House News

After a short break in the African wilderness, Black Rox return for part 4 of this acclaimed series. 'Date With The Rain' sees Soft Rocks turn in an 11 minute 'One For The Lion King' manipulation of a joyous and uplifting jam that fuses traditional rhythms (think a humm-ba-ba) and vocals that are underpinned with a strong 4/4 kick.On the flip side,Roots Unit perform some major surgery with a 'Pump Up The Jam' reconstruction on 'Le Beat Is Technotronic'. Crazy percussive jungle rhythms and wonky vocal hooks rule the roost until it merges into a future 'techno-techno' Amazonian world.

2016 has been a good year for re-editor Evil Smarty and here pops up on Tonbe's Disco Fruit imprint for the first time on vinyl.
""This Is"" is a low-slung disco shuffler turned into a toughened-up house roller.
""If It Feels Good"" sees him in a celebratory mood (think sing-along disco funk with swinging new locked-in drums).
""Feel The Fire"" is a superb re-cut of the Osmonds' ""I,I,I"" that benefits greatly from some fresh new acid lines and
""The Get Down"", a killer, 98 BPM funk revision that makes great use of the source material's urgent, impassioned vocal, bluesy guitars and wild synthesizers.

2nd release on Jean Claude Gavri's new label EBO RECORDS, Seaside edits volume 2 contains 4 more energetic percussive reworks in tropical nature - Brazilian, Afro & Latin vibes.

Following on from 2016's excellent 'Birsk' single on Futureboogie, Philipp Lauer returns to the label with a new three track single. The 'Las Brisas' EP kick starts with the mechanical funk of 'Pile'; acidic notes drip over heavy EBM drums whilst a hovering 'Resse' style bassline dominates, the influence of early house and industrial dance are ever present here on this belter of a track from the Tuff City Kids and Talamanca System player.
More acid pressure can be found on 'Clipper', a blazing and dynamic slice of anthemic Balearic dance. Searing pads and lustrous melodies pour over the robust drum machine workout, that'll have dancers reaching for the skies! Real stirring stuff from Lauer, which continues with closing track 'Tyco'. Ricocheting stabs and cowbell hits bounce off a sturdy kick drum as the track flourishes with more on-point melodies and a snaking bass. Dripping with emotive refrains, Lauer brings his very best to the table here, and rounds off an EP that's most definitely all killer and no filler!

Neon Finger strikes back! Release number three starring Midnight Runners is here! A full time ultra delicate piece of synth funk and boogie where the Indonesian band, headlined by Munir Septiandry, will take our minds away, flying through misterious landscapes. A mandatory release for all weird funk lovers!

Terrific 12¨ purple vinyl and as Waste Editions crew are really into emotive and personal sounds ,on this occasion this new release 'Inside us ' by Old Coroner can´t be otherwise. We can´t talk about a trend since the producer from Barcelona Victor Safont ,who is the man behind this project ,started producing synthwave music in 2003. Yes siree! Powerful beats ,dark textures and touching melodies which are perfect for a diabolic dance floor or a meeting at a lodge.

The latest work of American Bluesman Arthur Miles also comes out on vinyl. production and re-elaboration by Raff Todesco & Gigi Maini, who has long been present in international club productions. vinyl comes out in production limited to 300 numbered copies and stickers with autographed signature by producers and artists. contains 4 songs, funk style house in various classic, club, minimal and traditional expressions. absolutely not to be missed, given the exceptional voice for d.j, clubs and collectors

London based Disco outfit Faze Action team up with celebrated Anglo/Brazilian artist, Nina Miranda for proto house crossover. Faze Action have always managed to take different musical traditions and blend them to create sounds that are somehow familiar whilst simultaneously containing the unexpected. Last year's Mangwana, featured long time Faze Action collaborator, Zeke Manyika, singing in his native Zimbabwean Shona over Faze Action's infectious disco production. This time, British/Brazilian singer, artist and all round creative force de majeur, Nina Miranda, takes things further with her invitation to Vamos Pintar or Let's Paint, in Portuguese. On the surface there is the familiar Faze Action restyled proto house but it soon becomes apparent that the brothers have appropriated more than just a Brazilian vocal. Punchy 808 drums and fizzy synths are infused with Brazilian Caixa and Pandaro as if they had always been designed to co-exist. The remixes come from the illustrious Max Essa, whose British born/Tokyo resident background chimes well with the international nature of this latest offering. His Slo-Mo Bubble Dub simmers with Mediterranean sun that reclines into romantic piano flourishes and dubbed out vocals, whilst the Extended Dub manages to draw out the original elements at their original tempo. Faze Action's own Paradise '90 Dub closes the package by keeping close to the original arrangement with added economy and plenty of dub delay of course.

