La Pause Playlist #24

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As Apollonia surpasses it’s 10th release and you take a breath to look back on the first two years of the label’s meteoric life, there’s no denying the unstoppable Parisian-born imprint is going from strength to strength. Having just repressed ‘Need Ur Love’, the Callisto classic that is an influential memory from Apollonia’s roots, Dan Ghenacia brings us up to the present day with the forthcoming EP.

Having spent the summer season in the musical hub of Ibiza, Ghenacia’s heightened creativity lead him to turn his hand once again to production. Finishing the track just in time for Dyed Soundorom’s birthday, his beats brother took the liberty of testing out the track during his annual celebratory marathon set. ‘Ometeo’ featured no less than four times throughout the Ibizian all day/all night proceedings and immediately became a firm favourite of Soundorom. So much so that he insisted on its release on Apollonia, and added a personal remix of his own.

Now spending more and more time in Berlin, home to two-thirds of the trio and to work together on an LP, there’s a definite shift in the sound nodding to something a little darker, a little weirder. ‘Ometeo’ asserts itself with a strong paced clap, accompanied by low pitched electronic rippling and intergalactic robotic voices. Slowly and subtly building up, it moves through human chatterings, insect callings and more, until at its most dynamic moment enter the hip-shaking maracas!

Remix master Soundorom gives the late night joint a total overhaul to produce a peak time dancefloor bomb. Introducing a driving kick to pick up the energy, the warm, deep synths remind us of the typical Apollonia sound, as do the sexy, primarily female vocals which reoccur throughout the piece. Together a two track package that will without a doubt propel the French trio even further into the stratosphere.

Dan Ghenacia - Ometeo (Dyed Soundorom Abuelita Mix) - APO011

Spaventi Dazzuro - Lonely (Crunchy Club Mix)

The Tracks
A1: Live At Palladium
B1: You Want My Love
B2: Demain A Jamais

The Lowdown
Phil Weeks and Robsoul Recordings kick off their 15th year in house music with a new three track EP from the main man himself.  Live At Palladium has been the standout track of Phil’s sets over the last few months, always generating a queue of people asking what it is.  You may just recognize the Marvin Gaye sample, which was also previously “borrowed” by Moodymann.  It comes backed with the funk-infused You Want My Love and the soaring, chugging groove of Demain A Jamais, and looks set to get another year off to a flying start for one of the finest labels in underground house music.
Links:
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/philweeksmusic
YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/uprock3000 
Robsoul website – http://www.robsoulrecordings.com

Phil Weeks - Live At Palladium (A1)

I'm excited about my latest remix. When I heard Overdue and Ashibah's vocal I fell in love.
I hope you enjoy my version available now on Beatport and iTunes.
LNTG.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/overdue-feat.-ashibah-single/id775341007

The Tailors feat. Ashibah - Overdue [LNTG Let U Go Remix]

Catalan home brand Hivern Discs has been doing commendable things since its conception – courtesy of none other than John Talabot – in 2008. Hivern Discs's library of releases spans dance music comprehensively, having nurtured releases from Mr. Talabot himself, as well as Roman Flügel, Talaboman (Talabot and Boman), Pional, Teengirl Fantasy and more.

The label now preps its first venture into the new year, with a release from Luxembourgian producer, Cleveland. The Atlas EP marks his Hivern debut, with the title track and EP closer ranking as our top. Cleveland sustains an "overall dreamy feel without losing its dancefloor focus" throughout, including the arpeggiated pads of "Atlas". If you've seen Talabot play of late, chances are you've heard this one already.

Atlas EP drops on 15th January 2016, and available to pre-order from Hivern Discs' online record store.

Pre-Order

Cleveland "Atlas" - Boiler Room Debuts

@XXXTheLabel is a new dutch label created by a bunch of friends that run the eponym "XXX" club nights in Amsterdam. We supported their very cool first release by "Jack Pattern" through our infamous Youtube channel and now comes in a few weeks the second one by Lipsky brother's Simple Symmetry . We do really like their unique fresh blend and premiered not so long ago their track Kalimba on "Cosmic Pint Glass". But to change a bit the game, here is the Marvin & Guy's Afterhour Mix, a long 10 mn epic cut you'd already wish to hear at 6am. in a summer beach festival on those "hands in the air" euphoric moments ! Superb artwork by Sasha Tessio from referential Krossfingers blog  by the way ;)

PREMIERE : Simple Symmetry - Best Ice Cream In Guwahati (Marvin & Guy Afterhour Mix)

Split EP with SEBBO.

SOUVENIR PLUS 003 / DEC. 09

Adam Port - I Love You / SOUVENIR PLUS 003

@art-alfie joins the @ToyTonics crew! Widely recognized for his work on Studio Barnhus, the Swedish producer released his debut album in 2017 on Axel Boman's label and a slew of hot tracks with longtime partner in crime, Mr. Tophat, before that. 
This New EP of his is 4 killer tracks that got us frothing the minute we heard them. But the track we're gunna focus on today is 'Like I Said' an emotive and beautiful deep house cut, filled with cut up string arrangements. It sounds like an Ode to 'Deep Burnt' and we're totally down for that.

Art Alfie - The Bo Allan EP

Buy on Bandcamp

SB PREMIERE: Art Alfie - Like I Said [Toy Tonics]

Art Alfie - Downstreamed (Original)

Dinky | Polvo

If you were to be asked to define the singular sound of Scandinavian electronic music you'd be tough placed to suggest a definitive answer.

The genre continues to evolve and reinvent itself with such enormous consistency that it has become a sound which means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. However, if you were to try to narrow it down towards just a few words then the first in my book would be as follows, playful.

This track is taken from a new EP on Art Alfie's label Velvet Pony Trax.

Bella Boo, Måns Glaeser, Mr. Tophat, Art Alfie - Velvet Pony Trax 8

PREMIERE: Mr. Tophat & Art Alfie - Flörtig Stämning [Velvet Pony Trax]

Created by Mr. Tophat & Art Alfie, will be out in Oktober 2013.

A1 Mr. Tophat & Art Alfie - Patina [KVC-1] (snippet)

Stockholm based label run by 
http://soundcloud.com/mrtophat & http://soundcloud.com/art-alfie

Worldwide distribution by Clone Records,
http://clone.nl/

https://karlovak.bandcamp.com

Other things - no demos - but pls send promos
talk@karlovak.com

A1 Mr. Tophat & Art Alfie - Patina [KVC-1] (snippet)

Karlovak