"Over the past year, the young Dutch duo have definitely paid homage to their name, diligently
delivering assignment after assignment and striving for nothing but the highest grades over a
rapidly evolving curriculum of styles. With growing support from house music heavyweights
around the world, the self-styled ‘carpenters of contemporary dance music’ provide style and
substance, unafraid to dig deep into their production tool kits as well as history books.

Rally Racquet Club EP is their second installment on Made To Play and is exactly what the
title makes it out to be: a refined, classy slice of racquet club swagger coated in sunny piano
chords and a monstrous bass lick. Raw Groove pounds its way across the dance floor like a
modern day soul train, contrasting gentle breaks with a heavy, driving kick. Ace remixes from
top players Oliver $ and Samim round off the package, which combines the swanky allure of
a members-only club with the down-to-earth vibe at a house party. This summer, Homework
invite you to both."

- Made To Play press release.

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Jimpster (Freerange): Blimey! That's a cheeky little number innit! Yep, definitely into the two original tracks here. Excellent stuff.
Riva Starr (Snatch!): Lovin' Olli remix!
Tiefschwarz (Souvenir): Very nice!
Heidi (Get Physical): Super bombs...
Brodinski (Turbo): BIG EP! Amazing vibes as usual. Super summer mood!
Round Table Knights (Made To Play): Brilliant EP! All the tracks are amazing! Rally Racquet Club is better than Roger Federer!
Zombie Disco Squad (Made To Play): Olli $ is on a roll!
Fritz Zander (Suol): That's very nice. Great EP!
Dairmount (Room With A View): Amazing! This makes me so happy as Homework are always traveling in my box with me.
Sinden (Grizzly): I'm really feeling Homework's stuff. Breezy summer music! Where's the Fred Perry?
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team (Sound Pellegrino): Full support on the whole thing. hanks!
Tim Green: Raw Groove is the one for me, thanks!
Mercury (Gomma): It's a bomb!
J.Phlip (Dirtybird): Really pretty summer vibez <3
Shir Khan (Exploited): Big comeback from my homies. Have been hammering both - originals and the Oliver $ remix to death. The Rally Racquet Club EP is music for girls & boys. Fantastic idea from Olli to drop his Doing Ya Thang hypebeat again.
Till von Sein (Pets): Doooooope. Killed it in St. Petersburg yesterday. Anthem alert!
Jamie Anderson: I'm on this! All mixes dope.
Sacha Robotti (Klasse): Cool tracks, thanks! Good to hear Samim again!
Bas Amro (Freerange): Great EP! The two originals are my favorites, especially Raw Groove. Thanks!
ONNO (Upon You): Raw Groove is my favorite, but the original and Oliver $ remix are great too!

Raw Groove

A reflection on trust, memory and the invisible threads that unite like-minded souls. Each note conveys warmth across the cold distance: a soft pulse of loyalty under the changing light. Between shadow and silence, friendship becomes an eternal resonance, echoing softly through the marble halls of time.

Shadow Bloom

9/365 seventy

https://gavinco.bandcamp.com/track/funky-yep

Funky Yep

The band began to play loudly in the grand hall. The chamber had been packed for several hours, diners had eaten promptly whilst discussing matters of ethereal importance. The white table cloths now lay scattered messily across the room as the old busy bodies danced repulsively. The band were playing a song for Mr. Lewis, not that many of them knew him very well at all. This was merely a facade, a show of force for a leader whom was actually despised. There was only so much grandeur one could attempt to hide amidst, he was a mess. 

Austin Ato is set to release a new EP on Phonica White in the coming weeks, the producer has travelled under many guises in the past including Drums Of Death, Frankie Dreams and The Slumberjack.

Song For Mr. Lewis EP

PREMIERE: Austin Ato - Song For Mr. Lewis [Phonica White]

DURE VIE & HARD LIFE Premiere
Manuel Darquart - Circa 
[Vagues Aléatoires - IMPRTD003, 2018]

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@imported-party

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Premiere • Manuel Darquart - Circa

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Loads of good vibes coming from Tbilisi, Georgia, lately, and local imprint Sneaky Bastards are aiming to create even more buzz with their first wax due in August. In charge of this inaugural release, AGOOSH delivers a well-rounded 4-tracker with the 'Analog Soul' EP, and 'Glenn Brought Me Here' makes for the perfect piano-infused start to this mellow Monday. 

Artist: AGOOSH
Title: Analog Soul EP
Label: Sneaky Bastards
Cat#: SNK001
Release Date: 08-2018

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* Buy Release: TBA

AGOOSH:
https://soundcloud.com/agoosh

Sneaky Bastards:
https://soundcloud.com/sneakybastards
https://www.facebook.com/snkybstrds

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Analog Soul

Glenn Brought Me Here

Listen on Youtube

PREMIERE: AGOOSH - Glenn Brought Me Here [Sneaky Bastards]

[@pifftraxx]
Winter 2018
Buy Link:
https://www.traxsource.com/track/5794193/no-more-classics-original-mix

Winter Sample Part One

No More Classics [PIFF Traxx]

The next instalment from one of our favourite German labels is Kx9000's new EP. 'Pillow Talk' features fellow Frenchman Tour Maubourg and together they've cooked up this swaggering slice of acidic disco. Muted guitar licks, bubbling arps and a choice soaring disco soul sample chopped to perfection. 

Artist: @kx9000 & @tour-maubourg
Label: @blaq-numbers

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7hJzU_2sTXI

SB PREMIERE: Kx9000 - Pillow Talk ft. Tour Maubourg [Blaq Numbers]

Sound Of Vast welcome Shinichiro Yokota and The Mole as the two producers combine to reveal the second installment in the label’s 5 Year Anniversary series.

As Sound Of Vast mark their five year anniversary this year, the label will offer up five special various artist packages across 2019 limited to just 250 copies each, featuring material from the likes of Vid, Cinthie, San Proper, Akiko Kiyama, Com Sin aka Cosmin TRG, Subb-an and more across the year ahead. Up next, Tokyo’s Shinichiro Yokota and Canadian artist The Mole each offer up two solo cuts to mark the labels second release in the five-part series.

Tokyo-based Far East Recording artist Shinichiro Yokota opens the ‘5 Years Anniversary Series 02’ with ‘I Know You Like’ a harkening back to the days of soulful, musical house courtesy of jazzy synth lines, warm chords and choppy bass running alongside a swinging drum groove and vocal hooks uttering the track’s title.

Artist: @shinichiro-yokota
Label: @soundofvast
Us: www.fourheadsmusic.com