Raw outsider boogie, interstellar loaner funk, intimate synth sound productions on this debut from Russia's VENUS EXPRESS II. The LP features 8 hot tracks of spacey, jazzy, funky tunes in the similar format of STAR CREATURE's SKY TONY & LIQUID PEGASUS releases. This is true space funk!

Grandbrothers are the sum of unique parts: Progressive Swiss engineer/mechanic/software designer Lukas Vogel and German-Turkish pianist Erol Sarp. Their second album 'Open' twins Sarp's piano skills with Vogel's talent for both building the formidably intricate mechanics with which he exploits his partner's instrument and also designing its software. Sarp works at his ivory keyboard while, from behind his own computer keys, Vogel live-samples his partner's notes, triggering further effects with the aid of a homemade apparatus that physically manipulate the piano's strings and body. They have essentially built an analogue drum machine out of a grand piano. Nerd out! Creating a new shade, a new dimension, a new generation of atmospheric krautrock with the piano at its core.

Their ambitious second album 'Open' explores dimensions at which their debut 'Dilation' only hinted. The greatest revelation for anyone hearing them the first time remains the element constant to everything they've recorded: every individual sound that Grandbrothers make stems from one single instrument, a piano. No wonder their music was once memorably described as open heart surgery on a grand.'

What makes things work,' Vogel concludes, is that we are such different personalities, with different skills, which fit together so well.' Sarp concurs: Our music comes from a mixture of really intense analysis and simply doing things. I can calm him down, and he can incite me. He's not just a colleague, but one of my closest friends.' Such synergy - born of an innate understanding and intuition, personally and musically - can be heard throughout Grandbrothers' technically innovative, thrillingly distinctive work: two ingenious minds, perfectly in tune, relentlessly exploring new ideas. Keep your mind Open.

Long time Is It Balearic artist Max Essa returns with two warm weather bombs.

First up is Mekko Sekko an early evening shuffler full of all max's trademark sounds subtly charming the most horizontal listener onto the dancefloor.

Top post sunset shuffler. Craig Bratley pumps up the bass sounds and drops an lovely vocal accent. We love this remix at IIB a real fav. Reminiscent of an early doors Flying track

The B-side is the stand alone track Aestival a beautifully evocative journey from chilled out bliss do chuggy dancefloor grooving done as only Max can do.

Great to have him back.

Omena LTD travels to Vilnius and meet up with Alexander Pietnev aka Ponty Mython for its sixth release.

Universe Of Pops consists of three illustrious and imaginative tracks, all free-flowing with an melodic approach that has become a signature sound for Ponty Mython.

Copenhagen's Music For Dreams cements its reputation as a label to watch with this new compilation of label boss Kenneth Bager's favourite 'Balearic Biscuits' - eight of his tastiest secret weapons for the most eclectic and adventurous dancefloors brought together in one essential vinyl double pack.
The opener comes from Dusseldorf's 'Saloon De Amateurs' resident Jan Schulte aka Wolf Müller aka Bufiman. 'Basedrum Party' is a tribal funky jungle beat with strong percussion. Throw in some weird and wonderful synth stabs and you have a very original and special crowdpleaser - Kenneth's personal favorite record of last year. José Manuel delivers a great percussive tribal groove called 'Macumba' that shifts direction half way through, with a Doors organ vibe washing over the African continent. Mehmet Aslan is on remix duties for 'Mechanical Turk' by Karpov Not Kasparov and his Turkish Bazaar roots shine through in a mesmerising epic nine minute musical journey of pure quality. Jan Schulte once again twists his beats on his remix of Africaine 808 resulting in a hypnotic floorfiller full of energy. Kenneth Bager's electronic disco and Fela-inspired 'Biological Bread' was recorded by him in Copenhagen then mixed by Tuccinelli in Ibiza and recalls an African Kwanza Posse mood. The 10 minute anthemic 'Hafi Deo' from 1985 by African Rumba singer-songwriter Tabu Ley Rochereau is a real winner showcasing his unique way of mixing Congolese folk music with Caribbean beats yet still sounding contemporary. Another special inclusion is the highly sought-after Kenneth favorite 'I Think You Are Boring' which was self-released in 1989 by 380 Volt Electric Papa - timeless drum machine overlaid with some very strange Italo-English lyrics. Finally 'Fork Power' by Grooveman Spot, a thunderous and amazing percussive powerful DJ mixing tool for peaktime heaven on any dancefloor. A special release for true collectors of the weirder and wonderful... Limited vinyl 300.

