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Aiden D'Araujo

BIO:

2014 and I'm finally utilising my journo degree having joined the sartorial selectors at The Ransom Note though my sentences still too long... Anyway 'House Hunting' chronicles my jaunts to wax haunts in London (and beyond) with me diggin' deep and waxing lyrical about long lost house records... Every vinyl frontier I jet on I typically dig out a record from the transatlantic triptych of Chicago, New York and Detroit meaning my credit card gets rinsed proper on the black crack so why I agreed to compose this column weekly I don't know - yo what happened to all the Nu Groove and Dance Mania dollar bin specials y'all?! Right House Hunting rules are strictly vinyl and vintage house - original pressings no resissues...

House Hunting #69 – Kasso

Italo flow from a production powerhouse.

House Hunting #69 – Kasso

Italo flow from a production powerhouse.

House Hunting #66 - Kano

Our crate crusader returns with a bang.

House Hunting #65 - Metro

“As far as vinyl disappearing from the surface of the earth, there will always be DJs, there will always be clubs and there will always be turntables at clubs”.

House Hunting #64 – Colonel Abrams

More crate crusades with our very own house mogul...

House Hunting #62 – Bubba & The Jack Attack

So since my last lethal lacquer love letter it’s been a jam-hot hectic few weeks for House Hunting…

House Hunting #61 – Dynamix

With Tommy’s Dad being an electronics repairman, in his youth one of the tech’s at his Dad’s shop introduced him to the primitive art form of the one slide control on a Radio Shack mixer...

House Hunting #59 - Trax Records

"So after a brief hiatus House Hunting is back! Sorry Retail x Easter = me being jam-hot hectic so slack on the lyrics front."

House Hunting #58 - Touch

So if you go back a few editions you may remember my Essex escapade where I scored a serious house haul from an arsenal of vinyl that was 15,000 strong.

House Hunting #57 - J.M. Silk

So if you regularly tune in you know I’ve been scoring a lot of collections of late where I’ve cherry-picked the choice cuts and stockpiled the surplus ready to move on.

House Hunting #56 – Level 3

Aiden’s quick stops in Shoreditch found him some super-cheap Sleeping Bag Records…

House Hunting #54 – World Premiere

After my crate crusade in Essex I was back in home turf and as I was in the east environ of Dalston last week I paid a visit to house purveyors’ paradise..

House Hunting #53 – Sharon Redd

"So what choice Prelude production had I scored? This one is the classic ‘Beat The Street’ by disco diva Sharon Redd and produced by proto-house pioneers Eric Matthew and Darryl Payne...Sharon in her full fierce glory"

House Hunting #51 – Soho

Aiden ventures into Hackney... "So who’s behind the Soho record? Well, it’s cult NY house pioneer Pal Joey aka Joseph Longo who I still think is one of the unsung heroes of house. "

House Hunting X Thunder Presents Miles Simpson – Gherkin Records Mix

Signing off House Hunting week in style...

House Hunting Hot Giveaway #2

Get your hands on a £20 vinyl voucher for Love Vinyl...

House Hunting #50 - Various Artists Ltd #5

Get inspired from these rack raids and take a jaunt to your local wax haunt...

House Hunting Hot Giveaway #1

Get your hands on an ORIGINAL PRESSING with the shrink intact...

House Hunting X Ransom Note Presents Mark Seven – Parkway Mastermix Vol. Iv

"This one will take you back time to miss and reminisce"...

House Hunting #49 - Sleeping Bag Records

Aiden gives us another label love letter...

House Hunting #48 – Movin’ Records

Aiden's back to his daily dose of black crack...

House Hunting #47 - Quest

Aiden treats the Mrs to a summer sojourn down to Brighton beach. Sort of...

House Hunting #46 – Chez Damier

Aiden checks out the local digs in his vinyl vicinity...

House Hunting #45 - Sweet D

Aiden heads to Essex on his latest crate crusade...

House Hunting #44 – Le Noiz

So after a holiday hiatus House Hunting is back...

House Hunting #43 - Kool Rock Steady

Aiden does some rack raiding recreation for his weekly dose of black crack...

House Hunting #42 - The Rude Boy Farley Keith

"He’s left a lasting legacy that we’ll still be listening to in years to come"...

House Hunting #41 - Hanson & Davis

Aiden once more finds himself with dusty fingers...

House Hunting #40 – Various Artists Ltd #4

It’s that time again where Aiden gets the prime purveyors & serious selectors to wax lyrical about their fave House Hunting find...

Deep88 8 Tracks: Bargain Basement Belters

So this is my list, you can call it a “cheap porno” records list as it means these are really, really cheap records due the fact that they were quite popular “underground” successes. Just amazing tracks, and this is what it matters!

House Hunting #39 - Nu Groove

Aiden explains how he doesn't mind being an online vinyl vulture... A love letter to one of Aiden's favourite labels ensues.

