Calypsoul Boogie

Here's a remix I did many months ago for Rob Garza & Neighbour Feat. Stee Downes that's finally coming out.  Vinyl is on Homebreakin Records now (early June 2015) with digital to follow shortly (16th June 2015) on Magnetic Moon.
Not quite sure what's going on with the version used on the release or the mastering but this is the one I play ;)

Rob Garza & Neighbour Feat. Stee Downes - Your Calling - Ray Mang Remix

Crew Download: http://bit.ly/1ObwzES

Words from FSQ:

We first heard Life on Planets perform live at WMC in 2015 at the Freehand Hotel in Miami. When we heard "Cold Front" we new we wanted to work with it as it has a bubbly bass synth that kicks in with a sinister bass line and all other kinds of cool elements. The "S" in FSQ stands for "style" and we like to apply various musical styles to our remix work. We reached out to Life on Planets and got the session and went to work.

Billy Bass Nelson is one of the founders of Funkadelic (he even coined the term) which got started way back in 1969. 

FSQ had the opportunity to get a session in with Billy Bass in May 2015, and we brought him to Williamsburg to Dave Robertson's (Cameo Culture)'s studio. We pulled up the Life on Planets session since it needed work, and Billy just it took over. The vibes were thick in the little basement room as he laid down bass and multiple tracks of guitars.  

What most people do not realize about Billy Bass Nelson is that he had a productive career after leaving Funkadelic full time in 1972 and is on so many disco funk hits that are played heavily today. 

His work beyond Funkadelic includes productions for The Commodores, The Temptations, Rose Banks (Sly Stone's sister), Jermaine Jackson, Lenny Williams, Alton McLain & Destiny and Smokey Robinson. 

Many of Billy's LA disco sessions were also joined by Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel and Sly Stone himself, not credited, but instead Sly went under the name Jimmy Ford (a joke, the president who took over from Nixon). 

The FSQ Billy Bass Funkadelic dub version of Life on Planets "Cold Front" marks the first time Billy's been heard on a record since his 1995 solo record. We made a YouTube playlist of Billy's post Funkadelic disco-funk works here, and we think you'll be able to link his distinct sound on these cuts, to what you will hear in the new FSQ dub we did for Life on Planets.

http://bit.ly/billy_bass_classics

During the Billy Bass session on "Cold Front", Billy remarked that LOP vocalist Phil Jenkins sounds a bit like Tyrone Davis. 

Tyrone Davis is a famous northern soul singer, known for his hit "Turn Back the Hands of Time". Ironically, we heard the very same thing with Phil, so we created an alternate remix of "Cold Front" with deep northern soul stylings including lush guitars, organs, melodica, and a driving northern soul beat. FSQ's GKoop played a big part in revising the song for this style which we often produce in (we did a northern soul remix for Nick Monaco in 2014). Violinist Lauren Avery guests here, recording over 25 tracks of strings to give the remix a fully orchestrated sound that you hear on many northern soul records. 

If you don't know much about the "northern soul" genre, and it's importance to the world of DJing and also its link to disco, you should read this lengthy post by DJ Greg Wilson. There's entire chapter in the book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life on "northern soul".

http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2013/11/northern-renaissance/


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Cold Front (FSQ Mixes)

Crew Download

Life on Planets - Cold Front (FSQ Northern Soul Remix)

Our duck makes Clara and barbara dance. Sound of happiness to get you well, on the French touch.

