Welcome two of the tightest DJ's , Producers and Editors on the planet, the Toronto based duo Patchouli Brothers. Love their output on Gamm, Beam Me Up and i would have to check discogs to see where else their released their extremly well crafted edits. Let me check discogs. Basic Fingers, Whiskey Disco, Tugboat Edits.  Fire for days!
Great people with a great spirit and great taste in music! Take me away! Enjoy!

Lumberjacks Tapes 010: The Patchouli Brothers

Donna Leake doesnt need an introduction. The London trailblazer has created a niche for herself where she comfortably shares all things soul, folk and psyche. Not trying to put her in a box here of course. Because that wont work. Personally I've learned from her selection the true meaning of anything goes because it really does. True honor to welcome her to the series. xx

Lumberjacks Tapes 012: Donna Leake - Portrait Of A Romance

I will always remember those moments at the Nomads festival when Red Greg would close down the Lumberjacks in Hell stage and time stood oddly still, the sunset behind the trees and a warm breeze driving through the crowd. After several hours of dancing, everybody on the dancefloor was familar with each other, the first five rows or so anyway. I remember Rahaan, Mendel, Dieuwer, Robbert, Sam and Bram of course, Kim, Chiara... and Ben! 
The thought ringing through my head, this is as good as it gets. No matter where else you chose to travel to, this is the perfect moment and nothing could make it better. 
All of these Nomads days and nights merge into each other, not least because we had Darren celebrate with us somewhere around 2-4 times. One year it was Sylvester's - Over & Over at ten to eleven, the second last song of the day, that captured on video, encapsuled every emotion that needed to be captured.
I am not able to recall all of the music from those sessions. I remember his legendary blends that have lead you into the next epic groover long before you even realized it's a new tune. Never missing a beat and forever leaving you with a smile and a "damn" on your lips. 
Where did that coming from and how much higher can we go?

Red Greg, take us back to those beautiful moments of freedom and joy.

Lumberjacks Tapes 013: Red Greg

“Barbara Boeing is a leading name in the current independent Brazilian electronic music scene. For more than ten years she has been deepening and refining a vast and diverse musical research with sets that travel through the most varied rhythms and eras. Besides the technique with the CDJs and also turntables, the DJ is responsible
for projects that brought new standards for her hometown’s nightlife, Curitiba, located in the south of Brazil. Barbara is one of the founders of Alter Disco, a well known party that stablished broader boundaries in terms of freedom of expression, social paradigms and is now a reference for musical curacy all over the world."

Lumberjacks Tapes 018: Barbara Boeing

Lea Lisa has been a steadfast rock of the french, swiss and international house scene since the 90's with releases on Wolf Music, Phonica and Mona Musique and even her own record store in Toulouse.
Enjoy and have a great week!
Marcel

Lumberjacks Tapes 020: Lea Lisa

Manchester born Nick V was living in the Northern England city in his formative years during the rise and subsequent explosion of Acid House music in the UK...

... a period of his life which laid the foundations for what has now become a fruitful career across the past three decades in electronic music. 

1987 saw Nick relocate to Paris with an in-depth knowledge of the House music sound that was soon set to resonate across the globe. This fundamental education in electronic music allowed him to share his experiences of House music in his new home, carrying the torch for an emotional connection through dance music and contributing towards the then blossoming scene in Paris with his own ideas, events and DJ sets. 

Since his arrival in France back at the tail end of the 80’s Nick has become an integral part of the Parisian scene, holding many residencies over the years at some of the cities most respected clubs and showcasing his broad spectrum of styles, as a DJ, record collector and crate digger. Nick’s sound traverses through Disco, Deep Techno, Broken Beat, Boogie and Dance Floor Jazz whilst keeping House music at the core of everything he does. His Mona events, which he describes as a ‘’dance culture party’’ and has been running since 2008, exploring the relationship between dance and electronic music and often welcomes a wide array of guests. Offering free dance classes at the beginning of the party it often sees dance enthusiasts sharing the floor with house music heads and the event has long celebrated the LGBTQ scene, catering for the Parisian community and encouraging alternative dances such as voguing, waacking and many more which were birthed out of the early disco and house scene in the US.

