When House Music is spoken in all its incarnations, 
in all its different strains, in its bastardized so-called 
modern interpretations…ask yourself…
who has been in the trenches? 
Who is pushing true madness? 
In this day and age as chaos is law 
and no reverence is shown to those 
who have paved the path. 
Ask, who shows reverence? 
The past is fragile and that will always be perserved. 

The Jak has retUrned witH 2 new Dirty bLends 12 Promos 
in extremely limited quantity introducing nU cOhorts to the label:

Rudy Rugar(a wild bandit)
The Falcon(a silent assassin)

these new artist aliases to the label have contributed 
to the further effort of maintaining the sound from 
the early inception of chicago tracks like the days of old 
that still lives and breathes in us today that honors and 
treasures enriched essential dance music history.

DirtyBlends Edition 6 is *Underground Bizniss*

The Jak kicks the A-Side off with A Lost Religion 🔊 
an offset rhythm withfurious undercover drums 🪘, 
an atomic boom effect triggering energized strings 
fusing an artistic tradition of early basement style 
production of The Muzik Box re-igniting the past 
to the present into the future for education.

Roughneck Rudy Rugar beAts the B-Side with 2 tracks 
that's the 1st time we’ve ever done for any of our 
releases as both tracks are absolute true examples 
of house heaven done DiRTy with: Pazuzu & Back To Enterprise 
🗣🎶🔊

****Dropping Halloween 2022****

The Jak- A Lost Religion (soundclip)

Bill Spencer shares weekend recordings from his living room studio in Detroit, Michigan, from where he brings a range of soulful jazz rock, and ambient sounds, spanning to electronica and psychedelic dub.
 
https://www.nts.live/shows/bill-spencer/episodes/bill-spencer-15th-october-2023

A Month of Sundays w/ Bill Spencer 151023

Escape from sensory overload. 2 of 5. Vlad Dobrovolski

Apiento, a.k.a Paul Byrne runs the invaluable Test Pressing blog and releases music on World Building, World Unknown and more. His show has that esoteric techno thing and whatever suits the mood…
 
https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pressing-16th-december-2023

Test Pressing 161223

Mix of the Week #512 is "Pagan Lovesongs"  by Der Opium Queen
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Mix of the Week #512: Der Opium Queen - Pagan Lovesongs

Monthly sessions alternating between DJ Nico Motte & Zaltan, the mind behind Paris-based leftfield dance, electronic & downtempo imprint Antinote. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/zaltan/episodes/zaltan-22nd-february-2024

Antinote w/ Zaltan 220224

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A.F.O.M. International: I.W.D Showcase - Alicia Carrera - 08 Mar 2024

Void & Malka spinnin dubby synthy tunes at PSR Hut on June 3rd, 2024. 
Special thanks to Pooja for the artwork and the arrangement!
https://voidless-tru.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/malka-sultan
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GUEST SHOW RANDOM COINCIDENCES WITH VOID & MALKA

if anyone likes to play with this one free to download and remix/rework, but if you do something with it please just drop me a link

sand mosaic

For the Willow Wept… (Sunrise Edition)
Release Date: June 24, 2017
© 2017 Keith Richie

For the Willow Wept… (Sunrise Edition) holds a deeply personal place in my heart. While the original version was released in 2012, the journey toward its completion began four years earlier—and it was anything but easy.

During that time, I was navigating an emotional storm. Sitting down to compose felt nearly impossible. When I could gather the energy, I might play a few notes, sketch an idea, or tweak a voice—but more often than not, I’d walk away. Days turned into weeks, weeks into months. The weight of everything I was experiencing made it difficult to focus, and each return to the project often pulled me deeper into a place I was trying to escape.

In retrospect, it’s no surprise that the album drifts between emotional highs and lows—it mirrors the state of my life during those years.

By late 2011 and early 2012, something changed. I began to reclaim my passion for music, bolstered by the support and encouragement of those close to me. I took the six tracks I had and began shaping them into something complete. I didn’t want to release an EP, so I included a reprise of Sea Dragon—essentially the same track with a new intro and outro—to bring balance to the album.

Then, something unexpected happened: I found inspiration.

A piece I’d been struggling with suddenly came together. That track became For the Willow Weeps Underneath the Stormy Skies, and it resonated with me so deeply that I named the entire album after it. Through the presence of someone very close to my heart, I found the strength to finish what I had started.

Although the original album released in June 2012, I always knew I’d return to it. Years later, with new perspective and growth as a composer, I revisited the project. I remastered the original tracks, removed the two earlier versions of Sea Dragon, and kept only the Reprise. I also wrote three new pieces to fully realize the album as a complete emotional arc—one that finally reflects the depth I had envisioned from the beginning.

For the Willow Wept… (Sunrise Edition) is a story of emotional resilience—of navigating darkness and finding the courage to move toward the light. It’s about owning your story, embracing your pain, and realizing that only you have the power to shape your future.

We all face sorrow—but even the longest night eventually gives way to dawn.

This edition is dedicated to my wife, who showed me what true happiness is.
She is my sunrise.
She is my Willow.

🎧 Listen on your favorite platform:
🔗 links.krichie.com/ftww  

For The Willow Weeps Underneath the Stormy Skies

ETHEREAL AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY GAME OF THRONES AND THE  LORD OF THE RINGS AND MANY OTHERS. RELAX, ENJOY AND DRIFT AWAY.

FAREWELL AND SORROW

«Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night»

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Escape from sensory overload. 2 of 5. Vlad Dobrovolski

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