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In the early 2000s, Belgium had almost no answer to what was brewing in London, the dark, hypnotic intersection of techno and house soul that Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Mr. C were shaping at nights like Wiggle and The End. Fred Nasen (A&R Visitor Records) fell in love instantly. While working as an import manager at N.E.W.S. Records, he had a front-row seat to the records coming out of that scene, and the conviction that someone in the Benelux needed to do something about it. With Kozzmozz as one of the few local parties willing to back the sound at their parties & N.E.W.S Records giving Fred carte blanche,, Visitor Records was born and lasted for around 41 releases till 2006.

Now almost 25 years later, these 5 vinyl samplers withmuch sought-after tracks from the label are available - never repressed since their original release.

VISITOR2501 kicks off the series with three Fred Nasen productions made with longtime collaborator Dimitri De Wever. 'Landcruising' and 'Static' laid the blueprint early on: tight, groove-driven and built around the kind of melodic basslines that defined the label's sound. On the flip, 'Sunday Visitor (A Visit From The Mingers)' - a remix from The Mingers, the UK tech house alias of producers Mike Parsons and Timmy Stuart, stretches out to nearly eight minutes of peak-time hypnosis, and remains one of the most sought-after cuts from the Visitor back catalogue.

In the early 2000s, Belgium had almost no answer to what was brewing in London, the dark, hypnotic intersection of techno and house soul that Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Mr. C were shaping at nights like Wiggle and The End. Fred Nasen (A&R Visitor Records) fell in love instantly. While working as an import manager at N.E.W.S. Records, he had a front-row seat to the records coming out of that scene, and the conviction that someone in the Benelux needed to do something about it. With Kozzmozz as one of the few local parties willing to back the sound at their parties & N.E.W.S Records giving Fred carte blanche,, Visitor Records was born and lasted for around 41 releases till 2006.

Now almost 25 years later, these 5 vinyl samplers with much sought-after tracks from the label are available - never repressed since their original release.

The second Fred Nasen entry in the reissue series digs a little deeper into the archive, surfacing two De Wever collaborations alongside a solo production that predates the label itself. 'Empty Bags' and 'Definition Dub' show the range that kept Visitor's in-house sound from ever feeling formulaic: one pushing harder, one pulling back into dubbed-out space. The real artefact here is 'Tranquility (1998 Version)': a glimpse into the pre-label mindset, written before Visitor took shape and released here for the first time. Twenty-eight years on, you may wonder why this never got out sooner.

In the early 2000s, Belgium had almost no answer to what was brewing in London, the dark, hypnotic intersection of techno and house soul that Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Mr. C were shaping at nights like Wiggle and The End. Fred Nasen (A&R Visitor Records) fell in love instantly. While working as an import manager at N.E.W.S. Records, he had a front-row seat to the records coming out of that scene, and the conviction that someone in the Benelux needed to do something about it. With Kozzmozz as one of the few local parties willing to back the sound at their parties & N.E.W.S Records giving Fred carte blanche,, Visitor Records was born and lasted for around 41 releases till 2006.

Now almost 25 years later, these 5 vinyl samplers with much sought-after tracks from the label are available - never repressed since their original release.

The fifth release in the 25th anniversary series brings the circle closed. The original, unadorned version of 'Sunday Visitor' - the label's first release sits alongside 'Get Down' and 'Stickiness', two Dimitri De Wever collaborations that represent Visitor at its most functional and its most fun. Three tracks, no filler, and a fitting part to a reissue series that can only hint at the full scope of what Visitor put out between 2000 & 2006.

In the early 2000s, Belgium had almost no answer to what was brewing in London, the dark, hypnotic intersection of techno and house soul that Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Mr. C were shaping at nights like Wiggle and The End. Fred Nasen (A&R Visitor Records) fell in love instantly. While working as an import manager at N.E.W.S. Records, he had a front-row seat to the records coming out of that scene, and the conviction that someone in the Benelux needed to do something about it. With Kozzmozz as one of the few local parties willing to back the sound at their parties & N.E.W.S Records giving Fred carte blanche,, Visitor Records was born and lasted for around 41 releases till 2006.

Now almost 25 years later, these 5 vinyl samplers with much sought-after tracks from the label are available - never repressed since their original release.

This sampler covers 2 in-demand releases. Chicago-influenced but distinctly London in its delivery, Asad Rizvi's 'Smiling At The Sun' is a slow-burning, sophisticated groove that sits comfortably alongside his work on the revered Reverberations series: sun-drenched, unhurried, and quietly immaculate. The flip belongs to Brixton-based Paul Smith aka Smithmonger, a classically trained trumpet player turned underground house producer whose studio chops earned him a place in the orbit of Bushwacka!, Nathan Coles, and the tightest circles of the Swag Records world. 'Vinegar Stroke' delivers exactly what his name suggests: something dry, precise, and more than a little cheeky.

In the early 2000s, Belgium had almost no answer to what was brewing in London, the dark, hypnotic intersection of techno and house soul that Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Mr. C were shaping at nights like Wiggle and The End. Fred Nasen (A&R Visitor Records) fell in love instantly. While working as an import manager at N.E.W.S. Records, he had a front-row seat to the records coming out of that scene, and the conviction that someone in the Benelux needed to do something about it. With Kozzmozz as one of the few local parties willing to back the sound at their parties & N.E.W.S Records giving Fred carte blanche,, Visitor Records was born and lasted for around 41 releases till 2006.

Now almost 25 years later, these 5 vinyl samplers with much sought-after tracks from the labelare available - never repressed since their original release.

If there's a single release in this reissue series that captures Visitor Records' place in the broader lineage of tech house, it's this one. Eddie Richards, the Godfather of the genre, resident at Wiggle, contributes 'Feel The Music', a track that does exactly what it says with the kind of effortless authority only a few producers ever achieve.

On the flip, Lilac Road Productions - the alias of Affie Yussuf and Trevor Loveys, the duo behind House of 909 and a significant chunk of the UK's deep house DNA - deliver 'Kongo Magic': percussive, hypnotic, and carrying the kind of spiritual weight that made their records change hands on Discogs for serious money.