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Since slipping out on Leng last year, Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy’s first collaboration with singer/songwriter David Harks, ‘Susta’, has become a much-played modern Balearic classic, with DJs and listeners alike responding to the track’s attractive blend of sun-kissed nu-disco instrumentation, warming melodies and deliciously evocative lead vocals from Jaanika Leino AKA JaneLy.

Now the track returns for 2021 in the shape of two superb new remixes from Chicagoan deep house legend Ron Trent, who four years ago delivered similarly ear-catching revisions of Mudd and Pollard’s ‘Far Away’ as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations for Murphy’s Claremont 56 label.

As you’d expect given Trent’s impeccable track record over the last three decades, both revisions are stunning. He begins by eking every last ounce of soul from Leino’s brilliant vocal on a remix that’s warming, deep and luscious. Combining elements of Murphy and Harks’ colourful, synth-heavy original mix – including the lusciously tactile bassline and boogie-style synth flourishes – with his own yearning chords, hand percussion sounds and a shuffling, samba-tinged house beat, Trent re-imagines ‘Susta’ as a future vocal deep house classic. Melodious, musically intricate, infectious and summery, it’s a remix for the ages.

It comes accompanied by a Dub Mix that successfully shows off the intricacy of Trent’s production and additional instrumentation while keeping both eyes firmly on the dancefloor. Beginning with effects-laden synth sounds reminiscent of the mid-‘80s proto-house classics by Paul Simpson, Winston Jones and Boyd Jarvis, the mix sees Trent skilfully add selected snippets of Leino’s lead vocal to a backing track rich in delay-laden synthesizer sounds, reverb-rich chords, echoing percussion hits and chords so warming they feel like a late-night, loved-up bear hug for your ears. Like the A-side vocal version, Trent’s dub is breath-taking and spine-tingling in equal measure.

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Harks & Mudd - Susta (Ron Trent Dub)

This is a 5 minute sampler of the 10 minute extended Ruf Dug edit that is on the vinyl reissue.

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Bianca Binky only ever made a handful of records, the majority of which have long been forgotten by all but the most dedicated fans of late-‘80s European synth-pop and crossover house. ‘Tabu’, her final solo single from 1990, is different: a gorgeous, tactile chunk of piano-sporting Balearic house from the time when dancing under the stars at Amnesia was a rite of passage for clubbers from all over Europe, has undoubtedly stood the test of time. Something of a sought-after classic, with keen collectors willing to spend hundreds of Euros on an original 12” single, ‘Tabu’ remains a loved-up, life-affirming dance-floor gem.

It also happens to be a firm favourite of NuNorthern Soul founder Phil Cooper, who has gone to great lengths to produce a deluxe reissue of the hard-to-find Balearic anthem. Original producer Felix B Mangione, head of Blanco Y Negro Records, had long since lost the original master tapes, so Cooper flew from Ibiza to Barcelona to pick up one one of the only mint copies still available, before forwarding high-quality digital transfers on to Robin Lee for remastering.

The results speak for themselves. The original mix, a breezy, sun-soaked fusion of synthesised marimba melodies, spine-tingling piano riffs, dreamy chords, Chicago-style TB-303 bass and Binky’s sensual spoken word vocals, naturally opens proceedings, and is joined on the A-side of the 12” by the original, alternative ‘House Mix’ – more club-friendly version that beefs up the beats, emphasises the undulating bass=line and offers occasional blasts of spacey synth.

This reissue edition also includes an exclusive, never-before-heard re-edit of the legendary ‘Caribbean Dub’ – first featured on the flip-side of the original release – from Manchester’s finest, Ruf Dug. Tough, effects-laden, bass-heavy and positively epic, Ruffy’s version is arguably the ultimate version of a piano-laden, TB-303 driven Balearic house classic: ten minutes of rising and falling, saucer-eyed dance-floor bliss that’s surely destined to be one of the most-played tracks of summer 2022.

Bianca - Tabu (Ruf Dugs Extended Caribbean Dub) Sampler [NUNS044]

DC Promo Tracks #1056: "Don't Look Down" by More Amour is part of the release "Nightshift" on Hi Quality Inc @highquality-records  

Buy Now: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/more-amour-nightshift/907510-01/?ref=dc 
Dream Chimney Interview: https://www.dreamchimney.com/interviews/More-Amour/

Hi Quality Records proudly presents a project more than 20 years in the making. More Amour are Dance Music DJ, Artwork and Jazz Keyboard Genius Jon Solo. Collaborators for over two decades, with over 60 years musical experience between them, it was only a matter of of time before they formed a duo. With Artwork’s knowledge of working the worlds finest dance floors and Jon’s incredible keyboard skills that include playing keys with imagination on tour and recording with Nile Rogers, the pair are delighted to finally share the music they have spent the last 3 years creating. With 6 releases lined up, and hybrid DJ/ live shows at their upcoming More Amour parties planned following debut performances at Art’s House, Glastonbury and Printworks, critics are already calling More Amour the most exciting dance music duo they have ever heard in their entire fucking lives. 

