for some reason my reply about the rush hour record did not come through. out October 25th to celebrate Rush Hour's 10th Anniversary
Population One - "Rush Hour" 12" no. 1 = original, dj rolando remix 12" no. 2= aardvarck remix, convextion remix they announced it yesterday and released the aardvarck and rolando mixes into their digital record pool. apparently terence's track (released on utensil in 1995) was the inspiration for RH's name. terence's original reminds me of a detroit version of robert armani or something, it's a minimal banger that sounds like some sort of alarm thru a filter...and some toms here and there...it's more interesting than armani, sort of a touch of rob hood or something, very subtle...i'd never heard it before, i never heard much utensil stuff period.. the aardvarck mix is his trademark blend of broken beat, house and techno, with pitched samples of pads and off-beat claps..it's really pretty fresh! very unique. i like it! the rolando mix is kinda underwater ur-lite style techno, lots of percussion, shuffling rhythms and filtered bits that sort of start "talking", and a nice funk bassline. it's nothing wild or unexpected, not that exciting to me but i imagine lots of dj's will like it i have 3 mixes from gerard, and i don't think rh knows which one they are using yet...one puts terence's "alarm" sound thru the trademark convextion filter (makes it sound like an fm noise, echoes it out sometimes) and adds a very mr fingers style bassline, the toms from the original, some dubby twinkly noises and some fuzzy dark pads later on. it's a cross between e.r.p. and chicago. another is straight up e.r.p. style, super deep jammy jam electro with eerie pads and dubby sounds and a hot bassline which straddles kraftwerk and detroit. the last one is i think the only one he has submitted so far, is ambient for the first 5 minutes, than a very stripped down electro beat and a a few grungy bass notes come in...super deep, it's pretty much an ambient track. i think rh rejected this one. i really like all 3, they should've given him a whole 12" :P jt
