This November sees the launch of Manchester based imprint Music Is Love Records, kicking things off with a four-track release of sublime house cuts in the form of 'Back In The Dayz' by Dutch duo New Jack City. In true Manchester fashion the labels philosophy is to create a platform for releasing 90's tipped underground house music and embodying a hands on attention to detail with heavyweight vinyl, hand curated artwork and
high grade remix artists set for each release. Local acts, artist friends and up and coming producers will be providing releases from the off with label owners Oli Furness and Angus Jefford delivering remix works on each under their Music Is Love guise. Arnhem based New Jack City launch things here, they're relatively fresh faces on the scene having formed their collaboation in early 2011, their ethos is heavily focused on Chicago house music with an old school grit and rawness incorporated. Title track 'Back In The Dayz' opens the release, utilizing timeless 909 drum programming with a big open hat, off-kilter claps and weighty kick. A subtle sub bass softly meanders around the drums in the background adding a bouncy shuffle while warm Rhodes chords build the track alongside a filtered vocal chop. Classic house stabs are introduced to the latter stages alongside a soulful spoken word vocal about the feeling of house rounding off the old school vibe. Next up is label owners Music is Love's rework of 'Back In The Dayz', adding a sharp intensity to the drums with an insistent snare pattern running throughout and the signature sounds of 90's house, a deep bubbling organ hook brought in, this is a brilliantly contrasting remix from the duo with a clear distinction yet capturing the vibe of the original cut beautifully. Next up is 'Gimme That Chance', a pacier affair picking up the tempo slightly and embracing a US Garage vibe. Dreamlike synth chords, warbling pad lines and a sonorous walking sub-bass build the tracks body while an amalgamation of vocal chops are layered, looped and processed throughout, creating an ever evolving dynamism. 'The Golden Age' closes the release with crunchy distorted drums and heavily reverberated synth shots running from the start, the track takes on a darker form than the preceding tracks with a peak-time dance floor approach. The introduction of a warm melodic synth melody in the centre stages adds a unifying house touch, breaking things down before the pumping heavily swung rhythm re-enters and tails out the track. This is an outstanding inaugural release from Music Is Love Records and a clear indication of the sheer quality to come from this brand new Northern England based label. More

"Hard times call for good music. This time around Times Are Ruff (TAR) dedicated their beat fabricating skills to a double EP for Tomorrow Is Now, Kid! The TINK! Project will put some raw, deep, soulful and garage tunes in your ears. As a DJ collective, Times Are Ruff is heavily influenced by the Windy City, taking inspiration from the past, but never sounding outdated. Focussing on long - preferably all night - DJ sets in which Times Are Ruff strives to set itself apart and tell a true musical story to the audience."
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'The Kid' is back! Mister Jacob Otten as known as Kid Sublime has been delivering twelve-inch discs of love to the international House scene for many years now. His sound is soulful, purposefully energetic, very playful and always straight from the heart. Let his creations raise your spirits and make you feel insipred, for music is life's greatest expression of love.

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Next up on Tomorrow Is Now, Kid! is an EP from Rutilance Recordings owner, DJ Steaw. The French artist crafted four sturdy tracks on this fresh EP. It is a perfect blend between Chicago and New York House, with a big splash of Acid throughout the disc. The hypnotising percussion and grimy sounds take you to new, unforeseen places... Keywords for best describing this 12" are, beyond any doubt, deep and vigorous. Enjoy these four definite killers in the club.
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When life gets tough, we always turn to music for physical and spiritual relief. We've found that dancing to music with positive vibes brings us the joy and energy we need to get on with our daily rhythms. The four tracks contained on this disc are made for dancing. They fit perfectly in uplifting sets and are crafted to blend together with a wide range of House flavours. Times Are Ruff understand what the soul needs to let go of the many forms of stress and pressures in life. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we have enjoyed making it and presenting it to you.
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We're proud to announce the next 12" on Tomorrow Is Now, Kid! produced by talented Turkish/Dutch producer Anil Aras. Anil took his trustworthy TR-909, programmed his signature hardhitting percussion and let emotion take over. Reminiscent of the heydays of US Garage, '1994' brings an uplifting set of piano's and strings whilst retaining a true hardcore dance floor vibe. On the flip side, 'You & I' truly captures peak time clubbing euphoria into one powerful track. Let the music take over and dance awa More

Malin Génie is back on Tomorrow Is Now, Kid! with this very special four track EP Pushin' On. Limited pressing of 250 copies pitch black vinyl. His first release Malingering EP in October 2011 gave us a taste of what this 25 year old Amsterdam producer confects in his soul kitchen. Now the génie is out of the bottle once again with a brew of beats that is guaranteed to give everyone a euphoric dance floor and party experience!
Tomorrow Is Now, Kid! sees the convergence of music, internet and live events as the ultimate opportunity to bring music to people. The label releases tracks with a passion for genuine underground House music. We produce successful events with different concepts, are the driving force behind the Transistor Rhythm club nights in Club Up and have had label nights in Amsterdam, Berlin and Lisbon.
Tomorrow Is Now, Kid! or TINK! Records as it was originally called in 1989, was one of the first House labels in The Netherlands. Certainly the first to release Soulful House and Garage tracks onto the dance floors. TINK! Records became a household name with releases by artists such as Black Tulip, Eddy de Clercq (EDC), MTC, MDA. feat. Lilian Vieira, R.J.'s Rule, Formosa and Thyone Girls.
We relaunched the company 3 years ago with the intention of re-releasing all the great music that was made 20 years ago and now we finally realized that dream. More