Charts

Former Rush Hour crew member and DJ/producer/selector extraordinaire @youngmarco steps up to the plate for the new edition of our Friends & Family chart with a selection that includes Vector Trancer, MLO, @anthony_linell, @oceanic.ocean, @gilb_r_versatile, @albertabalsam, @aguycalledgerald and @anthonynaples_. Marco’s upcoming ‘I’m Still Mellow’ on @safetrip_org is up for pre-order now.

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Hi there! Here are just some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.

For this weeks Friend & Family chart we have a nice selection by Esa, he selects current and old favourites, a real mixed bag for easy listening and club friendly vibes. By the way, keep an eye on his new label Aweh Music, beautiful music from his hands coming up!

10 forthcoming re-issues from some of the exclusive labels in our distribution wing... dive in!
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER :)

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Hi there! Here are just some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.

Hi there! Here are just some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.

Arp Frique is back on Colorful World with his sophomore album, exploring the globe via a concoction of sounds that takes in disco, synth boogie, funk and the sounds of the Caribbean, West and East Africa. Coming in hot!

Hi there! Here are just some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.
Afrosynth follows up the excellent first volume of ‘New Horizons’ with a stunning second, again showcasing some of the best and most promising players on the contemporary South African jazz scene in a true all-killer-no-filler fashion. A huge store favorite.

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Here are just some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.

After almost two decades the great Andres returns to Mike Grant’s legendary Moods & Grooves imprint with the follow-up to ‘Out in the Open’, cooking up a versatile four tracker with two deep dancefloor groovers, a strong uptempo broken soul stepper and a solid jazzdance workout. Premium material.

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Here are just some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.

Di Melo’s self-titled album is again available as a high-quality reissue - one of the holy grails of seventies Brazilian funk and a real killer record that sounds like nothing else out there. An incredible combination of tracks combining MPB, regional folk, soul and funk.

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Here are just some of the highlights of what we have new in store for you this week.

Kicking it off, Dean Blunt drops a strong set of melancholic songs on his follow up album for Rough Trade,   one we very much looked forward to receiving!

This weeks friends & family chart is done by Margie, DJ, writer, and has been part of the RH crew in the past (we miss you!). As a writer she has contributed to the House Of Music magazine and is now working on various other projects. For her chart she selects bangin' electronix

This week’s Friends & Family Chart was selected by multi-talented Dutch musician Job Oberman, a.k.a. Oceanic, who debuts on Rush Hour with the outstanding ‘Total Comfort’ EP this week. Make sure to check it out.

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Here are just some of the highlights of what we have new in store for you this week.

Out on our own label this week is Oceanic’s Rush Hour debut ‘Total Comfort’.

Also in is Cloud’s highly sought-after Britfunk classic ‘All Night Long’, remixed by Ge-Ology from the original studio tapes - a funky boogie bumper guaranteed to set the dancefloor on fire.

This week’s Friends & Family Chart is brought to you by L.I.E.S. founder Ron Morelli, who’ll be playing the Heat Amsterdam boat party this Saturday (9 October) with the likes of Margie and Robert Bergman. Make sure to check out Steve Summers’ punishing ‘Generation Loss’, the latest contribution to Morelli’s L.I.E.S. imprint.

For the Friend Of The Store chart this week we have General K, reggae/dancehall selector, vinyl collector & music lover, 1/2 of Amsterdam's Radical Hi-Fi soundsystem together with Ketama Man. Broadcasting for 10+ years Version Galore and shares his digs via a monthly reggae/dancehall radio show on Echobox Radio.

Here are just some of the highlights of what we have new in store for you this week.

Fresh in is Theo Parrish’ new double A-sider ‘In Motion’/’Don’t Play’ for Sound Signature. Yet another high quality floorburner from the man that can do no wrong.

This week’s Friends & Family chart was selected by Amsterdam-based DJ/producer/label boss Gilb’r (@gilb_r_versatile), who’s been running the influential French Versatile imprint since the late nineties. Check out his recent ‘On Danse Comme Des Fous’ Remix EP that features the combined talents of Davy Kehoe and Ruutu Poiss.

Here are some of the highlights of what we have in store for you this week.

RH veteran Cris as been the backbone of the Rush Hour operation for almost a quarter of a century now - a rock solid behind-the-scenes force that’s been putting in the extra hours since day one. Check out some of his current favorites in our new chart.