ANDY HART Vinyl & CDs

Review: Heist Recordings' tenth anniversary celebrations are drawing to a close, but the Dutch label is not done with showcasing the dancefloor gold nestled in its bulging back catalogue. Here they offer up a second 'Heist Classics' EP featuring five more tried-and-tested treats originally released at different points over the last decade. On side A, Crackazat's rolling, summery and ultra-positive 'Alfa' is followed by the jazzy, musically detailed, disco-flecked and sun-splashed 'Espilon Girls' by Andy Hart and the re-born disco-funk shuffle of Makez's 'Different Planets'. Over on side B, Kassian's deep, gorgeous and lusciously loose-limbed '8th Movement' comes accompanied by Nachtbraker's highlife-sampling 'Hamdi', a blast of pure dancefloor joy.

Review: Australian label Melbourne Deep Cast return! Originally released as part of this year's Record Store Day activities, this Snooze For Days 10" from Melbourne's finest deep house operators is now widely available and features cuts from the Man Fantastique, Andy Hart and Max Graef. Each has supplied some excellent beat down edits of material that some might recognize and others won't; Fantastic Man's slow burning "Paradise" for example is based around a devilishly pitched down vocal of a late 90s neo soul classic that only really comes apparent when the "yeah you might laugh" refrain comes looping into focus. Andy Hart is on straight up discofunk sleaze form with "My Queen" whilst Max Graef cranks up the dust on "Das Brett" which has the best double bass manipulation since Roni Size's "Brown Paper Bag".

Review: A Berlin/Melbourne soundclash of delightfully juicy proportions, Graef and Hart have concocted three ace compositions right here. Filtered to the max with big jack swings, each one of these will find favour on late night floors. "Biting" is the slinkiest, sleaziest of the three. Complemented by the quintessential deep house wailing vocal and a raising chord structure on the fill, it's an instant elevator. "Heavy Setters" comes complete with an array of disco bubbles and an added thump on the rhythm while "Pass The Mortek" rides atop of a slinky percussive arrangement. Great for nu-disco and deep house heads alike.

Review: Melbourne's Andy Hart is known for heading up the Voyage imprint, which over the last few years has pursued the many shades of deep house with releases by the likes of Harvey Sutherland, Urulu and Youandewan. Here he inaugurates his new Voyager sublabel, which sees a noticeable change of tune. On "Neutron Capture" he delivers a slow burning deep space transmission aboard the acid express, while the functional B side cut "Lftrr" is a dubby and hypnotic techno jam suited to heads-down moments in dank warehouse spaces. If this is a sign of things to come for Hart's new outlet, expect a string of club ready and dancefloor orientated cuts.

Review: Having contributed a track to the split 12" that announced Voyage Records, founder Andy Hart has since largely focussed on building the label through some canny A&Ring that's seen singles from the likes of Harvey Sutherland, M5K and Urulu. There was the introduction of Hart's Auslander project with Tom Lalley and Fantastic Man in the label's 2015 output too, but the recently-settled Berlin resident hasn't offered up any solo output in some time! Which makes the clutch of brushed deep house burners that feature on this Mistress of your Mind 12" most welcome indeed Andy. There are hints that Hart's new surrounds and regular gigs in Berlin are starting to bleed through into his productions - see the heat-treated "Sorayama's Mistress" and full throttle percussive onslaught of "Vienen." It's a development we wholeheartedly approve of!

Review: The second release on the label shaped offshoot of Melbourne Deepcast sees the collective make further room for themselves in the house scene. If the inaugural release was a statement of intent, introducing four key members of the Melbourne Deep House Mafia, the second release is more focused with Andy Hart returning to the fray and serving up a delightful collaboration with the rightly lauded Francis Inferno Orchestra. "D2Me" has everything you want in a modern deep house jam; a bassline that is subtle yet heavyweight, crisp drums, multiple layers of melodics and deft vocal turns dipped in soul and most importantly there's a real progression throughout. The duo flex their solo production muscles on the flip with Mr Hart taking the lead on "Tell Her You Know", which similarly impresses via the sheer depth of sounds at play through out. The Francis Inferno Orchestra solo jam is more about the groove, whipping up a head of sultry steam over a rasping beat and gliding disco strings.

