Secret Society (AKA Justin Johnson and 3PO) “Stolen“ Original Mix

In 2001, Justin Johnson & Chris O’Connor (3PO) launched a brand new label from the depths of the lower east side in New York City called Cable Recordings. At the time, Chris and Justin were the two most senior employees at Satellite Records and were roommates in a Brooklyn loft near Bushwick. Their mission was to connect all the sounds that they loved into their own sound. Their first offering Stolen was influenced by their surroundings, their peers, their DJ gigs, and their love for bangin’ house music. They took the dirtiness of the subways, the grime of the sidewalks, and the magnificence of the skyscrapers and turned them into a stompin’ Tribal House stormer, which embodied the sound of the dance floors of New York City at that time. The B-Side featured an amazing remix from long time friend and collaborator John Selway whose progressive Tribal Techno sound had already taken the world by storm. Indeed, it was Selway’s remix that helped bring the spotlight to Cable by being licensed to mix compilations on Fabric (Slam), Ultra (Taylor), and Moonshine (Dave Aude), as well as being featured in an episode of Showtime’s ’Queer As Folk’. Shortly after its release, grabbed it and brokered remixes from Angel Alanis and Len Faki, and gave the tracks even more exposure. Original feeback and quotes: Pete Gooding (Rennaisance) - “A1 is a good tribal house cut and the B side is good for those harder sets“ Louis Osborne (House of God) - “Both mixes are excellent, both will find a place in my sets“ Gordon Kaye (Galaxy) - “Excellent records. It’s very dark and tribally but it does totally retain it’s own identity and style. In my box for a long while, thats for sure“ Duncan Forbes - “Yeah, this is great, chunky, nice one. John’s mix is pumping too. Nice one“ Marcus James (Rennaisance) - Love the Secret Society track, going down well early on at club“ Justin Robertson - “all the records you send are good but this really stands out“ Anthony Pappa - “Two great mixes to choose from, Secret Society is brilliant. A great record“ Chris Hybrid - “Driving, totally wicked - sounds lovely in a club. Top quality driving funky prog“ Joanna Massive (Massive Records) - “A brilliant debut from Chris & Justin. Two superior mixes for peak time damage...“ Jon Pleased - “Awesome!“ B1 - 5/5 Matthew Roberts - “A dope piece of house stomp with the odd nasty noise for the ol doom factor. Luvly jubby“ Paul Woolford (Back2Basics) - “Secret Society supply the funk; tight ’n’ how we like me - just had this in the mix. Top notch!!!!“ (charted #4) Scott Bradord (Shindig) - “Will use both mixes. Excellent, looking forward to hearing more“ Dean Wilson (Golden/ Cream) - “Fan-bloody-tastic“. Awesome stuff!“ (charted) Dave Congreve (The Bomb) - “Cool West Coast sounding thing that works really well. Tuff & groovy without ever going over the top. Prefer the A side as it’s a bit more funked up“ (charted #13) Matt Lawes (Sugarcandy) - “Stolen is a perfect peak time track for the tribal style DJs. Although dark in feel, it’s pretty pumping and has lots of energy. Selway’s mix is the one! It’s that bit more driving with a more solid bass as harsh as some of his other work and certainly a little definitely take the roof off any decent club“ (charted #9) Graham Gold - “Selway mix is kicking arse“ Al Mackenzie - “Selway mix rocks“ Mark Ambrose (Crayon) - “Very cool, both sides different flavour but groovy“ Simon & John (Primary) - “B - excllent big tribal percussive number. Worked very well“ Barry McCullough (Belfast) - “Brilliant! That’s all I can say...“ Played on Seb Fontaine’s BBC Radio 1 show on April 28, 2001.