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Berlin based DJ, Producer and label head Nhan Solo is back with another hard hitting bomb on his very own Mother Recordings, this time entitled „Take Me Higher“ and due this spring!


„Take Me Higher“ is a six minute old school House track coming straight from the 90´s forthe late to the party, full of energy and power synth chords. The soulful and iconic vocals rings out to complete this ultimate peak time track.




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House hit makers Mother Recordings are back with another big summer jam. This one comes from the Italian young gun Marco Anzalone and Slovenian biggest export Mike Vale. The two chart topping artists are regulars on mainstay labels like Strictly Rhythm, Cr2 Records and Glasgow Underground. Both friends are teaming up for an amazing collaboration and splendid 2 tracker EP at Berlin’s finest Mother Recordings.


First is „Beat Control“ a massive House jam. The track is driving by a funky bass line groove, gnarly synth sounds, full energy and a catchy male vocal is layered over the top to get the place pumping and stomping. Absolute fire!


Next up is „Got Me Started“ more on the deeper side, full of swing and love. Warm sounds, with a lot of filtering and dynamic. Both tracks are proper House music right here. Enjoy, dance and summer!




CLAPTONE - DL for Claptone
DANNY HOWARD - This Friday on my show.
FERRECK DAWN - thanks :) 5/5
RIVA STARR - Thanks for the music.
ELI & FUR - Nice, thank-you!
HECTOR COUTO - Good Release
ALAIA & GALLO - Take Me Higher 5/5
JORIS VOORN - 5/5

Der Superstar unter den DJ-Produzenten veröffentlicht sein neues Album "Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2". Die erste Single "Potion" mit Popstar Dua Lipa und dem Rapper Young Thug hat bereits über 70 Millionen Streams erreicht. Die Liste der Featurings ist beeindruckend: Pharrell Williams, 21Savage, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Halsey, Charlie Puth, Busta Rhymes, Swae Lee, Pusha T, Jorja Smith, Tinashe, Lil Durk und viele andere. Le DJ producteur superstar au monde présente son nouvel album « Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 ». Le premier extrait « Potion » en featuring avec la popstar Dua Lipa et le rappeur Young Thug cartonne déjà et cumule plus de 70 millions de streams. Pour ce second volume, on retrouve une liste de featurings impressionnants, puisque se croiseront Pharrell Williams, 21Savage, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Halsey, Charlie Puth, Busta Rhymes, Swae Lee, Pusha T, Jorja Smith, Tinashe, ou encore Lil Durk.

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2 Bit Crew is a producer duo from Denmark. The debut release on their own record label is an EP that contains two diverse tracks. They have one thing in common: It's house! This release is hand numbered and limited to 200 copies.

After a five year release hiatus, in 2018 Yura Khlop is putting out music under his SE62 alias again. "Jazzed EP" is the second release in the SAFT X series and the Kiev based producer has delivered a class record.

The A-side opening track; "Swing Tool" is built around more jazzed out samples than the other tracks. SE62 cleverly plays original notes together with a hazy sample that serves as the core element. "Jazzed EP" will be available through all specialized retailers in the autumn of 2018. On A2 we find "July". Again a very dance floor oriented record with taints of emotion. The very present chord and bassline dominate the tracks structure until at one point; a beautiful sample is introduced. Positive sounds for lovers of classic deep house.

The title track "Jazzed" is a signature piece of thumping deep house, using swinging MPC style drums and an evolving digital piano riff. This together with some submerged sounding sample shots, create a dance floor worthy ambiance. After "Jazzed", we find "Pitch Black", a sample-heavy jam that is based around a set of characteristic drums. A swinging chord and an infectious chord progression do the trick on this true dance floor record.

Unwashed acid house and disco through a broken South London filter - from "70s New York bathhouses to "80s Chicago nightclubs via the Brixton Windmill. Bring a towel. Decius are brothers Liam and Luke May, founders of Trashmouth Records, together with Quinn Whalley (Paranoid London/Warmduscher) and Fat White Family frontman Lias Saoudi. Those with an ear to the ground will have picked up on a string of self-released 12"s over the last few years, supported by the likes of Daniel Avery, Honey Dijon, Ivan Smagghe, Mike Servito, 2 Many DJs, Moxie and Erol Alkan. Decius Vol. I is a lean entry point to their sordid world - dark, uncut, unrefined and unrepentant.

