Danny Stott – Circuits (LMDX006)
Catalogue Number: LMDX006
Release Date: March 2009
1: Original Mix
2: Dub Mix
3: Harold Heath ReRub
4: Harold Heath Dub
The Lowdown
When Lost My Dog started from humble beginnings back in 2005 the aims of the label were to release music from up-and-coming producers, alongside those more established in the house scene. On this EP, four years later, the philosophy is still in evidence as the talented newcomer Danny Stott provides a track which is given a makeover by deep house stalwart Harold Heath.
Danny Stott caught the attention of Lost My Dog after a tip off from 3am’s Al Bradley while he was playing at a LMD party in 2008. After checking out other great releases on New Era and Ambiosphere (the labels run by Tony Thomas), Grouper Recordings and Dutchie, the North-East UK based label decided it was time to get in on the act..
This is the first of two EPs that LMD have signed from Stott and no doubt there will be more to follow. 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 definitely 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!!”
Equally, his future plans don’t include worldwide stardom, but merely “to get myself a laptop…my wife usually complains that I don’t spend enough time with her so doing some of my work in the living room would make my life easier in many ways! Basically just to keep enjoying making house music and any DJing work that comes in as a result would be a massive bonus.”
Brighton-based, and Lost My Dog favourite, Harold Heath provides two remixes on this release in his own instantly recognisable style. With a discography including labels such as Detour, Plastic City, Stickman and Urbantorque, for whom he also recorded his critically acclaimed album ‘Hole Funk’, Harold is regarded as one of the most consistent, and also unsung heroes, in UK house music. Harold has so far released one EP (‘Street’s Keep Rocking’) and remixed two tracks (Adam B’s ‘Smoketoke’ and Bernard Jones’ ‘Don’t You Wish’) for Lost My Dog, while the future see’s the beautiful deep and vocal ‘Super Real’ coming soon on the label.
Magazine Reviews
DMC Update – 5/5
Lost My Dog is without doubt one of the finest UK underground house labels, cocking its leg since 2005 and squirting deep house gold: not overdoing it but putting quality over quantity. Danny Stott has appeared on Grouper, Dutchie and Tony Thomas’ New Era and Ambiosphere labels. Obviously a talent to watch with that essential house-techno grounding and knowledge essential for making quality tackle, thus ‘Circuits’ bristles with solid-bodied techno keyboard riffs and insidious groove-power but, most essential of all, is shot with its creators soul, stoking that indefinable feeling of warm elation which the best electronic dance music brings while trampling any category divides in the process. The Dub injects NY flavours, a route also pursued when Brighton’s Harold Heath comes in for a couple of sublime remixes armed with new bassline and deep texrtures which recall such giants as Wayne Gardner. I’ve used the dog’s bollocks line before but this wonderful package will sure be impossible to shake off once it starts humping your leg.
DJ Mag – 3/5
Four deliciously deep instrumental mixes splitting with soulful attitude, shimmering pads and supercool head-noddin’ beats.
DJ Reactions
Mark Farina
Orig. and heath mix wonderful!
Fred Everything
Dub mix for me for those afterhours moments
Inland Knights
5/5, nice ep, likin harold heath dub
Peter Christianson
Nice deep and dubby sound. Especially dig the original mix and the heath dub.
Nick Holder
Nice vibey EP. Really like the Harold Heath ReRub. Can see this cut working on my floor…
Giom
Really liking this. Feeling the original and the HH dub the most.
DJ Mes
Another quality release from the label that refuses to be backed into a corner…I love it! Harolds dub is the one for me. Proper!
JT Donaldson
Harold Heath’s dub is doing for me. many thanks.
Murray Richardson
Nice work, feeling the harold heath mixes here!
Luke McKeehan
Quality deep stuff on tap here. Both the original and Harold Heath doing it for me.
Blacksoul
Love it when the beats are so well produced. full support original and dub
Kelvin K
Hey guys I am loving this. The original mix and Harolds ReRub are excellent. Can’t wait to play this!
Raoul Belmans
Great late night cut that Harold Heath mix.
Ken Fan
Lovin the whole lot,BBBAAAAAAD as fooook
Miles Maeda
5/5, so sublime!
Al Bradley
Top quality house & tech vibes all round. Danny’s mixes are both very solid deeper end house, really warm & full-bodied – will get a LOT of play from me.
Atnarko
Dub mix is a great slice of deep!
Radio Support
Ministry Of Sound (Dave Mothersole / Simbad / Raymundo Rodriguez)
Club FM (Bobi)
Red FM (Fish Go Deep)
Proton (Royal Sapien)
Chicago House FM (Richie Vibe Vee / Rob Clarke)
MyHouse-YourHouse (Kirsten Sees / Steve Arnell)
Dinamo FM (Subsky)
Club Madnezz (Gerard Russchenberg)
Spin South West (Dan Sykes)
Radio Fritz (Tobias Koch)
Beat 102-103 (Ray Colclough)
