Fall to your knees and thanks be to the Balearic Gods, Super FU are here and ready to deliver a blast of much needed sun drenched sounds ahead of their (very brilliant) debut album. 'Cocoons' is a taster of what's coming with two original cuts from the long player plus added remix action.

All I Have Known rolls off the blocks with a distorted piano loop, spaced out arps, lazy beats and lush pads, all topped with ethereal vocals for sunsets and hazy evenings. Good times are coming.

Stay Here packs some wonky style synth hits and offset beats with Sarah Lazenby's fabulous vocals giving it that extra special something. Added floating pads & synth chords put this firmly in the 'Balearic Street Soul' category.

Remixes go fully into orbit as Dan Wainwright and our very own Massey tackle 'All I Have Known' and create a full blown space disco workout that sounds like a lost Lindstrøm track. Dancefloor mayhem is predicted.

Balearic godfathers Coyote take 'Stay Here' and turn in a dubbed out percussion led cosmic groover with pulsating synth lines and soaring pads ahoy..smoke if you got 'em!

Support in from:

Ron Basejam: "Original and Coyote on All I Have Known are definitely tickling my trumpet!'

Fingerman: "That Wainwright & Massey remix is awesome! Nice one lads!"

Pathaan: "KILLER PACKAGE!!!"

Robot 84: "TBH both remixes are sounding hot, not much between them, love them both.. the originals are great as well!"

Cocoons

All I Have Known (Dan Wainwright & Massey Remix)

Super FU - All I Have Known (Dan Wainwright & Massey Remix)

Flash Atkins has got The In Crowd off the back catalogue shelf, dusted it off and passed it on to some of his favourite producers for a re-rub.

Originally released on one of Paper's sister labels We Are Woodville, The In Crowd takes a Roxy Music sample and uses it as the bedrock for a peak time cosmic disco banger. Fully road tested on boat parties in Croatia, the breakdown has been certified as highly flammable.

Man about town and son of Bolton, <b>Chris Massey</b> flexes his late night production muscles. The extended sample rides rock solid beats and squelchy bass as the track locks in for serious dancefloor business.

From Beyond keeps the big room cosmic vibe with added guitar, acid and lots of reverb. It is warehouse disco house at its finest.

The Soundersons keep the original intact but pitches it down and adds some disco swing. It comes off like chopped and screwed, drugged up disco for those moments when things get weird.

Love in from:

Andy Wilson: "i love roxy music and this is a great use of the In Crowd sample . Orig is my fave but also like the From Beyond mix a lot"

Sean Johnston: "Tasty parcel!"

Duncan Grey: "I'm down with the Massey mix here"

Bill Scurry: "Yep, this is mighty fine shizzle, great og and great vibes all round from remixers. All completely different whilst keeping the og vibe intact. They all got me out my seat"

The In Crowd (Remixes)

The In Crowd

Flash Atkins - The In Crowd (Massey Remix)

'Like Robert Palmer on Es' - Piccadilly Records

'Hotly tipped British hustlers'- DJ Mag

'Radiophonic borderline funk that makes a mutha smile!' - Bootsy Collins

Its a third trip out on vinyl for us here at Sprechen and steering us through the surf is Manchester 6 piece 'See Thru Hands' who drop seriously sanguine vibes on their lazer guided single 'Connectivity'.

A self-produced alt-pop banger from the collective which fully delivers on all things 'disco/not disco-synth-funk-dancefloor heater' vibes that brings to mind peak 80's Chaka Khan partying with LCD Soundsystem & A Certain Ratio at Paisley Park.

Remixes for every occasion on this one with Skream cranking up the Italo disco-o-meter to 14 on his bass driven peak time banger for large room raving whilst Jorja Chalmers takes the party back to a smoky shebeen on her mix that sounds like Tricky sharing a blunt with Aphex Twin whilst King Tubby twiddles the dials!

Our very own Massey finishes off the package with a mucky tops off style gutter pumper which belongs in those basements you'll often find him and many like minded souls dwelling within.

Connectivity

See Thru Hands - Connectivity (Massey Remix)

The sounds of Norway are back with us as Karl Fraunhofer (now going under Karl F) drops an E.P. of insane sounds...if you was after something that ticks the 'acid house-warehouse rave-arcade machine soundtrack' boxes then this is the E.P. you've been looking for.

Title track Altered Beats is one of the most unique things we've ever heard, pumping, broken beat, acid rave style vibes leads into a monster chug drop with insane synth work throughout.

Future Express retains the uniqueness and goes straight in for the italo/cosmic vibe with a stunning breakdown that is straight out of Streets Of Rage but with added whallop & thud...this has got to be heard to be believed.

