Following the more house & techno focused Spring Club Collection, The Visionquest dream team return with the sun-dappled Summer ‘Beach Collection’, starring Maceo Plex, Tale Of Us and Pillow Talk.

Part II of the Spring Summer Collection features a fresh selection of summer jams – a three-tiered melting pot of hot talent, dishing out a warm mix of sun drenched house steeped in soul, both dusky and bright, with an 80’s disco infusion. This next installment is testament to the ever-changing moods and winds across Visionquest sonic footprint. It sounds like the breeze and the heat of a memorable summer romance, soul music for the feet.

House maestro Maceo Plex steps up first with the bittersweet summer anthem ‘Falling’, the dreamy vocal drifts into the uplifting melody, funky guitar licks and subtle undercurrents of softly jackin’ beats build into psychedelic waves of hooky synths. Maceo Plex’s recent superb singles and Life Index album on Crosstown Rebels is a contender for album of the year.

Hot on the heels of the moody, epic ‘Dark Song EP’, Tale Of Us are back representing Visionquest with the deep melancholy of ‘Winds Of Change’. Eerie atmospheres unfold with gently broken beats, minor key bass notes and a mysterious vocal cut that penetrates the soul with its yearning clarity.

Sammy D aka Pillow Talk has been a fixture on the San Francisco house and techno scene for the past 12 years, having released as Justin Martin & Sammy D on luminary labels such as Derrick Carter’s Classic Records, Ben Watt's Buzzin'Fly and Claude Von Stroke's Dirtybird. Sammy's new project Pillow Talk (alongside production partners Michael Tello and Ryan

Williams) is straight up soul dance music. Influenced by the great RnB singers of the 50s and 60s, Sammy’s velvet vocals displayed here in the majestic ‘Love Makes Parks’ wash over the laid-back, swinging groove and the message is clear; It’s the Visionquest summer of Love.


TRACK LISTING

1.Maceo Plex – Falling
2.Tale Of Us – Winds Of Change
3.Pillow Talk – Love Makes Parks

Beatport link ; http://www.beatport.com/release/visionquest-beach-collection-spring-summer-2011/395616

Juno link; http://www.juno.co.uk/products/visionquest-beach-collection-spring-summer-2011/428407-01/


1. Maceo Plex - Falling (VQ 005)

What a year it’s been for the Exploited Crew. Their key artists have travelled the world, headlining festivals and played the world’s coolest parties. 
2014 closes with a selection of 16 Exploited tracks that went down like a storm. 
This year has been a whirlwind for Exploited but this is just the warm up. 
2015 already promises a debut artist album from Claptone on Exploited, live show and remixes for some of the world’s most influential.

Label: Exploited 
Artist: Various Artists
Release: #EXPLOITED 2014 FFWD RWD
LC: 15799 

Releasedate: 22.12.14 What a year it’s been for the Exploited Crew. Their key artists have travelled the world, headlining festivals and played the world’s coolest parties. 
2014 closes with a selection of 16 Exploited tracks that went down like a storm. 
This year has been a whirlwind for Exploited but this is just the warm up. 
2015 already promises a debut artist album from Claptone on Exploited, live show and remixes for some of the world’s most influential.

Label: Exploited 
Artist: Various Artists
Release: #EXPLOITED 2014 FFWD RWD
LC: 15799 

Releasedate: 22.12.14 

#EXPLOITED 2014 FFWD RWD

The Thing

Nils Penner - The Thing

Ti amo tutti antifascisti 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤❤️🖤

404 - Ti amo tutti antifascisti 🖤

Purple Disco Machine - Street Life (Original Mix)

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Phonica Records: http://bit.ly/29hBROh
Piccadilly Records: http://bit.ly/29d24zM
deejay.de: http://bit.ly/28Pn0yY
Red Eye Records: http://bit.ly/28ZyVsi
OYE Record Store; http://bit.ly/29qTv4T
Decks Records: http://bit.ly/29nqd5i
Technique Records: http://bit.ly/29soxf4
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The return of time travelling disco afficionados Space Echo is immanent, and their 3rd contribution to the Luv Shack catalogue is a very special one indeed. The three tracks on the 'Rare Function EP' are boasting with dusty 70s blues magic!

The first track 'Go Down' is somewhat more akin to earlier Space Echo tracks, with a disco loop that steadily builds in the background, funky house drumming and a big beefy bassline. However the gospel vocals and the evolving synth strings in the second break take ' Go Down' to another level of dancefloor goodness.

'Rare Function' sees Space Echo take a moody excursion into southern funk. With an insanely addictive rhodes hook, shimmering strings and a soothing vocal line that hits right in the guts, this piece is well suited to liven up any house set. 

The final track is called 'Rainbow Power' and its probably the most uncanny Space Echo track to date. Its a full on party rendition of a lesser known early 70s funk piece that just blasts off after being introduced to a fat acid line! 

