Name: Prosperous - Edit by Lucca Leeloo
Duration: 3 min 32 s
Description: This is the second single from my forthcoming album "Prosperous" - due for release in October.

It can take a while for an artist to find their musical voice. For Alex Andrikopoulos, it’s been a journey that’s taken the best part of two decades. Now he’s set to mark a major milestone in his transition from record store owner, label co-founder and DJ to producer with the release of his long-promised first solo album for Leng, Waving.

The Greek artist first joined the Leng Records roster in the autumn of 2020 
and has since gone in to release the acclaimed ‘Punta Allen’ EP for the imprint. Before that, he spent the first decade of the century running the popular Radical Sounds record shop in Athens, before refocusing on running Quantized Music with fellow DJ/producer Tolis Q and developing his DJ career, where his unique blends of disco, house and techno tracks earned him bookings at some of Europe’s most storied clubs.

Waving, which appears on the back of a handful of fine EPs for a variety of labels, is his boldest and strongest statement yet as a musician and producer. Created with a little help from guest musicians and collaborators including keyboardist Artis Boriss, bassist Brotha Gilla, percussionists Ilario Arnel and Harold Perez, pianist Luciano Ledesma and guitarist Alex Searle, the album brilliantly blurs the boundary between 21st century disco, afternoon-ready downtempo grooves, and the kind of dancefloor-minded Balearic fare that’s devilishly difficult to pigeonhole.

Fittingly, the set begins with previous single ‘Punta Allen’, an eight-minute chunk of organic dancefloor goodness which slowly unfurls before rising towards and gorgeous and joyous conclusion, and ends with the squelchy, slo-mo cosmic funk of ‘Patrol Di Caribe’, where trippy synthesizer lines, layered percussion and more tuneful style pan style lead ins catch the ear.

In between, highlights are plentiful, from the driving, piano solo-laden dub disco brilliance of ‘Down My Soul’ and the languid, sun-kissed, beach-ready downtempo grooves of ‘The Jamail Pass’, to the rubbery, pitched-down electrofunk of ‘Window Spells’ (featuring a fine lead vocal from Max Giovara, the flash-friend, dubwise Balearic funk of ‘Waving’, and the throbbing brilliance of ‘La Di Da Di’, whose crunchy Clavinet lines, fluid electric piano solos, snappy drums and pulsating, arpeggio-style bass encapsulate all that is good about the album.

The digital edition of the album also comes bundled with eight more tracks not featured on the double-vinyl LP. Featuring the same blend of expansive musicality, organic drums and dancefloor nous, this octet effectively extends the album via a string of similarly playable, club-ready and sofa-friendly tracks. Standouts include the non-stop, nu-disco-meets-house excellence of ‘Large Stacks’, Hammond-laced head-nodder ‘Take The High Road’, horizontal Balearic funk shuffler ‘Prezend’ and hazy, vocal-sporting dub disco roller ‘Angels of Rhythm’, which previously appeared on the flipside of Lex’s ‘Punta Allen’ 12”.

Waving

LENG SHOP

Lex - Down My Soul

Born to.. be or not to be.
Beauty will save the World? Or will madness take over?

Illusion And Reality. Beauty And Madness

This is the second single from my forthcoming album "Prosperous" - due for release in October.

Prosperous - Edit

After a long wait, we are proud to present our series of vinyl & digital releases.

Release info:
SPHV001 Deep State EP is a work collaboration between Alex V (artist/label manager) and Common Mode (also known as Replika).
We will start with Alex V on the A-side, his first track called ‘Skyline’ is elegant, deep, and hypnotic with evolving sounds floating around the whole track. The second track called ‘Daintree’ has a milder and melodic approach, it´s full of layers of electronic soft sounds.
On the B-side, we will find the first track from Common Mode called ‘So Demanding’, a cool track featuring classic house beats with elegant pads and analogue sounds. The next track called ‘Wormhole’, features broken beats, electronic arpeggios and vocal samples, it has a mellow mood, perfect to finish this amazing release on 12”.
For the digital version we have included another bonus track produced also by Common Mode and called ‘All about you’, it features fat basslines and sensual vocals too. No more words…It’s all about the music. Enjoy this beautiful release!

Release dates:
Vinyl release available from 12/05/23.
Presale now at: www.decks.de/track/alex_v_commo…ep_state_ep/cks-w7
Digital release from 09/06/23.

