Just to celebrate 30 years of Problèmes d'Amour. 
Free download! Enjoy it!

Problèmes D'Amour (Ah Ou Ah Version)

The Balearic Gabba Soundsystem is back, back with a new EP that features three more leftfield remixes from curious electronic specialist Enzo Elia that have all been licensed officially by Irma Records. The source material for his three unhinged reworks is a track by 90s Italian house duo Soft House Company and two from cult Italian DJ and producer Don Carlos.

Soft House Company released only two EPs, both in 1990, but made a big impact with them: pretty much everyone has heard ‘What You Need’ and that’s the track that gets remixed here. Elia turns it into a slightly more bouncy and disco leaning cut with raw silvery drums, huge vamping piano chords and those classic vocal cries and already Eddie C and Gerd Jansen have been playing it. At the breakdown there is the sound of waves breaking on a beach before pianos go wild: It’s a freewheeling and sure fire party starting track that still does the trick nearly quarter of a century after original release.

Don Carlos was behind such seminal club tracks as 1991’s ‘Alone’ and produced five studio albums in the nineties and naughties. He fuses Afro rhythms with deep house vibes and has DJed all over the world since the 70s. The first of his to get re-worked is ‘Overture’, which starts with tropical bird cries, whistles and loon calls. It’s the sound of a humid jungle that gets slowly consumed by lush pads, delicate piano melodies and stirring string sounds. With a truly magical atmosphere and uplifting joyousness permeating the whole thing, it cannot fail to make you feel on top of the world.

Finally, Elia tackles ‘Chicago’ (a track that’s already been supported by Soft Rocks) and does so with swathes of mesmeric effects. Organic hand congas, breathy vocal snippets and a bristling nebula of synths, pads and strings all dance around each other in reservedly euphoric symphony.

This might just be one of the most beautifully and bizarrely Balearic releases yet from the ever unhinged Balearic Gabba Soundsystem.

Soft House Company - What You Need (Enzo Elia Balearic Gabba Style)

Released	July 28, 1986
Recorded	1985
Label	A&M
Written-By – Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer(s) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright © – A&M Records Ltd.
Licensed To – A&M Records Ltd.
credits
released April 7, 2023

#janet #janetjackson

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When I Think Of You (Boys' Shorts Edit)

Time to move (Marcello Giordani Boogie Down Edit)

City Dwelling (Instrumental)

BANDCAMP

Duke Lake - Do You (Craxi Disco Edit)

Four edits which have had been rinsed from Panorama Bar to Love International over the past 12 months finally see the light of day. Reworked lovingly for the dancefloors.

NOEDIT001: All Night Passion

Apologies for my SoundCloud silence of late; a combination of increased workload and and other general complications has kept me away from any studio projects for the last 12 weeks or so, but hopefully things are back on track.

This edit is a very late submission to the DJ History Trax re-edit/remix project (many thanks to Mr Brewster for his patience). It was Jamie Principles first release back in 1985 on Persona records which saw a re-release on Trax in 2000. It's a simple slice and dice affair, no overdubs or such like but hopefully an apt take on the arrangement for current dancefloors.

Also of note, the Pocket Angel/Find A Way 12"  was finally released a week or so ago (on Autodiscoteque) and has been getting support from the likes of Ashley Beedle, Laurent Garnier, Horse Meat Disco, Popular Peoples Front, Pete Herbert, Red Rack’em, OOFT, Downtown Party Network, Marius Vaareid. So if you haven't picked it up yet it's available at these fine record stores amongst others:

Phonica:   http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/64168

Juno:  http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/395371-01.htm

Jamie Principle - Waiting On My Angel (Leftside Wobble Edit)

MERC002 M.E. - RnB Drunkie

NOEDIT001: Fascinated

Ben Gomori's always solid Monologues imprint brings the sounds of London DJ and now producer Kristy Harper's debut EP. This four-tracker vividly represent her eclectic DJ sets, blending disco, house and Latin vibes. 'Uncle Jungle' is a slow-burning, understated disco anthem that has been clamoured over in her sets of late. 'Exotic Shapes' builds slowly through a chunky disco groove to an irresistible arpeggiated bass drop. '1955' is a feel-good tropical belter. Here we premiere 'Sterk' which shows Harper in deep, heads-down house mode. Essential

https://soundcloud.com/kristyharper
https://soundcloud.com/bengomori
https://soundcloud.com/monologues

PREMIERE: Kristy Harper - Sterk [Monologues]

Alexander Robotnick is the artist name of Maurizio Dami, an electronic musician, DJ and producer living in Italy.