4 raw stripped down Chicago acid cuts from the legendary producer Steve Poindexter. Originally released in 1989 on Housetime these tore apart Chicago's warehouses. Now officially re mastered and re released for 2015 dancefloors. More

Huge re issue from Steve Poindexter's back catalogue from 1991. All 6 tracks are fully re mastered for 2014 and re released in original artwork. Released in conjunction with Steve Poindexter / Chicago Underground. Discogs prices are $100+++ but they won't sound as good as this and all pressing faults from original copies have been corrected.
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Re:Vision series restarts with Steve Poindexter’s timeless classic “Computer Madness”. We are very honored and excited to be able to re-release this beast of a track! It’s hard to imagine that this was really created over 2 decades ago. So the task at hand was to find the right contemporaries to revise this masterpiece, we didn’t have to look far to find the man for the job: Function is an old friend here at THEMA, and things got even better when he brought in Jerome Sydenham to co-produce the second treatment. It’s thus with great pride we announce our Re:Vision of Computer Madness, featuring two resolutely modern reinterpretations of Poindexter’s classic. The original by Poindexter dates all the way from 1989 and is a brief, headlong rush into drum machine-fueled raw acid and has long been a staple of the genre for many as well as the first release on the seminal Musique Records. We wanted to start off with a stomper, so for the whole A side, we have Function with occasional co-conspirator Sydenham with an unstoppable driving interpretation that straightens the busy drums of the original into a pounding techno pulse and takes repeated, changing portions of the original acid line as its central riff. Much of the action here occurs in the dirty, growling bass the pair add to the lower register; this is peak time damage for the most unrelenting floors. On the flip side we start off with Function’s deep, dubbed out reinterpretation, but it soon strides forward into the style of psychedelic but jacking techno familiar from his recent, more extroverted output. Even at almost double the length of the original, there’s still a palpable aura of reverence to the way he approaches the track; it should come as no surprise that he ranks it highly in his favorites list. Then of course we finish off with Poindexter’s original 1989 version, with all its original bang and glory. Still sounds fresh and as inspiring as it did the first time we heard this way back when...Functioning as a reunion for friends as well as a re-evaluation of past and present achievements, Re:Vision looks back to the rich past while still moving unstoppably into the future. Look out for the next 2 releases in the Re:Vision series that’s following up next! It’s been awhile since we at THEMA visited our Re:Vision series, where we pay homage to those that have influenced us and bring historical accomplishments into contemporary focus. It started with DJ Slip’s classic “Available Light” (THEMA017) featuring two incredibly well sought after remixes of the celebrated original by Franco Cinelli and Mikael Stavöstrand. Now revisiting the series with renewed dedication, we’ve carefully selected three classic underground tracks that reverberate in past and present for re-evaluation by a cadre of contemporary techno’s finest talent.
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Part 2 of the MUZIQUE/MATHEMATICS re-issue campaign! This highly-sought after 12" features a SUN GOD rework of an unreleased track from STEVE POINDEXTER & ARMANDO GALLOP, and tracks from SATURN V, ALLEN WRIGHT, MELVIN OLIPHANT, and CHRIS UNDERWOOD. With new labels! More

Super heavyweight Chicago heat from 1994 on Steve Poindexter's Muzique label! This one's only for the headstrong, hard, jacking, minimal and raw. Pure Chi-town ghetto style! You have DJ Deeon, DJ Milton, Mike Dunn and Armando all collaborating to bring you the "Nothing Stopping EP" so you know this is some serious dance-floor searing business indeed. It's all here, the stripped back, manic drum programming, the sexual innuendo laden vocals and that insane Chicago energy that makes records like this so special. There was definitely something in the water in Lake Michigan! This essential ghetto House 4 tracker has been re-mastered, re-pressed and re-released for 2015 with all original Muzique Records artwork intact and with full permission from Mr.Steve Poindexter, Chicago USA.
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Taking it's name from the address of Ron Hardy's seminal Muzic Box club (326 N.Michigan Ave, Chicago) 3.2.6. was a short lived project from one Dion Williams, ably assisted by the legendary Armando Gallop and Mike Dunn who lend their mixing skills and individual styles across the breadth of the entire record. "Falling" came out in 1989 on Steve Poindexter's cult Musique imprint and ticks all the boxes as far as cult Chicago House records go. All 5 tracks ooze classic lo-fi House grooves, the driving analog drum machines, repetitive, trance like pads, disjointed voices and those seedy late night vibes that we have all come to know and love are all present. A true underground record. Another long lost slab of Chicago goodness, brought back to life, re-mastered, re-issued and re-pressed in conjunction with Steve Poindexter / Muzique Records, Chicago USA. More