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Eddie Bo - Hook And Sling Pt 1

WORK SONG (Oscar Brown Jr. y Nat Adderley )

I got the opportunity to officially remix this classic song to coincide with the release of a new Donny Hathaway box set. I was given the original multitrack master of the studio version (different from the live version)and it consisted of 8 different instrument and vocal tracks (as opposed to the more usual 24 tracks) 
When I take on a remix, my first goal is to make it work on a current dance floor. I like to stay very close to the originally recorded sound and In most case there's plenty to be reworked on the multitrack master to achieve this. 
This case proved a little different as there were few rhythm elements I could use to fit within current standards of club loudness levels. So I decided to take a slightly different approach, and add a new set of (acoustic) drums,  to bend the original Soul vibe a little towards Disco territory. 
This remix is exclusive to my soundcloud page and free to download as a 16bit WAV file 

#FreeDL - Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Dimitri From Paris Inna Disco)SC Exclusive

Taken from the debut album 'Waking Lines'
Released 6th January 2014 on Melodic.

Pre-Order LP, CD, download and deluxe packages here:
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Patterns - Our Ego

Alvvays

Adult Diversion

I Wish - Stevie Wonder

Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B, soul and rock and roll singer and songwriter.

A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which hit the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100. Among his best known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", and "Funky Broadway".The impact of Pickett's songwriting and recording led to his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Pickett teamed up with established Philadelphia-based hitmakers Gamble and Huff for the 1970 album "Wilson Pickett In Philadelphia", which featured two hit singles, "Engine No.9" and "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You", the latter selling one million copies.

Wilson Pickett- Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9 (Jack Frost Edit)

Parliament - i call my baby pussycat IKE IBEABUCHI7

Single ' Survive it' out May 9th 2011.

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Ghostpoet - Survive It (Koreless Remix)

Louie Austen My Way

Django Django - First Light EP
12" vinyl repress available - http://po.st/DDfirstlightVINYL2

Watch the official video for First Light, directed by Daniel Swan: http://po.st/FirstLightOfficialVideo

Tracklisting:
First Light
First Light (Wrongtom Dub)
First Light (Mickey Pearce Remix)
First Light (Ghost Culture Remix)

Born Under Saturn Album out now - po.st/BornUnderSaturn

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P&C 2015 Because Music

Released by:
Because Music

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First Light

Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Super Rare Version)

Sandwiches

Key & Cleary "A Man"
Taken from the Personal Space compilation on Chocolate Industries.
Out Spring 2012.

Key & Cleary - A Man

One of the funkiest southern tunes ever made, tweaked and extended by TNA.

Comments welcomed!

The Coasters - Down Home Girl (TNA Pork & Beans Edit)

Antibalas - Dirty Money (Radio/45 Edit)

Legend is a word so overused in the music business that it has lost it's much of original meaning. But Freestyle Records feels wholly justified in describing our latest signing as precisely that.

Martha Highs' impeccable soul credentials are beyond question, and for the uninitiated, here is a potted history of the ladies incredible musical history!

A member of The Jewels, who, in 1964 became part of The James Brown Revue, touring all over America on a relentless schedule of one-nighters, alongside Vicky Anderson and other stalwarts of that incredible live phenomenon that was beautifully captured on tape and released by Smash Records on the 1967 release Presenting the James Brown Show.

After a year and a half, and two 45s produced by James Brown, The Jewels disbanded but Martha continued to be a part of the live James Brown show for the next 30 years! She's fondly remembered by fans as the jet-black sister with glowing blond hair!

She also recorded a solo album, for Salsoul Records in 1979, also produced by Soul Brother Number 1, which added a touch of soulful disco to her enviable array of singing talents.

In 1995 Martha was invited to tour with ex JB sax master Maceo Parker, joining another former James Brown band member "Sweet Charles" Sherrell in an incredible, feisty line up that is touring to this day.

After featuring on Freestyle mainstays Speedometers' 2011 album 'The Shakedown', and touring with the band, leader Leigh Gracie and Martha formulated the idea for her to record an album on which she would re-interpret some classics, and give a new angle to some more contemporary funk & soul compositions.

'Soul Overdue' is an incredibly apt title for a project that has been over 40 years in the making, and it shows that Martha's' voice remains undiminished, her youthful vocal clarity and style quite simply dazzles as she shows a host of young pretenders the way it should be done!

And as a tantalizing teaser for what is to come, we here at Freestyle are immensely proud to release a 45 single sampler to whet your appetite for the forthcoming album.

Unable to choose between the raucous funk fuelled version of 'No More Heartaches' and the tender, gentle and touching rendition of Etta James' 'I'd Rather Go Blind', we opted to put these very different, but equally fantastic tracks on a Double A side single - it's a double whammy no genuine soul and funk fan could possibly resist!

I'd Rather Go Blind - Martha High & Speedometer

From the album Victim of Love. Out now on Dunham/Daptone Records.  

Buy it here: http://bit.ly/1E03bOb

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Charles Bradley - Strictly Reserved For You

About a decade ago Mario Hernandez (of Ciao Bella & From Bubblegum To Sky) was casually sitting on a Stockholm couch drinking a really good cup of coffee when a friend put on the "Back To Mono" box set and Hernandez's life was forever changed. He was instantly drawn in by the excellent songwriting and lush instrumental arrangements; and what started out as an innocent side trip into the Phil Spector back catalog soon became a longtime fascination with the Brill Building and Spector's fabled wall of sound.

As time passed he realized that he just couldn't get away from it. He kept coming back to the idea of a simple pop song that wasn't really that simple – a happy melody with a dark underpinning in the lyric– and he knew that it wasn't enough to just listen. He had to make his own version of this great sounding stuff. Kids On a Crime Spree is the result of this obsession.

After living in New York for a spell to more fully immerse himself in the culture that spawned the music he loved, Hernandez moved back to California and began recording in earnest. Of the more than one hundred songs he composed but was not able to record while in New York, eight of the best were chosen for 2011's We Love You So Bad, Kids On a Crime Spree's first record. Much care was taken to use older recording techniques akin to those used in the sixties in the Brill Building and the whole record was recorded on analog tape. We Love You So Bad set out their stall with eight nuggets of pure pop excellence, blending 60s pop chops with Ramones-y energy and drive, and a taste for noise. The tunes are brief and uncluttered, distilling 50 years of pop history into a completely focused, modern sound.

The new single "Creep The Creeps" has been a staple of the group's live set for a while now, and we're excited to finally have it on vinyl. It's punchy, handclap-driven power-pop of the very highest order, with a driving dance beat courtesy of Ms Barron. It's accompanied by an excellent video by Stagnant Cult that reinforces the band's love of AM radio and pop history. "New Ex-Boyfriend" on the flip adds some minor-key drama and echoed surf guitar leads to the mix. It's a heady combination, and points to new directions for exploration.


Kids On A Crime Spree - Creep The Creeps

Rocky Mountain High

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Eddie Bo - Hook And Sling Pt 1

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