Following the more house & techno focused Spring Club Collection, The Visionquest dream team return with the sun-dappled Summer ‘Beach Collection’, starring Maceo Plex, Tale Of Us and Pillow Talk.

Part II of the Spring Summer Collection features a fresh selection of summer jams – a three-tiered melting pot of hot talent, dishing out a warm mix of sun drenched house steeped in soul, both dusky and bright, with an 80’s disco infusion. This next installment is testament to the ever-changing moods and winds across Visionquest sonic footprint. It sounds like the breeze and the heat of a memorable summer romance, soul music for the feet.

House maestro Maceo Plex steps up first with the bittersweet summer anthem ‘Falling’, the dreamy vocal drifts into the uplifting melody, funky guitar licks and subtle undercurrents of softly jackin’ beats build into psychedelic waves of hooky synths. Maceo Plex’s recent superb singles and Life Index album on Crosstown Rebels is a contender for album of the year.

Hot on the heels of the moody, epic ‘Dark Song EP’, Tale Of Us are back representing Visionquest with the deep melancholy of ‘Winds Of Change’. Eerie atmospheres unfold with gently broken beats, minor key bass notes and a mysterious vocal cut that penetrates the soul with its yearning clarity.

Sammy D aka Pillow Talk has been a fixture on the San Francisco house and techno scene for the past 12 years, having released as Justin Martin & Sammy D on luminary labels such as Derrick Carter’s Classic Records, Ben Watt's Buzzin'Fly and Claude Von Stroke's Dirtybird. Sammy's new project Pillow Talk (alongside production partners Michael Tello and Ryan

Williams) is straight up soul dance music. Influenced by the great RnB singers of the 50s and 60s, Sammy’s velvet vocals displayed here in the majestic ‘Love Makes Parks’ wash over the laid-back, swinging groove and the message is clear; It’s the Visionquest summer of Love.


TRACK LISTING

1.Maceo Plex – Falling
2.Tale Of Us – Winds Of Change
3.Pillow Talk – Love Makes Parks

Beatport link ; http://www.beatport.com/release/visionquest-beach-collection-spring-summer-2011/395616

Juno link; http://www.juno.co.uk/products/visionquest-beach-collection-spring-summer-2011/428407-01/


1. Maceo Plex - Falling (VQ 005)

Masomenos Coco Classico Original Mix

Fanciful

Orris [Minimal Groove Concept]

Alland Byallo - "Another amazing Tom Ellis remix. The guy's unstoppable! Overall a wonderful release. Thanks!"

Fred Everything - "Nice Deep stuff form Chasing Kurt… like it… Reflecting Love for me."

David August - "All three originals are very cool! Will try them tonight"

Robert Owens: „great track and mixes would love to play it”

Maya Jane Coles - "YES!! LOVING the original of Money!!"

UNER - "Tom Ellis Remix is MASSIVE!! Nice groove!"

Arnaud Le Texier - "Tom Ellis remix great! I like Reflecting Love Alternative too... Superb groove!"

Satoshi Tomiie - "Quality music throughout this ep!! I like it very much!!"

Rodriguez Jr - "Money (original AND remix) is a BOMB!! Support in my November charts."

Lee Curtiss - "Money = deepness!! Very nice!!"

D'Julz - "Reflecting Love is the big one for me here, top deepness from Chasing Kurt!"

Till von Sein - "That Money joint is so sick!!! Great track, great vocals."

Jimpster - "Tom Ellis mix is bang on it! Good job on that one! Big support!"

Robert Dietz - "Great release!! Really dig the original of Money and the Tom Ellis remix!

Daniel - (Trickski) - "Deep! Great package! I also like that the vox are not the regular party bullshit! Respect guys!"

Charles Webster - "Tom Ellis Remix is VERY nice... I’ll be playing this guys! Thanks."

Kiki - "Wowowowow! You should know... that i like pretty much everything about "money"!"


Craig - (Silicone Soul) - "Tasty EP! Great melodies and deep sounds - support & thx for the music! Money my fav."


Jef K - "This is solid 5 stars music ... really dig these sounds ... full support on everything here!”

David K - "BOMB!!!!! Can't choose my favorite tracks! I like everything here! Thanks."

Quentin Harris - "I am in LOVE with the Original mix of Money!!"

C-Rock - really nice, more into the originals, would love some 320s ;)

Jona - "Money has a very nice stripped down atmosphere. Lovely track!"

Deepchild - Fantastic stuff here - deep and established sound! Chasing Kurt is gorgeous.

