best HARD WAX recommendation

You forgot to include all their best phrases!

"Fine deep chordish minimal tool"
"Excellent long tripping tech-house tracks"
"Innovative and reduced techno. Party guaranteed"
"Most finest raw acid and deep house vibes"

you forgot "ETERNAL TECHNO CLASSIC"

TIP!

quite obviously.

i went for the obvious ones because if you put all the good record-specific ones there'd be about 400 options on the poll! leaving off "ETERNAL TECHNO CLASSIC" was a bit of a mistake though, oops.

all-time fave, for one of the smith n hack records: "Hardcore-cut-up disco funk for excessive club play - party guarnteed, TIP!!!"

"TIP!"
always sounds strangely euro.

also, "once you are inside the groove," describing a soundhack record (i think).

ILX polls are getting less and less comprehensible.

"ILX polls are getting less and less comprehensible.

-- Tuomas"

you must not look at hardwax very often.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

TS: Hardwax gushing vs Boomkat gushing vs Kompakt WTF

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

mildly surprised at the lack of love for 'A MUST!', gotta say.

re: "TIP!"

does anyone actually say this? does it just mean, "recommended"?

and lol @ "Most finest raw acid"

"re: "TIP!"

does anyone actually say this?

-- one time"

i say it. its kind of a joke amongst people i know who shop on hardwax's site to say that about a great record.

"chorousful uplifted darkmellow ambient circuits"???

i think that they have too much time on their hands now that rhythm & sound is over

Ha! When Soultek worked here he would always end descripts of stuff he wanted to push with "TIP!". I shoulda known that's where he got that from.

Is this a real quote "chorousful uplifted darkmellow ambient circuits"?? That's too funny.

808 State: Quadrastate
Luxury re-issue of an eternal blueprint UK acid & house classic incl. previously unreleased mixes - Essential must have! TIP!

hyperbole burnout

TIP!

that "chorousful uplifted..." one was some monolake 12", btw!

still haven't quite worked out what 'crafty' is code for

nerdish

I get a kick out of their "minimal" listings -- you can totally track how they've moved away from minimal techno by comparing their "recommendations" in this category with their props for dubstep or classic techno. From http://hardwax.com/minimal/ as it's currently displaying:

Minimalist house
Minimalist tech house
Minimalist tech house
Minimalist tech house
Hypnotic atmospheric techno
Minimalist dubby tech house tracks
Minimalist tech house
Minimal tracks
Straight ahead minimal tracks
Killer Cortex-techno at its very best - Highly Recommended!
Minimalist techno

Hehe. I also enjoy their description of the latest Ricardo -- damning with faint praise?
Fine modern house

or the BITCHSLAP SUPREME:

Kabale und Liebe & Daniel Sanchez: Mumbling Yeah Remixes
DJ friendly tech house

LOL

or the BITCHSLAP SUPREME:

Kabale und Liebe & Daniel Sanchez: Mumbling Yeah Remixes
DJ friendly tech house

they know it will sell

i noticed that ricardo slight, too. is that record worth buying downloading for free?

WAX TREATMENT podcast series kicks off with dj pete.

http://www.mosaictheory.de/Hard-Wax-The-Insider-s-Guide-Interview-with-DJ-Pete-Part-I

Speaking of recommendation, ‘TIP’ and ‘Highly Recommended’, are they the same things, or different?

In the beginning, it was very confusing to English speaking people – when they saw ‘TIP’, they were confused. It’s a German word for ‘that’s a recommendation.’ We use that most of the time. ‘Highly recommended’ is little bit higher, and absolute maximum is ‘Must Have’!

What about Shed’s comment about his album title ‘The Killer’….

(Laugh) I know where you’re going with this!

Well, is that true? That ‘killer’ is an internal Hard Wax word for a really good record?

It’s true! It is really true. When the record is extremely good, we say “It’s a killer!”

I can’t really recall a recent record with the ‘killer’ notation. For a fact, Hard Wax didn’t even use it for Shed’s ‘The Killer’ album.

It’s quite rare. I don’t remember where it was, but I know it exists.