Review: Austrian label Pusic present their second release, featuring four finely crafted boogie house cuts that stand out amongst the current ocean of 90s influenced cuts. Andy Hart & Max Graef kick off with "Gefleckte Gauklerblume", a mid-tempo house cut filled with billowing chords and tough, brushed percussion and a generous helping of soul, while Mazzomba's "Untitled 1" pairs metronomic house beats with a gently swelling chord sequence. However, it's "You Make Me Change of Heart" from veteran Dutch producer Awanto3 that stands out, with weighty, sonorous keys that slowly unfold into some elegiac 70s vocals - the remix from Roman Rauch is similarly great, snipping the vocals up and taking it into peak-time territory.

Review: ***B-STOCK: Record has very light surface marks/smudges, but otherwise in perfect working condition***


Austrian label Pusic present their second release, featuring four finely crafted boogie house cuts that stand out amongst the current ocean of 90s influenced cuts. Andy Hart & Max Graef kick off with "Gefleckte Gauklerblume", a mid-tempo house cut filled with billowing chords and tough, brushed percussion and a generous helping of soul, while Mazzomba's "Untitled 1" pairs metronomic house beats with a gently swelling chord sequence. However, it's "You Make Me Change of Heart" from veteran Dutch producer Awanto3 that stands out, with weighty, sonorous keys that slowly unfold into some elegiac 70s vocals - the remix from Roman Rauch is similarly great, snipping the vocals up and taking it into peak-time territory.

Review: Freerange Records kick off the first part of their Double Century vinyl edition with four finely honed cuts of prime contemporary deep house that reflect the ever evolving tastes of the label. Boss man Jimpster takes the lead spot with the cyclical and spiritual "Head Spin" while by way of contrast Matt Masters and Pippo Ceretti bring a much more minimal approach to their tribal-flavoured "Xenophilia". Andy Hart has a more classic, smooth deep house approach on "MYLNY" which comes on rousing and romantic with its heartfelt string lines, and then Shur-I-Khan throws down a moody beat track to get you loose and limbered up.

Review: Berlin based brit Youandewan's Small Hours returns with more classy house and tech sounds for exactly that time of the night. The boss himself offers the trippy melodic patterns of 'Aquapath' which rides on icy shining hi hats and old school baseline while 'Dog Brain' from Liquid Earth is a more scintillating tech-edged cut which hurries through raw percussion. Andy Hart's '155' pairs lovely skipping kicks with bright synth puddles and last of all Mculo layers up neon synth sequences with jittery claps and hits to make for a compelling bit of future funk. These always sell out in quick time, so do not sleep here.

Review: Apparently Four's A Crowd for FOTO on their second various artists release, though it feels just right to us as label boss OOFT shares record space with Aussie duo Andy Hart & Max Graef, UK newcomer MermaidS and the amusingly monikered Riff Clichard. It's the reliable hand of OOFT that steers proceedings forward, turning in the pitched down 110 BPM boogie roller "Jareth's Revenge" whilst Melbourne Deepcasters Andy Hart & Max Graef crank up the tempo for the crisp disco house warmth of "Dem Young Jabronis". Ease the plate over and Glaswegian MermaidS shows his talent at crafting outright euphoria from nothing as "Run with the Night" shifts through the gears for 5 minutes before exploding. After this the mysterious Riff Clichard demonstrates his chopping skills on the 80s rework "Through With Love".

Review: This deluxe 12" and 10" package is the first in what Detroit Swindle promise will be an annual occurrence - a "family remix EP", where members of the Heist Recordings roster rework label releases from the previous 12 months. It's a neat idea, and one that's undoubtedly resulted in some killer material. The Organ Grinder's surging, heavily percussive rework of Frits Wentik's "Schrewd" is particularly heavy, though it is Max Graef's loose, soulful, groovy and sample-heavy reinterpretation of Detroit Swindle's "The Break Up" is probably the standout. That said, there's plenty to cheer elsewhere, not least Nachtbraker's cowbell-laden, acid house-meets-nu-disco version of Max Graef and Andy Hart's "Jungle".