Elektrax Recordings was founded in the second year of the new millennium (2001) by acclaimed DJ/producer DJ Hi-Shock in Sydney, Australia.
The label’s first vinyl release, “Nagano Trax Vol.1″, was pressed and distributed throughout Europe via Soundbase, Germany.
The label was then diverted into the digital terrain in 2005 with the limited re-issue of dateless, still incredibly fresh productions from the late ’90s, and the introduction of the latest material from international talent.
These days, Elektrax is a 100% digital netlabel that releases Deep, Hard, Dark, Minimalistic, Tribal, Proper Techno, and Psy Tekk.
With releases and remixes from new and established producers such as DJ Warp, Psi Room, Ree.K, Roman Zawodny, Dave Tarrida, Darkmode, C-System, Secret Surfer, Hakker, Bitch Shift, Son Of Zev, Steve Stoll, V1NZ, Thomas P. Heckmann, Little Nobody, Gayle San and DJ Hi-Shock, the label has built itself up a renowned international identity, and has already gained support from most top DJs worldwide.
01. Jass Muzak (Wyndell Long Remix)
02. Jass Muzak (Original Mix)
03. Jass Muzak (Wyndell Long Drum Mix)
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Chicago is not just a windy place, the largest non-coastal U.S. city, or the undisputed home of house music.
Andrez Bergen, an Aussie music journalist who did his post-grad uni thesis on industrial music in Britain in the 1970s, partially cut his DJing teeth on the Chicago output of labels like Relief Records, Dance Mania and Radikal Fear in the mid ’90s. But Andrez also has a lingering affection for the Chicago-style jazz rooted in traditional jazz and blues from the deep South, and his long-time favorite musician is Chicago-born drummer, Gene Krupa.
So, for his latest Little Nobody exercise in gripping, tech-seared introspection, Andrez went back to these “roots”, deconstructed the rhythm patterns of early jazz percussion, and reconfigured the outcome into the glorious freestyle techno-philanderings of ‘Jass Muzak’.
No shock that, remix-wise, Andrez turned to one of his favorite contemporary Chicago DJ/producers, Wyndell Long - a man who’d previously worked with Mike Dearborn and popped up on superb labels like Peacefrog, Djax, Pro-Jex and Primate.
But Wyndell then surprised us all by responding with not just one brilliant remix, but two. “I wanted them to keep the main original sounds, but be rooted in the classic Chicago sound - without sounding too crusty,” he assessed.
His superb stuff is the real deal, our cup of tea for sure; we have to say that both mixes absolutely rock, and together form a purist taste of Elektrax Recordings material.
“It’s nice to be able to get back into the funk and have some fun. This is the kind of stuff I like to spin,” Wyndell says.
Simple as that.
DJ Reactions:
"Not really feeling. To noisy. Looking for a solid groove in it and not finding it." - 2.5 / 5
Thee-O (USA) (Saturday Night Sessions / Bedrock / Perfecto Black / System Recordings/ Source of Gravity / NOSI / )
"Very different sounding. I like it. I look forward to hearing more from little nobody." - 3.5 / 5
LLavoe (USA) ()
"great track reminds me of good old corl cox style techno..." - 4.0 / 5
