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Bad Colours is the moniker of London-born, Maryland-raised, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Ibe Soliman. With influences of garage from both sides of the Atlantic as well as funk, post-disco, proto-house and rap samples; his debut album ‘PINK’ is set for release by Bastard Jazz on 26th February 2021. 

The drive to record an album came about while isolating at home in Flatbush during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by some rough ideas and samples that friends sent him, Ibe focussed his attention on making music. From time well spent soaking up and storing sounds from clubs around the world, Ibe found, now with the time to dedicate towards it, the tracks flooding out. Taking cues from early Trax records and Larry Heard, the UKG musicality of MJ Cole, Todd Edwards’ vocal sampling techniques, the brashness of Bmore, and an encyclopedia of disco, funk and soul knowledge; Ibe got to work and quickly compiled more than enough tracks for a full-length release. 

Known for his residencies at some of New York’s top venues, Ibe has been rocking crowds as a DJ for over a decade, and has shared the decks with the likes of James Murphy, Mark Ronson, and Q-Tip. He’s performed alongside Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Pusha T, and Young Thug, to name a few. In high demand as a private party curator, he’s helped set the tone for Jeff Koons, FKA Twigs, Justin Timberlake, Travis Scott, and Usher. When Ibe’s not behind the decks, he’s in the lab, where he’s produced for Kendrick Lamar, Faith Evans, Keyshia Cole, and Rick Ross, among others. 

released February 26, 2021

PINK

Bad Colours - Skin to Skin

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Peaceful

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Soundboard maestros Lord Echo and DJ Day link up across oceans to trade remix duties on each other's top tunes, flipping the pair onto a heavily dubbed out Double A-side single pressed up on frothing white vinyl.

California dance-floor champ DJ Day gives Echo's iconic "Bohemian Idol" a 1980s drum machine reggae vibe and lets the delay run wild, while New Zealand's analog maverick Lord Echo transforms Day's "Land of a Thousand Chances" into a live disco dub studio jam session.

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DJ Day - Land Of 1000 Chances (Lord Echo's Disco Mix)

First track taken from the Omena LTD by Admin "Spirit Boogie"

Spirit Boogie

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Quartet Series 001
A1 – Crackazat - Lindop Circles
A2 – Saine - Prime Chops
B1 – Nachtbraker - Totally Not Mystique 
B2 – Gnork - Chord Tool

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Contrary to popular belief, good things don’t come in pairs. The A-Team, the Teenage Ninja Turtles, Grand Theft Auto IV? That’s right, foursomes are the real deal. So it’s with great pleasure that after two years of frantic preparations, the Quartet Series is ready to be uncaged. A fresh imprint, run by Nachtbraker and KiSk, with four releases in the pipeline, featuring four different artists and commissioned storyboard comics on the sleeve. To see how the story unravels, you’ll need to catch them all...

The Good Guys take care of the A side, while the Bad Guys take things over on the flip. An epic clash of brutal force and rivalry is inevitable. Things take off with an undecided arm wrestling match in Groiler’s pub. Boiling. There is only one way to blow off steam. Lets enter the ring!

For the first missive, The Good Guys will be represented by pianowizard Crackazat (Local Talk, Futureboogie) bringing the optimistic vibes we need to start this fight, while Saine (Sleazy Beats) - the king of subtle moods – provides that voice of reason to keep both our feet on the ground. The Bad Guys enlisted the services of groove maestro Nachtbraker (Dirt Crew, Heist Recordings) to help out with the detailed footwork and master of multiple galaxies Gnork (Blorp, Blind Jacks Journey) steps up to the plate with unmatched stamina to roughen things up.

Let the fight begin.. DING DING!

Quartet Series, an independent record label founded by Maurits Verwoerd (Nachtbraker) and Giuseppe D’Alessandro (KiSk) in 2016.

Quartet Series 001

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A1 - Crackazat - Lindop Circles

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Third Eye EP

Chord Memory Band - Marco

Download: https://horatioluna.bandcamp.com/album/cultural-warriors

We're proud to present the first listen from the third instalment for La Sape;(SAPE003) is from one of 30/70’s founding fathers. Melbourne bassist, composer and producer Horatio Luna. The left-leaning jazz musician known for boldly experimental compositions moves towards a soulful house sound on Cultural Warriors with a nod to Moodymann.

This record features the innovations of jazz-soul-bap producer/instrumentalists Nap King Cole (Silent Jay x Jace XL), Perrin Moss(Hiatus Kaiyote) and Ziggy Zeitgeist(Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange) who have each, in there own right, re-created and re-invented the ideology of what it means to be a jazz musician in the modern age.

