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.
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