After 3 years of releasing numerous dancefloor burners and marvellous remixes for labels like MOOD MUSIC, MY BEST FRIEND, FREERAN- GE and SOMA the Dirt Crew boys found some time this spring to hit the studio and concentrate on their present vision of House music. This full album includes a wide range of music that the Crew represented over the years in their DJ and Live performances all around the globe. A definition of electronic music that makes them so special and which got the people hooked to their sound. Big hits like the „Soul Sounds remix“ they did for SASSE or the raw old school sound of „Rok Da House“ influenced a lot of new artists to emerge from Germany over the past 2 years. Now Dirt Crew takes it deeper with their new Album „RAW“ that still uses the main ingredients for an old school floorfiller (Tracks: Coming for you, Boogie Down) but concentrates more on the darker and soulfull vibes of house (Tracks: Big Bad City, How does it feel, Manoeuvres), not forgetting the more minimal sides of dancemusic (Track: Get Raw). This collection of tracks gives you a good overview of whats happening in the scene nowadays, prooving that house music is on it’s way back and that the Crew is developing a deeper answer to electro house. As a bonus we included a second CD with some of their coolest remixes they did over the past years. From the early dry bangers like M.A.N.D.Y.’s Naomi track and the HOEL JAMES remix for BOXER to the more recent fine architectured reworks for JIMPSTER, METRIKA and WHO MADE WHO.

review by: wordandsound.net