Headtunes Recordings welcomes Grant Dell back to the family, a full five years after he provided the Boston-based label’s first ever release ‘Love Tilt’. The EP set the label off, selling out of its vinyl pressing in just 2 weeks and launching Headtunes to a worldwide audience.
The Croydon based producer is a stalwart of the South London deep/tech house scene having developed his style in the shadow of Swag Records alongside the Wiggle posse of Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Eddie Richards. Over the years his music has been a staple in the sets of DJs from John Digweed to Jay Tripwire, with releases on labels including Hooj Choons, Big Chief, Detour, 4Kenzo, Bosh and his own Pancake Recordings.
After prolific spell in the mid 2000’s, Grant Dell took a break from production but is now back and sounding like he hasn’t skipped a beat. ‘Kozak’ is a typically eerie, dirty tech-house bomb with a rolling bass and heavy drum kicks. ‘House Tribute’ is what it is, a bumping deep number nodding back to the genre’s roots and ‘Don’t Need Ya’ is another deep-tech number with a heavy “sahf lahndan” influences.
On remix duty is the legendary Angel Alanis from Chicago. With a 15 year discography covering every nuance of house, Angel is another true great from a city which churns out phenomenal house producers for fun. His re-touch of ‘Don’t Need Ya’ sees a hefty injection of that jacking Chi-town flare with wild horns sprinkled throughout.
DJ Feedback
Dave Seaman – Kozak is sleazy!
Tyler Stadius - Really great to see Grant again. Right back on fire! Dirty, funkified weapons here. :)
Nick Holder (DNH Records / NRK) – Wicked vibe!
Murray Richardson (Rebel Waltz) – Kozak rocks….great ep – HOUSE!
Abyss (Buzzin Fly) – Superb
Mark Bell / Blakkat (Shaboom) – The Original Tech House Guvna!
Lomas (Micron Club) – What an excellent e.p. Loving every track!
Raymundo Rodriquez (Jaded) – Feeling House Tribute & Angel’s remix.
DJ Heather (Blackcherry) – Diggin Angel’s re-touch
Moody B (Council House Recordings) - Its great to hear Grant Dell tracks again. Kozak is very west coast tribalation sounding- Like the tango,bluem and siesta stuff. Its nice to hear that sound again! Also really into "Don't need ya" very hypnotic, Will play both..
Tom Baker – Great all round EP! Kozak’s the one for me.
Satoshi Fumi - Love all trax! Really deep tech house : )
Al Bradley (3AM Recordings) - Grant Dell is something of a legend to me, his tech house from the early 00's was quite outstanding, so it's great to have him back. His three original cuts show nothing has been lost - Kozak being my pick, quite simply blistering tech house, amazing. Angel is also someone who always does the job & this is no exception, fantastic club music which hits the spot.
Chris Udoh – House Tribute is rocking!
Dibby Dougherty (Yello) - great stuff right here, House Tribute is right up my street, can see this molding straight into my sets
Funky Transport – AAAAH YEEEEAAAAAH! If I shut my eyes I’m in San Fran or The Midlands mid 90s! : )
Louis Hughes (1999 Recordings) – Proper!
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