Feygin - "I’m always behind these guys.. a great start to something special. Been on this since i heard it first a few months ago.. and its still fresh! 10/10!"

Thomas Tuft - (Juice FM) - "Nice low slung business. Feeling all of them here."

Rafael - (Raveline Magazine Germany) - "Money is wonderful!!!"

T. Williams - "I can imagine sunni making this!! Wicked package!!"

Ralf - "I like the vocal on Reflecting Love very much!!"

Doc Martin - "I’m gonna give “Money” a go for sure… sounds very nice!

Michel de Hey - "Yeah that is the way I like a vocal track! Reflecting love is excellent!"

Kasper - "Reflecting Love is VERY nice!!!!"

Pablo D - (klubbers.com) - "Two orginal tracks are fantastic. Like for a radio show sure."

Nico De Ceglia - (BBC Radio 1) - "Money is good."

Ignacio - (Mixside.com) - "In love with Tom ellis remix! thank you."

DJ Mag Italia - "Up for review."

Nico Lahs - "Reflecting Love is supercool! Nice ep!"

M A N I K - "Some really cool tunes here. I like Reflecting Love the most. Cheers."

J.Phlip - "Lovin the movement and flow on the Alternate version.... cant wait to play it! "

Kabale und Liebe: „cool ep. tom ellis is killin it!! also diggin reflecting love”

Andy Baxter - (Pacha & Cafe Mambo Ibiza) - "Tom Ellis is the mix for me. Also a big fan of Reflecting Love.  Great EP!"

Luca Bacchetti - "Great deep house tracks!! Liking the Tom Ellis remix so much!! Support!"

Great!"


AFFKT - "Wow...amazing release! Alternative Version is my pick for now but all sound great!!"

Viadrina - "Such a nice release! Proper house tracks with some really catchy vocals. All great!"


Tom Findlay - (Groove Armada) - "GREAT tunes!!! The Alternative version prob my fav. Will support! Well done guys!"

Dairmount - "One of the most inspired release I heard today in my stack of promos. Honest music all over. Impressed!"

Terry Francis - (Fabric London) - "I like these very much!! Money stands out for now. Support!"

Master-H - "Money can't buy ur love indeed.. i know i put a 10! Both originals for me! Thanx!"

Roual Galloway - (Faith Fanzine / Radio) - "Reflecting Love carries the vocal off really well."

Kiko Martínez - (DocePulgadas Radio Show Spain) - "Reflecting Love is perfect for me. Support!"

Diversions - (CHRY 105.5FM Toronto, Canada) - "Reflecting Love original mix is heat!"

Jose Maria Ramon - (Ibiza Global Radio) - "Wow! Fantastic music for my radio shows on Ibiza Global Radio exquisite sound, full support."

Stuart Patterson - (Faith Fanzine / Radio) - "Reflecting Love is the one for me! Great record!"

Edu - (Deejay.es) - "Great vocals, Money and Reflecting Love (Alternative version) are for me Thanks."

Scan Mode - (DJ Magazine Spain) - "Nice slow -mo tracks."

Sergio B - (deejay.es) - "Total House! Total Soulful! TOTAL FEELINGS!"

De:Bug Magazine Germany - "Considering for review."

Soundwall.it - "Very nice vocal on Money!!!!!!!!!"


Reflecting Love

andhim - Horse Society 
Rel Date: 5th Dec 2016

You can stream & download our "Tosch EP" now:
Stream & Download: lnk.to/yxjHz
Vinyl: bit.ly/2g7kcS4

Taken from our forthcoming Tosch EP on Superfriends Records

Official Press Release: 
Superfriends is the new label from Andhim; a label that captures the pair’s charm and ebullience, not only from their past releases but also serves as a stylistic trajectory to date; one that has moved from gentle eclecticism through infinite fun into a refined and contagiously unique electronic sound.

Andhim have over the last decade cultivated an exceptionally loyal fan base of musical lovers and peers alike; that continue to crave the German pairs musical agility and action packed forays.

Superfriends is far from a obvious tick in andhim’s career “to do list” but a strong clue that they are capably poised to continue their anti-intellectualism approach to everything they do.

The international colours of andhim continue to reach all corners of the dance floor focusing less on the narrative and more on the big and fun– Superfriends is set to be an outlet for the production/DJ duo’s most ambitious ideas. An independent exercise in only the finest studio output from themselves but those that inspire, influence and impress.

The first release “Tosch EP” is pristine in production and devoid of existing label noise, where powerfully subtle melodies can sit side by side with immersive dance floor heavy electronic music.

