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Raja Zahr is an American music producer, singer and multi instrumentalist of Arab (Lebanese) origin. Here we go with the bare facts about this: his first album in a row of five releases between 1980 and 1984. The Arab folk influence is quite obvious on each track and gets more or less expanded if the specific song takes a turn into the realms of traditional music or comes as a plain and simple yet captivating pop song with great arrangements and haunting melodies. Mr. Zahr obviously had a fondness for classical music by Ludwig Van Beethoven since his track Years passing by' is an adaption of Beethoven's trademark composition Ode an die Freude' with some Arab folk added. The lyrics are sung in Arab language as well. When I think of Miguel Ryos' adaption named Song of joy' ten years prior to this I have to pull my hat before Raja Zahr for this courageous and fascinating version. A melody from an European classic composition and rhythm patterns that belong to Arab music flow into another with ease. Music unites the world for sure. And even funk and synthesizer gimmicks in a disco fashion are familiar to Raja Zahr who is indeed a master of exciting music beyond all borders. Let it be soul, jazz, rock, Arab folk, European classics, pop and funk, whatever he touches and makes part of his sound vision works fairly well with the enchanted listener. Sometimes you may not even realize wether some folkish elements are Arab or Scottish. Sound and execution of the compositions are excellent. These folks know how to play their instruments but they do it with a nearly unearthly passion as if it was for their lives they play instead of just for entertainment reasons. No wonder original copies of this masterpiece of world music go for a few hundred $$$ if they turn up at all. Now's your chance to grab your copy if you are a true world music aficionado with a free floating mind. Enjoy!

Superb 12' compilation featuring four scorching hot old skool disco funk bombs all with enough vocoders, killer brass, screaming analogue synths and phat bass to blow the roof off any party. Kicking off with the brilliant vocoder-heavy 80's funk workout 'Fast Money' by legendary vibesman Roy Ayers followed by the in-demand Billy Nichols and Patrick Adams produced disco funk bomb 'Let's Do It' by Jesse Gee. The flip side keeps the floor jumping with the full 12' version of the über-rare 'Give It Up' by Stratus, an awesome floor-filling 80s funk groover from Denver, Colorado which features high on many a wants list with the original 12' changing hands for big bucks. Last up is Frankie Smith's disco rap classic party starter 'Double Dutch Bus'. Smokin'!

Third in the Fire Department series, this 12' vinyl compilation pulls together an awesome selection of smoking old skool disco funk - guaranteed party-starters every one. Kicks off with some serious squelching bass in the form of Roadway's up-tempo boogie monster 'Let's Go For It', a rare-as-hens'-teeth track released on the sought-after Chocolate Cholly's label back in 1982. Next up is General Caine's superb instrumental 'L.R.J. Pop', a relentless funk groover out of LA driven by the tightest percussion, pumping horns and some magnificent wigged-out bass and synths. Turn over for the 12' version of Clifton Dyson's brilliant bumping boogie cut 'Slow Your Body Down' followed last but not least by the über-rare 'Skate Party People' from Bobby Cash Redd, a heavy-as-hell funk jam with a fierce strident b-line, high-voltage synths and guitars originally released on tiny NYC label Duval. Red hot - don't miss!

Super classic italo-disco track, produced in 1986 by Sangy (Firefly, Armed Gang) and always in very high demand.Official reissue 2014.

It's tempting to concentrate on Felix's Dickinson's History, his pre criminal justice act rave orchestration, his 10 years DJing for the Lifeforce parties in Japan or any of his DJing and touring achievements during the early formation of the UK House scene. But, to concentrate on any of these things is clearly missing the point. Yes, Felix was making and playing music in those 'early days", but he has consistently championed underground music to this very day, whether via his myriad musical guises and aliases including Foolish and Sly, LHAS Inc, Das Etwas, Bastedos, and the soon to be revealed 'Dedication' project, on labels like DFA, Eskimo, Rush Hour and International Feel... or through his own Label, Cynic Music. It's Felix's absolute dedication to music, parties and dancing, which has allowed him to remain as relevant today as he ever was, and which has secured him regular appearances at festivals such as The Garden Festival, Burning Man and Glastonbury, regular tours of Japan, the USA and beyond as well as his London residencies at 'Bad Passion' and his own party, 'Bring It', which he hosts alongside the Idjut Boys. Bizarre as it seems after such a lengthy involvement spent at the heart of the scene, despite everything he's already achieved It still makes more sense to be excited about what Felix is going to next.

