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New York House and Disco legend Eli Escobar has been releasing music for over 20 years under various aliases as well as running incredible parties and his own label Night People. We’ve been huge fans of his productions over the years and when a chance to release some of his stellar music on our Phonica main label came about, we were over the moon.

The “Find A Way EP” kicks off with “FindAWay2Day”, combining heavy hitting 808 drum work with deeply satisfying vocal samples, a beyond groovy bassline and 80s Electro-Funk galore. “Something Inside Of Me” leans towards a classic US Deep Garage House blueprint, with sampled chord stabs, mesmerising vocal hooks and MPC style swung drum programming.

Over on the B-Side, jacking House meets Deep Detroit Techno on “Down All Day” with a frenzied, chopped and replayed vocal melody melding with lush and relaxing pads until the piano line enters and pushes the track into pure euphoria. Finally “Daywun” conjures memories of the best funk of the 1980s, propelled by a bass riff that weaves through the drum hits and smacks just right, layering it with chords that feel like driving through California’s highways at midnight and an Electro Hip hop B-Boy style rap sample. The EP is a perfect combination of production highlights from House music’s influences and a modern approach with the freedom of style and genre while never sacrificing quality.

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‘Changes’ is the second EP from Sydney producer Morgan Huggins, a very spiritual sequel to 2021’s ‘Anzac Bridge Filter’. Co-head of local community, event, radio show & label Lovejoy, Morgan’s production is an extension of the moments he experiences both within music & in his life apart from it.

Morgan created ‘Changes’ in a period of great flux in his life. Moving between cities he’s called home for the majority of his life, out of homes that had great impact on him, and preparing to leave it all behind in pursuit of a journey across Australia, ‘Changes’ embodies a nervous excitement that we all feel in the most momentous occasions of our lives.

“Ode to Glebe is a farewell letter to a very special suburb where a few of my most formative years were spent. Upon realizing that it was time for me to leave, I got extremely nostalgic and everything I felt while living in that rambling old terrace with its astro-turf rooftop started bubbling out of me. The joy, the growth... even those sad moments have a bitter sweetness when you look back at them.

This song is almost like a collage of all the things I learnt while I was there, the many styles of music I absorbed in my room prone to shaking whenever a truck drove past - as my tastes spread out to trance and breakbeat.

It's a dedication to the best house parties I have ever experienced and the smorgasbord of roommates who revolved through that house's never-locked doors.

I guess you could say it's also a bit of a farewell to youth - or at least a part of it.”

“September has always been a special month to me, when good things seem to happen and life starts moving again. This song was a reminder to myself that life can be good, that things can go well.”

PREMIERE : Morgan Huggins - September

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Long-time affiliate of the Freund Der Familie imprint Achim Maerz returns to the label with his latest album ‘Relief’, comprised of nine originals from the Hamburg-based artist.

Over the past decade Achim Maerz has been releasing his twist on dub, downtempo, techno and leftfield electronica via the likes of Semtek’s Don’t Be Afraid, Mark Rhein and Benjamin Brunn’s Wake Up! Records, Solar Phenomena and of course Freund Der Familie where he returns here with his latest collection of work.

Across the nine-track ‘Relief’ LP Achim Maerz displays the depth of influences in his music, from the cinematic electronica contributions like opener ‘Gondolier’, ‘Dream’ and ‘Memories’ through to more classic deep, dubby techno style cuts like ‘Black Hole’, ‘Changing Weather’, ‘Open Sky and ‘On The Way’.

Maerz also explores more experimental aesthetics via the intricately syncopated rhythms and dynamic synth work on tracks like title-cut ‘Relief’ and closing composition ‘Odysee’.

Achim Maerz - Relief LP

PREMIERE: Achim Maerz - On The Way

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PREMIERE: Marco Dassi - Hyper [Miura Records]

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Following their „Days Of Innocence“ collabo, Rhode & Brown and Benjamin Fröhlich gather some of their favorite producers for a remix EP full of - pardon our french - bangers! Bliss Inc. and Clint turn the original into 90s progressive house heaven - both in their very own way, while Baby Rollén’s version is perfectly deep and trippy for the very late hours. 

Choose your weapon!

SCJ012 | Days Of Innocence (Remixed by Baby Rollen, Bliss Inc. & Clint) [Snippets]

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Kids (Kalani's Italo Disco Edit)

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Parisian girl about town Marina Trench is dropping some very impressive moves on her Sweet State imprint, the label created to house her own recordings and those of other highly talented individuals thus far. ‘Imperméable en été EP’ dropped the other side of Christmas and is followed up by a set of remixes that will make the boys blush. Gerd Janson grabs hold of ‘Ose’, the track created by Marina in collaboration with her good mate Hug LX. Janson brings in a whole new bassline that dances around Marina’s own vocal (which incidentally is peppered throughout the entire EP).  Man of the moment Earl Jeffers treats listeners to a deeper house groove that sits at the intersection between UK house and afro house,  burying the listener in his vibrant and flamboyantly colourful perspective. Closing out is another one to watch on the Paris house scene, Tatyana Jane, who does something so completely unrecognisable to ‘Hirondelle’.  If this doesn’t slap you in the face and say sit up and listen, I don’t what will.

PREMIERE: Marina Trench - L'Orage (Earl Jeffers Remix)

This year's compilation is dedicated to Mahsa Amini and the protest movement her tragic death has caused. We mean to make a contribution to support the situation of women in Iran by donating all revenues to the 'Center For Human Rigts In Iran' (www.iranhumanrights.org)

The works of long-familiar label associates as well as fresh fellows of Blaq Numbers from all over the globe compile yet another grand collection of sounds covering a broad spectrum from laidback jazzy vibes to glowing house and italo vibes. This one is spiked with 4-to-the-floor crackers and electro disco sensations.

Massive thanks go out to all the artists contributing their music ♡

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PREMIERE : Moff & Tarkin - Tupperware

Christian James, Jeff Swiff - Mpls Connection Pt. 2
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Nicewon comes through on the winter slump, with some phat and warm joints from Christian James and Jeff Swiff. This EP drips with the flavor you'd expect from these two. We hope you enjoy these four new cuts, strate outta flyover, USA.

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PREMIERE : Christian James - The S & J Shuffle

Underground System returns to @razor-n-tape with the ‘Looking In EP’ -  a 5-track offering of fresh originals and remixes. Ranging from low-slung Balearic grooves, to driving left-field funk and urgent up-tempo backbeats, the record is a fine-tuning of the US sound, complete with their signature flute and synth soundscapes, driving percussion, and catchy offbeat vocal hooks. On the B-side, RNT mainstays Nenor and Clive From Accounts take two of the tunes into clubbier territory, with a pair of remixes that are primed for the dance floor.

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Looking In EP

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PREMIERE Underground System - Sleazy(Nenor Remix)[Razor-N-Tape]

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