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Domenique Dumont is Latvian enigmatic producer Arturs Liepins. After a year of silence following his album 'People On Sunday', he blesses us with his comeback and this beautiful deep dub re-interpretation of 'Movie Night Cancelled'. This blend of carefree exotic melodies and cosmic sounds reminds us the early Antinote LPs vibes and brings us back to the beautiful summer afternoon we already miss.

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Pool Boy - Movie Night Cancelled (Domenique Dumont Dub Version)

Since launching in 2020, Claremont 56’s Claremont Editions series of compilations has delivered a trio of must-check collections featuring a mixture of unheard gems from the label vaults and brand-new, previously unreleased tracks. Label founder Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy continues with this blueprint on 2024’s instalment, the fourth in total.

There's naturally some genuinely headline grabbing highlights amongst the nine tracks on display, starting with opener ‘Crossing’ – a fresh cut from C56’s in-house super-group Hillside (AKA Paul Mudd Murphy, Alex Searle and Patrick Dawes), featuring lead vocals from long-time friend of the family Quinn Lamont Luke. The track is prime Hillside: all rolling hand percussion, warming keys, simmering synth-strings, sun-splashed solos and blue-eyed soul vocals from the effervescent Quinn.

It sets a high bar, quality wise, but predictably the rest of the collection hits similarly heady heights. Mudd contributes two other tracks of note: a first collaborative outing with long-time creative partner Ben Smith for five years, Smith & Mudd’s ‘Journey Seven’ – a languid, slow-motion affair that hints at what we can expect from their forthcoming album – and a typically rich, jazz-fusion influenced solo excursion, ‘Massimo’s Steps’. As vivid, emotive and detailed as you’d expect, the track explores similar sonic territory to Mudd’s recent album, In The Garden of Mindfulness.

It's usual for Claremont Editions collections to include tracks from new members of the Claremont family. Editions 4 is no different, with Danish producer Fureby – a close friend of fellow Danes Mike Salta and Peter Visti – joining forces with Guy Moscoco and Brian Faber on ‘Halcyon (Extended Mix)’, a gorgeously kaleidoscopic Balearic groover rich in fluttering flute solos, simmering disco strings and sun-bright electronics.

Elsewhere, a few familiar favourites contribute suitably stellar tracks. Mai Fujinoya dons the Yamp Kolta alias for the first time since appearing on the first editions compilation in 2020, serving up the languid Japanese language Balearic pop brilliance of ‘Saturate’, featuring beautiful lead vocals by Yuzz. Krautrock-influenced duo Neumayer Station – who made their C56 bow on last year’s Editions collection – lay down a typically stretched-out, dubbed-out groove with Spaghetti Western soundtrack flourishes (the lilting and atmospheric ‘Bassrutscher’), while Ferdi Schuster invites us to dive into the immersive depths of ‘Resonance’ – a lightly art rock and progressive rock-influenced soundscape best enjoyed while lying flat on your back.

Slow-motion house specialists Hear & Now continue to join the dots between tactile Balearica and pitched-down Italian ambient house on the stunningly gorgeous ‘Chimaera’, while there’s a surprise return for a Claremont 56 favourite: Mudd’s sought-after extended mix of Bel’s 2018 single ‘Ready To Die’, a sing-along modern Balearic classic. This time round, it has been re-edited by Blank & Jones, who teases out the sun-soaked instrumentation before finally dropping the original’s emotion-rich lead vocals.

It all adds up to another must-check instalment of the indispensable Claremont Editions series. As usual, the vinyl version has been pressed in limited qualities and comes housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, complete with another stunning cover painting by illustrator Mark Warrington.

Mudd - Massimo's Steps

Sunset moods from the windy thursday last week.
I will continue in August. Like always - we meet every thursday on the stairs on Juodkrante's baywatch station, 2 hours before the sunset. Let's meet tommorow, on the special 08.08 day 🦁

SAULĖLYDIS JUODKRANTĖJE 2024.08.01

Par les doigts

Opening Act

The music on this record is inspired by and composed for The Golden Age of Danish Pornography – a collection of vintage hardcore short films from the early seventies, directed by Danish porn pioneer Freddy Weiss.

01 The Barber Shop

This offering by Berlin-based, world-influenced label Disco Halal presents three tracks that 
result from the collaboration between the Brazilian DJs and producers Selvagem and Carrot 
Green (who combine releases on BIS Inc, Universal Cave, Hello Sailor, Barefoot Beats, 
Brazilian Shakedown and Magic Movement). Exploring local melodies from the 60’s and 70’s, 
they built tracks that turn those sounds in some sort of exotic techno beasts, only with that 
tropical flavor. This black magic-blessed EP opens up with Ossain’s killer strings, psyched-out 
vocals and percussive breakdowns, followed by Dengo, a slow burner based on a candomble 
chant that, along with the flute, cowbell, and clapping, puts the audience into a spell.The B-side 
brings Vandre, a throbbing 126-bpm track carried by a lovely guitar and singalong vocals by one 
of Brazil’s most iconic protest singer. The package is complete with the remix by the ever 
growing italian duo Marvin & Guy, who kept the hypnotic aura with their lush minimal sounds. A 
crossover release hard to pin down, but all around.

B2 Carrot Green & Selvagem - Dengo

Dogwood

Four Tet - Plastic People (Audiocut Remakeabeat)

El Alacran from our soon to be released album “Quasi” performed live at Livingston Studios featuring Yelfris Valdes on trumpet

We are very excited to announce that our second studio album "Quasi" will be released on 15th of April. We can't wait now. We've taken on new journeys since our first album and wanted to show all the different things that Ariwo is to us. We hope it means something to the listener as well.

We have collaborated with many talented musicians for "Quasi". Our brother Yelfris Valdés make an epic come back on "Pyramid" and bring the carnival vibes on "El Alacrán", Binker Golding is tearing everything apart on "Ireme", Joe-Armon Jones is dreaming on "Dasht" and Thommy Lowry Garcia brings it back to Cuba.

Quasi's artwork is a collection of photographs taken by Iranian Artist Afshin Chizari at Hormoz Island.

Enjoy

Quasi

El Alacran (Vinyl Factory Exclusive)

Weight Watchers - (Parallel Dance Ensemble) Coco Solid & Bobbi Soxx

Rapper/musician from Auckland New Zealand