This is France in the Mitterrand years: fashions fleet as fast as governments. In the early eighties, the happy-go-lucky gather the nectar of each and every new release.
Believing in a bright future for videotex, and loosened up by the sexy talks broadcasted on the budding pirate radios, the new generation dreams of dance floors and holiday clubs. French Boogie, which preserves the spirit of these years of boodle and bunkum, is the ideal soundtrack to their dreams.

What the web now refers to as French Boogie is some synthetic funk reflecting the spirit of those days when nothing was impossible, or so it seemed. Its syncopated flow heralded the dawning of French rap. Often considered as some kind of post-disco, inspired as much by black music as by new wave, this carefree pop music with bawdy lyrics indulged in simple pleasures: holidays, swank and sun were recurrent themes. Totally in tune with its time, it incidentally glorified luxury, success, and a certain consumerism embodied, for instance, in Bernard Tapie.

In popular clubs such as La Main Bleue in Montreuil, or L'Echappatoire in Clichy-sous-Bois - where Micky Milan could be seen behind the decks - an enthusiastic audience discovered this new sonic wave, influenced as much by French pop as by Sugar Hill Gang or Kurtis Blow. The artists who first launched the movement engaged in it wholeheartedly, but as often the case with new music trends in France, humour and casualness quickly became a decoy to impose a new style. This explosive mixture, in which startling and typically Frenchy French lyrics go along New-York-style tunes, is sometimes reminiscent of the kinky comedies directed by Max Pécas or Claude Zidi. On this prolific scene, partly originating from the Jewish community, everybody was looking for success, trying to hit the jackpot with what was to hand. Famous media personalities, one-hit wonders or John Does in quest of fame, all had a go at French Boogie - more or less successfully. Apart from « Vacances j'oublie tout » by Elégance, « Un fait divers et rien de plus » by Le Club, or « Chacun fait ce qui lui plaît » by Chagrin d'amour (produced by Patrick Bruel), very few songs became hits: the story of funk in France is that of a half-baked robbery.

In this myriad of new musicians, the very young François Feldman and Phil Barney pioneered a fresh and hybrid style. Other well-known artists like Gérard Blanc from Martin Circus (Attaché Case), Richard de Bordeaux (Ich), or Jean-Pierre Massiera (Anisette, Pirate Scratch Band, Mandrake, Scratch Man...) added an eccentric touch to this sound-wave, making it often entertaining, and sometimes showy.

Capture d'écran 2015-10-26 à 12.55.43Singers like Agathe (the author of 'La Fourmi' and of the hit song 'Je ne veux pas rentrer chez moi seule') were far more than just window dressing. They even tried to give an ironic and subversive twist to this rather harmless genre. The very vindictive rebel Gérard Vincent shared in this spirit, but as a whole, French Boogie became associated with nonchalance and sauciness. Thus, Stéphane Collaro, Gérard Jugnot, Alain Gillot Pétré and other TV clowns would clumsily contribute to this French variation on funky sounds. In a few but intense years, French Boogie gave all the tips to party with style.

If some hits made it possible for the happy few to get a real house under truly exotic palm trees, the wave actually ebbed away very quickly, leaving quite a few musicians stranded on the shore. Whether they were sincerely motivated, or simply opportunistic, they had failed. In 1984, French Boogie was already breathless, and got merged with other genres: on the one hand, rap and breakdance adapted its flow to a more urban world, especially with Sydney's show, H.I.P.H.O.P, and Dee Nasty's broadcasts on Radio Nova; on the other, italo, new beat and house began to rule over dance floors, even more strongly asserting the will to develop music for clubs.

