With a tribalistic percussion launch into a warm and silky bassline, Supply Shuttle spins the dice on the deep house edges through linear but meticulous patterns of synth simplicity. 

The scarcity of snares puts the track just enough into the dance-floor realm but still exquisite enough for sun-drenched coast places especially with that subtle rhodes washing over the faint 303 shots in the background. Notal pulled a smooth move here further erasing the faint border between the two genres. And yes, sometimes the border gets pushed more into one over the other. 

Such is the case with Airlock Nation, clearly showing this imbalance in the most pleasurable way. With a straightforward shake onset floating on a solid rhythm throughout the ride, the track leans more on the floor side covering the early night with subtle and warm darkness step by step. The midnight glow emitting from the melodies is beautifully cocooned into deep sway smudged by ritual bongo hits. The track exports a sentiment of nostalgia in a positive and warm way while cleverly pushing the vibe over the mentioned border into a night dance. 

A Walk Thru The 20th continues this sway but implements a synth carrier into the foreground further developing the club feel. And this is where Notal shines truly because even in this kind of atmosphere he almost unnoticeably lays the track on perfectly fitting tribal shoulders stamping the core of the track with earth-grounding charisma. Both audio worlds, one audio shine. 

And still, on the other side of the playfield, Nature Of Offences is grounded heavily in slow and throbbing kicks paralleled with equally heavy claps and constant interchange of beautiful pads, strings and percussions. Although the track is stirred with a filtered 303 bassline, the overall feel points into a deep and seductive zone. 

It flows subtly through different areas of analogue and synthetic forms spewing a late 90s warm-up feel. Well rounded release from Aleqs Notal!

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B1 Aleqs Notal - A Walk Thru The 20th

A2 Aleqs Notal - Airlock Nation

A1 Aleqs Notal - Supply Shuttle

In the ever-expanding search for good electronic belters, we went into building a bridge between two continents responsible for so many good artists in the last few decades, with some of them being true legends of the house sound. From Detroit to Napoli and Marseille. From Zurich and Bari to Chicago. Ladies and gentlemen, this is 'Bridges: An American - European Dance Connection'

What better way to open the various release than with Chicago's immortal Boo Williams. 'Real Time' is a power tool bearing Boo's known sound signature with dance floor rhythmics and some creamy melodies throughout the track.

Rick The Godson Wilhite's & Jon Easley's A2 'Mental Feelings' brings those irresistible Detroit pads layered over subtle bassline and occasional percussions. Although the track keeps a constant course, it is still multi-layered and emotion-provoking.

Blooming synth pieces played over dry drums and with good momentum is just what you would expect from another of Chicago's finest - Gene Hunt. His B1 'Space Relm' delivers a fast-paced flow with beautiful and crafty breaks in between.

B2 'Escape Two', the '90s sound tour de force. Dan Piu manages to capture the pure ambience of that era in this multi-styled late-night belter. From baseline to synths, the track is constantly progressing
and shifting through dark and moody segments. Good stuff.

If we wouldn't know better, C1 'Tribute To The Sound' would probably be acknowledged as a work of some Detroit head, but no. This beautiful tune is a work of Marseille-based Life Recorder. Truly specific Detroit House vibe in this one. Ironically, perfect puzzle for the Bridges release.

Tribal atmospheric dirtiness on C2 'The Deep(5 am)' signed by Bari's Nu-Cleo sounds pretty simple on the outside, but at its core, it carries a strong bond between bassline, rhythm and pads. Swimming into summer sunset the track is filled with gold deepness and organic hits.

D1 'Surface' by Nemanja Krstic is a perfect warmer for any occasion. Late afternoon or early morning you name it. What gives this track a special vibe is its unfiltered raw sound which forms a beautiful fusion with deep sequences. The beach is calling. 

