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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Harold's

✿ Missing Hito ✿ - You and Me, Baby (Side Walk Strut)

To hold you guys over until SURPRISE, here's a little bit of what I've been working on for so long. Hosted by DJ Oreo, Thief in the Night Features appearances from Saba, Nick Astro, BRKF$T Club & more.
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7. The Diatribe

Lots of early support from: Sacha, Maya Jane Coles, Hot Since 82, Tensnake, Catz N Dogz, Miguel Migs, Psychemagik, The Revenge, Ralph Lawson, Animal Trainer, Dirty Doering, Shir Khan, Joyce Muniz, Moon Boots.

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Blog tastemakers par excellence House Of Disco return with their third collaborative compilation, teaming up with Hamburg’s acclaimed JEUDI Records for 12 tracks of sublime house, disco and tech tackle.

In the space of just four years and little over 20 releases, Hamburg’s JEUDI Records has established itself as one of the foremost imprints in the world of melodic deep and tech house music. Born from the weekly club night of the same name taking place at their hometown venue Baalsaal (on the infamous Reeperbahn), it’s a label which focuses on quality over quantity, and has showcased music from the likes of Doctor Dru, Adana Twins, Turntablerocker, Sidney Charles and Monte in its short but acclaimed history. Pushing the new breed alongside a smattering of established dons, their riff-fuelled, synth-heavy sounds are encapsulated in their monthly Sceen.fm radio show - and now for the first time in a smoking hot compilation.

House Of Disco are back in full swing after a short hiatus, building on their pedigree that has brought the world music from the likes of Finnebassen, EJECA and Volta Cab over the past two years. With an increasingly busy global DJ schedule, their own parties in London and their own guest mix series bolstering their consistent online curation, they have amassed a sizable, fervent following.

House Of Jeudi makes for a seriously moreish listen, full to the brim of incredibly consistent and charismatic dancefloor delights - with each label picking six tracks. JEUDI’s selection takes us from the moody Reese basslines of Danito & Athina’s Harmony Baby, to Sean Roman’s contemplative I Find Myself and the spooky depths of Camelphat’s 360, while House Of Disco journey through the skippy funk of Roberto Rodriguez’s North Step, HNNY’s delicate Oma Doris, and the slinky disco of LeSale’s Fit Trucker.

Suited just as well to the home stereo as to the dancefloor, it’s an engrossing compilation that’s got plenty to offer for DJs and casual listeners alike, and looks set to cement both labels incredibly solid reps even further.

House of Jeudi

HNNY - Oma Doris

Age of Consent - Heartbreak

currently working on loads of stuff at the moment havnt uploaded anything in last few weeks. heres a little joint thats guna be on the next tape !

sample: Burnier e Cartier - Mirandolina

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Brazilian Love

When Featurecast & The Gaff got a chance to play together recently, it didn't take long to get to talking about their mutual love for Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" and how the world needed an edit of it, and just like that, a few sleepless nights, some dusty records and a little bit of finesse: "Ain't Got Time" was born! The ultimate Marvin Gaye meets Stevie Wonder track that never existed......So why did a collabo between these two legends never happen? They both recorded for Motown at the same time and were fans of each other!....Here's a little history lesson: 
 "Too busy thinkin bout my baby" was written by the Motown team of Whitfield, Strong, and Bradford in 1965, and first recorded by The Temptations a year later.
Marvin's cover of the tune came out a few years later, and was his 2nd biggest hit of the 60's, right after "Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1969 at the age of 30...Curious who was in Marvin's heart as he was singin this? If You do the math, it's none other than Tammi Terrel, who he fell deeply in love with as they began working on their tracks ("ain't no mountain high enough) around the same time....Unfortunately, Tammi wasn't into Marvin in that way! She was much younger, early 20's, and apparently favored "darker men", Marvin was a light skinned brother, and perhaps wasn't what caught her eye? Well, that's the breaks, Tammi put on a good show for sure...
Now, Marvin Gaye was 11 years older than Stevie Wonder, who, at the time, was about to breakthrough to his hugely successful crossover lp's at only 19 with "Signed Sealed Delivered"! 
Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" had come out on his album "Down TO Earth" in '66, at only 16, and a dope version was covered later by SoulSister Bettye Lavette, You should check it! Not many know about that cover :-)
So, there was a big age gap, with marvin bringout out songs of soulful love in his 30's, and Stevie bringin the Funk in his 20's!!!
in 1991, almost 25 years after it was released, De La Soul would flip "Hey Love" into "Talkin bout Hey Love" where it was brought back all over again for a new generation of Hip Hop heads around the world (a young skateboarding gaffer and a LIl Featurecast being 2 of them :-) 
25 years after that, we added in the horns from an early Serge Gainsbourg record so this tune would appeal to fans of De La Soul, be enjoyed by Motown lovers, and any fans of DJ's with dope cuts.....Sampled the OG records to provide the instrumental parts used...
We kept this mix so classic, for old and young alike, even your grandma can still appreciate it, nod her head to the fatback drums, dope cuts and scratches....we hope this version makes its rounds for a long time to come, giving you the Marvin & Stevie collaberation that you always wished for.......cheers! 
Gaff and Featurecast, June 9th 2015....
                                             
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New Album "Pleasure Palette" is now out. A collection of instrumentals for you to warm up to. As always, these beats came straight from the heart. You can either get it for free, make a donation, or none of the above if ya don't feel like it! Just felt like sharing this music with you. Thanks again for all of your support.

