Now we're not sure what "choons" and "jokes" combined will look like, but we hope it looks something like this.
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We've already filled you in on Daft Punk-collaborator Todd Edwards, UK producer Kidnap Kid, and London duo Gorgon City's musical guilty pleasures, and now they're back, along with a few other great artists, to give you a little insight into the life of an international touring DJ. When your job is to fly all over the world purveying choons, what are the suitcase essentials?
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On Hooj Choons, they released "Invisible", which reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. They also produced a cover version of Robert Miles' "Children". Additionally, Tilt also released their "Dark Science EP" on Hooj Choons. Tilt Have had success with seven UK chart hits to date.
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Upon its re-release on Hooj Choons, it reached #49 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000. In 2006, it was re-released on Lost Language.
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Their best-known tracks are "Greece 2000" (originally released in 1997 by Massive Drive Recordings, with more mainstream releases on ZYX Music and Hooj Choons) and "Sunset on Ibiza".
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The EP was released by Hooj Choons, a record label created by Matt Darey. The female vocal sample in "Gamemaster" (an edited arrangement from "Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library" by Barbara Marciniak) has been described as a Gaian verbalization. The track contains a sample of trance song Dreams by Quench (1993). They subsequently re-released "Gamemaster" as its own single on Hooj Choons, which featured a new version by Lost Tribe and many new remixes.
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It appears on Richard X's album Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 In 2007 Martin Rushent's newly resurrected Genetic Recordings label released a limited edition EP of the song containing the 'More of Mix' and 'Justus Köncke Vocal Mix Edit'. Concurrently Hooj Choons issued a remix of the song by DJ/producer Tommy Bisdee aka 'Kissy Sell Out'. Realising that the song had commercial selling power Hooj Choons then released a full commercial version on 21 January 2008.
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Andy Ling is a British trance artist and remixer. He became popular due to his "Fixation" single. This reached No. 55 in the UK Singles Chart in 2000, and was released on the Hooj Choons label.
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Bill Brewster is a British writer and disc jockey. Brewster co-wrote the book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life with Frank Broughton. The duo also launched and run Djhistory.com. In 2002, his mix album, Praxis, was released on Hooj Choons.
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As Man With No Name, Freeland was a popular choice for remixes. Initially remixing tracks for Perfecto labelmates Grace and BT, he went on to remix four singles for Hooj Choons, two for Juno Reactor and even remixed a track for the Human League.
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Lexicon Avenue is an electronic music group from Newcastle upon Tyne, consisting of Scott Bradford, Mark Armstrong, and Chris Scott. Their own Forensic record label began with the first Lexicon release, "Hear I Am", and with releases and remixes on Satoshi Tomiie's Saw Recordings, Hooj Choons, Renaissance Recordings, Yoshitoshi.
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Aside from Lexicon Avenue, Bradford and Scott partner each other on the New Phunk Theory, Little Green Men and Third Movement projects as well as recording with Satoshi Tomiie as Fishead. Scott also fronts the Echomen and Mooncat projects with Anton Fielding, and have released EPs on the Hooj Choons and The End Recordings labels.
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The Flash Brothers are a group of Israeli brothers who produce electronic music, mostly house or progressive trance,. The group consists of Ruven, Ilan, and Shmuel Flaishler. They have featured releases on labels such as Hooj Choons, Silver Planet, and Bedrock Records. They gained their first publicity in 1997 after they were signed to Agnosia Records.
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Graham left Tilt in 1999 to pursue a solo production career, but Tilt, now a duo, continued to release singles. Andy Moor then joined up with Park and Wilson. They released the album, Explorer, on a Hooj Choons subsidiary label, Lost Language. Shortly after the album release, Moor and Wilson left the band to pursue their own careers.
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Their track Spaceman has been released 3 times, Effective Records and Dance Opera, Benelux (twice). Miro have released 2 tracks on legendary UK label Hooj Choons, named "Paradise" and "By Your Side" both appearing on Global Underground compilations. Miro's Vocal 7-inch version of Greece 2000, Three Drives, peaked at No. 12 in the official UK Top 40 chart.
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Trancesetters is a Dutch electronic music duo of Gaston Steenkist and Alex Dijksterhuis. They are best known for their singles "Roaches" and "Synergy", released on Hooj Choons, both of which reached the UK Singles Chart. Their work has featured on numerous remix albums by DJs such as Carl Cox, Sasha & Digweed, and the Global Underground series.
