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)

Catalogue Number: LMDX001
Release Date: March 2008

1: Chris Harris & Dominic Martin – King Of Swing
2: Chris Harris & Dominic Martin – King Of Swing (Dub)
3: Frank Solano – Move Ur Feet
4: Lee Jarvis – All I Need
5: Dave Miller – Movement In Still Life

The Lowdown

The varied 5 track ‘The Mongrel’ EP features some up and coming producers from all around the world.

Chris Harris and Dominic Martin kick start proceedings with a jazzy and swinging track.  Chris and Dom have recently released Jazzmag EP for Lost My Dog, as well as some superbly well received EPs for Nordic Trax and Guesthouse.  Hailing from Glasgow, the duo are making a name for themselves by picking up plays from DJs including Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and DJ Heather, who included one of their recent productions on her Om Summer Sessions mix CD.  Their ‘King Of Swing’ track is available here in 2 formats – one featuring an infectious live trumpet and a dub version.

Frank Solano is part of the hugely influential Music 101 in Chicago, who organise the city’s finest and most notorious bash ‘Boom Boom Room’ amongst other activities.  Frank has so far released music for US label Kolour Recordings and caught the ear of Lost My Dog with his deep and groovy offerings.  ‘Move Ur Feet’ is exactly in this mould.

London based Lee Jarvis is getting pretty much the best education in quality underground house music, given that he works part time at Freerange Records and is head honcho at London clubnight Moochin, which has welcomed anyone who’s anyone in deep/Chicago house circles.  He’s so far released remixes for labels such as Fazed Music and Clean House, including a remix of prolific US house producer John Larner.

Last but by no means least is Dave Miller, hailing from Perth, Australia.  Dave’s tracks for labels such as Booth Trax, Dust Pan and Clean House have been given the stamp of approval from Joey Youngman, one of the hottest ‘Chicago’ house producers of the last few years.  Its clear to see why as his track ‘Movement In Still Life’ has a definite nod towards the stylings of Joey, along with contemporaries The Sound Republic and Bryan Jones.

Magazine Reviews

iDJ – 4/5
Five tracks here and something for everybody, from boompty jazzy swing to deep, lullaby house and jacking romp.  It’s all good, but if pushed highlights would be Chris Harris and Dominic Martin’s Dub and its heavy-duty swing, and Aussie Dave Miller’s Windy City take.  It’s another case of LMD doing what they always do, and doing it rather well.

Only For DJs, France – 3 /4
EPs of pure boompty house still exist. Chris Harris & Dominic Martin, with ‘King Off Swing’ deliver a track which will please those in love with the sound of Chicago. It’s jazzy-house music with a chorus of trumpet that gets you booty-shaking. Frank Solano (with low electro), Lee Jarvis (deep) and Dave Miller supplement this release well.

DJ Reactions

Derrick Carter
King of Swing dub is excellent!

Mark Farina
Move Ur Feet is excellent

Fred Everything
I like the dub…yes!

LawnChair Generals
Harry and Dom killiing it again!

Inland Knights
Lovin the dub… will be spining it at the weekend

Julian Sanza
Love the dub track will play out, thank you

Giom
Really liking this sampler, all tracks are ace! Will definitely play

Lee Mortimer
All I Need by Lee Jarvis hits the spot with it’s electro synth hook. Definitely more up my street but the rest all deserve a mention as it’s a great, funky, jacked-up EP.

Al Bradley
Solid 4-tracker here, I’m down with Frank Solano, nice & vibey deep groove, although Lee jarvis is also a strong heavy groove too.

Nacho Marco
Good selection of tracks. I was looking forward to see something from Frank Solano released, I think he´s a nameto watch out in the future. Full support.

Demarkus Lewis
Lee Jarvis track is good.

FraidSo
Love the Harris and Martin on this one.

Joshua Iz
Great EP!

Joshua Heath
The Dave Miller cut is my fav. its got the most chug, and thats what i dig! wil def be
playin it..

DJ Heather
Excellent, well rounded EP, has a bit of something for everyone.

Atnarko
Frank Solano and Lee Jarvis tunes are wicked ! great EP overall, nice and diverse. Love what LMD is doing!

Sir Cosmic
Loving King of Swing and Movement In Still Life

Luke McKeehan
The Frank Solano cut is killer. Nice one.

Colette
All I Need is excellent

Grant Nelson
Feeling all 4 cuts… excellent!

Spettro
“All I Need” is all I need from this EP- Love the dirty and subby bass!

Special Interest
Great EP, like King of Swing and want to hear more from Dave Miller.  LMD do it again!

Harold Heath
Pick of the bunch for me is the Lee Jarvis track: cool production & that b-line will get a great reaction at the right point in the night.

Tom Golden
Liking the Frank Solano track, verrry nice and deeeep like.

Toka Project
Fave track here is dave miller… will be playng this weekend!

Jevne Miller
Great release! thanks I will be playing these for sure!

Anil Chawla
Really liking ‘All I Need’, top work from Lee! Move Ur Feet is very nice too.

Jay J
Dave Millers track is good

Murray Richardson
All trax hit the mark and luvin’ the dub, these boyz are firin’ right now!

Hipp-E
King Of Swing dub is cool.

Radio Support

Warung / Proton, Argentina (Ricky Ryan)
Proton, Canada (Micah)
Beat 102-103 +republik, Ireland (Ray Colclough)
Club madnezz, Holland (Gerard Russchenberg)
Myhouse-yourhouse, UK (Steve Arnell)
Topradio, Belgium (Hans Temmermen)
Colors, United Colors Of House, UK (Dean Facer)
FaizeMusic.com / MotionFM.com / MixTheGroove.co.uk, UK (Steve Parr)
MAGMA, Paris Progressive, Italy (Slok)
Fresh Air, UK (Robin Munro)
Danceradio.gr, ETN.fm
GlobalBeats, Greece (StereoK)
Thestudio.fm 107.4, New Zealand (Ingo Haan)
WHCR 90.3 FM, USA (Michael Stukes)
DI.fm, USA (Darin Epsilon)
PushFM, UK (DJ Jam)
Teamtalk Broadcast, UK (Nolan Kane)
Dinamo 103.8, Turkey (Mert Eser -Chunky Mum Nude)
Frisky / Proton, USA (Royal Sapien)
Wave 89.1/MTV, Philippines (Wendell Garcia)
The End/Ministry of Sound Radio, UK (Raymundo Rodriguez)
XFM, Scotland (Stevie Sole)