CIRCUS COMPANY, CCS042

Circus Company welcomes a new artist on the label: the Homewreckers. Named after a track by Southern Soul legend Sam Dees, the production collective from Germany has been moving and breaking new ground between Detroit techno, abstract funk and melancholic disco music since 1995. Their debut album Amercian Ruhr has been released on Unique Records in 2008 and creates an absolutely distinctive sound which seems to come straight out of a from a feverish dream populated by the ghostlike figures of Larry Graham, Juan Atkins, Frank Hutter, Bernard Edwards, Erik B or Al Green.

The Not My Business EP perfectly shows how the Homewreckers flow on these two original tracks. You feel the funk, you feel Detroit and you feel a deep and unique sense of music. Cherry on the cake, you got a remix from San Francisco based artist Dave Aju who is back on the label after his much acclaimed album Open Wide released in 2008.

Not My Business isn’t their first shoot on the label as they were already part of last months Snuggle & Slap Circus Company compilation with a brilliant « Live-Version » of Chicago Urban Blues.

RELEASE INFO

Label: Circus Company
Cat. : CCS 042,
Format: 12”
Release date: 11-01-2010

TRACKLISTING

A1: Not My Business
B1: Chicago Urban Blues
B2: Not My Business (Dave Aju Remix)

Homewreckers – Not My Business by Homewreckers

Homewreckers – Chicago Urban Blues by Homewreckers

DJ COMMENTS

Berlin Mitte Institut / Fresh: “Really nice record! Liking all three rather chillout tracks. Will well fit in to the up and downs of a DJ set.”
Adultnapper: “Love love love this release. Not my business is a serious jam. digging. ”
Adultnapper (Audiomatique): “Brilliant release. The originals are fantastic and I love the vocals. ”
Alex Dallas: “God! What a great release! I’m loving it. It’s just too baaaaaaaaaaaaaad! Killer! I love all the tracks including the remix of Dave Aju! Circus Company is one of the best labels around, open-minded, future-orientated and uncompromising – that’s what we need. This is real music driven by the personality of the artist. Thank you for believing in the good good”
Anja Schneider: “Cozy! ”
Butane: “TRUTH! ”
DEETRON: “Ah you just made my day, what a beautiful EP, 5* all the way. Chicago Urban Blues will probably get most plays but it’s really hard to decide”
DJ Hell: “All tracks sound very good !! I will play for sure ! ”
DJ Yellow: “What a amazing release again … stellar, funky, deep … all i love.. the 3 mixes juts great… could not be better… ”
dOP: “We love already those tracks since sety gave it to me..and the remix of Dave Aju is a pure bomb.. Love this EP totallish !!! ”
Dorian Paic: “I like the original and the Dave Aju Mix.Will play for sure! ”
Dyed Soundorom: “Another great release for circus! the all ep it s great! thanks”
Federico Molinari (Oslo): “as usual very nice ep!”
Lexx: “Another fine release. i dig the A, but somehow prefer the B side. Nice one”
Luciano: “Chicago urban blues is a wonderfull piece. ”
Luke Solomon: “Great record, full support ! ”
M.A.N.D.Y.: “Good stuff as always… I will do business with Not My Business. Will play it out loud! thanx. ”
Mathias Kaden (Freude am Tanze: “both original + the remix from dave are great!!!!”
Matthew Dear: “Hey Guys! Love the Dave Aju Mix. ”
My My: “Yeah Yeah Yeah! Today’s my birthday and this is just the present I was hoping for! ”
Oleg Poliakov: “I’m in love with this EP for months, love the voice, actually i love everything! and Dave Aju Remix is fat will chart and play + i love the cover ! ”
Philip Sherburn: “Damn, “Not My Business” is kind of amazing. and for once, a spoken-word passage that feels relevant. (ha!) anyway, very cool, and a totally compelling groove & momentum. and Dave Aju’s mix is HEAVY”
Ryan Elliot: “Oh yeah, really liking Chicago U B’s. Nice one ”
Seuil: “HUGE EP!!! i love it, full support!!! ”
Tedd Patterson: “Solid ep. I will def use “Not My Business – original mix”… very nice ”
Tom Clark (Highgrade): “great tracks. i gonna play the long side. thanks for the vinyl !”
Varoslav: “Chicago urban blues for me! i realy liike this! nice rmx from dave too!”
Vera: “Nice release !!! ”
Vince Lemieux: “C’est deep en calisse ça. Plus deep que ca tu nage avec truites dans le St-Laurent. Bon travail ! ”
Willie Graff: “I’ve been following the Homwreckers for a while.This is a killer EP from them! I love all tracks on this. Great voice on “not my busines s.Looks like great artwork also.Thank you Circus Company.”

