The Groovy List #22

Taken from DJ Boring's forthcoming 'For Tahn' 12". 

Pre-order here with LTD edition t-shirt: 
http://www.shallnotfade.co.uk/album/for-tahn-ep

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DJ Boring - Found Love

https://www.traxsource.com/track/5742228/keep-the-funk-alive-original-mix

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Hotmood- Keep The Funk Alive (DW001)

A new swaying track from Felipe Gordon from his forthcoming 'Downloaded FOr Moodymann' EP.
Today's premiere of the title track has a snap-your-fingers-to-the-groove type of beat, garnished with unsuspecting drops and textures.
Gordon's full four-track EP releases on October 8 via the Night Young imprint.
Get your copy here: http://mixm.ag/pEMqV4

Premiere: Felipe Gordon 'Downloaded For Moodymann'

Get ready for some Ham & Eggs coming at ya! Miami label @nightyoung have snagged the next EP by @felipe-gordon and he's bringing his Moog. Some key quotes from Richard Pryor overlay an arsenal of synths in the shape of sustained pads, LFO'd chords and jazzy modulated leads expertly finessed by pal @mangabey-1. Not forgetting the swung-to-death drums Felipe likes to throw down and you got yourself a sparkling beast right here.

Downloaded for Moodyman

SB PREMIERE: Felipe Gordon - Don't Mess With My Moog ft. Mangabey [Night Young]

Our Mexican brother for the second time on Disco Fruit. Hotmood continues to give fantastic jazzy, funky, afro and disco groove blended with house elements on each release. We can say...his style is now recognizable. Tropical EP with 4 tracks for everyone's taste, similar to the first one EP, called 'Mr Funkyman'. Enjoy !

A1 Hotmood - Afro Vibrations

Sartorial - Sweet Music (Digital Now Available!)

Moodena - Jupiter Rising

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Moodena - Boogie Monsta (Digital Now Available!)

Buy at Traxsource : https://tinyurl.com/FF004-Traxsource
Buy at Juno : https://tinyurl.com/FF004-Juno
Buy at WPP : https://tinyurl.com/FF004-WPP
Listen on Spotify : https://tinyurl.com/FF004-Spotify
Buy at Beatport : https://tinyurl.com/FF004-Beatport

FF004 | Magic Soul Orchestra | Ultra Lights | Out 08.10.2018

1 Behind the Plexi
2 Tonite Is the Nite
3 Motionless
4 The Head
5 Ultra Lights
6 Sugar Jungle
7 How Much Are We?

This album was one of many unfinished, unreleased or simply forgotten projects that we discovered, while having a look in Alex Krugers’ archives. We found various folders full of work in progress as well as ‘almost finished’ space disco and easy listening material of Alex teaming up with his old buddy Per Fourier, known to some from Alex's earlier work as Dub Taylor.

These recordings were made during summer 2004 and spring 2005 in Berlin, most of the work never saw the light or better, the ear in the end. There was simply not enough time to finish it and Per had to leave Berlin for work at some point. However, two out of these seven songs have been released. There was a small amount of a 12” called MSO ’Jam 2006 Ep’ out on Komfort Music, which included early versions of ‘Motionless’ and ‘The Head’ the same year the Ep title suggests.

On the vocal side ‘Behind The Plexi’, ’Tonite Is The Nite’, ‘Motionless’ and ‘Ultra Lights’ are a wild melange of both Alex and Pers musical history, including early 80s Space Disco and New Wave, Vocal Pop and Synth Pop, all in classic extended, night club friendly arrangements while ’Sugar Jungle’ has more of a 70’s-Disco-Appeal, a soulful and very stripped down Lonnie Liston Smith married to…say, a very stomping Gene Page. Per played the Bass Guitars and did the Singing while Alex was dealing with Guitars, Vocoders, Drums, Samples and Synths. The other two are Instrumental works, ‘How Much Are We?’ would be best described as a spooky late 80s-influenced Dub Version of a forgotten Disco song with a quarter shot of (without wanting to compare) Czukay, Wobble & Liebezeit. It’s pretty cool & minimal too. The only ‘downbeat’ tune, ’The Head’ introduces a different shade, highlighting on how much fun Alex and Per had in the studio bending the samples that led to this result.
 
