RnB & Funk & Modern Funk Vol.4

AUTUNE 3

Inner-side

Sending you something special for the weekend from Disco Freaks Recordings, a partnership between Chris Davies (Disco Freaks/Acid Jazz Records/ Defected Records) and Swedish singer Julia Axnér. Here they present their brand of 70’s inspired disco grooves with a distinctive modern touch. New release ‘Shout From The Rooftop' sees AXNÉR collaborate with two members of Nile Rodgers & Chic original outfit - drummer Ralph Rolle and singer Audrey Martells.
 
AXNER's latest cut 'Shout From The Rooftop' is as glossy and golden as disco gets!  It's soaring vocal and funky basslines benefit from some high-grade remix treatments via a starry host of talent. Glasgow's answer to Walter Gibbons, the Million Dollar Disco DJ, BBE Records compiler and re-edit producer Al Kent turns up the disco dial to ten with his ‘Encore Remix’, bringing his golden touch he spoils us with a perfect new Balearic sound and lashings of heartwarming Rhodes solos.  New York City music royalty and original Studio 54 DJ John Morales hands in both a ‘M+M Club’ and a ‘Main mix’, plus an atmospheric ‘Instrumental’ for those who prefer to leave the vocals on the side. Morales add layers of lovely keys and increases the goosebump factor with soaring chords and a funk fuelled guitar addition. The resulting versions are brimming with glorious instrumentation and nonstop grooves. Closing out the affair is rising French artist and Folamourcollaborator Kousto who opts for a more subtle and sunny house flavour leaving ‘Shout From The Rooftop’s’ original synth work exactly where he found it.

Shout From The Rooftop

PREMIERE : Axner - Shout From The Rooftop (Kousto Remix)

Sweet Cherry

Extract from my upcoming Ep out Soon

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Cezaire - Dont Stop The Movement (Ft Farrah Fawx)

A Kid From Toronto

Sugar

Naarm's Sunset

Young Thang b/w All In A Nites Work

Young Thang

The Legendary Andy Stokes is out with a new release and it’s the joint y’all!  NO BETTER is an upbeat ode to that one true relationship.  A collaboration between Andy and the talented singer-songwriter-producer Ervan Rushing (former lead singer of the Portland based ‘The U-Crew’), NO BETTER is a hard pumping track that is bringing back dance party days. The tune will wake you up, make your feet tap and your head bop—there will be no sitting still with this one.

No Better

True Romance wraps up an incredible year with a 20-track compilation featuring the finest in house and disco. From euphoric grooves to soulful cuts, this collection captures the heart of the dance floor and the soul of the label. Celebrate the sounds of 2024 with us!

Tensnake Pres. Best Of True Romance 2024

Un' Altra Persona

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-goose-down-material-needs

Spatial Touch, the LA-based enclave for soul-stirring electronics, prepare to release 'Material Needs' from label helmsman Micah Smith, better known as Goose Down...Our pick for the premiere is 'Material Needs'. It takes flight with glimmering synth-work, navigating the uncharted realms of disco-infused deep house. Goose Down conjures the jubilant echoes of the Midwest's dancefloor ethos, navigating a trajectory laden with cascading toms, fragmented vocal snippets and a piano-driven climax that bursts with ecstatic energy.

@spatial_touch

Material Needs

Goose Down - Material Needs [Spatial Touch]

Buy/Stream in full here: https://orcd.co/londondetroit

During the 35 years of making music, Dave Lee has constantly been searching for new singers and writers to work with. A search that’s ended up with many fantastic collaborations and releases with the likes of Thelma Houston, Taka Boom, Dianne Charlemagne and Seal. More recently this quest led him to Maurissa Rose and the creation of their album ‘London / Detroit’. After hearing Maurissa's voice on a Theo Parrish record Dave reached out to her and after a few long phone conversations and mp3 swaps, they both agreed a visit to London would be much more fun than trying to work together remotely. Maurissa made the journey from her home in Detroit to write and record an album with Dave at his studio in March 2022 - as they both feel that creating music together in the same room is always better. The fruits of their labour yielded 11 brand new songs (and 1 cover) tapping into their collective love of Soul, Disco and R&B, with a sprinkle of Soulful House. This album is a special one for Dave Lee as it’s the first time in his career he’s recorded an entire album with the same singer on every track.

In the album’s liner notes Dave talks of how Maurissa is a naturally creative person, full of ideas, warm & unpretentious which is reflected in her vocal performances throughout ‘London / Detroit’. Dave’s expertly crafted music is backed up with a deeply passionate yet effortless delivery from the Detroiter, a marker of someone who has honed and perfected their art. When it comes to the music side of this LP, Dave Lee is once again proving he’s still at the top of his game and shows no sign of relenting. Drawing from his encyclopaedic knowledge of all things Soul/Funk/Disco, we are treated to a range of styles, BPMs and influences from 95bpm street soul to more uptempo disco and boogie flavours. Be it the rippling synth voyage opener of ‘You Decide’, taking the Johnnie Taylor classic ‘What About My Love’ into a modern Boogie realm, upping the tempo on the soulful houser ‘I Feel the Sun” or bringing the tempo back down to the bassy acidic chug of ‘You’re Giving Me Life’. Mr Lee is truly adept at creating a modern disco soul sound without the usage of samples.

London and Detroit might be two very different cities on opposite sides of the Atlantic but this album is proof that creative synergy knows no distance.

Out everywhere on Gatefold Vinyl, CD and Digital/Streaming.

Dave & Maurissa - No Question About It [Snippet]

Dave & Maurissa - What About My Love [Snippet]

Dave & Maurissa - Open Me Up [Snippet]

Dave & Maurissa - I Feel The Sun [Snippet]

Dave & Maurissa - You Decide [Snippet]

Dave Lee aka Jakatta, Doug Willis, Raven Maize, Sessomatto, formerly Joey Negro as well as being part of The Sunburst Band and many more. 

Bookings: Tim@zrecords.ltd.uk

Dave & Maurissa - Open Me Up [Snippet]

Dave Lee ZR