As well as introducing a more unique experience of dance back to dance floors with Mona, Nick has long been a sound enthusiast and audiophile, working for many years as an architectural acoustics consultant which has undoubtedly played into his desire for the high quality sound you can experience at Mona. Amongst this he’s also heading up the affiliated Mona Musique, a vinyl only imprint which stands as a platform for him to release the authentic house sounds he’s become known for from the likes of Hugo LX and Lea Lisa. 2019’s « House Of Riviera » saw him dig back through his collection of rare Italo House gems released between 1991-1993 and bring them together into a fresh vinyl compilation of unsung classics to be re-discovered. With such an impressive history in House it’s no wonder Nick V has become a highly respected name in contemporary electronic music, with many more exciting projects in the pipeline and a passionate dedication to his work he’ll no doubt remain so for many years to come.

Lumberjacks Tapes 025: Nick V ( La Mona // Paris )

Dès ses premiers pas en discothèque, il comprit que la danse serait son moteur.
Toujours en recherche de la perle rare, il a su accumuler au cours des années une sélection variée exigeante. C’est en creusant les bacs des disquaires qu’il déniche ses sonorités soulfull, allant de la house au jazz, tout ce qui groove.

Lumberjacks Tapes 032: Theo Terev

Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy is a highly respected and experienced musical selector and curator, founder of the album listening event and content hub Classic Album Sundays and an authority on music, sound and the vinyl renaissance.

She was mentored by David Mancuso at his seminal Loft parties in New York City. Together they co-produced the compilation series David Mancuso Presents The Loft and worked together on David’s record label The Loft Audiophile Library of Music. In 2000, David told Time Out New York City “ She is very devoted and very pure about the music. She’s one of the only people I would trust, both with the music and with the equipment, to fill in for me.” She is one of the musical hosts at The Loft, the co-founder of the Lucky Cloud Loft parties in London and DJs internationally on the world’s best sound systems and dance floors.

Classic Album Sundays tells the stories behind the albums that have shaped our culture and in some cases, our lives. Colleen founded Classic Album Sundays as a stance against the increasing devaluation of music and sound. What began as a passion project is now the world’s most popular album listening event with satellites in four continents and the website and social media channels host content on classic albums and artists such as interviews, videos, playlists and more.  BBC Breakfast Television remarked, “Classic Album Sundays treat our best-loved records like great symphonies.”

She has been a radio host and DJ since the age of fourteen and today hosts Balearic Breakfast, Cosmodelica and Classic Album Sundays Worldwide on Worldwide FM. She also wrote, co-produced and hosted the Classic Album Sundays series ‘This Women’s Work’ for PRX, ‘Sounds of a City’ series on BBC 6 Music and ‘Turntable Tales’ on BBC Radio 4.

She has put together her own compilations including New York Afterhours ‘A Later Shade of Deep’ for Nervous Records and The Disco-Tech of DJ Cosmo’ for Yellow Recordings. Her latest compilation, ‘Balearic Breakfast Volume 1’ is coming out on Heavenly Recordings on the 10th of June and can be pre-ordered here.

As a producer Colleen has remixed Roisin Murphy, Mildlife, Hard Feelings, A Certain Ratio, Secret Night Gang, The Rapture, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Beardyman, Candi Staton, Two Bears, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Cantoma, Horace Andy, Chaka Khan & more under her Cosmodelica moniker and as DarkStarr Diskotek with Ashley Beedle. Along with former Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas, she recorded and produced as Wild Rumpus.

Lumberjacks Tapes 033: Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

20 years ago i found myself thrown together into a group of strangers that came together to save Berlin's nightlife. I remember when Delfonic looked at me after a passionate excursion and said: Marcel, sag doch auch mal was. I said that I disagreed with everything and why dont we do it the opposite and thus our friendship was born. 
Whatever we were trying that day, it failed. But shortly after we got together with Noema, Tinko, Delfonic and myself to form One Soul, a party who's claim to fame became booking the legendary Roberta Sweed. Markus moved on to partner on Berlin's OYE records until a few years ago.
Kapote aka MUNK aka Modica aka Former Gomma affiliate, head of Toy Tonics (cue up my remix for Phenomenal Handcalp Band), DJ, organizer, visionary, pianist, jazzer, father figure to a generation of Berlin centric DJ's and producers.