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Pleasure Palette

'What A Weird Day' - album out now. Features include Mac Miller, Logic, D.R.A.M. & more. Buy at itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-a-…?ls=1&app=itunes

Song by Michael Christmas (@MickeyChristmas)
featuring Mac Miller
Produced by Rami Beatz, Ashe, Nate Fox
with trumpet by J.P. Floyd
Recorded by Truth Studios. Mixed by Sparemonkey Studio

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Grab Her Hand ft. Mac Miller (prod. Rami Beatz, Ashe, Nate Fox)

'For the Love' out now- https://soundcloud.com/exptheculture/sets/tim-gent-for-the-love-ep
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Tim Gent - Rising Son (prod. by Free P)

Pre-Order 'And After That We Didnt Talk' 

11.6.15

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@GoldLink's debut release, 'And After That We Didn't Talk', will be dropping this Friday 11.6 – a week earlier than anticipated – via Soulection. 

The uptempo, introspective "New Black" is produced by the UK's @tommisch with co-production from Aussie native @jordan-rakei

www.AndAfterThatWeDidntTalk.com

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GoldLink - New Black



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Nao Tem Nada Nao (VLVT JONES edit)

It was only a matter of time before I touched one these Paak gems.  

Anderson .Paak - Am I Wrong (Sammy Bananas Bootleg)

@Razor-n-tape pushes the boundaries of their ever-expanding Reserve imprint once again, bringing the tropical soul of @Fatnotronic into the fold.
Released world-wide April 16 for Record Store Day 2016

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PREMIERE : Fatnotronic & In Flagranti  - Botoque [Razor-n-Tape]

Written, recorded, and produced by Donald & Tiger in a basement in Echo Park, CA.

please give some <3 on Hype Machine: http://hypem.com/track/2gvas/

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Mixed by Tony Lash & Isle&Fever
Mastered by Brian Lucey
Cover Art by Jenna Josepher & Ege Soyuer

Inquiries: isleandfever@gmail.com
Vinyl EP Release on Stratford Ct this summer: https://isle-fever.bandcamp.com/

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Nov 20th - Los Angeles, CA w/ Macross 82-99, Night Tempo & Vantage - SOLD OUT
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I Want Cha Back

Rainbows (w/ YUNG BAE)

lil whip of a classic. hope yall enjoy cuz i got two strikes so if this gets removed im screwed. 

KilCool - remember me

my personal tribute to Michael Jackson. Thanks for having listened. One of my first edit

Jackson 5 - Body Language (DJ Mila re-edit)

We've seen this story in music time and time again; Al Kent - the ambitious producer who spent his life's earnings making his dream project. The project was the Million Dollar Orchestra, an army of musicians whose sole mission was to complete a fully orchestrated Disco LP born in Al's mind and inspired by the lost sounds of classic '70s material much in the vein of the Salsoul Orchestra or MFSB. The MDO LP achieved just that. The music was rich with lush strings, thick brass sections and filled out with arrangements of epic Disco proportions. The LP was magnificent, however much like history has also shown us time and time again; this ambitious project left the producer completely spent, both emotionally and financially.

As we all know any producer worth his salt rises from the ashes and always comes back, usually with a newer stripped down sound and condensed studio budget. This is Al Kent's rise from the ashes that sees him coming at us full throttle even with his bruises and broken bones. This is part of the natural cycle we've seen before in Disco history. Private press Disco records sell for hundreds of dollars on ebay because of the mixture of raw energy that is harnessed in one studio take and the underfunding involved creates a distinct sound on those vinyl platters that can't be replicated. That is unless of course like Al Kent, you record much of your new secretive LP in your bedroom hence using a lot less musicians than you did last time around and then complete the rest of the project in a fully analog studio called The Barn.
 


Al dug out some old tracks he'd been working on previously. Some were half finished, others were little more than ideas, and a few were demos he'd put together for the Million Dollar Orchestra. He got some musicians back together to record a few bits and put these nine new tracks together. It didn't take as long as MDO, but then he didn't record a brass or string section this time. However the tunes do focus on neck snapping drum breaks, heavy boogie bass lines, the bottom heavy aspects of Disco, or as I like to think of it - the underbelly of real independent Disco. It was all mixed at The Barn again, "because that desk and reel to reel tape is just too nice." On the technical side, the difference between digital and analog especially in the right hands is night and day. When it goes through a proper desk where all the effects and all the reverbs etc, are real, it makes a massive difference. It throws up all sorts of challenges which on a computer would be fixed in seconds with some preset. It takes a lot of time and thought to do this using more traditional methods but it's worth it when it works out. 

The finished mixes were bounced to tape - i.e. played back through the mixing desk to a reel to reel machine then recorded back to the computer via valve compressors and other gizmos. That process just pulls everything together and the tape adds a certain something - a warmth that's totally missing in digital recording. 

On the creative side Al thought that an album of all up tempo tracks that were primarily DJ friendly didn't make for a particularly interesting album, except to DJs. He wanted to find a way to make it more interesting for the general public to listen to as well. The LP starts off with a banger and track tempos vary from fired up dancers to mid tempo hustles and down tempo steppers, all the while woven through recordings of lost DJ interviews, commercial advertisements for old Discos, and even revisits the Disco Sucks riot in Chicago's Comiskey ball park over the course of the LP. Al expropriates the Disco Sucks chants and even including it in one of the tunes. The phrase "Disco's Revenge" immediately comes to mind. Don't forget Al got his start as a soul boy and the star tune of this LP may even just be the vocal anthem "Come Back Home" featuring Tyrone Taylor on vocals. This is a welcome addition to Al's discography and brings his sounds full circle.

This independent Disco LP is woven from the mind of a true Disco aficionado (some may even say Disco obsessive) using both real history and new sounds to create a modern disco fantasy for all to enjoy on their headphones or on the dance floors. It is with great honor that I introduce Al Kent's latest burner of a Disco LP: SECRET SOUNDS - So turn up that stereo or put on your best outfit for the discothèque, and get down-get down... 

Love On The Run, New York, August 2009

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