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Philadelphia based hip hop artist, Kameelah Waheed, grew up with music all around, with world beats, island and tribal vibes coming from inside her Islamic home. MTV meshed with rap blasting from every Philly radio station, while house parties were playing four to the floor and electronica. Her musical denial was the catalyst for her explosion into sound and later her versatility as an artist. This producer, writer and performer has worked within a myriad of styles from neo soul to hip hop, to house, releasing previously on BBE, Rapster Records, and Philly Through My Ear. In 2020 she dropped her highly respectable, ‘Holding On’ on Ramrock Records.

On ‘America the Beautiful’ Kameelah delivers powerful spoken word lyrics, pledging allegiance to the people of America. To the dreamers, the lovers, the thinkers, and the risk takers, at the same time she is questioning how many rights can America change? How many souls must it break? Kameelah skilfully delivers her conscious narrative alongside a rolling hip house beat. Reminiscent of Harlem’s Last Poets who spat lyrics about the 1960s African American civil rights movement, and Gil Scott Herons’ concern on social issues, conveying his message through a fusion of funk, soul, blues and fly lyrical content. This ‘Avant-funk’ is a nod to 80s New York and the Defunkt, Talking Heads, Ze Records sounds coming out of the city at that time. Loaded with talent, the poetry is written by the hand and from the heart of Kameelah Waheed, it is also produced by Kameelah alongside Kelly Murray, with cast of musicians that have worked with the likes of Lauren Hill and the legendary Diana Ross.
 
Reworks come courtesy of two of the UKs most prolific underground production squads. Black Science Orchestra’s Ashley Beedle heads up North Street West with Jo Wallace and Daren Morris, laying their signature moves and grooves down on the title track with a vocal, instrumental and dub. It’s a homage to composers of vintage US cop show themes – Lalo Schifrin and Quincy Jones, with an undercurrent of ‘street sounds’ and tough, inner city funk, you can almost see the steam coming up through the manhole covers.  Production collective of the moment, Bruise, have been enjoying the limelight and quite rightly so, with their ‘Grand Hi’ earmarked by the Guardian, and sync’d by Grand Theft Auto.  Christian Campbell works his magic again on both vocal and instrumental, taking the title track to a whole other level of euphoric and joyous orchestral house. It’s both dark and uplifting with those shades of D town techno with soul we’ve all come to love from Bruise.

PREMIERE: Kameelah Waheed - America the Beautiful (Bruise Vocal)

Given this downtempo jazzy funk number by Placa Luminosa  a mid-tempo disco flip.
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🎶please FOLLOW me for NEW releases😊...... It's all about expression...this is part of my 20 year legacy portfolio (under aliases) of live mixes (including vinyl) to make the classics live again!..my music style comes from blending sounds that normally wouldn’t live in the same space or time - I love taking familiar groove tracks and reimagining them with new energy, whether that’s through creative sampling, stems, adding subtle beats, unexpected transitions, or layering vocals over completely different instrumentals - see my track list here: https://soundcloud.com/ch_risk_1   I hope you enjoy the vibes and please share it across all generations, so everyone can join in my New Groove! 🎶 💞  a big Thank You to Pioneer, Rekordbox, Albleton and Remix live, who provide all my beats 🥁and also all the the original artists. Where would DJs be without you and where would artists be without DJs🙌

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NY So Hi (Whatever Whatever Remix)

I wanted to kick off the new year with something fresh and exclusive to share with everyone and after the success of my first compilation Moxie Presents Vol.1 it felt only right to get cracking with a second instalment.

With the same premise as Vol.1 the 9 track compilation is made up of a collection of artists I support on my radio shows and in the clubs, with each track being an exclusive download to this compilation.

It features some up and coming artists alongside some slightly more established artists with everyone offering something totally different. I play so many different styles and I wanted to make sure this was a true reflection of that so I hope you enjoy. We’ll also be releasing some vinyl samplers later in the year so keep an eye out for that!

Artwork: Sam Coldy

Eli Escobar - Happiness (Moxie Presents Vol.2)

My stripped 90's techno remix for Charlotte de Witte on Tiga's label Turbo. Out 10th June 2016.

[Turbo] Charlotte de Witte - My Feeling (Coyu Remix)

Buy now: TurboRec.lnk.to/Sehnsucht

Young artist @charlottedewittemusic continues to bolster a credible catalogue of tough, no-nonsense Techno with the introduction of her second solo EP for Tiga’s extolled Turbo label. With a recent nod from Alan Fitzpatrick who included her Weltschmerz (Melodic Theme) in his recent Fabric mix she is an artist with a penchant for dark and moody atmospherics. Now - after her inclusion in the recent 12-track VA on Suara - the previously gold-selling Ghentian producer follows up her collaboration with Oscar & The Wolf and her first solo EP on London’s Bad Life with Sehnsucht: a bold four-track record packed with burly kick drums, steely synth tones and hypnotic vocal sampling primed for discerning big-room crowds. Also included in the package is a ruthless remix from Suara boss Coyu.

The title track is an apocalyptic march propelled by a purposeful kick and an unapologetic clap that keeps the pressure up throughout before ‘My Feeling’ lays a circling, hypnotic vocal over scuttling claps and luminous, flashing hi hats. Coyu then steps in with his take on ‘My Feeling’, pushing it into overdrive and marrying brash, white-noise snare drums with shuddering hats and vocal snippets. ‘Enough’ then sets sharp drums knocking against cold and capacious textures before a disquieting and arresting vocal suffuses the track to stunning effect. ‘Den Ganzen Abend’ then brings the record to a sinister close as a pellucid German vocal sample is set creeping over an ineffably weighty low-end sitting it comfortably on the floor of Berghain and capping off another coup for a consistently reliable label and an artist firmly on her ascent.

Played/Supported by: Len Faki, Shadow Child, Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Tiga, Andre Crom, Junior Sanchez, Digitalism, Dense & pika, Maceo Plex, Anja Schneider, Truncate, Huxley + more

Release date: June 10th, 2016

Available digitally and on beautiful 12" white vinyl

Tracklist:

A1 Sehnsucht
A2 My Feeling
B1 Enough
B2 Den Ganzen Abend
DX1 Sehnsucht (Melodic Theme)
DX2 My Feeling (Coyu Remix)

www.turborecordings.com

Sehnsucht

Charlotte de Witte - Den Ganzen Abend (Original Mix)

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va - matthew dear - body language vol. 7 [2008]

Body Language Vol. 7 by Matthew Dear

DJ Koze - I Want To Sleep

We told you Slug Father was cooking up some tasty treats right now, and here is another prime rib example. Teaming up with fellow Brooklyn native KLM, they've locked in another great sample based gem that is dripping in soul & swagger. Just one of the many top tracks from this Tastemakers Compilation LP from fellow London based label Wavy recordings. On repeat at SB HQ!.

Artist: @slugfather & @klmbk
Label: @wavyrecordings

SB PREMIERE: Slug Father & KLM - One Day [Wavy Recordings]

Schmutz - Lyndons Groove

New York’s Eli Escobar has been a familiar face on the city’s scene for the last two decades. 

For North & South American bookings please contact:
inbal@prismaartists.com

For ROTW bookings please contact:
ed@arcade-talent.com

Management & remix inquiries please contact:
josh@colludedmanagement.com
sam.holt@colludedmanagement.com

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