The company was started in 2006 by Bill Thomason, a DJ/Producer living in the Denver area. Bill has also recently landed an endorsement by Sabian Cymbals as he is also the drummer for Ten Cent Redemption. A Regional act based out of Denver.
So far the releases have ranged from Progressive house to breaks to tech-house to electro-house. From the start, the releases on Polytechnic have been gathering attention from a wide range of DJs such as:
Sasha, Jody Wisternoff, James Zabiela, Fred Numf, Shiloh, Benz & MD, Trafik, Royal Sapien, Stefan Anion, James Warren, DjKiRA, Darin Epsilon, Kennedy, Andrew-S, DJ Samer, Thomas Penton, Deepsky (Jason Blum), DJ Taucher, Sultan, Grid System, Sandra Collins, DJ R-Man, Matt Rickard (Standby), DJ Hano, Ariel Cybana, Monty Q, Denny Tsettos, Spesh, DJ Mindaugelis, J e l o, Jon Sinclair, Andrew Campbell and many, many more.
"Outrageous Contagious is the best track on this release, Geriatric Moxie is next, would play both off these but dont like Iiawr, its to electro/rock for me" - 3.5 / 5
Peter McGill (N. Ireland) (House Sessions, Freaks Culture Records, Monu Digital, Twister Tunes, Forza Records, 1mix radio)
"love this one" - 4.0 / 5
Djclubbersdream (USA) (Atlanta After Hours Shows...South Florida mix radio shows...Indianapolis DJ ....2 saint louis radio)
"Derek is back!!" - 4.5 / 5
Jordi Riera (Mexico) (underCluub! - Balance Record Pool)
"outrage is funky dirty grindy. great bass in there. " - 3.5 / 5
Chris Drifter (Hungary) (SoundTribe Rekords, Plastic Fantastic, Existence, Pure.Fm, Danceradio.Gr)
"mr. howell did once again bring us a quality release! "IIAWR" has a particularly strong feel!" - 4.5 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
"Every last release from Derek have been terrific this one is no exception" - 4.5 / 5
KyneticS (Manuel) (Italy) (DanceRadio.gr - Rosa Dei Venti Club - Monumento - Il Clan- DanceFestival first edition- Kikė (Paris)
"Outragious Contagious...it certainly just that, gonna warp a few heads on a loud system for sure..LOL! Geriactric Moxie, love the name, track is nuts!..ha ha....some twisted and very different sounds from Derek here!" - 3.5 / 5
Sasha Le Monnier [ C.O.U. Muzik ] (UK) (BeatAgency,Source Of Gravity,Proton Radio,Danceradioglobal,DI.FM,ensonic.fm,Contagious Rhythm)
"nice ep - interesting release" - 4.0 / 5
Andy Newland (UK) (bedrock, ministry of sound, twisted audio, renaissance, baroque, bellarine)
"IIAWR is the one for me. Nice tune, perfect for peaktime. " - 3.0 / 5
Xaric (France) (Sense FM / Pure Fm / Jenny Fm / Stripped Rec / Atlant Digital)
"Nice tunes, some original progressive tracks with elements of different genres that makes it stand it. Will support!" - 4.5 / 5
Jehr (USA) (Tribal Vision Records)
DjKiRA & James Warren - Trinity (featuring remixes by Royal Sapien, Benz & MD) (Jan 13, 2009)
Derek Howell - Outrageous Contagious EP (Jan 13, 2009)
Samy Fresh - Late Morning (Jan 13, 2009)
Samy Fresh - Summer (featuring remixes by Yura Popov, Overcast, Python) (Jan 06, 2009)
Derek Howell - Hot Summer Night (featuring remixes by Federico Giust, Samy Fresh, Mike Hiratzka) (Jan 06, 2009)
Jaap Ligthart - Alive Cat (featuring remixes by Humkey, Samy Fresh, Yura Popov) (Jan 06, 2009)
Samy Fresh - Couscous Royal LP (Jan 06, 2009)
Samy Fresh - Couscous Royal LP (MIXED) (Jan 06, 2009)
