- 12inch
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- New Release
Nick Holder
Fruit Loops
Definitive Recordings
- Cat No: DEFCLAS005
- 2024-05-03
ディスコ・サンプル・ループ、愛されてきや職人的プロデューサーNick Holderの1995年のEPが再発。
Track List
Canadian deep house don Nick Holder's Fruit Loops EP is next to get the remaster and reissue treatment from Definitive Recordings. This label, now overseen by Get Physical Music, first released the EP back in 1995 when Toronto-based Holder had already become one of house music's most tasteful operators. He went on to release over 125 EPs and singles under countless aliases, in various groups, and on his labels DNH Records and Treehouse Records, as well as !K7 Records and NRK. His style spans house, disco loops and minimal Chicago grooves and is always high on immersive atmosphere. Opener 'Dance Dance Dance' brings together all those aspects of the Holder sound with its funky guitar riffs looping beneath raw drums and disco basslines. Classic Chic samples burst out of the mix to bring an air of celebration and party, and it makes for an irresistibly feel-good sound. 'Keep on Running' is a steamy and sweaty house jam with loopy drums and bass and more smartly chosen samples, this time from Roy Ayers, that bring the funk and never let up. It has long been a go-to anthem for house DJs, and the realness and rawness of the emotions in Holder's work also shine through with the filtered synths and jazzy keys of 'The Message of Love', which is complete with bumpy and irresistible drums. Last of all is the unfettered party spirit and diva vocals of the brilliantly lo-fi funk-house pumper that is 'Clap Ya Hands'. This EP hasn't aged one bit and remains a definitive piece of early Deep House history.
Plus 8 Records傘下でJohn AcquavivaがA&Rを務めていた90sハウスの名レーベルDefinitive Recordingsからリリース。リッチーホーティン変名Robot Manの 「Do Da Doo」などの名作もリリースしていたレーベルで、独特のゲットー感のハウス、絶妙にユニークさがあったレーベルですね。CHICの「Dance,Dance,Dance」、Roy Ayers「Runing Away」、「Love Is The Meaasage」、「Let's Start The Dance」といったディスコ・ヒストリーのマスターピースをネタにNick Holderらしい絶妙ループ、抜き差し、タイム感で魅せる。Classics ! (サイトウ)