“Tosch EP” signals the pairs desire to remain multifaceted in approach and DIY in execution while also slowly revealing the imagination behind it. The culmination of an intensely creative career to date; andhim brandish a variety tonal ideas that include spacious, diversified and unforced melodies that capture the emotion displayed in the DJ booth.

Stream / Download

andhim - Horse Society

Martin Buttrich - Tripping In The 16th

Martin Buttrich - Enough Love To Hate It

Manuel Tur & Dplay - Deviate (Original Mix)

With this record Innervisions and mict bring you 2 remixes for the award winning 
Sudanese musician Emmanuel Jal.

The remixes come from Henrik Schwarz and Olof Dreijer (The Knife) and they were 
originally compiled for the SUDAN VOTES MUSIC HOPES campaign by MICT.

In this campaign several organizations across the globe have come together to promote
international awareness for the referendum in January 2011 in which the people of South Sudan 
voted to decide whether they wish to remain part of a united Sudan or whether they want to become 
an independent country -
9/7/2011, South Sudan's independance day.

But as always with Innervisions releases: let the music speak for itself.

www.mict-international.org

© mict 2012

Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (Henrik Schwarz Remix)

My Favourite PETS vol. 6

Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/2XWBAcM 
Beatport: https://bit.ly/2xXPxg6 
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LrtSFT

My Favourite PETS vol. 6

DOWNLOAD

Catz ’n Dogz - Wave feat. Zensofly & Maxville (Kassian Remix)[PETSDIG009]

Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint on many big ticket artists, notably receiving a Grammy nomination for a Tori Amos remix in 2003. Such diverse musical horizons are rare. While other prolific artists may have slowly watered down their music, Buttrich’s star has risen in diametric opposition. His vision has become more and more condensed, more and more crystallised. Flipping and puncturing grooves in a live setting is a snap for him, and he’s entranced audiences at festivals like Time Warp and Creamfields, at temples of boom such as Fabric (London), Womb (Tokyo), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Panorama Bar (Berlin) and Amnesia (Ibiza) and at worldwide Desolat Experience parties with Loco Dice.

Buttrich’s journey into electronic music began in clubs in Berlin and Hannover at the dawn of the ‘90s, when post-Summer of Love-Europe began to swing to its own hypnotic, machine-like groove. At 18 years old he began experimenting with production as X-Rotation (with Daniel Bross), which led to the projects Rhythm Assault, Sounds of Life and Phunk Diggazs (with engineer Andy Bolleshon).

Buttrich began a notorious collaboration with his then co-worker at Peppermint Jam distribution, Timo Maas, in the mid-‘90s (they worked the telephones together). After setting up his first studio in the basement of the Peppermint Park studio building, the partnership led to over 100 co-productions and remixes that included Madonna, Muse, Fatboy Slim. Josh Wink and Green Velvet. Buttrich has produced funk legend Bootsy Collins, while switching the patterns for artists including Tom Jones, Kelis, Moloko, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Yello, War and Roger Sanchez. His Azzido Da Bass “Dooms Night” remix with Timo Maas hit the UK top ten charts.
 
All the while he created an impressive library of beats and collected an arsenal of music production equipment for his studio in Timetools, a studio complex founded in 1997 in Hannover with a group of musicians. Buttrich is happy with the subtle crunch of an SP-12 sampler and the ‘smoky’ vibe of his analog mixing desk – adding a bass guitar or other instrument when necessary. But he’s not above having fun with a laptop either: approaching music programs as if they were video games. He doesn’t rely on any one machine or music composition technique, and his array of outboard gear is mouth-wateringly state of the art.
But he never loses touch with the gritty, human side of music, and the environments that it is played in.

Another key musical partnership, with Loco Dice, begun in 2002, undoubtedly inspired Buttrich to delve deeper into the musical histories that first lured him towards after-dark melodies. In a short space of time they’d built up a deep discography creating an era-defining sound in the process. They spent more than half a year living in New York in 2006/2007, with half of Buttrich’s studio set up in a rickety hideaway in Brooklyn that looked out over Manhattan’s vistas. Between late night production sessions and snowstorms, their Desolat label came to life.

Having his debut solo album Crash Test released on Desolat in early 2010, Martin Buttrich is taking his vision to the road, fusing wild imagination with solid musical architecture, cherry-picked inspiration with true perfection of his musical craft. 

Since then constantly on tour, in 2011 Martin Buttrich still has dropped a remarkable collection of music - productions like “Fire Files” EP on Desolat or remixes for Marco Carola and Lee Curtis amongst others.

Currently based in LA, Martin Buttrich is working on his second artist album and a jazz project called The Stoned Autopilot.

Stay tuned.