House News

Thatmanmonkz and Simba have both been dropping loads of tight house releases this year.

Over at GAMM HQ we've been admiring their music from afar but have now managed to team them up together with a solid EP of house inspired reworks.
Split up over 4 tracks they snap elements from hip hop (Tribe Quest), R&B (E. Badu) and disco.
It's all deep, edgy and comes with a real gritty feel...just the way we like it.

Noodles groovechronicles / dubchild part 1 of the rip n run series featuring tracks "we go" & "zip it up" being heavily supported by radio & dj's.

Ultra rare cuts from Danny J Lewis. These unreleased "totally dubs" are the true definition of rocking horse shit!

This is how Brasil meets Spain in Germany. When 2 friends from Sao Paulo (DWU & GIOC) sent this fantastic demo to Rainer Weichhold for his label Gold Rcrds and shooting star Wade from Spain added his trademark style for a boombastic remix. No more words necessary since Wade regularly delivers proper dancefloor gems on Suara or Relief.

After 4 years Rocksteady Disco drops its first remix record, featuring up­-and­-coming heavy hitters LADYMONIX, Sol Power All­Stars, Pontchartrain, and Topher Horn. LADYMONIX, one of Detroit's most recently exciting producers and deejays, kicks off the release with an east coast meets gospel garage house remix of Peter Croce's Revival', before Washington DC's Sol Power All­Stars turn up the groove on a brilliant afro fusion styled remix of Topher Horn's Photo For Todd', loaded with plenty of hip­ grooving percussive bounce and Mini Moog lines. Pontchartrain continues to dig into his peak hour deep house side, with his afro­-Colombian­ tinged remix of Peter Croce's Revival'. It features peak hour synth stabs, sax, and live alegre. Lastly, the ever jazzy and soulful Topher Horn digs back into his debut release and gives it the VIP rubdown, with heavier drums and bouncier disco­-not­-disco piano. Highly recommended diverse release for the discerning deejay and listener.

dj pereception's debut release forever ep vol 1 on DPR recordings.Played on his regular show on vision fm, this ep has gained a lot of interest & support featured tracks "memory" & "the way forward"

Early 90's Warehouse find featuring classic NY Garage, Disco & Boogie + a DJ tool. This amazing EP starts off with AFTERSHOCK'S "SLAVE TO THE VIBE" followed by "KEEP ON MOVIN" Remix by DEODATO. On the flip we have "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" by DAYTON and to end we have "SET IT OUT" by MIDWAY (ACCAP)

This release sees Roska dropping some new, serious fun, with the pad-tinged menace of Windbreaker Riddim and the Carnival flavoured Warming, both of which are made for the dancefloor. This release is available exclusively on vinyl, and limited to a 500 pressing.

It all started in March 2016 when Attek and Guy Johnson met each other at their school in Utrecht (NL). They immediately started working together on some House projects, it was the beginning of a great friendship. When mentor and friend DJ Caspa sended over some oldskool vinyl which he recorded from his magical collection, things really took off. With deep characteristic pads, uplifting drums, soft chords and warm smootchy vocals, Attek and Guy Johnson went all out with this warm EP. STRCTR is proud to introduce another beautiful piece of art, mastered once again by the House legend DJ Steaw.

Repress of proto Garage Classic 'Music' from Legendary UK Garage Record Label 'Same People', which brought you 'Dangerous' the track that inspired the Dubstep & Grime scene...

Don't miss out on this Collector's Limited x 100 Press Only 12" of UK Garage History!

Label Bosses ' The Deepshakerz ' present their new HOT EP with a couple of tunes exctracted from their first (and just) released,Album ever: Sensations + a brand new one. 3 strong originals with different vibes,from Deep House and melodic contaminations to some Dirty and Old school Sounds...The Whole alongside the remixes from 2 of our fav producers rigth now as the man of the moment: Dennis Cruz.....and one of best deep house artist of new generation: Nils Hoffmann

U GOOOT TO LIIIIVEEEEEE.....AND PLAYYYY IT!!!!!!!!

