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Joel Holmes – Into The Abyss (Kryptox 2023)
Once known as a techno city, Berlin has quietly become the capital for jazz bands in recent years. While the queues in front of the techno clubs become shorter and shorter, the city is slowly converting into a melting pot for all sorts of musicians and artists with amazing instrumentalists, producers and bands from all over the world moving to the German capital to create a new scene. As a result, Berlin has come out with some of the craziest, non-conformist types of music. Toy Tonics sister label Kryptox has started to establish itself as a key platform for this new scene.
One of the protagonists of this scene is Joel Holmes, the former band leader of Carl Craig's synthesizer ensemble and keyboarder of (Grammy-nominated) cult band Roy Hargrove. Joel Holmes’ new album ‘Into The Abyss’ is a perfect capturing of the current moment in Berlin. The album features other main players of its new scene such as Ziggy Zeitgeist from Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, as well as tapping into international talent such as acclaimed flutist Tenderlonious from London.
Few people bridge the gap between jazz and electronic music as successfully as Holmes. Over the past years, he’s been working with some of jazz’s most relevant artists, incl. Roy Hargrove, Curtis Fuller, Javon Jackson, Nnenna Freelon, Curtis Lundy and Jimmy Cobb. Once tapped into electronic music too, he made records with legends such as Carl Craig. Working with techno artists made him curious about the new dance scene, resulting in his moved to Berlin, where he quickly started making music with the likes of Cody Currie and Kapote.
Joel describes the album in his own words as follows: "The next album "Into the Abyss" is the first time I recorded music through the lens of different landscapes and on 2 different continents reflecting the times of today’s music that is mirroring what is happening in our communities and worlds today. From dark colors to light, music is so diverse, and I tried to reflect this in my album. This is also the first time I have had this many special guests on an album. So I’m excited about this.“

Album release: 05.04.23

Joel Holmes - Broken Styles (feat. Tenderlonious and Roberto Manzin)

Bayacou Records presents the long anticipated collaborative album between soulful powerhouse duo Ezel & Rona Ray. Having consolidated their position with an array of previous singles, all of them achieving critical acclaim, they are now ready to unveil to the world their magnum opus in a full album experience showcasing the depth of their joint creative vision.

Hard to Stay Away' their first collaboration together back in 2021, that is also included as one the songs of the album,  still sits at the helm of the main editorial charts in Spotify, has seen the constant spin of Djs such Dj Spinna, Kai Alce, Isoul8 among others and its currently on its fourth repress cycle on vinyl as its physical inception has become a strongly coveted item featuring one of the most distinct and memorable remixes of UK house maestro Atjazz.  Their follow up single 'No Gravity' unique for its clever use of an odd time signature 5/4 over 4/4 dance constancy hits you like anything else you have heard and immediately makes big guns in the genre notice, as if these two are trying to really tell us something here.  Later, in the summer of 2022 their first real summer hit arrived in the form of 'Don't Know Yet'. Even to this day you can hear house music royalty like German house don Mousse T,  new generation powerhouse Ash Lauryn, the iconic Natasha Diggs and even the world famous Seth Troxler include it in their sets as it has been documented on several social media posts. And if you are thinking that marked the ceiling for these two, what they did with their latest single 'History Repeating' was the last straw that broke the camel's back as they say, an instant #1 traxsource overall hit that saw massive overall support and was literally played everywhere especially in discerning floors in the UK and the United States as their superbly sound was put in world Dj Spen conveyed to Ezel as 'how modern soulful house should sound in 2023' 

