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The 15 Best House Tracks of January 2021

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Ahead of his hotly anticipated In The House compilation, Franky delivers this sampler featuring two brand new productions and a remix, giving a sneak peek into what he’s been working on for the album. After his first single from the album, ‘Same Man’, reached #1 in the Beatport Tech House chart, it was clear that Franky’s productions are reaching the next level and these three tracks are further proof.

First off, ‘Work It To The Bone’ gives hints of New York garage with a contemporary edge, the strutting drum breakdown and vocal sample giving way to a surging, bumping bassline. Continuing with the bumping basslines, the next track is Franky’s own version of the killer track ‘Lights Down’ from The New Sins, a track released on Defected in 2015 and given new life in this slick remix. Finally it’s ‘Crazy Day’, an irresistibly pacey house record, peppered with surprising grooves, featuring the gorgeous RnB-style vocals of Mike City.

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The New Sins 'Lights Down' (Franky Rizardo Remix)

The young artist Franky Rizardo continues to prove himself as one of Holland’s finest exports in dance music, demonstrating a solid production career with releases spanning a collection of top labels, including a long term relationship with Defected Records and now with his debut on Nick Curly and Gorge's infamous 8bit Records.

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Franky Rizardo - Deep Space

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Marseille born DJ and producer Matt Sassari returns to the Cr2 fold with his latest club rave ‘Waitin' For My Baby's Car’.

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Matt Sassari - Waitin' For My Baby's Car

It's a huge pleasure for Nick Curly and Gorge to welcome Oliver Schories on their label with his debut release for 8bit. Oliver is well known for his great output on his very own imprint SOSO and gained much respect with his Nubreed album on Global Underground end of 2017. Thanks to Jansons for such a fabulous remix he added to the release.

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Oliver Schories - Maia

Oliver Schories is returning to 8Bit Records after a year -  with the Monza EP. 

Hamburg-based Oliver has been a welcome addition to the Germany house community for more than a decade now. After his latest album, Paradigm, and a collaboration with Jan Blomqvist in the summer of 2020, new original music will be out in January 2021 on Gorge’s and Nick Curly’s 8 Bit imprint.

Opening with the title track, ‘Monza’, a stab-led groove evolves organically adding nuanced layers and a rubbery bass. Warm and inviting, the piano in the first break creates a welcomed tension against the muted vocal ad libs. On the flipside, ‘Levo’ begins with more low end grunt. Melodics develop with time and form the main groove hypnotising the listener before chord sweeps and whispered vocals add warmth and musical depth.

Oliver Schories - Levo

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@hurricane-kid's long awaited 'High Pressure' EP is now available on all digital & streaming sites. The EP is also out exclusively on yellow-coloured vinyl - limited copies available! 1, 2, 3 or 4 - which is your favourite? Let us know 👇

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Soul Clap have spent two decades honing a uniquely soulful spin on underground house and disco sounds. How does a duo from Boston become a leading name in the global dance music scene? By emphasizing community, from their Crew Love artist collaborations (“music that challenges the mind, moves the heart, and sways the hips,” says Resident Advisor) to their DJs For Climate Action initiatives. In everything they do, Soul Clap live up to their name as empathetic selectors and heartfelt producers, a two man feedback loop eternally tuned into the frequency of the crowd. After a year like we’ve all had, it’s only natural those energies would be channeled into an album called WTF (World Transformation Force), out Earth Day (April 22 2021.) The World EP is the first broadcast from the album, featuring expertly crafted, deeply funky cuts like “Back 2 Love,” offering an uplifting dancefloor detox for the anxiety of our times.

Soul Clap - Enough Is Enough

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Continuing the celebrations surrounding Poker Flat’s 20th year in operation, we are treated to another sublime rework of a back catalogue treasure.  

This time it’s concerning the work of Danish polymath Trentemøller, and his certified classic Moan. Featuring the vocal-talents of Ane Trolle, the track was originally released in 2007, in what could be described as one of Trentemøller’s many splendids. 

Here we have a remix courtesy of Tim Engelhardt - a Poker Flat regular who has built a formidable reputation over the last years. His reinterpretation is the perfect mix of Trentemøller’s instinct for sleek hooks with his own savvy, slinky tech house. The full version features Trolle’s timeless vocals, and there’s also an instrumental version for the DJs.

Moan (Tim Engelhardt Remix) - 20 Years of Poker Flat remixes

Moan (Tim Engelhardt Remix)

Trentemøller - Moan (Tim Engelhardt Rемiх)

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Here comes our first release in 2021: Bell Towers "Junior Mix(d)" incl. Adam Port's Remix of "Want You (Need You)" as featured in the latest version of „GTA“.

Junior Mix(d)

Bell Towers - Want You (Need You) Adam Port Remix // Public Possession

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Creating this release has been a process especially over the last two years. ‘(Still) Searching’ has been released first as the debut of Andre’s Best Works Records in 2009. 11 years later the new and improved version that we are playing since a while still gives us the same feeling it triggered back then. We started a lot of club sets with ‘Still Searching’ as it has this long, steady and discreet build up. As soon as Nathalie Claude’s voice jumps in, the room always fills up with excitement. This never stops as the track just keeps on creating more energy as it goes on and the great mixing and perfectly sounding percussions made us fall in love with the track even more, version after version. 

As good things come to those who wait, here we are. With two originals from Andre and three beautiful crafted remixes from New Jackson, our home grown artist Shiffer and label debutant Blak River, we are happy to share the 19th release of our beloved Siamese imprint. 

New Jackson's celestial interpretation took some extra work to find the right version but it’s safe to say it eventually paid off. I remember sitting down with him in Ibiza. We never met before but had a genuine conversation and we couldn’t give him enough credit for his re-release of ‘The Night Mail’ on Maeve that has been featured on our Cercle Stream in the French Alps. David was instantly hooked by the idea of remixing ‘Still searching’. He kept me updated week by week about the process and we already could sense there is 
something unique cooking up. We were stoked while hearing the first version, it’s a beautiful piece of music we fortunately were able to play a few times before the whole dance music world came to an abrupt stop. We hope that this record will be enjoyed everywhere and makes you dance, float, fly or just revel in.

‘Miss you’, the second original from Andre reached us right before all the night clubs in the world got shut down. If I remember correctly we could test it at one gig in Switzerland and it definitely felt good to play it out on a loud system and in front of an excited crowd. I’m sure that Andre, all the people involved in this record, and of course we as well miss all of you. 

Next up is no stranger to Siamese and its universe. Shiffer is part the label since almost the very first minute and also plays a big part in the creative process of each release. Patrik already showed his diversity through selective releases over the years and so does it again with this remix. Shiffer’s approach goes into a darker direction. The bells and the manipulated vocal might give you the shivers as it does to us. Very detailed work that we love about him and his dedication to evolve. At this point we can already tease an upcoming original record from this talented producer. 

Last but definitely not least we would like to introduce Blak River, a project hailing from Austria and resulting from a very long friendship and passion for the same art form. With an array of accomplishments of shaping the electronic music scene in western Austria, by graduating the SAE institute or just being amazing selectors, Blak River substantiate their appearance. Patrick & Adnan’s remix is more on the instrumental side of ‘Still Searching’, it combines both of their musical backgrounds, a contemporary approach and their very own distinctive sound. We are happy to introduce this project to a bigger audience. 

Enjoy.

Adrian & Adrian

Oliver Schories - Levo

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