House Hunting #38 - Gherkin Records

Aiden finds the perfect opportunity for some rack raiding recreation...Miles drops an all Gherkin Records mix.

House Hunting #37 - Disco-D

So after my NYC crate crusade it’s back to some rack raiding recreation in the UK...

House Hunting #36 - Nyc Edition

This week’s House Hunting is an import 12” as it’s comin’ straight outta Brooklyn...

House Hunting #34 - Jack Frost & The Circle Jerks

Aiden takes a look at "one of the coldest jackerz of all time"...

House Hunting #33 - T.P.O.

After a jam-hectic schedule at work, Aiden gets a chance to check out some house hotspots...

House Hunting #30 – Various Artists #3

It’s that time again when Aiden gets the prime purveyors & serious selectors to wax lyrical about their fave HH finds. #3 w/ Dj Deep, Mike Servito, Jaime Read, Mystic Bill Torres, Steve Mizek, Alex Bradley, Mark Seven, Ari Goldman, Lakuti, Alex From Tokyo

House Hunting #29 – Aka Dance Music

This week the great house hunter unearths, ‘Bang The Box! – The Lost Story Of AKA Dance Music Chicago 1987-88’ curated by Still Music’s Jerome Derradji in Sounds Of The Universe.

House Hunting #28 - Doctor Derilict

Aiden finds the perfect opportunity to cruise’n’peruse for some records…

House Hunting #27 - East Village People

Aiden checks out the dollar bin bonanza to see if he could scope some bargain belters...

House Hunting #26 - Kevin Irving

Aiden pays tribute to the late Chicago vocal legend...

Aiden's Top 8 Of 2014

Aiden gives us a mighty batch of his 2014 selections...

House Hunting #24 – Vincent Floyd Talks

Aiden takes a quick sojourn to Soho, seeking solace in one of the vinyl mecca’s many wax haunts…

House Hunting #23 - Ron Trent

Aiden resorts to House Hunting online... " I didn’t take the safe option of just coppin’ a 12” on my wantlist though as I was offered the interesting proposition of a ‘trade’ hmmmm…"

House Hunting #22 - Far East Recording

Transporting you to the Far East this week...

House Hunting #21 – Basil Hardhaus

Aiden unearths Basil Hardhaus aka Basil Thomas a close affiliate of prolific Nu Groove mainstays the Burrell Brothers.

House Hunting #19 - Joe Lewis

Aiden haggles his way to another record for the collection...

House Hunting #18 - Suburban Boyz

Aiden gets a handy tip off as he goes in search for more great records...

House Hunting #17 - E.S.P.

Aiden discovers a new record shop in his own back yard...

House Hunting #16 – Polartronics

This week’s House Hunting find takes us across Lake Michigan to the technopolis of Detroit.

House Hunting #15 – Paradise’S Deep Groove

In search of the E Legal house Holy Grail...

Studio Confessions With... Fabio Monesi

Fabio Monesi gives us an insight into his production prowess…

House Hunting #14 – Bluemoon Productions

Aiden ventures outside the M25 in search of vinyl beauties...

House Hunting #13 – Vil-N-X

Only previously on the radar of the hardcore house enthusiasts, the last few years has seen Vil-N-X undergo a renaissance...

House Hunting #12 – Lil’ Louis

So where do you start with Lil’ Louis?!

House Hunting #11 - Mystic

Aiden reminds us that it’s not all about Trax and DJ International...

House Hunting #10 - Various Artists Ltd #1

Aiden's celebrating his 10th edition with some amazing people waxing lyrical about their fave house finds: Mike Huckaby, Jason Spinks, Mr. G, Neroli Records, Wrong Island, Dave Jarvis, Perseus Traxx & more.

House Hunting #9 - Gallifre

Aiden goes against his house hunting morals and succumbs to online buying...

House Hunting #8 - Liz Torres

Aiden mourns one of his favourite haunts before discussing 'The Queen Of House'...

House Hunting #7 – Virgo Four

Aiden gets his hands on a record he's been after for a long time...

House Hunting #6 – Sha-Lor

Aiden praises the Gods after some eBay luck...

House Hunting #5 - Lost Entity

Aiden returns to normal proceedings in his pursuit for vintage house platters that matter...

House Hunting #4 – Walt J Talks

It’s only been a month since my column commenced and I’ve already broken my house hunting rulebook...

House Hunting #3 – The Revelation

This week Aiden gets down with some piano happy Jimi Polo obscurities...

House Hunting #2 – The Castle Beat

Aiden gets down with Larry Joseph's ultra rare boogie...

House Hunting #1

Our new weekly column waxing lyrical about killer old house records

Thunder Picks #044 - Aiden's Thrift Picks

This week's guest TP comes from new R$N member Aiden with a Thrift Picks.