Comments on: BBH: Joe Louis, Back To The Beginning

By: kuri

kuri — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:06 +0000

@Mick. Jaime mentioned that he may have something coming out on Elektrosoul soon. Glad to hear it’s coming to fruition.

By: Mick Welch

Mick Welch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:40:15 +0000

Well you will be glad to know that I will be releasing a brand new EP from Jaime in the next couple of months.
Its criminal that Joe Lewis got away with this, but its good that peeps now know. I have had a few arguments with peeps who would not believe this to be true …

@Tom – Yes mate it is true, Jaime is a good friend of mine, maybe you think Joe is not capable of such a terrible crime ? Trust me, it is the truth !!

By: Kuri Kondrak

Kuri Kondrak — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:11:17 +0000

Thanks for chiming in on this Donald. Love the website name.

By: Donald

Donald — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:37:04 +0000

Sad but true, this music isn’t the work of Joe Lewis, it is the work of Jaime Read & UK techno originator, Lee Purkis (In-Sync) I’ve heard this right from the source and heard the originals, out-takes and alternate versions right from their UK studio. Their music was stolen and they weren’t given credit. Lets face it, this is underground music and in the world of underground music no one has money to hire attorneys and go after an artist across the ocean. Sad but true, maybe one day they can rectify this issue but for now Joe Lewis will go on to get credit for work he didn’t produce. Its clearly obvious though if you listen to actual Joe Lewis production and then listen to this, many moons apart. There was a reason he stole these songs, they are timeless and aged perfectly, still sound as fresh today as they did back then.

By: Kuri Kondrak

Kuri Kondrak — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:17:27 +0000

@Brophy: nice, can’t wait to read the piece.

@Tom: I recently heard directly from Jaime on this release. Jaime said that in speaking to Larry Heard, Larry told him that he had given Joe his early stuff. Which if you think about the quality level of that music it sort of makes sense. He also said that Armando was trying to get back Jaime’s DATs before he passed away. Chicago house music history is full of shady shit though so I wouldn’t be surprised by anything.

By: Brophy

Brophy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:01:59 +0000

It’s an amazing coincidence that you reviewed this record because I have just finished writing a piece for Resident Advisor and the Joe Lewis/Jaime Read spat features heavily!

By: tom/pipecock

tom/pipecock — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:28:36 +0000

you know, this story has been floating around the internet for years. but what proof is there that this is the truth? i mean, peacefrog obviously re-released the tracks after this story had been out in the world for a number of years. i’m not saying that it isn’t true, or that it is true. i’m just wondering if there is anything other than 2 guys’ words as proof either way.

for my money, no matter who did these, they ain’t a patch on the ass of the 80s joe lewis records on target.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:15:56 +0000

great stuff. in my opinion, it’s in the same house/techno vein as jeff mills’ “every dog has it’s day,” and “late night driving” by duplex. i love the upbeat, yet subdued, vibe.

now to find it on vinyl…

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