Acid house label Chicago Bee will release the compilation ‘Home Listening - Acid & House’ on 7 November, on vinyl and digitally. 

The vision for the ‘Home Listening' compilation album was to create a collection of tracks that complement each other and are fitting for repeated home listening. Being somewhat of a conceptual experiment, all the artists on the album were asked to imagine fusing Acid and House with the Virtualsex LP which was released on Buzz in 1993. A 303 sound would be welcomed but not essential with an emphasis on soulful emotion and melody.   

Some of the artists are people who label boss Mark Churcher (aka A-Eno-Acid) has struck up a relationship with since starting Chicago Bee and some targeted deliberately as Mark thought they would be able to hit the brief. The project threw up many interesting results with some artists drifting outside of their normal comfort zone! Artists featured include Derek Carr, Type 303, Fear-E, Forgotten Corner, and label boss A-Eno-Acid. 

From Finland, Dan Kaipio has become a versatile and prolific artist over recent years and this is his second appearance on Chicago Bee. With EP releases on the popular I Love Acid and Downfall Recordings labels to his name, he’s no mug. He nails a vintage acid sound with his track, ’Stairway To Jupiter’.

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PREMIERE : Type303 - Stairway To Jupiter

Retromigration - Also Durag EP
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Label: Handy Records(https://soundcloud.com/handysupplyco)
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Silky smooth house vibes from Retromigration as you would imagine. Intricate synth & sax riffs combine with perfectly timed vocal snippets to give a lush A side that wouldn’t feel out of place on KDJ.
The Earl Jeffers remix adds a bit more beef to the situation, bringing chunky Omar S style kicks for a dubbed out chunkier rework of the original.
‘Stop the Presses’ is an anthem! Ridiculous vocal work and smooth as you like shuffled beats provide the perfect setting for an absolute summer slayer.
‘You & Dion’ jacks the tempo up a notch and uses arpeggiated bass-lines and classic Retromigration wind instrument sounds to amazing effect.

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PREMIERE : Retromigration - Also Durag (Earl's Thunder Dub)

Advanced Style. It’s only human. Bell Tower’s most intimate musical output to date. Promoting thoughtful, subtle, tongue in cheek electronic pop music since 2005. 
This 10 Track LP has it all, deep & ecstatic (goofy many) moments. 
Life is too short not to listen to this Album, still if you don’t it doesn’t really matter. 
Or does it? Life’s a mystery…

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[PP073] BELL TOWERS "ADVANCED STYLE" (snippets)

Their mission was of their own choosing, as was their path. It was a journey of exploration and discovery, without rules or obligations, but it was imperative that they kept a record of every encounter and experience beyond the atmosphere. They'd imagined what might be above them in space, what strange creatures could lurk on far off planets... Nobody really knew what lay amongst the stars or in the furthest reaches of the cosmos, but maybe they would be the very first to find out. 

London-based DJ T Dunn has just shared his label Timehri's biggest project to date. Hand in hand with close label affiliate DJ Perception, a pioneering force in the UKG underground and the mind behind Timehri's first ever release, they've been working hard over the last year and a half to bring Perception's album to life.

A concept LP, Journey To The Star imagines a voyage through space "guided by a faint starlight in the outer reaches, beamed back to earth for your listening pleasure". The first of its kind, the release showcases Perception's musical prowess and solidifies his position as a forward-thinking force in the UK Garage world, who seamlessly manages to bridge the past and the future of the sound.

PREMIERE: DJ Perception Ft MC Wizkid - History [Timehri]

Bungy Man Dub (Boom Mix)

Track: Kebab Traume - Acid Duck Song
Artist: Kebab Traume
Album: Gyros.01 : Kebab Traume
Label: Dürüm Records
Cat #: -
Country: France
Year: 2022

Bandcamp: https://drmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gyros-01-kebab-traume

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PREMIERE: Kebab Traume - Acid Duck Song [Dürüm Records]

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Rafiki (Krunk, Krunk Kulture) is a true pioneer of electronic music in India and a major player in bringing acclaimed events to India. His debut solo EP, The Source is released on Welt Discos on 9th March, with the single, A London Sound, released to announce the EP on 9th February.

The Source EP showcases Rafiki’s musical philosophy perfectly. On this EP, he throws three decades of UK rave culture genres into the melting pot (hardcore, house, breaks, garage and bass), adds his own Indian heritage, and gives it a healthy stir. The results are conclusive: Original yet classic, familiar yet fresh. Each of the four tracks on The Source EP manage to find this sweet spot. 

Next on the EP comes the title track The Source. Dark, haunting melodies wrestle to harness the uncompromisingly wicked drum track. The result is something brooding yet blistering like an end of level baddy approaching you across the dancefloor. Starting with some really funky breaks, Where Is The Honey? moves up through the gears into a driving 4/4. A huge acid bassline is tempered by bittersweet synths.  Fizzing up and down several octaves, Varied Sciences closes the EP. This track takes machine funk to the next level. An acid twitching melody set down over ringing, metallic drums, this is a track that appeals to the brain and the feet.

Started by Joe Delon in Lisbon in 2019, Welt Discos is a label driven by a love of musicality. Reflecting Joe’s own taste as a DJ, the label pushes body-moving grooves from across the dance music spectrum. One ear is always turned to the pop, snap and funk of early synthesised club sounds.

PREMIERE: Rafiki - Where Is The Honey?

Another premiere from the brilliant Toneshift - Planet Misc. Vol 1 release out on Comma Traxx.

The 1st track on the release comes from the one and only Bex! Continuing her slurry of high quality productions, Bex delivers once again with Dare to Dream.

Release Date: 31st March
Format: Digital Only

Bandcamp: https://commatraxx.bandcamp.com/album/toneshift-planet-misc-vol-1
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Premiere: Bex - Dare To Dream [Comma Traxx]

LEN delivers an eclectic, acid infused minimal-house record for his GC Records debut

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Pick Your Brain

[GC001] LEN - Pick Your Brain

Alex Gilbey - Her Car

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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PREMIERE: DJ Perception Ft MC Wizkid - History [Timehri]

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