The past 12 months of Rush Hour have seen Recloose and Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir mining their back catalogues, Detroit upstart Kyle Hall swapping stories with elder statesman Rick Wilhite, local luminary Tom Trago leaving a trail of new remixes from his recent album, while rough diamonds from the archives of Chicago’s legendary Trax Recordings were given new life—and a decent mixdown.

And that’s not even mentioning the sublabel, Hour House Is Your Rush, which further dissected the legacy of the Windy City, as the lost tapes of Gene Hunt and Ron Hardy were nestled between new cuts from Tevo Howard and KiNK. Like each of its predecessors, RA’s top label of 2010, Rush Hour, harnessed the defining club sound of the year. Unlike each of its predecessors, however, Rush Hour snagged the top spot by simultaneously ushering in a new era, and reveling in the past.

“Liebe Suende” builds a nest out of dusty drum-machine hits and multiple layers of processed samples, which sketch out the tonal outline; its loose, thumping groove signals its rejection of a purist four-to-the-floor stomp at the tail end of every four bars, when the kick drum stubbornly stumbles. As the tune builds, fluttering chords and a detuned acid line fill out the spaces in between dry beats, like a skeleton oozing something viscous.

A very kind and informative review of Liebe Suende/ Sores of Attraction (Rush Hour) by the illustrious Philip Sherburne for Resident Advisor.

Ahead of my live set in Room 1, August 20th, the great people at Fabric have put together a feature about me on their website.

Check out the interview and the Promo Mix, and see you there!

Out soon on Rush Hour.

Boomkat

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My new record See Other People/ Groove Control is out now on the notorious Rush Hour label.

So far it has received support from the likes of Apparat, Mary Anne Hobbs, Benji B, Gilles Peterson, Martyn, Ikonika, Jackmaster, Marcel Dettmann, Untold, A Made Up Sound, the Arpiar collective, Sinden, Roska, MA1, Scratcha DVA, Brendon Moeller, Falty DL, DJ Pete aka Substance.

Many thanks to Christiaan at Rush Hour for making this record happen, and to everyone playing it around the world.

Available as 12″ vinyl and digital download from Rush Hour, Boomkat, Juno, Hardwax, Clone, Phonica and other good music stores worldwide.