Lost My Dog Records

Danny Stott – Bunker EP (LMDX018)

Catalogue Number: LMDX018 | Release Date: October 2009

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The Lowdown

Danny Stott follows up his debut Lost My Dog release ‘Circuits’ from back in March with a pair of deep and ultra-groovy house cuts that further enhance his reputation as a real talent to watch closely. Stott has also recently caught the eyes and ears of Urbantorque, Grouper, Dutchie, 3am, Night Drive Music and several of Tony Thomas’ deeper imprints. On remix duty is another Lost My Dog regular Atnarko who takes things deeper still with a bassbin bothering sub, and Lee Jarvis, recently re-located to Chicago and firmly picking up on the city’s trademark house sound.

Danny describes his sound as “warm house with plenty of energy…I think there’s usually a slight classic house influence to my tracks”, something that is clearly in evidence on this release. As for his route into dance music, Danny doesn’t have the usual tale of hanging round local nights waiting for his big moment: “Burnley doesn’t have a thriving house scene so my DJ background isn’t brilliant, I’ve run a few nights on and off around Burnley in the past, but they were small nights, which was all good fun but doesn’t look good on paper!!” And as for future plans: “Basically just to keep enjoying making house music and any DJing work that comes in as a result would be a massive bonus.”

Atnarko is the Orlando-based producer and co-owner of Eight-Tracks Records (alongside Q-Burns Abstract Message). His music has been bothering dancefloors since the turn of the century on underground imprints like Nightshift, Tango, Lowdown and Robsoul. Along the way he’s teamed up in a variety of collaborations with folks as varied as deep house done Patrick Turner, drum ‘n’ bass eradicator AK1200, Chicago house-diva DJ Heather and British house-legend Huggy as ‘Formidable Force’ for 2020 Vision. His recent ‘Strange Days EP’ for Lost My Dog is still flying off the virtual shelves and we needed another dose of his sun-drenched Floridian deepness to warm us up for the impending UK winter.

Recently re-located from London to Chicago, Lee Jarvis has amassed a wide range of experiences including working for Freerange Records and running respected London clubnight Moochin. Since first recording for Lost My dog on ‘The Mongrel EP’ in 2008, Lee has gone on to work with 1200 Traxx, Mutate Records, Llama Farm, Fazed Music and Clean House.

Magazine Reviews

Only House Music

Parece que poco a poco vamos encontrando en el mercado producciones que recuerdan al house de hace unos años. Y este “Bunker EP” contiene 4 tracks que lo corroboran.

De las 3 versiones de “Bunker”, tema que da nombre al disco, encontramos un Original mix con un bajo bastante destacado, acompañado por notas de saxo que completan una visión muy funky. Si tuviese que elegir alguno de los tracks del EP, sin duda, me quedo con el remix de Atnarko, que ha sabido llevar el track original a un campo mucho más deep y elegante.

Y continuando con la tónica deep encontramos el último track del disco: “Bubble Pop”. Juego de ritmos y pads que burbujean otorgando a la producción un groove bastante serio.

DJ Reactions

Mark Farina: atnarko’s mix is poppin’ for me.

Diz: Another gem from LMD camp.. cheers big ears!!

Shane Johnson (Fish Go Deep): Like the vibe on Bubble Pop, lovely warm sounds. Will be playing.

Agnes: Yeah bubble pop is cool for me!!!

Scope: nice deep and funky stuff from dan the man! Atnarko mix is my fav… will spin out for sure!

DJ Linus: Brilliant deep house!

Jason Hodges: Quality deepness,LMD is on FIRE!

Nick Holder: 5/5 Great ep!

Asad Rizvi: Lovely mixes all round though I think my pick of the bunch is Bubble Pop… reminds me of old Silver Network stuff. Fab!

Gramophonedzie: Lee Jarvis rmx is superb!

Giom: Atnarko’s mix is my favourite, but i’ll also try Lee’s mix out, both totally different yet both great! Good stuff as usual…

DJ Mes: proper gear here, thanks guys!

Jay West: all 4 tracks are very good, hard to pick a favourite… Lee Jarvis is back with style here!

The Littlemen: likin the original best – phat deepness.

Jesus Gonsev: Atnarko remix is my tune!!

Mr White: great set of remixes from lost my dog again ! atnarko and lee jarvis both deliver.
Raoul Belmans: Dope after summer grooves!

Murray Richardson: great mixes all round, well into the lee jarvis mix!

Kirby: Atnarkomeister remix is Greaaat !! Nice keys, moody, groovy, i def love this one.

Tommy Largo: feeling the atnarko remix the most. will play and chart.

Matt Rhythm Plate: the original mix is really cool, i like the bubbling bassline and also the chord riff. atnarko remix is proper deep, like drowning in a sea of fudge. scary but tasty. ‘bubble pop’ is my favourite track on the EP. nice rolling groove with just the right level of syncopation to keep it uncluttered yet interesting. all round a really cool EP.

Da Sunlounge: Atnarko is bringing the vibe to me once again. mind you the lee Jarvis mix is also very cool.

Joshua Heath: Atnarko doin his moody smooth wet thing on this one, love it! bubble pop is nice as well

Al Bradley: More great beats from LMD, Danny’s original’s are both cracking tracks & are showing that he has a definite sound to call his own. Lee’s mix is very cool, a fresh sounding bumper, but it’s Atnarko’s gorgeous deep mix which takes the prize for me, top notch grooves for discerning floors.

Radio Support

Red FM (Fish Go Deep)
SSRadio (Andy Ward)
Ibiza Global Radio (Joan Ribas)
MyHouse-YourHouse, UK (Steve Arnell)
Beat 102-103, Ireland (Ray Colclough)
105.5 UMFM, USA (Oxide)
Chicago House FM, UK (Louis Hughes)
Raunchy Rhythms Radio (Craig Stewart)
Proton (Stefan Anion)
Kiss FM, Australia (Wahl)
Radio Petersburg, Russia (AMDJs)