LuPS Records [Locked Up Progressive Sounds] was founded by Jacco Oude Kotte (aka Jacco@Work) in March 2008 and is based on the experiences of making 5 years of radioshows and mixes for PureDJ.com, Dynamix-radio, Purefm, ETN.fm and many other stations. Besides that Jacco@Work is around in the musicbusiness for almost 20 years now.
LuPS Records stands for the opportunity to discover the true meaning of progressive house music. Progressive house music in its pure form. Straight from the heart into the mind and body. ‘Heart over Mind’ so to speak (Now the logo has been explained as well ;-) )
Furthermore the label aims to bring you some of the finest progressive house sounds from established and new breed producers all around the world.
And last but not least the labels artwork since release 010 get done by good friend and Illustrator Wizard d-phrag from Bulgaria.
Newbreed talent Pierre Sebastiano makes his debut on LuPS with a solid Tech-House track. The original track is a subtle set builder which contains all the juicy elements like eerie angelpads, synthstabs, 303 acidlines all laid on top of a more then rocksolid baseline.
Alongside the original there are 3 remixes to complete this first part of Pierre his EP.
The Royal Sapien Remix is just a lushy deep trance experience which even gives rebirth to the good old 'You'd better" percussionloop! Hearing is believing.
The Yoonior Remake goes even deeper and with a more Housey edge this track surely does it work very well in warm up set.
Last but not least the Soundstorm Remix is one big Deep House adventure. This remix does it's work in a rather subtle way. Lushy lovely pads, a big wobbly baseline, crispy percussion and cool female vocalsnippets is all that's necessary to light a fire. If you are into Timewriter stuff then without a doubt you will like this one for sure.
DJ Reactions:
"Original version for me, thx" - 3.0 / 5
Chris Drifter (Hungary) (SoundTribe Rekords, Plastic Fantastic, Existence, Pure.Fm, Danceradio.Gr)
"Pretty decent tracks, all of the mixes are done well. These songs have more of a 'chillroom' vibe, but could work early in your set." - 3.5 / 5
"Royal Sapien rocks with his concise, melodic style, Soundstorm mix has some nice funk to it" - 4.0 / 5
Kris B (USA) (Nightshade Music (Owner/A&R), Armada, Baroque, Global Underground, Ready Mix Records, DI.fm, ETN.fm)
"This is by far the best package from LuPS so far. I'm giving this 5 stars primarily for the Royal Sapien remix, which is already becoming a favorite of mine. Really excellent groovey melodic progressive. Obviously a lot of time was spent putting this single together." - 5.0 / 5
Darin Epsilon (USA) (Perfecto, Lost Angeles, Monday Night Social @ Nacional, DI.fm, Proton, Curvve, Deep Records)
"yoonior remix stands out" - 3.0 / 5
Ira Heinichen (USA) (friskyRecords, friskyRadio)
"man beautiful job Ben! driving, deep, yet lots of movement. will bang the hell outta this one!" - 5.0 / 5
Xaric (France) (Sense FM / Pure Fm / Jenny Fm / Stripped Rec / Atlant Digital)
"from the deeper to the harder and from darkness to light... this release cover it all. i like the yoonior remake which is a huge hypno trip with a solid groove and a nice melody. my favorite version is the original for it's intense psycho acid lead." - 5.0 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
"Nice progressive track deep and groovy, Soundstorm and Yoonior remix are raly good. " - 4.0 / 5
KyneticS (Manuel) (Italy) (DanceRadio.gr - Rosa Dei Venti Club - Monumento - Il Clan- DanceFestival first edition- Kikì (Paris)
"Really diggin the Royal Sapien Remix here, quality melodic, uplifting goodness!" - 4.0 / 5
Sasha Le Monnier [ C.O.U. Muzik ] (UK) (BeatAgency,Source Of Gravity,Proton Radio,Danceradioglobal,DI.FM,ensonic.fm,Contagious Rhythm)
"This release rocks!" - 4.0 / 5
Igor Antic (Serbia) (Dynamic Youth, www.danceradio.gr)
"An elegant prog track here with some good samplers, synths, etc. Favorite is the soundstorm rmx." - 4.0 / 5
Jehr (USA) (Tribal Vision Records)
Pierre Sebastiano - Disturbance (incl. remixes by Maxi Iborquiza&Juan Pueyrredon, Jacco@Work, ZB and Toppy) (Dec 22, 2008)
Pierre Sebastiano - Vanguard Road 303 ( incl. remixes by Royal Sapien, Yoonior and Soundstorm) (Dec 08, 2008)
Aber - Start Line (featuring remixes by F-Project, Maxi Iborquiza & Juan Pueyrredon, Schaamteloos DJ's) (Nov 17, 2008)
Josel - Synasthesia (feat. remixes by East Café, Phonic Deep, Hassan Rassmy and Jacco@Work) (Oct 27, 2008)
Matias Chilano - In Flight (featuring remixes by Xplore, Faces, Dave Ferol, Silence O Phobia, more) (Oct 13, 2008)
Matias Chilano - Long Experience EP pt 2 (featuring remxes by Embliss, F-Project, Human8, ZB, LDA) (Sep 15, 2008)
Matias Chilano - Long Experience EP part 1 (Aug 25, 2008)
