Label: Bounce House Recordings
EP: How House EP
Artist: Grant Dell
Remixers: DK Watts, Easy Ryan, Hot Lipps Inc.
Catalog: BHEP53
Release Date: 29 September 2014
Grant Dell
With over 40 releases, you may know him as Uhuru Beats, Croydon Punks Ltd, Masonic Noodles, or the Chicago Transit Authority. Grants first release as Tribalation - EP1 on Loaded records got licensed to Strictly Rhythm; the rest is dance music history.
The son of a jazz musician, Grants teen years rebelled to the raw aesthetic of punk, but his tastes quickly warmed to the rolling basslines of dancehall and dub reggae. South London soundclashes cemented his love of gritty low-slung frequencies. And then acid house. Down Clink Street, deep underground to Heart and Soul and onto to countless warehouse parties, Grant took his innate appreciation of dancefloor dynamics behind the decks.
Grants shared love of the best of Chicago house and Detroit techno started morphing into a sound in the early days that could only be detected in the mix. Hes now widely regarded as a Tech-House pioneer, but his influences span a far broader spectrum Early disco to post punk - Barrington Levy to Basic Channel with a splash of soul and that inimitable swing.
In 1996, after securing a one-year residency at the Underground Cafe in Sydney, Australia, and a one-year residency at the Red Zone in Auckland New Zealand, Grant embarked on the first ever tech-house world tour alongside fellow pioneers Terry Francis, Mr. C and Colin Dale.
In 2001 Tribalation were voted DJ Magazines Best Newcomers. A succession of solo releases followed on key US labels; Tango, Plastic City, Detour, Nightshift, Big Chief, Stupendous, Headtunes, Worship, Leaf and Utensil Recordings and Visitor. Grant was soon spending most of his time stateside collaborating with the likes of Tony Hewitt, Jay Tripwire, Tyler Stadius and Adam Collins.
With his tracks finding their way onto mix compilations by Fabric, Renaissance, Tyrant , Nu Breed Global Underground ,Turbo Recordings, La Terrazza and DC-10 in Ibiza, Grant was soon spinning his wares everywhere from Canada to Costa Rica and Brazil to Buenos Aires. In the UK, his remixes for Hooj Choons and releases on Bosh, Tag, Evasive and Rescue Recordings have extended and enhanced his reputation. We at Bounce House Recordings are extremely happy to have him as part of the family.
For remix work, we enlisted Toronto, Canadas Hot Lipps Inc., to remix Grants How House track. The duo have been creating quite a stir the past few years with original work on their own label (Hot Lipps Records). Rounding things out, Bounce House label-owner DK Watts takes a crack at Grant Dells A Nu Africa, while Amsterdammer Easy Ryan also remixes How House.
Bounce House Recordings is consistently featured and reviewed by many industry magazines and journalists. The label prides itself on being eclectic, but also holding true to its founding ingredients funk, tech and soul.
Please do not share these tracks! That just wouldn't be cool!
Please email any press articles to: dkwatts@bouncehouserecordings.com
Tracks mastered at the Bounce House Studios in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EP: How House EP
Artist: Grant Dell
Remixers: DK Watts, Easy Ryan, Hot Lipps Inc.
Catalog: BHEP53
Release Date: 29 September 2014
Grant Dell
With over 40 releases, you may know him as Uhuru Beats, Croydon Punks Ltd, Masonic Noodles, or the Chicago Transit Authority. Grants first release as Tribalation - EP1 on Loaded records got licensed to Strictly Rhythm; the rest is dance music history.
The son of a jazz musician, Grants teen years rebelled to the raw aesthetic of punk, but his tastes quickly warmed to the rolling basslines of dancehall and dub reggae. South London soundclashes cemented his love of gritty low-slung frequencies. And then acid house. Down Clink Street, deep underground to Heart and Soul and onto to countless warehouse parties, Grant took his innate appreciation of dancefloor dynamics behind the decks.
Grants shared love of the best of Chicago house and Detroit techno started morphing into a sound in the early days that could only be detected in the mix. Hes now widely regarded as a Tech-House pioneer, but his influences span a far broader spectrum Early disco to post punk - Barrington Levy to Basic Channel with a splash of soul and that inimitable swing.
In 1996, after securing a one-year residency at the Underground Cafe in Sydney, Australia, and a one-year residency at the Red Zone in Auckland New Zealand, Grant embarked on the first ever tech-house world tour alongside fellow pioneers Terry Francis, Mr. C and Colin Dale.
In 2001 Tribalation were voted DJ Magazines Best Newcomers. A succession of solo releases followed on key US labels; Tango, Plastic City, Detour, Nightshift, Big Chief, Stupendous, Headtunes, Worship, Leaf and Utensil Recordings and Visitor. Grant was soon spending most of his time stateside collaborating with the likes of Tony Hewitt, Jay Tripwire, Tyler Stadius and Adam Collins.
With his tracks finding their way onto mix compilations by Fabric, Renaissance, Tyrant , Nu Breed Global Underground ,Turbo Recordings, La Terrazza and DC-10 in Ibiza, Grant was soon spinning his wares everywhere from Canada to Costa Rica and Brazil to Buenos Aires. In the UK, his remixes for Hooj Choons and releases on Bosh, Tag, Evasive and Rescue Recordings have extended and enhanced his reputation. We at Bounce House Recordings are extremely happy to have him as part of the family.
For remix work, we enlisted Toronto, Canadas Hot Lipps Inc., to remix Grants How House track. The duo have been creating quite a stir the past few years with original work on their own label (Hot Lipps Records). Rounding things out, Bounce House label-owner DK Watts takes a crack at Grant Dells A Nu Africa, while Amsterdammer Easy Ryan also remixes How House.
Bounce House Recordings is consistently featured and reviewed by many industry magazines and journalists. The label prides itself on being eclectic, but also holding true to its founding ingredients funk, tech and soul.
Please do not share these tracks! That just wouldn't be cool!
Please email any press articles to: dkwatts@bouncehouserecordings.com
Tracks mastered at the Bounce House Studios in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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