Touching Bass- Max Cooper

Interview and tracklist: http://bit.ly/1tVjhjE

Tracklist

FADER Mix: Sinkane

In session @ BBC2 With Dermot O'Leary 2015

Crew Download: http://bit.ly/1ObwzES

Words from FSQ:

We first heard Life on Planets perform live at WMC in 2015 at the Freehand Hotel in Miami. When we heard "Cold Front" we new we wanted to work with it as it has a bubbly bass synth that kicks in with a sinister bass line and all other kinds of cool elements. The "S" in FSQ stands for "style" and we like to apply various musical styles to our remix work. We reached out to Life on Planets and got the session and went to work.

Billy Bass Nelson is one of the founders of Funkadelic (he even coined the term) which got started way back in 1969. 

FSQ had the opportunity to get a session in with Billy Bass in May 2015, and we brought him to Williamsburg to Dave Robertson's (Cameo Culture)'s studio. We pulled up the Life on Planets session since it needed work, and Billy just it took over. The vibes were thick in the little basement room as he laid down bass and multiple tracks of guitars.  

What most people do not realize about Billy Bass Nelson is that he had a productive career after leaving Funkadelic full time in 1972 and is on so many disco funk hits that are played heavily today. 

His work beyond Funkadelic includes productions for The Commodores, The Temptations, Rose Banks (Sly Stone's sister), Jermaine Jackson, Lenny Williams, Alton McLain & Destiny and Smokey Robinson. 

Many of Billy's LA disco sessions were also joined by Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel and Sly Stone himself, not credited, but instead Sly went under the name Jimmy Ford (a joke, the president who took over from Nixon). 

The FSQ Billy Bass Funkadelic dub version of Life on Planets "Cold Front" marks the first time Billy's been heard on a record since his 1995 solo record. We made a YouTube playlist of Billy's post Funkadelic disco-funk works here, and we think you'll be able to link his distinct sound on these cuts, to what you will hear in the new FSQ dub we did for Life on Planets.

http://bit.ly/billy_bass_classics

During the Billy Bass session on "Cold Front", Billy remarked that LOP vocalist Phil Jenkins sounds a bit like Tyrone Davis. 

Tyrone Davis is a famous northern soul singer, known for his hit "Turn Back the Hands of Time". Ironically, we heard the very same thing with Phil, so we created an alternate remix of "Cold Front" with deep northern soul stylings including lush guitars, organs, melodica, and a driving northern soul beat. FSQ's GKoop played a big part in revising the song for this style which we often produce in (we did a northern soul remix for Nick Monaco in 2014). Violinist Lauren Avery guests here, recording over 25 tracks of strings to give the remix a fully orchestrated sound that you hear on many northern soul records. 

If you don't know much about the "northern soul" genre, and it's importance to the world of DJing and also its link to disco, you should read this lengthy post by DJ Greg Wilson. There's entire chapter in the book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life on "northern soul".

http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2013/11/northern-renaissance/


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Cold Front (FSQ Mixes)

Crew Download

Life on Planets - Cold Front (FSQ Funkadelic Dub with Billy Bass Nelson)

The Archie Pelago EP

Brown Oxford

Archie Pelago - Brown Oxford

Soul Clap & Ahmed - Give It Up [Preview]

made this lil´edit / mix of an old "sade" song

"i never thought i_d see the day" original was back in the 80´s released on the album " stronger than pride" 

i hope you will enjoy...

Sade - I Never Thought I D See The Day ( Jauche´s Edit Pre )

Artist: Mushrooms Project
Side A: Dirty Bolas
Side B: Sunset Ballad
Label: Leng (12”)
Cat: LENG029
Release date: 11th July 2016


MUSHROOMS PROJECT – DIRTY BOLAS/SUNSET BALLAD

Three years on from the release of the critically acclaimed debut album, Undergrass, Mushrooms Project return to Leng with a two-track taster for their forthcoming follow-up full-length.

In the intervening years, Giorgio Giri and Marco Lentano have hardly been slacking, further exploring their unique blend of glistening Balearica, dubbed-out disco, Italian Afro-cosmic and psychedelic nu-disco via EPs for Horn Wax, Uber and Hell Yeah! Recordings.

Their latest two-track missive is undoubtedly amongst the Italian duo’s strongest work to date. The A-side boasts “Dirty Bolas”, an effortlessly summery groover destined to soundtrack sultry evenings and sun-baked afternoons. Its’ rolling, percussive funk groove and undulating electric bassline keep the action moving, but it’s the tumbling guitar solos, toasty keys, humid electronics and atmospheric field recordings that catch the ear.

Flip the 12” for “Sunset Ballad”, a near ten-minute epic that more than lives up to its’ name. Soft, delay-laden acoustic guitar passages and yearning electric piano flourishes set the tone, before the Parma-based production duo gradually up the pressure via a shuffling groove, whispering acid lines and quietly bubbling synthesizers. It’s undeniably rich and life affirming, but best appreciated while lying flat on your back.

Dirty Bolas will be featured on the duo’s second album 'Rivea Corymbosa', which is slated for release in the final quarter of 2016. For now, you’ll have to make do with these two slices of seductive, sun-bright brilliance.


Dirty Bolas/Sunset Ballad

LENG SHOP

Mushrooms Project - Sunset Ballad

We delivered for the 10th anniversary of Electrocaïne a mix and an Interview you can read here: http://electrocaine.com/podcast/083/

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Electrocaïne Session #083

RANCH-O-RELAXO - Spring Gathering – Rise of the Rooster
November 4-5, 2017

DJ PQM - Long Lunch Set

Next up we are blessed to present one of the finest & diverse Djs on the planet. PQM took over the reins of the 3hr long lunch set and what an absolute corker of set it is. 

Here are some words from the man.
"The Vision Hound crew put on one of the best parties of the year, and this was my contribution to kick off the event. I think this set captures a bit of the spontaneity of The Ranch! Great crowd, Great vibes, So glad to be involved!"

DJ PQM - LIVE @ RANCHO RELAXO 2017

DJ PQM -  Ranch-O-Relaxo Spring Gathering 2017

The official remix by The Black 80s (@theblack80s) for 'Mephisto' by JATA (@jatamusic).

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Mephisto (The Black 80s Remix)

JATA - Mephisto (The Black 80s Remix)

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