An evening with dansa #1

Sheila B Devotion - Spacer (greg Wilson Edit)

Len Leise Edits (LL001)
Limited edition edits. Side A 'Stars for Jorge' turned into more of a remix and the B side 'Desperado Dining' is much simpler in execution. These started as edits for me to play out a couple of years ago. But due to a few requests I thought i’d give a them a press. I’ve only pressed 150 of these. All hand numbered.

Out at the end of May.
Exclusively available via Public Possession
http://www.publicpossession.com/
Distributed in Australian via bandcamp: https://lenleise.bandcamp.com

LL001 - Side A - Stars For Jorge

Pamela Records is new sister label to Moton Records Inc - the London imprint headed up by Dave Jarvis & Darren House, who have carved a name for themselves in quality and very collectable edits over the last two decades. Together they launch Pamela which will house original music only, its name taken from a mass religious cult killing back in the ‘70s. It’s dark.
The first release kicks off with lord of darkness himself Andrew Weatherall. Written, produced and developed in a studio laboratory inside of the Woodleigh Research Facility.
When I asked Andrew about these tracks, he told me “The great thing about not being signed to a major a label is that it’s liberating. No deadlines, no restraints, no pressures. The result is that the creative process is completely free. There’s a blank canvas in the studio, you can pretty much go anywhere you want.”
Down an alleyway in South London Andrew Weatherall was constantly creating and filing under various categories so that he could meet the needs of the copious amounts of people he made ‘rash promises’ to deliver music to. His Moton file had gathered some weight and from this stash we arrive at his release for Pamela Records.
The tracks were written by Andrew Weatherall with studio pal Nina Walsh sharing the writing credits in part. Nina has also contributed samples from her extensive arsenal of sample weapons.

Andrew Weatherall had such a major impact on the culture of our generation, it’s impossible to think of anyone else in our lifetime who is capable of the same effect. 

 “Fail we may… Sail we must”
RIP ANDREW WEATHERALL 1963 - 2020

PREMIERE: Andrew Weatherall - The Moton 5 [Pamela Records]

V/A - Collective Sounds Vol.2 (Inc. BRS, Sean McCabe, Colonel Red)
Release Date: 1/5/2020
Label: Boogie Cafe (https://soundcloud.com/boogie-cafe-records)
Buy Link: boogiecafe.bandcamp.com/album/collective-sounds-volume-2

Last summer we reached out to a wide range of label artists and like-minded producers, gathering together the previously unreleased tracks they offered up on the Collective Sounds compilation. That set was hugely successful, spending some time at the top of the Junodownload sales chart, so we have decided to do it all over again with a sequel that’s every bit as alluring as its predecessor.

Featuring a range of like-minded heads old and new, the 15-track set draws together an eclectic selection of exclusive cuts rooted in Boogie Café’s love of soul, deep house, broken beat, boogie and jazz-funk. You’ll find up-tempo workouts aplenty of course, but also some hazier and more seductive tracks that bob along at an altogether slower tempo.

You’ll find a number of artists local to Boogie Café’s Bristol base present, with Alfresco Disco’s Lord Leopard laying down the loose-limbed, bruk-up sweatiness of “Magic Hands”, Good Vibrations Music chief Sean McCabe delivering piano-laden deep house thrills on “Notes From The Universe” and JMorrison smashing together dense percussion and razor-sharp funk samples on “Mullet Frenzy”.

The quality threshold never dips throughout, with highlights coming from both seasoned veterans and younger or lesser-known artists. In the former category you’ll find the drowsy downtempo beats of Chezz, the synth-laden deep house warmth of West Country stalwarts BRS and the jazzy broken beat/soul fusion of Lord Byron and Colonel Red.

Of the new breed’s contributions, make sure you check the inspired, near Balearic synth-funk of Edleigh’s “Attenbro”, the skipping U.S garage heat of Funkayon’s “Shame” and the sub-heavy house strut of Haze City’s weighty “Strutt”. These are just our suggestions though; you’ll find plenty more gems stretched out across the entirety of Collective Sounds 2.

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PREMIERE : Sean McCabe - Notes From The Universe

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