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Best 50 Songs of 2023

Inspired by the upcoming FFD remix album — some of the best remixes, b-sides, Joe Dukie one-offs and live cuts.  Yo, “drop it on a regular basis …” !!!

‘DROP’ It On A Regular Basis

September 2023

Skrillex, Noisia, josh pan & Dylan Brady - Supersonic (My Existence)
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Skrillex, Noisia, josh pan & Dylan Brady - Supersonic (My Existence)

Pump It Louder

Angels & Queens

Angels & Queens (Paul Woolford’s Special Request Mix)

Assumptions

Assumptions (Kaytranada Edit)

I Feel Strange

Lana Del Rey - Fuck It I Love You - atak Remix

Blackbird

Blackbird (Marcus Worgull Remix)

Mother Mother

Mother Mother (Kid Fonque Remix)

Russia

Russia (Nightmares On Wax 10th Anniversary Remix)

Disco Magic Concorde (edit)

I Like The Way

I Like The Way (Full Length Version)

The Teaches of Peaches

Fuck the Pain Away

Experience: Expanded

Charly (Alley Cat Remix Remastered)

Matthieu Faubourg - Russian Girl [Forthcoming on House Of Unity]

Demuja - I Want You

In the spring of 2007, musician and producer Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy decided to launch his own label. Named after the house he grew up in, Claremont 56 would release beautiful music by friends, associates, collaborators and like-minded musicians.

In the 10 years that have passed since, Claremont 56 has more than surpassed Murphy’s modest expectations. It has built up a cult following around the world, with listeners responding positively to the label’s combination of magical music, beautiful artwork, and impeccable packaging.

To mark the label’s first decade, Murphy has put together a sumptuous vinyl box set of previously unheard material, produced and presented with the same attention to detail that listeners have come to expect.

Each copy of Claremont 56: 10 Years contains five weighty slabs of wax and a bespoke info sheet, housed in a specially designed, hand-numbered box with de-embossed logos on the front and rear. There is also a limited-edition run of 200 copies which come with an additional 12” containing exclusive remixes and a brand new Paqua track, ‘Dalas’.

However impressive the packaging, it’s the music that makes Claremont 56: 10 Years stand out. Featuring a mixture of unreleased tracks and brand new remixes of vintage label releases, the highlights come thick and fast.

As you’d expect, some of the most impressive contributions come from those artists you could describe as “legendary”, including Chicago deep house originators Larry Heard and Ron Trent. Can legend Holger Czukay kindly contributes one of the standout moments, the eccentric ‘Music To Be Murdered By’, from his own unreleased catalogue, while Afro-cosmic pioneer Daniele Baldelli joins forces with Marco Dionigi to deliver a typically spacey remix of Bison’s ‘Familiar Stranger’. There’s also an epic, Afro-tinged dub disco remix of Smith & Mudd’s ‘Nether’ by Norwegian scene founder Bjorn Torske.

Elsewhere, Good Timin’ man Jex Opolis turns an overlooked track by Paraiso into a samba-boogie killer, Sean P dubs out Zee Erf’s beautiful cover of ‘Southern Freeez’, and Phil Mison turns FreshRo’s laidback electrofunk cut ‘Pacific State’ into a breezy, Balearic gem. Look out too, for the emotion-rich beauty of Statues’ ‘River Darkness’ – a track arguably worth the cost of the box set on its own – and the deep space explorations of Almunia’s Leo Ceccanti.

We could go on, but we’re running out of space. Suffice to say, Claremont 56: 10 Years is a lovingly compiled, curated and presented celebration of the label’s first decade.

Paraiso - Teu Sorriso (Jex Opolis Remix) Clip

Just A Bitter Love- The Dead Rose Music Company

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Breathe Easy featured on Flashback Jazzanova Mixes 12" vinyl released in 2005. It's an uplifting house burner remix of the original dub soul Flashback that was released on our Based On A True Story album.
Remix & additional production by Jazzanova at Exit Studios Berlin. 
Mastered by Calyx Masterting, Berlin.
Cover picture by Mia. Design by Jutojo.

Flashback Mixes

Flashback Jazzanova Breathe Easy Remix

In the summer of 2003 we joined forces with arguably one of the world's best Soul vocalists, Fat Freddy's Drop frontman Dallas Tamaira. Just before release the label folded and as a result the EP was never released... until now. Head over to The Nextmen website now to download this 4 track EP, absolutely free.

FREE DOWNLOAD: http://thenextmen.com/unreleased

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The Nextmen vs Joe Dukie - When We Fight

Fat Freddy's Drop with a bit more bass!!  One of my favourite tracks and.... 

An Absolute pleasure as always to release it EXCLUSIVELY via Spinforth's Legendary Bi-Weekly Scour..  Download links now available from this link...

http://ghettofunk.co.uk/category/scour/

Enjoy!!!

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Fat Freddy's Drop - Roady ( J-Sound Remix )

Soulwax edit of A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy. Available on the cd 'Twelve' by International Deejay Gigolos.

Walter Murphy - A Fifth Of Beethoven - (Soulwax Edit)

Fat Freddy's Drop’s pirate soul train, resolutely independent, worldwide.

Formed in 1999 in Wellington, New Zealand our sound draws inspiration from almost every part of the black music lexicon. Soul drenched vocals and jazz harmonies collide with tape delays and echo chambers, underpinned by a rhythm section as comfortable laying down a throbbing, techy soundscape as they are a swampy blues stomp.
