This week's update is up and online now at Primalrecords.com, and it's neatly folding itself into the where-do-I-even-begin category. Well over a hundred new titles are in this week, covering the broad spectrum of what we do here--house, tech-house, progressive, breaks, leftfield, techno; it's all in stock. And white label exclusives? We've got over half a dozen of them, from the likes of Lowdown, Doubledown, Big Chief, Stupendous Music, Safe In Sound, Nightshift, and more. That's not even mentioning hot restock material from Nathan Coles & Smithmonger, Chris Specht & Claude 9, Brett Johnson, and those Alex Pearce white label mixes of Boy George that just about flew out of here last week in a matter of minutes.

But most exciting is this week's leading pick. Don't say I didn't warn you:

DJ ADNAN & AMIT SHOHAM "Searching" (Original & Jay Tripwire Mxs) PR2 Recordings (House, Tech-house, Tribal] The PR2 label officially makes its bow (finally!) with full-on finished copies of this tribal house diamond. Local SF producers make good on the Original Mix, while Tripwire gives up a deep percussive mix for the heads. Everyone from Mazi to Buck to Mr. C to Nathan Coles to Hipp-E to Bill Hamel to David Duriez have sung its praises. And we're proud to deliver.

www.primalrecords.com/pr2/

JAY TRIPWIRE "Then & Now" EP Nightshift (Promo) [House, Tech-house, Tribal] Jay Tripwire is the busiest man in house music this week, by far. Exclusive white label promo copies of his latest EP for Nightshift solidify his status as Canada's most prolific and consistent export: "Allnight" is peak-time house music with a percussive flare, but "Deep Herbie" is where my money's at--funky and twisted tech-house for the Natural Rhythm and Swag sets.

www.tangorecordings.com

ADAM COLLINS "Good Times" (Original & Spettro Mxs) Big Chief (Promo) [House, Tech-house] Chicago native and Omni AM co-founder Adam Collins finds his muse with New York's Big Chief label for a rousing new collection destined for the big room at Fabric. Texan DJ Spettro hands in a pair of unique mixes with a fabulous swagger that will keep clubgoers on their toes. These are extremely limited, and as always, it's first come-first serve.

www.syntaxrecordings.com/bigchief

EAST COAST BOOGIEMEN feat. APPLE ROCHEZ "Between My Sheets" (Original, All Good Funk Alliance, and Rhythm Slaves Mxs) Lowdown (Promo) [House, Tech-house, Breaks] The most powerful Lowdown release, in my opinion, since Swirl People's last EP, Washington D.C. production wunderkinds East Coast Boogiemen overshadow all of the remix work on the EP with their own Original and Breakbeat mixes. Nasty bass-synth propels this raw percussive funk in a way that ECB haven't explored since their brilliant Straight Up EP for Brique Rouge. I'm loving this.

www.doubledownrecordings.com

V/A "The Spring Sampler Vol. 2" EP (feat. Johnny Fiasco & Dizzy, Natural Rhythm, and Thomas Sahs) Doubledown (Promo) [House, Tech-house] Might as well bring in a tight release for Doubledown since the new Lowdown is so hot, right? All three tracks on this sample are top-shelf house cuts with a techy edge. Johnny Fiasco & Dizzy balance the line between deep and devastating, but the entire Primal Crew fell in love with Thomas Sahs' "Crunchtime" immediately. So authentically Chicago you'd never guess he came from San Diego.

www.doubledownrecordings.com

ARMY OF ONE "Lion's Roar" (Original & Jay Tripwire Mxs) Stupendous Music [House, Tech-house] Jay Tripwire again? (I don't suppose I should mention his newie on Drenched about now, huh?) Gotta love the guy. Here, he gets his dub on with a proper reggae-influenced houser that is no doubt doing damage with the Grayhound and Worship cliques. My only question is where does he find the time?

OSCAR G & RALPH FALCON "Dark Beat" 2x12" (Southside, Trendroid, Stryke, Giuseppe D, and Duo Of Darkness Rmxs) Twisted [House, Tribal, Progressive] My love for Murk is no secret. "Dark Beat" was their biggest record in years, so it's only natural that the Twisted America crew give up the outstanding remix package. Kudos then to Rob DiStefano for uncovering loads of new talent on this package. Though bigger names like Stryke and Trendroid hand in respectable work themselves (househeads will want to hear Stryke's Latin-tinged tribal house mix), the spotlight is stolen by the Tom Stephan-approved Southside mix. Throw this on a system and take a step back--absolutely massive.

www.twistedamerica.com

CHAB "The Dub Sessions" 2x12" (Original and Smith & Selway Mxs) Shinichi [Progressive, Tech-house] Deep Dish's Shinichi label hands in an excellent new package from Cyber Records mainstay Chab. Taking a somewhat new direction, Chab delves into a deeper, dubbier vibe that has excellent crossover potential for a house crowd. Smith & Selway take it to a harder and techier level that Danny Howells has been feeling, but my pick goes to the Electric Dub--a prog-tinged blast of reggae-inspired bass and groove. Tasty.

www.yoshitoshi.com

Also in this week is new remix and production work from Earth Deuley, Patrick Turner, Inland Knights, Iz & Diz (remixed by Mark Farina and Fred Everything!), Scott Pace, Akufen, Mazi's Studio Nova project, Swirl People, Alexi Delano, Infusion (remixed by Junkie XL), Medway, Pete Heller, Herbert, and Johnny Fiasco, among many others.

New label output from Siesta, Classic, Whoop, Plastic Raygun, Silver Pearl, Drop Music, Crack & Speed, Distinctive Breaks, Honchos, Tronicsole, Presslab, Casey Hogan's Klenzd imprint, Akademia, Future Groove, Silver Network, Baroque, Rescue Recordings, OM Records, and many more also check in.

Hot restock music from Grant Dell, Rithma & Jonene, Tony Thomas, Joshua, Rick Preston, Undercover Agency, Rocket (with Jeno and Defenders Of The Faith remixes), Joshua Collins, Joeski, 2nd Shift, Layo & Bushwacka!, Curb Feelers (Lance Desardi and Cpen!), and the extremely hot Gimme Some Sugar EP from the Big Popsicle folks also find their way back into the database this week.

Thanks much and be good. I'm done!

(Norman Arenas)