Having releases on Third Ear, 100% Silk and Mister Saturday Night ("Shower Scene" was featured on John Talabot's Dj Kicks Compilation) under his belt, Brooklyn's Alex Burkat provides a full on EP for Permanent Vacation. Three tracks with sparkling melodies and razor sharp beats that evoke the best party nights in NYC of the past 30 years. This package is backed up by a remix of man of the moment Barnt, who adds some mysterious vocal bits and an extra portion of magic to create a quiet rave anthem.


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All the tracks on Alex Burkat's latest release, the ep 285 Kent are references to, homages to, and an elegy for various NY clubs and clubbing experiences. Alex Burkat, resident of Brooklyn NYC, lands on (in?) Third Ear with an ep that further develops the sound he has been imagining since he was inspired to write Shower Scene, his to-date, most well-known track. Shower Scene, which was subsequently released on the Mr Saturday Night label, was conceived while returning from a Mr Saturday Night party. Clearly, the clubbing experience, in particular in New York is still an inspiration to Alex Burkat's music. 285 Kent was a well-known DIY warehouse venue that hosted Punk, House and Techno parties in Brooklyn that closed only recently in January 2014. Sullivan Street in the West Village of NY is where Sullivan Room is located, a well-known House party venue. The BQE is the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The track evokes for Alex, people speeding to and/or from NY parties. Hou se Of Yes, the name of another famous DIY New York venue that closed in the Summer of 2013 was where Mister Saturday Night threw their Saturday night parties. All four tracks are distinctive. Alex Burkat has his sound now. It may not be the only sound he ever creates, and given his propensity for evocation his catalogue will probably be prodigious and varied. For now, he is honing in on his subject; the rapidly evolving club scene based around Brooklyn in New York. There is soul in these tracks and a refreshing lack of artifice. For all the wide-eyed imagination and wide-screen soundscapes (huge bass and shimmering sonics out on the perimeters), there is no sentimentality; just a forward-looking More

A triumphant song full of strings & things. Eamon & Justin liked it so much that they decided to do a dreamier take on the original. Alex added 'Ammadomyownthing,' a slamming, way-off-kilter monster of a track to complete the package. More

NITE OWL DINER'S newest comes from House veteran ALEXANDER EAST (SUBURBAN, UC, FREERANGE) featuring rare mid-90s recordings of jackin' Chicago House & Rave. "HAZY SHADE OF LOVE" is a future classic with soulful vocals & keys. "STR8 JACKIN" is a bangin jacker & "THE BOMBMAKER" is filtered real techno. More

STRATEGY (100% SILK, KRANKY) arrives on THE NITE OWL DINER serving up 4 rave inspired cuts. STRATEGY channels early BELTRAM with driving energy & recontextualized sounds as well as layers of lush pads into an epic emotional experience. The FUTURE SHOCK EP is a future electronic classic. The single premiered on RESIDENT ADVISOR. More

Bristol-based produer (Audio Culture, Apple Pips, Tsuba) drops catchy, jackin house tracks that bridge the gap between Bristol & Chicago. Recommended for UK Garage heads, Derrick Carter fans.

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Oakland-based DJ/producer (100% Silk / As You Like It) teams up with fellow Bay Area fixtures CM-4 & Jason Kendig (Honey Soundsystem) for an EP of banging melodic tracks straddling the line between house &techno + a touch of acid. More

2nd EP of remixes f/Jackie House (Honey Soundsystem), Strategy (Community Library / Idle Hands), John Barera (Jack Dept. NYC / Argot / Just Jack), Shady P (How To Kill), & Chrissy himself all bring serious dancefloor heat to this EP.

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Though they're both originally from Kansas, Chrissy & Hawley met in Chicago, and began working together on songs that unite their very different individual styles: emotional dance music with catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics in the tradition of Yazoo, Pet Shop Boys, Arthur Russell, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Larry Levan, and Patrick Cowley. Their debut album comes hot on the heels of an EP on Smartbar's own Northside '82 imprint, which has won over tastemakers like The Black Madonna, Jackie House & Jason Kendig (Honey Soundsystem), Prince Rama, and Avalon Emerson. "Some of the most earnest and charming pop music I've heard in years" - Avalon Emerson "IÕve been obsessing over 'PhotoboothÕ" - Jason Kendig Nite Owl co-founder Chrissy is a genre-bending DJ / producer, known for releases on labels like Classic, Freerange, Razor-N-Tape, Planet Mu, and Hypercolour, his influential "My Year Of Mixtapes" blog, and his DJ residency at the legendary Chicago nightclub Smartbar. Hawley Shoffner is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter with a distinctive, immediately recognizable voice in the tradition of Karen O, Kathleen Hanna, or Siouxsie Sioux. 2LP includes special insert and digital download code
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NYC producer/DJ follows releases for Rush Hour, 100% Silk, and Argot w/ gorgeous, idiosyncratic deep house cuts encorporating live instrumentation and catchy melodies that work equally well on a dancefloor or in headphones.
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Nite Owl co-founder Alex Burkat, rising young Chicago producers Olin (Argot, SmartBar, Discovery) & Savile (Argot, SmartBar, plus a couple of new faces deliver deep house delites for those lovers of greasy late-nite fare.
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Slammin' 4-tracker from Canadian producer (Audio Culture, Turbo, Hemlock) f/jackin, club-ready heaters w/melodies that hold up outside the party. Guest Vin Sol (Soo Wavey, Unknown To The Unknown). Support by Martyn, James Friedman, Laurent Garnier, Alinka More