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This is the first EP from Vanilla Ace on Suara. This London based artist is one of the hottest Deep-House & Indie-Dance producers. This EP is a great mix of all the properties that make Vanilla Ace so big. Melodic basslines, funky moves and emotional atmospheres, all these feelings in the same collection. These cuts comes backed with an outstanding remix from AFFKT & Darlyn Vlys. Check out this amazing EP. Ice, Ice baby.
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Big support from: Felix Da Housecat, Mark Knight, Tube&Berger, Riva Starr, Stacey Pullen, Pleasurekraft, Monika Kruse, Huxley, Tapesh, Gel Abril, Sonny Fodera, Simone Vitullo and many more!

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[Suara 124] Vanilla Ace & Dharkfunkh - The Living (Original Mix) Snippet

PThe lyrics convey a sense of relief and closure as the singer reflects on a tumultuous time that lockdown was, relation ships with friends and family were  tested.  super love emphasize a feeling of liberation from being locked down , suggesting that we have overcome a significant emotional burden. The mention of being glad to return to a familiar place indicates a desire for stability and comfort..

SUPER LOVE

In the late sixties, a young experimental performer formed a new band after he moved back to London in the psychedelic era. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown saw singer Arthur take to the stage in flamboyant costumes, freaky make-up and an ornamental helmet on his head that burned with real fire. This was especially poignant when the band performed ‘Fire’, a single that would shoot to the top of the charts in the UK, Canada and the USA when released onto an unsuspecting public in 1968.

“I am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you… Fire!” sang Arthur at the start of ‘Fire’, and his performance of the song on UK TV show Top Of The Pops, complete with burning helmet, remains one of the most iconic and out-there No.1 performances of all time. Arthur has had several mishaps with his flaming helmet over the years — health and safety wasn’t such a big issue in the sixties and seventies. His wild on-stage theatrics would influence everyone from Alice Cooper to all manner of heavy metal performers over the coming decades.

Fifty-five years later, a young experimental producer named Luca recorded a tech-house track with his rapper pal, WasionKey. Sensing it needed a sample to lift it, he reached for a snippet of ‘Fire’ by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown — and reached out to Brown himself on social media, to see what he thought of it. Brown, sensing the enthusiasm and ambition of young master Luca, not only granted clearance for the ‘Fire’ sample to Luca’s ‘New Spice’ track, but began to mentor Luca and take him on tour with him to play decks and keys. What a ledge! Despite being well into his eighties now, Arthur still performs regularly and is clearly motivated by helping the next generation of musical minds to break through as well.

‘New Spice (Fire)’ is now about to drop on Jack Said What, complete with a big room remix by dharkfunkh. Luca’s original track — with WasionKey’s rhymes bringing new flavas and spice — is lifted by the ‘Fire’ sample when it hits, while dharkfunkh pours kerosene on it in his rework, teasing the flames upwards with big beats and burning bassline undertow in order to trigger dancefloor eruption. One of these missives can’t fail to set your dancefloor alight if dropped at the right moment. Burnin’ up.

New Spice (Fire) (dharkfunkh Remix)

Luca LeBleu featuring Arthur Brown & WasionKey - New Spice (Fire) (dharkfunkh Remix)

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‘One More Hit’ is the first single from Pattern Perception’s forthcoming album, ’Spectrum Disorder’. The album is being released on Jack Said What sister label, Out Yer Box, this summer. 

On ‘One More Hit’, some melancholic chords are soon joined by a sultry, aching male vocal. “Day turned into night and the moon was rising,” it begins. As the keys become more pronounced, soaring strings and taut drums join the fray in a groundswell of rising-tide emotion, the vocal a heartfelt love paean that tears the listener to shreds. 

“‘One More Hit’ was written when I was high listening to Leftfield, and visualising the music in ultra-HD fractal geometry,” PP explains. “Beautiful stuff, I heard some piano playing in the background and I was like, ‘This is the best thing I've ever heard’, so had to find out what the track was. It turns out that it was the one I had written a few weeks back! It was the first and only time I’ve ever been able to listen to some music I’ve made completely objectively.”

Pattern Perception was discovered by Jack Said What’s Rob Miller on one of Grahame Farmer’s Data Transmission demo feedback sessions. It was the playing of ‘One More Hit’ on the site that pricked up Rob’s ears, so it seems suitable that — after some in-house artist development — it makes up the first single from the forthcoming album. 