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SPHV001 | Alex V & Common Mode - Deep State EP

Alex V - Daintree (original)

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Produced and mixed by @logalbo
Additional production by @arnaultdouze for @love-ltd, and @e-the-hot
Mastered by @krikorparis

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Drums Allowed - Home Recording (feat. Quasar)

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Throughout 2022, NuNorthern Soul unveiled a swathe of releases under the Myths of Ibiza banner – a set of digital-only EPs featuring cover artwork by illustrator Emily McGuinness, based on her interpretations of folkloric stories from the Balearic Isles. Now the series is set for its’ belated epilogue, courtesy of North of the Island – the Balearic-minded alter-ego of long-serving Mancunian DJ/producer Neil Scott.

The Feeling Free EP, which features additional production and mixing from PBR Streetgang’s Bonar Bradberry, was originally scheduled for release last year, but major changes in Scott’s life – not least a move to Australia, where the nu-disco scene stalwart now resides – meant pushing it back until he had time to finish the tracks. It was a shrewd move, because the EP now contains some of Scott’s most magical, kaleidoscopic and atmospheric original productions to date.

Proof arrives immediately via opener ‘Sioux You’, a gorgeous mixture of stirring, melancholic synth chords (think Pet Shop Boys’ ‘West End Girls’ and you’re close), deep sub-bass, lilting lead lines, head-nodding drums and layers of Latin-tinged percussion. It’s a terrifically tactile affair that adds a shuffling, sunset-ready lens to Scott’s vibrant, nu-disco-influenced trademark sound.

It's followed by ‘I Feel’, a squelchy, slow-motion, delay-laden nod to synthesiser and drum machine-driven Balearic gems of the 1980s that first featured on NuNorthern Soul’s Summer Selections Four EP this time last year. Blessed with the boldest of synth basslines, authentic drum machine percussion and effects aplenty, it’s an impressive slab of nostalgic retro-futurism.

Scott reaches for glossy, near huggable FM synth melodies on the gorgeous ‘System Junk’, slowly and subtly building up a loved-up groove laden with intergalactic electronics, head-nodding drums, shimmering riffs and a yearning, rising and falling bassline. Even better is astonishing closing cut ‘Tired Sunrise’, a slowly unfurling dusk soundscape rich in clicking drums, yawning pads, echoing effects, blissful synth sounds and the most impeccable of piano solos. It feels like a future Balearic classic.

Emily McGuinness’s cover artwork for the release depicts Hierbas Ibicencas, the “famous spirit of Ibiza” made of local herbs. Hierbas Ibicencas can trace its roots back to monks who lived on Ibiza in the Middle Ages. They grew wild herbs and once preserve them in alcohol, with the resulting liquid being used as a medicinal remedy. According to tradition, Hiberas Ibicencas can only be made with an odd number of herbs – which should preferably be gathered on the morning after a full moon, before the day of San Juan, to guarantee good luck and “add some extra magic to the potion”.

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DC Promo Tracks #1175: "Superhero" by Yulio is part of the release "Cosmic Fractal" on Pueblo Nuevo @pueblonuevo @yulio  

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Tomas Ledin  - Vill du ha mej (Så får du ta mej) - Ta 'Mej - Fantasi  / John Holm - Främmande natt / Lena Maria - Vad Har Jag Gjort Dej / Ulf Dageby - En Dag På Sjön / The Electric Banana Band - Singelingedisco / Extra - Väck mig! / Siw Malmkvist - Känslor / Lunk - Hej Livet! / Sten & Stanley - Le Freak (feat. Ebbe Nilsson) / Tomas Ledin - Dansa Dansa Dansa / Kråkan - Lektyrdisco /  Borta På Vinden - Mina Nya Discojeans / Maria - Jag Vill Leva / Wasa Express - Brother Wet / Peter Ludemann, Pit Troja - The Now Generation / Lars Hedberg - Superman / Helena Salo - Rullskridsko / Pugh Rogefeldt - Kärleksmaskinen

SINGELINGEDISCO!!! Disco from Sweden 1976-81

For my last release of the year, I wanted to keep things simple... 

"Deliverance" six tracks of somewhat funky electro and breakbeat goodness.

O BB,VV,BB(main Mix)

John Forde - Atlantis

Lucca Leeloo - aka the danish singer/songwriter Allan Levin Malling - is futuristic space travel, art, architecture, classical music, an open door to another dimension, dreams and spirituality combined with the sound of synth and italo disco.

Vinyls and merch are available via Bordello A Parigi, Gateway Music and Bandcamp. 

More to explore: https://linktr.ee/luccaleeloo

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