London’s independent self-styled ‘occasional providers of half decent house’, Hooj Choons, have gone bust after suffering long-term financial problems.
A message posted at www.hoojchoons.co.uk confirms the news, stating that, rather than blame “Sept. 11/any Middle Eastern conflict you care to name/downloading/the slump in the global economy/music industry/dance music industry”, the label simply “failed to react quickly or effectively enough” to the changes taking place in the dance industry.
Over 12 years, the label was responsible for 136 releases, amassing a back catalogue that reads like a tracklisting to a mix of some of the great moments in clubland’s history. The imprint showcased groundbreaking artists like Oliver Leib and 16B while also picking up classic tracks early on like Energy 52’s ‘CafE Del Mar’ and putting out highly rated mix albums like James Zabelia’s recent ‘Sound in Motion’. It will be sorely missed. [more @ www.ukclubbing.com]