Off the back of Rudeboyz follow up EP entitled Gqomwave, Goon Club Allstars are back with an EP from UK Funky producer KG. In 2007 Karen Nyame, otherwise known as KG, was at the Nottingham Trent University producing beats on Fruity Loops. Slightly isolated in Nottingham - away from the UK Funky scene's London epicentre - KG posted her tunes on popular UK Funky message boards and Facebook pages, but never had an opportunity to properly stake her claim as one of the scene's heavy hitters. 808 and Midnight (Flute Riddim) are two lost anthems from that era, although receiving support from the likes of Marcus Nasty and others, they were largely forgotten amongst the numerous stand out tracks of the era, appearing rarely in mixes of those lucky enough to have digital copies. 808 is the party anthem, it's joyous, quivering melodies ascend above the thumping kick drum, while relentless crashing snares and carnival whistles rain down - guaranteed to heat up the coldest of dancefloors. Midnight (Flute Riddim) on the flip side is the softer, slinkier bubbler. Built for smouldering club action and hot sunny days. BSNYEA is a new addition to Goon Club Allstars' burgeoning family of artists. Hailing from the Bronx he is a veteran of the Borough's Litefeet genre that soundtracks the performances of subway dancers cross New York City's transit system. On his remix of 808 he focusses on the whistles and gutter synth lines adding in booming bass drums and lock inducing chants. Hitmakerchinx comes fresh from his anthemic Night Slugs compilation. Bringing his signature FDM energy he drops the tempo and builds on the light, airiness, letting the flutes play out softly underneath the thumping drums.

Inspired by a fluid mix of global club sounds including UK funky, kuduro, techno and rap, Nervous Horzion co-head TSVI is to kick off 2018 with the release of new EP, 'Rambo'.

Comprised of six tracks, including collaborations with DJ JM and fellow Nervous Horizon boss, Wallwork, as well as a bonus remix from Luru, 'Rambo' details how TSVI's sound continues to evolve, taking on bold new shapes in the process.

A natural extension of 2016 EP, 'Sacred Drums', here he scopes out fresh influences that can be felt right the way through the tracklist. From the blaring kuduro flavours on opener 'Pull Up' to outright UK funky club jam, 'Funky T' and sparse, frenetic drum workout 'Roller', TSVI meshes together a network of powerful, drum-centred tracks.

Features from DJ JM and Wallwork bring new focus to his work too, with 'Jaguar' — a cranking, off-piste drum exercise hit by bursts of sharp, metallic synth melodies and zapping bass stabs — spotlighting inventive sound design and brilliantly abstract thinking.

A bold marker for a producer already at the top of his game, 'Rambo' forms the perfect 2018 lift-off point for one of the UK's most exciting young club labels.

Quick run of remixes for Addison Groove's recently released 'Changa' — The white-label style series from Tony aka Headhunter aka Addison Grooove is now here, in it's fourth edition, coming with a series of Shango remixes from Ejeca, O'Flynn, Nan Kole, Amit and Subp Yao. You know the deal.....

Osage (pronounced Oh-Sage) is the electronic music making alter ego of dj/producer lil'dave, a veteran DJ on the Philadelphia nightclub scene, a member of the highly respected dj crew Illvibe Collective and the co-host of the internationally known broadcast Eavesdrop Radio. As a recording artist, he has released music under various aliases for record labels such as BBE Records, Tru Thoughts, Record Breakin' Music, Soulspazm, and First Word Records and collaborated with and remixed a diverse range of artists such as RJD2, Lady Alma, Ty, Ryat, Captain Planet, Foremost Poets, and more.The Osage sound is an amalgamation of musical influences such as deep house, samba, African rhythms, futuristic r&b, boogie, uk garage, salsa, broken beat, and soul. Built from slightly unorthodox drum programming, and layers of synthesizers, the music is focused on bringing the soulfulness out of the machines he is working with. Over the years, he has been building a solid reputation by creating a catalog of clever dance floor edits, remixes, and original tracks which have been supported by notable tastemakers such Gilles Peterson. This 12" compiles 4 of our favorite moments from the 2 EPs that Osage has released thus far on Bastard Jazz. The record kicks off with the bubbling house vibes of "I Found You" featuring Dezeray Dawn on vocals, before moving into a deeper House dub of the track from Washington DC's Sol Power All-Stars. On the flip, "Last Call" is a late end of the night anthem with Osage himself offering words of inspiration, and the EP rounds off with the "Anyway", a sparse dance cut with syncopated claps, moody synths and heartfelt vocals from Yemi.