Cultural Warriors came about by accident. A chance recording of a jam session curated in conjunction with Melbourne selector Eddie Mac. Each track has Horatio Luna’s signature organic, lo-fi, loose sound characteristic to a warm personality; chopped and stretched into four grimy, soulful house jams.

From Horatio Luna: “The audio from the desk was raw, dirty and peeking but the ideas were so strong I had to use it... I’m thankful that the genius engineer was MIA most of the night, sleeping in the booth, it made for a beautiful dirty aesthetic. On the gig we took things to the future, playing for hours and just jamming out on what we were feeling... It was like a dream! Completely improvised house music. Serene Favero and Milan Ring came through, as they were out on the town, everything bumped up a level from there!”

Horatio Luna - Bass Guitar/Programming
Ziggy Zeitgeist - Drums
Nap King Cole - Keyboards
Perrin Moss - Percussion
Syrene Favero - Vocals

Produced at the Mandarin Dreams Studio
Releases May 11th 2018

Horatio Luna would like to thank Nap King Cole and Perrin Moss for their continued guidance, compassion, inspiration and creative integrity. As well as, Ziggy Zeitgeist and Thhomas for believing in the music, believing in me and having my back.

Horatio Luna - Work It Out (Cultural Warriors 12" - SAPE003)

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'High Life' explores stripped back soul and groove driven house over ten glistening productions. Featured on the album are a sun-drenched collaboration with British singer/songwriter Tom Misch and a deep workout with the vocals of trained gospel singer turned house aficionado Seven Davis Jr. Lorenz Rhode, who accompanies the duo for their live shows, features on the infectious melodies of 'High life'. 'Call of the wild' incorporates none other than Dutch nine-piece brass band Jungle by Night, whose stunning improvisations were recorded in the Red Bull Studio in Amsterdam.

Mixed by MA Spaventi
Mastered by NFM Mastering

TRACKLIST

01. Ketama Gold
Written by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets & Lorenz Rhode
Produced by Lars Dales & Maarten Smeets

02. High Life
Written by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets & Lorenz Rhode
Produced by Lars Dales & Maarten Smeets

03. Call of the Wild
Written and produced by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets
Mono/Poly solo by Lorenz Rhode
Trumpet Solo by Bo Floor
Horn section by Bo Floor, Ko Zandvliet, Pieter van Exter
Percussion by Gino Groeneveld, Tienson Smeets

04. Yes, No, Maybe
Written by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets, Lorenz Rhode & Tom Misch
Produced by Lars Dales & Maarten Smeets
Lyrics, vocals and guitar by Tom Misch

05. The girl from Shiraz
Written by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets & Lorenz Rhode
Produced by Lars Dales & Maarten Smeets
Guitar solo by Tom Misch

06. Flavourism
Written by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets & Lorenz Rhode
Produced by Lars Dales & Maarten Smeets
Lyrics & vocals by Seven Davis Jr.

07. Freeqy poly
Written and produced by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets

08. Ex Machina
Written and produced by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets

09. Cut u Loose
Written and produced by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets
Rhodes and solo by Lorenz Rhode

10. Lucky number 13
Written and produced by Lars Dales, Maarten Smeets

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Dam Swindle - Ketama gold

Weekend Love Chant - Middle Name Dance Band

Kindness

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Heist Recordings was founded by Dam Swindle as a means to gain full control over their own releases, and to create a stage for likeminded musicians to showcase their music. From the first release on, Dam Swindle’s “Break up to make up” EP in summer 2013, Heist has been a go to label for proper underground house and electronic music. Now, nearly 40 releases and 5 compilations in, Heist has brought forward artists like Frits Wentink, Nebraska, Adesse Versions, Fouk, Kassian, Nachtbraker and Alma Negra and continues to search for new talent, with Lars & Maarten fully focused on the A&R side of the label. 

Up till 2016, remixes on the label have been solely done by other original Heist artists on the yearly “Round up EP”, where the remixer and remixee get connected by the luck of the draw and a limited edition double pack is put out. After that, Maarten and Lars decided it was time to add remixers to the EP’s as well, which saw interesting collaboration, expanded the label family with names like Matthew Herbert, Tom Noble, Pépé Bradock, Ge-ology and Byron the Aquarius. 

2023 we've celebrated 10 years of Heist Recordings. The year showed a whole batch of new artists like Byron the Aquarius, Amy Dabbs and Cinthie and Dam Swindle themselves.

Dam Swindle - Ketama gold

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