Glenn Davis returns to F*CLR for his 3rd EP on the label and all I can say is that this EP is an absolute killer. It’s been almost impossible to keep the lid on this house track of epic proportions for the last 12 months. Simple, effective and deadly, Ashley Beedle dropped the original on dubplate at one of the now legendary ‘Heavy Disco’ parties at the beginning of 2020 and the crowd lost their minds. Shazam went into meltdown and nobody could find the answer!

Glenn’s original harks back to the halcyon days of classic New York house - think Masters at Work, think Kerri Chandler, think Tony Humphries, think ‘category is taking it to church’. This is what ballroom beats are all about – attitude, realness and taking no prisoners. It really is a thing of beauty and has already gone into the realms of ‘classic’ with all the heads who have had the dubplate. It is the distillation of everything good about true house music – it remains faithful to the early pioneers’ vision of what they hoped house music would become.

Once again, the ‘North Street’ crew, Ashley Beedle, Darren Morris and Jo Wallace, flip the script on their ‘North Street West’ remix of ‘Special’ and inject a late 80’s toughness into the groove while bringing it bang up to date with chopped beats, nasty piano and a jacking tempo that ‘werks’ Glenn’s original track.


Selected Press / Radio:

Ross Allen NTS Radio Play

Bill Brewster Radio Play

Tom Findlay Radio Play Soho Radio

Northern Soul Rave Patrol Radio Play


Selected DJ Feedback:

Laurent Garnier - "Really cool old school house vibes. Nice EP indeed"

Severino / Horse Meat Disco - "Great release, rmx incl"

Tom Findlay / Groove Armada / Lovebox / We Love Sundays / Soho Radio - "loving this of course !! ;)"

Fred P - "Nice one.."

Ross Allen / NTS - "It's such a pleasure to have this record pop through my inbox… I was immediately taken back to an early 90’s late 80’s obsession with all things NYC and uptempo. This could have easily been on Nu Groove or early Strictly Rhythm (before the deluge)… Steeped in NYC’s dance floor legacy, it has fresh keys, a synth bass, Bernard Fowler and a rolling break. What more could you want ? Well, The North Street West Remix takes this off to a more NuYorican broken place that is equally as desirable with added piano. It got an amazing reaction on my 'Meltdown' radio show on NTS last week… The 'Now Sound of Old NuYork' !!"

Harvey Sutherland - "heavy, thank you!"

Richie Roberts / BBC Radio DJ (BBC WM 95.6FM) - "I was literally one of those people at Heavy Disco trying to find out what and who the hell had done it... This is sensational now Lord Beedle & Co have killed a mix too... totally in awe"

Will Nicol (Northern Soul Rave Patrol) / Totally Wired Radio - "Love all Glenn's stuff, real quality productions and this is no different. Add Ash, Darren and Jo for an absolute monster. Love it :-)"


Pedro "Busy P"" Winter" / Ed Banger records, Paris, FRANCE - "Takes us back to Sound Factory Bar!!!! LOVING IT!"

DJ Rocca / Italy - "lovely release"

Biru Bee (Round Table Knights) / Bern (Club Bonsoir) - "Love it!"

The Glimmers - "Great track and remixes. Nice one. m0 disko / Rheinzand"

Max Essa - "House! This really is wonderful stuff, superbly done. Can't wait to play this out! Thank you."

Scott Ferguson / ROBOT84 - "Killer track, lovin the North Street Remix"

Ex-Friendly / Truth & Lies - "Superb early 90s NYC vibes!"

Dave Jarvis / FAITH - "Oh love the fantastic twist of the paradise garage classic - with the modern house - soul of today - Beedle and original are both equally beautiful xx"

Phillipi / Fatnotronic / Sao Paulo - "yeah please!!! love it"

Ali OOFT / Foto Recordings / Glasgow - "Nice peech boys vox :)"

Adrian Hughes / !K7 / Strut Records - "Monster Beedle remix!"

Kito Jempere / Dom Beat, Saint Petersburg, RU - "Huge! Can't wait parties are back, as we closed now, this needs a dance floor and dancefloors needs this record. x"

Stephen Jenkins - "This is pure NYC deep house deliciousness. And I love it! I can picture standing on the dancefloor of Vinyl, with the holy trinity of Claussel, Krivit and Kevorkian working their Body 'n' Soul magic. Both mixes are outstanding - and I can imagine a whole wealth of alternatives that would equally delight."

Howler / The Isolation Station - "Ash and co do it again - after his awesome remix of Lady Blackbird - this is another belter. Instrumental for me for some proper dub pressure"

Stuart Millar / Various / BBC R1 / RTE Ireland / Belfast - "yummy"