Love Parade

A timely release from the world’s most influential hard house club, ahead of its tenth birthday in October, celebrating its role at the centre of the extraordinary day that was the UK’s first Love Parade, at Roundhay Park in Leeds in July. Mixed by two of its most respected residents. Alan Thompson’s set opens with Tuff Twins and then bounces around like a chemically refreshed rabbit on heat to the likes of Joff Roach, Crisp & Chewy, BK and Mr Bishi. The originator Steve Thomas shows why he’s so revered with a compelling blend of the pioneering (Baby Elephant, Malcolm Duffy) and the pumping (OD404, Terrance & Philip, BK). The mixing from both is faultless, but then you’d expect nothing less. One of the year’s best hard house compilations.