System 7 & A Guy Called Gerald

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Silent Strike - Rise

Mat Playford continues his run of form with ace new track ‘ISON’. Beginning with a gurgling, snaking 303 and slamming beats, ‘ISON’ soon develops into piano house euphoria — but not
in a cheesy way. A looped old skool piano refrain mesmerisingly carries the track for a minute or two before some amazing, mazy jazz piano tickles the sensibilities. Boogie-woogie scale-traversing freestyling, some dynamite ivory-tinkling not seen on a dance track since ‘Uncertain Smile’ by The The, it totally makes ‘ISON’. Awesome.

PREMIERE: Mat Playford - ISON - (Black Rock Records)

"The ever-busy AUS Music continue to assert their consistency and follow up EPs from Tom Demac, Escape and Youandewan with the second offering on the label from Toronto born Bwana. 

Having kept his cards close to his chest during a 2 year hiatus from releasing music, Bwana broke the silence with his ‘Flute Dreams’ EP back in December of 2014 which offered a propitious insight into the second chapter of his anthology. Now returning with his ‘Tengo’ EP, he continues on form, reaffirming the benefits of patience and proving that he’s an artist capable of touching many bases effectively.  


Continuing to widen the gulf between his original and current sound, the A side opens up with a pacy, Trance-minded thud that becomes coloured with thick, swooning melodies before ‘Drop Mechanism’ sets impassioned strings and sweeps over a thick, booming low-end.


‘Due-West’ then sets out a snapping, forthright groove that rounds up a rich and varied EP leaving us left wondering what else Bwana has tucked up his sleeve.


Tengo

AUS1577 Bwana 'Tengo'

System 7 & A Guy Called Gerald - Positive Noise (A. Mochi remix)

System 7 & A Guy Called Gerald - Positive Noise (Carl Craig remix)

System 7 & A Guy Called Gerald - Positive Noise (original club mix)

System 7 & A Guy Called Gerald - Positive Noise

We like a lot the music of Alessandro Pasini aka "Deep88" here at LYO and his own label "12Records". We premiered a classy slow track from the italian house master two months ago. Let's discover a newcomer this time ; no many informations to be found about Paul Deepnlow Moore except for being a gentleman from the UK with roots in classic house and deep house. The ep is made of 5 equally good tracks lurking towards legends such as Larry Heard. Enjoy !

PREMIERE : Paul Deepnlow Moore with Lou Start - Alpha One Shot

20 Years Of Freerange - 5 x Vinyl Box Set LP

June 2016 sees Freerange Records celebrate 20 years at the top. The label, run by Jamie ‘Jimpster’ Odell and Tom Roberts, is marking the occasion with the summer release of a carefully curated and lovingly assembled 20 track, five vinyl box set featuring exclusive new music from associates old and new, as well as with a worldwide events series.

Over the last two decades, generations of DJs and dancers have gotten down to the Freerange sound. Initially that was a mix of sample-heavy productions incorporating live musicians, flirtations with the broken beat sound and some ground breaking fidget house cuts from Switch and Trevor Loveys. Then, and most enduringly, the label settled into a rich vein of deep house. Shur-I-Kan, Kirk Degiorgio, Milton Jackson, Trackheadz, Stimming as well as Jimpster ushered in this most recent chapter, and in turn the label has helped make household names of many more previously unknown talents from Detroit Swindle to Manuel Tur, Andre Lodemann to Tony Lionni. Wherever you look amongst the hundreds of EP and LP releases on Freerange, you will find nuance and evolution, dance floor sensibility and genuine emotional impact.

That same sense of timelessness characterises this new compilation, which is packed with great music from the likes of KiNK, Pittsburgh Track Authority, Kuniyuki, Kito Jempere, Soul of Hex, Clavis, Detroit Swindle, and of course Jimpster himself, as well as a whole host of other Freerange regulars. There are many highlights across the 20 track package including a warm and skipping house cut from Bulgarian live specialist KiNK, a typically slow burning and beautifully arcing epic from Andre Lodemann and spaced out jack tracks from classically inclined Liverpudlian Tony Lionni.

Big name stars like Detroit Swindle return in style with a robust and acid laced banger, the ever-underrated Milton Jackson builds something melodically magical and Pittsburgh Track Authority layer up majestic string stabs and rubbery bass into soul infused future music. Jimpster himself bolsters the whole package both solo and with Luv Jam as well as remixing Tim Toh, and on each occasion proves why he is one of the pivotal figures of the UK deep house scene.

