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RH RSS7-LP
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Essential 1990 UK techno/electronics album, repressed in its full 2LP glory, plus the additional unreleased track "Infititesimal." Also includes "Distant Drummer," which was released as a 12" back in the day. Originally released by Tony Thorpe's short-lived house label BPM Records in 1990, Dawn of a New Age was on sale for little more than a week before it vanished from record store shelves, the victim of Rough Trade Distribution's demise. BPM folded shortly after, consigning N.A.D.'s first and only album to the annals of history as a little-known and little-heard obscurity. The misfortune that beset the project denied listeners more material from its hitherto unheralded creator, an English producer called Mustafa Ali. Before recording The Dawn of a New Age, he had created an early UK house classic, 1988's "Close Jack Encounter," as L.E Bass. Thorpe saw potential in Ali, and included his "Distant Drums" -- now regarded as one of the first examples of British deep house of the period -- on his House Factor compilation. Thorpe then had another idea. He asked Ali if he fancied recording an entire album in a week. Ali agreed, offering to record a concept album inspired by two of his greatest passions: science fiction and his Islamic faith. The producer was as good as his word, and produced the stunning Dawn of a New Age, full of audible references to both, in seven days. Twenty-four years after it was created, N.A.D's forgotten debut album has become something of a "must-have" for electronic music collectors. Mint copies fetch upwards of 70 Euros on the second-hand market. Now, a whole new generation of house music lovers will get a chance to explore its intoxicating blend of melodic deepness and electronic futurism, thanks to a timely reissue on Rush Hour.
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RH RSS8-EP
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Full reissue of the classic track "On & On" by Jesse Saunders, considered by many to be the first house track. Backed with the original rhythm tracks.
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RH 046EP
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One of Detroit's most-loved exports, Recloose, takes his stuff home and gets remixed by two of the city's most illustrious producers, Andres and Oliverwho.
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RH 125LP
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German DJ/producer Gerd Janson compiles an exciting ambient-not-ambient compilation that includes exclusive tracks by artists such as Âme, Move D, Quiet Village, Marco Passarani, Roman Flügel, and Tom Trago. Musik for Autobahns is the result of asking Gerd Janson for a collection that starts where previous efforts left off. While Computer Incarnations for World Peace (his compilations for Sonar Kollektiv) concentrated on tipsy new wave music done by jazz-funkers or neo disco-ists, Autobahns has an unintentionally strong leaning towards ambient-not-ambient, Kraut pleasers, and codeine house, i.e. industrial ambient and electrifying new age. It's all new and exclusive material by people who once or twice crossed paths with the compiler. You will hear Âme with their modular slambient concept sitting next to Tom Trago's off peak-time duties, Roman Flügel with an old DAT tape wunderkind that shares a side with Move D in love, outsider dance from CF & Daywalker alias Entro Senestre and Willie Burns as well as a greasy-sounding Marco Passarani and finally Tensnake's romantic pop appeal that is a counterpoint to Maxxi & Zeus (better known as Quiet Village) and their "Passion," for all beauties that lie beyond. This sometimes unlikely gathering is hopefully unified by its non-parochial view of dance- and living-room floors, ambient noise and its effectiveness as a soundtrack to long rides up and down the Autobahn.
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RH 122-PROMO
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Limited edition album sampler featuring two unreleased Muzic Box tribute tracks. This tasty sampler is a prequel to some very nice things ahead for Rush Hour. First up is Derrick May's edit of "Let No Man Put Us Under" -- an edit that he did in the late '80s which was directly inspired by his trips to the Muzic Box, where he would hear Ron Hardy play the song. The edit only existed on acetate, from which this recording was made. Gene Hunt's "Sound Drome" evokes the kind of madness that only Ron could create on the dancefloor.
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RH 124LP
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Recently, a series of very limited and mysterious 12"s by Jorge Velez popped up in stores around the globe -- Rush Hour chased down the artist and now offers a selection (which includes exclusive tracks) on this double LP.... seriously decent electronics that ooze nostalgia (we hear AFX, Larry Heard, Drexciya in there, to name a few) all with a Genius twist. J. Velez aka Jorge Velez recorded these tracks on various analog machines in the mid- to late-'90s in his home studio in Jersey City. The tracks never really left his studio until recently. His catalog only contains a few releases, most notable his recent L.I.E.S. release as Professor Genius. His music, lovingly produced and directly recorded on tape, should evoke instant listening excitement to electronic music connoisseurs, for it sounds warm, dusty, otherworldly, soulful and creamy. All that good stuff. If you didn't know any better, you would guess this was from early '90s Detroit.
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RH 045EP
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Tom Trago and Cinnaman got together in the studio and out came "Rise Up." They somehow managed to mix freestyle, minimal, lo-fi and bass together to create a cross-over house explosion. "Sky High" sounds like a late-night basement session, which is actually the case, recorded in the studio of the Serendeepity/Barking Dogs crew, with San Proper and friends joining in on vocals. Comes as a vocal dub and as an original demo mix.
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RH 044EP
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Braiden is at the pinnacle of bass music coming out of London, employing an amalgam of sophisticated techniques and a selective imagination which takes in everything from sumptuous house to the most developed bass music, stopping by future garage, UK funky, juke, and unpredictable techno on the way. "Belfry Tower" is a tough, dark and upfront house track, yet seeping with enough 21st century soul to make it stick. "Paganini" is a Rhodes-laden and percussive piece that builds around a seductive female vocal.
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RH RSS6-EP
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$12.50
NOT IN STOCK, SPECIAL ORDER
A NYC garage classic by Ben Cenac, also known for his Newcleus outfit, gets a much-deserved reissue. Sha-Lor's "I'm in Love" became an international club hit and a summer of love staple. The timeless feel of this innocent, heartfelt vocal song sounds as fresh as it did back then and is sure to fill people's hearts with joy again. This reissue features the "Caught Up Version," which was the most popular mix from the original, as well as an unreleased instrumental version.
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RH 121EP
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A vinyl-only sampler of a forthcoming compilation, featuring two exclusive and previously-unreleased mixes of tracks found on his only solo Nu Groove EP. Elbee Bad is an underground house pioneer from the formative days of NYC house in the late '80s. The True Story of House Music is the first time Bad's catalog has been compiled for re-release.
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