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We're ready for summer with this new five tracker loaded with Space glitch-house vibes from George John – a keyboard and synth aficionado making his EP debut on the label. While George works the Juno 60 to the limit, we’re sipping a Piña Colada at the poolside. Two remixes complete the package: Munich's finest Rhode & Brown have their eyes squarely set on peak time and Donald Dust’s version smells like Tom Selleck after his daily sunbathe. Coming soon on climate friendly Eco Vinyl.



ʻoiaʻiʻo (Hawaiian) – Truth

Iron is responsible for transporting oxygen in hemoglobin and only generated by type la supernovae. Every time we breath we inhale oxygen produced by natural vegetation and exhale carbon dioxide absorbed by it. The smallest molecules connect us to the biggest dimensions imaginable. And only imagination and the universe are limitless, so let’s breath, connect and create a life-worthy future together. Because One Is All Is One, OIAIO.

Recorded and produced by George John

Artwork by Sam Tomson
Mastering at Reel Mastering, London

Release: 
June, 11th 2021 (a week earlier on Bandcamp)

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George John - OIAIO EP (incl. Remixes from Rhode & Brown + Donald Dust) BLAQNUMBERS008)

CLUTCH4LOVE FRIDAY MIX w/ Ruby May Moon

Effervescent nu-disco act Bad Business Club present their second supremely refined full-length album, the deliciously sun-soaked and harmonically rich 'Naked Neighbor'.

Following several releases on the revered Midnight Riot, the Bad Business Club return with eight delicately honeyed cuts certain to ring out blissfully over pool-sides and ocean panoramas throughout the long hot summer and beyond. Informed by an irresistible blend of ‘Moroder-infused’ disco vibes, yacht rock flair, and understated nu-disco gloss, their sound is the aural embodiment of a gentle summer breeze. 'Naked Neighbor' was written at a hilltop cottage in Puerto Rico, while examining the theme of leaving old baggage behind as they reflected on their break from everyday life in Brooklyn.

The infectious vocal of opening cut ‘Flip me Over' glides over lush pads, hypnotic arps and tight drum patterns to create a dynamic disco bullet that revels in both night-time excitement and morning confusion. The bittersweet refrains of 'Tired of Being Over You', are subtly melancholic and life-affirming as they weave the tale of “washing away an old flame”. 'Too Hot to Tame (Prelude)’ is a sunrise meditation, with celestial keys soaring over reverbed atmospherics and psychedelic guitars, co-produced with San Francisco-based DJ Cole Odin. The horizontal 'Runnin' from You' showcases sugary harmonies forged between Alex Van's baritone and Sam Behr's enchanting lead. The vocals power over a tight bed of funk-flecked instrumentation, making way for guitar solos, deeply weighted bass and crisp drums.

Named after the Puerto Rican house in which the album was recorded, the nu-disco energy of 'Casa Soleada' bursts with good time vibes, before the tempo drops making way for sweeping pads and muted guitar plucks of 'Reflections' to meditate over the album's theme. 'Early Morning Hours' unfolds to an engaging arrangement, as the vocals drive the track along a steady groove, with wistful lyrics combining layers of detailed melodies and emotive harmonies. Closing this sunny album is LA-based WOLFY who delivers his ‘Summer Sunshine Version’ of 'Flip me Over'. Stripped backed sonics allow space for the soothing vocals to breathe before astral synths add a mind-altering sheen to the intoxicating groove.

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PREMIERE: Bad Business Club - Early Morning Hours [Bunnyman Bridge]

Edition of 300 vinyl:
shallnotfade.co.uk/album/the-new-beginning-lp

Byron the Aquarius (aka Byron Blaylock), an accomplished keys player as much as he is a producer, has a deep love for the organic side of music. This shines through in his creations, back to his debut EP in 2007. More recently, Blaylock’s skillful jazz beats have found a home on the one and only Jeff Mills’ Axis Records. From his birthplace in Birmingham Alabama, Blaylock has grown into an international figure of acclaim for his explorative compositions. 