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Before producing as "Camisra" in 1998, Tall Paul created his first white label album entitled "Love Rush" in 1992. Hooj Choons record label controller Red Jerry subsequently remixed the album. In 1998 Paul's Camisra entered the mainstream charts with the top-five hit "Let Me Show You". Minor hits followed as Camisra before Paul went on to work with other projects.
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In 1995, Simply Red sampled The Good Men's hit "Give It Up" for their UK #1 hit "Fairground". The Good Men were credited for the sample, and Mendes was also given credit as the performer of "Fanfarra", the original source of the Goodmen's track. The duo's work has been featured on many DJ mixes from Hooj Choons, Global Underground, and Ministry of Sound.
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He mixed his first compilation for Hooj Choons, Deeper Shades of Hooj 2 in just a single night. In 1999, Burridge cracked DJ Magazines prestigious annual Top 100 list for the first time, placing 33rd. That same year, Burridge also released his first solo mix album, Metropolis on Tide. While continuing to carve out a career of his own, Burridge's work with the Tyrant project blossomed.
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Jake Williams is a British electronic music producer and remixer, who currently records as Rex the Dog. Rex The Dog currently releases on Kompakt Records. As Rex The Dog, Williams is a proponent of DIY electronics and performs live with a self-built modular synthesiser. Williams first came to public attention as JX in 1994 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.
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Their debut artist album, Shine, was released on Manifesto Records. Shortly before the collapse of Hooj Choons, Lustral released "Broken" on the Hooj subsidiary Lost Language. "Broken" featured mixes from Way Out West, and the release included a reworking of "Everytime" by Yunus. Lustral has largely been dormant since then, aside from the issue of the remixed "Solace" on Lost Language in May 2005, featuring mixes from Vorontsov and Chocolate Uncle.
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Medway (real name Jesse Skeens) is an American DJ and record producer, who has released records on such record labels as Hooj Choons and Release Records. He has also had various tracks on many compilation albums in the Global Underground series. In April 2000, his "Fat Bastard (EP)" spent one week at #69 in the UK Singles Chart. In March 2001, his song, "Release", peaked at #67 in the same listing.
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Echomen is an electronic music production duo, which specialises in progressive house, consisting of Chris Scott and Anton Fielding. They are also known as Mooncat, Unarmed Forces and Time Design. They have released singles on labels such as Hooj Choons, Forensic Records and Saw Recordings. These singles have received much play from DJs and have been featured on compilations from Global Underground's Nubreed series as well James Zabiela's Sound in Motion.
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In 1999, Graham left Tilt to pursue a solo career. As Space Manoeuvres with Lea Kenny, he released the popular "Stage One" on Hooj Choons. Graham readopted his "Quivver" moniker to produce "One Last Time" and "She Does" on VC Recordings, a sublabel of Virgin Records. In 2001, he became a resident DJ at Twilo and released Transport 5, the fifth entry in the Tranceport series on Kinetic Records.
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In 1993, they met up with John Graham and formed Tilt. Engineered by Nic Britton at Bassroom/Midiroom Studios in Stoke-on- Trent, their first big hit single came in 1996 with "I Dream", released on Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records. Tilt released several other singles such as "My Spirit", "Places", and "Butterfly", as well as "Rendezvous", which they recorded with Paul van Dyk. Following this success, they were signed by Red Jerry's Hooj Choons label.
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"Rock the House", which sampled the vocals of Miami house artist Nicole, entered the Top 75 of the UK Singles Chart in 1991. Other notable The Source productions include 'Sanctuary of Love', released on Hooj Choons in 1993, and 'Clouds', a cover of the Chaka Khan track, sung by her sister Taka Boom, released on XL Recordings and which reached Number 38 in 1997. John has also released records as Lectrolux and under his own name.
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Peace Division is the production name for the tribal house duo Clive Henry and Justin Drake. Together, they have proven to be one of the most prolific UK tribal house producers starting with their first record in 1994. The duo have released EPs, remixes, and singles on Kickin Records, Eukahouse, Hooj Choons, Prolekult, Low Pressings, Junior, and NRK Sound Division among others. Peace Division have also produced remixes for a wide variety of music artists including Moby, Superchumbo and Yothu Yindi.