Groove Armada’s iconic Back To Mine compilation from the Millennium gets a long-awaited re-issue 22 years after its original release. As Groove Armada celebrate 25 years of touring with their final ever world live tour, which includes nine huge dates across the UK, it’s a chance to relive Groove Armada’s eclectic and expert curation.

The album, which was one of the biggest ever selling editions of the Back To Mine Series, will be available on double heavyweight vinyl for the first timers well as a limited collectors edition in Pumpkin orange. This release marks the first of many reissues of iconic Back To Mine titles.

The Groove Armada special edition package features 12 tracks featured on the seminal album in one of the best loved compilation series’. Despite the length in time since its original release, the album remains timeless with an inspired selection ranging from A Tribe Called Quest, Barry White, Tears For Fears to the compilers themselves.

For nearly two decades, Groove Armada have been established as one of the planet's best loved and biggest selling dance acts. As comfortable on the big stages as they are in sweat soaked basements, the boys cross genres and styles with ease. This translates perfectly into their addition of Back To Mine which boldly, yet effortlessly traverses a multitude of sounds that you wouldn’t imagine could be the perfect match. Collectively, the album is colorfully funky, soulful, and incredibly smooth.


From their house to yours, listening pleasure is guaranteed.

· One of the biggest ever selling editions of the Back ToMine series repressed for the first time.

· Groove Armada will be embarking on their final live tour around some of the UK’s most iconic venues in 2022 & several festival appearances.

· Marketing campaign celebrating 25 years of the Back To Mine series and the start of back catalog reissues

· Available on heavyweight double vinyl only, Including collectors coloured orange vinyl edition.

· Features legends such as Barry White, A Tribe Called Quest, Tears For Fears and Groove Armada themselves.

We are beyond excited to announce the release of the first exclusive vinyl from our label Melody Of the Soul! Side A will feature an original by M.O.S. called “Kara” and a wonderful remix by Lost Desert. Side B will also be comprised of an original by M.O.S. called “Mermaid Dance” complimented with a thrilling remix by Newman (I Love). Each side of the vinyl cover will feature unique artwork reflecting these 2 beautiful releases!

We can’t travel too much physically right now, but music will always transport us. Places, planets, parts of the mind no other stimulus can reach. It’s something andhim have made their signature, especially with their recent award winning road movie Miles To Go. The dust still not settled on their air miles, now the duo take us on another tour. South Korea and Japan. Savouring and documenting every moment, ‘Toy Toy’ is their musical translation of the trip.



A six track story of countless chapters, each cut weaving the spirit of the cities and their own influences deep into the mix. The title track takes the lead. A bubbling fantastical piece with strong shades of electro funk and acid house weaved deep in the blend, it sets off – like all tours should – on the happiest note possible.



Deeper into the release we strike downtown neon gold on the sweeping synths and foreboding bassline of ‘In Tokyo’ and the melancholy Blade Runner blues of ‘Japan 82’. Elsewhere ‘Brabazon’ takes a higher flight. Bewilderingly feel-good, sublime waves of thick, woozy synth funk reach euphoric heights in the dreamiest way possible before ‘Acidman’ brings us crashing back to reality with a jolt of cold hard electro sincerity. A crisp trip of a tune, the layers of musicality whip up momentum that ultimately leads us to the poignant, soft-focus finale of ‘Bronte Bye Bye’. The solemn, sober yin to the raging yang the tour once began with, we’re brought home in one piece… Even though we never left the room. Anzen'na ryokō!

Brand new label Four Framed Music kicks off with a fantastic four track EP from Manuold.

Emanuele Macagnone aka Manuold was born in Palermo in Italy and is a producer, remixer and DJ who has released on legendary labels like Kerri Chandler’s Madhouse Records, Esuoh Records, We_r house and Crystal Grooves.

