Hooj Choons
Founded	1990
Founder	Red Jerry
Distributing label	-
Genre	House, Progressive Trance, Progressive House
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Official website	http://www.hoojchoons.co.uk/

Hooj Choons is a house record label formed by Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens) in 1990. Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens is DJ/producer of electronic music House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Progressive electronic dance music (often referred to as just progressive) usually refers to differentiate various offshoot styles of Electronic dance music from Progressive electronic dance music (often referred to as just progressive) usually refers to differentiate various offshoot styles of Electronic dance music from The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens is DJ/producer of electronic music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 The first release was "Carnival de Casa" by Rio Rhythm Band. It was not until 1992's release of Felix's "Don't You Want Me", which Red Jerry and Rollo co-produced, that Hooj Choons had their first hit. Felix was the alias of British DJ/producer Francis Wright His 1992 track "Don't You Want Me" which samples Jomanda 's "Don't You Want Rollo Armstrong (born Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong 1966 in Kensington, London) is one half of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Over the next several years, Hooj had several notable releases including productions from artists such as Diss-Cuss and JX. JX was a British dance project which found success in 1993 following a deal struck with Hooj Choons, a UK dance Record label.

Three Drives - Greece 2000, one of many Hooj Choons hit singles, all of which had simple covers

Music style

Over the next couple years, Hooj released many records with tendencies towards the new progressive house trend, including "Free Your Mind" by Spacebaby, an alter ego of Matt Darey, who would be featured on many future Hooj releases. Progressive electronic dance music (often referred to as just progressive) usually refers to differentiate various offshoot styles of Electronic dance music from Matt Darey, who is from Leicester, England, has been a Trance music DJ since 1994 and is considered one of the founders of the trance genre. During this period, Hooj also created several sub-labels such as Top Banana Recordings, Prolekult, Airtight, and later Lost Language. Lost Language is a subsidiary of the now defunct Hooj Choons label These sub-labels were usually used for releasing less mainstream music and more pet projects. The label's 50th single was the 1997 release of "The Calling" by Solar Stone. Solarstone (also Solar Stone) is British Keyboardist, Trance music artist and Producer, Rich Mowatt However, the magnitude of "The Calling" was overshadowed by Energy 52's Cafe del Mar, which is often still remixed and played in clubs to this day. Energy 52 was an ephemeral project of German DJs Kid Paul (Paul Schmitz Moorman and Cosmic Baby (Harald Blüchel " Café Del Mar " is a song first released in 1993 by the trance project Energy 52. With this, their 51st release, Hooj Choons became a huge influence in the electronic music scene.

Famous releases

During their peak of popularity, Hooj released such enduring singles as "Greece 2000" from Three Drives, "Invisible" by Tilt, and the progressive hit "Stage One" by Space Manoeuvres, which is still being re-released with new mixes after 5 years. Three Drives, also known as Three Drives on a Vinyl, is a Progressive trance duo of Erik De Koning (a Tilt is a group of electronic music producers composed of Andy Moor and Mick Parks John Graham is a British music producer who is also known under the pseudonyms "Quivver" and "Space Manoeuvres" The seminal trance hit "Seven Cities" by Solar Stone was released in September of 1999. Around their 90th release, Hooj's sound began to change again - this time to a housier, more minimal vibe marked by releases such Killahurtz's "West on 27th" and Pete Lazonby's "Sacred Cycles". Pete Lazonby is a Record producer best known for his singles "Sacred Cycles" released on Hooj Choons and "Wavespeech" released on

Space Manoeuvres - Stage One, the typical appearance of the "Hoojman" on a Hooj Choons record

Hooj Choons began to release more house singles, such as "Turquoise" by Circulation and 16B's "Escape (Driving to Heaven)", both of which were met with great approval and popularity from DJs. Circulation is a British house duo of Matt Jackson and Paul Davis Over the next two years, Hooj released many creatively-driven tunes such as Flash Brothers' "Hazy March". The Flash Brothers are a group of Israeli brothers who produce electronic music The final Hooj singles were noted by many critics as unique in both style and content, especially Drunken Monkey's "Gratification". Drunken Monkey Form or Drunken Monkey Pole Form of Kung Fu is a Chinese martial art, and one of the variations of the Monkey Style.

Besides singles, Hooj Choons also released artist albums from both L.S.G. and 16B. Oliver Lieb (born 1969 is a prolific electronic music producer based in Frankfurt, Germany (primarily Techno and trance) Additionally, they also published several compilations, appearing in both un-mixed and mixed form. The mixed compilations were usually courtesy of Red Jerry's talents, though both Tom Middleton and James Zabiela lent their mixing abilities to Hooj compilations as well. Tom Middleton (born 18 August 1971) is a British recording artist music producer remixer and DJ James Zabiela (born August 7, 1979) is a DJ from Southampton in the United Kingdom. These compilations featured Hooj records prominently, especially in the "Some of These Were Hooj" and "Deeper Shades of Hooj" series.

Dissolution

Though throughout 2003 there were constant rumors regarding Hooj's demise, it was not until later that year that Hooj announced its dissolution as a record label due to structural problems of the company. Licenses to several tracks were sold off, most notably the rights to the original "Stage One". Hooj Choons was dissolved having released 136 singles plus a dozen or so album-length compilations. It is survived by its sub-label Lost Language, which has subsequently released the album Oid by Space Manoeuvres.

In early October 2006, Hooj Choons announced that the label would be coming back under management from the owners of Lost Language. ^[1] Their first release upon return will be a re-release of Medway's "Resurrection" with new material slated for autumn 2007. Medway (real name Jesse Skeens) is a American DJ and Record producer who has released records on such Record labels as

See also

• List of record labels
• List of electronic music record labels

References

External links

• Official Website
• Hooj Choons at Discogs
• Reviews of Hooj Singles from Progressive-Sounds
• Label page on Resident Advisor