Harold Heath
Harold is a music journalist, DJ, producer, music-tech tutor and all round smartass.
From deep house to broken beat, Sofatalk & XL Regular run rampant with cosmic jazz-funk stylings on the Afro Quarters EP.
Solar worship with heavy duty MDMA strings and chords on the Holy Sun EP from Makez and Dam Swindle's Heist.
Another great WOLF Music release, this time it's a four-tracker with music from four separate artists.
Part-Italo, part-disco, all-fun: "Music People" from Phonica White is another great and unique Ron Basejam EP.
Celestial B-sides, forgotten tech-spirituals, NY garage, lunar jazz-funk & more on Luke Una's É Soul Cultura.
The first of three releases celebrating Dam Swindle's 10 year anniversary features two new tracks and two remixes from the Swindlers' back catalog.
At its best, the second volume of Big Saldo's Chunkers from Sally C is just raw beats and bass with little sample snippets tucked in here and there they will, I imagine, will be hugely effective on many dance floors.
This doubled-sided EP from Danny J Lewis (Defected, MAW Records, Soulfuric Trax etc.) delivers two quite different tracks.
The teaser track from Ron Trent's latest album What Do The Stars Say To You on Night Time Stories.
3am deep house on the Assemblage EP from Sole Aspect.
Box-fresh futurist techno with remixed tracks from Tom VR's Please Keep Shimmering album.
Real house music from one of Detroit and deep house music's leading lights.
Quality underground Fouk-house on Paradise, a five-track 4/4 affair from Shall Not Fade.
Afterlife releases a sophisticated collection of warm-up/warm down vibes on his Subatomic label.
Freerange drops a nice warm-up package for Crackazat's forthcoming album with a 9+ minute epic Ron Trent deep house jazz remix.
Harold Heath drags you through another tumultuous year in dance music. You're going to re-live it, and you're going to LIKE it
UK dance music has always been about freedom. But are we really going to march with the far right?
"Without singing, there is no me. I have no purpose, beyond singing and songwriting." Harold Heath profiles the powerhouse of talent that is Amy Douglas.
"I've been a church boy, homeless street kid, corporate suit, addict..." Harold Heath profiles the multifaceted artist Seven Davis, Jr.
"My goal was to have a discography as long as Ella's." Joi Cardwell reflects on nearly three decades as dance music's go-to vocalist and answering an ad in the Village Voice to singing on "Club Lonely" from Lil Louis.
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