That brings us to the present time where they finally connect all the dots for people to see and bring us 'Take Me Home', the definitive testament of their collaboration that spans over 3 years. It highlights the chemistry between the duo, their wondrous interplay of influences, all encapsulated in deeply satisfying modern dance music, and especially with the common denominator that is soul and authenticity that is what they bring.  The album starts with a 1 minute 20 sec intro track that feels almost as what you would imagine if they put together a live show, which we hope they do. It immediately reel you into their sonic world bringing a sort of wow factor as depicting things to come.  The next 14 songs take you thru the motions of the distinct 'house flavors' they pick to display above all amazingly written songs that depart from what you would expect from the vocal house anthems they have established before as in 'Don't Know Yet' 'History Repeating' going to the more stripped down 'Hard to Stay Away' but they dive into new territory, adding new spice to their core soulful house groove and that's how they tease us some live funky bass, throwback percussion with the disco infused 'Endless Summer', some heavy 90s energy with the crafty and lyrically unique 'Forrest Gump'  and even more electronic almost disclosure like propositions in the case of  'If I Am Being Real' and 'Nothing is What it Seems' where Ezel's precise use pitched vocal samples enhance Rona's inherent classic R&B flair in her vocal delivery.  Other memorable cuts are 'Floating' that features tasty horn licks, a contribution from the famous Horn section that accompanies DJ Natasha Diggs on their infamous 'Soul in the Horn' parties. The album also features a song homonymous to the album name 'Take Me Home'. it carries the essential elements to their now trademark formulas for soulful hits: a great song composition arranged to perfection with the most infectious groove.

Take Me Home

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SLT265: False Memories
Soledrifter
Official Release Date: April 26, 2024
Traxsource Exclusive: April 12, 2024

1. Haunted
2. We Are All That Is

We welcome back Halifax, Canada-based producer Soledrifter, who returns with this deep driven 3-track offering showcasing his impressive production skills. Atmospheric elements and textures provide a captivating sonic experience with thoughtful arrangements as Soledrifter welcomes you on his journey. Radiant beats and funk-laden basslines are balanced out by colorful spacey synth chords and melodies - topped off with dubbed out vocal parts and horn riffs. We hope you enjoy the quality craftsmanship and unique flavors on this soulful release.

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Soledrifter - "Keep The Beat Goin"

JR From Dallas - Housey Fresh

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Josh Hunter returns to Lift Me Up and joins forces with rising UK vocalist Hedara, for a sun soaked, feel-good anthem ‘Tell It To My Heart’.

Brighton-based DJ/Producer Josh Hunter brings his signature sound — polished, melodic, and always dancefloor-ready — creating a moody yet uplifting soundscape, that’s built around a bed of resonant synths and rich atmospheric production that perfectly complements Hedara’s powerful vocal that cuts through to deliver a deep emotive slice of house music.

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Josh Hunter & Hedara - Tell It To My Heart

Lost in the Flow

produced by chris brånn
©2016 AnandaProjectRecordings 
written by VelBen .  / chris brånn

Where Were You _ Ananda Project ft Vel Ben (Unreleased 2016)

Listen on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wq8WRz1imM

UK Boogie duo Funk 'N' Sly's new EP is Boogie Cafe's next release. We've got the chunky slice of funk that is 'Tell Me So' to get your monday off to a sweet start. Cruising in at a just above resting heartbeat bpm and laden with smooth chords, 80's guitar licks and of course that all important fat bottomed bassline synth to keep things chugging along very nicely.

Artist: @funk-n-sly
Label: @boogie-cafe-records

SB PREMIERE: Funk 'N' Sly - Tell Me So [Boogie Cafe]

Deep Xcape - After Da Rain (Original Mix)

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*We will be donating 25% of album profits towards Black Lives Matter causes. For more information in ways you can support the cause please go to: http://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

We're very excited to announce our first album project, ‘Dancing With Friends’ set for release on 3rd July! We'll be celebrating 10 years in the game with a compilation of 17 exclusive tracks from some of the friends and family we've made over the years.

Available as a 4 track vinyl sampler, a mixed and unmixed digital compilation as well as limited edition T-shirts.

'Dancing With Friends' is reflection of our commitment to curating the best in underground dance music and giving a platform to new artists in the scene, we hope it will open minds to a world of dance music you never knew existed and offer a warm embrace to those who’ve been supporting SlothBoogie throughout our ten year journey.

Artwork by Steve Gavan
Animations by Mummu

Where Were You _ Ananda Project ft Vel Ben (Unreleased 2016)

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