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The Sunburst Band's lush "In The Thick Of It" has been a big club and radio hit throughout the summer, one that has even won praise from diehard fans of the Brenda Russell original.
Now Sweden's Opolopo (hot from his Gregory Porter '1960 What' rework) gives the track an 80's boogie/proto house rework.
Squelchy stabs and funked up synth bass make this a sure fire winner for both the muso's and dancefloors.
Yes, there are quite a few boogie influenced house tracks but most of them are based around big samples, where as this contains none.

If you prefer things a little less vocal then check the boogie body land dub, the grooves along without any house clichés.


DJ Reactions:

Dimitri From Paris - Now, that's what I call music, fantastic remixes
Ashley Beedle - A lovely set of mixes from that man Opolopo. Big support
Justin Winks aka Casio Social Club - This is hot, seriously HOT
King Britt - Fantastic rework and Opolopo always represents.... Big ups to Joey for making it happen!
Danny Krivit - Very cool
Johnny Fiasco - I just humped my speakers...
Jask - Nice funky boogie vibes
Dave RedSoul - Very nice!
Robert Owens - Nice mix
Hed Kandi - Dope
Glenn Underground - Nice for a change of feel (Dopeness) in that 80's persona
Richard Earnshaw - Love it
Sean McCabe - Hot synth-bass driven groove from Opolopo. Very nice re-touch
CJ Mackintosh - Great Remix
Kiko Navarro - Super ultra funky biznezz!
Cherokee - GOLD! This is my kind of Music!
Dario d'Attis - Wonderful vocals
Martin Ikin - Love it
Terry Hunter - Opolopo Kills another song and I mean that in a good way! Great remix
ATFC - Very cool!
Jazz FM - Loving that groovy moogie bass
Graeme Park - Oh joy, oh joy, oh joy. Glorious! Full support from me


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The general consensus has been that "The Secret Life of Us" CD is the strongest album yet from Joey Negro's Sunburst Band. Recently managing to top the Solar Sweet Rhythms chart, Starpoint Soul Chart, Amazon Dance chart, now we start to see some of the cuts in extended remixed form.

The brassy disco funk jam "Take It To The Top" gets an extended beefed up treatment from Joey Negro. As always with Sunburst tunes the instrumentation is top notch, while Noelle Scaggs vocals ride beautifully over the top.

For those who like things a bit more electronic Andreas Saag delivers a brilliant remix that retains the jazziness of the original but underpinned by a crazy syncopated bassline.

DJ Reactions:

Dimitri From Paris - Always top notch production
Lovebirds - Saag remix is huge!!
Deetron - Andreas never let's us down, great remix!!
CJ Mackintosh - Joey Mix for me...lovely!
Danny Krivit - Great remix
Ralf GUM - Nice remix and good original. Will play for sure
Glenn Underground - This is major, especially the Joey Negro Extended Mix
Richard Earnshaw - Just love getting this vibe in the inbox!! Lovely stuff!
Leftside Wobble - Love the original and Andreas Saag's remix brings just enough twisted electronic funk
Jazz FM - 2 top notch remixes, Andreas has a slight advantage from these ears, lovin the broken jazzy disco vibes
Graeme Park - Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!
DJ Jeroenski - Wicked stuff indeed...!
David Scally - A summer smash... Loving the Joey Ext funk!!! Andreas has more four to the floor appeal. Two cracking mixes
Jask - This is very nice. both mixes:)
Shur-i-kan - Great Saag mix!
Rocky - Lovely. Saag mix is the one
Soulmagic - Both the Extended and the Andreas Saag remix works for us
Hernan Cattaneo - Excellent stuff
Roog - Great stuff!
Casio Social Club - Yet more wonderfullness from the Z camp
Bill Brewster - JN mix very jazz funk, nice early 80s Rhodes work, like it
Martin Ikin - Both mixes are great, love the vibe on the saag remix
Sean McCabe - Sublime remix by Andreas Saag! Both tracks are smokin hott!!!
Alex Niggemann - Nice music, as always. Big thx.
Fred Everything - I'm a big fan of Andreas Saag and I love everything in his remix
Matt Bandy - Niceness....
Gregor Salto - Joey is boss! I wish people were more open to that sounds nowadays
Kiko Navarro - Very nice musical arrangements on Andreas Saag remix plus a super funky extended from the man

Produced by Todd Terry !!