Squeezed in between the age of disco and that of modern electronic music, French Boogie was a transitional phase, but it remains an amazingly refreshing testimony to the intermingling of pop and underground cultures. The genre was hastily categorized as anecdotal in spite of its pioneering synthetic groove and matchless bass lines. An attentive ear will discover the poetry of the ephemeral beyond the eccentricities of the genre, as well as a certain unexpected avant-gardism. At the origin of major music trends, always cheerful and catchy, French Boogie is what you need to party.

For a long time, Vidal Benjamin has been getting up early at the weekends. Whether alone or in company, he digs his hands into various crates at record fairs, flea markets or in empty attics, to uncover records that have long been forgotten, ignored or even despised. Among the small circle of Parisian diggers, his reputation precedes him: it is he who finds and it is he who shares. It is not unusual that in his wake, one finds a certain record long lost, left behind as a special gift from Vidal. He likes to share so that others may discover. And it is for that same reason that he regularly sleeps late, playing records in clubs at night, where he follows a similar path: altruistic, educational and festive. It's no surprise, then, that his first compilation goes by the fitting title of Disco Sympathie.

Superb reissue of an amazing lost boogie gem from 1981 hailing from Sweden, an unlikely hub of funk excellence in the early 80s. Originally released on tiny label Newlock, both sides of this 12' are fantastic - side A's Supercool is a tight funky workout with laidback vocals and a super-summery feel while Side B's Percussion Sundance more than lives up to its cult Balearic reputation, with six minutes of blissed-out soaring synths, heavy syncopated percussion and smooth bass combining to create one of the hottest things ever to come out of Scandinavia. You must have this!

Joey Negro is the most well-known pseudonym of master British DJ/producer/remixer Dave Lee. Under a plethora of other monikers including Jakatta, Akabu, Doug Willis, Raven Maize, The Sunburst Band, Sessomatto, and Z Factor, Dave was one of the first artists to incorporate disco samples in house music when he began his production career in 1988.

His discography is undoubtedly as impressive as his knowledge of seminal house and disco, and now Joey/Dave puts it to good use with this album; a revisit to some of disco's most sparkly moments.

Rather than remixes in their modern definition this is a body of re-edits with the tracks given a new dimension to make them relevant and playable now. In many cases he has changed the drums, added percussion and sometimes keyboard parts but not totally ditched the music and started again as is often the way with straight up house remixes. This project is about utilising some of those fantastic original parts in a different way hat takes advantage of many of the songs classic status subtly teasing in familiar elements and dubbing them out.
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Black Ivory, Bumblebee Unlimited, Dazzle, High Frequency and The Universal Robot Band. The list could go on together with classic labels he's been featured on such as NIA, Salsoul and Red Greg. Now it's time for history to be written, first time he works with the two guys mix from Denmark and Germany in the shape of Cool Million.

The first official 12" from Psychemagik's LP, 'Valley Of Paradise/Star Lazer' is now available on limited edition,

Copenhagen's Music For Dreams continues to fly the flag for Balearic madness with this quality four-track EP. 'Charité' is the result of a jam session between two young Danes, Mads and Frederik, and is without doubt a future classic, with demand building strongly since its first plays on label boss Kenneth Bager's Ibiza Sonica radio show. In the style of Max Berlin (yes that good!), with French spoken vocals, Spanish guitars, floating bongos and a warm bassline, this is a real monster of a record. Legendary Balearic pioneer Phil Mison heard an early mix and his exact words were "This is good, no, this is really really good!" - don't miss. Mads Dalholt pops up again on Side B with "Balearica" a cut he made with fellow Danes Dj Zimino and Dj Djek. This does what is says on the tin - smooth and rolling bass, 70ties Hammond keys, deep and mysterious voices creating an incessant groove which meld various styles and influences in a hippie spirit. The other artist featured is Troels Hammer, a composer and piano player who delivers two short compositions "Azur" and "Birdy" both oozing that melancholic sunset vibe we love from the golden Cafe Del Mar era. Both tracks are taken from his forthcoming debut album "Troels Hammer", also to be released on Music For Dreams. Limited vinyl.

