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An edit pays tribute to the original by trimming and rearranging the song in a way that it works for today's dancefloor or listening habits. 

Delfonic and Mendel are two outspoken specialists in this and understand the edit craft like no one else. For almost twenty years, Delfonic has been running Oye Records, a record store known far beyond the city limits of Berlin, and therefore knows very well which records and tracks go down best with whom and how. 

Always on the look out for that heartfelt connection, Mendel doesn’t cater to the fist pumpers, but rather the loving, open-minded and upbeat. His sets are peppered with diverse influences, from Chicago’s (ware)house pioneers to Amsterdam’s soulful school of DJs. He carefully orchestrates dance floor experiences by selecting tunes based on the emotion they evoke. A steady flow of mixtapes and Mendel’s Melodies, his regular show on Red Light Radio, provide a platform for Mendel to share his mellower side, capturing hearts by interweaving soulful classics with silky rarities from all corners of the musical landscape.

Notes On A Journey has therefore decided to make use of the services of the two DJs and to take two songs from their own, meanwhile extensive catalog under the magnifying glass, respectively the scalpel.

On the one hand there are two new editions of Germannu's «Fale De Mim» and one edit each for «Marcação» and «Pé na Estrada» by Valéria. Four times the very finest in soulful Brazilian pop music as one is now almost used to from Notes On A Journey. 

«Fale De Mim» by Germannu, by the way, originally appeared in 1984 on the EP «Germannu» and was released in September 2020 by NOAJ as a lavish reissue. 

The 4-track 7inch «Pé na Estrada» by Valéria originally came out in 1983 on the Brazilian label PPA (Paladar Produções Artisticas) and was re-released by NOAJ in November 2020.

With «NOAJ Edits 01», a first absolute must-have edits package was put together. And as the title suggests, the series will continue in the following months with more highlights from the NOAJ catalog.

B2 - Valéria - Pé Na Estrada (Mendel Edit)

“Raised Vibrations feat. Brint Story / Yadava Remix” is the new release from producer, DJ and broken beat revivalist WheelUP aka West London’s Danny Wheeler. Linking with Alabamian rapper Brint Story, “Raised Vibrations'' showcases a different sonic side to the producer, stripping bare the percussive backbone of the track, leaving Brint’s alt-R&B vocals to “take the wheel”. While Mancunian producer, NTS resident and So Flute co-founder Yadava catalyzes the tune onto the dancefloor with a jazzy primed remix. 

“Raised Vibrations was something completely different stylistically for me, a rapper on a track with no drums… Working with Brint Story is super fun, we met in the Deep South of the US, through my cousin and I love his positive vibe and his style of rapping… combining Bruk West London Sound with an American rapper just made sense, it was not a plan to be different just a vibe that came naturally from my heart” Danny explains. 
 
“Raised Vibrations feat. Brint Story / Yadava Remix” is the latest instalment from WheelUP’s debut album ‘Good Love’ a record that featured the likes of Bembe Segue, Abacus (Pola & Bryson) and label-mate Tiawa. ‘Good Love’ was heavily praised for its resurgent broken beat sound by the likes of Gilles Peterson (BBC 6Music), Jamz Supernova (BBC 1Xtra), A-Trak (Fools Gold), Dave 1 (Chromeo), Benji B (BBC Radio 1), Bonobo, Ben UFO, Emma Jean-Thackray, Laurent Garnier and many more. “Take Me Higher feat. Tiawa”, the second single from ‘Good Love’, was playlisted on BBC 6Music.

As an artist, producer and DJ of dual Zimbabwean and British heritage, growing up in the epicentre of bruk that is West London around the likes of Goya Music, IG Culture and Kaidi Tatham, it was only natural that Danny would gravitate towards the ‘West London Sound’; as WheelUP puts it: “It’s in my musical DNA”. Originating from the drum and bass world as Danny Wheeler, WheelUP follows the footsteps and lineage of 4hero, evolving from jungle/D&B to broken beat/bruk and was recently knighted an “honorary Bugz” by the original dons of broken beat, Bugz in the Attic, due to WheelUP’s work in pushing the bruk sound to new audiences.

Over the summer WheelUP has taken his DJ set and live band – that includes singer-songwriter and afro-raver Toya Delazy, Nathan “Tugg” Curran aka Planet Battago on On The Corner and session drummer (Basement Jaxx, Gorgon City, Elton John), as well as bassist Tom Mason, part of the London jazz scene (Robert Mitchell’s Panacea, Richard Spaven) – notably to Shambala and We Out Here festival, as well as to the venues Hootananny, Lost Horizon, and Night Tales.

https://djwheelup.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/djwheelup
https://soundcloud.com/yadavasoflute
https://soundcloud.com/tru-thoughts

Raised Vibrations feat. Brint Story / Yadava Remix

PREMIERE: WheelUP - Raised Vibrations feat. Brint Story (Yadava Remix) [Tru Thoughts]

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The Sultan's Swing - The Sultan's Swing Sessions  - CCP04

NEW TRACKLIST!
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4 Disco-Jazz-Funk from the 70ies reworked by Delfonic & Kapote.

A1 Phenomenon Rejam
A2 Bomba Rejam
B1 Maison Rejam
B2 Garrett Rejam

Illegal Jazz Vol 2.1

Garrett Rejam

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B2 Garrett Rejam

Illegal Jazz vol 2.1

Bomba Rejam

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