D2 "P.C.M. (Parthenope City Music)" is a pure definition of a catchy loop segment. The soulful guitar segment is soon joined with a dancefloor bassline and lush hats only to be pushed into playful intermission picking up the speed and once more pulling it back into that sweet segment. Enchanting tune by The Mechanical Man!

C2 Nu - Cleo - The Deep (5 AM) [Snippet]

C1 Life Recorder - Tribute To The Sound [Snippet]

B1 Gene Hunt - Space Relm [Snippet]

A2 Rick The Godson Wilhite & Jon Easley - Mental Feelings [Snippet]

A1 Boo WIlliams - Real Time [Snippet]

Volcov (Neroli ITA) Live @ Imogen X Forbidden Dance
Peti Kupe Zagreb 08.10.2022
PT1 & PT2

Volcov (Neroli ITA)

Volcov live @ Imogen X Forbidden Dance 08.10.22 PT2

Volcov live @ Imogen X Forbidden Dance 08.10.22 PT1

After six illustrious vinyl releases behind them, Forbidden Dance takes this one deeply close to home. As a rising house name from Croatia, Laseech signs this harmonic and creamy house release iced with stellar vocals by Desney Bailey and backed up by two of the house heavyweights – Dego and Patrice Scott.

A1 The title track “Hey Love” is packed with effortless deepness in and out topped with smooth Bailey’s vocals dancing elegantly over chords and strings. Dazzling tuneage that resembles airy summer jam at your favourite beach spot.

A2 Dego is a man with a thousand sounds. And all of them are rich and impressive. His disco-funk spin on “Hey Love” is ploughed with heavy synths and sharp drums that culminate with a lush keyboard frenzy in the end. 

B1 Patrice Scott’s ability to infuse introspective soul into machine sound is second to none. “Hey Love” goes through melodic morphosis which Patrice delivers so smoothly and tinges it with floor-oriented moves. 

B2 Bailey’s vocals are the soul carrier of this release and it shows pretty much on “You See”. Hazy and melancholic, the track slowly burns under her looped vocals. Stripped, heart-aching and beautifully dimmed.

B2 You See Feat. Desney Bailey (Snippet)

B1 Hey Love (Patrice Scott Remix) (Snippet)

A2 Hey Love (Dego Remix) (Snippet)

A1 Hey Love (Original Mix) (Snippet)

After releasing heavyweights like Patrice Scott and Dego, we continue our story with a new release from Chicago don Specter with a 4-track EP.

In Case U Forgot EP

B2 Specter - Humble Pie [Snippet]

B1 Specter - Run The Course [Snippet]

A2 Specter - Putazo [Snippet]

A1 Specter -  Twin Eagle [Snippet]

B2 Innervibe - Motivations (Snippet)

B1 Innervibe - Sit Back Relax (Snippet)

A2 Innervibe -  Music (Snippet)

A1 Innervibe - Tribe Of The Sun (Snippet)

The first instalment of the Forbidden Dance Label is an organic brew of musicianship supervised by one of the Chicago deep house scene pillars - Vick Lavender. 

Three warm cuts are tinted with a jam feel showing Lavender's 
well known ability to gather different kind of music players and vocalist resulting in a soulful sections that are cleverly breaking the usual and linear electronic music mould. 

That's pretty obvious on "Habano", the opener track which fluently combines multi-layers of piano and synth sections in contrast to tribal rhythmics and flowy marimba background. With Yvette Magallon pouring pure honey with vocal inserts it's a never-stopping dance of the soul elements. 

Lavender manages to keep the same feel on the B side as well with "The Definition" track going off a bit more subtle but at the same time showing a funky edge with a playful bassline. Reverbed percussive lushness and diverse synth teasers are tinting the track with a summer night breeze, something your hips would move to. 

"The NiteFlyte (Jessie's Journey)" is a closing track and a slow-burner riddled  with spacey explorations of the keyboard. It gives almost 80's like feel beautiful integrating subtle synth envelopes and even
marimba bits. A perfect deep rounder of this musically rich release. Hats off mr. Lavender!