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DC Promo Tracks: More Amour "Don't Look Down"

Chattering Icicles

Universal Cave unleash the 10th release in their catalogue with the Universal Cave wizards and dynamic duo Superprince sharing the re-edit duties. Universal Cave provide the goods for the A Side firing off a percussion heavy, Latin flavoured bomb in ‘Lambada’ – just wait for those epic fills, sure to whip any crowd into raptures. ‘Take Your Time (Universal Cave’s 909 Rubdown)’ then lays up a hip house vocal flavoured, 909 enhanced 80’s bomb. Flip it over and Superprince take the reigns with ‘Your Kind Of Love’ - funked up disco goodness, reworked with an extra helping of devilshness. The last slice of gold, ‘Hang High’ takes the tempo down to a string swelling, souped up, cosmic swagger. Two sides, two artists but four entrancing edits to add to the Universal Cave repertoire.

∞ Digital ∞
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∞ UK ∞
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Phonica: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/universal-cave-superprince-universal-cave-superprince-edits-universal-cave-records/154515
Redeye: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/100063-
Rough Trade: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/music/various-artists-universal-cave-superprince-edits
Sound Arcade: https://thesoundarcade.uk/products/universal-cave-superprince-edits
Vinyl Underground: http://www.vinylunderground.co.uk/superprince-edits-24559.html


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Groove: http://www.groovedis.com/shop/product.php?productid=827732&cat=&page=1
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Decks.de: https://www.decks.de/track/various_artists-universal_cave-superprince_edits/cd5-l4
Deejay.de: https://www.deejay.de/Various_Artists_Universal_Cave_Superprince_Edits_UC010_Vinyl__324947
Deep: https://www.deep.hu/catalog/UC010
Disco Piu: https://www.discopiu.com/it/vinyl/various-artists-universal-cave-superprince-edits-p154261
HHV: https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/v-a-universal-cave-superprince-edits-607164?p=0whDlG
Word and Sound: http://www.wordandsound.de/article/111778

∞ 日本 ∞
Jet Set: https://www.jetsetrecords.net/va-universal-cave-superprince-edits/i/723005503189/
Pigeon: http://pigeon-records.jp/?product=37725
Technique: https://www.technique.co.jp/item/170606,UC010.html

Take Your Time (Universal Cave's 909 Rubdown)

Name in Lights - Disco Touchdown (Dr.Dunks Remix)

As rare as they come, as good as it gets.. Ultraslick instrumental 12" B-side by mysterious studio buffs F. & M. Ida, legendary for The Zombies - Zombi 7" on Tank Records. For my edit, I lifted out a few annoying solos that destroyed the build up throughout the whole track.

Sandwich - Mustang (Albion edit)

Release date Friday 5th June 2020 exclusively from jansenjardin.bandcamp.com

The Cowboy Rembrandt

ECO (Umberto Eco)

After their two acclaimed edits EPs, Mister T. Records are now joining forces with LA based producer @DJDuckcomb, to deliver a groovy selection of leftfield italo-disco cuts reworked for dancefloors.
One year after the release of their 2nd EP, tribute to Brazilian music, Mister T. records are now back with a 12” EP showcasing their love for obscure disco and Duckcomb’s amazing digging skills.
Famous as a record collector, Duckcomb has also made himself a name by editing forgotten jewels from classic disco to islands reggae. Part of both duos Sharegroove and Trap.Avoid, he’s been sharing his work and latest discoveries on his bandcamp and soundcloud for years and he has already released two EPs on Universal Cave and Pleasure of Love as well as edits on Cultures of Soul and Emotional Rescue.
He’s now joining Mister T. Records with a 3-track EP compilation of hard to classify, slow-tempo, disco edits. On the A-side, Duckcomb partnered up with his longtime friend and DJ partner  Dino Soccio, boss of California label Pleasure of Love, for a powerful rework of the German proto-house tune “Holidays”, with a new dancefloor oriented beat and emphasized tropical influences.
On the B-side, he showed his editing skills working on two obscure downtempo tracks with that recognizable late 80s melancholic atmosphere. By removing not danceable parts, building DJ-friendly grooves and removing unnecessary vocal parts, he managed to come up with a smooth italo ballad with acid accents on “S.O.S.” and a beautiful balearic new-beat jam on “King of a Beat”.
This record aims to be a tribute to the very special sound of the late 80s electronic music and to both the artist’s and label’s lifelong passion for obscure italo disco.
Sound restoration and mastering by @arsenii

Name in Lights - Disco Touchdown (Dr.Dunks Remix)

Eric Duncan aka Dr Dunks

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