New releases are up and online now at Primalrecords.com, headed up a handful of exclusive promo material from our friends at Hochokai, Amenti Music, Moulton Studios, and Swag UK. These releases, and more, kickstart our latest hitlist. Here's a taste:

HIGHWAY ROBBERY PROJECT feat. REKHA "All Deities" (Original and Wyatt Earp & DJ Foxx Mxs) Hochokai / WYATT EARP & DJ FOXX "Simple Things" EP Hochokai (Promo) / MATTHEW MOFFRE "Soul Colors" (Original and Wyatt Earp & DJ Foxx Mxs) Hochokai (Promo) [House, Tech-house, Tribal] Holy cow. Not one, not two, but three brand new releases from Wyatt Earp's fantastic Hochokai label. Having cut their teeth with the well-respected Casa Del Soul family (and hot on the heels of the massively popular "Android" single), Wyatt Earp and DJ Foxx branch out with a series of new releases--two of them here at Primalrecords.com on exclusive white label promo only. Deep house devotees will no doubt find solace with the Highway Robbery Project's "All Deities"--a deftly executed warm and dubby vocal houser with a slightly jazzy feel. Earp & Foxx's remix retains the depth of the original, but takes it a bit tougher and techier for the Chicago house set. With "Simple Things," the duo get downright dirty: There's a tough tribal mix coated with analogue filth on one side, on the other, it's a deeper San Francisco-flavored affair that positions the dirty bass juxtaposed against textured flute and piano riffing--and it works. Finally, newcomer Matthew Moffre presents "Soul Colors," a deep and dubby percussive track balanced around a cascade of lush pads and jazzy keys. For the flip here, Earp & Foxx get back into the studio for a dancefloor-ready mix that not only remixes the original, but reinterprets it altogether--going so far as to add an extra vocal track from Echo Cybele. Quality all around here, but don't sleep on the promos. They are, as always, first come, first serve.

www.hochokai.com

JAY-J & KELVIN K "One Day" (Original & '92 Dub Mxs) Multitracked (Promo) [House] This one has been roadtested by select SF jocks for close to a year now, and though you'll still have to wait a while for its official release, we've got a limited amount of exclusive white label promos for those of you with the quickest draw of the mouse. What you'll find here is undisputed vintage Moulton Studios material: Jay-J and former Moulton man Kelvin K team up for a tough, bass-driven anthem that samples civil rights pioneer Adam Clayton Powell for a track that will most likely inspire just as much thought as it does dancefloor movement. Of the two mixes here, my pick goes to the '92 Dub Mix--an effective revisit to the ghost of San Francisco past that employs a dose of breakbeat, a dash of acid, and a keenly current production sensibility. Awesome.

www.moultonstudios.com

YANN FONTAINE "My Love Will Surround" (Original, Lance Desardi, and The Kick Inside Mxs) Amenti Music (Promo) It's another exclusive, and once again, this one is extremely limited. Yann Fontaine has made his name as a producer for respected labels like Ovum, F-Comm, and Low Pressings; here, he serves up a low-end tribal houser with a deep house mentality. Fellow Parisians The Kick Inside, best known for their work with Brique Rouge, keep the percussive bent, but follow a deeper route that bleeds atmosphere. Still, it's Lance Desardi's techy synth stabs and four-to-the-floor fervor that is making waves with Mark Farina and DJ Heather, and it's not much of a brain exercise to figure out why. Act fast.

www.amentimusic.com

LO-MOTION "Field Day" EP Drop Music [House, Tech-house] This is the crispest production I've heard all month. The Inland Knights-owned Drop Music label unearth Lo-Motion for this techy sample-driven 2-tracker. "Heartbraker" goes into a deep, but tough bass-heavy direction that recalls Miguel Migs finer moments, while "Do You Know?" keeps the blueprint intact but cuts up the samples for a more frenzied dancefloor romp.