Noodles groovechronicles & Dubchild collab on their 2step dark series " rip n run" supported by flex fm & rinse fm

DJ Swagger returns to E-Beamz with one of his most sought after jams Holly Wood backed with 2 club heaters! Major TIP!

After a couple of well-received contributions to New Breed of Deep House and Finest NY House 2011, House producer Washerman releases a 4-track EP that's just chock full of all that great 4/4.

Reminiscent of works by the great Kerri Chandler, who's one of his major influences, the synth jabs, booming baselines and funky kick drum of tunes like the EP's namesake, "Be What You Wanna Be," "Feeling Good," and "Do It" are sure to win the hearts and souls of househeads abound. Let's not forget "Moody Life," also offered on this EP, for those who like it a little mellower & deeper.
DJ FEEDBACK:


Washerman blazes this one !!
-Groove Assassin

Great vibes from the washerman!!
-Ric McClellandSCOPE)

House as its supposed to be, thanks!
-Jay West

Do it c'mon Rub Da House for me!
-BENNA / Art Department

Bangin' EP Old School style. Thanks!!
-Louis Benedetti

Do It! C'mon is a nasty track! Definitely feeling this one big time, gonna play it immediately, thanks!
-Kevin Masterkev

Nice EP. Hyped and old skool sounding tracks!
-Tony Humphries / Jacko

Really good EP. Every track is a winner
-Ian Straker / Lost My Dog Records / Kahua Music

Really like Washerman.. quality house
-Frank Ryle

Perfect package! Thanks
-Dave Mayer

5 really solid cuts, especially digging Rub Da House and Be What You Wanna Be (Dub) Thanks!
-Danny Stott / Roland Nights

Pure Fire!!!
-John Rivera (Sounds Limited / Slip N Slide Records)

Wow what for an EP!! Do it! C'mon is firing!!! full support from me
-Mark Stone (UDM Show)

Definitely hear the influences... nice retro vibes
-Andy Ward

Very Much Like Kerri Chadler he must be a Kerri student, cause he has him down to the Teeee.... Very Kerri, Need I say more
-Freddy Turner
Nice
-Phil Hooton

Nice and Deep
-Fabrizio Carrer

Be What You Wanna Be is big action...like it a lot
-Niall Redmond (RTE Pulse,Irish Daily Mirror)

Cool classic-sounding house grooves
-Russell Deeks (This Is Why We Dance)

Deep & Groovy
-Joan Ribas (Ibizasoulstice Music / Pacha Hotel Ibiza)

Full support
-Franco De Mulero

It's all about the Moody Life joint!
-Parrish James

Nice & Deep
-Marques Wyatt

Pristine underground-esque deep house bringing back the beloved old skool rhythms and melodies... more please
-Mike Fossati (Spirit of House)

During the mid-80s and early 90s Movin' Records defined the New Jersey sound. A skate-shop-turned-record-store run by the so-called fairy godmother of house' Abigail Adams, Movin's first output was 'I've Got The Music' by Boyd Jarvis in 1987, followed by music from game changers Blaze, Kerri Chandler, Tony Humphries and Smack, straight up Jersey jams' that producers are still attempting to replicate to this day. Still the Movin' Records catalogue throws up gems that sound super fresh along with plenty of lightbulb moments of musical discovery.

After becoming a surprise hit from the B-side of Kamar's 'In Every Way', Movin' Records presents this remix single to give dancefloors a serious shake-up. Kerri produces some heavyweight remixes of this single, along with regular collaborator Yahya McDougald. As with all of Kerri's early productions, this sits proud alongside his latest, more mature output thanks to his naturally instinctive style. The single features vocals from Calvin Reed Sr., Kerri Chandlers actual Grampa!

