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. Andy Newland & Oscitone - Babalou Twist
02. Chris Gray – Sliding Circles
03. DFC – Limelight
04. DJ Dalysovich – Perfect Soul
05. JvC – Karmatic
06. Mars Needs Lovers – Glenkinchie
07. Paul Kieran – Static Drop
08. Phrakture - Systate Mechanism
09. Retroid – Breath Me Slowly
10. Roby Deep – Numb
11. Simon Firth – 14 Days
12. The Pushers ft. Manik – Twisted Logic
13. Tragic Life Stories – Popular Front Disco
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DJ Reactions:
"not for me" - 0.5 / 5
SOUTHMEN (Brazil) (Yoshitoshi Recordings)
"like the classic progressive deep drive in Sliding Circles, Karmatic is very cool, nice melodies from Phrakture, Numb- cool tech, Popular Front Disco - great deep vibe" - 3.5 / 5
Kris B (USA) (Nightshade Music (Owner/A&R), Armada, Baroque, Global Underground, Ready Mix Records, DI.fm, ETN.fm)
"loads of cool stuff on here" - 4.0 / 5
Steve Marx (UK) (reticent radio, reticent recordings, only records, MOS)
"pretty diverse release . static drop and popular front disco are my top picks" - 3.0 / 5
Alistair Gillespie (Argentina) (Crobar Buenos Aires, Proton Radio / Elefant (A & R))
"good package" - 3.5 / 5
Miss Nine (Netherlands) (Turn On..., Vonyc Sessions, 925 Digital, Armada, Yoshitoshi, Harem)
"Very good collection of different producers and good selection!" - 4.0 / 5
Dj Yura (Russia) (Megapolis FM 89.5 (Moscow,Russia))
"loads to choose from here, stand outs for me are andy newland/oscitone-bablou twist, paul keiran-static drop and retroid's-breath me slowly, and roby deep-numb" - 4.0 / 5
Steve Graham (USA) (365Mag, Proton Radio, Mcast, Tampahousemusic.com, DJsInbox.com)
"Perfect soul :)" - 5.0 / 5
Peter McGill (N. Ireland) (House Sessions, Freaks Culture Records, Monu Digital, Twister Tunes, Forza Records, 1mix radio)
"Lovely synth!!" - 4.5 / 5
2Dirty (Netherlands) (Mostiko, CNR, USOB, Belgian House Maffia)
"Good sampler. Tracks by Chris Gray, Mars Needs Lovers and Retroid is cool! Will support." - 4.0 / 5
"a pure demonstration of the high quality polytechnic recordings is up to. i love all tracks!" - 4.5 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
"Different sounds .... Nice " - 3.0 / 5
Coonal (India) (http://www.myspace.com/djcoonal)
"An excellent album sampler from Polytechnic filled with 13 top progressive tracks fo the likes of Paul Kieran, Tragic Life Stories, Chris Gray and Mars Needs Lovers." - 5.0 / 5
Ed Flow (Spain) ( Unsual Sounds, Black Mamba Records, La cupula Music, Soultrade Records, Total Wipes Productions )
"Simon Firth - 14 days is my pick of the bunch here, nice deep,yet uplifting floaty goodness! Also Tragic Life Stories warm up track is sweet for earlier moments" - 3.5 / 5
Sasha Le Monnier [ C.O.U. Muzik ] (UK) (BeatAgency,Source Of Gravity,Proton Radio,Danceradioglobal,DI.FM,ensonic.fm,Contagious Rhythm)
"cooool ep" - 4.5 / 5
Andy Newland (UK) (bedrock, ministry of sound, twisted audio, renaissance, baroque, bellarine)
"Phrakture and Chris Gray saves the day." - 3.5 / 5
NSL | No Sonic Limits (Denmark) (Jetlag Digital)
"The only two tunes that really caught my attention on here were the Retroid and Chris Gray tracks. Those tunes as a whole are quite good, but this as a package is really disappointing for me." - 2.5 / 5
