{"id":17831,"date":"2022-11-19T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T17:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/?p=17831"},"modified":"2022-11-19T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T17:22:06","slug":"instant-house-lost-horizons-12-isle-of-jura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/releases\/instant-house-lost-horizons-12-isle-of-jura\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant House &#8211; Lost Horizons &#8211; 12&#8243; Isle Of Jura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juno.co.uk\/player-embed\/SF906912-01-01-01.mp3\/?pl=false&#038;pn=false&#038;ed=22-11-19\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Before he co-founded the legendary Sunday afternoon event Body &#038; Soul with fellow New York DJs Danny Krivit and Francois Kevorkian in 1996, Joaquin &#8220;Joe&#8221; Claussell was the driving force behind Instant House, an eclectic production outfit who released a series of uplifting deep house records, several of which were spun by David Mancuso at the 90s iteration of his influential Loft parties.<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, Instant House released their deepest single, Lost Horizons, through Jungle Sounds Recordings. The A-side, \u2018Lost Horizons (The Mind Travel Saturday Night Sunday Morning Mix)\u2019 is a seventeen-minute and twenty-second sojourn into the vibrant club sounds of early 90s NYC. Driven by a Latin-accented man-machine beat that marches into infinity, it comes backed by two shorter mixes, \u2018Lost Horizons\u2019 and \u2018Lost Horizons (Percussion Bonus)\u2019. Twenty-nine years later, Isle of Jura presents an official reissue of this slow-burning deep cut.<\/p>\n<p>The Instant House story begins in the late 80s at Dance Tracks, an East Village record store established by the businessman, DJ, and graphic designer Stan Hatzakis. Patronised by New York trendsetters like Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan, Dance Tracks was considered one of the world&#8217;s best underground dance music retailers.<\/p>\n<p>During the winter of 1991, Stan got together with one of his best customers, Tony Confusione, to make music. A wall street guy by day and a keyboardist by night, Tony was also a serious DJ. Not long after their first recording sessions, they invited another Dance Tracks fixture, Joaquin &#8220;Joe&#8221; Claussell, to join them in Tony\u2019s state-of-the-art home studio in Long Island. He brought a vibrant, percussive edge to the sample-based tracks Stan and Tony were cooking up. Emboldened, the three DJs began recording together as Instant House. That year, they released the Dance Trax EP.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, after Instant House had dropped two certified classics, &#8216;Over&#8217; and &#8216;Awade&#8217;, for Jungle Sounds Records, Stan exited the group and sold Dance Tracks to Joe and his business partner, Stefan Prescott. Following Stan&#8217;s departure, Joe and Tony headed into the studio for a special recording session. \u201cI just remember how powerful the connection was while we were making that record,\u201d explains Joe, recalling the creation of \u2018Lost Horizons (The Mind Travel Saturday Night Sunday Morning Mix)\u2019. \u201cIt was a very spiritual encounter in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While laying out the drum patterns, sound effects, and arrangement, Joe explained the vibe to Tony, who played the lush cosmic chords and an effortless keyboard saxophone line over the top. \u201cThat was Tony completely feeling himself,\u201d Joe reflects. \u201cHe performed majestically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the release of the Lost Horizons 12\u201d, Joe received a phone call from Cisco International Corp. A plane flight later, he was sitting in their label offices in Tokyo, talking to a senior record executive who wanted to introduce Lost Horizons to Japan. \u201cWhat they were primarily doing at the time was pressing classical records &#8211; we\u2019re talking thousand dollar plus classical reissues &#8211; and they wanted to license and distribute Lost Horizons,\u201d Joe remembers. Three years later, Joe and Tony released &#8216;Asking Forgiveness&#8217;, their final 12\u201d as Instant House, before parting ways with full hearts.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of his career as a DJ, remixer, and producer, Joe is known for long songs and compositions. As Lost Horizons illustrates, he\u2019s carried that impulse with him since his foundational days. \u201cWhen I produce, I don\u2019t believe in the beginning or endpoint of anything,\u201d Joe explains. \u201cI really despise the rules. To me, that\u2019s not true to the art of creation. I just believe there is a flow in creation. When we were making music in the 90s, we were restricted by format, but that record could have gone on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12\u201d is housed in a full-sleeve jacket by Bradley Pinkerton based on the original release design.<\/p>\n<p>Label: Isle Of Jura<br \/>\nFormat: 12&#8243;<br \/>\nCat: ISLE 016<br \/>\nReleased: 17 Nov 22<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juno.co.uk\/products\/instant-house-lost-horizons\/906912-01\/?ref=motionfm&#038;utm_source=affiliate&#038;utm_medium=affiliate&#038;utm_campaign=affiliate_dashboard_referral\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BUY 12&#8243;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tracklist<br \/>\nSide 1<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;The Mind Travel&#8221; (Saturday Night Sunday Morning mix) (16:18)<br \/>\nSide 2<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Lost Horizons&#8221; (6:50)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;Lost Horizons&#8221; (Percussion bonus) (4:57)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before he co-founded the legendary Sunday afternoon event Body &#038; Soul with fellow New York DJs Danny Krivit and Francois Kevorkian &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17833,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17831\/revisions\/17833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}