Review: Mike Agent X Clark – In The House Club EP (Shadow Pressings)

If you were trendy 20 years ago, you'd beatin' down in the house club to names like Alton Miller, Theo Parrish, Norm Talley and Mike 'Agent X' Clark; and here is Mike doing it today 'In The House Club' on a new EP just out on Shadow Pressings.

By coincidence, I was chatting to this DJ is the car park before We Out Here festival this year and he was telling me how he and his mate had a club at the world famous Cavern and they booked headliners like Ron Trent (who was playing at WOH) and Theo Passish.  I thought I'd out-trump him as I'd met Mike 'Agent X Clark' in Bournemouth (apparently there was a connection with his management at the time) and yep, they'd had Norm Talley and Agent X too!

Already picked up by Marco Weibel (Darker Than Wax) on this Love Injection Takeover on Worldwide FM (see HERE) and if you were a fan of the Beatdown, you'll love this with it's life affirming spoken word rap of the joys of house from Detroitian Dr. Tinglefingers.

Three tracks plus a Jimpster remix (quite a bit different to his last appearance on YATM - see review HERE) and whilst you won't be disppointed with 'Get Up' and 'Fresh Air', it is the two versions of 'In The House Club' that's going to get the dancefloor going.

Big times in Detroit as the moment as there's 10 years of Rocksteady Disco (see review HERE) and the Tigers and Lions are winning!

Oh yeah, and it turns out there was a ground breaking club at the Cavern called T-funkshun with Scott McGill & Dan Bell - who knew - but, if further proof was needed, the EP is that proof that house is worldwide and still going strong: Detroit beatdown forever!

Artist: Mike Agent X Clark 
Title: In The House Club EP 

Release date: 4th October, 2024

Label : Shadow Pressings

Catalog Number: SHDW03

Format: Digital 

Review: Thakzin & Ray T – Don’t Let Me See (Jimpster Remixes) (Foliage)

It was only a matter of time before we got the Jimpster remix EP of Thakzin & Ray T – Don’t Let Me See (see review the original verions HERE).

I wasn't surprised when I saw that top UK producer Jimpster was first to the gig as it could have been any of Thakzin's big fan base like from old and new a like; &ME, Rampa, Adam Port, Dixon, Atjazz, Osunlade, Louie Vega, Pablo Fierro, Eric Kupper, David Morales, Laurent Garnier. 

But Jimpster is more than capable as he's kept the beautiful vocals and upped the bass throb so that the "totally mesmersing" is synthed up to the max with "love" (repeat).

The South African thumb piano shines on the instrumental version.

I don't know if I can let myself consider that this is better than the original version - I think the answer is get all versions; but don't let me see it.

Artist: Thakzin & Ray T 

Title: Don’t Let Me See (Jimpster Remixes) Vocal/Instrumental/Radio Edit

Release date: 2nd June, 2023 

Label: Foliage Records

Cat. No: FN091

Format: Bandcamp / Digital