Leroy Burgess - One of the pioneers of Boogie, a legendary figure in the NYC Disco scene and all-out originator is well known by dance music aficionados across the globe for his output. His LOGG project from the early 80's especially has acquired a cult status amongst diggers, released on Salsoul in 1981 and boasting mixes from Larry Levan the LP became an instant club classic that still commands the dancefloor in 2017. Salsoul is a label that isn't afraid to bridge the gap between their hugely groundbreaking catalogue and contemporary dance music. They understand the impact and influence their music has had on DJ culture and embrace it wholly. Step up UK underground producer Marquis Hawkes who originally approached Salsoul with this set of killer reworkings that had long been private versions that featured in his sets. Having dropped EP's for labels such as Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, AUS Music, Houndstooth and many more his name is firmly planted in the minds of record fiends across the nation. Adopting a classic US style of production, using analog gear, dope loops and chops and finessing it all with his own grittiness, Hawkes seemed a good fit to remix 2 stellar joints from LOGG's catalogue. 'Something Else' and 'I Know You Will' both get cut up, re-edited and laced with rock solid drum programming by Hawkes on this sublime 12". Lovingly tweaked with just the right amount of RAWNESS for the dance this one won't leave your bag anytime soon! Pure peak-time sounds here, another example of Salsoul embracing the sounds of now and breathing freshness into their untouchable catalogue. Essential.

Cut This Way is the second outing of the year for North London producer Smashed Atoms on the Magic Circles Music label. The title track takes us back to early 80s New York, featuring a sassy old-school female rap over a mid-paced strut, and has already featured in sets from disco legend Greg Wilson and Hot Digits head-honcho Fingerman. On the flip side, Lost Someone locks down a rolling groove with interweaving synths and a nagging bassline.

NYC's finest DJ Spinna makes his long overdue debut on GAMM with a supa soulful two track EP where he selected two of his personal 80's jams to refreak for club use.

Vesta Williams classic 80's R&B cut gets that classic Spinna =House touch and Manhattan Transfer's slo-jam gets a full deep House transformation.

NYC house for the soul heads!

Our Parisian edit friend Reverend P hits us with a 4 track EP loaded with some serious boogie and disco heat.
Concentrating on the sounds of Gladys Knight (A Side) and George Duke (B Side), Reverend P decided to edit 'em not once but twice...ouble action = double fun :) The A-side tracks are two uptempo numbers with Gladys while the flip comes with one mid tempo boogie tune and a high energy disco cut from Mr Duke.
Solid GAMM material for anyone down with the more soulful sounds of disco!

The Neapolitan Berlin based duo NU GUINEA inaugurates their new in-house label NG Records with a sparkling mélange of Jazz-Funk and obscure Disco. With its own special Italian flavour, the reinterpretation of Chrisma's late 70s ode to love finds its complement in a refreshing arcane dancefloor expedition. Previously pressed as a private wedding present, "Amore" is now being officially released as a limited edition of 350 copies.

WORLD UNKNOWN MUSIC
Andy Blake's World Unknown label is back after a few years with a new improved big rig warehouse sound to reflect the recent changes and upgrades to the parties. As always with Andy's releases it's been mastered via tape by Lawrie at Curvepusher for extra warmth, depth and pump.
WU3001 Side x
MO REECE - C MO FUTUR
One of the new generation of kids from the WU dancefloor who has been promising something as great as this modernist acid bouncer for some time. A multi-generational peak-time banger for all floors with one foot in the psychedelic sandbox. We're expecting big things from this one, keep an eye on Mo Reece and his special take on big and bouncy club tunes.
Side y
FLIGHT MODE - ANCIENT LIGHT
Flight Mode is one of the older WU heads and a very prolific producer of some some note for over two decades who fancies trying an alias for a change. It'll likely turn out to be one of those badly kept secrets but we're not letting on for now. Ancient Light has been played on dubplate by Andy for a year or so now and always causes a big reaction, being equally well-tooled for the big room and the afterparty.

