when hartmood sent us his stuff in the late eighties we were like >oh my gosh its far too early for that kind of next gen shit!< we asked him if he was in a hurry. he said >do what ever you like!< more then two decades later we thought it was time to release his shit. and so we did. we asked boris bunnik and dcnt to do a remix and in the end we even had some more next gen shit!

*bastard child of house* is a tribute to chicagos most famous record store. inspired by a video about some native chicago guys working at the store, peter schumann and kareem decided to set words to a tune and create their own version of the story. they asked their buddy dcnt if he could add his interpretation too. and so it happened that words became sound and sound inspired more sound and as we speak everything turns into words again. with both versions the tooliness is very obvious, while the original is organic and warm in terms of tone and sound design, the dcnt version has a more technoish feel and relies heavily on its edgy and straightforward character.

we are proud to introduce a new member to the platte family. its dcnt aka franklin de costa. the producer who is also an excellent dj, has been making music with his collection of analogue equipment for more than a decade. with his steady output on labels like trapez, curle, greta cottage workshop, resolute and mule he has established himself as one of germanys top addresses in terms of deep and soulful electronic music and has managed to create his own unique sound signature.