As mentioned, when we discovered these songs in the depths of an old hard drive some were not yet finished and the overall sound quality was far from being perfect, these were just recordings with half-baked arrangements. We decided to let Alex’s long time compagnon Jan Gabler look over the original parts, finish what’s to be finished, delete what’s to be deleted and add what needs to be added to make these as best sounding and best arranged as he could without changing the initial idea and flow of the work.
 
The result, we feel is surprisingly timeless and beautiful and we hope you like it as much as we do. Mastered by Salz Mastering.  Photography by Christophe Mauberqué - www.christophemauberque.com

Ultra Lights

Magic Soul Orchestra | Sugar Jungle (Preview)

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/joe-cleen-give-you-all-i-got-sbeditz
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YzjSOowIX-U

London powerhouse Slothboogie is gearing up to drop the fourth installment in their SBEDITZ series, this time with an EP of slammers from international man of mystery, Joe Cleen. This time around, the Berlin based producer has delivered four raw and ready cuts in various styles. We’ve got serious disco heat (one soaked in 80’s nightclub neon), a glorious piano jam laced with dubbed out gospel vocals, shuffling drum machine hats and a pimped out G-Funk synth, and ‘​The Fun Part​’, a bubblin’ bass funk groover filled with crisp percussion and jazzy Rhodes.

‘Give You All I Got’ is the perfect opening track for an amazingly cohesive project, a certified disco monster with infectious brass, erotic vocals and huge space toms reworked to launch any dancefloor into the stratosphere! Steadily swung percussion rides nicely in front of a fat bottomed bassline, while Joe takes us to church with a sensual vocal that glides smoothly over the instrumental. ‘Give You All I Got’ keeps the energy contained, and it moves through four minutes with a graceful swagger that’ll surely capture the attention of eager dancers. Honestly, I just watched the new Quincy Jones documentary on Netflix and this EP sounds like something he’d like. That’s saying a lot.

Slothboogie SBEDITZ004 will be available on October 26th, and you’d be wise to set an alert because the project is limited to 500 copies. This is a vinyl only release, so if you don’t spin records, now is the time to practice (it’s great fun, trust me). You’d be dumb not to have this one in your bag, so do your best to be one of 500.

SBEDITZ004

PREMIERE: Joe Cleen - Give You All I Got

Magic Soul Orchestra | How Much Are We? (Preview)

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/neue-grafik-i-miss-something-coop-presents
* Preorder: https://neuegrafik.bandcamp.com/

Broken beat and jazz keys sound tasty! Here's your head chef, Fred Bwelle AKA Neue Grafik. The friendly-faced Parisian has been brewing quite the rep of late, travelling broadly (Europe/Australia) with the likes of Bradley Zero and Prequel as well as dropping records via Rhythm Section, 22a and Wolf Music.

With quite the cocktail of influences to call on, be it his African heritage, French youth or big love of London sounds, Grafik has many a tale to tell. The latest body of work, 'I Miss Something / Bed Stuy's Mood' is one lovely hybrid, featuring some choice remixes from Danvers, EVM 128, NameBrandSound and Xtra Brux. Brought to us by the crew at CoOP Presents, Fred's next pass, is in a word...tight! As N.G explains 'This EP is a personal vision of the broken beat scene and my love for that. A meeting with artists who build my own taste, with friends keeping the same vibrancy and desire for this music'.

The title track 'I Miss Something', is a gorgeous breeze. Immediately, we're introduced to some of the crispiest snares ever programmed, along with a peppering of synthesized keys and dulcet piano. You've arranged to meet the girl of your dreams at your favourite jazz bar, you enter, there she sits looking flawless. It's this tune that's spilling from the speakers. Thanks be to you Neue Grafik. Keep delivering refined dance such as this!

PREMIERE: Neue Grafik - I Miss Something

If you've not heard the name Danvers before you have now and will keep on doing so as this guy has some serious music about to drop! London based @ddanvers has a new EP coming out via @boogie-cafe-records and its heaters-A-plenty!. 'Desire' is a double bass broken beat beauty, brim full of cut up diva vox and deep deep piano stabs. Be sure to peep the Harry Wolfman remix of it too on the EP!

