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STEVE YANKO - TWILIGHT TRAX
(TRAX RECORDS/CASABLANCA TRAX) |
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With utmost pride, I’m happy to report I’ve been shopping more at the flea market lately than my local record store. And why not – there are some absolute gems to be had in those sometimes dusty bins. Many of the old school acquisitions happily still sound new and fresh. Of course, I haven’t been blessed enough to run across anything from the Trax Records back catalogue, which embodies that ain’t broke/don’t fix it sort original house vibe. Born in Chicago, Trax Records was home to classic ‘80s house guys like Frankie Knuckles and Marshall Jefferson and, with the onset of acid house, spinners like Joey Beltram and producers like Phuture. Somewhere across the divide of time between now and then is Robert Owens, featured here on Mr. Fingers’ “Can You Feel It” (Alternate Mix). Owens is still doing vocals today, notably for me on Harry “Choo Choo” Romero’s “I Go Back” (pick up the double pack on Subliminal – every mix is aces). On both tracks, Owens is tapped into that undying primordial house groove. The rest of Twilight Trax is a lot like that – full of tunes you could easily and happily drop into today’s post-modern mix. While Trax Records is the draw, the work of Steve Yanko putting the mix together warrants a bow. Unlike most house mixes which work it from mellow to movin’, Yanko simply and effectively reverses it, drifting the mix from bumping stuff by Deeper Society, Virgo 4 and Ron Hardy into deeper tunes by Black Mamba, Gene Hunt and K-Alexi. Yanko is also remastering the entire Trax back catalogue, so it sounds like there’s even more to look forward to. www.traxhouse.com-- review by Yuri Wuensch
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