Deep House

Label: Exploited
Artist: Purple Velvet
Release: Solstice (Incl. Behling & Simpson Remix)
LC: 15799

Releasedate Beatport: 16.09.13
Releasedate I-Tunes, Juno ect: 01.10.13

Early support by Riva Starr, Dirt Crew, Tensnake, Tube & Berger, Betoko, Martin Landsky, Bushwacka!, Moodymanc, HNQO, Munk, Forrest, Round Table Knights, Kyodai, Homework, David Keno Animal Trainer and many more...

Purple Velvet is Chris James and Lee Dearn, two purveyors of deep and sensuous house music since forming in late 2011. Having gotten to know each other at various late night music sessions, the pair have increasingly honed their own house sound that’s as suited to the dark confines of a club as it is the sunnier vibes of an outdoor terrace. Examples to date can be found on the ever on-point Berlin label, Exploited, in the form of their Flashways EP. Both tracks pair fresh and radiant synth work with loose beats and plenty of colourful details, and have garnered support from the likes of Huxley, Til Von Sein and Apollonia’s Dyed Soundorom for their dance floor dynamics. The pair have also contributed tracks to compilations on Exploited and Dirt Crew, and releases on Noir, Dirt Crew and Local Talk. With their follow-up 'Solstice' (including a remix by Bristol disco pets Behling & Simpson) on Exploited,  Purple Velvet are well on their way to emerging as the breakthrough stars of 2013.

Early Feedback: 

Riva Starr. Thx for the music!
Dirt Crew: Top stuff!
Tensnake: Very nice deep house. The B&s Remix is a winner as well.
Tube & Berger: This is nice!
Betoko: Nice one! Thanx!
Martin Landsky: Nice EP here...Solstice is my favourite...
Bushwacka!: Nice 90s nod.
Forrest.: Behling & Simpson Remix is my pick.
Round Table Knights: Love all the tracks! Great EP!
Kyodai: Nice we like Purple Velvet!
HNQO: Solstice is my favourite.
Munk: Sounding great.
David Keno: I like it. 
Homework: Purple Velvet always know how to find their way into our sets. Big up!
Animal Trainer: Artform is here the banger! Luv’ it.
Moodymanc: Great EP! Loving Solstice in particular!
Monte: Good EP!
Robosonic (Cord): Sweet!
Vanilla Ace: Nice warm up tracks...will be playing for sure.
Death On The Balcony: Cool EP! Nice vibes here!

Purple Velvet - Solstice (Preview)| Exploited

Amadeus sees it’s catalog graced yet again by New Zealand outfit Chaos In The CBD. The kiwi brothers, birthed Ben & Louis Helliker-Hales, are no new faces to the label, or the wide variety of genre-bending acronyms they encompass. Having recently relocated from tropical Auckland to damp London earlier this year, the two take their productions along with them in their latest efforts, 816 To Nunhead.

Title track and aside, “816 To Nunhead,” is tinged with what’s left of summer. A nostalgic tune built for the sun and soaked in funk. It’s a track reminiscent of early french disco, almost as if built for the two robots themselves. Guitar plucks and hi hats flow seamlessly throughout the tune, aided by a glorifying vocal, “I would like to think of my music as just an extension, an extension of me of today or whatever.”

What emotion of freedom and escape evoked on the Aside can be contrasted on the flip, “78 To Stanley Bay,” a tune built behind the ever looming theme of loneliness. Accompanied by a live trumpet courtesy of Isaac Aesili, ’78 To Stanley Bay’ tells us a story, or rather a journey, built behind dirty hats and delayed keys. This is a track fashioned for everywhere but the club, and we absolutely love that.

Chaos In The CBD - 816 To Nunhead

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FBR023 - Hackman - Change My Life EP

Out 9th December - Out now! http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/48775-FBR023-hackman-change-my-life-e-p

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Detroit Swindle | Huh, What! EP (Mini Mix) | Dirt Crew Recordings

DIRT076 | 12“ Vinyl (180Gr.) & Digital EP
Release Date : 27.01.2014

Exclusive at www.traxsource.com from 20.01 !!

