My monthly 'Snapshot' Mix for September 2025 revolves around Deep House, Soulful House and Broken Beat. In the first hour, the focus is set on the sound of the Portuguese label Piston Recordings – the second half of this mix features a little selection of my further discoveries from this corner of the music world.

Piston Recordings was founded in 2007 by label boss, DJ and producer Rogério Martins, to fill the void in Portugal's independent dance music labels dedicated to young and fresh new talents. Obviously he has a good sense for this - today the label can look back on nearly 800 releases and artists from all over the world send their demos to be able to release their music on Piston Recordings.
>> More infos: https://www.pistonrecordings.com/


>> T R A C K L I S T [PART 1] - Label-Special: PISTON RECORDINGS (Portugal)

01. Kamosoul - Sandy Shore [Piston Recordings]
02. Nzagi & Leandro Silva - Floyd Dub (Original Mix) [Piston Recordings]
03. Sonic Dust - Feel It [Piston Recordings]
04. Teboho Nkone - Promise [Piston Recordings]
05. Nzagi - Lollipops (Miguel Palhares Remix) [Piston Recordings]
06. Miguel Palhares - My Turn (Original Mix) [Piston Recordings]
07. Kidplugg - Need 2 Tell U [Piston Recordings]
08. Vittorio Brena - Check Me Out [Piston Recordings]
09. Vittorio Brena - Secret Location (Jazzy Version) [Piston Recordings]
10. Ritz - After Hours Club [Piston Recordings]
11. Sonic Dust - Subterfuge [Piston Recordings]

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>> T R A C K L I S T [PART 2]:

12. NBI - Smooth Keys [Burnin Music]
13. Javier Laporte - Can You Feel The Soul? (Original Mix) [DeepWit Recordings]
14. Jordan Strong & Tony H (feat. Ramiro) - Be See Seek (Paka Project USM Remix) [Pelvic Movements]
15. Vested Soul - Love Pain [Super Hi-Fi Recordings]
16. Ghetto Disco (feat. M41K & Petko Turner) - Stepinto (Radio Edit) [Basspatrol Records]
17. Louis Baker - Keep On (Larse Extended Remix) [Best's Friends]
18. Casomado & Luis Machuca (feat. Tim Fuller) - Feels So Good (Deep Mix) [Friskybeat Records]
19. V.B.Kühl - Direktsaft [Self-released]
20. Marvin Jupiter - In House (feat. Dochi) [CoOp Presents]
21. Wareika & dOP - Late Night Swim (Crihan Remix) [Live At Robert Johnson]
22. Anna Schreit - Wanna See You Dance (Original Mix) [Live At Robert Johnson]
23. Bernardo Campos & Beno - Earth Gruv (Beranger Remix) [Miniclub Label]
24. Anna Schreit - 2 B Free [Live At Robert Johnson]
25. Dennis Richie - X.Y.O. (Original Mix) [DeepWit Recordings]

Snapshot 2025-09 [*Label-Special: PISTON RECORDINGS, Portugal]

:: DR.BEST ::
DJ and radio host on Radio Z 95.8 Nuernberg/Germany (Radioshows “Limbo Rhythm” and “Headz”).

As DJ he has performed since 1992 in the Franconian surroundings, however, also in Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria… Moreover he was booked for events such as the IFA International Radio Exhibition Berlin and the biggest European Youth Fair “YOU”, also in Berlin.
Dr.Best himself considers his roots in the Hip Hop Sound of the early 80’s to the mid 90’s, but he also dealt with other styles such as Funk, Soul, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop, Big Beat, House, Drum & Bass and Breakbeat. Over a couple of years he has been known in the German Clubscene as a Breakbeat-DJ, then in 2006, however, his style started to mutate… Styles such as Funk, Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop, Reggae, Latin, Afrobeat and Disco got mixed with his Breakbeat Sound and created a new mixture which cannot be easily tagged any more.
- But actually there is no need to tag it, is it? -