He brings his many inspirations to the fore here right from the off. Life is Now pumps a slick 90s house vibe with swirling pads and a standout vocal. It’s full of warmth and soul and then Intense cuts up a more funky groove, with weighty kicks swinging down low and a killer bassline. The vocal really soars and brings a fiery vibe. On the flipside Metropolis then layers a classic vocal sample over glitchy drums and slick tech beats. It’s robust and designed to make a real impact in the club and last of all Palermo Centrale flies ahead on swirling cosmic pads, with wood block hits, raw textures and future facing vibes.

This is another fresh EP from the always essential Manuold.

HOUSEWAX WELCOMES MANOOZ. GREAT DEBUT HERE ON OUR WHITE VINYL SERIES!

Cruise Music Vinyl Jams Volume 7 is here so let's start with the Cruise Music crew, with their funky, uplifting collaboration, Keep On Groovin, a must-have track for your summer dancefloors.

Next up is one of Rimini's finest, Corrado Alunni, with his heavy disco groover Dance Baby Dance.

On the flip side we have one of our best artists SAMO and his huge track Strangers, while on B2 we have Makito and one of his best releases Bustin Loose.

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Your favourite vinyl-only label kicks off its 2012 discography with another episode of the Treats saga! If the previous volume were associated with straightup dancefloor goodies, Number 4 is more focused on musicianship as Session Victim, The Hints (Quarion & Jules Etienne) and Iron Curtis & Leaves pick up the instruments to compose 3 songs drenched in Funk and Soul with an undeniable 21st century House feeling! Fresh off their acclaimed The Haunted House Of House album, Session Victim fire up the ep with something that seldom occurs nowadays: the cover of a modern Dance classic! Originally released on Deeply Rooted House by the enigmatic Rootstrax, Harlequin has already achieved mythical status thanks to its amazing bassline. Clocking in at almost eight minutes, svm's version is a proper Funk workout that begins with rhodes chords, percussion, guitar melodies and saxophone licks over a long yet exciting intro. But as soon as the live bassline kicks in, you know that it's game over and that people with or without true dancing skills will sweat it out on the floor! Add to that an enigmatic vocal, some rhodes and sax riffs coming at every turn as well as a few chord changes and this piece really is the closest Session Victim have ever been to sound like a proper band.

re-release of this classic plus new mixes

SONIKKU announces the release of their new album ‘Joyful Death’, via Bella Union. “I love songs that make you want to cry and dance at the same time,” says Tony Donson, the London-based musician who records as SONIKKU. That sense of unfettered release and liberation drives their new album, ‘Joyful Death’. A fluent, fertile and full-colour hybrid of vibrant Italo-house, liquid synth-pop, righteous disco and French philosophical asides, it’s an album that signals the emergence proper of SONIKKU - a fully formed dancefloor artist. It’s also a farewell of sorts, perhaps, but with an emphatic rebirth at its heart. “This album feels like a transformation in the sense that I’m creating the music I’ve always wanted to make. A fully realised, coherent pop record that showcases my craft as a song-writer and producer.” Total control of their craft is swiftly asserted on ‘Let The Light In’, where the
influences of lost-in-music disco and the Pet Shop Boys merge under vocals from immersive, exploratory British singer-songwriter Douglas Dare. The pace accelerates as ‘WKND’ gets into a groove pitched somewhere between Madonna, Daft Punk and Indeep, with LA future-pop singer LIZ primed for dancefloor abandon on vocals. Meanwhile, SONIKKU’s independent intent is firmly asserted on the freestyle-inspired ‘Don’t Wanna Dance with You’, where singer Aisha Zoe coolly brushes off unwanted advances in favour of dancefloor pleasures.
LIZ assumes vocal duties again for ‘Sweat’, a song fully equipped to make dancefloor devotees do as its title suggests. Dreamily melodic evidence of SONIKKU’s dynamism (and love of melancholy Swedish electro-pop queen Robyn) beckons on ‘X Hopeless Romantic’, where Little Boots contributes a sweetly loved-up vocal over a sublimely
infectious chorus. Pummelling synths signal a dramatic shift of pace on the almost electro-darkwave dash of ‘Remember To Forget Me’, where actor/singer Chester Lockhart presides over a summit meeting between Depeche Mode and New Order. Performance artist Tyler Matthew Oyer takes the vocals for the Italo-disco-inspired title-track, a vividly imagined album manifesto - of sorts - inspired to varying degrees by an 1892 poem, French thinker Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the “body without organs” and a 1997 anime called The End Of Evangelion. Finally, that grand piano takes over as Dare returns, presiding over an achingly stripped-back version of ‘Remember To Forget Me’. With help from friends and artists they admires on vocals, ‘Joyful Death’ is a hugely confident and self-contained leap forward for SONIKKU after his time as a feted DJ. Having moved from Derby to London at the age of 18, Donson worked as an intern (at MTV, Dazed & Confused, SHOWstudio and elsewhere) then turned to DJing (from
London to Tokyo, Paris and Berlin) after they were signed to London label Lobster Theremin. Though they continues to DJ regularly at Tottenham’s LGBTQ rave-up Adonis, they have extra ambitions in mind: “I love DJing but I’m more looking forward to developing a live show.” LP pressed on mint green vinyl with digital download.