TOGETHER THEY ARE: ILLEGAL JAZZ

Lumberjacks Tapes 034: Delfonic & Kapote aka Illegal Jazz

Hailing from Philadelphia a city known for producing internationally known DJ's such as Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money and King Brit, Skeme Richards has put in nearly 25 years of DJing and producing. Diggin and spinning everything from Funk & Soul, Classics, Hip Hop, Breaks and all things funky he continuously strives to seperate himself from the pack. Recently focusing heavily on the bboy scene, Skeme has brought a new edge and sound with rocking more raw funk 45's than the traditional breaks. Since becoming a DJ for the world famous Rock Steady Crew, Skeme has had the opportunity to play jams and be heard across the globe. Not limiting himself to bboy events only, he is also a first-class party DJ that keeps the attention of even the trendiest crowds. Skeme has mastered the art of keeping dance floors packed by setting the tone early, and reading his crowd properly. In addition to DJing, Skeme has also been producing since the late 80's and along with his partner Fredy Blast make up the team, Sesion31. The duo has worked with artists such as MF Doom, Bahamadia, DJ Cash Money, and Steph Pockets who has both a #1 single and album in Japan

Lumberjacks Tapes 035: Skeme Richards

Ahu is a singer, songwriter and DJ, an RBMA alumni, she has written and sung songs with Flying Lotus ( RobertaFlack ), Mr. Beatnick, Emanative, Miles Bonny, Groovemanspot and many more. She has released her own single “To:Love” which is produced by Paul White and Dimlite also supported by Thom Yorke. As a dj Ahu played at festivals like Barcelona Sonar Festival, Southern Soul Festival, Jazzystan, Brainfeeder and clubs like Plastic People, Boiler Room London, Baltic Room, East Village, Trinity, Nectar and Gilles Peterson’s World Wide Awards. Her track Turn The Lights On used by Prada, on Ava DuVernay’s The Door for Women's Rights. In 2019 her single "Go" came out from Sony Music. Her latest EP, Platonic is released in 2020 and she has a monthly show called "Hour of Light" on WWFM.

Lumberjacks Tapes 036: Ahu

Bonar Bradberry and Tom Thorpe were christened PBR STREETGANG after a long trip to Ibiza. Ibiza is a second home to the lads as residents for world re-nowned party We Love… at Space. Tom and Bonar met through the infamous circus of the Leeds nightlife. Honing their craft at the legendary Asylum, which took the clubbing template and span it musically round its little finger. The duo shared a booth with some of the finest acts dance music has to offer, from Jazzy Jeff to Ricardo Villalobos. Much fun was had and many friends made. Many of whom follow them with great passion and zeal to all four corners of the globe today.
The pair earned great respect across the musical spectrum with fans such as Crazy P, Greg Wilson, The Unabombers, Clive Henry and Ralph Lawson. Their unique musical approach, never failing to connect with the crowd, threading Larry’s New York legacy to the Jacking underground beats of their Leeds roots.

Over the last five years, their DJ partnership has evolved into audience enthralling sets which flow effortlessly from Ableton live to the turntables via a piece of circuitry that allows both heads to mix together as one. The duo have a versatile approach of playing that allows them to easily adapting from big Festival stages and main-rooms to smaller basements and backrooms.

PBR Streetgang have released productions on labels such as 2020 Vision, Red Music, Futureboogie, E.A.R, ISM and Wolf Music. They are very excited by a forthcoming release on Jamie Jones Hot Creations in late 2011.

This is a trip up river you really shouldn’t miss.

Lumberjacks Tapes 037: PBR Streetgang

Typhoon Lady used to appear regularly at Amsterdam’s Red Light Radio with her eclectic Sputnik Sweetheart show. In 2020 she moved to Berlin where she helped set up and create the programming for Refuge Worldwide. She now regularly plays in Arkaoda Bar and is starting a residency at Dublab DE in September. Listening to Typhoon Lady feels like opening Pandora’s box over and over again, when she’s the one behind the decks sharing her cosmic gems.

