Disco/Funk/Boogie/Kwaito/Afrobeat

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Détends-Toi is the debut EP of the Parisian-born, Berlin-based singer & DJ Stella Zekri. 
Produced and co-written by Ed Longo, Détends-Toi is a sunny collection of four original songs, one dub version and one special cover, heavily influenced by Zouk, Boogie and the sound of the mid-80s French underground. Coming to you in advance of summer ‘22 the record marks also the first release of Berlin label Cosmic Romance.

 
TRACKLIST
A

Plus Vite 	        4:15		
Réalité	        	6:19
Pourquoi (Why)	4:34

B

Détends-toi	        5:26
Sentimentale	        5:30
Détends-toi (Dub)5:07

Release: 17/06/2022 

stream: https://orcd.co/detendstoi

preorder:
https://thepusher.fr/release/1647877298/Stella-Detends-Toi
https://cosmicromance.bandcamp.com/album/d-tends-toi-2

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Stella - Détends-toi (Snippets)

A2. Jozeph - Karoun E Yegel (Darone Sassounian Edit)

A1. Marten Yorgantz - Ammenain Serdov [De Tout Coeur] (Fundido Edit)

8 year anniversary collection.  thanks to :

Mara - Pensamentos Voam (Millos Kaiser Edit)

New edit of this freestyle bomb produced by Tiffany in 1988 🎹

As always, you can download it for free on my Bandcamp 💿
https://nofraje.bandcamp.com/track/tiffany-in-the-dark-nofraje-edit

Mastering by Benoit D - Perception Mastering

Free Download

Tiffany – In The Dark (Nofraje Edit)

Vivien Vee - Remember (A.P. Mono Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD

PRE-ORDER at https://cosmicromance.bandcamp.com/album/giorgio-lopez-presents-sud-des-les
RETAIL DISTRIBUTION at https://www.thepusher.fr/

Artist: Giorgio Lopez
Title: Sud des Îles
Label: Cosmic Romance
Cat. No.: CSRM04
Format: 12” Vinyl / Digital / Streaming

Release Date Digital: 16 May 2025
Release Date Vinyl: 19 May 2025

Neapolitan composer, producer, and keyboardist Giorgio Lopez sets sail on Berlin-based label Cosmic Romance with his “Sud des Îles”. Navigating between 80s-inspired grooves, French boogie, and sun-kissed atmospheres, the record unfolds like a musical travelogue, following fictional skipper Georges Taty and his crew of musicians aboard the sailboat “Sud des Îles”, caught between racing waves, late-night jams, and dockside dreams.

From the whirling groove of "Voyager Sans Bouger" to the breezy atmosphere of "Toujours Distante", the eight tracks on Sud des Îles invite listeners to drift away in rhythm and reverie through a songwriting that is both infectious and evocative. Stories of escapes (real or imagined), romantic illusions, and nostalgia-tinted euphoria weave together, propelled by Giorgio Lopez’s arrangements and distinctive keyboard work, as well as by the well-crafted production, carried out together with Executive Producer and label owner Ed Longo.

Featuring lead vocals by Stella, Master Phil, Amanda Roldan, and Bernardino Femminielli, together with the “équipage de Sud des Îles” itself - a tight-knit ensemble of acclaimed musicians from Berlin and Naples – “Sud des Îles” is an invitation to ride the waves to a neon-lit night on a faraway island: no passport required.

CSRM04 Giorgio Lopez presents Sud des Îles (Snippets)

ARTIST: Stella & The Longos
TITLE: Amour Propre
CAT No: CSRM05
RELEASE DATE: 28th November 2025
FORMAT: Vinyl LP, Digital

Cosmic Romance proudly presents Amour Propre, the new
album by Berlin-based multinational band Stella & The
Longos and 5th release on the label.

Following the acclaimed 2022 release Détends-Toi, the first
electrifying collaboration between lead singer Stella Zekri
and producer Ed Longo, Amour Propre crowns two years of
relentless touring, growth, and evolution. On the road, the
duo forged a powerful live ensemble of Berlin’s finest
musicians. That synergy now explodes onto record,
expanding Stella & The Longos’ sound into something more
organic, daring, and deeply alive.

Buy directly on Bandcamp: https://stellathelongos.bandcamp.com/album/amour-propre
Wholesale Distribution by The Pusher: https://www.thepusher.fr/

Stella & The Longos - Amour Propre (Snippets)

Ed Longo & Applied Arts Ensemble - The Other Fantasy

We welcome Ed Longo and his studio project The Applied Arts Ensemble debut on Early Sounds with “The Other Fantasy”, the result of many recording sessions that took place in different places around Europe with an array of musicians from a predominantly jazz background.
Conceived with a strong jazz-funk, fusion and boogie approach, the record is conceptualized around the quest for Otherness in the schizophrenia of the digital age, and the resulting exotic dystopias which we are confronted with every day.

The Other Fantasy

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Ed Longo & Applied Arts Ensemble - The Other Fantasy [EAS020]

DC Promo Tracks #321: "New Life" by Ed Longo & Applied Arts Ensemble is part of the release "The Other Fantasy" on Early Sounds Recordings @earlysoundsrecordings @edlongo

Buy Now: http://www.earlysoundsrecordings.com/?product=ed-longo-the-applied-arts-ensemble-the-other-fantasy 

Conceived with a strong jazz-funk, fusion and boogie sound it has been conceptualized around the idea that the schizophrenia of the internet-age, the visions of Otherness (the undiscovered lands, the primitive happiness, the impossible love) permeate the collective consciousness and the idealized “Other” loses any correspondence with the physical world.

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DC Promo Tracks #321: Ed Longo & Applied Arts Ensemble "New Life"

Berlin based label run by @edlongo and focusing on the productions of Soundrays Studio.