Few labels make it to twenty releases let alone twenty years strong. Often doing so without making any real fuss, now is the time that Freerange Records deserves its time in the spotlight, and this compilation more than proves that.


KiNK - Roads [Freerange Records] (96Kbps)

Distant Hawaii kicks into gear for the second half of 2016 with our first Transatlantic artist joining in the shape of immense production and DJ talent, Garrett David. 

Already a prominent figure in the Windy City scene via his residency at Smart Bar and working as A&R and in-house buyer at Gramaphone Records; Garrett's talents extend even further, right back to the lab, to the deep studio from whence all music grows. 

His Chicago-tinged-with-Detroit blend of clean, yet warm and occasionally raw bumpin' house tracks showcase a kaleidoscope of grooves backed by heavy-seated drum programming and glacial, almost-interspatial padwork. 

'Octagon Blues' is built on a bedrock of steadily ascending Juno throbs, that climb higher and higher over skittering, pebble-dashed percussion and bristle with high end synth-whistling by the close. 

'Power Up' shifts up the tempo and velocity with a proper kickin' fast groove and undulating Omar S-esque bass-line sequences aimed squarely at the heart of the Sunday night dance. 

Flipping over the 12", 'Remedy' comes glowing into life through soft pad caressing and a steady 5am melancholia bass-line. Touches of a light rain smack the windshield, preceding a wonky and portamento'd melodic surprise. The shyer, mysterious cousin of 'Power Up'. 

The closer, but this easily could have been the opener, 'Healing Channel' is exactly that. An instant transportation to a sole experience in the flotation tank. An isolated yet comforting zone of inner peace, only broken by a steady live drum groove, peppered with delay from the inner walls of the listeners water-based sanctuary.

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HAWAII004 // Garrett David - Octagon Blues

Henrik Schwarz'first work for Running Back and concurrent solo piece since 2013 is a prime example of the man's uncanny production abilities. Recent years saw Schwarz more and more gravitating towards the intersections between electronic music and jazz, classical compositions or african sounds than serving the weekly bread and butter at clubland's busy buffet car. Now, Not Also You is a return to exactly that honourable craft and service. Built around an imagined and imaginary curtain lecture from a saint to a sinner and housed in one of Henrik's “most techno” looking robes as of yet, it's a no-brainer or shall we dare say a reaper of a track – without frills but with a Fata Morgana like rave signal. Oh, there is a dub for snobs (Not You Also), too. Peak time, high time, any time. Nice sleeve on top.

(RB062) Not Also You

A Not Also You

Artist: Jimpster
Title:  The Sun Comes Up EP
Release Date: 16th June (Vinyl) 23rd June (Digital) 2017
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Cat No: FR226/FRD226

Following hot on the heels of Jimpster’s first single Crave from his
Silent Stars LP, we hit you with a second installment loaded with the good stuff!  With the LP just about to drop, and already garnering much love from DJ’s and critics alike it’s already clear that Jimpster’s 7th LP is going to ensure he keeps his reputation as one of the most consistent
electronic artists in the UK.  As a DJ he also boasts a good ear for emerging talent and here he hands over the reigns to two hotly tipped
producers to rework his originals.

First up we have the incredible Peggy Gou who takes on The Sun Comes Up. Her speedy rise through the ranks over the past 12 months has been down to just a handful of brilliant EP’s on Rekids and Phonica and her skills as a club DJ.  The Berlin based Korean sits somewhere between Detroit, London and Berlin in sound and her DJ sets are an assured, kinetic combination of dark, pulsing house and techno, broken beats and abstract compositions. Her influences shine through on her remix which goes deep and musical whilst retaining an energetic drive for the dancefloor.

Perhaps the most mesmerizing, floor-focused track from the LP is up next; Silent Stars.  An electronic tribal dance which builds to a speaker-
wobbling sub-bass breakdown and wonderful chord section at the climax.

Next, a remix from West Coast native Urulu who came to Jimpster’s
attention through his releases on Let’s Play House, Dirt Crew and his own Amadeus label.   Trying to describe his remix of Where You Are isn’t an easy task, fusing elements of techno, broken beat and afro house, but check it out and if you can think of a suitable new sub genre to
pigeonhole it with, let us know.

Closing the release we have the slow-burning, balearic-tinged beauty known as The Sun Comes Up featuring Jinadu on vocals.  This is one to drop in the warm after-glow of a crazy night under the stars when tired legs and happy hearts crave a soulful groove to give them one last lift.

