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Artist : Pablo Valentino
Title : Friends Say So EP
Cat # : FACES 1214

A1. Friends Say So
A2. What Does it Take
B1. Nuff Thangs feat. Kez YM
B2. Can't You See

Friends come first, so to speak. We hold the words of those we hold dearly as gospel, and this EP mirrors that feeling.
After his last release "One" on Room With A View (w/ Detroit Swindle remix) and several contributions to labels like MCDE, Endless Flight or together as Creative Swing Alliance on Wolf Music, Tsuba & City Fly - FACES Records & MCDE labels head honcho Pablo Valentino decide to release what he describes as his first full EP on his own imprint FACES.

"Friends Say So" is a nicely stripped down filter-jam; you don't need much when all the elements are good like this: a haunting female vocal sample, gritty lo-fi beats, a disco loop. Reminiscent of early Shake or the very first Sneak records, this beauty will definatly set the floor on fire.
 
"What Does It Take" sounds like a straight up Shelter anthem from '92 that just got unearthed. Heavy on the 909 and Juno keys, its the kind of late night jam that leaves everybody with a smile on their face. 

On the B-side, "Nuff Thangs" opens up things nicely; lush keys on top of a disco sample set the mood for things to come with "Can't You See", a female diva singing her ass off over dirty-as-hell MPC beats and rhodes stabs. You cant go wrong with this package!

All tracks produced by Pablo Valentino except B1. produced by Pablo Valentino & Kez YM.
Mastered by Brandenburg Mastering.
Artwork by Sébastien - Clwriaje Prod. 

P & C 2013 FACES Records Ltd
facesrecords@gmail.com
www.facesrecords.com

A2. Pablo Valentino - What Does It Take (FACES 1214)

Taken from MUZART's self-titled debut album. Out now on Soul Candi Records. 

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MUZART - The Party After

Another mysterious midnight hour aircheck from Mayer Hawthorne's very own imaginary radio station.

Tracklist:
CC Jones "Find Yourself A New Thing"
Willie Tee "Bring On The Heartaches"
Shuggie Otis "Inspiration Information"
Johnnie Walker "Love At First Taste"
Al Hudson "I'm About Loving You"
The Notations "What More Can I Say"
The Esquires "(That) Ain't No Reason"
The Delfonics "Break Your Promise"
Lee Williams & The Cymbals "It's Everything About You"
Barbara Mason "Don't Ever Go Away"
The Festivals "So In Love"

Check out the Stones Throw Podcast for this and other episodes: 
http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2013/09/stones-throw-podcast-84
http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2011/09/stones-throw-podcast-68


Free MP3 download via iTunes 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stones-throw-podcast/id128983846

Hawthorne Radio Episode 5

the deep & slow .some selected rare goodies out of my record collection: Spiritual Jazz Breaks,World Jazz, Shakuhachi Funk, Gospel Rare Grooves from Mombasa,Letta Mbulu,Henry Butler,The Visitors,TL Barrett,Osamu Kitajima ...for full tracklisting check www.mixcloud.com/7samurai

Merry christmas 2012!

ps. this is a promo mix for our SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE night on 12/29/12 @ Import Export,Munich featuring RADIO CITIZEN (Ubiquity records) LIVE plus me & Niko Schabel on decks.
A Spiritual Jazz Dance for Coltrane. 

SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE !  a spiritual jazz breaks DJ mix. Tom Wieland (7 Samurai) digs a lil deeper

Shooltzz - French Cinema

FACES Records is an independent record label founded in 2002 by Dj & Producer Pablo Valentino (Creative Swing Alliance, Kid sW!Ng' & Hipster Wonkaz).
They release “quality” and not “quantity” records by such artists as Motor City Drum Ensemble, The Revenge, Simbad, Mono/Poly, RedNose Distrikt, Kez YM, Rondenion, Inkswel, Kira Neris, grooveman Spot, just to name a few…

In the true adventurous spirit of his Kenbun radio show, Faces Records & MCDE imprint, Pablo Valentino is all about good music period. May it be jazz/hip hop, boogie/disco, house/broken beats...but always trying to explode and explore the boundaries between all creating patterns past, present and future.

FACES Records also own its subdivision MCDE Recordings run by both Danilo Plessow (Motor City Drum Ensemble) & Pablo Valentino (Faces Records).
https://soundcloud.com/mcde-recordings

MCDE is focussing on house and techno sounds - sophisticated, emotional tracks which stand on their own and also have a certain longevity. The goal is to bring some emotions back to the dancefloor, cause whats a party without a feeling?

Kerri Chandler once summed it up brillantly :
A basement, a red light & a feeling.
Thats what MCDE is about!

A2. Pablo Valentino - What Does It Take (FACES 1214)

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