Reissue of 1975 release by Michael LeGrair & The Band That Played All Night f/ 2 nice long breaks on this 45, both on the 2nd side.

Die 90er sind nach wie vor in aller Munde - ob es nun um Klamotten, Filme oder auch den musikalischen
Zeitgeist dieser Ära geht - the 90s are back! Und nun, nach dem Mega-Erfolg der ersten 90er Compilation
von Sunshine Live, kommt nun mit Vol. 2 ein ebenbürtiger Nachfolger in die Läden. Wieder randvoll mit allen,
die es in dieser Zeit ganz nach oben in die Charts geschafft haben. Mit dabei sind diesmal auf der Party und
auf der CD: Mr. President mit "Coco Jambo", Masterboy und ihr unvergessener Hit "Feel The Heat Of The
Night", 2Unlimited mit "Tribal Dance", Culture Beat mit "Inside Out", Captain Hollywood Project, DJ Bobo, E-
Rotic, Dune und noch jede Menge weiterer erstklassiger Hits aus dieser Zeit!

CD 1:
Captain Jack: Drill Instructor // Dune: I can´t stop raving // E- Rotic: Sex on the Phone // Ice MC: It´s A Rainy Day // Corona: Baby Baby //
DJ Bobo : There is a Party // Captain Hollywood Project: Find another way // General Base: I See you // Mr. President: Coco Jambo //
ATB: 9pm // RMB: Redemption // Capella : U and me // Mark´Oh: Never stop that feeling // Gigi D´Agostino: L´amour toujours // Marusha:
It Takes Me Away // Members of Mayday: Sonic Empire // Masterboy: Feel The Heat Of The Night // Real2 Real: I like to move it //
Faithless: Insomnia
CD 2:
Moby: Feeling So Real // Dr. Alban: Sing Halleluja // Kai Tracid: Too Many Times // Culture Beat: Inside Out // Snap: The power // U96:
Das Boot // 2 Unlimited: Tribal Dance // Magic Affair: Fire // Zhi-Vago: Dreamer // Interactive: Tell Me // 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor :
Fairytales // Scooter: Endless Summer // Dr. Motte & Westbam: Let the sunshine in your heart // Charly Lownoise, Menthal Theo: Stars //
Sash: With my own eyes // Perplexer: Church of house // Technohead: I wanna be a hippy // Jam & Spoon hands on yellow: You gotta say
yes to another excess // DJ Dado: Ready or Not

Seit 2001 begeistert die Sampler-Reihe "Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café" des Labels Wagram mit Downtempo-, Electro- und Nu-Jazz-Tracks Musikenthusiasten auf der ganzen Welt. Nun steht die 17. Ausgabe der beliebten Cooltempo-Serie in den Starlöchern. Für die Auswahl der Stücke zeichnet sich Cézaire
verantwortlich, Musiker und Chef des französischen Labels Roche Musique. Durch seine Kollaborationen mit international bekannten Künstlern wie Sébastien Tellier oder Kaytranada hat er sich auch über die Landesgrenzen hinaus einen Namen gemacht. Doch es ist vor allem sein Gehör für neue Talente und
Ohrschmeichler renommierter Artists, das "Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café XVII" zu Gute kommt: Die Zusammenstellung präsentiert einmal mehr das Beste aus Lounge, Downtempo und Trip-Hop. Auf dem Sampler vertreten sind u. a. Hudson Mohawke, Kaytranada, Nightmares On Wax und Jamie xx. Cool!

