Following on from the recent LCSM remix EP, CoOp Presents continue with more certified bruk heat for 2021 - this one seeing the return of EVM128 and an all-new EP entitled ‘Dance Don’t Sleep’. Some sound advice.

A core-member of the Selectors Assemble crew, EVM128 is also co-label boss of the Dance Regular imprint and has had releases in the past on labels such as BBE, Studio Rockers, Local Talk, Rhythm Section, Wah Wah 45s and Tru Thoughts, amongst others.

As well as being nice behind the boards, he's an amazing Selector, playing regularly on the crew's Worldwide FM show, as well as Netil Radio monthly and past plays for Boiler Room and Dimensions Festival, with his eclectic blends of bruk, soul, jazz, house, garage, hip hop, ragga, afrobeat, UK funky and bass music.

EVM previously featured on the Selectors Assemble EPs - the track ‘Gamma Riddim’ in particular is still being rinsed in dances a few years later. His last release 'Bun Dat' appeared on the label's first compilation, ‘Plug One’, released late in 2020 and kicked off the year with a set of remixes of the same track.

‘Dance Don’t Sleep’ begins with the title track, setting off with Detroit-esque pads and JA clash samples, before a moderate-paced brukbeat kicks in accompanied by some squelchy synths and some sneaky breaks. Next is ‘Tell Me’ featuring the sweet soulful talents of Natalie May atop a percussive groove, gliding keys and bleeps. ‘UK Brukers’ follows (a play on UK Rockers), and it’s more bruk-step laced with ragga samples and a deep sub riding throughout, then into ‘Jazz Drumz’, which provides what it says on the tin - shuffling kits ride alongside piano and rhodes, all with EVM’s unique flavour. We close out with ‘Desert Island Bruk’; an off-kilter riddim with a slight UK Funky feel, completing a very dope 5-tracks that should ensure that you’re dancing, not sleeping.

As with the previous CoOp Presents release, this digital EP is again accompanied by some mind-blowing artwork by Mo Fingaz & Bee Graphics for Blood, presenting another genius part of the new CoOp universe.

With monthly releases stacked up for the rest of 2021, expect plenty more goodness to come from the CoOp Presents label imminently. Watch we work.

EVM128 - Jazz Drumz

Selectors Assemble are excited to bring you the premiere of 'CBD Cream' taken from the soon to drop Basement Membrane album on Inner Tribe records! 

A new fresh sound emerges on “Punk Funk” nods to the broken beat mastery of Dego & 4hero, swinging funk rap featuring Atlanta mc Stan smith and psychalic punk funk leanings on the aptly named title track. With Basement Membrane drummer Mike Mitchell aka Blaque Dynamite takes the percussive role. Mike started playing drums at the age of 2 (!), touring with heavy cats such as Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock, Erykah Badu and Derrick Hodge, releasingseveral albums as a frontman (which he sings on as well) and apparently those tight grooves had already been running in the veins of his family. Mike's uncle is the incredible Dennis Chambers, who played with people like Don Blackman, Funkadelic, Bernard Wright, Aurra, John Scofield, Santana and many more. The last piece in this powerful puzzle is bass and guitar player Lars Karakusevic, who also co-wrote several of the tracks on this forthcoming album. Beka wrote the rest.

Already receiving steady industry support from the likes of Lefto, selectors assemble, stepping to tomorrow, Mr Scruff and many more this album is cemented already as a future classic.

[PREMIERE] Basement Membrane - CBD Cream

Oxytocin - Beyond Thinking

Dego & Kaidi

Don't Remain the Same

Back behind the drums and swinging harder than ever, with his new titanium hip crowdfunded by the immense generosity of friends and fans, brazilian drumming legend and one third of Azymuth Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti releases a brand new solo album next year with Far Out Recordings. It’s his first solo release in over twenty years and the first to come out on vinyl since his 1984 Milestone classic The Human Factor. As people of earth may not quite be ready for the explosive cosmic samba of Mamão’s new album just yet, we’re easing into it with a double header of heavily percussive, future-centric, jazz-minded, yet club-ready remixes. 

Following on from the IG Culture meets 22a remix EP released earlier this year, the second remix 12” ahead of Mamão’’s album release, hosts three producers united not only by a foundational appreciation for the work of Ivan Conti and Azymuth, but also in the belief that there’s much more to dance music than straight four to the floor. These are two of Germany’s most consistently on-fire producers: Money Sex Records buddies Max Graef and Glenn Astro, along with the ascendant Mancunian producer/percussionist Contours. With Mamão’s famously jovial character shining through each remix, the EP spans hip-hop, deep house, jazz-funk and afro-brasilian rhythms, giving the listener a taste of what’s to come from Mamão’s much anticipated new album in 2018.

