Took a bit of time out as I’ve recently had a beautiful baby daughter, Isabelle. She will no doubt be the source of much inspiration over the coming months and years.
Finally got “Deep Inside” nailed and am over the moon with the end result. Both mixes are below. By all means comment on them here [...]
Tags: Altus, Deep inside, House, James Reynolds, Marcella Woods
Friday i was in the studio working on my next release and, if i do say so myself, it is sounding HEAVY!
The vocalist this time round is Marcella Woods, probably best known for being half of “Out of Office“. She’s a really cool girl and a great singer. We will definitely be working [...]
Tags: Altus, Deep inside, House, James Reynolds, Marcella Woods
A few weeks ago i was talking on a music production forum and i got a message from someone called Darren asking if i was the Altus who did “Change your Cover” (there’s another, impostor, Altus who came along after me, but that’s another story).
So, i said “yeah, why?”
and he said” “for fuck’s sake man! [...]
Tags: album, Altus, Baldeelox, Change your cover, Darren Holland, Tuff Mix
Released – 2nd May 2008
I’m really pleased with this tune. It’s less commercial than the others and has already received good support from a number of respected DJs. There are 2 mixes:-
Do it – Acid Mix
Do it – Bump Mix
The Acid mix is my favourite. Once again, i used the ‘bassline‘ plug [...]
Tags: Acid House, Altus, Do it, Electro, Hi Life Records
This tune came out on the 25th April 2008.
you can listen to it (and buy it!) here:
I wrote the vocals but this time handed the singing to a talented girl called Taneta This is a more commercial track but, hopefully, still credible. It sounds pretty fresh and has a classic house style piano hook [...]
Tags: Altus, Dreamin is Reality, Electro, Hi Life Records, Taneta, Vocal House
So, this was my first release under the name of Altus. This came out on white label vinyl in May 2004.
The two mixes:
Original Soulful mix
Funked up mix
both went down with DJs in the, then, very trendy soulful house scene.
Due to a lack of promotion and backing, this record seemed bound for obscurity, despite copious [...]
Tags: Altus, Another Down tempo, Change your cover, Glenn Lewis, Rhodes, soulful house, What's Phat
Welcome to the blog of house music producer, Altus.
Here, I will put up my tracks for review and discussion, as well as things like production tips, influences and anything related to house music.
Please be honest and let me know what you think!
Cheers,
Altus
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Tags: Altus, House Music
