WAREHOUSE VOL. 1

A1. Abfahrt A2. Strobelight A3. Volume Up B1. Textura B2. R8000 B3. Shifter Enshanté! The long overdue comeback of Shan on Running Back won™t disappoint fans new and old. Correctly captioned ‚Warehouse Vol. 1š, the EP with six tracks isn™t a tribute to the Chicago™s legendary club of the same name (with all respect due and even if that™s almost impossible). Shan™s sixth release for his home town label is rather a nod to all the nameless industrial spaces and places that played and still play a role as shelters and fertile soil for raw and ruff dance music. More a feeling and a sound aesthetic than a concrete set of rules, you will find ingredients as diverse as breakbeats, rave signals, Italo bass lines, Virgo-esque piano notes (Shifter) and uptempo grooves that all seem to be lifted from an overdriven early nineties mixtape by an unknown DJ: before, during and after the rave. Especially Abfahrt (German slang for rave) deserves special attention for connoisseurs of proto-jungle Rage house with big stabs and a Reese bass to die for. Works like a charm at any tempo and almost any peak time. Excuse the pun, but please: Join in the Shant!