*Stolen fromt the GU board - link [URL="http://www.hoojchoons.com/hooj-137.htm"]here[/URL]

[quote]You can't keep a good label down. After a 3 year hiatus Hooj Choons has announced a full scale return in early 2007. As a taster for the first fully new releases Beatport has some exclusive new mixes and unreleased material. HOOJ137 to HOOJ141 will be exclusively available 1 per week over the upcoming 6 weeks [/quote] [IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-137-l.png[/IMG]

Glad to hear they're back - one of the all time best if you ask me, some absolute classics all over their catalogue. I'll be interested to hear what comes out in near future.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Nice to see them make a return. Too many of the older labels disappearing or laying low these days.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Yea, nice.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

wooohoooo. hooj had some of the first records i ever bought. if they can get the quality back to their glory days, this is a really great thing.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

hooj was great. about time to see some more stick man action

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

choooooonnnnss

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

[IMG]http://videofinds.com/media/1/20051006-stickman.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

very cool. glad to see them back in action. i always loved the labels on the records. :D

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Some of my all time favs came from that label. Was sad to see it go. I hope they come back full force and stay away from the genre I will not mention.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Scouse ?

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

wow, very good news.. mooger fooger is one of my all time fave tracks.

amoung the countless other hooj umm, choons, lol

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

[quote=Jibgolly;385243]Scouse ?[/quote]:CrackUp:

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

:lol: so all the old trance heads are posting in this thread huh???:lol: :lol:

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

[quote=Huggie Smiles;385255]:lol: so all the old trance heads are posting in this thread huh???:lol: :lol:[/quote]

It appears that the old "trance", prog, and dark prog heads are posting here...:shock:

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

[IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-106-c.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-120-c.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-082-c.gif[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-089-c.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-073-c.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-090-c.gif[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-068-c.gif[/IMG] [img]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-063-c.gif[/img] [img]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-072-c.gif[/img]

and my all time favorite Hooj choon:

[IMG]http://www.hoojchoons.com/img/h-104-c.gif[/IMG]

I shudder to think where house music would be without this label, God bless Red Jerry.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

[img]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7381/2d9f53fc22178bb165c2310e61797119a9280762pz9.gif[/img]

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

this might be the best news this music scene has had in several years. Seems like after they went down things started to change in the scene. It is almost a close coinsidence that after that label died Prog started its slow trek into the abyss of the "that song is so last year" saying

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Who bought out hooj choons again? or at least their back catalogue? I remember reading this once and am just wondering who's really behind this "reopening".

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

city16.com is what hooj used to redirect to, Lost Language continued putting out a load of shit records after hooj closed.. not sure who bought them tho

i always liked their mission statment or whatever.. occasional providers of half decent house

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Good news if its still Red Jerry and the crew behind the label. I'd hate for someone to restart the label without the experience of the original Hooj crew.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

I used to love city16.com!

Glad to see Hooj coming back!

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

Deeper Shades of Hooj was my earliest brush with the label and I've been a fan since :D

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

The label is owned by John Pitcher who bought the rights to the catalogue when it folded. Other labels he owns are Lost Language / Airtight / Primal Recordings / Solaris Recordings and of course the now ceased City 16 site.

One thing to note - these remixes came out on Release Records last year and the ambient mix is from 2000 and was featured on one of Red Jerry's Chilled Euphoria compilations.

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

awesome news...I think they just couldn't feel like they could compete when the digital revolution started coming around...problem may be IMO the amount of money made compared to where they were. Now, you can still do relatively well in MP3 releasings if you do it right and understand the money isn't quite as much as it used to be when releasing vinyl. If they can put their names on some sponsorships for events as well, THAT will still go a long way in things.

If they can come back and be viable, well...welcome back!

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

That is great news. Loved the labe and most big dj's did too, just looking back at older tracklistings... all kinds of Hooj!

Re: Hooj back from the dead?!

[quote=day_for_night;385187]wooohoooo. hooj had some of the first records i ever bought. if they can get the quality back to their glory days, this is a really great thing.[/quote]

^^^^could not agree more