Lumberjacks Tapes 038: Typhoon Lady

I fell in love with Will.Flo's music in 2017 and his 12" Two & Three.
It caputured my heart and my imagination. I am a sucker for artwork and screen prints and mystery and beauty. The groove and the soul reminded me of detroit. It was a love letter to somebody unkown. To a strangers ears, that we are always trying to reach. We dont know who's life we gonna change. 
I kept this 12" like a little secret, smiling at it whenever i saw it either in a pile of records that moved around the room or sometimes spinning its idiosyncratic vibes. Its beautiful when an artist manages to get their vision across but it's not always given that it is going to be heard on the first time around. All we can do is trying to repeat the process and put ourselves out there, for a stranger to find and truly love our soul that we laid bare.

Lumberjacks Tapes 39: William Florelle

Moe is originally hailing from Sudan and moving through different destinations landed in his current home, Stockholm / Sweden. I first noticed the 2 meter giant ( 2,50 if you count the hair ) on a dancefloor in Amsterdam wearing his usual colourful tunic, dancing his ass off literally as if there was no tomorrow. Rumour has it he's in the 50.000 step dance programm. The strange thing about first meeting him was, that EVERYBODY i knew , knew him already. The way I understand it is, that he's dancing at every party everywhere at the same time. Don't ask me how that's possible, it just is. 
I ve never met somebody with a purer heart and a purer love for music and dance. A wonderful manifestation of pure love for life and a deeply spiritual being.
As all the best DJ's the journey starts on the dancefloor, that's where we learn the pace and buildup of energy of a good set. We experience how it feels to be mesmerized.
I have nothing but love for Moe and the way he approaches music and dance. Give it up for the one and only: Moe!

Lumberjacks In Hell (Guest Mix)

Lumberjacks Tapes 040: Moe ( Endless Groove )

Shotgun Shima is a hard chore record collector and seller from Sacrmento. Is frequent twitch streams have an etheral quality to it, not only does Shotgun Shima play super dope and often quite rare cuts from all genres, but he's also an excellent host, that invites people in his living room for a very personal gathering.

Lumberjacks Tapes 41: Shotgun Shima ( Sacramento )

With a djing journey that has spanned more than 15 years, Dean Chew (aka Funk Bast*rd) has earned praises from a worldwide range of selectors that include the likes of Gilles Peterson, Lefto, Bradley Zero, San Soda, Hugo LX, Dam-Funk, Dreamcast Moe and more. Being the co-founder of Singapore-based label Darker Than Wax and the newly opened listening bar Offtrack, Dean has been tirelessly pushing and promoting an alternative expression of lefteld music through his widely eclectic and genre-bending sets. Being the main A+R and creative mind behind DTW, the label has flourished tremendously over the past 5 years, cementing its place as one of the go-to labels out of South East Asia.

His musical selections, which traverses across an extensive spectrum from deep jazz to the freshest cuts have left many indelible marks on the dancefloors. A highly respected digger who is also known by many in the circuit for his extensive musical knowledge, technically astute skills, and blends, it’s no surprise that he has warmed up or shared the stage with Bradley Zero, Lefto, HAAI, Pearson Sound, the late Mike Huckaby and many more. Most recently, Dean has debuted at Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here festival, and was also the 1st Singaporean selector to have played a set on the cult HÖR radio platform.

There’s always an element of surprise in his sets - just open them ears.

Lumberjacks Tapes 42: Dean Chew (Darker Than Wax)

L3NI is a New York based DJ, producer and mastering engineer and next to Natasha Diggs and D.Prosper one of the driving forces and faces of the legendary  Soul In The Horn Parties and Twitch channel.

Lumberjacks Tapes 043: L3NI (Soul In the Horn / NYC)

It's a celebration bitches!!! Five years and not one grey hair!!!
2 x 12" will be released October 19th.... featuring Dan Shake, Borrowed Identity, Giovanni Damico, Hoshina Anniversary, Tim Jules, Boogie Nite, Marcel Vogel and FYI Chris! Let's go!

