Extract from the highly anticipated "Midnight Heat" Available the 05/21/21 on https://lemyleopard.bandcamp.com

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Last week I played a vinyl set at the opening of the brand-new FEED. A new space in Amsterdam mixing food, music & community.

Drop by for a taste!
https://www.feedamsterdam.nl

FEED - Opening set (May 13th 2021)

Available on limited colored vinyl LP, Digital & Streaming.
As music in the digital age seems to be shifting back to a 60's era emphasis on singles over albums, those who clamor for a full-length installment of music from their favorite artists have found their thirst increasingly unquenched. Enter Leopard DaVinci & Louis 707, who are boldly filling this gap in modern funk music with their LP "Make The Party Great Again."

Living through an era of social distancing, event cancellations, and venue closures, making the party thrive as it once did is no small task, but this French synth-funk duo come across as extraordinarily energized to meet the challenge. It feels like every synthesizer sound ever conceived somehow lives within their arsenal, as a colorful blend of analog tones and back-cracking handclaps form the foundation for pure boogie bliss. From the album's inception, "Kinda Get Funky" sets the tone. It's clear that Leopard & Louis respect the original flight plan of the Mothership, though they draw more of their inspiration from subsequent sons of the "P" such as Zapp or 80's era Cameo. They remain uptempo throughout the entirety of the album, and even when they chill the mood slightly on songs like "Girl Oh Girl" & "I Get Up," it's only to spit a little slickness to the ladies before bumping the bpm's right back to where they were before. The album doesn't stray far from the usual topics of conversation in modern funk - Dancing, women, & funk itself. But such deviation isn't needed; if we're going to bring the party back we've got to stick to the script.

As always, Sleepers takes the time to package the music as thoroughly as it was created, this time in a full-color jacket on yellow vinyl. Limited to only 300 copies!

Make Me Change

新年快樂!

https://lemyleopard.bandcamp.com/track/one-of-a-kind

One of a Kind

Après les "Scènes de la deep house parisienne", Leopard revient avec les "Scènes de ma vie privée". 

Synopsis : 🎭"Scènes de ma vie privée" :  De retour à Paris sans-le-sou après son long périple en Polynésie, Leopard décide de se lancer dans l'écriture afin de subvenir à ses besoins. Jean Filou, son ami de toujours, lui dégote une place dans un journal de renom appelé "La Vérité". Celui-ci est détenu par la riche héritière Géraldine de Saint-Fargeau, qui semble avoir une attirance particulière pour ce jeune félin. De nature opportuniste, le Leopard va se laisser prendre au jeu, afin d'assouvir sa soif de réussite. Quelques surprises vont se présenter sur son chemin, ce qui va l'obliger à revoir ses ambitions. 🎭

Scènes De Ma Vie Privée (feat. Leopard de Balzac)

It’s been a steady process of growth and a long time coming to arrive at this sophomore full-length for the man known in his native Steel City and beyond as producer/keyboardist/DJ Buscrates, and every minute of it can be heard and felt on these ten funky and highly evocative tracks.

The finely-honed balancing act between vintage-80s-synth goodness and neck-snapping 90s boom bap, all coated with just the right amount of soulful melodic sensibility never falters at any point on the album. For a more specific comparison, think Manzel's Midnight Theme LP updated for these strange times we're in seems to fit the bill, especially on tracks like "Prisms," "Floating In The Wind" and "Early Morning." This is the funky instrumental mood music you desperately need right now whether you realize it or not, and Buscrates is here to serve it up. "Buckin'" is prominent among the many highlights of the Pittsburgh producer’s album, strongly evoking the likes of Paul Hardcastle, Atmosfear and the Art Of Noise while simultaneously paying homage to the funk/R&B roots of Detroit techno pioneers like Juan Atkins and Derrick May. The album's sonic journey culminates in "On My Way," the only vocal track on the album and which features Soraya Watti's lovely vocals. One can easily imagine this track on the playlist of NY's WBLS in the early 80s. Soraya's smooth and soulful tones prove to be the perfect addition and act as a kind of sexy ghost in the Buscrates machine. The album as a whole feels like nothing so much as an updated, postmodern version of the kinds of sleek, funky grooves oozing through your Cadillac's 8-track deck circa 1972. 

It's music that's "smooth" in all the best possible connotations of the term: music that's smooth on the streets and also smooth between the sheets. It's sleek, sexy and very, very funky, which will come as no surprise to Bus' 12,000 Twitch followers accumulated over the course of his weekly Friday stream. Notable fans and supporters of his include Jazzy Jeff, Francois K, Dâm Funk, Rich Medina, and Spinna. Even more believers in his funky gospel have come as a result of his increasing road gigs in cities like Berlin, NYC, Detroit and Washington DC.

This new album is both a culmination and the beginning of a glorious new phase. Buscrates' time is right now.

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BusCrates - Get It Going

Beezy - SONHO DE PODER

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Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1VOxpI9

Leo Luxxxus - Halti B-Boys

This is the 14th track of the 'MORE BOUNCE presents Feeding U New Knocks Vol. 2' compilation!

Get it now -> wickedwax.bandcamp.com/album/more-bounce-presents-feeding-u-new-knocks-vol-2

MORE BOUNCE presents: Feeding U New Knocks Vol​.​2

Khadija ft Marian Tone - Impossible (Soul Supreme remix)

Info: www.selectorsassemble.com/in-the-mix/in-the-mix-010-lucas-benjamin

Tracklist:
* Thundercat - 'Lost In Space'
* Solat - 'Change The World'
* TURBuLANCE - 'Runnin' (forthcoming)
* Giovanni Damico - 'For Fela's People ft Villy'
* Jordan Rakei - 'Sorceress (Photay Remix)'
* Vjuan Allure - 'Hot Grapes' (unreleased)
* Turbojazz - 'Pianodubrazil ft Veezo'
* SofaTalk - 'Hypnotize'
* Jesse Fischer & Sly5thAve - 'Chameleon'
* Jaxx Madicine - 'Fly High (Crackazat Rework)'
* MEGAMI - 'Kirin' (forthcoming)
* Duke Hugh - 'Common Ground' (forthcoming)
* Michael Jackson - 'Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough (Ahmed Sirour remix)'
* Tatham, Mensah, Lord, Ranks - 'Return of Pastor Shadrach'
* Doobie Powell - 'Walking Up'
* Santrofi - 'Kwaa Kwaa'
* RANGEr - 'Nomalizo ft Korus'
* PCM & Manik - 'African Guide ft Pete Philly'
* Cro Magnon & Jaxx Madicine - 'Lights On Shibuya (Booty Bruk's Sauce81 Remix)'
* Planetself - 'Wanderlust (Bugz In The Attic Remix)' (forthcoming)
* LEGOVE - 'Arihouse' (unreleased)
* Brian Auger - 'Freddie's Flight'
* Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - 'Daytripper'
* Azwon - 'Paradise Island'
* Gallowstreet - 'Sativa ft LYMA'

Mixcloud

Mix for Selectors Assemble (2020)

Welcome to the Vol 2 of the HOUSE AN NOU Series (Our House in Creole) A mix where Gwo Ka, Mass Tambou, and Carribean Jazz , Kadanse and futuristic grooves, Meet House and Techno  ”  Share it with you because all this is “mem bitin mem bagay” for me.

Scènes De Ma Vie Privée (feat. Leopard de Balzac)

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