Occasionally, a record — or sometimes even a DJ — simply falls out of the sky, like so many unexplained showers of fish, or midnight deliveries of frozen piss from passing jumbo jets. And so it was when DJ Steve first came to our attention in 2011 via Tim Sweeney, who discovered him quite by chance DJing in the Italian seaside town of Tropea. 
Sweeney, on vacation in the area, was so impressed with Steve he passed him his card, telling him to call him if he ever made it to New York. Some time later, DJ Steve did make it to New York, called Sweeney and turned up at the Beats In Space studio, barely speaking any English but with a pile of “DJ Steve special cuts”, white labels and acetates, and laid down an extended mix - “Italian style!”. Then, nobody ever really heard from him again.
Fast forward to Berlin 2013, and the mix had become a staple at the after hours of a small group of friends, including Paramida, who would soon start Love On The Rocks. They called it “the DJ Steve experience”. Paramida counts it as one of her main musical inspirations, saying it showed her another perspective of groove, and turned her perception of dance music “upside down”. And still, nobody seemed to know who he was. speaking any English but with a pile of “DJ Steve special cuts”, white labels and acetates, and laid down an extended mix - “Italian style!”. Then, nobody ever really heard from him again.
Until one day in early 2016, after years of exhausting all her contacts in an effort to track him down, after all the blood, sweat and tears, and countless hours spent interrogating various dance music insiders, Paramida finally received a message. “Minkia, stu pezzu nci spunda u culu e passari!” Whatever that meant, it was instantly clear that her search had come to a conclusion. Despite the near-indecipherable dialect, and other obvious communication problems, Paramida somehow persuaded him to sign two of his “special cuts” for Love On The Rocks, which would soon become the record you now hold in your hands.
As DJ Steve had put it so well: “Dick! This thing could pierce the anus of a sparrow!”. Amen.

LOTR011 B. Gadaafs (DJ Steve Edit)

Il n'est pas de notoriété publique que sous le torrent de musique labélisée "French Touch" qui se déversera en France et sur le reste du monde dès 1990 et pour la décennie à venir, prospérait une communauté de mélomanes férus, entre autre, des sonorités deep-house américaines.

Straight-up Recordings fait partie de ces labels de l'époque qui ont émulé le temps de leur existence cette scène House française, promulguant les compositions d'artistes comme Playin' 4 The City, Dj Deep ou Franck Roger.

Avec ce focus, je souhaitais donner un léger coup de projecteur sur ce label, à mon sens peu connu mais pourtant emblématique du genre, dont les nombreuses sorties peuplent toujours les sacs et les étagères des House-heads aguerris.

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Carrera

@ken-oath-records make an ambient departure from their past releases with the warm synth work of Sydney duo Angophora.

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Angophora - Uncarved (STW Premiere)

I've just uploaded the Stargazer full track from the Dream House Tropicana Volume 5.5. available now!

Info:
Luv*Jam presents DREAM HOUSE TROPICANA VOLUMES - 
Volume 5.5 – The Summer Special / Mini Album 
International nippiness from all corners of the globe. Featuring prime time bobbers from Deep88, Dawn Again, RNR, Mr Fiel and our L*J. Illustrations from the mighty Rubber Hedgehogs.
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Blind Jacks Journey
Dream House Tropicana Volume 5.5
Catalogue: TROP_5.5
Release Date June 2018
Art House Vibes Exit Studios
Worldwide 333 Units

A&R Andrew Cole
Creative Exit Studios
Mastering Mitch Davies
Distribution Rubadub
Production Breed Media
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Deep88 Love In A Level E Tor
Dawn Again Coastal Apartment
Luv Jam Working Hard FX

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Mr Fiel Stargazer
Mr Fiel Across The Spectrum
RNR Tropical Sky

Stargazer (now out on Blind Jacks Journey - Dream-House-Tropicana 5.5)

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First track of DONARRA's side, "Nostalgie Futuriste", is a surreal sound voyage where are merged Chicago House and Zen atmospheres. In the culminating Detroit style banger "Rivières Lumineuses", the trippy movements of percussions and synthetic melodies are pure magic.

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Donarra - Nostalgie Futuriste [Alley Version]

For ØEN Records 13th release, "En Anden" steps up with his debut EP release. En Anden is the output of the Copenhagen based DJ, Lazer (@lazert). Wanting to express a simplistic and naive sound, he has taken inspiration from Italo Disco's quirky synthesizer themes and 90's house tight drum and stripped-down productions. With the EP "Ting", En Anden perfects the subtle art of making tracks, where everything stand still, but is still evolving with small waves, connotations and intermissions. The EP is rounded off with a remix by local talent DJ Popup (@why_u_poppin) and released digitally with a limited edition poster made by TLS

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DC Promo Tracks #581: "Meditation" by Vincent Floyd is part of the release "Various Vol.3 (CHUB003)" on Chubby! @chubby-music  

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DC Promo Tracks #581: Vincent Floyd "Meditation"

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Dance for Relief is a way to use our music to help raise funds for causes that we are passionate about. The third and final release in the series is a compilation of edits, remixes and secret weapons from various friends, with Volume 3 focusing on boogie and disco influenced sounds from around the world.

As before all proceeds raised from this release will go straight to Direct Relief (directrelief.org), a charity whose mission is to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies, and who are doing great work to ensure that protective gear and critical care medications get to as many health workers as possible. Their work continues to be particularly important in the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

Finally, we'd like to say a huge thank you to all the artists involved who have given their skills and time during a difficult period to help make this release happen, in support of a worthy cause.

Dance for Relief Vol.03

Sunburn (Al-Tone Edit)

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La Mamie's Trip - Vol.1

Kamoony - Allesh

Take Over Straight In - Colectivo Miramar w/ Jean Michel de la Night

Genre-free record label curated with love by La Mamie's. For more info or demos please mail to : mamiesrecords@gmail.com

Kamoony - Allesh

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