SB PREMIERE: Danvers - Desire [Boogie Cafe]

The police station was not the type of place for an ego or arrogance. It was a place in which to act natural, to be cool and made up - pristine, polished and clean.... whatever that means. People came and went as he sat waiting upon the stiff metal framed chair which groaned beneath his eager weight. It was as if they had chosen to make it as uncomfortable as possible, not even a victim of criminal activity would be granted comfort in the warmth of an armchair. It was the job of the authority to simply remind anyone who took foot in that space that they were the boss and you didn't want to ever end up back here again. 

Saine is set to release a four track EP on the illustrious Delusions Of Grandeur, a favourite amidst house music heads and those who love to dance. This one has a sweet groove with a deep moving bassline.

PREMIERE: Saine - Act Natural [Delusions Of Grandeur]

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-goddard-gluttony-bay

After a handful of choice iterations from the likes of Nicholas, Yadava, Aleksandir, Gnork and PC, London-based label @churchuk returns with a fresh new number courtesy of Manchester's @lozgoddard, previously responsible for EPs on Dirt Crew, Outplay and Quintessentials.

Goddard - Gluttony Bay [Church]

A monumentally 13 minutes from reticent extended edit champ and former Body & Soul resident Andi Hanley. The kind of lateral thinking that pop absurdists Yello would be proud of, out on Is It Balearic.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/10/16/premiere-yello-tied-up-andi-hanley-edit/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/yello-hanley

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Yello - Tied Up (Andi Hanley Edit) (STW Premiere)

Full stream of Gallegos' bold jazzy house cut "England Is A Bitch," from his new EP on @banoffee-pies.

More info:

Premiere: Gallegos - England Is A Bitch

DJ Monchan teaming up with those other boys from Brooklyn to bring his 'DJ Monchan Edits' EP to the ever-exquisite Razor-N-Tape. 

With an enviable knack for golden grooves, Monchan delivers in a big way, crafting four irresistible pieces of pure dancefloor delight. Time for some Thursday twistin' to the soulful strut of 'Get Down With Your Love'.


Artist: DJ Monchan
Title: DJ Monchan Edits EP
Label: Razor-N-Tape
Cat#: RNT042
Release Date: 10-2018

* Subscribe for more music: https://goo.gl/tCNU1N
* Listen on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2kFuP68EQcI
* Buy Release: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/dj-monchan-edits/705424-01/

DJ Monchan:
https://soundcloud.com/dailysession

Razor-N-Tape:
https://soundcloud.com/razor-n-tape
https://www.facebook.com/RazorNTape

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DJ Monchan Edits

Get Down With Your Love

Buy Release

PREMIERE: DJ Monchan - Get Down With Your Love (DJ Monchan Edit) [Razor-N-Tape]

PREMIERE: Hotmood - Boogie House [Sundries]

ARTIST: Hotmood
TITLE:   Dance To The Music EP
LABEL: Sundries
FORMAT: Digital
CATALOG NUMBER: SNDRSDGTL017
RELEASE DATE: 10/2018
WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION

TRACKLIST
A1 - Boogie House
B1 - Dance To The Music

RELEASE INFORMATION
Mexican producer Hotmood keeps his streak of topshelf releases going with a first outing on Sundries.
Ghetto grooves and spoken word make for a wonky ‘Boogie House’ to get the EP going, while the title track loops lovely Latin vibes to warm up the floor and spark that Hotmood we’ve all come to love.

Sundries:
@soundcloud.com/sundries_lisztomania
https://www.facebook.com/sundrieswax/

Hotmood
@soundcloud.com/hotmood
https://www.facebook.com/hotmood78/

PRESS & BOOKING REQUESTS:
sundries.label@gmail.com

Press Release by PRESSING MATTERS PROMO
pressingmatterspromo@gmail.com

Buy Track

HSM PREMIERE | Hotmood - Boogie House [Sundries]

The Silver Rider makes his solo debut on Lovedancing, the house-centric sister label to Sleazy McQueen’s famed, Whiskey Disco. After previously appearing as a remixer for a recent Closed Paradise outing on the label, TSR returns to Lovedancing with a stacked up 4-tracker entitled Farm to Tables. Having recently relocated to his family’s cattle ranch in rural Texas, the Rider has been living the country life, driving tractors and raising crops all the while, finding time to keep producing the disco-house jams he’s known for.

Artist: @silverrider
Label: @whiskeydiscomusic

The Groovy List #22

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