Following the success of its first release by the ever elusive Jason Grove, the vinyl-only sub-label Skylax Extra Series returns with a little something beyond special. For those house-heads in the know, the man needs no introduction, but for those uninitiated, sit back and prepare for this double 12” selection to further your education in house music.Joey Kay hails from Chicago in the US and has influenced a great many producers in the last two decades with his signature take on the deep house sound. He keeps things simple in the best possible sense of the word, stripping back tracks to their bare essentials in order to maintain what the spirit of house music is all about: the groove, the soul and the feeling of being carefree, even if only experienced for a few minutes at a time. There are no superfluous or ancillary sounds in Joey’s music and this is all the more evident when taking a step back and listening to his spectrum of output in this collection, which spans more than twenty years of his career.

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124 Recordings are pleased to introduce their first release,Joey Kay's 'Toy Piano' with a remix courtesy of Washerman.Joey Kay from Chicago has been producing since 1989,and has only chosen to appear on a small number of releases,starting with "Eclectiz" (House Jam - 1994).He has also appeared on the highly influential 'My Love Is Underground Label' MLIU09 in 2012,where his track 'Fill Er Up' was championed by label owner Jeremy Underground Paris.He has also recently appeared on the 'Welcome Back To The Underground' label in Paris WBTTU#3 with the track 'Fewer Than None'.'Toy Piano' is the real sound of Chicago House Music,with its bumping,raw groove,made by one of its own,who was there when it all began.On remix duty we have a man who needs no introduction-Switzerland's Gianni Siravo,aka Azuni aka Washerman.To say he has been prolific in terms of House Music would be an understatement,from Azuni's seminal 'Raw Chord' to 'Here You Come/Believe' with releases on Boe Recordings,Morris Audio,and Compost's Drumpoet Community.It was on the latter label that he became widely know,as Washerman and the massive 'Basement Chord'.Here he takes Joey Kay's original mix and takes it deeper and darker,giving it a Wild Pitch old school flavour.This will be a vinyl only release-enjoy! More

A Native Of Chicago, And Heavily Influnced By The Earliest Of House Music To The Present , It's been since 1994 That Joey Kay Releases A Vinyl Record, On House Jam Records Chicago, With The "Eclectiz E.P.". Early 2011 Marked Joey Kay's Debut Extended Play On The Label "Stylistic Recordings Vinyl", "The Latitude" Extended Play (STYL#001) , Joey Backs Up His Stance And Placement In Chicago Deep House With His Second Release On Stylistic Recordings (STYL#002), Entitled "The Deep End" Extended Play. Let yourself Fall into these TRUE Anthems Of Chicago's Deep House Music!The Music on this Extended Play kicks off A1 Placement, with a Classic Chicago Term "Crosstown Classix", which represents a Deep House with a Peak Club Attitude. A vast array of both Rhythmic and Musical Instruments, in seemingly almost perfect unison, yet Swingin' to the feel of the Moving Dance Floor. A2 Tracklisting, "Suddenly (Vocal Snip Mix)" Is A Much Deeper Atmospheric feel, with Large Rhodes Organs and a more Minimal Deep House Feel, and Vocal Snips Sung by Alain Quinn. It maintains a slightly more Downtempo Deep Chicago House Feel, with wonderful Arpreggio Synths to Fill elaborately to the feel. As Flipping To The Side B Lifts You Up, The B1 Track Kicks Off With The Title Song To This Extended Play, "Off The Deep End" Is A Motivated Deep House Dance Floor Filler. With Both Deep House And Peak Club Hour Feels, as it starts off with an intentional rough, small filter feel, then opens up beautifully and HEAVY, into a full-fledged Deep House Track. Synths and Acid Basses have the feel of Swing Deep Chicago House. It Has An Anthem Feel Of Chicago Deep House Artist Craig Loftis, As Well As Other Chicago Deep House Pioneers. B2, "Real Love", Is the final Composition on this Extended Play Record. Nice Downtempo Feel, with Lush Bass Tones and Synth Sounds, as well as an accompanying Organ to Cater To the Motion Of The Dancefloor Smoothly. The TR909 Is Placed A great deal Nicely to keep the Dancefloor Bumpin'!

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Emotive and raw: this is how House Music should be. After some amazing releases on labels such as Freerange and Hivern Discs, Kresy comes back to Bons Records with two tracks: "Ridmix (feat. The Blacksun)", a 90's-feeling house track that will kill the dancefloors of the nightclubs this summer and "Bubblegum Diskzhouse", a perfect disco-sample bomb. On the other side, Guim (one half of We Like Turtles) presents "Walking in the rain", a Kerri Chandler influenced track and "Love & Fascination", which combines a romantic vibe with a punchy bass line. You better dance More

The label run by Pau Roca and Gon backs to disco-house! The A Side features the duo Michael & Jackson. Formed by Jaime Fiorito (son of the legendary Dj Alfredo and old crew member of Phonica Records) and Thompson, they have pulled off a truly club bomb based on disco grooves and samples. The B side features Thompson (this time solo) with Soul Bomb # 01, in which the Red Bull Music Academy 2010 alumni backs to unleash his passion for Funk, Disco and Afro-Latin elements into a bright track dominated by a dreamy piano. It includes two remixes by the boss of the label Pau Roca and the dutch edit-maker star Jam Master. More

BIG ANALOG HOUSE TIP! Limited Edition, no repress. More

Bons Records from Barcelona is back with a new, very strong and versatile underground house EP. Vinyl only and limited copies. More

Bons Records is a Barcelona based label focused on Disco, Funk and House music with 90's feel. Only vinyl releases. The first release is from Philou Louzolo, a 24 year old producer born in Congo. "Black Tapes Ep" combines soul, funk, disco and old school house in a complete release: the A side is for Easy Thang! a dancefloor killer track that keeps the true American house spirit and groove alive with a sticky piano line. The B side is for Black Tapes: #1 goes directly to your feet and hips with a jolly melody while #2 reminds the spirit of an old funk track and keep the black soul in mind. More