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.
01. A Bit Less This Time
02. A Bit Less This Time - Ben Brown Remix
03. A Bit Less This Time - Python Remix
04. A Bit Less This Time - StereoK Remix
05. Into The Forest At Night - Part 1
06. Into The Forest At Night - Part 2
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DJ Reactions:
"Pretty nice release" - 4.0 / 5
Kahraman (Turkey) (Balkan Connection , Stereo Fx Digital , Underground Lessons Greece , Liquid Grooves , Purple Cat Dig)
"I've been unconsciously spinning Derek Howell original mixes every week the past couple months, this will keep that going all of January, dig the Python mix too. " - 4.0 / 5
"Sweet as sounds and nice and upbeat. just right" - 4.5 / 5
Matt Dahl (UK) (Harderfaster.net, PRS for Music, Ministry of Sound, mixxed, Heat, GoodFullas)
"derek howell is proving us once again that he is a serious producer here. and with quality remixes like that i can only say that this is a great release!" - 4.5 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
"Ben Brown and Python mix FTW.. " - 4.0 / 5
Coonal (India) (http://www.myspace.com/djcoonal)
"Nice melodic prog tune with some good remixes. Like the original and ben brown rmx best. Into the forest at night is also an interesting piece as well, very original." - 4.0 / 5
"The original is a progressive stomper that delivers a diverse choice of sounds; Dark basslines, funky guitars, Warped sounds and classical sounding melodies. Packaged along with nice remixes.
Into the Forest AT Night (Part 1) is interesting and wonderfully weird. Very cool and different track." - 4.0 / 5
Ed Flow (Spain) ( Unsual Sounds, Black Mamba Records, La cupula Music, Soultrade Records, Total Wipes Productions )
"the orginal of a bit less time is awesome as are the ben brown and python mixes. wicked" - 4.5 / 5
Steve Marx (UK) (reticent radio, reticent recordings, only records, MOS)
"Great single!
will be playing this tracks a lot.
" - 4.5 / 5
The Painkillers (Mexico) (BIT Records Mexico / Kansak / Xela Digital / Jetlag Digital / Indalo Records)
"lovely stuff from Ben Brown & Python, Into the Forest @ Night Part2 is a cool uplifting piece!" - 4.0 / 5
Sasha Le Monnier [ C.O.U. Muzik ] (UK) (BeatAgency,Source Of Gravity,Proton Radio,Danceradioglobal,DI.FM,ensonic.fm,Contagious Rhythm)