House Nation

Clone deserve a big pat on the back because they plan to reissue Mike Dunn’s ‘So Let It Be House’ on their Classic Cuts sublabel. Someone must have a lot of time on their hands and copious amounts of patience over in Rotterdan because ‘House’ is a real lost classic. Originally issued in 1988, it  was limited to 1,000 copies. Unfortunately, it shared the same piece of vinyl as Dunn’s big track, ‘Magic Feet’, which was re-released many times and even lent its name to the best music fanzine ever. It’s a real shame, because ‘House’ is so much more moving -  I’m sure I’ll get emails defending ‘Magic Feet’  - with Dunn’s vocals riding a jacking groove before that all-consuming acid line breaks out. Of course, it’s not enitrely true to say that this track was never re-released: DJ Funk and DJ Deeon released a track called  'Let It Be House'  on Belgian label Nitric in 1997 that was remarkably similar to Dunn’s track, only harder and faster. It must be a Chicago thing. Let’s hope he gets the props (and the payment) this time round. Clone’s Classic sublabel turns its focus to Dopplereffekt next, but that’s the subject for another post.