A music fan from an early age, incredibly Pattern Perception only started to produce music himself during the Covid lockdown. “I found it a healthy escape from the situation we were going through, and also realised what a huge new creative outlet I had found,” he says. “I was addicted straight away.”

This psychedelic adventurer’s music-making process is now very organic, channeling all manner of sounds and samples and arpeggiated patterns. “I listen back sometimes and have no idea how I made some of the melodies that I have,” PP admits. “I feel they are out of my control and have been magically pulled from the ether or something.”

“Since meeting the Jack Said What gang I’ve developed a great relationship with them all, and would call them friends now,” Pattern Perception adds. With ‘One More Hit’, he’s now fully on the firm.

One More Hit

Pattern Perception - One More Hit

What You Need (feat. Thundercat & Channel Tres)

Brand new big room Tech House track from Tuff Rhythm and myself is out now on Tuff Grooves. Defo one for this summers festivals!

You can get it on Beatport here: https://www.beatport.com/track/the-drop/20652890 

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Rui Da Silva ft. Cass - Touch Me (@vanillaace & @dharkfunkh Remix) out now as a free download on Homerun House

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Touch Me (Vanilla Ace & dharkfunkh Remix)

UK artist Vanilla Ace returns to Daylight Robbery, joining forces this time with none other than dharkfunkh. With previous releases on a variety of labels such as Suara, Spinnin' Deep, Toolroom and Glasgow Underground to name a few, we are delighted to have them on board with their 'New School Vintage' EP. Remixes come courtesy of Roush Label artist Atove and Great Stuff Freedomb, who both join DRR by bringing their signature sound to the label.

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dharkfunkh & Vanilla Ace - New School Vintage (Original Mix) [DRR053]

| House | Tech House | Techno | DJ & Producer | 
| Director & CEO @ Our Era LTD | 
| CEO @ VST Plugin Company, Anarchy Audioworx |
| Label Owner @ ShuK Records |
| Birmingham, UK |
| DJ & Remix Bookings: DM Direct |

dharkfunkh (aka Riggsy/Steve Riggs) DJ & producer since 1999. Tracks signed to Nervous Records, Armada, KMS Records, Insomniac Records, Suara, Pacha Recordings, Glasgow Underground, Audio Rehab, Jack Said What, OFF Recordings, Play Records, 3beat, Sweat it Out, Jango Music & many more.

As a seasoned producer, DJ, musician, and the mastermind behind VST Plugin company, Anarchy Audioworx, dharkfunkh has left an indelible mark on the global music scene throughout his 26-year journey in the industry.

Since 1999, his DJ performances have graced iconic venues such as the legendary Tresor and Ritter Butzke in Berlin, The Friendship festival in Miami, Trackside at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 on the Moonlight 2, ES Paradis, L’elephant, Plastik Beach Club, Kanya, Orange Corner, Viva & Babylon in Ibiza, The Big Bop/Reverb in Toronto, Sankeys in Manchester, Gatecrasher Birmingham, The Rainbow Warehouse, The Q Club, Passion at The Emporium in Leicester, Brixton Academy in London, Magna 7 in Sheffield, The Vaults in Dublin, Alcatraz in Poland, among countless other venues in the UK and around the world over the years.

dharkfunkh’s sonic imprint extends across renowned labels such as Armada Music, Nervous Records, KMS Records, Insomniac Records, Glasgow Underground, Suara, Jack Said What, Pacha Recordings, Sweat It Out, 3 Beat, and OFF Recordings, among many others. His tracks have been featured on over 170 albums on Beatport, 107 Spotify playlists, 104,000 Shazam searches, 6985 radio plays across 975 global radio stations, racking up almost 2 million Spotify streams to date. 

He has also produced official remixes for artists such as deadmau5, Yolanda Be Cool, Destructo, Robbie Rivera, and Preditah.

After a brief hiatus from the DJ circuit to concentrate on sculpting his music production software empire Anarchy Audioworx, his clothing brand Our Era Streetwear, and to write his now #3 Amazon best selling book The Beat Goes On – A Music Producer’s Guide to Monetising and Thriving in a Post-Covid World, dharkfunkh emerges in 2025 with renewed vigour.

Since returning to the UK after his first comeback festival show in Miami, he’s set to launch his new record label, ShuK Records, and unveil a host of new solo productions, poised to reclaim the live performing stage as a DJ.