Nigeria has been one of these African countries with a rich western oriented music scene spawning some highly praised garage rock acts like OFEGE and some hot blooded steaming funk acts. One of these groups taking a turn on music that was happening a few thousand miles west in the USA about five or six years prior was AKWASSA and here we gotta listen to their second album 'In the groove' and the title actually says it all. They play some funky music that would make James Brown (God rest his soul) or Betty Davis (Miles Davis' beautiful and highly gifted wife) go crazy for and they do it with a routine you would rather expect with American superstars. AKWASSA impress with a tight as a teenie's ass rhythm section grooving some hypnotizing beats that consist of wild percussions and an airy drumming tied together by some captivating bass lines. Upon this rhythmical basement you find a grinding organ scrubbing your senses and a clean wah wah driven guitar that erupts into fuzzed out solos from time to time. The mid ranged voice comes with a rich tone and nobody would question me if I'd tell him this was a US act. Well, okay, there is a little accent but at least his English is grammatically perfect. In the end it does not matter much for the voice is one instrument that adds a patch of color to the whole picture. How great to know this Afro Funk classic from the 70s can now be enjoyed by a young audience with an open mind. Old school funksters, take your chance, this is sheer bliss.

Now we enter territories of smooth disco grooves and spicy samba rhythms as solid background for whipping melodies of the most charming kind. This is a lush late 70s disco production with an affinity for jazz that showcases a band lead by a truly gifted violin player. Elements of electronic dance and pop music and Latin sounds embrace each other and get tied together by sexy funky bass guitar lines. Samba, Salsa and whatever South America has to offer join forces with the Western club music of the day and in between all those fluffy but rich arrangements some freaked out piano eruptions and twisted song structures prove Alfredo De La Fe's fondness for the jazz scene aside from the mainstream. His violin turns into a screeching demon raging upon an ever flowing pulse of percussions, bass and drums. And the beat will definitely not leave you alone for the whole playing time. Alfredo's violin is the secret star of this record and he as the multicultural band leader, born in Cuba, living in the USA after 16 years in Columbia, knows to enchant and fascinate his listeners with songs that have the charm of pop and the edges great jazz offers, fused into one vivid world of sound. The deep and wide structures invite you to take a trip through a pulsating city with music, dances and happy spirits everywhere. My favorite here is the truly modernized but utterly hypnotizing 'My favorite things' I only used to know from John Coltrane before. Folks, Alfredo De La Fe might play a really smooth, happy and lightweight music but this man really pulls it off. No wonder that original pressings of this album go for 180,00 Dollars. Now we can change that with a beautiful fresh reissue and if you are a lover of Latin music, disco and funk, be welcome to lend your ears to Alfredo De La Fe.

Now we enter territories of smooth disco grooves and spicy samba rhythms as solid background for whipping melodies of the most charming kind. This is a lush late 70s disco production with an affinity for jazz that showcases a band lead by a truly gifted violin player. Elements of electronic dance and pop music and Latin sounds embrace each other and get tied together by sexy funky bass guitar lines. Samba, Salsa and whatever South America has to offer join forces with the Western club music of the day and in between all those fluffy but rich arrangements some freaked out piano eruptions and twisted song structures prove Alfredo De La Fe's fondness for the jazz scene aside from the mainstream. His violin turns into a screeching demon raging upon an ever flowing pulse of percussions, bass and drums. And the beat will definitely not leave you alone for the whole playing time. Alfredo's violin is the secret star of this record and he as the multicultural band leader, born in Cuba, living in the USA after 16 years in Columbia, knows to enchant and fascinate his listeners with songs that have the charm of pop and the edges great jazz offers, fused into one vivid world of sound. The deep and wide structures invite you to take a trip through a pulsating city with music, dances and happy spirits everywhere. My favorite here is the truly modernized but utterly hypnotizing 'My favorite things' I only used to know from John Coltrane before. Folks, Alfredo De La Fe might play a really smooth, happy and lightweight music but this man really pulls it off. No wonder that original pressings of this album go for 180,00 Dollars. Now we can change that with a beautiful fresh reissue and if you are a lover of Latin music, disco and funk, be welcome to lend your ears to Alfredo De La Fe.

Ministry of Sound presents Perfectly Chilled, the second instalment of our chart topping Chilled series. A 3CD offering which takes the listener on a beautiful journey whilst they relax and unwind to the exquisite tones of A-List singer/song writers including: Sam Smith, James Bay, Ellie Goulding, Bruno Mars, Coldplay and Birdy. CD2 has your favourite chilled melodies, with everything from Jess Glynne, Years & Years, James Blake and Mark Ronson to name but a few and finally CD3 features, in true Ministry of Sound style, the best down-tempo classics intertwined with some of the best chilled house originals and remixes of this year from: Sigala, Kygo, Lost Frequencies and Blonde.

