Artist: Boo Williams Title: Home Town Chicago Label: Anotherday Records, UK. Format: CD/LP Release: 21.11.11

Chicago, amongst many other things, was the birthplace of house music. Beginning in the early 80's as rough edits of disco tunes and primitive drum tracks, spun in dank city clubs by the likes of Ron Hardy, Frankie Knuckles, Lil' Louis, Farley Jackmaster Funk, and Jesse Saunders, the incessant throb of house music soon started to spread around the world.

With initial hits from Farley in the mid 80's, the world fell in love with house; rehashing it, recycling it and eventually watering it down into increasingly commercial forms. Attention on house music's birthplace quickly disappeared, leaving the city full of kids brought up on the early rawer sound of house. A second wave of DJ's began to emerge pushing a darker, more rhythmical strain of house that was currently being heard in Europe. DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter, Gemini, Cajmere, Glenn Underground, Roy Davis Jr, Paul Johnson, and countless others began releasing their unhinged take on the house sound. They began to spread their message in basements all across the world but were still largely ignored by the now gargantuan house music audiences worldwide.

Debuting on Curtis Jones' Relief Records - the tougher sub label of his Cajual label - Boo Williams dropped his A New Beginning EP in 1994 and quickly established his own signature sound. Even more ferocious releases for Relief followed, as did a 12-inch for renowned Dutch techno imprint Djax. In 1996, Relief offered Boo an album release, for which he delivered Home Town Chicago, Boo's electronic love letter to house music. While still driving and heading straight for the dancefloor, Home Town Chicago showed a softer side to his sound, and the perfect place to start Anotherday - a new label dedicated to plucking forgotten classics from the sometimes murky depths of musical history.

Tracklisting:

01. Home Town Chicago 02. Devil Muzic 03. Make Some Noise 04. Snare Tappin 05. Lazy Mood 06. Old School Flavor 07. Smokin' Acid 08. Evil Ways

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