Review: ATFC is the long-running pseudonym for Aydin Hasirci, one of the UK's most experienced house producers. Having scored a huge hit at the tail end of the 90s with "In and Out of My Life", he has remained very much in the same style, putting out vocal house on labels like Toolroom and Defected. Hasirci's latest venture is on Riva Starr's label and is more reflective of its tech-house sound. The title track fuses a time-stretched double bass with a soulful vocal and insistent, hollowed out drums to create a distinctive house track. Meanwhile, Harry Romero adds a techy flavour on his remix, adding moody chord sequences and big break downs into the mix.
Review: Since dropping his Shunyata album back in 2010, this talented German has concentrated on hammering out essential house tool after house tool on myriad labels. He's never just satisfied with one-dimensional productions though, and the mighty "Samson" is no different: full, rolling drums accelerate under a hypnotic vocal loop and cleverly layered percussion creating a sense of barely contained delirium. Elsewhere we also get a little locomotive techy disco in the form of "Jada Jada", before Harry Romero steps in to add some tribal-swing spice to the title track's original ingredients.
Review: West coast bass house institution Dirtybird are back with a new one by emerging Brazilian artist Scavazza (Whistle/Up Club/Trash Society), breaking through on the emotive, minimal and vocal-led jack of "Shake Your Hearts". This is backed up by a wicked remix by industry veteran Harry 'Choo Choo' Romero from NYC, whose version gets that strobed-out and energetic tribal house feel in the vein of his early '00s output - which has left its indelible mark on the scene since. There is another original offering which comes in the form of tough rolling UK tech house influenced joint "Hey" - aimed squarely at the main room dancefloor at peak time.
Review: NYC house legend Harry "Choo Choo" Romero is back with the La Brava EP on Mihalis Safras' Material Series so you know what to expect don't you: massive, pumping, main room tech house of course! And the funky house don is more than capable when you consider his previous releases only last year on the likes of Tronik and Saved. Speaking of the latter, the title track has the chugging peak time Ibiza vibe for fans of Nic Fanciulli's revered imprint (with adequate white noise build ups of course) while the "Chant Mix" Accentuates the latin flair with those fiesta style Brazilian vocals and added tribal percussion for pure dancefloor hysteria. Finally "Into The Groove" builds the suspense with one serious mental breakdown before unleashing a stadium sized druggy tech house odyssey on you.
Soul Is Another (Hector Couto remix) - (6:01) 125 BPM
Soul Is Another (Leon remix) - (7:05) 124 BPM
Review: New York City's finest, the man, the legend: Harry Romero. The don returns for Ibiza's Do Not Sleep and "Soul Is Another" is a dirty, drugged out epic with a swinging garage rhythm, wonky electro house bassline and fuzzy vocal loops repeating the title's very refrain: absolute madness. There's some wicked remixes too, with Hector Couto up first. The Spaniard throws down a tough and rolling peak time thriller. Be sure to catch this groove, after the killer drop of course! Italian minimal house hero Leon steps up to the challenge next and does not disappoint. His rendition gets on a stripped, druggy, after-hours vibe instead.
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