www.dropmusic.co.uk

DANNY SULLIVAN & KEMIST "Snake Charmer" Pt. 1 (Original & Hand Polished Mxs) Hooj Choons / DANNY SULLIVAN & KEMIST "Snake Charmer" Pt. 2 (Lee Coombs & Grant Dell's Uhuru Beats Rmxs) Hooj Choons [House, Progressive, Tech-house] New Yorkers Danny Sullivan and Eric Holterhoff get quite the jump-start on their careers with "Snakecharmer," their first collaboration for UK trailblazers Hooj Choons. As always, the label puts out two plates of mixes and this is no exception. Plate 1 delivers the original mix, a brash, tribal progressive mix of the highest caliber that derives its name from a Middle Eastern riff in the break. Canadian broken beat outfit Hand Polished come in straight from their latest EP for Guidance with a quality downbeat house mix for the flip. Meanwhile, Disc 2 dishes out a remix from breakbeat hero Lee Coombes before landing out the standout remix from Grant Dell (of Tribalation fame) and his Uhuru Beats project. You know the score here: Classy tribal
tech-house that is doing the business with Terry Francis, Lee Burridge, and Mazi.

www.hoojchoons.co.uk

STEVE LAWLER "Andante" Pt. 1 (Original & Low End Specialists Mxs) Bedrock / STEVE LAWLER "Andante" Pt. 2 (Original Dub & Scumfrog Mxs) Bedrock [Progressive, Tribal] I am not even kidding. This is the best track I've listened to all week. UK DJ Steve Lawler, after several close attempts, finally gets his head around making an authentic New York tribal cut. This is the kind of track that would get play from the 8-Ball Records set, the Sound Factory set, and of course, the Tenaglia set. The progressive aspect is subtle here; what really resonates are the drums, the bass line, and the rhythm. Both the original and the dub share the same track-map, although the original carries more of the vocal samples. Meanwhile, on the remix tip, New York City's Low End Specialists give the original a dark and techy interpretation, while recent celebrity remixer The Scumfrog keeps the tribal house vibe going. Still, it's always nice to see an original tune not finding itself outshined by one of its remixes. Here, Lawler can be relieved to find that this is not the case.

www.bedrock.org.uk

MIKE MONDAY "T.F.D.T." Whoop! [Progressive, Tech-house] I have to give it up to Mike Monday. After finding himself stalemated as a progressive house producer, the last couple of years have found him experimenting with new sounds and old ideas revamped, and surprisingly, he's found much success both creatively and otherwise. With "T.F.D.T.", Monday spells out his intentions--the acronym stands for "Technofied Funked Up Disco Ting." And that's what your looking at here: The progressive production techniques are intact, but the aesthetic revolves around a genuine tech-house value system. The crossover is complete.

http://www.whoop.co.uk

Also in this week are new productions and remix work from Kaito, Gabriel & Dresden, Dan Ghenacia, Brett Johnson, Jay Tripwire, The Path featuring Terry Farley, Fred Everything & Blakkat, Marshall Jefferson, Jay-J and Chris Lum, Bugz In The Attic, Kaskade, Hipp-E & Dizzy, DJ Remy, Slacker, Sander Kleinenberg, Hydrogen Rockers, Pappa & Gilbey, and the long awaited return of Futureshock. New white label only releases from The Don and Gideon Jackson arrive care of the Swag Records imprint, and other label releases from Brique Rouge, Kompakt, LHB, Low Pressings, Shaboom, Junior, Pro-Zak Trax, Forensic, Yoshitoshi, and UK breaks label Kilowatt also arrive in tow. Finally, be sure to check out our restock section for a slew of classic
Doubledown titles and, while we've stocked up on their latest, a full restock of Wyatt Earp & DJ Foxx's future classic, "Android."

I know I've been talking about a contest for a while now, and it's finally ready to go up. You'll hear about it before the weekend and you'll have the weekend to go through the scavenger hunt. In the meantime, don't forget to hit the message board and sign up as a registered user. You will need to do this to win. The direct link is here:

http://pub16.ezboard.com/bprimalrecords

That's about it for now. Check the weblog for contest details and be good!

(Norman Arenas)

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