iDJ Magazine August 2008

Harold Heath – Red Sky EP
Evasive Digital

Deep House vibes abound as Heath does his thing. Its smooth Detroitian groove should bode well for all warm up bods. The No-Strings mix sees us gathering more of a heads-down momentum, but the real prize for tech house heads is the final cut "Bolepa Drive", a sheer jack attack underpinned by a no-nonsense bubbly bass groove, this is perfect for all discerning floors.

iDJ Magazine May 2008

Harold Heath – Monza EP
Southside Shuffle

4/5 - 'I've got a soft spot for Heath's thoroughly modern old skoolisms. This track, for example, combines an analogue bass riff with the cutest of deep house rhythms, meaning you've got both the jack and the funk. This can only be a good thing. There's a good couple of mixes from Heath and label boss Dafeet but it's the original all the way for me. 4.5 out of 5

DJ Magazine April 2008

Harold Heath – Monza EP
Southside Shuffle

Four thumping slices of underground house with a techy but very funky undercurrent - Top quality again from Heath. 4.5 out of 5

DJ Magazine January 2008

Harold Heath – Mercury Blues / Rubberback EP
Elevation Recordings

Money Shot! 4.5 out of 5 This is full of subtle, softly sung male vocals that swim around in a lovely delay whilst being jostled about by thundering crunchy beats. The vocals are reminiscent of St. Germain material – bluesy, mellifluous and soulful. It has to be said that there is a complete pot pourri of killer mixes here. The techy Lee Holman Mix is sublime and the original is dense, hard-hitting underground house. Extra track “Rubberback” features an acid house-esque Jet Project Remix and the gritty original version. 4.5 out of 5

iDJ Magazine May 2007

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Harold Heath – Be My Friend Urbantorque Recordings
Urbantorque (UK) UTCD01

“Yep, it’s one of mine! Kills it everytime/everywhere I play it. It’s a tech-tinged, bass heavy stalker of a track with top MCing and there’s a superb James Talk mix too."

iDJ Magazine February 2007

Harold Heath - Special Feature

Harold Heath – to many househeads, he’s legendary. Having wowed us with his debut album “Hole Funk” back in November, and with his habit of firing out jaw-dropping house platters (such as his recent “Streets Keep Rocking” EP on Lost My Dog), we decided it was about time we gave Harold the props he truly deserves.
“Hole Funk” was one of the most accomplished debut artist albums we had the pleasure of checking in 2006. That said, this didn’t come as much of a surprise – we’ve been admiring Harold’s talents ever since we heard his epic hip-house breakthrough track “Long Relationships” in 2004. From that moment on, Harold began moonwalking himself to success and 2007 looks even more exciting, with “…a full length deep house album and a non-house album full of contemporary funk stuff”, on top of forthcoming releases on Reverberations Ltd, Lost My Dog, Urbantorque, Our Records, Magnitude etc. There’s a strong argument to suggest Harold is a bit too big for the bubblin-under section!

full article here

iDJ Magazine January 2007

Harold Heath – Hole Funk - Full length Album
Urbantorque (UK) UTCD01

Harold delivers a remarkable investigation into the finest electronic funk known to man. Showcasing old skool Hammond jams, sexy, smooth deep house and spacey breakbeat, we strongly suggest that you develop a long relationship with it. (see what we did there?!)

iDJ Magazine December 2006

Harold Heath – Street Keep Rockin EP
Lost My Dog (UK) LMD012

Heath’s debut album is due this autumn, yes purlease. For now though, these three tracks of techy schwing will do a treat. ‘Intimate Tightening’ sets the scene with its squidgy warmth and sci-fi scuffle. But it’s the catchy underground acid funk of the two versions of the title track that get it going with a bang, in particular when the vox sample hits on the remix. 4/4

Harold Heath – Hole Funk Album Sampler Urbantorque (UK)

Hot on the heels of Harold’s album, the good peeps at Urbantorque have decided to liberate some of the more dancefloor friendly cuts and delivered them in their full length glory. Opening with the anthemic slice of cosmic deep house ‘Messages From The Future’, this four-track really shouldn’t disappoint anyone with a penchant for smooth, melodious electronic house. Killer, just like the album.