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Tapio Hakanen, better known by his stage name DJ Orkidea (predominantly shortened to Orkidea), is a Finnish electronic music artist. DJ Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia’s top DJs for over 10 years and has been voted twice ’Most Popular Nordic DJ’ in Swedish/Danish Megamind’s voting and elected five times as ’Best DJ’ in Finnish Club Awards. Orkidea has made remixes for big trance labels like Anjunabeats or Hooj Choons and for artists like Tiësto, Tilt, and Way Out West. DJ Orkidea was employed as a sound design manager at Nokia Corporation.
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In 1997, they appropriated Pfizer's trademark name Lustral under which they released the single "Everytime" on the Hooj Choons label. Featuring the vocals of Tracy Ackerman, "Everytime" proved to be a club hit, due to the balearic trance interpretation by Nalin & Kane, who had earlier in the year had enjoyed crossover success with "Beachball". "Everytime" failed to succeed commercially, peaking at #60 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1997, and peaked at number two for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, the following month. Some months later, Lustral released "Solace".
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Again featuring Tracy Ackerman, "Solace" garnered some interest but failed to materialise as a commercial release. "Solace" was remixed by Hooj Choons labelmate Medway, who released his remix as his own track on the 1999 EP The Elements EP. In November 1999, "Everytime" was reissued, this time achieving greater chart success. Featuring remixes from A Man Called Adam, Timo Maas, Mike Koglin and Way Out West to complement the 1997 original, "Everytime" peaked at #30 in the UK chart. The Lustral project was soon set aside, with The Space Brothers focusing on their other aliases such as Chakra.
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Timeless Preview – The History of the UK Hard House scene Another great presence in the hardbag scene was Red Jerry, former head of Hooj Choons. Other influential producers include Rollo Armstrong (later of the group Faithless) and Paul Masterson, the latter of whom diversified hardbag remixes to incorporate Hi-NRG elements. By early 1997 the Hardbag craze had died down, since then Hardbag created an influence on UK hard house and Electro house. Labels such as Tripoli Trax expounded this sound via releases such as "Bells Of Revolution" by Lemon 8 and "Raise Your Hands" by Knuckleheadz.
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Eve Gallagher first came to prominence in 1990 with the release of her debut single "Love Come Down". Released on Boy George's More Protein record label, it was a transatlantic club success featuring remixes from David Morales Her second single was "Love is a Master of Disguise", produced and mixed by DMC's Steve Anderson, of Brothers In Rhythm. A third release, "Heaven Has To Wait" ensued in early 1992, to be followed by "Change Your Mind". A remix of the latter track by Hooj Choons' in-house remix team Diss-Cuss proved to be an underground hit.
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Although he started out as a producer, Omid gradually moved into DJing, at the request of friends who asked him to play records at parties. He secured a regular spot playing the Elements club night run by Hooj Choons record label boss Red Jerry. In October 2001 Omid released The Witch/Which Equation under the alias of the Sixteen Million Dollar Man. Inspired by Prince initially releasing his Planet Earth album as a covermount with a British newspaper, Omid released his third studio album Like 3 Ears and 1 Eye (Part 1) in a similar manner as a covermount with the November 2007 issue of DJ Mag.
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Lee Burridge (born November 1968) is a British DJ, producer, and record label owner, who helped launch the underground club scene in Hong Kong during the early 1990s, and today plays at nightclubs across the world. Renowned for his storytelling musical style in his DJ sets as well as for his energy and enthusiasm in the DJ booth, his style encompasses the deeper and groovier end of house and techno. Equally suited to night time as they are for sunrise or sunset events. Burridge was a member of England's Tyrant Soundsystem (along with DJs Craig Richards and Sasha) and has mixed albums for labels such as Balance, Fabric, Global Underground and Hooj Choons.
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For this new edition, they drew inspiration from experiences where nightclubs would close at around 8 am, and clubbers would, after a somewhat frustrating journey home, finally return home "with a group of friends in tow" and "make the most out of the next few hours", an experience that they compared to fine art, where people would perform chill out activities. Peter Owt, one of the producers of the Euphoria series, explained: The chill-out edition was conceived to achieve such results, allowing for a "full chill out experience". The producers approached Hooj Choons co-founder Red Jerry, who had already mixed the 'Deeper' Euphoria edition, to compile and mix the new edition, which was named Chilled Euphoria for its tranquil concept. Jerry fit the compiling and mixing of the album into his schedule "in between walking the dog", and is thanked by Owt for this in the booklet.
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