Release information:
Celebrating 10 years of refining its highly personal vision of underground electronic dance music, Paris’ Circus Company presents Snuggle & Slap, a two-CD compilation balancing contemporary house music with more idiosyncratic submissions. It’s more than just a label sampler: many of the artists included here appear two or even three times, having been afforded the opportunity to think beyond the dancefloor and experiment with new sounds, unusual styles, and secret passions. Hushed funk, feathery beats and spongy textures characterize Snuggle, while Slap [cont. reading]

Side B comes with two remix works of acclaimed DJ and producer Mike Huckaby, a dance music purist extraordinaire from Detroit. He is mostly known for his recordings on Harmonie Park, under the ‘Deep Transportation’ title. Mike has been working on different production projects with artists such as Moodymann, Theo Parrish, Rick Wilhite or Cris Simmonds. His reinterpretation of the Homewreckers’ “Close Your Eyes ´Til The Morning” shows his ability to produce an irresistible flow and intense build-ups. For both tracks Mike Huckaby used his master weapon – the Waldorf Wave and Sample CD. Will destroy all clubs!

This is the 4th of 4 records representing the vinyl collectors edition of the Homewreckers album “American Ruhr”.

TRACKLISTING

A1 Home Wreckers (Rework)
A2 Wreckers (Delight)

B1 Close Your Eyes ‘Til The Morning (The Deep Transportation Remix)
B2 Close Your Eyes ‘Til The Morning (The Late Night DT Instrumental)

“Das wird mal ein Klassiker. Wächst und wächst und wächst. – Debug

“Fabelhaftes Album. Die Homewreckers verfügen über den eigenen Groove. Das hat mehr Mut als all die gesampleten Drumpatterns, denen man täglich so begegnet. – Groove

“Sensationelle Vorstellung. – Raveline

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TRACKLISTING (SNIPPITS AVAILABLE):

01 “Shadows #1″

02 “It’s About Time” feat. Kemo

03 “The Other Side Of Town” feat. Neil Harris

04 “Close Your Eyes’ Til The Morning” feat. Dennis Legree

05 “Home Wreckers” feat. Dennis Legree

06 “Song For Larry Graham”

07 “Please Send Me Someone To Love” feat. Kemo

08 “Sandrine”

09 “Manifesto” feat. Dennis Legree

10 “American Ruhr” feat. Kemo

11 “Shadows #2″

12 “Bless The Darkness”

13 “It’s About Time (Live @ Studio 600)” feat. Kemo

14 “Reasons Why We Do The Things We Do” feat. Neil Harris

15 “And Forget To Come Back” feat. Kemo

RELEASE: Oct. 10, 2008

The Original Version shows best how the Homewreckers work – soulful, clear, intrinsically homegrown and utterly honest.

The remix works from Mark Flash and Bileebob, both DJs and producers from Detroit´s “Underground Resistance” camp, are techno house swingers in the old fashioned sense, but it is also more than that, because they add to their interpretation modern equipment and a wink in the eye.

This is the 3rd record representing the vinyl collectors edition of the forthcoming album “American Ruhr”.

TRACKLISTING

A1 American Ruhr (Rework)
A2 American Ruhr (Rework Instrumental)
A3 American Ruhr (Original)

B1 American Ruhr (Mark Flash Remix)
B2 American Ruhr (Bileebob Remix)

RELEASE: Sept 2008

It´s pure underground deep house – intense, abstract and dramatic. A vital alternative to the melodic clichés and rhythmic orthodoxy of the electronic music mainstream. No wonder that Felix Da Housecat and Marshall Jefferson supported those guys when they were teenagers!
 
Langenberg’s Remix gets the B-Side under way. Backed up by a strong beat it rolls steadily ahead with unflagging propulsion. Next up is “Hot Hot Hot”, an exciting up-tempo number which gives Kemo another opportunity to show his lyrical feeling while “Smile” slows down the pace easing into a down-home Hip-Hop affair.

