joshua iz, the seminal deep house producer of iz & diz fame drops the debut release for dream in audio. the figure is an ode to his chicago roots but with a san francisco influence. b/w what u like a melodic deep house cut reminiscent of sf circa 1998. get this!

the 1st single off the album of the same name features chicagos diz on vocals and an amazing cast of remixers that include russ gabriel & his smooth deep version and jt donaldson doin his thing. heavy support from mark farina, alex from tokyo, doc martin, etc. bumpin house at its best!

2020 repress - the beautiful release from circulation released in 1996 on balance recordings is re-released by phil weeks & didier allyne (p&d) for your ears. after the massive success mood ii swing « move me » (pnd05) another underground story of the house music continue with joshua michaels (iz) and dwayne washington (diz) met in chicago almost thirteen years ago and have been friends ever since. they both had their nicknames before meeting each other, so it was a natural progression to start working together as iz and diz. when joshua moved to chicago in 1994, iz and diz began making music together, recording their first track at the legendary kms studios in detroit for the prescription records offshoot balance. now out of print, this was to be a first in a series of well received singles for a variety of respected labels including silver network, classic, seasons recordings, tweekin records..

a dead party mix for the lost souls of this world. tony boggs (aka joshua treble) is also known for his collaborations with mitchell akiyama as letters letters on type records and desormais on akiyamas own intr_version label. zero likes was recorded as tony s brother spent his last days in hospice, sampled life support machines and nurses whispers inter-splice hazy drones and jaded lo-fi beats. unfollow zooms in, giving us a dimly lit skeleton, dizzying motorik beats and paranoid textures undulate freely beneath the steady pulse.

limited edition, hand stamped white label 12 inch sampler from the it iz what it iz cd. 4 dope tracks: it iz what it iz feat diz, earthrise (moon mix), sentimental love (dub), sea of vapours. a mix of chicago house and deep techno. all newly released on vinyl. get this!

1999 classic release produced by san frandiscos iz (aka joshua/circulation) & chicagos dj diz this deep house anthem is a deep and soulful affair with dubby touches lovely live percussion and an hypnotic feel the satisfaction mix peps and steps things up a bit introducing a 303 bass a new female vox snippet sharper hi hats and a little more action in the mid range instrumentation for the last track the guys drop the tempo down and bring in some cheeky latin sounds and extra acid for an end of ep oddity that sounds like an acid disco track when cranked up to +8

repress of the original vinyl release on mff back in 2001. newly re-mastered for 2017, angies fucked and sure are sounding bigger and better. driving dubby deep house with freaky effects. this ep was undoubtedly one of mffs release highlights and c++ (aka joshua, circulation, j-boom, c++, free energy, stereo people, dubwise and as iz of iz & diz) needs no introduction having been making music for past 24 years and setting up vizual records with production partner diz. hes previously released tracks on label giants such as prescription, balance, clas-sic, junior boys own, om and guidance, working with the likes of derrick carter, chez damier and cajmere. four tet also chose to pay homage to this rarity by adding angies fucked to his highly revered fabric live 59 compilation, released in 2011. the track sits comfor-tably alongside burial, floating points, red rackem, ricardo villalobos and cari-bou, who all feature on the album too. make sure you play it lou

local talk is proud to present the first release on their sub-label 1nce again. this is where we bring back classic and forgotten house gems from back in the day with new mixes and reworks. for our first release we have gone back to 97 and a producer known and respected worldwide in the house music community with more than 200 production credits under his belt. joshua michaels aka joshua iz perhaps best known for his collabs with dwayne washington as iz & diz but has of course used many other pseudonyms over the years for releases on labels like prescription, balance, classic, junior boys own, om and guidance. the return was first released on heard, sub-label to tom middletons evolution / universal language productions ltd. using his moniker circulation. the track can easily be described as a mammoth house track, clocking in just over 12 minutes. its one of those pieces of music that�s stood the test of time and why iz has been a major force in electronic music for so many years. on the flip much hyped duo prommer & barck stripped it down from its original costume leaving not much left of the source material resulting in something that we best could describe as old school warehouse meets uk bass. its pretty raw and definitely a basement sureshot!

bananza music is back! after a two year break one of the usas most respected underground house labels is set to relaunch in february 2009 with new remixes of one of their biggest past records, trademarqs broken wagon. the remixes come courtesy of chicago legend derrick carter, bon johnson, marko militano and the bald & the beautiful. bananzas ethos has always been to develop new talents alongside the industrys greats, something in evidence on broken wagon remixes, with the likes of derrick carter sitting alongside the up and coming the bald & the beautiful. the vinyl will be released soon with digital following. future releases in 2009 are lined up from joshua iz (from iz & diz) and the production duo of jt donaldson & cpen.

phil weeks is a house music purist. whether djing or producing, the parisian with the huge personality delivers raw beats influenced in equal measure by classic chicago house and nu-school french flair, underpinned with a hip-hop attitude. his long running robsoul recordings also defines him as one of the most skilled label heads in underground house music