Vinyl / Digital

Ivan Conti - Azul (Max Graef Remix)

This release is now available for download or streaming as part of the D3 Elements digital catalog on the dedicated platforms.

D3EO14LTD - Bruno E - Beatz Volume Two

Fast becoming the golden boy of a new generation of broken beat producers, @Ddanvers, shows no signs of slowing up with this latest release on Boogie Café. Awash with jazzy keys, dreamy synths and tight percussion work, this offering provides the perfect soundtrack to kick back to, beachside, drink of choice in hand.

Desire EP flaunts four cuts of soulful broken beat tinged deepness, with this premiere's 'Someone To Count On’ delivering a crunchy, late night, soiree coupling a full bodied bass synth, crushed up drum hits and sleazed out pads. Heaters a plenty on this one, taking Danvers one step closer to world Danvination.

The guys at @Boogie-Cafe-Records are also throwing a party on October 20th at The Crofters Rights in Bristol. Danvers himself will be headlining with support from Boogie Cafe DJs. If you're in the area, make sure you check it out and swing by. FB event link here - www.facebook.com/events/295540314382899/

PREMIERE: Danvers - Someone To Count On [Boogie Cafe]

Buy/Stream the album here on Vinyl/CD/Digital: https://orcd.co/soulgliding

Former member of A Forest Mighty Black and founder of Trüby Trio, Rainer Trueby presents his new compilation, Soulgliding, released on BBE Music.

Starting life as a group on Facebook, ‘Soulgliding’ is a phrase coined by Rainer Trueby to describe the more languid, smoother side of 2-Step, Boogie, Modern Soul and even Jazz. This silky collection spans several decades and sums up what Soulgliding is all about: evocative airy music that feels like a dream-flight across a friendly sky.

Or, as Patrick Forge puts it in his wonderful sleeve notes…

“Soulgliding….. It’s all in that word, a stroke of genius, no explanation needed, I knew what it was about before I even read the rules. Anyway there was only one rule that really mattered, the speed limit, nothing beyond 110bpm. What I didn’t know when Rainer first convened the eponymous Facebook group was just how addictive it would be. Several months of sharing, liking, commenting, loving and frantic dives into Discogs later, and Soulgliding has become a thing. A genre? Well, almost. This selection lovingly compiled by Rainer himself goes a long way to solidify the notion and stake a claim on the territory.

This set of gliders has all the elements; from the slow (enough!) boogie of Crystal Winds, to the jazzy excursions courtesy of Ambiance and Les Hooper, and a clutch of tunes that are closer to the original 2-Step blueprint from Demo Cates, Bridge, Cloud One and Donna McGhee. Then there are the eighties drum machine grooves of Patrice Rushen and Fifth Of Heaven and the ethereal beatless magic of Peter Brown’s “Without Love”. A selection that manages to amalgamate plenty of obscurities without losing the essence, a selection which shimmers, soothes, inspires……glides.”

Peter Brown - Without Love

Pre-order vinyl of 'Remixes' EP & 'Luv Neva Fades' LP here: https://mutualintentions.bandcamp.com/album/luv-neva-fades

Marking a departure with Jacuzzi Boys (2019), Fades and Rice offer us an insight into the process and landscape of their upcoming LP.  Through an unadulterated Remix EP, a bridge is built between the tight packed aesthetics of their previous LP, to the more emotional minimalism of «Luv Neva Fades»  (June 2020). Bridge builders include Deep88, Hugo LX and Chmmr. Also, it contains an exclusive demo version of some upcoming heat.

Follow the artists:
@fredfades
@jawnrice

A2 - Fredfades & Jawn Rice - Travels Through Air (O.G. Demo Version)

Out this Friday 12th on Dance Regular is the much anticipated Duke Hugh - Common Ground EP , a fresh slice of Brokenbeat, Jazz, Soul, House and Electro, already gaining support on the Gilles Peterson show BBC6 Music, as well as NTS , Worldwide FM, Jazz FM and more with plays from the likes of Lefto, Bradley Zero, Simbad, Jamz Supernova and Tim Garcia among others.

Check the exclusive premier of 2017 Heatwave, a track that has been getting rinsed by the Selectors Assemble for some time now.  Lush piano chords and jazzy flavours with Dukes’ fast paced hi hats and Brokenbeat rhythm take you on a cinematic journey, making you move in ways you probably didn’t think possible!

The full 5 track EP is out this Friday on digital and Friday 19th for the vinyl. You can pre-order the wax now over on the Dance Regular Bandcamp >>>

https://danceregular.bandcamp.com/album/duke-hugh-common-ground-ep

[PREMIERE] Duke Hugh - 2017 Heatwave

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