12" - Fully Authorised Reissue on Original Release Label!

GENRE/S:
House

TRACKLISTS:
A1 Fruit Loops - Dance Dance Dance
A2 Fruit Loops - Keep on Running
B1 Fruit Loops - The Message of Love
B2 Fruit Loops - Clap Ya Hands

SHORT INFO:

Canadian deep house don Nick Holder's Fruit Loops EP is next to get the remaster and reissue treatment from Definitive Recordings. This label, now overseen by Get Physical Music, first released the EP back in 1995 when Toronto-based Holder had already become one of house music's most tasteful operators. He went on to release over 125 EPs and singles under countless aliases, in various groups, and on his labels DNH Records and Treehouse Records, as well as !K7 Records and NRK. His style spans house, disco loops and minimal Chicago grooves and is always high on immersive atmosphere. Opener 'Dance Dance Dance' brings together all those aspects of the Holder sound with its funky guitar riffs looping beneath raw drums and disco basslines. Classic Chic samples burst out of the mix to bring an air of celebration and party, and it makes for an irresistibly feel-good sound. 'Keep on Running' is a steamy and sweaty house jam with loopy drums and bass and more smartly chosen samples, this time from Roy Ayers, that bring the funk and never let up. It has long been a go-to anthem for house DJs, and the realness and rawness of the emotions in Holder's work also shine through with the filtered synths and jazzy keys of 'The Message of Love', which is complete with bumpy and irresistible drums. Last of all is the unfettered party spirit and diva vocals of the brilliantly lo-fi funk-house pumper that is 'Clap Ya Hands'. This EP hasn't aged one bit and remains a definitive piece of early Deep House history.


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Nick Holder, owner of Toronto‘s acclaimed DNH and Treehouse Records, has been producing underground house music for more than ten years. Alongside releases on his own DNH label, Holder has also produced respected EPs on John Acquaviva‘s Definitive label, Stickman Records, Hi Bias, Strobe Records, NRK (two albums: “From Within“ and “Underground Alternatives“) and Germany‘s K7 label (two albums:„One Night In The Disco“ and „Back On Track“). Nick‘s work spans from disco loops to minimal Chicago style and many of his records have become timeless classics. You can add „Erotic Illusions“ to that category - a timeless hit that has been in not only both Steve Bug‘s and Martin Landsky‘s boxes for a long time now and finally the two Poker Flat producers put their heads together for two amazing remixes. The party gets started on the a-side with Steve and Martin’s „TTR remix“. They add some twisted synths and and keep things minimal but unerring. A kind of oldschool-newschool adventure. On B1 we have the original version from 1991, sounding absolutely up-to-date and “now”. Dope.The „Triple T OV Mix“ on B2 features an oldschool bassline and spoken word by Gentle Aura, paired with newschool synths and an exciting arrangement - another extraordinary rework of this classic tune for a fresh Poker Flat release, whch by the way is our 75th release! More