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Original Message 1/37 18-Sep-03 @ 04:16 PM - Hooj Choons Closes!

stilla punter

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Dear Hooj person,

It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that Hooj Choons, as we
know it, is no more. Following two years of fairly horrendous financial
struggle, during which time we fought to trade our way out of mounting
debt problems, we've had to call in the professionals to resolve matters
once and for all.

Naturally, this has come about as a direct result of: Sept 11/ any middle
eastern conflict you care to name/ downloading/ the slump in the global
economy/ music industry/ dance music industry... No, the truth is that as
distinguished labels, clubs and magazines shut down around us, we failed
to react quickly or effectively enough to what was going on. We thought
we'd seen this happen before, and could work our way out of it, but this
was a different kind of slump.

It feels like we should write some kind of mini - obituary for Hooj at
this point, but maybe everything that needs to be remembered about us is
out there already: a hundred and thirty six releases spanning 13 years,
all of them, for better or for worse, trying to live up to our original
aim of remaining 'occasional providers of half decent house'.

(Key members of staff will be carrying on the work of hooj.com, one of the
few beacons of hope amongst the gloom of recent times, under a new name
and ownership. Please see separate Hooj.com statement for details at the
top of the message board).

Its been a long, and until recently, enjoyable ride and we thank everyone
for their support over the past twelve years.

Yours,

The Hooj Mob

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Message 2/37 18-Sep-03 @ 04:22 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

BluStudio

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wow, in saying that there release list was getting smaller and less credible of late - hooj was the king back mid nineties tho - some unforgetable records.

blu

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Message 3/37 18-Sep-03 @ 04:51 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

dubmunkey

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wasn't a big fan of hooj but am def gutted that such a big and important label can fold like this.....what chance do we have?

greg

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Message 4/37 18-Sep-03 @ 05:27 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

ducale

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non. Dance music is slowly dying. Kids are interested in guitars again.

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Message 5/37 18-Sep-03 @ 05:49 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

R.A.T.

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A very very very sad fact...... :-(

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Message 6/37 18-Sep-03 @ 05:53 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

mcc>

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but alas...they be kids and they will grow up.

perhaps sad....but true.

everything in cycles.

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Message 7/37 18-Sep-03 @ 06:07 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

errata

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Man i feel old! Warning old dude on porch about to ramble on>>>

I remember when this stuff wasn't cool, interesting or popular... I remember when a big party was one hundred kids in a warehouse, where we didn't belong! I remember when the music was live, and the people were interesting, and SMART!!!! I remember when frat boys didn't want to f+ck raver chicks... when they beat up raver kids... when it was common to find hippies, like from the sixties, at a party. I remeber when the scene wasn't all over billboards, car commercials and soda cans! I remember when we did this for one another, not ourselves...

Quit whinging about the the "death of Dance Music"... you're not going to get rich! Grow up and except that (you weren't going to get rich anyway)... make beats, if they're good beats, people will dance! Forget the rest of this plastic, industry bullsh+t, it's not what "dance" about anyway!

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Message 8/37 18-Sep-03 @ 06:34 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

steve

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it's a bit sad to see labels closing, but this is a good thing in the long run I reckon - people'll get back to doing things for the love of it again, and that can't be bad.

dance music isn't dying, the corporate beast that it'd become is.

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Message 9/37 18-Sep-03 @ 07:41 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

milan

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cool letter. makes me feel sorry for them, although i'm pretty sure they released some horrible hardhouse things along the way.

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Message 10/37 18-Sep-03 @ 09:47 PM - RE: Hooj Choons Closes!

Boo

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Sad, sad stuff.

Still, mcc is right - Things run in cycles.

We'll still be here through thick and thin, still making tunes regardless of whether people want to listen or not.

Guitars suck.

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