March 15, 2001

Various : Trade Hard House

Well it was never going to be a celebration of vintage easy listening, was it?

7 / 10
Well it was never going to be a celebration of vintage easy listening, was it? Trade resident Ian M, whose style is described as "hard, bangin' and fast", explores with clinical precision the fundamentals of this timeless dancefloor trilogy.

Necessary or evil? In its 11 years,
Trade has only ever played the hardest house the rest of clubland is currently enjoying a flirtation with the genre. Us? We've oiled our abs and quite like the way that chap in the sailor's uniform is eyeing us up.

Piers Martin

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