The EP is a testament to the musical development of the Space Echo project and we're excited to hear what the future holds.

http://www.luvshackrecords.com/space-echo
https://www.facebook.com/SpaceEchoMusic

Rare Function EP

Space Echo - Go Down | LUV019

We couldn’t resist to release this soulful boogie disco house joint GOLDEN GIRLS from Tigerskin & Jack Jenson featuring vocals from south african rising star Lazarusman.

BOOM!

The both producers about their session: „We were looking  for inspiration by listening to various bassline stems freshly recorded the week before. And we checked the secret studio archive which includes the recordings of almost 30 years of Tigerskins work. Looking for hidden treasures in hundreds of recordings we stumbled across a simple and unreleased drum arrangement.

Just for fun we added one of our basslines to it and recorded a bunch of melodies with some of the old Moogs. You know you're working on 'one of those songs' when each member delivers exactly the ingredient that the others were thinking of when working on their part. When Lazarusman sent the vocals and as we listened the first time to the demo version of what would become ‚Golden Girls' we both looked at each other and agreed that this might be our best work so far.“

First feedback:
Jamie Jones: Sounds cool.
Tanner Ross: Really feeling Golden Girls!
El Txef: Alex is the fucking master.
Francesca Lombardo: Very lovely release.
Tensnake: Nice.
Acid Pauli: :)
Till Von Sein: That bassline baby.
Hyenah: Dope EP. Can’t wait to play it out loud.
Daniel Steinberg: Golden Dub!
Chopstick: Groovt wie Sau.
Brett Johnson: Solid as usual.
Larse: Super nice. Will play for sure.
Christian Martin: My Tongue sounds wild.
Mark Farina: Nice.
Thomas Von Party: Nice groove.
Sasha: Nice vibes.
Reboot: Sounds dope.

Golden Girls

Golden Girls feat. Lazarusman

Tigerskin & Jack Jenson - Golden Girls feat. Lazarusman  | Exploited Ghetto

Danny Daze & Matches - If This [96kbit Original Mix] - Noir Music

Taken from the new album ‘Treptow’ out March 25, 2013

 

Label: Arms & Legs
Distribution: Word & Sound

 

PRE-ORDER

Vinyl: http://www.decks.de/t/daniel_steinberg-treptow/c12-yv

CD: http://bit.ly/YIs5r6

‘TREPTOW’ TRACKLIST
1. Let Me Down

2. Low Rider

3. Can’t Find My Baby

4. Joy & Happiness

5. Step by Step

6. Mechanics

7. Only You Can Make Me High

8. I Can Be Your Trip

9. Used

10. Tomorrow

11. All Around

12. True Romance

13. Say Yes

14. Pasilda


Daniel Steinberg - Joy & Happiness

New acid oozing remix for the one and only Solomun, out now on the '5 Years DIYnamic' compilation. 
All proceeds will go to charity so be sure and buy yourself a digital copy through the link or shop for the 2xCD or - hello there! - the 4xLP version version at your local record shoppe.

Solomun - Cloud Dancer (Kraak & Smaak Remix)

It's been three years since Swiss producer Michel Cleis conjured a storm with “La Mezcla”, a Cadenza hit cemented into house canon as it was swiftly reissued by Strictly Rhythm, bringing the sabor latino into clubs worldwide. Some more 12”s and a number of high-profile remixes (going from tracey thorn to skunk anansie,for labels like rekids , bronswood or Aus) later, he's now teaming up with DJ Koze's crew for his next move: a colorful, crescendoing 12-minute tune that's ready to make a splash in your summer soundtrack.

“Mir a Nero” begins with a steady, upbeat kick underlying a simple piano arpeggio – like if Philip Glass make dance music – but then some accents of vibrant hand percussion loosen up the vibe, soon progressing into rhythmic layers that cause the energy to swell. By the 4-minute mark, a subtle, buzzing synth permeates the background, contrasting the track's overall organic feel, leading into the playful piano chords and colombian vocal hook. Simply put, this is Latin House with that anomalous Pampa Records swagger, drenched with flavor like Sangria-soaked mango.

Flip that baby over and you get “Amaranthus”, named after the famed flower that represents immortality. This piece stands as a color-negative of “Mir a Nero”, an unwavering stomp with just shadows of the piano sample heard earlier. Freeze-dried rather than sun-ripened, “Amaranthus” is a dubby, more technofied counterpart to the A-Side, crafted for deeper and darker moments on the dancefloor. 

Vinyl release date: July 23, 2012
Digital release date: August 3rd, 2012

Michel Cleis - Mir a nero

In memory of our friend Martin Dawson.

Dear all,

we thought long about how to deal with Martin Dawson's passing, as we have a long scheduled release tomorrow, and it feels strange promoting your new EP when still mourning the loss of a friend.

As it is (technically) very difficult to postpone a release on the next day, and as we believe that Martin would not have wanted this either, we decided to go ahead with it.

As a final goodbye, we would like to give you a free download of our favourite OFF Recordings track of his.

Bye Martin, you will be missed.

Andre Crom & Martin Dawson - In The City - Off20

@boogieangst

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