This is the second of four records representing the vinyl collectors edition of the Homewreckers forthcoming album „American Ruhr“.
 

TRACKLISTING

A1 Close Your Eyes (Rework)
A2 Close Your Eyes (Original)
A3 Close Your Eyes (Dubstrumental)

B1 Close Your Eyes (Langenberg Remix)
B2 Hot Hot Hot
B3 Smile

RELEASE: Mar 21, 2008

“It´s About Time” is such a lusciously deep track where tradition and innovation meet. Tradition as in the soulful roots of 70s funk and house music, innovation as in the streamlined, sparse arrangements and shrewd use of technology. The Homewreckers truly master rhythm and space – and Chicago born Kemo fully adapts to the music and the atmosphere with his amazing spoken word poetry. Not only does he sound good, his lyrics can be experienced like a short film. As a unit, the Wreckers are examples of the discipline and feeling that make modern funk our most difficult performance art!

“Please Send Me Someone To Love” is a cool slap bass wonder transporting us into a dimension of seemingly endless travel. Keyboards, strings and washes of synthesizers are put together with uncanny precision. The bassline goes from heavy and heady to playful and quirky – always deliriously intoxicating.

The artwork is by Cory Arcangel. Cory is a Digital Artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. His work was featured in the 2004 Whitney Museum, and has also been exhibited in the Guggenheim Museum and “MoMA”. The artwork was designed on Lighning Paint, a clone of the 1984 paint application “mac paint” and the font is from the APPLE II GS.

TRACKLISTING

A1 It´s About Time feat. Kemo (Rework)
A2 It´s About Time feat. Kemo (Instrumental)
A3 It´s About Time feat. Kemo (Acapella)

B1 Please Send Me Someone To Love feat. Kemo (Original)
B2 Please Send Me Someone To Love feat. Kemo (Dub)
B3 It`s About Time feat. Kemo (Original)

RELEASE: NOV 23, 2007

GAP 091, 12”

TRACKLISTING

A1. When The Weekend Comes
A2. When The Version Comes
B1. Wonderyears (blue)
B2. Wonderyears (floor)

DJ COMMENTS

“Dear People, just writing to say how much I enjoyed GAPO91, ‘When the Weekend Comes’. Have played it on KISS FM show I have in London and in cooler clubs. Thanks, all the best, Tom” (Groove Armada)

Homewreckers ‘Weekend’. “a1 + a2 bombe (=höchstwertung). Wer sind die jungs?” (Rainer Trüby, Compost)

“Love this! Playing out loads.” (Ashley Beedle – X-Press 2/Various – Worldwide)

“Very very nice. A1 works well on the floor.” (Jean-Claude ‘Amalgamation of Soundz’ – Compost, Various – Worldwide)

“Nice slap bass bizznizz, like it lots. All tracks get very good reactions on the floor.” (Dean Meredith ‘Chicken Lips’ – Afrodesia/Various – Worldwide)

“Love it, great for the ‘pub and bar’ kind-of-gigs. Very good audience reaction to A2 and B1.” (Pete Herbert – Atlas, Various – London)

“We love Homewreckers – When The Weekend Comes, which has been a big tune for us at the club.” (Huw, Electric Chair in Manchester UK)

LABEL: GAP 090, 12”

TRACKLISTING

J. Rawls vs Homewreckers
A1. They Can’t See Me (Homewreckers Disco Rub)
B2. They Can’t See Me (Homewreckers Bonus Rub)

PRESS

Number two in the “Rap Attack” series see the Homewreckers take on J Rawls’ “They Can’t See Me” [...] Hidden amongst the low riding four four of the Homewreckers opnening cut are jazz references and the more obvious hip hop feel, but overall it’s a sublime loose Idjut Boys meets Fatback dico funk out. [...] But the rhythmic mayhem stays with the Homewreckers for their “Bonus Dub”, which proves there’s still experimental fun to be had within the turgid combines of four four beats. (Ben Osborne, DOTMUSIC.COM)

HOMEWRECKERS VS. J RAWLS TO BE FOUND ON:

LABEL: RECREATION
TITLE: OFF LIMITS 3

GAP 070, 12”

TRACKLISTING

A1: Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out)(Re-Cut)
A2: Nobody Loves You … (Original Disco Mix)
B1: Late Nite Hype
B2: Late Nite Beats

