Robert Aaron - Sax In The Middle Of The Night (Whips In A Hall Dub)

Twisted 1995 New York deep house from multi-instrumentalist Robert Aaron now up online. 

I first came across Aaron's work through Eight Ball classic Sax In The Ozone. After taking a look at his discography I quickly realised the Canadian was a prolific session musician, featuring on big time records from David Bowie, the B-52s and Blondie, scores of strange Compas records and even some highly sought-after improvisational jazz.

Along with this incredibly broad catalogue, Aaron also had a number of house releases on classic New York labels, like this one from Kult Records. The a-side has some classic house showing off Aaron's skills on the saxophone and Eleanor Mills on vocals, but this b-side remix really interested me.

DJ Henry Hall and Kenny Macon, regular Kult collaborators, twist the classic house sound into something tribal and strange. There's off-kilter bongoes, tiny vocal stabs and later some beautiful chords.

Ironically this mix has no saxophone at all. It's a testament to the experimentation and some of the unique interpretations of house music that can be hiding on dusty US 12s from the 90s.  

Check out the record on Discogs here.

The Carter Bros - The Breakout

Unearthed acid house makes it's way to the internet via Adelaide label Bark Bang Records.

You'd be forgiven for thinking this the work of someone like Mike Dunn or Paul Johnson, with some classic drum machine programming and sexy vocal chops, but it actually comes from the minds of Adelaide's Tim and Gavin Carter.

As The Carter Bros, they put out releases on a number of varied labels, including cult imprint Melbourne Deepcast, Monty Luke's Black Catalogue and Amsterdam superpower Rush Hour Records. 

Their 2009 album Metropolitan, originally released on Cuckoo Music, the label of now closed Cuckoo Bar in Adelaide, was picked up and pressed on vinyl by UK label Tsuba. 

This release from 2007 however, never seems to have received as much recognition. I found a copy in the back of a bin on the floor of Rathdowne Records, and was taken by the fact that Adelaide was the biggest piece of text on the label. 

Clearly Bark Bang had a lot of pride in the city and the music scene in South Australia. A now defunct Wordpress site advertises tees that were available, gig photos and downloads all now lost to the internet abyss. One commenter on the website boasts: "now when i carry the torch for SA I can give those ignorant toy music chumps a point of reference."

This torch might have been lost for a little while, but hopefully now can help shine a light on a period of South Australian house music after the likes of DJ HMC and Juice Records. Feel very lucky to have it up on the channel. 

Check out the record on Discogs here.