Barbarella

Barbarella (I:Cube Parisian Sleaze Mix)

Heels & Souls Recordings hit release number nine, looking across the pond to Toronto in the mid-'90s to reissue two blissfully Balearic house gems from 100th Monkey. Alongside remastered versions of ‘Raindance’ and ‘Nyika Nyika’, the flip features a pumping remix of ‘Raindance’ courtesy of dream house hero Manuel Darquart and a previously unreleased ‘90s stunner, ‘River Ride’.
 
100th Monkey were most known under their Boomtang Boys moniker, a killer Canadian production trio and record label. In the early ‘90s, with a release already out as Fun Wow, brothers Tony and Paul Grace were introduced to Rob DeBoer. With respective backgrounds as a drummer, DJ and keys player and inspired by the sounds coming across from the UK, they began producing releases for the label under a variety of different monikers. From the street soul grooves of ‘Love Trip’ as Boomtang Boys, to the hip house flavours of D.S.B. and the progressive rhythms of The Riders of the Soundguard.
 
Their only release as 100th Monkey though is a jewel in this Canadian crown. Cooked up in their home studio, packed with synths, samplers and drum machines, ‘Raindance’ is a hit of summertime heat that instantly transports you to sandy shores. A slice of mid-tempo, Balearic deep house anchored by shuffling hats and a spine-tingling bassline, the African vocal samples, dreamy strings and goose-bumping chords merge to send you floating out across the horizon.
 
Picking up the pace, ‘Nyika Nyika’ is another dream-inducing house cut, equally adept at soundtracking a sunset, as it is at powering a dancefloor. Shimmering arps and looped African vocal samples glisten through the haze, with a punchy bass and enveloping strings reeling you in.
 
On the B side, Manuel Darquart puts his trademark spin on ‘Raindance’, looping up elements from the OG with a dash of that Darquart hot sauce. The kick gets an injection, steamy synthlines are laid down and a salacious sax is slipped in the mix.
 
Finally, plucked from the 100th Monkey vaults, ‘River Ride’ is an unreleased cut from 1996. Washing over you with a wave of floating pads, trickling arps, a laidback breakbeat and grooving bassline, it’s the perfect warm-down or warmup material, that rightly sees the light of day for the very first time.
 
Licensed from The Boomtang Boys and remastered from the original DATs by Justin Drake.

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100th Monkey - Raindance (Manuel Darquart Remix)

💿🔥 Out on "Saudedits 005 ~ Italo Inferno": https://souldade.bandcamp.com/album/saudedits-5-italo-inferno

Infectious synthesizers and silly Spanish chorus for the win, mixed with vocoder and smooth bridges to spice it up 💃🤖🔥🎹

Souldade - Yo Te Quiero Mucho (Edit)

Stereo Ferment returns with the fourth volume of its Fermented Grooves edits compilation series. Accompanied with our debut vinyl pressing!

Spanning multiple eras, genres and cultures, these grooves have been diced and spiced for an extra juicy dance floor experience. Curated by label heads Coy Haste & Oreku.

Feast on this offering with returning FG residents Dacou, The Patchouli Brothers, Dialtone (Hiatt dB & Riti), FOC Edits, and as well as first-time fermentations from Anish Kumar, Josh Ludlow & Moving Still.

Safe to be consumed with good times.

Fermented Grooves Volume 4

Fermented Grooves Vol IV - Snippets

Stefan Ringer !!! Remix of Just Because by Marcel Vogel and Tim Jules ft Javonntte. DIGITAL out now, vinyl expected May 16th with Remixes by LYMA, Floyd Vader, Stefan Ringer and Original Mix. Pre-order here :

https://lumberjacksinhell.lnk.to/JustBecause-Remixes


Marcel Vogel & Tim Jules ft Javonntte - Just Because (Stefan Ringer Remix)  (LiH 48)

Driftwood Heart

Creeping Beauty - Vox

Kaffe Crème EP / MHM002
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A1. Kapo Choc
A2. Chez Moune
B1. Jessica Penrose
B2. Mountain Flow

Pre-order on Juno : http://www.juno.co.uk/products/kaffe-creme-ep/594935-01/
Pre-order on Red Eye Records : http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/69747-
Pre-order on Deejay.de : http://www.deejay.de/MHM002K_-_Kaffe_Creme_-_Ep_-_12inch__209199

MHM002 - Kaffe Crème EP.

B2 - Broken Embraces (Reprise)

Kon remix of a classic and highly in demand Modern Soul tune by The Pretenders. Mixed from the original multitrack tapes.

THE PRETENDERS - Just Be Yourself (KON REMIX)

In the moonlight there was little to hold onto but one another beneath the glow of the faint white light up high above in the darkened sky. Close to me I watched the people come and go from the empty bar, they would walk through the illuminated door before observing the bleak and lonely scene with a sense of melancholy and sadness. The night outside was cold and harsh yet in here it was warm and welcoming. If only the rest of the world was simply able to see...

This one is beautiful. No Really. Guaranteed summer bliss reminiscent of the Italian dream house era for the present. The guys from Craigie Knowes found Paolo on Youtube jamming out on some rare hardware and this is his first release. Wow.

Close To Me

PREMIERE: Paolo Di Nicolantonio - Close To Me [Craigie Knowes]

Bookings: Chiara@octopus-agents.com
NA & SA: Marlena@liasonartists.com
MGMT: Paul@testpressing.org

B2 - Broken Embraces (Reprise)

Alex Kassian