Chicago Loop Podcasts And Mixes

My next guest on Yax Invites is Chicago Loop.

Chicago Loop is a name that has now been firmly stamped throughout the modern world of techno, albeit within a fairly short space of time. The man behind this relatively new alias however, is certainly not a newcomer to the scene. Ant Wilson, or Ant to his friends, has been producing electronic music and traveling the globe playing at clubs, events and festivals since 1994 from Japan to North and South America, Israel, Russia, South Africa, Europe and everywhere else in between.

It was a career that started back in the heady days of early 90’s London at the illegal rave and warehouse parties that made up a huge part of the scene at that time. Ant very quickly moved onto producing music shortly after, and around the year 2000 he started running his own record label out of the infamous Kinetec studio and record shop in London’s Oxford Circus. Eventually, with almost two decades of travelling, DJ’ing and recording experience under his belt, Ant decided it was time for a change, and in 2013 the Chicago Loop alias was unleashed, which focused solely on creating more upfront and modern techno productions. Within just a few years of launching the project, Chicago Loop secured releases on major labels such as Phobiq, Respekt, Toolroom, Riot, Funk’N Deep, Renesanz and Techburst and his tracks received continued support from some of the scenes biggest players. His 2016 techno hit, “Use Me” on Techburst Records enjoyed over 200 days in the Beatport Hard Techno chart and sat at the No.1 spot for over 25 of those days.

In addition to the many successes with releases, Chicago Loop has been showcasing his sound around the world, playing at events in Asia, South America and across Europe. Some highlights have included the legendary “Techno Tuesday Amsterdam” and the sold out “Welcome To The Future Festival” events and in 2021 he secured a new residency at Friday Happiness in Tojeiro in Southern Portugal.

Today, Chicago Loop is constantly busy in the studio writing more high-profile releases, as well as his chart-topping sample packs on Industrial Strength and endeavours to continue his journey delivering more fresh, no-nonsense techno to dance floors around the world.

http://soundcloud.com/chicago-loop

Yax Invites #072 - Chicago Loop

Ballroom Mix Session 321 with Chicago Loop

'88-'95 Acid Trx - Digitally remastered for 2022

'88-'95 Acid Trx - Digitally Remastered

HOTCAST #009 @ CHICAGO LOOP

► Buy this track: https://www.beatport.com/release/detroit-va/4010214

Decreto. Vol.01

PREMIERE: Rhygar - Control Your Mind (Original Mix) [Decreto.]

Brtinzz, Matteo Puntar- Seduction

This release was a long time coming but it took several other releases over many years in terms of me expressing myself to get to this point. Back in 2015 I started with a harder edge sound and more driving techno but there was a missing groove, a fun groove. Since then I explored a lot of different sounds, many that were quite housey and upbeat but didn't quite fit my true personality. Now I feel as though I found the exact balance of emotion and energy that is truly who I am as a person. Upbeat and fun but serious. These tracks actually came together quite quickly and were a lot of fun to make. I truly enjoyed the process. They are simple but big and bold.

Beside You

Barbuto - Stained Glass

Rangel Coelho - Perception (Original Mix) 160Kbps

April the 21st meet Ukrainian artist - Nikoretti to come back with his next two tracks techno release titled "Dark Stormy" to IAMT!
Enjoy!

Dark Stormy

Nikoretti - Day X

Maxi Alvarado & Nicolo (AR) - Elemental (Original Mix) 160Kbps

The label co-owner Zafer Atabey delivers a 3-tracker "Oxide" [EP] where every track masterly crafted according to his experimental sonic vision.

In the headline track "Oxide", you will hear an emprical and psychedelic tune with an intoxicating prospect.

Continuing with the dreamy smoothness "Sometimes", the track sounds like perfecting the intricate balance between light and dark. The track is almost dreamlike at moments, and haunting as female vocals pursue.

The final track "Hope" which continues the album's theme of exploration. You can hear this time a spacey and immersive, yet a sentimental tune of a stunning harmonic masterpiece.

The whole EP has a tenacious sonic attitude done by the artist, who perfectly shows some skillfulness by continuously shifting the sonic moods. Enjoy it!

