Housey Doingz – A Sillybration I

The tireless work of the Sushitech label has been keeping us in prime tech house for decades now. Next up for the Berlin-based crew is a very welcome repress of their Housey Doingz compilation, which is a gold standard when it comes to golden era sounds. These tunes here were all recorded at Strange Weather Studios in South London and represent the very best of that niche scene and figureheads of it, including Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Justin Bailey. The first of this two-parter marries turbocharged low ends with crisp metallic percussion and plenty of grainy dub techno chords. The swagger and swing of '4th Piano' is a brilliant jam, 'Curly Wurly' has a darker heart and 'Lonely Tribe' brings so nice deep acid. Unmissable.