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redlight - city jamsNo Title
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redlight - "City Jams" (DJ Deeon remix)
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redlight - Anonymous
VINYL ONLY! Redlight drops his massive summer NYC infused houz kut ‘City Jams’ backed with a Chicago ghetto house remix from Dancemania’s DJ Deeon!
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redlight - No Title
Shadow Child debuts on UTTU DANCE TRAX with 3 hard gheto houz bombs backed with a remix from Rotterdam's legendary GEEEMAN! 3 floor filling originals that take cues from the raw hard hitting sounds that make Chicago house so special!.
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DJ Steaw - No Title
Paris based DJ Steaw purveyor of that 'phat house flavour’ - returns to Hot Haus with 2 club bombs and a bonus downtempo-disco-boogie scorcher.
a1. DJ Steaw - Freee (House Mix)
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Munich’s Obalski rocks up on Hot Haus with a variety of house music meanderings. Previously spotted with a run of well received EP’s on Public Possession - here everything from Reggae, New Age, Acid and Pop is thrown in the mix - Backed with an awesome remix from Kim Ann Foxman - Tip!
a1. Obalski - Shine A Light
a2. Obalski - Cloud Saver
a3. Obalski - Space Nation
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a1. Obalski - Shine A Light
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alias g - No Title
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alias g - No Title
Chicago’s Alias G returns to UTTU with 3 off the wall house tracks - all killer no filler raw sh*t for the club! Vinyl only!
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se62 - No Title
Ukraine's living house legend SE62 debuts on Hot Haus - having previously released one of the biggest house tracks of recent times - True Force on My Love Is Underground back in 2013 - he returns to the classic house ingredients for this incredible 4 track EP!
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thr analogue cops - 98
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thr analogue cops - Nebulo
The Analogue Cops aka a.k.a. Lucretio and Marieu - debut on Hot Haus Recs with 5 tape saturated thumping house trax guaranteed to get the party started!
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Rumore - Gotta Have It (Fresh 2 Mix)
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Rumore debuts on Hot Haus Recs with 6 low lung house jackers, super deep breakbeat houz 4 the headz!
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Cat-No:hotshit035
Release-Date:19.01.2018
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krystal klear - No Title
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Krystal Klear debuts on Hot Haus Recs with 2 original tracks inspired by legendary clubs that defined NYC club culture in the 90s. The A side 'Just A Little' comes in 2 parts, a Sunday Service & Shelter mixes. On the flip the massive Dedication get's the Sound Factory & NASA treatment - All mixes inspired by the sounds that defined each club. Non stop floor fillers, TIP
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steve murphy - Man In The Box (ft. DJ Octopus)
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Steve Murphy returns to Hot Haus with 3 tape saturated lo-fi-houz bombs! Teaming up with DJ Octopus on Man In The Box and 2 cold hard jack trax on the flip make this a “must have!” for any discerning house deejay.
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paris brightledge & marlon hoffstadt - Original Mix
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paris brightledge & marlon hoffstadt - Vin Sol Remix
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paris brightledge & marlon hoffstadt - Acapella
Hot Haus is coming into 2017 all guns blazing!! Straight off the back of Mall Grab's Pool Party EP comes a collab from Paranoids London's Paris Brightledge & Germany's Marlon Hoffstadt - Forgive You - a lush soulful chicago house anthem to put it mildly. PLUS for the DJs we had to include a techno rub from San Fransisco's powerhouse Vin Sol. Additional acapella included!
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Release-Date:25.11.2016
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dj octopus - Hong Kong
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dj octopus - The Chi Frontier (Cutted)
DJ Octopus returns to Hot Haus Recs with 3 trademark Jackin Jersey Houz Jamzzzzz!
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dj steaw - Get Down
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Strictly Ltd Vinyl Only business from Hot Haus. Fresh off the back of his blockbuster on MLIU, DJ Steaw comes correct dropping 3 super deep houz jams on Hot Haus Recs!
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