B2 - NiteFlye (Jessie's Journey)

B1 - The Definition

A1 - Habano

Smoothly combining his tendencies towards emotional and soulful deep house whilst building
these elements on a steady foundation of tribal, percussive and dance rhythms, Miller manages to
effortlessly pull you into his house sound with an impressive palette of ideas even if it’s just one
4 track EP.

A1 - All We Have is a dancefloor inspired jam, but don't get fooled. The track is infused with a
lot of deep juice and it drips irresistibly through the synths, short but smooth bassline and
percussive foreplay of different drum elements. Playful yet with enough momentum to wiggle
you in a positive dance sway.

A2 - Shine On Me (Rollin To Detroit Mix) the track which was initially released for
Moodyman's KDJ Records back in 2002, got "revised" by Ricardo Miranda shows off perfectly
the emotional substance of Miller's deep vocal house interpretation with silky percussive lines in
between.

B1 - Headspace is the pure example of a perfect B-side cut. Slow-burning rhythm filled with
organic perc stabs and dense but deep bassline, Miller again in a genius way intertwines slow
emotional story backed by almost raw harmonics but nevertheless well explained Detroit vibe.

B2 - After The Rain, which can be heard on Alton's "Souls Like Mine" album released on the
forementioned The Music Institute as a bonus cut. It's a slow dance between reemerging bassline
and subtle synth lines flowing on offset claps and smooth background bongos. pretty timeless
stuff if the atmosphere is dimmed right.

Yes, this is Headspace EP.

[FD-002] B2 Alton Miller - After The Rain

[FD-002] B1 Alton Miller - Headspace

[FD-002] A2 Alton Miller - Shine On Me (Rollin To Detroit Mix)

After releasing two legends Alton Miller and Vick Lavender, new EP is signed by a young and sound broad producer from Naples - The Mechanical Man.

Drawing influences from the sound of Chicago, Philadelphia and Motor City he achieved to catch the multi essence of the house sound into a four-track journey marked with slow and fast-paced soulful corners dominated by toned vocals and stripped-down beats all the way to the underexposed lounge sections and playful intermissions.

Drum programming is a strong point for The Mechanical Man and it can be clearly heard in "A1 - The Streets Of Revelation". Infused with vintage Linn Drum hits, the track intertwines numerous elements in a hoppy and gentle swirl riding on double vocals. Everything takes a full sonic conclusion in the third quarter when the main synth starts to breathe fully.

Residing on almost the same rhythm hits, "A2 - I Keep Thinking" is more of a deep dive into love dreams. Emotional and subtle pads and chords progression are really felt here as the track rubs under soft vocals in need of a response.

The light essence is captured on "B1 - What Your Eyes Don't See". While the delayed vocals are cutting the motion and the rhythm is rougher, it still manages to keep the terrace vibe movement. Rhode-like section carries the track all the way with occasionally reduced percussion hits spicing up the background.

On the other note, "B2 - Take Her In Your Arms" is a gentle dance of maracas and rhodes. The acoustic bass is quite seductive and inviting whilst flutes and other elements riddle the track with a toned-down lounge feel and sway into hypnotic slow-motion.

Diverse, rich and enchanting tunes by The Mechanical Man!

[FD-003] A2 The Mechanical Man - I Keep Thinking

[FD-003] A1 The Mechanical Man - The Streets Of Revelation

Friendship made in music is a thing forever. Cruising on sounds for the last two decades, Forbidden Dance is a new chapter in one of those friendships. Two artists from Croatia are branching out on their own after being intertwined in numerous projects on the local and regional scene all these years. There comes a time when years of collecting and spinning vinyl developes a need to acknowledge one's experience through the finest step, selecting and releasing personal favourites. In short, Forbbiden Dance will be a personal hommage to the music fed by founders immense love for different electronic soundscapes both dancefloor and lounge oriented.

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