Hooj Choons

Founded in 1990 by [a=Red Jerry] and [a1460684] (who left after HOOJ 004 to go and work with Pete Tong at FFRR). It was Howells’ girlfriend, Emma, who came up with the Hoojman logo. It released numerous #1 records to the world. Its changing styles throughout the years did much to guide the tastes of DJs and dance floors around the world. Probably best known for re-releasing the mid-90's dance floor hit "Café Del Mar" by [a=Energy 52], which remains a dance floor classic. It specialized in progressive house and progressive trance, although later releases dabbled in breaks, deep house, electro and ambient flavours. It shut down in mid-2003 due to ongoing financial difficulties, but returned in 2006 under the same management as [l1360]. Only a few new releases appeared on the label, and the company [l268296] that operated since 1993 was dissolved in 2010. After a few years in a dormant state, the Hooj name has again been restarted in January 2014, with an expected "sparse but high quality release schedule".