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Cuckyduck - Clara & Barbara

Natural Jacuzzi EP available in digital on April 29th

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Fire On The Stage

Portuguese label Discotexas welcomes a superb new act to the family with their fantastic new Memory Tracks EP. That act is Antenna Happy, a Brighton based beat smith with a passion for electronics that is here in all its glory across three top tracks.
Antenna Happy is Nathan Pope, someone who has been soaking up house and techno at various parties around the country since his teens. After a break to working on acting and even stand up, Pope returned to the fray in 2014 and since then has put out essential EPs on labels like Tenth Circle, Reinhardt and his own Antenna Happy.
The ever-lasting build of ‘Memory Track’ kicks off the EP with a profound sense of emotion. It is mental, deep and dark but it doesn’t lack any groove and it stands out as a phenomenal party starter. As far as libidinous and inviting house grooves go, they come no better.
The brilliant ‘Brute Harmony’ is the heavy heart of the EP. This is how Nathan Pope sees the darkest side of dance music; a hallucinogenic excursion that glues techno and disco into some dramatic, synth-driven narcotic sound that will have ‘floors in raptures.
Last but not least, ‘Where Space Is’ provides some serenity and relief. It keeps the trippy muscle of Antenna Happy going, but with a softer mood and a more subtle progressive layering of synth elements, topped with a child's voice that gives it a final touch of sweetness. It’s a perfectly dreamy way to round out a varied EP.
Across all three track here, Antenna Happy showcases a real breadth and depth of style that makes this another standout EP for artist and label.

Antenna Happy - Where Space Is

Bon Voyage Organisation's next outing ‘Géographie’ is another peach of a record. Agathe Bonitzer’s charming vocals take centre stage, framed brilliantly by an orchestral arrangement of cosmic synths, funk-fuelled bass, alluring sax and untamed flutes.

Geographie

More exclusive music

Premiere: Bon Voyage Organisation ‘Geographie’

soundcloud.com/dropoutorchestra.  You never know what you're going to get, but you can be sure that it's going to blow your mind.  Every time.  Which is exactly what happened when I hit play on this one for the first time.  Amazing.  Some of you 90's music heads should be able to pick up on the inspiration for this one.  Perfectly played by our friends from Sweden. Stay tuned for some remixes by JKriv & Toby Tobias.  Previews are coming this week.

Available Monday, January 30th on Junodownload, followed by a global release a few weeks later.

Also, you can grab a few free Tigers on a Leash tracks by liking our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/tigersonaleash?sk=app_14167664298

Lou Teti - "Shake (Drop Out Orchestra Remix)"

Hailing from London but residing in Edinburgh, Tom Capaldi and Dan Steward (aka Cappa & Daniel-San) are a product of the burgeoning disco re-edit scene, rejoicing at the prominence of the genre today but lamenting the lack of original disco music in circulation.

Tom’s formative years as a DJ favouring Garage and Drum and Bass, notably supporting DJ EZ and DJ Marky, combined with Dan’s love of classic pop and soul (with Disco acting as the common denominator between the two), has lead the pair to create disco tracks in the classic instrumental mould but with a modern production twist. The much-needed cherry on the icing on top of this funky cake is vocalist Ellie (Mr.) Beale, whose bluesy vocals wind their way around the instrumentals like a jazzy snake around one seriously groovy tree.

Having recently signed an EP deal with Midnight Riot Records on the strength of their first two singles, the trio hope their particular brand of genre-straddling disco can reach the same heights as label mates and personal heroes like Late Nite Tuff Guy, Amp Fiddler and Dr Packer and reinvent disco musicianship for a new generation. 
New dogs; old tricks.

Cappa & Daniel-San 'Easy Livin' (feat. Mr Beale) - Yam Who? Disco Dub Mix - 128 Mp3

Sleepless Nights

Sleepless Nights (Sammy Bananas Remix)

<b>PLAYLIST : </b>
01. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Chrystal City
02. Jackie - SuperSoul
03. Pleasurelove - Stripped Diamonds
04. Le Knight Club - Palm Beat "Live Edit"
05. Louis la Roche - Super Soaker
06. Chicago '87 - TV Show "Live Edit"
07. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Most Wanted
08. Ourvais - Some Funk

Back to 80's Minimix - Vol.I

Leopard DaVinci produces heavy funk electro grooves.

The fresh mixes are rebuilt LIVE in booty-shakink performances including crazy keyboard solos, dancing moves and more !

Leopard DaVinci is keyboardist and producer in the live funk electro band THE FAT BADGERS.

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Leopard DaVinci est claviériste et producteur du groupe d'electro funk THE FAT BADGERS.

En live, il reconstruit ses mixs et y ajoute solos de claviers, passements de jambes chorégraphiques et autres surprises !


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