Albion gewinner verbindet Bahnsteig 23 !! Alle anderen ruhestand. Sieg B23 ! Vier edits ov linkes feld rillen groovers. En Trance gitarre liebe wobble. Schwarzen Mer iz syncho kurio. City People escape in der nacht wit psychedelischen power. Die Marinette Der Zeit ihnene sagen. Panzer Peoples Shuffle Sh

A side brings Ameega oldscool participation, while the B-sdie is a Solo Amadeo 85 Uptempo Funk pure groove ! Montreuil power !

Has Jesse Rose reached legendary status yet He's certainly made a good attempt at it. The course of his career has seen him collaborating with internationally-acclaimed artists like Henrik Schwarz or Switch, producing talents such as Hot Chip and Chiddy Bang, and having three labels that have created careers for artists such as Oliver $, Riva Starr & Homework to name but three. Then there's the remixes... from Bob Marley, SND, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, to this years smash of Rufus 'Desert Night' (BBC Radio1 Essential New Tune). Even more adventurous & expansive are Jesse's own genera melding dance floor productions (go to Discogs there are 39 pages of them!). After having a hand in prototyping the early sound of tech-house, to chopping up & twisting the template on Derrick Carter's Classic, to his infamous productions on Dubsided, Jesse's most recent foray has been his classy modern take on house on his own Made To Play and Play It Down imprints. And we haven't even started discussing his game-changing compilation 'Body Language' on Get Physical, six-year residency at Berlin's techno-mecca Panorama Bar, Kiss FM radio show, Made For The Night parties, signage to Roc Nation/TSZ, or his BBC Essential mixes... One thing is for sure- Jesse has never stopped putting out tracks that move dancefloors the world over and has never allowed anyone to box him into one genre. If Jesse Rose could be remembered for one thing it's that he has always pushed for something new... which now takes us to his latest bomb 'FLY TONIGHT'. A modern take on a classic sound, 'Fly Tonight' honors the foundations of French house with a heavy and honorable nod to Thomas Bangalter's Roulé records

The latest installment on Roam Recordings features NOZZ aka Damon Jee aka Jérôme Da Silva. Most known as Damon Jee for his widely acclaimed remixes, Jérôme has been branching out with outstanding originals under his NOZZ alias. In his Misfits EP for Roam NOZZ delivers two excellent new productions. The title track is a cool rock infused guitar laden stunner with class and attitude while Hippy Home is a dreamer of a tune perfect for greeting the sun or losing yourself in a closed eyed dance session. The Misfits EP comes with two top remixes from The Emperor Machine and Autarkic. The first remix is a tour de force performance with a sound that is unmistakably The Emperor Machine - intricate, dubbed out, lasers, and superb production. Autarkic's version of Hippy Home adds an eclectic edge to the EP with a cacophony of orchestral and quirky sounds that somehow perfectly keep in line with the stripped down feel of this remix.The Misfits EP brings together three artists at the top of their game and is a fine addition to the ever growing Roam Recordings catalog.

Following on from Plus Instruments Love Is Enough Remixes EP comes an accompanying Dubs EP, featuring deeper reversions by Jamie Paton, Luke Solomon, Khidja and joining them with a breaks meets dubwise, Alphonse. Truus de Groots return to her Plus Instruments project after a 30 years break saw the label pick up her off-kilter House roller, Love Is Enough for one of our (e)special remixing packages. Here then, we turn out attention to everyones favourite, the Dubs. Starting with label mainframe, Jamie Paton, his Cloudy Dub-Out pulls his mix through modular prisms for heads down basement rumble. Echo chamber vocals, twisted syncopations and a bass to breakdown walls, this is Patons true calling - dub to get lost in and rightful to kick off the EP. Next guest remixer de jour, Luke Solomon stays close to his original bumpin remix, warping the vocal with skatntrippin wonk, all atop a funk bass line and riding shuffle percussion. Cha cha cha. On the flip, Khidja triumph again with a tougher version. Not a straight up dub of their remix, this pushes a nod to colder (wave) vibes, with industrial percussion riding high on their trademark production. Hard kick atop refrained synths, growing out of Eastern protoid routes to glimpse their future. Finally, mystery man Alphonse comes in from the dark to close with a killer breaks inspired dub. Utilising the originals bass with an angular break, the intricate cut up percussion, Theremin and vocals all glide, keeping the head and feet (jazz) dancing for some (free) party sound system love. Dub is enough

Masterworks Music Master Series returns with 2 superb tracks from the Silver Rider.Pressed on a Limited 10 Inch in the usual M Series sleeve.

