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Midnight Express - Danger Zone

BILL WILLIAMS and BILLEO - Things Will Be Better Tomorrow [WCM Rec] 198! 7''

UK Players - Love's Gonna Get You (RCA music 1983)

Label of the moment Space Grapes Records was born out of a late-night studio session with Another Taste band members and their co-producer Danilo Plessow, MCDE. Now headed up by Bobby van Putten and Plessow, dynamic Dutch funk collective Another Taste return in the spring of 2026 with their second full length album on the imprint; another must-have collection of tasteful original boogie, funk, and obscure disco that is full of heart and soul and lovingly recorded live to tape.

After lighting up clubs like KOKO, The Jazz Café, Tresor, New Morning, and festivals Love Supreme, Lost Village, Nuits Sonores, Hamburg Jazz, Lowlands, and ADE, Another Taste has surfaced from the studio with an arsenal of seriously heavy weapons. The album showcases Another Taste’s collective at full strength: Barend Lippens, Bobby van Putten, Bob Roche, Teun van Zoggel, Sarina Voorn, Diogo Carvalho, and Florian Verhagen. Together they summon a sound that is electrifying, communal, and unmistakably theirs! The album sees them joined by Arp Frique and the Perpetual Singers and is bolstered throughout by a dedicated brass section.

First out of the gate is the sweet soul funk jam ‘Run Into Love’.
SO GOOD!!!

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PREMIERE: Another Taste - Run Into Love

Lotti G - Whats It Worth (1983)

James Cobbin & Prime Cut -- caught in the middle 1984

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Dee Dee Renee-I Don't Think I'll Let You Sleep Alone

01 - Strike One - You Can't Touch Me Anymore bombe funk

Some short demos I did for XLN Audio's Addictive Drums and Addictive Keys.

Funk'd Up 1 and 2 are demos for the Funk'd Up MIDI Pak for Addictive Drums using AD's default drum kits.

Slow-Fi Funk is a demo for the newly released keyboard suite Addictive Keys. I used Studio Grand and Mark One plus a heavily tweaked Addictive Drums kit.

Check them out here:
Addictive Drums http://www.xlnaudio.com/productline/1
Addictive Keys http://www.xlnaudio.com/productline/2

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FREE DOWNLOAD: OPOLOPO - Slow-Fi Funk

Release details:

"Roberto De Carlo is back in full effect, get ready for another soulful House bomb! – Roberto De Carlo feat. Dyanna Fearon ‘Searching’

For him, this is a very special release. As an ambitious independent Artist he is proud to present his first single, which is exclusively available in his own music download store. This release will definitely find many fans in the soulful house scene.

For this debut Roberto De Carlo teamed up with one of the most talented soulful house singer and songwriter Dyanna Fearon “The soulful House Princess”.

Dyanna Fearon, an extraordinary talented beauty with music in her blood, was born and raised in the UK with an Indian Jamaican background. In the past she lent her vocals to the successful “D-Influence presents D-Vas” album, Reel People’s debut album “Second Guess” which featured one of the most successful productions of Reel People “Butterflies” and Rasmus Faber’s debut album ‘Where We Belong’ which featured the club hit single “Give It To Me”.

Miss Fearson’s smooth and warm vocals fit perfectly in Roberto De Carlo’s soulful House Music. The Original Mix is an inimitable classic soulful vocal House Tune with fierce drums, gorgeous Fender Rhodes chords, smooth funky bass line and guitars ala Nile Rodgers. The remixes have been made by Opolopo who have turned the track into a cosmic Nu Disco atmosphere that makes it completely different from the original, it could be a movie soundtrack from the 80s. The duo composed of Frank Ryle and Rob Hardt aka Cool Million who bless us with a remix that brings us back to the upbeat funk sounds of the 70s/80s and then there is Piers Kirwan (one half of Stereo Mutants) who adds his unique touch and takes the song to a deeper ground that guarantees to spread an uplifting feeling on the dancefloor. All things considered Roberto De Carlo brings out a fantastic package that is only and exclusively available here!"

Credits:
Music composed by Roberto De Carlo
Lyrics written by Dyanna Fearon
Produced, arranged and mixed by Roberto De Carlo at the RDC Studio
All Vocals by Dyanna Fearon
Keys by Simon Grey
Guitars by Roland Cabezas
Bass by Michel Gsell
Mastered by masterlab.de
P+C 2012 Roberto De Carlo

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Roberto De Carlo feat. Dyanna Fearon - Searching (OPOLOPO remix)

A bit of musical nerdiness - Linear Composition

I took the concept of linear drumming (http://rhythm.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Linear_drumming) and applied it to composing a simple full track. Only one chord, drum hit, melody or bass note is allowed to be played at any one moment. Makes for an interesting forced minimalist approach. The end result is bit quirky but kinda fun. Conceptually not too far from early 8 bit game music with it's limited polyphony sound chips.

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FREE download: OPOLOPO - Linear Strut (linear composition experiment)

THE DEEPER BAND - Escape (Side 2) [Paterson International Rec] 198! 7''

Vinny's words about the release:

"Stand up and be counted! Speak the truth from your heart! Spread the word about love and marriage equality!

I've been banging on about my new single, "Be Free With Your Love", for quite some time. The inspiration for it came from the news I read about the struggle for same sex marriage all over the world from Australia, where I started writing the song, to the USA, France and beyond. The fight continues today with protests in Paris and the argument being debated in Washington DC. Even in far flung places like Uganda, the freedom to be your true self is under siege.

So, for the time being, as a sign of solidarity, I decided to put up the full stream of "Be Free With Your Love" on my Soundcloud page ahead of its official release. I wrestled with myself about the idea of doing this because I think the fight should not be commercialized.

However, music can be transforming as it was in the spirit of the late 60s, early 70s and mid 80s, when some songs were written with the express purpose of sending a message to the world about certain causes and events. Whether they are protest songs, songs of hope, something thought provoking, or simply ones that make people happy and have a little boogie on the dancefloor, they take on more personal meanings for many while the battle wages on.

Several close friends have suggested I make the connection known between "Be Free With Your Love" and the inspiration behind it. The title was even co-opted from a news article about gay people from two different countries being threatened with deportation because the federal government doesn't recognize their relationship.

Being a proud, openly gay man for nearly three decades, as well as someone who would like the naturally given right to marry the person of my choice, I gave in and decided to share this song today. I've rambled on enough!

Five small words say so much.

"Be Free With Your Love" is a collaboration by super Swedish DJs, Drop Out Orchestra, and New York City based songwriter/producer/DJ, Vinny Vero. The single will be available from all online, digital retailers on April 8."


EMPULSE - SECRET LOVE - 1982 BOOGIE TIMES RECORDS

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