iDJ Magazine November 2006

Harold Heath - Hole Funk
Urbantorque (UK) UTCD01

"I promise the funk, the whole funk, nothing but the funk," the vocal proudly declares on Harold's aptly titled opener 'Hole Funk', and by jove they're right! This isn't a small slice of funk, nor is it a wee peak into certain realms of funk: it's funk in its entirety. From street-skulking hip-house ('Be My Friend') to old skool Hammond-;ed, wukka wukka guitar-fuelled jams ('Food For A Fat Pig'), via spacey breakbeat ('Another Sky') and sexy, smooth deep house ('Feel The Love') this album simply oozes infectious grooves. Mind you, this should come as no suprised to any Harold Heath fan - his history as a DJ goes back to the rare groove days and no matter how dirty or jacking his house beats on labels such as Oblong, Reverberations, Sensei and of course, Urbantorque, there's always an epic booty-shake factor to wrap your ears around. Transferring such studio skills to a full length album isn't always easy, but Harold's executed it perfectly by balancing the club-centric with the blissful downtempo. From the orgasmic journey into space that is "Toshiro" to the album's electro-funk-meets-Orbital finale "Lino Burns", this is one immacualte debut. Recomended Album, 5/5

DJ Magazine November 2006

Harold Heath - Hole Funk
Urbantorque (UK) UTCD01

It’s not hard to see that Harold Heath began his career in music as a rare groove DJ, such is the passion and soul poured into his productions. It’s the kind of ability only gained from raw experience, not something you can make up on the spot. But spinning rare groove was only the beginning for Harold, and his style went through hip-hop, acid house, electro and the ‘Hole Funk’. His debut album really does feature the whole funking spectrum of his talent and influences. ‘Hole Funk’ does two things; it makes you want to dance and it makes you want to sit down and listen all at the same time. 4.5/5

m8 November 2006

Harold Heath - Hole Funk
Urbantorque (UK) UTCD01

A really unusual album this. Harold has gone about assembling a collection of completely different musical ideas and rolled them up into a great listen; probably more at-home in nature, but with a spine of funk that should make you ditch the armchair at random moments and bop about your front room. As he goes about genre-busting at will, it becomes clear that deep house, acid and 70’s funk have played a big part in forming his tastes – tracks like ‘Food For A Fat Pig’ and ‘Hole Funk’ itself are laid-back portions of vintage-sounding funk, while ‘Giftwrap’, ‘Party Never Stops’ and ‘Feel The Love’ (in particular) have that lovely dreamy/hypnotic groove about them that sometimes only quality deep house can provide; chilled and infectiously finger-clicking at the same time. There are acidy inflexions throughout, which is no bad thing of course, and he even manages to add that little bit of squelch to the bouncy hip-house of ‘Be My friend’ and ‘Another Sky’s heavier, techy breakbeats. Diversity like this is great, though I reckon a full-blown, focused deep house project could really elevate him to superstardom.

DJ Magazine Sept 2005

Harold Heath - Long Relationships: Remixes
Urbantorque (UK) URTRO20

Hip house, as we all know, is a dangerous game, but Harold Heath really pulled it off with “Long Relationships” a massive records for David Duriez. These mixes match up to the original too, with Asad Rizvi knocking out a dynamic tech version that drops just the right amount of vocal with added analogue wiggles. Insignificant Others use more of the rapping for a straighter take that works some slap bass. Well worth a look, even if you have the original.

iDJ July 2005

Harold Heath - Long Relationships: Remixes
Urbantorque (UK) URTRO20

One of the finest house records of recent years returns in all is pulsating hip house glory – albeit in all new, extra-exciting Remix form! Asad Rizvi does the bizniss with techy beats, looped acoustic bass and one helluva vocal breakdown (just watch those hands reach for the strobes), while Insignificant Others throw some slap bass and cheesy Casio bleeps into the pot on their funksome version. The only disappointment is Relation's odd-ball mix, which can be described as Fisher-Price mullet house. Still, two of out of the three mixes rock – and the original's still doing the business for me. Welcome back UrbanTorque! MA

iDJ MARCH 2005

Harold Heath - Midnight Sunshine / Spy
Sensei ( UK ) sns018

"I've yet to hear anything by Heath that hasn't made me want to dance round the room naked. I can just about keep my clothes on this time round but that doesn't mean these aren't a couple of belters. Both are as dreamy as it comes in the tech house world, taking different but equally sophisticated routes to something that'll work any floor that fancies a bit of electronic soul."

iDJ FEB 2005

Harold Heath V. Flow - House the Weather / Willy Wonka
Boxa ( UK ) BOXA 003

"Chas Burns gets loose with Morgan and Heath? Of course the results are going to be nothing less than tech heaven. Morgan's side is the kind of brooding rough-edged hypno tech it's impossible not to get lost in, while Heath's more Detroit flavours sound like they've been soaked in LSD between the studio and the pressing plant. Proper tech and awesome the pair of them."

DJ JAN 2005

Harold Heath V. Flow - House the Weather / Willy Wonka
Boxa ( UK ) BOXA 003

DJ MARCH 2004

Harold heath – Long Relationships
Urbantorque ( UK ) URTR017

iDJ FEB 2004

Harold Heath – Long Relationships
Urbantorque ( UK ) URTR017

DJ Sept 2002

Harold Heath – Aretha's Reign
Sensei ( UK ) sns008