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When it’s late and the night gets that little bit smokier, the music seems to step up a notch and everyone looks like they’ve just been let in on a great secret, Chicago Damn’s ‘Different World’ might well be the record that’s playing. A sluggish, sweaty house groove, repeat piano line, dubbed out soulful samples and a sweet little shuffle and that’s all before the drop! After the ultra deep bass has you, you might as well give in and head for your favourite spot under the lights. This has all the things you need to make a bit of a difference to the night .

Different Worlds

Emerging back in 2010 under a cloud of enigma with a quite excellent debut 12" for Mark E's Merc imprint, Chicago Damn has kept a relatively low profile choosing not to embrace the 'superstar DJ' lifestyle a few of his contemporaries have after a taste of critical success. Instead the UK-based Gavin McClary has surfaced on labels like Wolf Music and Wurst intermittently as well as issuing music via his own Chicago Damn imprint (do seek out his Chris Duckenfield collab I Really Do Believe if you aren't aware of it) Across these releases, McClary has demonstrated a penchant for rough and ready oddball house music indebted to disco and it's an approach explored further here on his debut LP. The six-track Experiments Must Continue LP features overdriven, rowdy house cuts such as "Sleep Deprived" and "Acid Tool" alongside the more stripped back sounds of "Strawberries & Kream" and "Experiments" that will appeal to the techier minded house DJs out there.

Experiments Must Continue

With a starkly original sound, Chicago Damn returns on his own fledgling imprint to drop some delightfully spannered science, not least on "Circuit Breakers". Working around a rough techno template and feeding in loop after loop of strangeness on top of the groove is a devastatingly simple trick that works remarkably well in this instance. "Say Aaahh!" is a sweeter track with a more discernible melodic feel, but still the oddball samples prevail to inject some spice into the mix. "RAW" piles the rough drums and flowing arrangement on heavy with a fantastic, electro-flecked jam that holds back as much as it gives away.

The Filth

The latest EP from Chicagodamn affirming once again why he's at the very top of his game. 3 more unique, live take MPC jams that will destroy and delight in equal measure. From the dislocated Funk of Pleasurer, to the futuristic House sound of Temporary Transgression via the powerhouse slammer that is Let Your Body Rule All killer.

Bizarre Sex, Vol. 4

Chicago Damn continues to deliver equal doses of raw ,stripped out house with his latest record, 18 Levels. "Attjoh" opens with darkened laboratory sounds as bubbling test tubes begin to spill a shuffling beat, shaking pads and a Dopplereffekt-esque lead line. "Joh" continues the theme of tough and abstract house; the interesting composition and incorporation of sounds barely hold themselves together while mournful pads and a growling acid line loosely tie the whole track together. "Time Waits For No Man" reveals a warmer side, the gentle bass line and delicate textures making the track glow. The percussion hangs in mid-air while a zero gravity click denotes a lazy swing. Recommended.

The 18 Levels

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