Sadar Bahar's dreams are captured in grooves. After years and years of digging deep for records, the Chicagoan built a collection that's too big to fit in his house. Although he has collected more records than he could possibly play, his search doesn't stop, and drops by our store from time to time to see dig the racks.

Bahar got into the music scene in the early '80s, with childhood friend, Charles Brekenridge, who introduced him to the mixing game and taught him how to blend records. Later, Frankie Knuckles showed him the magic of the dance floor. During this time, Chicago was filled with DJ’s who played house and disco sounds. However, Sadar chose a different direction - playing rare & hard-to-find grooves. It is an honor to present this mix, that features a selection picks found in the RH store racks on the day.

This is the second in a series of Rush Hour Store mixes, where we invite our favorite artists and DJs to dig the bins and record us a mix on the spot. Click on the links below for more info on the featured tracks.

Tracklist:
Ned Doheny - To Prove My Love
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=82705
The Police - Voices In My Head
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=83686
Gil Scott-Heron - Madison Avenue
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=62595
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=61966
Blackbyrds, the - Enter In
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=28432
Kenix Music - There's Never Been No ONe LIke You
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=81577
v/a - Hustle & Bustle
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=83263
Sybil - Let Yourself Go
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=81061
94 East - If You Feel LIke Dancin
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=57860
House Of Spirits - Holding On
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=77109
Loi - Body Contact
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=79662
Mel Sheppard - Can I Take You Home
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=82968
Taxie - Rock Don't Stop
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=83259
Loose Joints - Tell You
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=77699
PPU - Africa Bump
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=50176
Dinosaur L - Go Bang
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=41801
Unknown - Al-Tone Edits 2
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=80167
Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=45117

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Rush Hour Store

Store Mix 002 | Sadar Bahar Digs Rush Hour

Coastal Cast ~ Seb Wildblood

Coastal Cast ~ Pacific Coliseum

From No Fun Radio's portion of Radio 80000's live broadcast at the Kunstverein exhibition in Munich, September 2018.

Mela Melania and Jack J: Mix for Radio 80000 and No Fun Radio

Jess Sneddon https://soundcloud.com/jesssned
Carlton North, Melbourne
Steeplejack 2.1

Jess Sneddon

https://soundcloud.com/biancamp3/new-order-bizarre-love-triangle

recorded + produced by bianca ocampo

bizarre love triangle

Perth-based artist Daisies Net (Emma Stokes) releases Kunanyi, her debut single via Healthy Tapes from upcoming EP On the Apple Island.

Kunanyi (the traditional Muwinina name of Hobart landmark Mount Wellington) was created on the foothills of the mountain at the Fern Tree Arts Hall- an old abandoned school turned artist collective. A delicate song about a special place, the collage of sounds includes wind chimes on the veranda, an old piano in the kitchen and recordings of some guys screaming on the basketball court in the room next door.

“The mountain really is watching over the whole town, and you hear how important it is to those with an emotional connection to Hobart. While the tourists conglomerate on top of her, and the politicians argue about cutting her apart; Kunanyi remains a guardian for those who seek healing beneath her, and in a short period of time I found myself to be one of those people.”

Following on from the independently released Go Far, Kunanyi is stunningly representative of Emma’s EP - intricate and elaborate, yet accessible, allowing the listener to become lost in the worlds she composes through the use of both field and studio recordings. Daisies Net’s part-surreal / part-ambient compositions are mostly made in bed - the project acting as an outlet for Emma teaching herself how to produce music to cope with the diagnosis of chronic illness. 

Kunanyi is out today (September 3rd). Daisies Net’s EP On the Apple Island will be released by Healthy Tapes digitally and on limited cassette on October 9th.

On the Apple Island

Daisies Net - Kunanyi

Spotify/Apple/Bandcamp

Sandy Hsu - St Venus

Melbourne-based artist Sandy Hsu releases Woman, the third and final single from her stunningly bold EP She Comes To Me In A Fever Dream out via Healthy Tapes.

Following on from her first two singles Angel Energy and Limbo, Woman is a slowly and delicately layered opening track, composed using only Sandy’s vocals yet sounding full and nuanced with no accompaniment - a reflection of Sandy’s choral background and sure to appeal to fans of Julianna Barwick or Grouper.

“The inspiration behind this track was ‘movement’. I wanted to create a piece that would undulate around the listeners head. To me, the voice is the most powerful instrument. I didn’t want to overcomplicate things, so it is a cappella. There is beauty in simplicity. I find harmonies and natural overtones that arise from group singing really pure and beautiful.”

In the lead up to Sandy’s new EP, her single Angel Energy has reached #2 on the AMRAP charts, and the vivid and nostalgic Limbo was premiered by Frankie Magazine and featured on Purple Sneakers who described her music “beautifully effortless”. A transitional and reflective release, She Comes To Me In A Fever Dream explores themes of tenderness, strength, femininity, change and self-reconciliation. Sandy describes the release as having ‘many moments of inward looking, observing my own growth and possibly how that reflects outwardly’.

Woman is out on 10th September. It is taken from Sandy Hsu’s upcoming EP She Comes To Me In A Fever Dream out via Healthy Tapes digitally and on limited cassette on September 26th.