Vinyl pre-sale :

Decks : www.decks.de/t/detroit_swindle-huh_what_ep/c2m-sb
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A1 Huh, What!
A2 Huh, What! (Laszlo Dancehall Exercise)
B1 The Fat Rat  
B2 Monkey Wrench

This is the first EP taken from Detroit Swindle’s upcoming debut album “Boxed Out” to be released on the 24th of March 2014 on Dirt Crew Recordings.

To heaten up the anticipation on the long awaited debut album by Amsterdam’s finest Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets we give you three tracks from the album as a little teaser to what is to come on the full length. First up is the title track “Huh, What!” a true Detroit Swindle banger that takes us back to pumping Chicago old school house times. Much like their last EP on Dirt Crew that included “John Doe” this new tune will (and we don’t like this expression but can’t think of another way to explain the sheer brutal power of this track) “destroy” the dancefloors!

If that wasn’t enough bass in your face we got Leon Vynehall and A1 Bassline under their “Laszlo Dancehall” moniker to rip ‘Huh, What!’ to shreds, resulting in a dark, pounding, straight up jackin’ techno groove. Very raw and edgy, tweaking the original’s key elements perfectly to join the dark groove going on. Definitely not for the faint of heart.

The B-Side takes us back to that sweet and deep Detroit Swindle house groove. “The Fat Rat” is much in the style of their last “The Make Up to Break Up” release on their own “Heist” imprint. A groovy percussive and soulful stabby house excursion, Amsterdam to Detroit via New York and back!

“Monkey Wrench”, the last track on this EP, is just beautiful and quite possibly one of the highlight down tempo house tracks of the Album. It has this slow groove we all love from the Swindle’s and a combo between the warm sound of the rhodes and the electronic feel of the arpy bass that really makes you love the track more and more each time you play it.

Viva Detroit Swindle!

And stay tuned for “Boxed Out”, the debut album on CD, 2LP and Digital.


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Detroit Swindle | Huh, What! EP (Mini Mix)

Matthew Prehn has been a member of our artist team since 2012 and we are pleased to welcome him back once again with a tremendous new track entitled Back 2 Paris. Fans of Matt's work know what to expect- lush chords and moods supported by his trademark drum sounds. As an added bonus we enlisted yet another long time Large artist Sebb Junior to fire up a killer remix. Enjoy!

Curated by Jeff Craven for Large Music LLC
29 years of House Music History.
For licensing: info@largemusic.com

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Back 2 Paris - Sebb Junior Remix

Out Now:
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Beatport: bit.ly/bp-love-taking-over

Vinyl
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Redeye : http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/53685-17steps001-dusky-love-taking-over-ep
Deejay (De) : http://www.deejay.de/Love_Taking_Over_Ep__151209

The Next Step (Autumn Winter Tour - Extended Four Hour Sets): 
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Love Taking Over EP

Expectations (Original Mix)

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Introducing our 41st release, "Skepparkrans" by Jonas Rathsman.

Since being unveiled almost a year ago in his <a href="http://youtu.be/aVgDv8GcbbM?t=44m1s"">Boiler Room set</a>, Jonas Rathsman's Skepparkrans is finally available for human consumption. 

Beatport: beatport.com/release/skepparkrans/1336909
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/skepparkrans/id895225607
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3B1rCuZhCfq2A0qgEIeT1H

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Skepparkrans

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Sax Afrikana

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Simon Sim's  & Fantasia - Sax Afrikana

For The Very First Time

Crackazat - What You're Feeling

Purple Ice - Dreamflower
Part Of "Silver Lining" 
Release Date: 13.12.19
Buy Link: https://thebasementdiscos.bandcamp.com

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Remix we did for Zoo Look's new Over Me EP on soundcloud.com/morrisaudio

Check the whole EP here: http://soundcloud.com/zoolook/zoo-look-over-me-ep-w-detroit

Enjoy!

DS.

