Helmut Ebritsch and Nadja Lind will release their second album on Lucidflow next week.

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In this country, Apt. Interational is still best known for a number of releases from Timmy Regisford, which may well have had something to do with Regisford's phenomenal popularity in Japan. Lately the imprint founded by Studio Apartment has been releasing an eclectic mix of material, ranging from almost balladesque soulful to noisy tracks. Nothing could be more different from a Regisford track than Spencer Parker's Tokyo House Underground: There Are A Few Things In My Life, a release that slips from the sensual to the harder side of Deep House and settles somewhere in between ...

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The powerhouse combination of Todd Terry and J Paul Getto makes complete sense and this record is everything I thought it could be and more. Todd needs no introduction but if you haven't clued into J Paul Getto, GET WITH THE PROGRAM. These two are making waves with their super high energy funky disco and there's nothing cheesy about it. If you think that House Music should be relegated to the earliest of timeslots I DARE you to listen to this release and tell me that again with a straight face ...

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Fantastic Video. Fantastic track. Nuff Said.

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The place house music got its name

In honor of its 35th anniversary, RA’s Jacob Arnold looks back at the origins and the heyday of the legendary Chicago nightspot.

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Dadub, Silent Servant & Luis Farfan, Roll The Dice, and Plaster all feature on the new compilation in June.

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