bass, restless stabs and wonky bass, Herbert's versions cannily create energy and action via wild electronics and low-slung analogue instrumentations. The instrumental is good, but it's the version he's done featuring vocalist Zilla that really stands out. Elsewhere, "Sugar Sugar" is a smile-inducing chunk of deep house positivity, while "Runningoutof" melds their usual melodious dancefloor funk with a dash of Italo-disco.
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HEIST 020
03 Oct 16
Deep House
Pollo Con Pollo
Gotta Act To React - (6:47) 118 BPM
Intermezzo - (6:37) 116 BPM
Gotta Act To React (Float mix) - (5:29) 118 BPM
Review: Nachtbraker's latest expansive EP for Heist Recordings - his first release of 2016 - boasts a host of hot, floor-friendly excursions. The EP's first two missives offer two distinctly different takes on disco-house - the throbbing sub-bass, extra percussion hits and early Daft Punk riffs of "Gotta Act To React", versus the smooth, classic disco-sampling loop-jam "Pollo Con Pollo" - before the woozy, drawn out "Intermezzlow" allows the Dutch producer to showcase the groovy, downtempo side to his work. The accompanying "Intermezzo" is a jazzy, percussive deep house variation on the same sun-kissed theme, while "Gotta Act To React (Float Mix)" re-casts the EP's opening tune as a hazy deep house bumper.
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HEIST 019
25 Jul 16
Deep House
The Ceaper Buing
Glimpse Of Light - (5:22) 117 BPM Hot
UV Lights - (5:15) 118 BPM
Review: Quite remarkably, Obas Nenor's 2015 debut 12", My Way Home, appeared on Moodyman's Mahogani Music imprint. Since then, he's released hot material on Strictly Rhythm and Sol Power Sound. Here, he pops up on Detroit Swindle's Heist imprint with another strong collection of hazy, low-slung deep house shufflers. He begins with the loose, cheesecake-rich warmth of "The Door", before dipping the tempo a little on the funk-infused groove jam "Glimpse Of Light". There's a pleasingly bluesy feel about the bold and melodious "UV Lights", while "Wakee" offers a nu disco-influenced take on Detroit Beatdown. Mr Tophat's dense, deliciously percussive remix of "The Door" completes an excellent package.
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HEIST 018
13 Jun 16
Deep House
Soften The Wireless EP
Varkala - (6:32) 119 BPM
Review: Nebraska has been a busy boy of late, delivering killer material on both Mister Saturday Night and Delusions of Grandeur. Here he dons his favourite balaclava and joins Detroit Swindle's Heist. He begins with the groovy, loose and low-slung disco-house bump of "Khan's Bargain", which is also brilliantly remixed by obscure boogie specialist Tom Noble. The tempo increases dramatically on the wide-eyed deep house sprint of "The Blues", before Nebraska enhances his Balearic house credentials thanks to the blissful synthesizer arpeggio lines and swirling chords of "It Won't Be Long". The spacey, string-drenched shuffle of "Varkala" draws a fine EP to a close.
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HEIST 017
09 May 16
Deep House
In Reverse
In Reverse - (7:53) 119 BPM Hot
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HEIST 015
19 Feb 16
Deep House
The Roundup Pt. 2
Various
Brame & Hamo - "Hotshot" (Fouk remix) - (5:09) 119 BPM
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HEIST 013
16 Oct 15
Deep House
Le Troubadour
Gurl - (6:01) 118 BPM
You're Out Of Your Element - (6:59) 118 BPM
Review: Following a recent outing on Hudd Traxx, Dutch DJ/producer Nachtbraker returns to Detroit Swindle's Heist Recordings with four more chunks of floor-friendly deep house. There's much to admire throughout, from the squidgy basslines, relentless cymbals and floatation tank chords of "Dark Roast", to the loose-limbed, triple-beat-goes-jazz flex of the wonderfully fluid title track. The eyes-closed chords, intricate melodies and undulating acid lines of the smoother "Gurl" impress, as does "You're Out of Your Element", a warm, rich and jazzy homage to Detroit deep house blessed with all manner of aural Motor City trademarks. While considered a bonus track (it was hidden away on the flipside of the vinyl version), it's arguably the best thing on a strong EP.
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HEIST 011
29 Jun 15
Deep House
Kill Frenzy
Ken Sent Me - (6:10) 118 BPM
Played by: Mauritzio
Review: Daniel Leseman and Hans 'Junktion' Peeman first joined forces under the Fouk moniker late last year, delivering an impressive debut EP, First Things First, that skillfully combined the former's jazz-tinged rhythms with the latter's smooth deep house nous. There are plenty more reasons to be cheerful on this debut for Detroit Swindle's Heist Recordings imprint, not least the driving bass, jaunty jazz samples and warm chords of "Kill Frenzy". There's even more soul present on the loose house beats, glassy-eyed vocal samples and rich textures of "Leftys Bar", while "Ken Sent Me Release" is as woozy, wavy and dreamy as you'd expect. Soothing stuff, all told.
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HEIST 010
18 May 15
Deep House
The Roundup Pt. 1
Various
Nachtbraker - "Bluebottle" (Frits Wentink remix) - (6:01) 118 BPM Hot
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HEIST 007
01 Dec 14
Deep House
La Meme Pour Moi
The Same For Me - (5:39) 117 BPM
Merkin - (6:40) 118 BPM
Epsilon Girls - (5:49) 118 BPM Hot
Review: If it's sophisticated deep house you're after, Detroit Swindle's Heist Recordings usually delivers the goods. This latest missive is no exception. It comes from Australian producer Andy Hart, who has recently collaborated with Francis Inferno Orchestra and Max Graef, dropping 12"s on Melbourne Deepcast and Sleazy Beats Black Ops. Hart's style is deep, tactile and quietly soulful, with toasty pads and hazy melodies riding chunky grooves and warm basslines. The four tracks here stick to this formula, mixing up the styles and influences a little for good measure. So, there's a touch of sleaziness about the old school bump of "Hermano" and the bluesy "Epsilon Girls" (our pick), while the darting "The Same For Me" is an altogether smoother proposition.
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HEIST 006
29 Sep 14
Deep House
Gute Laune
Bluebottle - (7:01) 112 BPM
Xantippe - (7:06) 118 BPM
Review: A quick glance at his Facebook page confirms that Nachtbraker, AKA producer Maurits Verwoerd, doesn't take life too seriously. Yet despite an eccentric streak, there's little novel, forced or needlessly silly about his music. This latest EP for regular home Heist Recordings is packed full of smooth, fluid, heavily electronic deep house. The title track rises and falls impressively, shifting shape and focus - from stripped-back deep house drum track to dreamy, tech-tinged dancefloor electronica, and back again - several times. The more analogue-focused "Bluebottle", all starburst synths, chunky rhythms and wavy pads - repeats the trick, before he shows his darker side on the decidedly wonky "Xanitape". The latter track benefits greatly from some eccentric electronics and quirky keys.
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HEIST 004
31 Mar 14
Deep House
Boxed Out
B.Y.O. - (6:34) 117 BPM
64 Ways (feat Mayer Hawthorne) - (4:44) 115 BPM
Me, Myself & You - (6:44) 115 BPM
Monkey Wrench - (7:16) 111 BPM
Center Of Gravity (feat Sandra Amarie) - (5:46) 117 BPM
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HEISTSP 02
24 Mar 14
Deep House
B.Os.T.On
Autumnia - (7:16) 118 BPM Hot
Her Song - (6:25) 118 BPM
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HEISTSP 04
30 Jul 12
Deep House
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