chicago producer savile returns to his home base, argot, for his second release of 2016 -- share power. here, savile skirts the bleeding edge of american dance music, proving without a doubt that he s mastered his own minimal sound. lean, hypnotic, and syncopated. share power is an ode to collaboration, kindness, and making space, distilled through his vision for midwestern house and techno.
share power is dedicated to two parties savile played in ohio during 2015 -- in training in cleveland and midwest fresh in columbus. on -three hours in the meat sink,- savile wrests maximum impact from the barest elements — a sparse, moaning bassline is the track s backbone, upon which rippling synth, hypnotic hi-hats, and a carefully placed call to arms roll out in stride.
flip the record over for -effort won t betray you,- where explosive chord stabs fill a sharp, syncopated skeleton of percussion — that s all there is, and that s all there needs to be.

a study in simplicity and its power on the dancefloor. 4 diverse, american-inspired tracks ranging from a 130bpm wonky techno scorcher to a love letter penned to classic chicago house

northside ‘82 is proud to welcome smart bar resident savile to the label for our second release. entitled suffer play, this three track ep imagines an alternate reality where minimal house takes an extended detour through chicago, strapping on the city’s famous jacking percussion for a more robust but equally razor sharp sound. “spaced” opens the record with a jolt of jacking house, pairing a limber bass line with tense percussion and pinpoint vocal samples. “1pm morning” is inviting and warm, a richly crafted environment lit by by resonating bass, wallpapered with sharpened guitar strums, and decorated with jangling percussion and clavinet accents. closer, “recipes from nowhere”, is the dreamiest of them all, letting melodies bubble around the track’s bass line backbone and swaddling listeners in melancholic pads. altogether an exceptional record from one of the city’s brightest young.

olin returns to argot with fellow smart bar resident savile in tow. vinyl only original mix + dubbed out floor-filler & suffocating bass, massive kicks, and relentless drum programming, on the remixes.

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neue solo-12 inch von nils penner, eine hälfte von penner & muder und betreiber des wazi wazi labels, samt remix von savile aus chicago (ninja tune, fools gold).

vinyl-only ep with tracks taken from debut album, discovery in the atomic garden - previously releasing as community corporation on argot and crisis urbana recordings. like changing the channel, changes in one’s life can suddenly bring about a new perspective. after moving from detroit to seattle, producer taylor hawkins suddenly found himself on flora fm. previously recording as community corporation, this fresh beginning in emerald city brought new sounds into hawkins’ repertoire. where he was once surrounded by cheap boogie and disco records in detroit, seattle’s used bins were full of uk imports, early 90s ambient techno records and the idm that followed. these new influences injected judicious breakbeats and top notch electro sensibilities into his already adventurous midwest techno aesthetic. it’s as if his music has come alive, each song a new sound world abuzz with fluttering synths, nimble percussion, and soaring melodies. recorded as single live takes using an mpc to control his drum machines and synthesizers, the flora fm music flowed quickly from hawkins and needed only gentle edits. the eight tracks on his digital debut album, discovery in the atomic garden, document his experience finding his way in seattle and in life, all through the lens of a fantastic and somehow futuristic musical viewpoint. the vinyl-only ep atomic garden includes four of the album’s most danceable tracks, all wrapped in gorgeous artwork by patrick savile

piano-house bomb alert! the mysterious joe cleen joins the jazz cabbage troops with care while it lasts, a compact, euphoric & funky dancefloor tune, ygt adds their jazzy touch on the a2, while on the flipside pink is for all the madvillain fans that wished they could infuse that vibe into their set. finally strip steve endorses the larry levan / todd terry role to shine a new summer / hands in the air / garden house light to pink. overall a colourful and dancefloor oriented release! support from: the black madonna, deetron, honey dijon, savile, gene farris, kyodai, danny tenaglia, garrett david, joris voorn, catz n dogz, totally enormous extinct dinosaur, tiefschwarz, tensnake, michael serafini, cottam, mark archer, luke solomon & dam swindle

to celebrate argot s fifth year of releases, we re launching a series of compilations boldly entitled american dance music. argot s first ever various artists compilation continues its mission of showcasing homegrown talents, assembling a cast of familiar faces and welcome compatriots for the inaugural edition. american dance music vol. 1 features the long anticipated return of the black madonna, who debuts her new collaborative project with rupert murray, throwing shapes. you ll recognize argot stalwarts savile, olin, todd osborn, maxine & cleo, and hippie priest on the tracklist. we ve also invited friends noncompliant and alex falk to the fold. with future volumes we aspire to look even further afield and cast the spotlight on many diverse talents who make up american dance music. much of american dance music vol 1. is aimed squarely at the dance floor, whether it s todd osborn s smooth and playful romp, 80s are here (part 2), or noncompliant s acid tweaked ode to girls everywhere, femslash. throwing shapes comes bursting from the gates with the raving stomp of heatstroke, channeling midwest raves as much as the thomas bangalter tunes inspired by them. savile offers the growling stepper, reality is a sound (share power mix), while alex falks vines provides an effervescent vocal moment. olin and maxine & cleo double down on hypnotic motifs: the former s 2d rhythm whips snare riffs off the walls of a late night jam, the latters imagine yrself catches dancers in a lockstep house groove with stimulating vocals as its key. the compilation concludes on hippie priests dream machine, whose melancholic melodies and cinematic scale twiddle heartstrings with a deft hand.

time to welcome chrissy, a chicagoan dj, producer, edit-maker, blogger, sometime dance music historian and documenter and general hard-working mother f..ker (according to stool pigeon). the smart bar resident has had a string of top drawer releases on house labels such as classic, tugboat edits, razor n tape and hypercolour, not to mention his own brilliant nite owl diner label which he runs with alex burkat. chuck in releases for planet mu and running the juke/footwork label loose squares and you start to get the picture. this guy is a genre-bender extraordinaire and clearly a tireless and highly creative individual so were very proud to have him join us hear for his freerange debut

nite owl co-founder alex burkat, rising young chicago producers olin (argot, smartbar, discovery) & savile (argot, smartbar, plus a couple of new faces deliver deep house delites for those lovers of greasy late-nite fare.

this is the third release brought to you by leipzigs vinyl imprint o*rs. 1700 features two exclusive tracks and two vinyl re-issues. 1700 is limited to 300 copies and comes on hand numbered transparent orange vinyl.

grievous angel steps back up to the plate, fresh from smashing the summer with his loser and move down low versions. ripe sense of timing as well - revisiting the seminal grime rydim ice rink from 2003 for rhythmic guidance looks as dapper as savile row on rascal right now.the originals cold, arhythmic arcade game derived brutalism is reborn for the late 09 in 2 sensual and smart funky compatible versions.

automatic is a pumping house groover with a robotic spoken word chorus & keys from longtime pal roman andren. the other 2 cuts are exclusive to this 12inch: saville row (version for dirk) is a feel good ibiza friendly dance track perfect for driving in you car and the brand new ghetto bump.

4 steaming bootlegs by jimmy savile and babra streisand quality 1st gooch release will be huge with all the usual house suspects not to be missed