PRESS

“Downtempohousetracks sind immer noch im kommen. Hier von den ehemaligen Broccoli Brothers zwei Tracks in je zwei Mixen, die es an Deepness mit jeder US Produktion aufnehmen können. Knallige Basslines, plinkerndes Piano als Zuckerguss, schwere Strings, vor allem aber extrem sichere Beats die einem nahelegen auch zu 110 bpm wild zu tanzen. Ueberaschendes Release fuer Groove Attack, die sich damit in die Plattentaschen aller House DJs spielen duerften und so schnell nicht wieder vergessen werden. Massiv und sehr soft zu gleich” (Bleed, De:Bug/Germany)

“Die Ruhrgebiets-Houser Homewreckers Krishan, Johannes und Gregor, vormals bei den Broccoli Brothers, bringen uns warmen Disco-geschwängerten House mit romantischen Vocalsamples. Das klingt sehr nach Chicago (80er) oder aber französisch (heute!). Extrem deep!” (Groove/Germany)

DJ COMMENTS

“Brilliant house / disco stuff with Love Unlimited Orchestra style strings” (Gilles Peterson)

“The Homewreckers shit is dope! Well done.” (Tyler Askew, Atlantic Audio/SNC)

“Actually very good” (Nik Weston, Island Blue)

“Some neo-Philly good times. “Nobody Loves You…(Disco Mix)” is very good.” (Ashley Beedle – Various, Worldwide)

“A-side – superb, top notch house music with soul! B-side – Quality late night house music. All very good.” (Gordon Ritchie – Lowlife, Lifestyle, Fabric – Glasgow)

“Silky stuff getting full support! “Nobody Loves You…(Disco Mix)” is brilliant (personally and crowd-wise).” (Duncan Stumpy – Gutfest, Dorado Records – London)

“Interesting release. Retains old school vibe yet modernises it without cheesy filters etc. “Late Night Hype” – brilliant DJ tool – works well with IG Culture/People stuff.” (Matthew K – Interactive, Radioactive – Glasgow)

“Yes – ” Nobody Loves You …(Disco Mix)” with a beer in hand, head leaned against the speaker at 3am – I’ll have that! Brilliant.” (Tom Findlay – Kiss FM, Fabric etc – London)

“A really cool, quality piece of music. In my box for a long while. Both sides brilliant.” (Mr Morgan – Harter St, Homoelectric – Manchester)

“Truly a pleasure to listen to and play out. Lovely sound – dark and moody yet warm and enveloping. Hope they turn out an album of similar stuff in the future. I’m watching for that one. A long time in my box I forecast! ” (Nick Johnston – Homeless, Cul De Sac – Edinburgh)

Deep house fused with funky tempo and K&D-like keyboards. Great! (DJ Collision, London)

THEE BLAK LABEL, 12”

PRESS

"The AA1 side has a very tasty, very deep track that can pull emotional strings every time. The production is dark, but the stab note structure is strangely uplifting. House music in the original sense." (Dave Clark, i-D Magazine No. 147)

"Felix’s offshoot of Radikal Fear produces yet another simply fantastic minimal groove." (Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle, i-D Magazine No. 147)

"One for the submariners. ‘Catch it’ is an anonymous attempt to combine Chicago jacking with abstract electronic textures, but it’s the awesome ‘Ruhrschnellweg’ which is attracting a lot of attention. Harnessing the most beautiful strings. Another triumph for Felix da Housecat." (Musik Magazine No 7, Dec 1995)

"Die Platte kommt aus dem Rote Liebe (Essen) Umfeld und liefert mit ‘Ruhrschnellweg’ ein gekonntes House-Stück ab, dessen tiefe, melodische Pianochord-Basslinie sich ganz und gar in die Zwischenräume der mächtigen Bassdrum setzt und dort fast verschwindet, eine gewisse mystische Tiefe schafft, die sympathisch ist. Die anderen Mixe sind im Chicago-Stil bzw. relaxter arrangiert. (Triple R, Frontpage, Nov 1995)

RADIKAL FEAR

"Catch It" on Chicago All Stars Compilation

RADIKAL FEAR

"Watchin You, Watchin Me" on Harrison Crump So Many Tongues EP

REACT

"Ruhrschnellweg" on Laurent Garniers Laboratoire Compilation