Timothy Clerking teams up with Massey to deliver a warp factor peak time acid slammer rework of Altered Beats whilst Karl's fellow country men Rolf Royce & Oddvar Bråk tackle Future Express and drizzle it in that cool unique Norwegian charm with the result being an almost hi-nrg Norwegian Disco makeover...mega!

The Altered Beats E.P.

Altered Beats

Karl F - Altered Beats (Tim Clerkin & Massey Remix)

Its an intergalactic cruise into the cosmos for a spaced out disjointed discotheque gathering as Delahay makes his debut on Sprechen with 'Deep Space Radio Flash'. 2 fresh as flip sounding original cuts that have more than a hint of the Norwegian Disco sound to them, despite him being from Bristol!

Megapolis thunders & throbs out the starting blocks with a high five to Lindstrøm along the way. Solid driving groove, echo drenched synth stabs & melodies with a serious breakdown that errrs on the side of being trance but without the laser dummy sucking & glowsticks.

It Just Felt Right defo keep it foot on the disco dance floor albeit one at Baldelli's Cosmic Club. Lots of Italo style influences on for the ride here with some downright psyched out synth action and energy packing vibes ahoy. Music for those dance floors that like it driving, uplifting, pumping (insert buzz word here).

Remixes come from 2 of our firm faves on Sprechen as our CEO Massey takes Megapolis and tackles it with his 'Balearic Trance' paintbox to give an even more cosmic drenched warped n wonky take that's suited for sunsets and also (if you're brave enough!) peak time when you really want to wipe people out!

He's joined by A certain ratio royalty as Martin Moscrop tackles It Just Felt Right and totally re-writes the rule book! Sounding like a lost track from their seminal ACR:MCR album, there are extra vocal chants, vocoder voices, live bass & serious 808 action. For lovers of mutant hip hop acid house gutter funk. MASSIVE!

Nick Warren: "Superb mixes"

Laura Zuanella: Great EP! 'It Just Felt Right' sounds quality!'

Rob Jones (Supernature Disco): 'Lindstrom meets Krystal Klear in Outer Space and you wont be far off' **tag in Lindstrom & Krystal Klear

Ed Mahon: "Loving Martin Moscrop's remix thanks, pure Hashim electro vibes!!"

Andy Buchan: "Megapolis original all the way, super track!"

Flash Atkins; "Damn fine package but its the original Megapolis that does the do for me"

Deep Space Radio Flash

Megapolis (Massey's Balearic Trance Remix)

Delahay - Megapolis (Massey's Balearic Trance Remix)

I know they say you shouldn't have your favourites but playing at the Supernature Disco 4th birthday was defo in my top 2 parties to have played at in 2019!

Such an honour to play with a wicked stable of residents who all perfectly set the vibe of the soiree before I finished off what was their 4th birthday celebrations.

Recorded with additional ambient mi s for full on whoops, cheers, jeers, claps & more from all the wonderful Supernature dancing family...

Turn it up...be fierce...

Massey at Supernature

Massey Live @ Supernature Disco 4th Birthday - Oct 19

Created from original audio stems and total respect paid to the amazing original....

My own extended, tweaked, twisted & beefed up version of this legendary track which has been a staple 'one more tune' in many sets for me...never fails, always rocks.

Grab it for free!

Massey Vs Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Free DL)

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Born in Bolton…based in Manchester…
 
Massey is very much an integral stalwart of Manchester’s underground electronic music scene where he is immersed in music on a daily basis and juggles multiple roles from producer, engineer remixer, promoter, booker, programmer, radio host, A&R & tea boy (obvs).
 
From running his own label Sprechen, which will celebrate its 6th birthday in 2022, and A&R for the legendary Paper Recordings sister label ‘Paper Disco’, to being a resident at Manchester’s Sticky Heat, and venue and events programmer at The Carlton Club, one of Manchester’s finest ‘twilight destination venues’, where acid house style raves exist alongside film showings, spoken word events, performance art, art exhibitions & much more. 

His DJ sets jump genres from house to disco, ‘jolly techno’ to boogie & ‘weird shit’ alongside his own productions & remixes which have entertained dancers at gatherings not only at clubs and festivals in the UK, but also across across Europe at the likes of Barbarellas Discotheque & for Frekuensi Minor in Jakarta. He has DJ'd alongside the likes of Lindstrøm, Justin Robertson, ALFOS, Nancy Noise, Rex the Dog, Hifi Sean, Raw Silk & Awesome Tapes From Africa amongst many more.

More recently her has developed Sprechen into being more than just a record label and to be more a hub to nurture new & emerging creatives and where he can assist and mentor in the final mix & engineering stage of music production. This outlet has seen him work with many of the Sprechen roster as well as collaborate on projects with Manchester International festival & The British Arts Council. 

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