Derek Carr

KNOE 5/3

For Those That Knoe

KNOE 5/3

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Repress 2020 - Derek Carr Is A Name Known By Few And Far Between, With Only A Handful Of Vinyl Releases In The Early 2000s, He Built A Worthy But Unfortunately Not Widely-spread Reputation For Putting Together Stunning Deep Techno. Originally Pressed In Finite Numbers, The Records Have Recently Found Themselves In Demand On Discogs, And Rightly So, Derek S Music Is In A Class Of Its Own. Having Been A Big Fan Since His Releases On Then Local (to Label Owner Ben) Leeds Label Geek Records, For Those That Knoe Has Dug Deep Into The Archives To Put Together A Sizeable Selection Of Derek S Back Catalogue, With Some Unreleased Gems Dotted Amongst The Classic Must-haves, Spread Across Three Eps Part Three In Derek S Starts With Cuba, Probably The Most Sought After Track In His Back Catalogue. It S Stunning Simplicity And Charming Summer Vibe Puts It Amongst Derek S Greatest Works And Understandably So. Red Then Slots Into The A2 Position Which Was Originally Released Under The Radar On A Headspace Compilation. As Warm As Cuba But With An Added Touch Of Melancholy. Truly Outstanding Deep House. Iceberg Takes Things Back More Into Techno Territory With A Funked Up Bass Line, Stepping Rhythms, Detroit Strings And Those Trademark Twinkly Leads. Finally Penthouse Apartment 3am A Lush Electro Breakbeat Track From The Very Hard To Find Trident Release, Rounds Off The Ep With Aplomb