Metamorfosi is the story of Joseph Capriati’s artistic evolution, the result of both personal and musical development, maturing influences and meeting his heroes - an emotional message which needs to be felt.

From the album’s opening moments, the slow-release, acid euphoria of ‘Improvvisazione’ and the stunning synth melodies of ‘Beautiful Morning’, Capriati’s cards are on the table. The three years since his last album have seen Joseph embark on a journey of self-reflection, broadening his creative spectrum and incorporating more genres and moods. “It is definitely not a pure dancefloor record”, he says of Metamorfosi, “it is diverse, which for me is the spirit of an album. I really hope that people will get the message.”

By releasing the album on his own label Redimension, any barriers that previously lay between Capriati and his most authentic self are gone. This is at once the sound of the Neapolitan techno artist today, as an eleven-year-old discovering House music, as a world-touring DJ and as Joseph at home.

As the rousing keys and pulse of ‘Beautiful Morning’ fade out, in comes one of the record’s main themes, collaboration. ‘Spirit Brothers’, made with the legendary Louie Vega, is a modern spin on classic House. “The track with Louie Vega is very symbolic for me personally, as it was him and Masters At Work who have inspired me since the beginning.” Through their storied six-hour, vinyl-only sets together at Cielo, New York, Joseph and Louie have fostered a special relationship which translates onto this infectious track. ‘Love Changed Me’, a joint work with Byron Stingily and Eric Kupper, two more true icons of House music, appears later in the record and also fulfills Joseph’s lifelong wish to work with timeless producers and vocalists.

With the supreme drum programming and rolling groove of ‘Anything Is Possible’, the balance shifts to a more muscular sound with a few elements revolving in perfect harmony. ‘Dust’ restores the uplifting tone, conjuring images of Joseph entrancing a crowd at sunrise - fitting given the track was made after Joseph’s first experience at Burning Man in 2018 and represents all the emotions he lived in those desert days. ‘Psychic Journey’ and ‘Goa’ share this cosmic feeling but pack it with extra weight for the peak-time hours.

It would not be a Joseph Capriati full-length without an ode to his beloved hometown of Napoli, a city with a rich history in dance music culture and beyond. ‘New Horizons’ featuring James Senese represents the essence of Napoli. The single contains a techno version which stands for Joseph and the original version which stands for James Senese, a pioneer of Neapolitan blues and funk for more than half a century. In Joseph’s words, “this track has a priceless value and for me has a great meaning. We didn’t want to make a pure techno track, because it would turn out to be trivial together with James Senese’s saxophone and his voice. The idea was to make an electronic track, and it turned out to be quite trip-hop, very 90s, in a similar style to Massive Attack or Tricky.”

‘New Horizons’ sets up the cinematic, IDM-influenced title-track ‘Metamorfosi’. If any one track on this LP could alone characterise its concept, this would be it. ‘Metamorfosi’ could stun a packed dancefloor at the right moment but that is not its reason to be. It is purely and simply an expression of Joseph’s musical vision, a snapshot of countless years buying, playing and living music.

The album’s final stretch includes the vibrant ‘It’s All About Love’, the stand-out song made with Eric Kupper and Byron Stingily called ‘Love Changed Me’ and, finally, a broken-beat cut which provides one last emotional peak. With an album tour and special, Capriati vinyl sets coming up soon, the message of Metamorfosi will come to life in a different way. The message is now with you.

Metamorfosi

Spirit Brothers

Joseph Capriati Feat.Louie Vega - Spirit Brothers

Exactly seven years after his first Kling Klong release back in 2007 we are very glad to have Stephan Hinz' comeback ep lined up. After his move to Berlin to join Martin Eyerer's Riverside Studios he finally had the perfect energy to produce these two outstanding bombs. 
On the remix tip it's a full Italian line up with Hot Creations, Terminal M, Cecille artists Paul C & Paolo Martini and deephouse shooting star East End Dubs.

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Stephan Hinz - When The Cheese Is Gone (East End Dubs Remix)

Thugfucker - Disco Gnome CUT (RedGa Bootleg)

Josh Butler - Empty Space

The fourth of Art Departments Natural Selection remix packages is set to drop in August with the arrival of Crazy. This time, those chosen to add their own unique spin on the huge and still popular original are none other than Jamie Jones and Dennis Ferrer. First up is Jamie Jones, the king of his own much loved musical empire in the form of Hot Creations. As well as being an award winning DJ and producer, he also performs live with Hot Natured and runs his own key night at DC10 in the form of Paradise. Here the Welshman lays down one of his fat trademark basslines and injects trippy, colourful melodies. Classic sounding, airy hi hats and subtly worked vocal patches add plenty of heat and drama to the groove, and a sci-fi breakdown is sure to send the dance floor wild, especially once Jones drums kick once more. On the flipside US musical heavyweight Dennis Ferrer takes the reigns as he delivers his own take on Crazy. The New York based DJ, producer and label owner has truly left his mark on the dance music landscape over the last two decades with his Objektivity imprint kick starting the career of the Martinez Brothers and his own records helping to define house music. Here his remix is an expertly stripped back, shuffling house number that goes deep. Synths spiral around, the bass comes on from way down below and Ferrers treatment of the vocals adds an air of mystery that is genuinely hypnotising

Crazy

Art Department - Crazy - Jamie Jones remix

Hey Hey! (Original Mix)

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Former Bar25 resident, acclaimed DJ and producer and Sender Records boss Benno Blome is back with a brand new EP that features two of his originals and two fine remixes from Okain Haus and Mihai Popoviciu.
Benno Blome is a boundary pusher who always diversifies with each new release and every DJ set. He has put out great EPs like Braitbendnoodles and the opulent after-hour head-movie "Eramina" and here impresses with a deep and infectious house sound. 
Opener Abotha is a nice and steamy cut with soulful pads layered up over soft rubber beats. Little melodic hooks pull you in and vocal murmuring add a steamy sense of human emotion. 

