Artist: Slowaxx
Title: Le Tapis Bleu 
Label: Cognitiva & ANMA Records
Release: 12th March 2021
Cat. No.: April 2nd 2021
Format: Vinyl & Digital

Slowaxx - Le Tapis Bleu (Outlines Compilation) [PREMIERE]

Beth Anderton-Allen follows up her excellent 'People Together' release with the new single 'Where Did They Go' under her Workwear guise. A lament to lost dance-floor spaces during these troublng times, the track smothers you in dreamy pads, sumptious keys and of course Beth's gorgeous vocal delivery throughout it's lucid four and half minutes. Despite it's ponderous message there is a hopeful note channelled through the music; giving off an air of sunbeams poking through the trees and turning the clouds a pastel shade of pink and orange. 

Words: Joe Morris


https://soundcloud.com/work-wear

PREMIERE: Workwear - Where Did They Go

Neon Skyline

Oceans

Old School Flairs (Worked-4 refresh)

Vinyl release: 25/09/2017 (distributed by Rush Hour)
Digital release: 06/11/2017

Deep side (picture)
1. Mythic Dance 
2. Levitate

Deeper side (info)
1. Footsteps
2. Try To Impress
3. Hibernation

The sixth ensemble release is the debut artist EP of Rhythm Mind, a young Leefdaal raised dissident hiding in the Belgian capital. He delivers a solid five tracker that will as likely move feet on a peaktime dancefloor as nourish ears during early morning afterhour home listens.

All tracks were written and produced at Studio Bontinck in the last two years using the Akai MPC2000 XL, Tascam 464, Roland Juno-106, Roland JX-8P, Kawai K1, Roland TR-626, Roland TR-707. On the deep side, dreamy opener Mythic Dance’s power lies in the pairing of a well crafted, hypnotic machine groove with sweet, spirited melodies. Next up, the percussion led Levitate gently manoeuvres into the room, tip-toes through the dance floor and quietly exits, but not before the humming bassline has crawled into your head and hips. The deeper side kicks off with Footsteps. Reminiscent of Vincent Floyd’s early works, its elegant bass, soft spoken choir and dreamy strings play hide and seek with a rolling acid line, ultimately making way for it to step into the limelight. Unlike its title suggests, Try To Impress steadily bounces along, impressing by underachieving. A bold and physical drum track, it jacks and grooves like a potent Herbert workout. Rhythm Mind bids us farewell with Hibernation, a deep rhythmic electro cut from outer space.

Rhythm Mind: https://www.facebook.com/rhythmind
Pre-order: www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=98077

Rhythm Mind - 'Footsteps' (ENS006)

Welcome to Tam Tam Land. No Bad Days returns after a spell in hibernation, looking to Seoul for NBD007: a debut record from the city’s exciting new talent, @closetyi.

Opening with ‘Honeymoon Junction’, we are greeted by the signature floaty yet punchy sound that typifies the mantra of No Bad Days; but around the halfway mark, an abrupt eeriness ambience washes over the track, letting you know this isn’t going to be necessarily the cheery cruise you expected. ‘Circle Dance’ is next on the A side which is more of a club-focused track in structure, though accented with Closet Yi. Birds chirp and a soft Korean intonation drifts in and out of the mix, luring us deeper into the depths of the island.

Hopping over to the B side we arrive at the climax of ‘Tam Tam Land’ with the thumping excess of ‘Basalt (玄武岩)’. Closet Yi flexes her skills in producing a peak time acid-tropische-prog-banger to stand up with the greats, filling the entire flip side. It brings to a close the whistlestop tour of her world, real and imagined. It also begins the first of many No Bad Days releases to come in 2020.

Closet Yi - Honeymoon Junction

Cyclonix - Gift Of A Patient Soul (Sheri Vari Remix) 
[Percebes Música]

John “Cyclonix” Wilcox is the original raver, the sort of person who knows the roots of his music inside out. He can craft an electronic music sculpture that echoes both the classic dance sound of the UK (bass heavy, chord based, break sampling and crisp), and the purest Chicago and Detroit house and techno influences. Some of the highlights on his career include releasing on cult labels like Tusk Wax, Smuggler’s Inn, Bristol’s Boogie Café and Phuture Shock Musik or contemporary dance floor soul staple Broadcite among other highly recommended projects.

“Efeito Borboleta” is his take on the Percebes sound and it features three incredible originals and a home-made remix by girl of the moment Sheri Vari.

It kicks off with “Butterfly Effect”: a deep stomper that could well have been released on Underground Quality or Sistrum. It is space and emotion, bubbling with jungle breaks and 909 power, channeled through the medium of deep, touching house music.

“Gift of a Patient Soul” is a slower burner, a crunchy jazzy mid-tempo acid funker - perfect to get that foot tap on. The remix by Sheri Vari flips it into a psychedelic deep trip, tapping into that odd parallel world where Rick Wade did a track with Maurice Fulton.

“Warm as Hoth” closes the EP. A funky live bass is intertwined by dreamy chords and chaotic melodies, made of stuttering vocal samples. The kind of thing you’d expect if Todd Edwards did a track with Marc Mac: classic UK garage with a jazz-funk vibe and a Detroit Techno feel. Hard to define, but very easy to listen to and play out.

Web / Social Media Links: https://soundcloud.com/percebesmusica
https://percebesmusica.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/percebesmusica/
https://www.instagram.com/percebesmusica/?hl=pt

HSM PREMIERE | Cyclonix - Gift Of A Patient Soul (Sheri Vari Remix) [Percebes Música]

Moscow-based producer Alex Leyfa has been active for the best part of 10 years now, dropping albums on Local Talk and In-Beat-Ween as well as scores of EPs for City Fly, 4Lux, Soundofspeed, G.A.M.M. and many more. Now he's up on Lumberjacks with some choice cuts that show off his instinct for fluttering breakbeats as much as headsy house music, not least on the soaring, smooth delights of 'Good Thing!'. 'Up We Go!' rides another high grade break and chops up plenty of soul samples in the mix too, while 'HEAVY' explores a wilder broken beat terrain where you can almost visualise Leyfa getting creative on the MPC pads. 'My Reflection' completes the set with a seriously grooving house cut replete with loom bird samples and dreamy guitar licks.

A2 Lay-Far - Up We Go!

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] B1 The Mechanical Man - What Your Eyes Don't See

Ahead of his Dandelion EP out on Midnight People Friday March 5th, Italian DJ & Producer Alberto Melloni joins our mix series; with an hour of signature Italo and cosmic disco.

The Midnight Sound 005: ALBERTO MELLONI

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.

[FD-003] B1 The Mechanical Man - What Your Eyes Don't See

Forbidden Dance Records