All we can say is the name of the label eplains what to expect here.
Fist release of this fresh & motivated label comes from Jay-Leklass.
A hommage to the glory days of this genre. Highly recommended!

Ed Banger Records proudly presents “Remedy” , Breakbot’s new EP. Creators of classic songs such as “Baby I’m yours”, Breakbot & Irfane are back with 4 new songs. Following “Remedy”, next single will be “The Light”.
Limited Solid White Vinyl Edition.

Tilman, longtime label favourite, never fails to bring good vibes with his immaculately constructed outings on Shall Not Fade. A label owner, DJ, producer and music obsessive, the best of his jazz influenced pumping house style is shown on Touch Me Fantasy EP.

Houseworx welcomes Reale & Vincent XXI to the family!
We are very happy to have this great duo from Bari on our label.

Brooklyn-based duo Julian Duron and Michael Sherburn are Earth Boys, connoisseurs of heady house music that warms you with soft summer heat. Returning to Shall Not Fade after the success of their sellout LP Earth Tones last year, Automatic EP continues the Bristol label's new Classic Cuts series. It beautifully blends jazz instrumentation with deep house energy, creating sophisticated and unique dance music.

The title track is absolutely not to be missed - it's something a little different from the duo, centralising completely infectious vocals that are guaranteed to circulate your head for hours, a clean cut hit. Jazz sax meanders over the laidback house beat and into the next track "Okokok," which nods to Middle Eastern disco, this time the sax solos pair with a throbbing acid bassline. This acidic edge is brought to the forefront in the hard hitting business of "Revolution 420", a rave ready number infused with laser cut synths and dreamy pads.

Floating flute samples bring in the B side, the hazey natural breaks but disco influenced bassline making "Hush" both muted and danceable. Earth Boys bring master house producer JT Donaldson on board for the closing track, a sound soaked with funk n soul influence in its chunky slap bass and crooning female vocals. "Love Got You" winds the EP to a close with style - both cool and romantic, understated and glittering with character.
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Guesthouse Music is ecstatic to welcome the ultra-talented, chart-topping Joey Youngman back to the realm of classic house music with two officel remixese of Bobby D'Ambrosio's So Thankful, And Elevate Me. These stunning remixs, Youngman's first house productions in more than a decade, demonstrates with absolute clarity Youngman's roots in and love of the house music genre. As an added bonus we've got two more tracks from Peter Brown and label boss DJ Mes.

A single that captured the hearts of Australians, emulating everything that was so special about the burgeoning electro scene of the early 2010’s, was none other than Parachute Youth’s debut single ‘Can’t Get Better Than This’. Made up of Johnny Castro (Courtidis), and Mat KVon, the single went on to be a huge international success for the newcomers, whilst earning Sweat It Out one of its first ARIA Gold Record since the labels inception just a few years prior, and charting in the Top 10 across Belgium and Luxembourg.

With the first release together in 7 years, the duo have enlisted one of the hottest dance acts on the planet, John Summit, for a special edit marking a decade since the release of the original. Titled ‘Better Than This’, the edit breathes new life into the classic - Summit’s trademark drum design, with crisp claps and energetic hi-hats are all held together by an unrelenting yet full bodied bassline arpeggiation that ensures the vocal is front and centre.

