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When devoted Spurs fan, Dan The Drum approached lifelong Gooner and Faith Collective original, Stuart Patterson, with an idea for a track, Dan was given short shrift due to the duo’s footballing differences of opinion. However, once they were off the terraces and in the comfort of a friendly North London boozer, they discussed the idea further and Dan's vision of Stuart recalling his decades long career in the UK house scene resonated. Mr Patterson had been thinking along similar lines for a long time and they both felt there was a need for a roll call of some of the most important names from those early days, which was woefully overdue. The last thing Stuart had imagined is that it would be him telling the story, merging some of his own DJ’ing memories. So, after some cajoling and 3 pints of Red Stripe later, Dan got Stu talking into his recorder whilst Dan's demo track played in the background and Stuart’s stream of consciousness took shape. The duo thought there was need for a memorable hook that invoked the essence of a classic house track, so Dan got on the blower to Carmy Love, chanteuse extraordinaire from the London House Choir and, with the addition of her blistering vocals, the track began to take build into something substantial. A further musical heavyweight was approached, and Dan went into the North Street West studio with international musical maestro and studio manager, Darren Morris who added exemplary keys and additional instrumentation alongside their dual production and arrangement.

‘UK House Sermon’ stands proudly alongside many US house fables and its delivery pays homage to the likes of The Streets, ‘Weak Become Heroes’, Ashley Beedle and Earl Zinger’s ‘Ghost Dancers’ and Daft Punk’s ‘Teachers’.

With remixes already in the bag from the mighty X-Press 2 and the North Street West gang of Ashley Beedle, Jo Wallace and Darren Morris, this is going to be one of the strongest packages of 2025. It is truly a premiere division ‘Match Made In North London.’

Pronounced F-Star-Clear, the Ramsgate based UK label is the brainchild of Jo Wallace and releases house music in all its wonderful glory. From deep to dark to uplifting, Chicago's 5Magazine said 'How many labels are doing discovery these days? Meet F*CLR'.