Pre-order here

b1. Borrowed Identity - Queens Bridge (LiH 016)

Man of many labels Marcel Vogel turns out some of his most impressive material on Intimate Friends, bringing other talents into the fold to share in his vision of soul, funk, disco and house how it should be done. Having released the Human Beings album last year, Vogel invites a stellar cast to come and remix several tracks with predictably fantastic results. NY*AK enlists the honey-coated Rhodes skills of Mark Hand on their version of "Human Being", and it's an absolute joy to listen to. Meanwhile SoulPhiction gets into an equally heart-warming groove when he tackles "Always Isn't Only". Soul Clap meanwhile bring a little more party functionality to "Moonchild" before Simba offers up a very different, low-slung and laid back version.


Marcel Vogel - Moonchild Remixes
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/marcel-vogel-moonchild-remixes-ny-ak-feat/631295-01/

Marcel Vogel - Being Human EP
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/marcel-vogel-human-beings/615602-01/

Traxsource

b1 Marcel Vogel feat Khadija - Moonchild (Soul Clap Remix)

a1 Marcel Vogel feat Khadija - Human Being (NY_AK Remix feat Mark Hand)

LiH 021 to be released March 13th 2017
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/karizma-marcel-vogel-the-deadpool-ep/626606-01/ 

When talking about the roots of House music it’s impossible to ignore the importance of US cities like Detroit, New York and Chicago, but these are not the only US cities to have spawned pioneering producers and DJs linked to the genre. Baltimore was the home of the Basement Boys who released a number of seminal records in the early days of House music. Chris Clayton was a valued member of the Basement Boys who since leaving the group has continued to carve out a career under his solo alias of Karizma and KaytroniK. Chris is now best known to many as Karizma, a veteran DJ with 25 years of experience behind the decks and whose technical ability is second to none. Not only as a member of Pete Tong’s hallowed Radio 1 Hall Of Fame, he’s also a popular Boiler Room guest who regularly flies the globe as a headline DJ. Also a producer with a varied sound that reflects his eclectic range of influences, Karizma’s music has appeared on many of the world best labels ranging from Hyperdub to Defected. Karizma’s next release due to hit stores on the 20th of February, is forthcoming on Marcel Vogel’s label Lumberjacks in Hell, and is a split EP with the label boss himself.

Release 13.03.2017 BUY

B2 - Marcel Vogel - I Got Jesus (Karizma Stomp Dub)

B1 - Marcel Vogel feat Tim Jules - I Got Jesus

Those Moments

Marcel Vogel feat Tim Jules - Those Moments (LiH 27)

THIS IS JUST PURE FUN !!! THE 12" DROPS TODAY !!!

Support by Moxie , Jacques Renault, Alkalino, Kristian Bayerle (AME), Lay-Far, Bill Brewster ,Karizma, Luke Solomon, Till von Sein, Leo Zero, Munk,  Terrence Parker,  ....

A1 Koenig Saatgut - The Spirit

Andy Compton & Shamrock team up with singer Asali for some sunlight drenched boogie sounds recorded in South Africa.

B2 Andy Compton & Shamrock - Roga Mziki (LiH 32)

A1 Andy Compton & Shamrock  - Bunny Chow (LiH 32)

BILL BREWSTER
I've just sat and listened to the entire EP all the way through. I never do that. Usually listen for a few minutes, react and then listen properly later. This is such a triumph. Man, LOVE The Sound Of Revolution! Great vibe to it, really swings and it's got that Italo-y vocal which tops it off perfectly. My Music is lovely, too, and Italians In A Line reminds me a lot of Joey Negro's remix of Extortion's How Do You See Me Now and then finally the Bill Wyman-sampling La Samba is fun, too and a great use of that quirky intro. What a way to kick off the year. Early contender for Furtive 50 in 2019. Killer.


COSMO MURPHY
Thanks for this. I think its great and love the fact it was all produced and performed by Giovanni! So great in this time of derivative re-edits and reworks. Grazie mille Giovanni! I definitely need WAVs for this. I have my show on Friday so if you could send them today, that would be wonderful. Right now I’m still not sure which one I will play as its such a strong EP.
 
FOUK
What a massive EP! Mad respect, very well produced! Full support.
 