Speaking to his excitement on the new collaboration, John from Parachute Youth shares, "To see the song that started my music career come out again after its first release a decade ago, is truly exciting and can’t wait to see where it goes a second time around!". Mat adds "This track means just as much to Johnny and I as the day it was first played on triple j here in Oz, ‘Can’t Get Better Than This’ and subsequent releases gave us a touring career and fans worldwide who still message us to this day"..

With the extraordinary songwriting talents of Parachute Youth, coupled with the production steez of John Summit, ‘Better Than This’, is ready for a whole new generation to fall in love with.

Press:

Over 4 million streams worldwide

Extensive radio play across the globe including heavy plays on BBC Radio 1, 1xtra, Kiss FM etc

DJ Support:

Pirupa, severino panzetta, Patric la Funk, Don Diablo, Sean Sines Erick Morillo, Sleepy Tom, Tommie Sunshine, Illyus & Barrientos, Riva Starr, Go Freek, Dennis Cruz, Wax Motif, Tough Love, TCTS, Moguai, mark lower, Kryder, KLP, GUZ, Noizu, Return Of The Jaded, Westend, Dombresky, Claptone, HeavyFeet, Lee Foss, Golf Clap, Anna Lunoe, Sam Divine, Vanilla Ace, The Aston Shuffle, Kyle Watson, Shiba San, and Mark Stent.

As Champion Records celebrates its landmark 35th anniversary in 2020, the legendary label unearths another gem from its impressive catalogue - Raze ‘Break 4 Love’ from 1988 - and gives the house classic a fresh update with a set of special remixes from Michael Gray and Rob Made.

First up, veteran of the scene Michael Gray puts his signature touch on ‘Break 4 Love’ adding extra percussive elements and sensuous sound effects, alongside filtering, echoing and enhancing in all the right areas. Through this Gray stays true to the original whilst providing a fresh take on the ’88 classic.

The flip side houses Rob Made’s Disco Mix. With ‘Break 4 Love’ being one of Rob Made’s “all-time favourite house records, a love song for the floors”, he showcases the “instantly recognisable snare and drum pattern” turning it into a shimmering disco house cut.

Two essential remixes of this all-time classic.

This time DOBRO has prepared a release from the dutchman Jan Janssen with amazing remixes from Lay-Far, Scruscru and Juravlove.

Big name pile up alert! Frankie Knuckles and fellow Chicago producer Ricky Sinz team up for a funky house outing that has classic written all over from the moment its R&B-slanted vocal starts to wind your around its little finger and the pumping, stripped down 80s groove kicks into life. Orlando Voorn delves even further back for inspiration on his remix, shimmering in disco strings, before Ben Sims carves out two harder-edged mixes that nestle neatly on the house/divide, both playing a single bass note off against restless rhythms.

LTD Edition exclusive to vinyl – ‘Best of Club Sweat’ featuring Purple Disco Machine, David Penn, A-Trak, Ferreck Dawn, Torren Foot, Motez + many more.

A double wax’s worth of serious heat to get dance floors moving, butts shaking and people elating. Packed to the brim with exclusives you won’t get anywhere else but here. Throw in a couple of chart toppers, secret weapons and most requested IDs and you've got yourself a sure-fire winner.

Hedonistic Tendencies sees Kiwi’s return to Polari Records after their debut release in 2019.

The producer, DJ and the brain behind London’s Sex Positive Inclusivity focused Crossbreed Party, continues their unique disco trance odyssey on Hedonistic Tendencies, which debuted on Cormac’s recent Essential Mix.

The EP is released in 2 parts and is fully released 2nd of June.

Written and produced by Alex Warren.
Artwork by Sebastian Delgado

Limited Edition / Gatefold sleeve / Includes poster / LP + Digital DL

Janet, Sugar, Reggie und Clarence alias Confidence Man veröffentlichen ihr neues Album “Tilt” auf Heavenly Recordings!