An album to truly warm the heart this festive period, lined cover-to-cover with musical royalty and breakthrough acts all mixed seamlessly together into one unforgettable laidback experience, Perfectly Chilled is the only CD you need to wind down to this winter.
Sit back, relax and be Perfectly Chilled.


1. Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
2. James Bay - Let It Go
3. Emeli Sandé - Clown
4. Birdy - Wings
5. Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You
6. Hozier - Someone New
7. Coldplay - Trouble
8. Paolo Nutini - Diana
9. RHODES + BIRDY - Let It All Go
10. Lianne La Havas - Unstoppable
11. Marina And The Diamonds - Happy
12. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
13. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts
14. Sia - Chandelier (Piano Version)
15. Beth - How Deep Is Your Love
16. Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
17. Jack Savoretti - Catapult
18. Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Pictures
19. Jamie Woon - Sharpness
20. Kwabs - Perfect Ruin

1. Jess Glynne - My Love (Acoustic)
2. Jasmine Thompson - Ain't Nobody
3. Avicii - Waiting For Love (Prinston & Astrid S Acoustic Version)
3. Sigma Feat. Paloma Faith - Changing (Goldsmyth Edition)
5. Sam Feldt Feat. Kimberly Anne - Show Me Love
6. Years & Years - King
7. Rudimental Feat. Will Heard - I Will For Love (Embody Remix)
8. Duke Dumont - The Giver (Reprise) (Mark Ronson Remix)
9. Major Lazer Feat. MØ & DJ Snake - Lean On
10. Lorde - Royals
11. James Blake - Retrograde
12. Plan B - Love Goes Down
13. Jack Garratt - Weathered
14. Fallulah - Wicked Game
15. Vance Joy - Riptide
16. Jodie Abacus - Good Feeling
17. Hot Natured - Benediction
18. Lovebirds Feat. Stee Downes - Want You In My Soul
19. Rae Morris - Love Again
20. CHVRCHES - Lies (Tourist Remix)

1. Sigala - Easy Love (Miguel Campbell Remix)
2. Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me
3. Kygo Feat. Conrad Sewell - Firestone
4. Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love
5. Blonde Feat. Alex Newell - All Cried Out
6. Jessie Ware - Champagne Kisses (TCTS Remix)
7. Disclosure Feat. Sasha Keable - Voices
8. Rudimental - Never Let You Go (Feder Remix)
9. Robin Schulz Feat. Ilsey - Headlights
10. Seinabo Sey - Younger(Kygo Remix)
11. Avicii Vs Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One (Noonie Bao Acoustic Mix)
12. Gabrielle Aplin - The Power of Love
13. Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek
14. Florence + The Machine - St Jude
15. Tove Lo - Talking Body (Gryffin Remix)
16. Beth - Don't You Worry Child (Charming Horses Remix)
17. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
18. Nora En Pure - Come With Me
19. Jamie xx Feat. Romy - Loud Places
20. alt-J - Warm Foothills

The second album by the phenomenally popular 80s group Bad Boys Blue, 'Heartbeat' was originally released in 1986 and is BACK on vinyl with remastered sound and with high quality embossed sleeve and poster. It features a couple of international hits, 'Kissed And Tears' and 'I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat'. MIRUMIR music publishing create a Deluxe edition, which everyone will want to get, even if they have an original LP.

In 1987, during the recording of the single 'Come Back And Stay' Tony Hendrik and Karen Hartmann decided to replace lead vocalist Trevor Taylor with John McInerney. Since then John has become a kind of special feature of Bad Boys Blue. "Love Is No Crime' has two hit-singles: 'Charlene', a song from the repertoire of Roxanne, another Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann artist, and, of course, the classic title track.