Romanian Mihai Popoviciu has had great success either solo or with the likes of Jay Bliss and has released on labels including Fear Of Flying, Hudd Traxx, Bang Bang and Diynamic. His remix here is slightly more uptempo and slick, with simmering and shimmying chords rolling over the face of the infectious beats. 

Also remixing is Frenchman Okain, who is a Fabric and Watergate regular and who puts out music on BPitch Control, Cadenza and many others. His version of Abotha is more tech, stripped out and freewheeling, with airy hi hats and thin synth lines meandering about to really hypnotise mind, body and soul. 

Benno’s other original is LED, another syrupy, gloopy, perfectly soft and inviting, warm and romantic house groove with gentle synth stabs, smeared pads and lots of late night soul in its bones. Great vocals again act as a nice human hook and it doesn’t take much to imagine the floor going wild for this one. Once again then Benno Blome proves he is a talented producer with many great ideas and more than the skills to pull them off.
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Benno Blome - Abotha (Mihai Popoviciu Remix)

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Various Artists EP Vol. 2

Premiere: Josh Butler - Switch Off [Origins Rcrds]

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As we are

Last week premiered by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1 and the next 'Something Special' release in Mixmag - with DJ-support from Skream, Chopstick, Maxxi Soundsystem, Noir, Karmon, Larse, Adana Twins, DJ T, Oliver Koletzki, Kolombo, Round Table Knights, Sante, Till Von Sein, Trickski, Pete Herbert, Waifs&Strays, Wild Kats, Andre Crom, Dyed Soundorom, Pezzner, Flashmob, Daniel Dexter, Thyladomid, Homework, Karotte, Ruede Hagelstein and many more.

Shir Khan’s Exploited label returns with another powerful release:
This time from Hamburg based DJ & Producer Doctor Dru whose debut on Exploited was the collaboration 'Juicy Fruit' with partners Adana Twins.
With 'The Voice of Dru' Doctor Dru created a modern take on a classic italo track which - within a few days - became a Beatport Top 10 Hit and was sitting comfortably on Deephouse No.1 for weeks.
The Track got love from Solomun, to Pete Tong, Soul Clap, Tim Sweeney and many more.
It's been the break-through joint for Dru.
Since then he is touring the world and gained much love for his adrenalizing sets.
Whenever he drops the 'The Voice of Dru' people go crazy. We are happy to finally present Dru's second solo-release on Exploited.
2 Clubtracks - one for the heads and one for the ladies.
Dru has a lot more in store for 2013 including remixes for Stil Vor Talent and others...It's Dru Time.

Label: Exploited
Artist: Doctor Dru
Releasetitle: 2 Know U
LC: 15799

Early Feedback:

Mixmag: With it's mean, full bodied, bouncy e-funk baseline, this will be the next 'Something Special'.

Maxxi Soundsystem: Sexy!

Skream: Amazing! Sexy as fuck.

Chopstick: Foolish has a beautiful vibe. Will def play it out!

Karmon: Love them both. Foolish is my Favourite here.

Noir: It's a proper follow-up from Dru. Well done.

Round Table Knights: Great Release.

Larse: DRU Shizzle!

Oliver Koletzki: Wow ... so good... both! Fits perfect into my sets. Thanks!!

Larse: DRU Shizzle!

Pete Herbert: Foolish for me...

Adana Twins: Already playing this to death! Full support for our buddy!

Karotte: 2 Know U is great. Love it. Full support.

Sante: Hamburg! Big up for the Doctor! Play Play Play.

Kolombo: Nice one!

Till Von Sein: So if Foolish is the one for the ladies, then I am a lady today:) Cool vibe on that one!

Dyed Soundorom: 2 Know U will do the work for me.

Trickski: Good stuff! Looking forward to check it on the dancefloor!

Thyladomid: Nice one Mr.Dru! thx :)

Andre Crom: Nice follow up. Full support.

Waifs & Strays: No doubt this will be smashing dancefloors…Will be playing for sure.

Homework: Bossy music from the boss man himself. Doctor Dru is here to treat your maladies!

NTFO: Yessss! Straight to Nr. 1. Thank you for these bombes.

Ruede Hagelstein: I'm a fan!

Daniel Dexter: Bomb Alert!

Djuma Soundsystem: Yeah, I'm feelin' Dru! Thanks!

Christian Prommer: Good stuff, as always.....will play with great pleasure. thx

Wild Kats: One of my favorite labels of the moment. 2 great tracks again!

Pezzner: It's the sound of now!

Kasper Bjoerke: Doctor Du is the man !!! Excellent both tracks !

Death on the Balcony: Foolish is cool!

Mike Monday: I'll be playing this a lot. Wonderful.

Moonbootica: Hamburg is for lovers.

Martin Landsky: 2 know u for me here...

Sinden: SICK! Pure vibe.

Michael Reinboth: Very well done soulful tune. Really moody good.

Coyu: 2 Know U is cool.

Robert Owens: Both great tracks.

Monte: Always solid dancefloor destroyer ! I have to take both, from the old to the new, from the new to the ol´school. That´s how i like it ! SALUDOS bro !

Timo Garcia: You've got another hit reeked on your hands here mate!

Justin Miller: 'The Voice of Dru' was on repeat. This is a solid follow up. 2 Know U is an instant jam.

The Mekanism: Bomb as always !!!

Cocolores. Coooool. 2 Know U. Coco says another baaannger.

David Keno: Hit!

Edu Imbernon: Both tracks are fantastic. Nice music guys!

Prince Language: Love Foolish - killer groover!

Josh Butler - Empty Space

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