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.
"nice remix by Derek Howell, will play!thx" - 3.5 / 5
Chris Drifter (Hungary) (SoundTribe Rekords, Plastic Fantastic, Existence, Pure.Fm, Danceradio.Gr)
"Good grooves, cool vocal treatment" - 4.0 / 5
Mike Hiratzka (USA) (Lost Angeles Recordings)
"i like Derek Howell Remix" - 3.0 / 5
Electrobios (Argentina) (Anjuna Deep, Extrema, Add2basket, Baroque, Di, Deep Records)
"Nice vocal and melody, very good release!" - 4.0 / 5
Igor Antic (Serbia) (Dynamic Youth, www.danceradio.gr)
"impeccable release! great production quality! the vocals on the original creates a feel that combined with the energy of the track is leading you straight up to crazyness!" - 5.0 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
"The two remixes were too busy, a bit mixed up. The original dub is ok, but neither original track seems very inspired." - 2.5 / 5
"Would definitely have to go with the Derek Howell remix. Really good pumping energy and feel to this one. Would light up any dancefloor." - 3.5 / 5
Darin Epsilon (USA) (Perfecto, Lost Angeles, Monday Night Social @ Nacional, DI.fm, Proton, Curvve, Deep Records)
"Derek, remix promisses to ROCK the place out. a little caotic but realy a nice track." - 3.5 / 5
KyneticS (Manuel) (Italy) (DanceRadio.gr - Rosa Dei Venti Club - Monumento - Il Clan- DanceFestival first edition- Kikì (Paris)
"derek howell remix has some huevos, and the vocal is cool, but the rest seems very watered down" - 3.0 / 5
Ira Heinichen (USA) (friskyRecords, friskyRadio)
"Original Dub and Derek Howell mixes are my fav here, prefer the dub as it has less vocal, and the Derek Howell, turns this into a techy peak time track!" - 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 One " - 4.0 / 5
Miss Nine (Netherlands) (Turn On..., Vonyc Sessions, 925 Digital, Armada, Yoshitoshi, Harem)
"dub is good but im not too into this one" - 2.5 / 5