In the second volume of output YESTERDAY '00 : a selection of 24 out successes in the past decade , hit ranging from the year 2000 to 2010 tracing the recent history of dance : from Bacon Popper Erika and again from the Eiffel Estrella 65. A double CD collection !
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Great double A-sided reissue from tiny Brooklyn label Starburst. Features the superb and impossible-to-find 'Three Way Situation' by Nadie La Fonde, a cool and dreamy Trinidadian disco cut which hit big in Chicago as well as in New York's cooler clubs back in '79. Backed with the equally in-demand tropical monster 'Soca Fusion' by Bobby Raveen. Jam-packed with horns, seriously funky bass and driving percussion, this is pure dancefloor dynamite. Don't miss!

Just in time for the warm weather The King.Of.Nothing is back again with another double sider 12". This time Kon reworks/remixes from the original multi track sessions, Tee Ess Munk's "Kon Kon Vie" & Candidate for Kon"
Two anthemic NYC bomb's flipped with pure class that should work well on todays floors.

The undisputed star of the disco music Dee D. Jackson told in this elegant box containing the British artist's discography . " Cosmic Curves " , " Thunder & Lightning " and " Blame it on the rain" ; these great albums is added a fourth CD dedicated to the remixes of the most beloved songs .


















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the limited 2x12" vinyl sampler with the tracks from the mix cd !!!

A fascinating delve into the bizarre and brilliant world of Jeremiah Yisrael and the disco funk treasures of Tap Records.

Limited Edition of 150 Cassettes curated by Amila & Aurelien for Altered Soul Experiment.
Recorded live by Enrico Crivellaro aka Volcov in Verona, 2015.
Artwork by Sidney Reilly & photography by Mehdi Lacoste.
Duplicated in Canada on high fidelity Chrome Plus tape.

Blending the sonic warmth with the visual nostalgia of cassette tapes, Altered Soul Experiment aims to use the medium of mix tapes to reflect the personal touch and inspiration from the music industry's early years.

Limited to 150 units per release, each artist chosen will be able to express their musical experiments via a 90 minute mix allowing a personal at-home listening experience. Furthermore the tapes will provide the avid listener a chance to search for specific tracks within each mix, translating into a unique exploratory experience.

The series starts with a warm, soul-infused mix by Volcov, which proves to be an excellent selector of boogie and soul. The mix provides a one and a half hour experience that contains a distinct narrative.

Scattered chatty voices and dancefloor-boogie move to a calm funky swish before resulting in sweet melodies that are sprinkled with emotionally charged lyrics. The mix ranges from The Controller's classic "Stay" to Hi-Tension, where David Joseph's vocals embrace you with every single "Girl I Betcha", to bangers such as the Cargo Feat. Dave Collins "Holding On For Love". All in all, it is reflecting a warm, groovey journey through time and rhythms, creating a powerful body of songs drawn in liquid smooth shapes.

Top quality remastered reissue on the original highly collectable US Fire-Sign Records from super funky Frenchman Francois Feldman aka FF Yellowhand. Both tracks on this in-demand 1981 boogie funk double hitter are pure dancefloor dynamite. Side A has the long mix of 'You Want Every Night', a party starting disco boogie dancer with an infectious funky groove, lush strings and a great English / French vocal. 'Can You Feel It' on the flip keeps up the pressure with more blistering upbeat percussive funk. Killer!

Copehagen's Music For Dreams are very proud to present new Swedish signing 55 Cancri e (aka Sara Hausenkamp). Born in 1989 in Malmö, this talented musician/artist started out learning classical guitar as a child before playing keyboard in different bands in her teenage years/early 20s. In 2013 she moved to Berlin and began playing keyboard/guitar/singing in electro duo 'naftik'. As well as music, she also expresses herself through illustrations, collages, photos, writing, painting, fanzine-making etc. and studied at the school of Comic Art in Malmö.
'55 Cancri e' is Hausenkamp's solo project started in the summer of 2014, an amazing six track mini album of perfect night music from outer space, tunes covered in diamonds - a melting pot of sensitive guitars, crying synthesizers, barking flutes, mellow wine glasses, combined with gorgeous organ/melodica and haunting voices. The end result is a beautiful, melancholic and stunning debut drawing comparisons to artists such as This Mortal Coil and Cocteau Twins... Limited vinyl with stunning original sleeve by the artist - definitely worth investigating.

