Harold Heath – Lovebird EP (LMDX017)
Catalogue Number: LMDX017 | Release Date: October 2009
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The Lowdown
As a member of the exceptional 2020 Soundsystem, Julian Sanza is currently one of the hardest working men in house music and so we’re delighted that he has managed to squeeze in a rare four track solo EP for us here at Lost My Dog. Julian’s ‘Hanging Out with Dimitri EP’ showcases a wide range of sounds from the Argentinean producer and keyboard wizard which takes in the deep bubbling groover ‘A Cumbachero’, the electrified Silver City-esque ‘Nada Personal’, chunky and gritty club beats on ‘Maldito Dimitri’ and a slower tempo broody deep cut in ‘Villa Crespo’. Fans of Jimpster, Gorge, Milton Jackson and Nick Curly should take note.
2020 Soundsystem, the band in which Julian plays keys alongside Ralph Lawson, Danny ‘Dubble D’ Ward and Fernando Pulichino, is currently on a relentless tour focused on America where their fanbase continues to grow and grow. The band has also just put the finishing touches to their 2nd album ‘Falling’ due for release in September.
Julian is also well known as one half of Silver City alongside Pulichino. It was this production outfit, along with the Ciudad Feliz project, that first gained him more widespread attention after arriving in Europe in 1997 and hooking up with Luciano and Jef K from the French label Silver Network. Ralph Lawson signed Silver City to 2020 Vision in 2002 and by Julian’s admission “Ralph saved my ass by getting me a proper work permit”. That was just the start of a very successful musical career that shows no sign of slowing.
Most of Julian Sanza’s original material has been released on his own label Heartbeat Revolutions, with occasional releases elsewhere for Polyphonics, Infant and the currently hot Italian label Rebirth.
Harold Heath delivers his 3rd original EP for Lost My Dog. The ‘Lovebird EP’ yet again showcases Heath’s trademark production style which dissects the line between deep and tech house and draws on over a decade of delivering beats that rock underground dancefloors. Both ‘Lovebird’ and ‘Run Tings’ are here in original and stripped back dubbier versions.
Harold Heath is regarded as one of the most consistent and unsung heroes in UK house music. His discography includes some of the world’s most respected underground labels including Detour, Plastic City, Stickman and Urban Torque. It was for Urban Torque that he recorded his debut album ‘Hole Funk’, a record which gave a much deeper insight into the range of production styles that Heath has mastered over his career; one which began shortly after the turn of the century with releases for Uhuru Beats, Oblong and Sensei.
Harold’s relationship with Lost My Dog began back in the summer of 2006, when he personally requested to remix Adam B’s ‘Smoketoke’. The ‘Street’s Keep Rocking’ EP followed shortly afterwards and was an instant success, including in the most unlikely of places as Fedde Le Grand used the title track on his Ministry of Sound Sessions CD. Harold also remixed Bernard Jones’ ‘Don’t You Wish’ for Lost My Dog at the end of 2008 and in early 2009 penned a sublime vocal effort in ‘Super Real’, which picked up praise from DJs ranging from Tony Humphries and CJ Mackintosh to Mark Farina and Roger Sanchez, while also scoring maximum marks from DMC Update.
Magazine Reviews
Our House – 5/5
As the promo notes say Harold Heath is certainly the unsung hero of house, with an awesome back catalogue and stunning production qualities he is certainly master of his craft. His latest offering on the superb label, Lost My Dog, is a stunning journey into Harold’s love of all things deep, this is solid quality, deep house at it’s glorious best.
Only For DJs
‘Lovebird’ degage un groove tranquille, old-school, avec de vieux synthes per la suite. On prefere le groove entrainment de ‘Run Tings’, meme si la rhthmique est un peu trop discrete par rapport a cette suberbe basse funky. Jacking!
Sound Revolt – 8/10
DJ Reactions
Mark Farina: Nice. 2 different feelings. digging run tings. deep yet chunky. Mr. heath’s quality continues!
Soul Minority: Lovebird Original is really cool!!! Will play for sure. Thanks!
Neil Quigley: Loving ‘Run Tings’, top draw stuff!
Manuel Sahagun: Harold Heath is always present on my records bag. Will support this EP for sure, all tracks are 5/5
Nick Dare / Prologue: Great release from HH. All tracks will get play, although my fav is Run Tings, love the skippy groove, tripped out fx and driving bass.
Joshua Iz: Always a fan of Harold. Great spacey end of summer jammies.
Gee Moore: MASTERFUL!!!!!! Impossible not to dance to. House as it should be from one of the masters. Thank you very much for this :G) Bora Bora Marked a Fav at random but they are all equally great :)
Marko Militano: Solid, solid ep. Excellent work Mr Heath.
Agnes: Love run things!!!
C-Rock: great vibe, house meets acid… but all cool with no hustle. Like that
Colette: “Run Tings” is a beautiful track. Love the journey it takes us on.
Brothers Vibe: Killer dub on Lovebird!
Nick Warren: great package of mixes.
Greg D (Fish Go Deep): always like harold stuff will play, lovebirds the one for me.
Shur-I-Kan: Run Tings, feeling that, aye.
Andy Inland Knights: love bird original and run tings original are cool… will play this weekend.
Peter Christianson (LawnChair Generals): Dig Lovebird, nice and lush.
Giom: Run tings is my favourite here, will play out. This is a great EP, Harold Heath is the man, and LMD is on fire!
Luciano: will play Run tings.
Dubble D / Moodymanc: likin’ run tings… nice.
Jason Hodges: Another heater from the Heathster… all 4 tracks are pure dancefloor, won’t go wrong with any of these… LMD keeps gettin better and better!
Matt Rhythm Plate: I like both mixes of ‘Run Tings’, some interesting sounds on this one.
KiNK: Good work by Harold Heath as usual. Perfect ballance between the deepness and the uplifting beats. Thanx!
Jesus Gonsev: Lovebirds original is my tune!!
Ekkohaus: Run Tings is the track for me here. Thanx, ekko.
Atnarko: Love what Harold’s doing, Great EP!! Full Support!
The Littlemen: Wicked ep – nice beats and bubbly synths will prob head for the dubs.
Bruno From Ibiza: I really like Harold Heath productions lately, Lovebird is another one, really my kind of thing!!
Mr White: Nice release once again !!! lovebird is real cool and run tings will sound great at the club.
Tommy Largo: the dub version of lovebirds is really sick. Can’t wait to play this one out. Dig the dub of run tings a lot.
Radio Support
Red FM (Fish Go Deep)
Juice FM (Jason Peperrell)
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)