Naoki E-Jima's Disc Shop Zero record store in Tokyo holds a special place in our hearts. Since before Idle Hands was even established, when Rooted Records was king, the cosy, liberally stocked shop has served as a sympathetic outpost for Bristol's rich culture of soundsystem music. Over the years, Naoki has championed all the best music to come from our fair city, from Smith & Mighty through to Pinch and Pev and on to the output from our own humble label. It's been a vital connection to help our music reach the right heads on the other side of the world, in turn providing a platform for our most treasured artists to gig and further the cause of the music we love.

As a thank you for all the support Naoki has shown Bristol music over the years, Idle Hands has put together a special tribute 10" of tracks that chime with his particular musical tastes, shining a light on some complementary gems that might have otherwise never seen the light of day. It's also a chance to fill in the missing IDLE013 catalogue number - fortunately, the number 13 does not represent bad luck in Japanese culture.

On the A-side, the mighty (pun intended) Rob Smith takes to a track from Outboxx's debut album, originally intended for a remix 12" that never came to be. In his learned hands, "Lost Soul" becomes a shimmering stepper marked out by beautiful cascading arpeggios and of course plenty of fulsome bass, with arresting fragments of vocal drifting in and out of the mix for good measure. Rob's status as a true legend of Bristol music needs no explanation, but his presence here is furthermore because Naoki is such a fan of his music.

On the B-side, Atki2 makes a welcome return to the label after bringing a classic ray of sunshine to Idle Hands on the second single we ever put out. As well as being a big release for us, it was apparently huge at Disc Shop Zero, so it feels right to bring the effervescent "He's Royal" to this 10" release.

With a sunny disposition at heart, these two tracks make sense sharing a 10", but it's even more fitting that they sit side by side as we doff our caps to a true hero of the global underground. Thanks, Naoki.

Following a killer split 12' w/ Djrum for the Zenker Brother's Ilian Tape label, new artist Struction debuts for R&S
Newcomer Struction joins the R&S family for a titanic EP of dystopian post-rave experimentation - the 4 track release, entitled 'Gefüge', effortlessly crystallises the best parts of R&S's storied musical heritage without coming off like pastiche.
From the jacked menace of opener 'Kreen', a dizzying percussive assault of breakbeats and 808 kicks, it's clear that Struction means business. 'Warrior' follows on with deep end breakbeats cut through with melancholic synth washes.
The flip side commences with 'Ai', all skittering percussion, swelling distorted pads and relentless kick drum thrum, while 'Dolly' rounds out the release in fine style, quickening the pulse with its hypnotic FM bass polyrhythms, scything cymbals and icy strings.With this release Struction marks himself as one to watch very closely for the future, as well as once again showing R&S's commitment to nurturing new talent, as well as releasing the best cutting edge electronic music.

DJ Seinfeld drops his debut for E-Beamz, a dusty house & garage bass roller backed with M44K's massive Mystvib (Edit) finally seein the light of day on vinyl!

INKLUSIVE:
180g Vinyl
2 Artwork Poster
Album CD

The Knife, the Swedish electro-pop duo composed of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, will release its fourth studio full-length, "Shaking The Habitual," on Apr. 8, "Shaking The Habitual" is the long-awaited follow-up to 2006's "Silent Shout"

Following up his killer cut on LWYF 3, here's a full EP of his crazy French twist on house & techno, rocking out his distinctive arrangements &vflexing his feel for mixing classic house sounds with modern production aesthetics.

Noodles groovechronicles re-release of 1999/ Blackpuppet ( first recongized dubstep tune blackpuppet ) & ground breaking in most most sampled snare 1999.

WNCL Recordings is back with a showcase of Cassette Librarians past, present and future..

Acid-S and Roughnic met in late 90ies through producing and DJ-ing. They organized undergroundparties and developed their skills in music.

Acid-S worked in studios like Akropolis (EMI, BMG), X.1 (WDR, Kraftwerk) and Sinsport (Groove-Attack, Interworld) as producer and engineer. Roughnic is a member of the Riddim Box Crew and played bookings from Poland to New York, represented IASI on his supportgigs for SBTRKT, Zed Bias, Benga, Chase & Status, Example and Skrillex.

The science of pattern, drums and futuresounds are their common sense. In 2012 IASI release their first EP 'Vision' on the berlin-based label SUPERB recordings.

Santiago Salazar's Slide project is back! Bringing them crazy sliding bounce jams to funk up dancefloors world wide, gangsta style!