Oxide

Zafer Atabey - Oxide (Original Mix)

Hanstler - Flip Flop (Original Mix) 160Kbps

Inhibition

Virus

July the 28th meet MIJkE to come back to IAMT with his two-tracks release titled "Kojimbo"!

"Kojimbo" and "World in Troubles" are two tracks mainly focused on groove and rhythm accompanied with some experimental synth variations. 
'Kojimbo' especially was inspired by a video game franchise, which has always been close to my heart. The tracks really reflect the state of my life in some way… So I hope you enjoy it a lot!

Kojimbo

MIJkE - World In Troubles

Recorded live at Found Sounds, 2648 Cambridge on 15.04.24

Live @ Founds Sounds

Chicago Loop Live @ Found Sounds, 2648 Cambridge - March 2024

1. Vinicius Honorio, Melody's Enemy - Thrillseekers (Original Mix) [Liberta Records]
2. DEL-30 - Rolling Tribe (Original Mix)[Sola]
3. Gaga - Subway (Original Mix) [InDeep'n'Dance Records]
4. Alen Milivojevic & Drzneday - Revolution (Chicago Loop Remix) [Layer 909]
5. Filterheadz - Intensity (Original Mix) [Unity Records]
6. Alex MilLenium - Portrait (Chicago Loop Remix) [Oscuro Music]
7. Cristian Varela - Pleiades (Original Mix) [Naked Lunch]
8. George Liebe - Factory (Original Mix) [Remain Records]
9. Chicago Loop - Blade Runner (Original Mix) [Unreleased]
10. Thick As Thieves - Any Time (2nd Phase Extended Remix)[Techburst Records]
11. Chicago Loop - March Of The Hoodoo (Original Mix) [Promo on Funk'N Deep Records]
12. Simone Tavazzi - Hyperbolic (Original Mix) [Respekt Recordings]
13. Chicago Loop - The Trip (Original Mix) [InDeep'n'Dance Records]
14. Vanity Crime, Marco Raineri - Mass Culture (Criminish Remix) [Gain Records]
15. A. Paul - Melodrama - (D.A.V.E. The Drummer Remix) [Onh.Cet Records]
16. T78 - King Randor (Filterheadz Remix) [Substeal Records]
17. Green Velvet, Hyperloop - S-Sound (Original Mix) [Drumcode]
18. Gary Beck - Just One More (Original Mix)[We Are The Brave]

Oscuro Music Technocast #053 With Chicago Loop

UK Techno Record Label based in Leeds managed by Juan Pabloo & Lee Brookes

Demos: oscuromusicdemos@gmail.com
General Info: oscuromusicleeds@gmail.com
Promos: juanpabloleeds@gmail.com

Oscuro Music was born in September 2016 with a concept and the interpretation for Dark and Obscure focusing on dark, melodic techno productions combined with sharp rides, rolling rhythms and fierce energy.

Since then, we've had huge support consistently from Techno heavyweights such as Spartaque, Sam Paganini, Tomy DeClerque and UMEK, who played 'Yourself' by Lewis Delay - at BPM Festival, Mexico in 2017 followed by Sam Paganini opening up the Drumcode Arena at Awakenings 2017 with 'Psychoanalysis' by Technodrome. 

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀

𝙅𝙪𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤 - https://soundcloud.com/juanpablooleeds

𝙑𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙯𝙖 - https://soundcloud.com/vb-oscuromusic

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Supported by: Ilario Alicante, Sam Paganini, Paco Osuna, Joseph Capriati, Markantonio, Luigi Madonna, UMEK, Eddie Halliwell, Slam, Richie Hawtin, Cristian Varela, Spartaque, Spektre, Drumcomplex, The YellowHeads, Sinisa Tamamovic, Lisa Lashes, Paul Oakenfold, Tomy DeClerque, Marko Nastic, Gel Abril, Steve Mulder, Raul Mezcolanza, Hollen and many more!

If you would like to send over any enquiries, please message the appropriate email above and we will respond to all messages as soon as we can.

For more information on our past and present releases, our Technocast series and more, follow us through our social media platforms plus our official Beatport.

We hope you enjoy our past and present material. Thanks for all your support!