ROBIN LEE / FAZE ACTION
The Italians seem to have a knack for the old school sounds these days. And very grateful we are too. With the chrome covered never ending, drip feed of digital only fodder, this makes a very welcome and refreshing change.
 
CONRAD/ IDJUT BOYS
this is a fab record, i can't tell you which i like the most they are all so great, what a talent.  I will be on the lookout for whatever he does. Truly wonderful, could have been made in the 1980's or 2 years from now,
will give the good folk of Australia a treat with this, thanks





Italian producer Giovanni Damico (otherwise known as G-Machine or Ron Juan) has been busting out funkified gems for more than 10 years now, and his mighty back catalogue includes plenty of turns on Lumberjacks In Hell. He returns to the label with four crisp and refined slices of boogie business that span a range of tempos to give you plenty of party tackle for any situation. "The Sound Of Revolution" is a natural choice for the A1, dripping with cosmic synth flexes and an irresistible groove, while the snappily titled "Italians In A Line" brings a sweet strain of upfront robo-disco to the table.

BUY HERE!!

B1 Giovanni Damico - Italians In A Line Snippett

Lumberjacks In Hell welcome Croatian producer Andrej Laseech to the table following his promising early outings on Be Yourself and Sound Exhibitions. On this release, Laseech has reached out to the mighty, eternally prolific Javonntte for a little vocal magic, resulting in the utterly sexy deep house burner "More Than Friends". It's a track that Marcel Vogel & Tim Jules clearly dig, judging by the light touch they applied to their own remix of the track. "Take You Away" on the flip is another sweet and sultry warm-up or backroom jam that gets lifted even higher by Javonntte's stellar vocals.

A2  - Laseech ft Javonntte - More Than Friends (Marcel Vogel & Tim Jules Remix)

A1  - Laseech ft Javonntte - More Than Friends

Luke Solomon build his foundations in the early 90s starting off behind a record counter at Stop on By in Barnet. Moving on to the legendary Freetown Records and then on to Narcotic Records for Roger Sanchez he worked in PR and promotions. During this time, he gained a residency at London’s ground breaking pirate radio station Girls FM where he met his dearly departed friend Kenny Hawkes. Together they set up the London mid-weeker Space where they invited people like Chez Damier and Derrick Carter. Meanwhile Luke had become close to Derrick Carter and together they set up the Classic Music Company which is currently enjoying a huge renaissance. Amongst all of this Luke began his studio career forming the house music duo “Freaks.” Fast forward over 25 years where Luke Solomon has been guiding the good ship Classic through a seminal year and working closely as A&R with Simon Dunmore at both Glitterbox and Defected. Over the last few years he has been cementing his position as a Producer, working with Horse Meat Disco on their forthcoming album on Glitterbox, and with Honey Dijon on her second artist album forthcoming on Classic in 2020 and writing with the legendary Kathy Sledge on brand new material. Luke has also kept his London residency status holding court at the sadly closed Savage Disco @ Metropolis and moving now to a permanent residency at XOYO in London. He also continues to work on solo music, currently enjoying success with his studio band “Powerdance.”

Lumberjacks Tapes 002: Luke Solomon

Release date end of July.

Pre-Order at http://www.juno.co.uk/products/497414-01.htm

Rahaan Edit -  Make Me Hot (Promo-Snippet low res)

Rahaan Edit - Disco Fantasy (Promo-Snippet low res)

Lumberjacks in Hell has been founded in 2010. Intimate Friends followed in 2013. For some people the difference or the need for distinction between these two is quite evident but to give you an idea. Lumberjacks is always 100% for the dance floor, inspired by the music from Chicago and Detroit which is not only reflected in the Artists we release. Intimate Friends is a headier affair. Soul, Hip Hop and House are all fair game. If you check the releases next to each other both labels have a distinct sound. And maybe a certain BPM range. This isn't saying that some of the music couldn't have appeared on either label but somehow it all makes sense to me. Thanks for supporting the music and artists we are releasing and don't hesitate to get in touch! We love to hear from you,

Marcel Vogel, Amsterdam 2017 


Booking requests for Marcel Vogel or Lumberjacks in Hell // Intimate Friends showcases:
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