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Paul Johnson - Hear The Music - 03-Aug-08 02:40 AM
This 12 inch is a Paul Johnson rarity. Two tracks on it stand out as magic, the first being Tikkle Me which is a quirky, bouncey track with a freaky morphed vocal used as a loop. It was a mainstay tune in the sets of Chicago style DJs including Mark Farina and DJ Sneak.

The real stand out track is Knob Twist, probably the most Peacefrog-ish tune Johnson made. It is a rolling deep tech-house track not dissimilar in style to some early Pagan Records/Terry Francis stuff. It is a very sought after tune. Johnsons We Can Make The World Spin LP, which came out two years later, even had a track confusingly titled Knob Twist which bared no similarity to the track on this EP.

The title track from the EP, Hear The Music, contains a samples from I Hear Music In The Streets by Unlimited Touch.

Id rate this as Johnsons finest release period. It may not have reached the commercial success of some of his later works but was absolutely brilliant nonetheless.

Quench (2) - Sexy Dance - 08-Mar-08 10:01 PM
Sexy Dance could not have been a more appropriately named record. After the massive successes of their Cassa De X, The Dream and High Frequency releases the previous year, Deep Dish returned with Sexy Dance which had one of the most beautiful and soulful grooves possible. Under Deep Dishs trademark crisp percussion sound lay the warmest of basslines and keys. Although it didnt make as much noise as some of their other releases Sexy Dance was a DJs favourite and is a true deep house classic. The Sex Is Cool version was equally as useful - essentially a bonus-beats version of the main track with a few twists and turns mid-way through.

East Men - U Dig - 04-Mar-08 02:42 AM
"U Dig" first showed up on Soma Quality Recordings in 1994 and was a solid enough record even before Tribal America got hold of it. The Tribal release included the new "Pacific Dub" version which was an incredibly good deep house track which wouldnt have sounded out of place if it had come out in 2000. The stepping/rising bassline was unmistakable and the "rhythm is fundamental, like the beat of the tribal drum" spoken female vocals were almost a footnote to the Tribal America philosophy. "U Dig" was one of the most underrated Tribal releases.

A.D.N.Y* - On 10 Inch - 04-Mar-08 02:33 AM
"Sax Song" on this release was a very understated record which was picked up by heaps of DJs who were into unusual, jacking, freaky tunes. Derrick May played this record for years - it had his style written all over it - jacking beats with little else going on other than a catchy saxophone line which gave it a real live jazz band touch. It had no bassline to speak of and a simple arrangement, but it did the job well. This is one of Alexi Delanos best early works and showed a real Chicago influence in his sound.

Dished-Out Bums - Sector One E.P - 04-Mar-08 12:23 AM
The Sector One EP is the Deep Dish duo at their early best and a release which went below the radar for many. The biggest track on the release was "A Glass Of Chianti", a bubbly bass-heavy deep house classic which never failed to get a dance floor rocking. "Chimay Ale" is a jazzy, downtempo number which showed Deep Dishs early scope and skills in producing down the lounge end of the scale. This is classic mid-90s understated house.