PREMIERE: Punky Wash - How I Need [Hive Label]

Release Date Traxsource Promo: 22/04/2022
Release Date Worldwide: 06/05/2022

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PREMIERE: Punky Wash - How I Need [Hive Label]

It’s fitting that this new label from never-hotter New Zealand kicks off with an EP called Fantail. The native birds are renowned for their curiosity, latching on to walkers and following them through native forests.

This release, from Kiwi producer Sean Murray, does a similar job, enveloping you in its warmth and daring you to ignore its charms.

It’s heady as well as hooky - certainly worth checking out if you’re into the work of fellow NZ producers Chaos in the CBD and Eden Burns.

The title cut is propelled by layers of percussion - bongos, cowbells and the like - and a gently-relentless synth motif emulating the fantail’s trilling call. Flecks of distorted sax and washes of lush synths build the mood.

Second cut Little Hooky is a more driving affair, built around a not-quite-so-gently-relentless bassline that grips early and doesn’t let go. This is serious heads-down, after-dark tackle with clever use of vocal snatches providing the light.

Murray has indigenous Maori heritage - a culture which prizes music. Watching family sing and play instruments was his gateway to musical expression, but seeing Mixmaster Mike DJ on TV kickstarted an obsession with club culture that’s run to 30 years and counting.

Hooky is his latest pseudonym after releases as Mr Hooky, Soulfoundation and more on a string of labels. As one of the brains behind Electric Orange, expect much more to come.

Fantail

Hooky-Fantail

Reed & Radley - Keep On/Headstones

If deep and driving's your bag, here are two gems from Chris Reed and the late, great Paul Radley - among the final tracks the pair produced together in person.

There's a hint of Wild Pitch about Keep On, with its reversed stabs, rides and soulful vocal refrain. That's fitting given that New York and New Jersey house and garage were key early influences for the veteran duo. It's powered by a rubbery synth riff that ebbs and flows until some jiggery-pokery with the filter sends fizzing stabs whizzing through the mix.

Headstones brings the tribal vibes. A slow build features layer upon layer of percussion and cannily deployed conga fills, but it's the main riff that generates the real intensity. What starts as a relatively gentle series of organ stabs gets the layer treatment too, with a series of increasingly tough sounds adding punch and power. The crucial, final element is some twisted chant-style vocalising which will take the more - ahem - refreshed floors to another place altogether.

Serious underground tackle for late-night, head-down dancers.

Headstones

Reed & Radley-Keep On (Original Mix)

We've all had a sliding door moment - but how many have led to almost two decades of production and DJ brilliance?
Darren Clark's came as a teenager, when he went shopping for a keyboard with his Dad in Auckland, New Zealand.
Had they not wandered into the shop where Paul Radley was working, Clark might not have made the connection that kickstarted a lifelong love of deep house - and drove him to become a perfection-crazed studio scientist seeking the ultimate formula for smooth, deep, soulful grooves.
With Radley as mentor, Clark set about discovering the galaxy of star producers dominating the crates of discerning DJs in the early years of the 21st century.
Schooled up on the likes of Ron Trent, Charles Webster, Moodymann, Playin 4 the City and Franck Roger, Clark developed a distinctive style - on the decks and at the mixing desk.
His debut EP was on Omi Tutu, the New Jersey label run by Lou Gorbea and part of the legendary Louie Vega's family of imprints.
Back home, Clark was one of the foundation artists on Auckland's Grass Green Recordings and contributed multiple releases to fellow Kiwi label Them On The Hill.
He's continued to hone his style - and geek out over analogue gear - favouring sample-based work characterised by impeccable production and a very specific sense of space and sound.
Clark's DJ sets, meanwhile, have become refreshingly eclectic - with the ultra-underground house sounds that became his trademark at Auckland's respected Mum's The Word parties growing to include something of a Balearic flavour.

Future Bound Ep

Trinity Deep

Darren Clark-Trinity Deep

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[CROOKS042] Fab From Toulouse - Close To The Sun EP
Format: Digital Download
Release Dates: 
- Worldwide: 10 February 2023
Style: Deep House, Electronic
Release tracklist:
01. Close To The Sun (Original Mix)
02. Flumming (Original Mix)

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2. Martin Depp - The Night Tube [Floppy Disks]
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4. Ro Nunez - House Me (New York to London) [Freekz Like Us]
5. Rupert Ellis - Minor Risk [Whoyostro]
6. Peter Johnston - Horizons *FORTHCOMING* [Desvelo Music]
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Buy / Stream: https://true-romance-records.lnk.to/WhateverItTakesManuelSahagunRemix

Producer, DJ, fervent music aficionado, and record collector Steve Mill has honed a distinctive sound that resonates across dancefloors. Born in Greece and dividing his time between Berlin, London, and Thessaloniki, Steve Mill weaves his rich cultural heritage into evocative melodies and infectious rhythms.

Whatever It Takes, released 2nd June on Tensnake’s label True Romance, has all the hallmarks of an instant club classic, with truly beautiful high-fidelity production values. The track kicks straight in with a driving bass drum and rhythmic bongos. Hi-hats join the party just in time for the wickedly catchy bass synth to drop. From then, the track builds with fresh layers of synth and vocal samples slathered generously on top, until, at 2:20, Tee Amara’s stunning vocal fully drops: ‘All I wanna do is love you / Even if that has to hurt. Whatever it takes to soothe you / I will be there for you.’ The Berlin-based vocalist’s beautifully soulful R&B style a perfect fit for Steve Mill’s trademark House groove.

The Manuel Sahagun remix, available 30th June, is a stunningly vibrant, funky remix. The acclaimed House producer lending his expert touch to this incredible track that’s bound to get people dancing in discos, clubs, and beach parties around the world all summer long.

Whatever It Takes Feat. Tee Amara (Manuel Sahagun Remix)

Steve Mill - Whatever It Takes Feat. Tee Amara (Manuel Sahagun Remix)

This Is My House

Lebedev (RU) - This Is My House (Original Mix)

Super pleased to share this new release from yours truly on DC based label Better on Foot. It's modern but also calls back to some of the older work I did with Patrick Turner as Explicit Theory. I hope you guys like it!
Track:
Atnarko - Over You - Better on Foot
Listen :
Youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iiaiPz3A8E
Spotify
open.spotify.com/album/7oDsQy4AXbueiXmQBhk1GF
Beatport
www.beatport.com/release/over-you/4465145
Traxsource
www.traxsource.com/track/12007243/over-you
Better on Foot on RA
ra.co/labels/9547
Artwork : Katy Hirschfeld


Atnarko_Over You - Better On Foot

Released on Zephyr April 7 2023

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0zJyiU6tULtwOiz2JcZ9mY?si=oQxaGW3PT8qsyYGGQF_iTA
Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/beautiful-burn/4061304

Bjorn Fogelberg - Beautiful Burn [Zephyr Music]

Chris Simmonds Freestyle March 2020

 Crossing the divide between Disco and Groove based Deep House . Lots of new and interesting tunes coming from us. Please feel free to follow and we will keep you in the loop.
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