after serving up a vigorous taste of his garage-house approach on the highly successful music is love va earlier in the year, jackmaster k is the latest artist from the mil roster to continue the imprints in-house premise. with each ep the label release, they give us something different amid the infectious house theyre building a reputation for. on mil006 the birmingham-based producer adds to the labels progressing status, with an ep that comes complete with two heavy-weight remixes from liam geddes and new jack city.

i want them to hate me for putting this out- says jackmaster hater, referring to tracks once possessed by a mere handful of chicago house djs. these recordings, traded secretly on tape, were exclusive to the likes of ron hardy and frankie knuckles. here is the new compilation by jerome derradji with kevin starke, aka the infamous jackmaster hater and owner of kstarke records in chicago. &#8232,,,,it is one of the sickest slice of chicago house music ever released. this compilation features ultra rare and lost chicago classics paired with a nice selection of newer tracks produced by jackmaster hater and his friends, all nicely laid out on a dcd and 2 dlps. the dlps come with a killer poster and the dcd features a booklet about kstarke records and kevin starke and a few more surprises. it includes rare tracks by ron hardy, james -jack rabbit- martin, terrence woodard, traxmen and many more. this is the real sound of chicago.

a hugely promising first release from new jack city helped established music is love as a label synonymous with deep, underground house music.

6 unreleased lost house tracks from the jackin era. anonymous tracks from an old white label that was never officially released.

ministry of sound presents the origins of house on double vinyl.

classic chicago house titles, now released with updated 2011 versions