Latest release of balearic wizardry from Magic Wand

Fantastic new compilation from Sunkissed Records features four Balearic rarities from the great late 70's early 80's Dutch New Wave groovers Flash & The Pan all of which received heavy rotation at the original Ibiza parties. Kicks off with the full 12' version of one of DJ Alfredo's Amnesia anthems, the brilliant low slung 'Midnight Man' followed by the bass-driven slo-mo disco groove of 'Hole In The Middle' taken from their 1978 self titled debut LP. On the B-Side we get the hard to find disco mix of 'Waiting For A Train' a huge favourite of DJ Harvey who also featured the last track 'Walking In The Rain' on his critically acclaimed Summer Beach set mix from a few years back. Essential slices of Balearic history that still sound fresh today.

Kafka Tamura, ein klangvoller Name voll abgründiger Rätselhaftigkeit und Mystik, wie entlehnt aus einer
anderen Welt. Die Band, die sich in diesen Namen hüllt, zeigte sich inspiriert vom japanischen
Erfolgsautoren Haruki Murakami und dessen Buch »Kafka am Strand«. Die Inspiration kommt nicht von
ungefähr, sind die Parallelen zwischen Kafka Tamura - dem Titelhelden des Romans - und dem
gleichnamigen musikalischen Dreigestirn, bestehend aus Emma (18), Patrick (27) und Gabriel (27), doch offensichtlich.
Auf ihrem Debütalbum - Nothing To Everyone' trifft Westliches auf Fernöstliches, Tradition auf Moderne, Emmas bildgewaltigen Texte auf die flächigen Sounds der beiden Jungs. Alles verschmilzt miteinander und lässt etwas Neues, Eigenständiges, Vollkommenes entstehen. Und wer einmal dem sanften Zauber der Band verfallen ist, wer sich unheillos verfangen hat in ihren Melodiebögen und zwischenweltlichen Alltagsgeschichten, um den ist es für immer geschehen. Und das ist gut so. Denn die neue Welt, die Emma, Patrick und Gabriel von Kafka Tamura für uns erschlossen haben, ist ein bisher unentdecktes Paradies: Verführerisch und aufregend, surreal und mystisch, fremd und vertraut.

Some low down, dirty cosmic Boogie-Funk here from 1977 on Salsoul Records.

Destroyers were a one off project from NYC whose back catalog includes only these 2 super rare and sublime examples of down-tempo space Disco. Both cuts are the perfect late night soundtrack to getting down in the darkest corners of the club, perfectly produced, super funky and with solid relentless grooves that go on and on. "Lectric Love" is an unsung classic and "Slave Of Love" on the flip is also another late night piece of sleazy action in the same vein, a perfect 12" all round!

Carefully selected from Salsouls vaults, this record has always been in heavy demand and has fetched collectors prices on-line in the past, making it extremely collectible among Disco aficionados and thus very difficult to track down. This is the first time the record has been officially re-mastered and re-issued on 12" in conjunction with Salsoul Records since it's 1977 release.

Phil South's now universally celebrated label has continued to evolve and push the boundaries with a claasic and collectable series of cult releases
Now in their late teens, the label shows no sign of slowing down, or toeing the line !

Second EP of choice cuts and edits/remixes from new label Balearic Blah Blah carefully curated by KBE. First to drop is 'Swinger Sex', a superb track originally produced by Beck with Sly and Robbie on remix duties - here KBE extends the cut also adding new horns and live guitars to create a great hypnotic slow-burning 'Paradise Garage'-style killer. Next up is Compass Point gem 'Synchronize', a heavy reggae dancefloor bomb ramped up with added keys and guitars in a another effective rework from KBE. Flip over for the beautiful and haunting African track 'Pacha Men', respectfully edited here by native ibizan VH. Lastly is 'Sunda Set', a hard-to-find original from the 70s that wouldn't sound out of place in a Harvey or Jose Padilla set. Limited edition - don't sleep!