Bleep

Rush Hour do every dedicated Japanese synth pop crate-digger a favour by releasing this seminal 12” from Colored Music. Originally featured on the duo’s cult self-titled 1981 LP, these edits demonstrate their tracks’ overwhelming utility for any DJ worth their salt. ‘Heart Beat’ is precisely this kind of secret weapon; a pseudo-house groove beset by ghostly synths and wayward, clanging percussion. Meanwhile, the cut finds renewed, proto-industrial life on the skronk-tastic guitars of its ‘Unreleased Version’. ‘Colored Music’ bolsters this disc’s b-side with garbled vocals and a soulful rise atop yet another funk-infused house beat.