Confidence Man sind unbestreitbar einer der verrücktesten Acts, die es derzeit gibt, gerade wenn es um die Live-Shows geht, die das Publikum auf den großen Stages der Welt, sei es Rock en Seine (Paris), Primavera Sound (Barcelona), Governors Ball (New York), Glastonbury (UK) oder Splendour in the Grass (Australien), in ihren Bann ziehen und die Tanzflächen zum Beben bringen.

Das Debüt von Confidence Man, “Confident Music For Confident People”, war eine der Freuden des Jahres 2018, gespickt mit wilden Texten und schwärmerischen Electro-Pop-Melodien. Seitdem hat uns die Band mit gelegentlichen Tanzflächen-Snacks, wie der Single “First Class Bitch” geködert, die nun mit ihrem zweiten Album “Tilt” die Hauptmahlzeit servieren.

Die Australier melden sich dazu mit der Single „Holiday“ zurück, das in einer einzigen Session aus einem Mashup von Underworld und MIA heraus enstand. Angetrieben von federnden Beats, einer gesunden Portion 90er-Jahre-Dance-Pop-Einflüssen und dem verführerischen Gesang der Sängerin, stampft das Stück immer weiter nach vorne, bis zu es sich in einem Disco-Breakdown entlädt

Take It Easy is back with the first solo appearance by Bugsy, party co-owner and DJ. "Love For You" open the EP with some acid vocals vibes. Chicago's master Jamie 3:26 gives his groovy and disco-sample reinterpretation to the track on a2. "Sick "And Tired" on b side gives some dreamy, filter-sweeping reverie to the EP. Dirty Channels are back on the label too with their groovy and powerful house remix of "Sick and Tired"

Seminal club sounds from the legendary Strictly Rhythm catalogue, this is some straight 1994 heat.

Armand Van Helden is a worldwide legend in house music - this is undisputed! His discography is untouchable and 'Witch Doktor' is easily one of the most classic and BIGGEST jams in his catalogue. This is the sound of unbridled euphoria, huge sound-systems, packed out darkened dancefloors and an era of dance music that has passed but still reverberates today. Do yourself a favour, if you don't know it, or aren't feeling too hot yourself - come see the doktor!

The classic 'Dark Ages' version is reissued here and featuring two slamming brand NEW mixes courtesy of Serge Santiago and Illyus & Barrientos for 2019. Huge. This 12" comes with all original Strictly label artwork, snoozing not permitted!

After being heavily supported by Jamie Jones, Fisher, Diplo, Marco Carola on the club scene, accumulating more than 5m global streams and a Beatport #1, the classic 'Somebody To Love' by Italian producer Ben Kim is finally getting vinyl release on Gorgon City's imprint Realm Records.

DJ SUPPORT
The biggest specialist club record of 2021!
Jamie Jones, FISHER, Diplo, Kaskade, Marco Carola, Alesso, Regard, Dombresky

Wax digger and producer for over two decades Jay puts on the editor's hat for this new release.

Driven by discoïd baselines the inuences of this 4 track ep are oriental and mediterranean grooves.

4 surprising tracks tailored for the dance oor and ready to delight the open-minded and curious listener.

Parkway present latest 12 inch single from The Whole Truth.

We’ve all been tested under hard times lately so Parkway hope this gem goes some small way to lifting your SPIRIT!

The Whole Truth have brought us a classic for our times, bouncing boogie for the head, hearts and feet of your dancefloors.

Mark went back into the studio to provide two extra mixes to compliment the outstanding original, mixes which we hope will meet the needs of our most demanding spinners!

All in all, we feel “Lord Quench My Soul” is one of our strongest releases to date and we are looking forward to more magic from The Whole Truth in the very near future

Legito follow up their first single ("Be Happy" which was played by various DJs inc. Giles Peterson, Francois K, Artwork, DJ Harvey and Folamour), with a nod to both Philadelphia soul and Chicago house, in the form of new release "The Old Routine". Describing the frustration of wanting to change in a stressful world over a smooth, head nodding backing track with shuffling house drums for the dancers and gorgeous orchestral strings for the dreamers. The B-side has a deeper house vibe with a conga groove over a nagging guitar line that leads into a synthetic string, drone like breakdown with inspirational spoken word over the top, before bursting back in to the dancefloor groove with driving bass and shuffling hats. Limited repress of 200 copies after intial 100 sold out quickly in 2021.

