OCT2020

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"The Time Is (Now) was written during an artist studio residency in the north of Montreal. It was Fall 2021, and after a quick moment of hope and few travels during that summer, we were back in the dark with no opening of clubs in sight and still in this heavy pandemic vibe.

This residency was a way for me to take control of what I could still control, productivity and creativity, instead of giving into dark thoughts and inertia. Armed with 2 synths (Prophet 6, Moog Grandmother) and computer, my goal was to write 1 track per day, no judgement. After 2 weeks, I realized I had a good base for my next album (more on that later) but I also had a few tracks that I thought could co-habitate on a dancefloor driven EP.
The title track was a tricky one. I worked on something all day and felt I wasn’t getting any breakthrough. After dinner, I went back to the studio and suddenly, something happened.

The track is based around this heavy disco beat and the 2 bass lines working together. The spoken word refers to this sense of urgency of trying to grab the bull by the horn. There’s a sense of darkness in it, but also hope. Especially at that mid part when the Rhodes come in to tell us everything is going to be alright. I guess this is something I always try to have in my music — A moment of hope/light. When I got back home, I replayed a few things on my instruments at home to make it sound more live and asked Laroye, a french producer living in the UK, to redo the percussion parts. The Dub and Reprise came naturally after that.

L’Horizon was an easier process, and I tried to fight the instinct of changing it too much when I got home to keep the vibe intact. It certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel but it has a sort of classic charm, remininscent of late 90s Parisian House and also some of the music I made around the early 2000s. Big organ stabs and bass line, It’s full of clichés and I decided to run with it. Paintings closes things off with a more introspective vibe. Based around a chord memory progression from my Prophet, and a trusty conforting Moog square bass line, mixed in with some dreamy gospel like chants and textures. My version of an abstract painting." 

Fred Everything.

Fred Everything "The Time Is (Now)" EP

PREMIERE: Fred Everything - The Time Is (Dub)

4 slabs of BOOOM!!! 
originally released in 2016 as a vinyl only release. now available over at the melange bandcamp. Linkage here>>

https://melange.bandcamp.com/album/earls-booom-edits-vol1

More BOOOM!!! coming 2024

A2) EARLS BOOOM!!! EDITS - BADADU

BUY: https://justsayfouk.bandcamp.com/album/mirage-ep

Label mainstays Fouk just dropped the perfect dancefloor Bomb with ‘Mirage’ paired with a high-octane Elisa Bee remix 

We all know Dutch duo Fouk from their soulful, bouncy take on house music. They’re also responsible for some of Heist’s biggest tracks like Kill Frenzy or their Lil Louis inspired 2021 release ‘Blue Steel’. On their new EP, the talented duo shows us a fresh side of their sound: the main-room hands-in-the-air-going-wild side. To top things off, Italian producer Elisa Bee made time in her busy schedule of DJ’ing and releasing for artists like Ben Sims on his Hardgroove imprint and Unknown to the Unknown to deliver a killer remix of the title track. 

Fouk’s return to Heist after 3 years is a welcome one and with ‘Mirage’, they might just have given us their biggest house track in their decade spanning career. The track is built around a stuttering synth loop and a seductive female vocal chanting ‘What made you wanna…” The real star here is the bassline, which propels the track into a seriously infectious groove. Add some lush strings and moody changeovers and you’ve got yourself a full-blown dancefloor weapon. Mirage has been a staple in Dam Swindle’s sets for the past months and has been one of their set highlights ever since.

“Coffee” is one for the classic Fouk fans. It’s got lovely Rhodes, a joyous combination of whoo’s, snare-rolls and synth hits grooving on top of an infectious orchestral background loop. “Tapioca” is a hybrid latin-electronic groove that builds on punchy synths, live percussion and drunk keys to balance the energy of the track. 

Elisa Bee’s remix of ‘Mirage’ is an intense percussive workout that builds on a breakbeat loop and a rave-bassline. The tempo is turned up a notch or 2 and that stutter synth and vocal of the original make this remix a wild warehouse affair.

Closing track of the EP is ‘Abalone’; A lovely bleep-house affair that still has a bit of that warehouse vibe. It’s got the perfect amount of distortion the drums while keeping things dreamy with some face-melting pads throughout the track. 

As always, enjoy the music and play it loud!