Already having two successful EPs with Shall Not Fade under his belt - most recently marking the labels’ 50th release with What Up Doe? Vol.2 - Byron the Aquarius returns for a gorgeous double LP. Expect the smoothness of deep house, melodic instrumental hip hop production of the J Dilla creed along with tight jazz pieces.

The New Beginning LP showcases range and expertise from the off, exploding with pulsing discordant jazz in ‘Amaya’s Voyage’. Psychedelic g-funk is the MO of ‘Smoke One For Huckaby’, before a B-side milieu of jazz and hip hop reminiscent of Guru’s Jazzmatazz. The album settles into a deep groove across its C-side, the highlight of which is the percussive workout of ‘Underground Was Black’, complemented delicately with dazed pads and buoyant but smokey lounge jazz sounds in ‘Cosmic Jazz’. Off kilter hip hop shines through in ‘Last Time We Gonna Do This’ and its eclectic sound palette, then we are blindsided by the heavy electro distortion of ‘The End Of The World’. The record closes with a collaboration of the genres explored throughout, pieced together into the pumping ‘Lost People of Tron’. The album feels like a lap of honour around all the influences in Byron The Aquarius’ sound - it’s yet another artistic triumph.

The New Beginning LP drops October 8th via Shall Not Fade.

The New Beginning  LP

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Minor Notes Recordings is always ready to boost a good music. Starting our digital only series we want to give access to underground electronic scene for all young or not yet developed producers, who we love to listen. 

MNRD002 is coming from Moscow local dj and producer Mikhail Orlov aka @maoree, who is professional musician (Yes! He really played trumpet in orchestra, while was young). In 2005 he stepped into dance culture and started to be a DJ collecting his own vinyl and digital library of disco and house. After the long producing journey in 2020 he debuted with Journey To The Sun EP on a Belgium Gents & Dandy’s Records, which we played so much! 

Being a big fan of Motown era and classic synths + drum machines from 80’s he collected all ideas and reconstructed it to a modern vision of his personal deep house thang. Using Maoree’s favourite synth Korg Monopoly he produced strong and solid EP called “Monopolis” for Minor Notes Recordings! 

We are happy to see this man in our roaster and be sure you will see Maoree again and a lot on a house scene!

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Maoree - Long Way

For the first release of the '4 seasons' project, Autumn is in the spotlight. Imagine falling leaves creating an explosion of colors, the first frost of the year warmed by a ray of sunshine… This EP proposes a journey of a thousand shades into the universe of the label Nine Eleven: breaks, soul, and groove shaping an evolutive and captivating story. For this adventure, we surrounded ourselves with talented artists such as LBTQ, Sofatalk, Kaidi Tatham, and Footshooter. Together, we have created an anthem for this autumn season as a revival more than a fall.

If you embrace this experience, you will feel the energy of the earth’s continual evolution through your veins.

PREMIERE : Footshooter - Cascades She

From Septembers's show on margateradio.co.uk

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Vertical Rhythm - Margate Radio - Sept 2021

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West Coast mainstay maverick Dave Aju launches his anticipated new artist imprint Elbow Grease with this timelessly sublime dance floor trip, dripping with outer-space soul and deep ocean-floor sonics. “X17”, a reference to the hypothetical particle and potential Fifth Force discovery, is equal parts warm and cold, smooth and ruff, as a raw UR-schooled electro rhythm base plows through various known musical barriers, adorned with worldly percussion hits, moving synth textures, subtle jazz motifs and vocal incantations.