Oscuro Music Team

Acerbic 
(Stay Up Forever/Hydraulix/Cluster/Perc Trax)

Acerbic is the exciting new acid and hard techno project from Ant Wilson, aka Chicago Loop (Tronic/Respekt/Toolroom) and formerly known as DJ ANT (Powertools Records/Stay Up Forever Collective). 

After a 10 year hiatus from acid and hard techno, writing and performing more mainstream techno under the name Chicago Loop, Ant felt that in 2023 it was high time to revisit a scene that he knew and loved so much, the London Underground scene, and therefore created an exciting new project to fulfil this desire. And so Acerbic was born.

Poised to take on the acid and hard techno scene with full force, ACERBIC launched in 2023 with a well received 4-track vinyl release on 'Stay Up Forever’s' sister acid label, ‘Acid Artists in Action’, with the lead track, ‘XXX’, becoming the acid techno anthem of the summer after causing huge scenes at both Glastonbury Festival and Boomtown Fair. This was closely followed by a huge 3 track digital EP on D.A.V.E. The Drummer’s infamous ‘Hydraulix Records’, released to coincide with his main room set at the Hydraulix party with Slam at Club Fold in London last October. Then at the end of the year, two more 4-track vinyl releases were sent to the cutting room and readied for release for 2024. The first one being the hard hitting ‘In Your Face EP’ on the collective's main imprint itself, ’Stay Up Forever’, which was released in March and a storming techno release on ‘Cluster Records’, called 'Ready Player One', released a couple of months later in May. In addition to the SUF and Cluster vinyl releases, he also dropped a slamming 2 track 303 driven acid techno EP, called 'High-Voltage', on Mark Sherry’s 'Techburst Records', a full-force techno slammer on vinyl on Ireland's ‘Interruption Recs’, a killer 4 track digital EP on Belgium's ‘Arkham XXX’, a huge 2 track EP on Canada's ‘Resilient Recordings’, a monster rave anthem on Skirra’s Mechanikal' and finally a slamming remix of Krissmix's' 'Pills Of The 90's' on 'Stay Up Forever'.

It has already been a busy year for ACERBIC releases, but there's more big news yet to be announced! SUFHYDRO (a collaboration label between Stay Up Forever and Hydraulix) is set to release a huge 12 track Acerbic triple vinyl and digital album. Exactly when the release date will be set for is unknown as of yet, but the process of manufacturing has begun on this massive project, so watch this space! Additionally, watch out for a slamming remix of 'Perc's 'Imperial Leather' on  'Perc Trax', due for both vinyl and digital release in February 2025.
Ant’s long-awaited return to the acid and hard techno family is in full effect!

Chicago Loop
(Tronic/Phobiq/Respekt/Riot/Toolroom/Funk'N Deep)

https://linktr.ee/chicagoloop
Bookings - loudbydesigndjs@gmail.com
Promos - chicagolooptechno@gmail.com


The name Chicago Loop has now been firmly stamped throughout the modern world of techno, albeit within a fairly short space of time. The man behind this relatively new alias however, is certainly not a newcomer to the scene. Ant Wilson, or Ant to his friends, has been producing electronic music and traveling the globe playing clubs, events and festivals for the last 25 years from Japan to North and South America, Russia, South Africa, Europe and everywhere in between.

Within just a few years of launching this project, Chicago Loop has secured releases on major labels such as Phobiq, Respekt, Toolroom, Riot, Funk’N Deep, Renesanz and Techburst and his tracks have received continued support from some of the scenes biggest players. His 2016 techno hit, “Use Me” on Techburst Records enjoyed over 200 days in the Beatport Hard Techno chart and sat at the No.1 spot for over 25 days. In addition to the many successes with releases, Chicago Loop has also showcased his sound around the world, playing events in places such as Asia, South America and across Europe. Some highlights have included the legendary “Techno Tuesday Amsterdam” and the sold out “Welcome To The Future Festival” events. 

Always busy in the studio continually writing more techno and with many high profile releases currently being secured, Chicago Loop is certainly making some big waves in the techno scene right now.

Oscuro Music Technocast #053 With Chicago Loop

Oscuro Music

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