Soco Audio US Vinyl & CDs

Review: We've been doing some housekeeping and found this first release on the Soco Audio label hidden deep in our warehouse. It is the work of Hakan Lidbo and was first related in 2001. It opens with the 'Sinful Sadie' title track which is drenched in loved-up synth warmth and has a steamy female vocal coo floating above the shimmering deep house beats. 'Kung Pa Klubben' has more twisted synths and a vocoder vocal that brings a futuristic vibe and 'Scrubber' then closes out with some tight and percussive tech funk that still sounds as good now as ever.

Review: The Soco Audio label was a vital one for tech house lovers at the turn of the millennium and that is when genre pioneer Eddie Richards stepped up with this EP. It's one we have found while digging around in our warehouse and it features four superbly crisp and still-contemporary sounding cuts. 'd.comm' pairs snappy metallic hits and tightly programmed kicks with an expressive vocal stab then 'Xtrk gets more deep with wispy pads and a smoky late-night feel. 'Someday' is a more physical and jacked up groove but still one with a sleazy vocal element and last of all is a remix of 'Sinful Sadie' that is more weighty and dubby.

Review: With over 60 releases on labels like The End, Eukahouse, Loaded, Visitor, and Wiggle (to name a few), plus releases on his own imprints, Wrong and Reverberations, Asad is no newcomer to house music. However, with these bombs he is dropping for Atlanta-based Soco Audio, Asad Rizvi's name just got a lot easier to pronounce.

Review: Asad Rizvi teams up again with the sultry vocal talents of Mel Dymond, the same vocalist on Asad's huge hit "Slippery Heights" and unleashes a wobbly funked up acid house summer scorcher. Style Of Eye provide the remix on the flip, a stripped down tripped out haunting house number that has been getting major support from Luke Solomon and Chris Carrier.