Warm Fiction proudly announces the label's third record from Floor 99. Four abstract, yet classically-indebted sampler-house tracks suited to work out the club, or a daytime affair mark the artist's debut.

Makèz have come a long way since they first sneaked into Amsterdam’s studio 80 at the age of 17 to hand over their demos to Dam Swindle. Those demos led to their debut EP ‘Different planets’ on Heist in 2019 which gained major support from artists like Seth Troxler and Chez Damier. Quickly after, they signed two records on New York based label Let’s Play House. Fast forward two years, and here we are: the release of their debut album “City of all”.

"City of all” shows an admirable level of sophistication and matureness and effortlessly bridges genres across its 13 tracks. You can feel the amount of thought that has been put into this record, with songs happily blending into each other as Makèz submerge themselves in their concept of accidental encounters, inclusiveness and what it means to live in a city like Amsterdam.

On “City of all”, Makèz bring together all the musical influences they’ve picked up in their life as music fans, clubbers and art students. The jazz-funk of opening track “The entrance” feels breezy, casual almost, like the freeform rhythms that are played in a jazz club during soundcheck. That energy also oozes from “Not so different”, which features the smooth vocals of LYMA. There’s a hint of the house-meets-R’n B vibe that made Anderson .Paak the star that he is now. The song is brilliantly funky and shows the songwriting and arrangement talent of Makèz, who cleverly use pop & soul cues to create one of the album’s highlights.

What follows is 4 cuts ranging from the syncopated Balearic funk of “Orbit”, the strings of album title track “City of all”, the organ-led jam “Gonna getya" and the downbeat “Sonder”. Allysha Joy -best known for performing in Melbourne Hip Hop collective 30/70 - is featured on the deep and jazzy cut “Looking up”. If Makèz and Allysha are all looking up, it’s clear they’re seeing the same thing. These kindred spirits perfectly complement each other on this track, where the deep bass, warm harmonies and jazzy percussion prove to be a perfect foundation for Allysha’s rhymes.

Is it an album all about jazz and soulful tracks to listen to at home? Far from that. There’s a nice bit of dance floor-oriented tracks, where the distorted filter funk of “Roselane” featuring Fouk proves to be a highlight along with what is arguably the heaviest cut of the album: “Bent with funk”.

In an EP context, these house tracks would surely do their work, but they really come to life in this album format. No compromise has been made to storytelling and the house tracks all play their part while still standing their ground as powerful club tracks. It’s the expert production and smart arrangement that gives this album its casually funky feel. On “City of all”, Makèz showcase their remarkable talent for writing an album that goes to so many different places, but most of all, just really feels like home.

Enjoy the music,
Maarten & Lars

The Italian 90’s house groove lover St. David comes back on his own Imprint pushing on the true flavor of the label with the “Club Swing EP”. A total collection of 4 club oriented stomping cuts ready to explode the dance floor. 4 Dj’s use Only !

Being selfish, is one of the good things about running your own label. If you please, you can just try and re-release that certain record that you always wanted for yourself, but never could get your hand on it. Now, you can just edit it the way you always wanted it to be (oh, those fade-outs...) and press it up. This is one of these occasions. When Kalk (the collaborative project of Philippe Heinen and Joffrey Becker) was released on Julien Briffaz' label Brif in 1999, I just had started to DJ out at a Club in Darmstadt (the late Café Kesselhaus) and the restrained, yet punchy house tracks symbolized what I liked about deep house back then: a mellow alternative to the BPM hunt and rigid attitude in mainstream techno, while not losing itself in chin-stroking wisdom or pesky noodling. It seemed that there weren't too many around with the same desire. Otherwise 'Akasha' wouldn't have remained a diamond in disguise and not what Morgan Geist so aptly named an 'unclassic". By his definition, that is: an old by and large forgotten record that would have deserved to be hit. If you take discogs as an indicator, more and more people start to think so though. Here is your second chance to obtain a copy of the spirit of Kalk. Mildly edited and restored in the best human-possible way. Mind you, it's old house music from days of Yore. If you look for the production values of a Phil Collins, please go somewhere else. DJ GJ