Flaze “5 Records for Feb”

For the second in our series of “5 records for”, we’ve enlisted Italian DJ and Producer Flaze. Having just released his “Pleasure EP” on Bare Bones Wax, we thought he would be the ideal candidate to showcase what’s currently in his record bag. https://youtu.be/tJSPjbfJp0I In the video the tracks are: Roman Debnar “Lightsdown” is taken from the “X LP” on …

Various Artists – 70024 Beats Roots Vol.1 (Ruff Stuff Music LTD)

Over the last seven years, Ruff Stuff Music LTD has been an outlet for classic-sounding underground Deep House, Garage and Techno. Previous releases have predominately been from the Italian born, Berlin based, DJ and producer Ruff Stuff himself.  Here for the seventh release, it’s more of a collaborative affair with four tracks from four separate artists; Flaze, Bress Underground, Toysin …

Bare Bones Waxcast 12 – Mundros

For Waxcast number 12 (at the bottom of the page) we welcome Wallop! resident Mundros to Bare Bones Wax.  Primarily honing his craft at many Leeds afterparties, Mundros has continued to keep the groove through residencies at Wallop!, Sunday Roast, TW_TS and Shhh_ift, while providing guest services for many other Leeds club nights.   Tracklist: In My House – Eva …

Bare Bones Waxcast 11 – Lil’ Mark

For Waxcast number 11 (Soundcloud player at the bottom of the page) we welcome a true Underground House legend to the blog, providing a truly bumping guest mix from the one and only Lil’ Mark. He was Introduced to the bigger picture by Bristol’s Rene and Bacus back in the early 90’s. Rearranged by Derrick Carter whilst living with him …

Strictly Underground’s 9th Birthday

To stay true to your roots in the music industry with what you believe in without compromise is a noble feat in this day and age. Social media pretends nights reach perfection, just to gain a few likes. Often, they will purvey a Champaign lifestyle when the reality is a lemonade budget gives nothing of the sort. However, sometimes a group of individuals stand up for …

BARE BONES WAXCAST 007 – Craig Hamilton

For Waxcast number 7 we welcome the Glasgow DJ / Producer Craig Hamilton.  Craig heads up the brand Flatpack Traxx, and label The Outer Circle.  Having played all over the world, his music represents deep underground house sounds, but he continues to pull influence from disco, funk, techno, jazz and soul.  We caught up with Craig to see what he’s …