As one of the last sonic transmissions put to tape at the mighty yet now-defunct Machine Limited/G-Son Studios of The Beastie Boys’ fame and legacy in Atwater Village LA, it’s fit with a solid spine via a driven TR-909, lush OB-Xa leads and PolySix pads, a serpentine SH-101 arp and tight Linn Drum layers. The generously unfolding “Main Mix” is accompanied by both a potent “Rhythm Dub” stripped back for maximum impact, and an ambient high “Viiibe” version offering a more immersive listen and alternative options for adventurous DJs to work into a mix as they feel. A fine intro to the genre-defiant, focus-on-each-piece Elbow Grease credo.

PREMIERE: Dave Aju - DX17 (Main Mix)

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Prayer For Peace is the latest LP from Melbroune-hailing nu-jazz maestro Ziggy Zeitgeist and his band, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange. This is Ziggy’s first full-length project with his current lineup based in Berlin since having moved there in the summer of 2019, and the first to be released on newly-founded label, Get Together Collective. Recorded over a 3-day period in the revered Jazzanova studios in Berlin, and with engineering and mixing handled by master producer Axel Reinemer, this album serves up an ecstatic 8-track showcase of the band’s freewheeling, live-jam oriented approach to jazz-fusion-inspired groove-making.  

	Clocking in at track six on the album, “Tightrope” balances many of the various elements that make Ziggy and co.’s music so electrifying. The opening half of the track, which features a mix of steady percussion, warbly bass, funky keys, congas and bongos, feels in line with much of the tradition of jazz-fusion pioneers of the past. But what easily could have become mere pastiche soon escalates into something entirely unique and entrancing. The beat steadily grows more erratic and unfettered once it passes the halfway point, with the tempo and build-up hinting at a techno-like drop. The band never quite lets the track devolve into a state of pure sonic catharsis, however, as they wrangle it back into the jazz-fusion rhythm they so expertly established in the opening half, while still allowing it to develop and evolve in organic ways until petering out at the end.

Ziggy and his cohort liberally take elements from various genres and styles to pay homage to them, while effortlessly staging jaw-dropping feats of experimentation and improvisation. A tough balancing act, indeed, but one that they pull off with panache.

PREMIERE: Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Tightrope

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With previous releases on Delusions of Grandeur, Voyeurythm and more, UK producer Ben Sun delivers a gorgeous blend of deep textures that hearken back to the golden era of NY and Chicago with his ‘Distant Messenger EP’ on Razor-N-Tape.

The A-side, ‘Transmission’ has all the vibey goodness of an early Strictly Rhythm record, while ‘Sable Sun’ scuba dives into Larry Heard territory with lush pad swells and squelching acid lines. On the flip, the emotive motion of ‘Tremors’ builds through hypnotic arpeggiated synths, a slow-rolling bassline and crystalline melodies, and the record finishes in proto-house territory with the Peech Boys era Larry Levan inspired ‘Red Light’. This EP may wear its influences on its sleeve, but it looks (and sounds) classy as hell.

Distant Messenger EP

PREMIERE: Ben Sun - Tremors

Don't Forget To Go Home

Mono Monsters (Original Mix)

Bookings : axeonwaxrecords@gmail.com

➤04.09.21 @ BAR 1001 London (UK)
➤21.03.20 @ TBA, Los Angeles (US)
➤20.03.20 @ GOOD ROOM, Brooklyn (US)
➤06.03.20 @ MICKS GARAGE, London (UK)
➤01.02.20 @ ORANGE YARD, London (UK)
➤24.01.20 @ PRATERSAUNA, Vienna (AU)
➤08.08.19 @ TBA Miami (USA)
➤05.07.19 @ Micks Garage Ldn (UK)
➤08.06.19 @ TBA Osaka (JPN)
➤07.06.19 @ Circus Tokyo (JPN)
➤17.05.19 @ Micks Garage Ldn (UK)
➤20.04.19 @ Rose Gold NY (USA)
➤05.04.19 @ Apohis Club Milan (ITA)
➤15.03.19 @ NT's Bar London (UK)
➤09.01.19 @ Onix Club (SPAIN)

Mono Monsters (Original Mix)

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