She Comes To Me In A Fever Dream

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Sandy Hsu - Woman

Brisbane-based duo Amaringo release their debut single Sacred, the first taste of their upcoming LP I Woke Up This Morning After a Dream out via Healthy Tapes.

The project of drummer/vocalist Allie Wu Lin and guitarist/bassist Christian Driscoll, Amaringo create expansive and woozy atmospheres with tinges of psych that never stray too far away from their ambitious and beautiful songwriting. On their first single Sacred, Wu Lin questions the overtly fixed nature of what is and isn’t considered sacred;

“I remember contemplating Christian ideals that I had grown up with and thinking about how I wish organised religions weren’t so rigid in their ideologies. The song I would say stems from the realisation that anything we experience or do or see can be ‘sacred’. I was playing with the idea that something as simple as drinking a cup of tea can be a spiritual experience”

Fragmented between writing and recording half of the album in a recording studio, then a year later completing the rest in a more improvised fashion, the resulting record is a startlingly consistent and accomplished piece of work. From the acoustic strums of the 70’s-inspired I Woke Up, to the major-minor drones of Saguaro, and the 7-and-a-half minute monumental Her Way, the album has no shortage of timeless moments sure to appeal to fans of La Luz and Sharon Van Etten.

Sacred is out today (September 17th). It is taken from Amaringo’s debut LP I Woke Up This Morning After a Dream, out October 30th digitally and on limited cassette via Healthy Tapes.

Amaringo - Sacred

Market (Lee Hannah, Take Your Time, The Townhouses) releases the first taste of their second EP 2 - a lo-fi pop cover of the 2001 Texas classic Inner Smile. The single features vocals from long-time collaborator @laurenabineri and is a special take on the early-naughts feel-good Bend It Like Beckham highlight sure to appeal to fans of Men I Trust or Whitney.

The single follows up Market's debut EP released last year featuring the singles Circles, Everytime (feat. Tanaya Harper) and Fix which saw Market featured on Spotify's Lo-Fi Indie and Late Night Vibes playlists and on Bandcamp's New and Notable series. Lee has previously acted as a session musician for Wafia and POPPONGENE and founded/ran the cult-label Healthy Tapes (Stella Donnelly, Rainbow Chan, Dianas).

Market's follow up EP will be released digitally and on limited cassette in late-2020.

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Additional Vocals by Lauren Abineri - laurenabineri.bandcamp.com 
Artwork by Leah Jing McIntosh - leahjing.com 

Recorded on Wurundjeri Land / Naarm - 2019/20 
If you're listening in Australia please consider Paying the Rent - paytherent.net.au

Inner Smile

NEW RELEASES:
#45 - Lauren Abineri / Everything That I've Stolen
#44 - @amaringo / I Woke Up This Morning After a Dream
#43 - Daisies Net / On the Apple Island **
#42 - @sandyhsuofficial / She Comes To Me In A Fever Dream
#41 - @pamcy / BINIBINI **
#40 - @marketmp3 / Market **
#39 - @kyth_ira / Cut Through **
#38 - @zagflash (ZK king) / OPENPALACES
#37 - @allume_music / Valentine
#36 - @lyndonblue / Warm Corona **
#35 - @m-a-l-i-b-l-u-e / Hex
#34 - @tanayaharper / Some Kinds **
#33 - @pamcy / Piso Isa **
#32 - Lee Hannah / Infinitely (Visual Album) **
#31 - @dianas-2 / Leave Love **
#30 - @rainbowchanmusic / Fabrica **
#29 - Various Artists / Vol. 1 **
#28 - @iamseo / Avena Sativa
#27 - @lifewater-oasis / June **
#26 - @stella-donnelly / Thrush Metal **

PREVIOUSLY
#25 - @allume_music / Why Move Very Fast At All **
#24 - @okin_osan / Are You Game? **
#23 - @highsunn / Dead Romance **
#22 - @snackswithyeo + @sessility / Split **
#21 - @parking-lot-experiments / Beginners **
#20 - ACACIAS / LP01 **
#19 - @isoliverwhite / Every Garden **
#18 - @floodsfloods & @beats-purr-minute / Split **
#17 - @kirapuru + @tanzertanzertanzer / Split **
#16 - @luke-brennan / Rose Again
#15 - @japanesewallpaper / Japanese Wallpaper **
#14 - @jleehello / New Estate **
#13 - @shinycoin / Shiny Coin **
#12 - MIXTAPE INDONESIA (Curated by @empatlima & WANITA) **
#11 - @twostepsonthewater / Drinking Beers & Crying Tears **
#10 - @timothyandwilderness / Open Stone Country **
#09 - @snackswithyeo / Secret Powers **
#08 - The Townhouses / Ill-Fitting **
#07 - @jackcolwellmusic / Seek the Wilde **
#06 - @mei-saraswati / Hypermeditations **
#05 - Killstarr / Memories **
#04 - @luke-brennan / Guilt Curriculum **
#03 - Compassionate Leave / Sad/Fun **
#02 - @wafia / Wafia EP **
#01 - The Townhouses / Magpie **

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Healthy Tapes operates on Naarm, the sovereign land of the Eastern Kulin nation. The true land owners are the Wurundjeri and we wish to pay respect to the indigenous Elders past and present.

Sandy Hsu - St Venus

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