Mysterious batch of edits from the east. Guaranteed heat for the most discerning of the dancefloors.

Introducing a new vinyl only serie from London's Midnight Riot - Night Service #001 sees party connoisseurs South Beach Recycling go edits galore with a sumptuous classic production, big driving house grooves & mad filtered effects.
The South Beach Recycling boys have a passion for digging for & chopping up disco, boogie & funk and have already dropped 3 acclaimed EP's on Yam Who's Midnight Riot label.
Early DJ support comes from Horse Meat Disco, Danny Krivit, Phil Asher, The Revenge, Terry Farley & Craig Smith

We are back, we are licentious, we are rough and ready with Studio 89's second release... ready to spread into a clubhouse near you. A sizzling charge of hot and heady lust. Sexy beats for you fancy freaks. We are your ship master, cruise with us into the depths of your dreams."

Sol Power Sound is proud to present their first release of 2016, a 3-song EP by recent Finnish expatriate, Tom of Brooklyn. After a massive release on Razor-n-Tape in 2015 (and slight change of moniker), the ever-mysterious Tom delivers a 3-song EP of breezy disco grooves inspired by his recent cruise of the islands.

On Theme Song from Deep Cock, Tom double-teamed with Deep Sang (of the Sol Power All-Stars). The tag-team duo came up with a tight and groovy title sequence for a film that will likely never see the light of day.

Look at Me is a moody slice of disco goodness that Tom put together for his now-legendary sunrise sets on the ship.

Make Me Wonder is a warm-weather jam that fills the B-side of the record. A seemingly endless funky groove, it was Tom's secret weapon at his all-day beach parties in port. He tells us he can't wait to play it at outdoor jams in his new home of Brooklyn, NY (and at Fire Island soirees this summer).

ATTD Vol 9 is a banger, featuring remixes from FOUK, Nachtbraker & Crackazat alongside JN himself.
A1.I Can Feel Your Body Rock has shades of Gary's Gang, Tony Lee and Softhouse Co, though none of those are sampled or stolen from.The JN Extended Mix combines boogie bass, 80s electronics, chopped vocals and old school piano for an energetic stormer which has a lot more panache than most. It's danceable but it's also full of musicality and made with a lot of love. A2. Dutch duo Daniel Leseman & Hans Peeman have only been producing as Fouk since 2014 with their debut release for Outplay Records immediately catching the attention of Boiler Room. An acclaimed remix of Lay-Far for Sweden's Local Talk Records and their Kill Frenzy EP for Detroit Swindle's Heist imprint plus more remixes for the likes of Kraak & Smaak and Razor-n-Tape cemented the duo as ones to watch for the future. Now they deliver a remix for Z Records taking the title track from The Sunburst Band's classic 1998 debut album and giving the bassline driven funk cut an energetic jazzy 4/4 makeover.
B1. Sean's It's Time album was universally well received in the house community, and rightly so, it was a strong debut featuring an array of talented vocalist and strong songs.
For this EP the tracky 90's style 'Holding On' gets reworked by Crackazat who keeps the original vibe adding Smack Productions style keys and his trademark jazzy, warm production to Sean's original. Crackazat has come to the attention of dj's including Disclosure, Detroit Swindle and Homework through his releases on Futureboogie and more recently Sweden's Local Talk where he released his latest album Crescendo.
B2. jIs exclusive to this Release and features a remix from the mighty Nachtbraker rounding off the package in his usual style.

Pressed on 10 inch

Kitschy Jungle - spiritual calypso gets layered up with live guitar, bass and keyboards to make a dancefloor ready, Nigerian style disco funk edit of a calypso classic.
on the flipside is Broken Flute - a fusion of prog rock and Afro funk with a mid speed rolling break to keep feet moving. All includes the usual live guitar, bass and keyboard performances from Andy Taylor himself.

Second release in our little 10 Inch off-shoot series finds the talents of one 'Jonny Conga'
gracing the grooves with one purpose in mind.

Since their debut late last year, Land of Light has cemented their rightful place as the makers of dreams. Although their first release undoubtedly set a new bar among those who understand relentless craft, their quest for enlightenment diligently continues. During this pre-sophomore-album sabbatical, a chosen few have stepped up to the challenge that is remixing Land of Light. Peaking Lights dubs us into ether, Tiago slides us into salsa, and The Backwoods hug us tightly as we shed uncontrollable tears of joy... sounds pretty good, yeah