B2 Plastic Bamboo - Forest Dance

For our ninth offering we are delighted to welcome Lisbon based artist Larry Quest to the label. Larry is an astute producer adaptable to varying styles, strong in musicality and a particular flair for soulful, jazzy touches and classy deep house music. For the ‘Mystery Herd’ release we are treated to an EP richly inspired by the natural world and the colors within. Venus Girdle enjoys ethereal pads, a strong but distant kick and swelling percussion. Asian butterfly Alpine Black Swallowtail informs the next track, with its mountainous field-recording, gentle arpeggios and harmony of pads. Haliotis reverb swelling pads represent the waves, the synths and percussion, the spume and the bass groove embodying the sea. Nicobarica is a cool organic track with beautifully played keys, live guitar licks and a breezy rhythm section complete with rolling percussion all combining making for an infectious groove.

https://shadesofsoundmusic.bandcamp.com/album/larry-quest-mystery-herd-ep
https://soundcloud.com/joemorris
https://soundcloud.com/larryquest

PREMIERE: Larry Quest - Venus Girdle [Shades Of Sound Recordings]

DAS KOMPLEX - DŻDŻOWNICE

Ben Gomori celebrates reaching the 50th release on his Monologues Records label by unleashing an old favourite from the vaults that never saw the light of day. Loved by the likes of Basement Jaxx, Melé and Monki 'A Nostalgia For The Present' is bumping, melodic house track that exudes positive energy, led by cute synth motifs and fizzing clavichord riffs and underpinned by booming bass. The Piano Dub provides a stripped back flip.

PREMIERE : Ben Gomori - A Nostalgia For The Present (Piano Dub)

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London based producer & DJ Vanity Project brings us the first in a series of ‘Leisure Tapes’ EPs – featuring four live to tape crunchy cosmic house jams, hums, clicks, hiss and all.

The EP brings influences from classic italo, acid and downtempo cosmic house, and was initially written for a new Vanity Project live set. Recorded and mixed live at Claptrap HQ with an MPC3000 as the heart of the set up and various vintage treats thumping away in it’s wake. As the first in a series of ‘Leisure Tapes’ the EP is themed around minigolf, and has amazing artwork from London based artist & maker of things Sacha Lacey.

PREMIERE: Vanity Project - Ace

Christian James, Jeff Swiff - Mpls Connection Pt. 2
BUY LINK : https://nicewonrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mpls-connection-pt-2
Label: Nicewon Recordings (https://soundcloud.com/nicewon-recordings)

Nicewon comes through on the winter slump, with some phat and warm joints from Christian James and Jeff Swiff. This EP drips with the flavor you'd expect from these two. We hope you enjoy these four new cuts, strate outta flyover, USA.

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PREMIERE : Christian James - The S & J Shuffle

Frog Rhodes - Extended

Jonny Rock a familiar face on the London house and disco scenes is recognized by many for working behind the counter at Phonica Records & Blackmarket Records during the 00’s and as the dude for playing the guitar in ‘Freaks’ project. Rock skillfully joins the dots between the old school house, underground disco and boogie vibes in a party setting.

https://soundcloud.com/jonnyrock

www.thenothingspecial.com/vinyl/tns026

https://thenothingspecial.bandcamp.com/merch/jonny-rock-way-over-there



Jonny Rock - Unknown Edit

My Beat ( 5ive & Samo DJ Remix )

Ruf Dug - eCZtasy
Label: Ruf Kutz (https://soundcloud.com/rufdug)
Release Date: 14 February 2020
PRE-ORDER LINK: https://smarturl.it/eCZtasy
Format: Vinyl & Digital

The product of an intense love affair with the Casio CZ-5000 synthesiser, the eCZtasy EP sees the cult producer, DJ, remixer, NTS resident and label head Ruf Dug release on his own label for the first time in 4 years. 2019 was the year that Manchester’s Simon Hindle released EPs on Futureboogie and Rhythm Section, tackled FACT’s Against The Clock and embarked on a tour that took in Pikes, Gottwood, Love International, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Moscow and more. He kicks off 2020 with the first release on a reinvigorated Ruf Kutz label.

Ruf Dug says “After hearing the Satoshi & Makoto album and checking their youtubes I just HAD to own a CZ-5000… it wasn’t long till I managed to snare one and got lost in its tones… this record contains some of the highlights of that whirlwind romance.”

The A side sees Ruffy in full-on peaking rave mode as opener INWARD CONVERSION PROCESS shows off the classy, glassy tones of the CZ-5000 from the outset as 11th chords stack up on one another to create a euphoric future anthem that takes in the best bits of prog, trance, dream house - with the occasional zouky drum pattern to remind you that the tropical cyberpunk is at the console.

There’s no time to rest up as we cascade immediately into WET PLAY BANGER - surely Ruf Dug’s trackiest release ever, almost a DJ tool more than a tune. The CZ’s sequencer comes into play here as pattern after pattern collide, co-mingle and then disperse with the effect of boosting dopamine & serotonin levels in all who experience. Named for the infamous Manchester club night which Ruffy & pals started, this one has been stress-tested on the universe’s finest dance floor and emerged, wide-eyed and mindless, to be captured here on wax for you…

The B side welcomes a change of pace. Opener SHOPPIN has the CZ-5000 re-purposed as Balearic conspirator, adding an ibicenco skank & sandy pans to a rugged DMX beat that suggests Laid Back making a lost dub for Saada Bonaire. The B2, FRUITY DANCE, sprays a cubensis mist over the Casio and dials the exotica setting up to infinity as woozy bells and live drum samples get all tapey and loose to close out a very welcome return to Ruf Kutz for its proprietor.

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PREMIERE : Ruf Dug - Inward Conversion Process

Nick Woolfson and Filippo Rocco's Metropolitan Soul Museum outfit make a welcome appearance on Ben Gomori's solid Monologues stable with three dreamy, house cuts. Lush synths, woozy pads and spacey atmospheres are the order of the day here, teasing brighter days and warmer nights to arrive just that little bit sooner.

https://soundcloud.com/metropolitan-soul-museum
https://soundcloud.com/monologues

Metropolitan Soul Museum - Happy Valleys

PREMIERE: Metropolitan Soul Museum - Happy Valleys [Monologues]

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France => Calvi On The Rocks, Cabourg Mon Amour, We Love Green, Sarcus Festival, Tres cool Festival-Deauville, Highfive Festival-Annecy, Briques Rouges Festival-Lille, Bains Numeriques Festival-Enghien, Macadam Nantes x2, Lieu Unique Nantes, Le Sucre Lyon x3, Le Terminal Lyon, Le Petit Salon Lyon, Iboat Bordeaux x3, Chapiteau Marseille, 1988 Live Club Rennes, Gare Saint Sauveur Lille x2, Ostra Nancy, Grenoble Campus, La Bobine Grenoble, Angers, Nuit Blanche Saint Denis etcetc...

Europe => London x4 , Manchester x3, Leeds x2, Edinburgh, Berlin x3, Hamburg, Freiburg, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm x2, Copenhagen, Geneve x4, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Zurich x4, Bern, Lucern, Madrid x2, Ronda, Barcelona, Porto, Prague, Budapest, Sofia, Vilnius x2, Palanga, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, Saint Petersburg, Moscow etc...

PREMIERE : Ben Gomori - A Nostalgia For The Present (Piano Dub)

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