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TRUCD223 Wildcookie - Serious Drug, Cookie Dough

Wildcookie - Serious Drug

2. UMC's One To Grow On

Those Guys - Love Love Love

Lovedancing is a hedonistic, unabashed bear hug of sample-leaning, 909-loving house music. 

Ponchartrain, Detroit's fresh-faced editor, delivers three songs for our inaugural outing. 
Each one rallies behind out ethos, the eponymous, Lovedancing.

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Sinnin' [clip]

'Splittin' The Racket' produced by Dirty Dike is taken from Ocean Wisdom's limited edition 'Splittin' The Racket' 12'' vinyl exclusively available from www.high-focus.com

Splittin' The Racket

Ocean Wisdom - Splittin' The Racket

Equinox

Equinox (Heavenly Club Mix)

Down to Earth

It's a Shame (My Sister) [feat. True Image]

Marking the return of The Young Punx after a two year hiatus, Hal Ritson has teamed up with fellow producer, Thomas Gandey AKA Cagedbaby for Loving You Baby.

Featuring the immaculate vintage soul vocals of DTale, Loving You Baby delivers a declaration of summer haze and heady nights with a fresh and timeless groove that echoes both the pace of underground house, and the atmosphere of Motown and northern soul. 

Having previously provided lead vocals for hits by Sub Focus, Sigma, Philip George and The Chemical Brothers, DTale’s talents are the perfect complement to the track’s restrained uber-cool vibe. 

Since the release of 2014 album All These Things Are Gone, The Young Punx’ Hal Ritson has busied himself co-writing and co-producing behind the scenes for the likes of Duke Dumont, Sigma, Cassius, Flux Pavillion and Katy Perry. 

Gandey’s Cagedbaby project has released numerous singles and an album on Norman Cook’s Southern Fried label. As Thomas Gandey he has released many respected club tracks on labels such as Get Physical, Crosstown Rebels, Suara and OFF. The track is mixed by Grammy award winning mix engineer Wez Clarke.

The Young Punx and Thomas Gandey first met in a Karoake bar in Osaka in 2009 where Gandey managed to kill their laptop by filling it with glitter. They have remained good friends ever since and sometimes release punk records together under a secret alias.


Loving You Baby (feat. DTale)

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Loving You Baby

Human (Remixes)

Human (Rudimental Remix)

Lose Your Love

Lose Your Love (Tuff City Kids Emotion Tool)

On The Eve Of The Anniversary For The Iconic Artists Birth & Death, Raekwon Breaks Down His Heartfelt Tribute To Marvin Gaye

“I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time.” (Marvin Gaye, NME Interview Circa 1982)

One of the standout tracks from Raekwon’s recently released seventh solo-masterpiece, The Wild, is undoubtedly his heartfelt tribute to Marvin Gaye, simply entitled “Marvin” which features Cee-Lo.

With “Marvin,” Raekwon authors his own audio autobiography of the fellow iconic artist, detailing his upbringing, his artistic legacy, his turbulent personal life and his tragic death (at the hands of his own father).  As the anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s birth (April 2nd) and death (April 1st) both draw near, Raekwon further honors Marvin Gaye’s life and his dedication to him by delving into the creative process of the track and where the inspiration stemmed from.

“Once I heard the beat, his name kept coming to me (“Marvin” exactly like Cee-Lo’s hook).  The beat reminded me of him and it transported me back to that time.  It was like his life flashed before me and the words just began spilling out organically” Raekwon stated.  “Marvin’s music transcended genres and it can speak to anyone, but it especially speaks to those of us who come from the inner-city; poverty, oppression, the good and the bad.  Living in the inner-city, his music helps us reflect.  He was real and you could hear it in his voice and in his music.  That is where we have parallels, he spoke to a generation and so do I and Wu-Tang.  We share creativity and we speak on what we want people to hear; and not focus on trends.  Marvin saw the climate change and what he saw affected him.  He stood up for what he believed in (issues we are still dealing with today) and created conversation and awareness and he had a vision; I resemble those same traits.   I wish I could sit down with him and play him this tribute and just smoke a splif and vibe.”


For More Information:
https://twitter.com/Raekwon
https://www.instagram.com/raekwon/
https://twitter.com/CeeLoGreen

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