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Rucksack Records

Twisted house with a signature sound

About Me

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Rucksack is a Swedish independent record label specializing in underground house music. Working with a few select producers, we're hoping to stand for solid releases that are built to last.
Our motto is to make "Twisted House With A Signature Sound". If you're looking for generic mainstream dance sounds, our label is not for you. We cater for people who are into alternative, experimental music. Our key source of inspiration is the raw, early sound of Chicago house. Although the pioneers of Detroit techno and the German "Kosmische" records of the 1970s were equally important when laying the artistic foundation of the label.
Free tracks
Download Kosmische Liebe by Rucksack Arkestra (192 kbps)
Download Kraut Haus by Rucksack Arkestra (192 kbps)
Dowload Jivaro's Tronik Ride (Original Mix) (192 kbps)
iTunes
Download Chilites (Gene Hunt feat. Ron Hardy) at iTunes
Download Twisted House EP (K-Alexi/Jivaro) at iTunes
Buy our music on vinyl
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Member Since: 2/23/2007
Band Website: rucksackrecords.com
Band Members:

Released

Gene Hunt feat Ron Hardy (Chicago, US)
K-Alexi (Chicago, US)
Jivaro (Malmo, SWE)
Sam Ostyn & Trish Van Eynde (Malinas, BE)

Scheduled For Release

Chris Moss Acid (Bournemouth, UK)
Life Recorder (Annemasse, FR)
Bobby Starrr (Berlin, GER)
Jivaro (Malmo, SWE)
Staffan Ehrlin (Malmo, SWE)
Elektrochick (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Agaric (Berlin, GER)
Gweilo (London, UK)

For bios and complete artist roster, please visit our web page .
Influences: Chicago acid, Detroit techno, Ron Hardy, Trax Records, Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer.
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Reviews

"A lost treasure, a lost gem." Yogi Haughton, DJmag on Throwback 87 by Gene Hunt featuring Ron Hardy

"'Throwback 87' is unbelievably jacking." Nick Chacona, XLR8R

"Coming on like an early Derrick Carter after a night out in Detroit." 4/5, Jez Torrance, International DJ on Gene Hunt's Chilites

""Chilites" is a piece that I'm going to put down in the elementary textbook of House Music Tracks 101: this is how you make an instrumental track (...) Learn from the master: Gene makes the instruments sing." Chain, 5 Magazine on Gene Hunt's Chilites

"I think you'd have to put it solidly in the upper tier of classic acid tracks, even if it came to us - by way of Sweden - twenty years later." Chain, 5 Magazine on Throwback 87 by Gene Hunt featuring Ron Hardy

"A bouncy groover that will have fans of that mid-'90s deep Chicago sound psyched." Nick Chacona, XLR8R on Gene Hunt's Chilites

"Superbly infectious deep house groove that gets into your head and stays there. This will be around for quite a while. Full support from me. 9/10" Dean Facer (CRMK 89,8 FM, DJmag Hype chart contributor) on Gene Hunt's Chilites

"This is another stylish release on the quality "Rucksack" label from Sweden. I have started playing this already and it will be used a lot in my DJ sets, worldwide and on my weekly radio show." (Rating: 5 out of 5) Dean Facer (CRMK 89,8 FM, DJmag Hype chart contributor) on Rucksack Arkestra's Kraut Haus at Download.com

"This month's pick (...) a blazing four song EP", Chain, 5 Magazine on Twisted House EP (K-Alexi/Jivaro)

"Promising debut release for this new Swedish label out of Malmö. (4/5)" Klaus Boss (HiFly.dk) on Twisted House EP (K-Alexi/Jivaro)
Record Label: Rucksack Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jivaro On Minimalizm V4

Chicago label Minimalizm is back with another locked groove compilation. Just like the previous records in the series, Minimalizm V4 is pressed on strictly limited edition seven inch vinyl. Label mana...
Posted by Rucksack Records on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:34:00 PST

Unbelievably Jacking

Over the last couple of months we've been reviewed in several US and UK print magazines. One of our favourites when it comes to monthly publications, San Francisco's XLR8R, ran a review in their Octob...
Posted by Rucksack Records on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:27:00 PST

Two Eras Of Chicago House

We're proud to present Chilites EP, our new release containing two tracks from acclaimed house and techno producer Gene Hunt (Chicago, US). Hunt has been in the music business since the 1980s and has ...
Posted by Rucksack Records on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:19:00 PST

House Heads Launch New Club

Rucksack's Jivaro has teamed up with Patric Philipsson aka Edmundy for the opening of Chilites, a new club in Malmo, Sweden, focusing exclusively on underground house and Chicago acid. The ...
Posted by Rucksack Records on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:31:00 PST