Zoo look Ft. Amy Lyon - Over Me (Detroit Swindle Rework) preview - Forthcoming on Morris Audio

Compiling the whole 'Period Works' series for the first time onto CD and Digital. Featuring three brand new tracks.

"The Period Works Series has been a fantastic opportunity to explore of my biggest personal influences in dance music ranging from the rich instrumentation of Disco, to the raw energy of early house music. After starting of with Acapellas from the Z Records Library for inspiration in 2016, the series has now culminated into new and original songs influenced by a golden age passed. Thank you to David Lee and Z Records for the opportunity and creative direction, and thank you to everyone who has purchased, listened and danced to the Period Works Series."

Best Wishes,
Crackazat

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WOLF EP019 
A1) Frits Wentink - Mouse 
B1) Frits Wentink - Mice 
B2) Frits Wentink - Mices 

Out 12" June 17th 2013 - Digi to follow

Frits Wentink - Mouse

It was in 2011 that Dutch pair Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets quickly broke through in the electronic music scene. Since then they have become known for their widescreen approach to making and playing club-ready grooves. From deep to disco, tech to soul, they join the dots between the past and the present with their own sense of storytelling and do so in clubs around the world, as well as in their studio. House might be the root of the Dam Swindle sound, but it takes nourishment from a much wider world of music. 

Still now, their breakthrough tunes such as ‘The Wrap Around’ and ‘The Break Up’ receive countless plays on dancefloors all over the world and the duo has made timeless music such as their 2023 disco-house bomb ‘ That’s right’ and 90’s throwback banger ‘Allright – just a tribute’ that became one of the hits of the 2024 festival summer. Dam Swindle has built a trademark sound, while still evolving and maturing their craft in various musical niches. Their landmark 2018 album High Life shows a broad musicality from the duo and this is even more so on their highly anticipated 2025 long player ‘Open’.  ‘Open’ features countless collaborations with high-profile artists such as Dutch pianist Joep Beving and New York-based Ethiopian vocalist Haile Supreme, and sees the duo flex their sound from ambient electronica to synthwave, hiphouse and more. 

Since 2013, the pair has also established their record label Heist Recordings as one of the key independent labels for underground dance music, while also releasing music on other underground mainstays such as Aus Music and Classic Music Company. Heist is more than just a label, though - it is a breeding ground for talents old and new; somewhere talent is nurtured and allowed to develop. Label showcases and special projects such as the yearly Roundup EP; where all artists from the past 12 months remix each other after a random selection process, furthers the family vibe and helps Heist stand out from crowd. Artists such as Cinthie, DJ Sneak, Crackazat, Tesfa Williams, Makèz, Pépé Bradock, Matthew Herbert, Ge-Ology, Byron the Aquarius and many more have all contributed, proving that it is a place for unrestrained creatives to be free with their own sonic visions. The label looks as good as it sounds, too, thanks to visual artist Bas Koopmans's standout artwork designs. 
 
Proof of Dam Swindle's widescreen approach to production is their long and talented list of collaborators, which includes the likes of acclaimed musician Tom Misch, US talent Seven Davis Jr., instrumental collective Jungle by Night, plus Marc de Clive-Lowe, Jitwam and Lorenz Rhode. Next to their own originals, a broad spectrum of artists have asked Dam Swindle for some of their special remix magic: on labels like Strut and Soundway they have reworked the legendary Pat Thomas, aka the ‘Golden voice of Africa,' and gave his single ‘Yamona’ a contemporary electronic edge, as well as The Mauskovic Dance Band’s track ‘Space Drum Machine’ and plenty more artists like Kerri Chandler, Mayer Hawthorne and Tom Misch. As their talent for bridging genres from all over the world continues to attract global attention, high-profile projects keep rolling in from all points on the musical globe. 

Dam Swindle are famously avid collectors of both old and new records, and it shows in their DJ sets, which keep you on your toes as they move freely through the broad world of house music with skillfully blended moods of soulful techno, acid, breaks, disco and more, all to create those special moments that crowds never forget. It is for that reason that their name has become a real stamp of authority and invention in the dance music world. Whatever they do, then, this pair do with irresistible charm.

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