FR226

FR226 - A2 - Jimpster - Silent Stars - 128

Another EP with essential originator Neo Disco tunes!
LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang, Munk, Peter Herbert and a balearic jam by two obscure German Disco lovers called: The GB’s.
It’s 2017 and suddently Disco vibes are everywhere again: From festivals like Dekmantel to the funky DJ style of opinion-leading DJ’s like Black Madonna or Mall Grab. From the never ending DJ Harvey hype to the massively increased disco edits vinyl market. Former techno DJ’s like Pachanga Boys, Dixon or DJ Koze suddenly release discoish mixtapes or funky remixes. (DJ Koze's Lapsley Rmx. DJ Dixon's RA 2016 podcast).
If you went to a club in Berlin this summer the chance was big that instead of dancing to melancholic Deep House  you were stepping your feets to Disco Edits. The Disco vibe seems to take over House and Techno. 
And as Munk and the German Gomma label were among the first ones to release new styles of electronic disco a few years ago - it makes sense to  release some  essential stuff that started the wave. 
Here we go:
The Gomma Disco Jams EP 2 features:

Nancy Whang & Etienne de Crecy: Comme un aigle
LCD Soundsystem’s female voice Nancy Whang did a big disco tribute EP on Gomma 2013. New versions of classic tracks from the Casablanca records catalogue.( The classic disco label from the 1970ies). One of the 5 new interpretations was a french version of Steve Miller’s Like an eagle. This one is mad.

Belgique Disco innovators THE GLIMMERS remixed by Pete Herbert & Tristan de Cunha. A salsa piano disco house tune that will work heavy on baleric dance floors as well as on the harder clubs - when the nasty moment come in.

Munk - Down in LA - Shazam Remix
That Disco remix that was German Disco innovator Munk’s second big mover (after his collabo with James Murphy). 
The bassline! The piano solo! That voice!


The GB’s_ Lucky in Vichy. A 10 minutes balearic disco extravaganza. Smooth like a cocktail on an Ibiza beach. This one has never really been picked up in a bigger way, but probably that was good. No hype around that beautiful track. 
Isn't it amazing how fresh these tracks sound in 2017?

GB's - Lucky In Vichy

Rising Sun, DJ Fett Burger (as Fett Birger) and Tijana T grace the second remix package of Spencer Parker’s ‘Different Shapes and Sizes’ series on Work Them Records this February.

Following on from the first remix release, which featured DJ Deep, Akirahawks and Setaoc Mass, part two will see more reinterpretations of Spencer Parker’s 2017 series from an array of talented producers.

Rising Sun has earnt a cult following for curating labels such as Kristofferson Kristofferson, Styrax and Millions of Moments and here we see the accomplished producer deliver two hypnotic and classic sounding variations of ‘Riff Shapes’. Sex Tags and Freakout Cult co-founder DJ Fett Burger then provides an acidlaced mix of ‘Size:Yes’, as DJ Fett Birger. Finally, respected Belgrade techno DJ Tijana T closes the release with a robust and evolving rework of ‘A Different Size’.

Spencer Parker’s ‘Different Shapes and Sizes Remix EP02’ drops on Work Them Records on 23rd February 2018.

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Different Shapes And Sizes Remix EP01 (Inc. DJ Deep, Setaoc Mass and Akirahawks Remixes)

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PREMIERE : Spencer Parker - Riff Shapes (Akirahawks Remix)

'With Shapes and Spaces, Tommy Tickle deftly sets out his pitch to soundtrack summer 2018. Themes of escape, healing and catharsis run a seam of gold across this sun-drenched EP - Ad Hoc Records’ 4th full release, and Tickle’s debut on the label. This record reaches far beyond the dancefloor: from St Germain-esque jazz infusions (In The House) and a percussive nod to UKG (Eternal City)  to carnival-ready (Goldrush) and four-to-the-floor closer (The Ceiling), Tickle will lead you on a carefully curated odyssey through deep house, soul, disco and garage. Seek reflection and recalibration in God Chord, where hypnotic synths dance over a punchy bassline before the arrangement refocuses and gives Tickle’s house beats room to shine. 
It’s the effortless blend of styles, samples and moods, heard through Tommy’s eclectic sonic kaleidoscope that makes this an EP to sit up and take note of. Tell all your friends: you heard it here first.'

Follow : @tommymeles // @silent_k_music // @adhocrecords

System 7 & A Guy Called Gerald - Positive Noise (A. Mochi remix)

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