Lars & Maarten

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Fouk - Abalone

112 KBPS FILES - DON'T BE A DUNCE!

Stream & Buy - https://razor-n-tape.lnk.to/MeridaEP

Colombian-born, New York-raised producer and instrumentalist Felipe Quiroz aka Prince of Queens brings his unique synthesis of trans-caribbean culture with house and techno to RNT on his Merida EP. Known for releases on Names You Can Trust and his band Combo Chimbita, this lush and varied EP invites you into a world where vintage tropical sounds and modular synthesizers live side-by-side on the dance floor.

With 6 songs stretched across two sides, the record explores a wide range of tempos and electronic Latin vibes, and boasts gorgeous cover art that suits the emotion of the music perfectly. Although he is a seasoned producer, Prince of Queens is still a relatively new name on the club scene…but with this definitive musical statement it’s a name that the heads will remember.

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www.razor-n-tape.com​
www.razor-n-tape.bandcamp.com

Merida

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Prince of Queens - Que Pasó

Rolling deep into the summer, Phuture Shock Musik returns with more hot dubplate pressure via their ‘PSM DUBZ’ series – this time in the form of a collaborative 4-track offering entitled ‘Deep Within’ EP by Bristol’s soulful house don Sean McCabe and Brussels-based rising star Rosie From The Block.

Link:
@phutureshockmusik
@rosiefromtheblock
@seanmccabe

Deep Within EP

APPAREL PREMIERE: Rosie From The Block & Sean McCabe - Rise Above [Phuture Shock Musik]

21st Century Soul Boy – Galactic Funk EP (HOTDIGIT 121)

21st Century Soul Boy rockets into space for his debut on Hot Digits with the hyper-drive engaging ‘Galactic Funk EP’ – a superb 4 tracker which rumbles the darkest reaches of nu-disco and house. 

‘Feeling The Vibe’ quickly gets into gear with a sequenced electro-acid funk feel that soon transcends into riotous ‘disco house stomper’ territory. The bass is a pure room filler – with the concoction of synth, smoke and heavy feet on the dancefloor. The blending of cheeky piano riffs and voice samples makes this one an instant new classic. 

We head right into a summer of love festival with the wonderfully anthemic ‘Play That Phunky Music’. 21st Century Soul Boy has absolutely nailed his colours to the mast with this peach of a tune. A pounding, fist-pumping, swirly and retro-cuddled magic mushroom that you can wear like a hat to parties, this promises to dominate charts in the months to come. 

‘Move Your Bodee Bodee’ muscles in as a solid funky electro souffle that continues to rise and rise. The soaring robotic vocal takes this track to the stratosphere where only the piano breakdown can break you out of your trance. Full of pops, beeps and glassy synths, ‘Move Your Bodee Bodee’ is a triumph and a gold star next to 21st Century Soul Boy’s CV. 

When it comes to the wickedly Electro inspired Fingerman Rework of ‘Move Your Bodee Bodee’ all the moves will be breaking out as if you’re in Arthur Baker’s kitchen for breakfast. The intricate working parts in play here combine sublimely to create a truly spectacular electrofunk delight – full of stabby bass, sexed up robotic synth vocals and heavy doses of Roland TR-808 to tickle your armpits. 

The Galactic Funk EP represents a stunning Hot Digits debut from 21st Century Soul Boy, who definitely fits this label like a glove.

HOTDIGIT121 21st Century Soul Boy - Feeling The Vibe (Preview)

Fortunea Records 10 Year Anniversary - Down The Danube River LP
Label - Fortunea Records
Released - 29th November 2024
BUY FROM - https://fortunea.bandcamp.com/album/fortunea-records-10-year-anniversary-down-the-danube-river

Its been an incredible journey so far for the Austrian label Fortunea Records. Founded in 2014 by Vienna-based dj and producer Klaus Benedek it was originally launched to release his own productions. But over time many of his friends and colleagues from the scene send him demos. And since then it grow exponential and is now an embodiment of the capitols house and electronic music scene.

Web / Social Media Links:
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https://www.instagram.com/fortunearecords/
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Kind-A-Thrill [SINGLE]

Kind-A-Thrill

Following hot on the heels of his sold out 'Rumba' and 'Ciquita' 12”s, @bawrut returned to Ransom Note Records earlier this year with the '4x4' EP - home to four typically leftfield bangers that come on like a whirlwind journey through one of his unfailingly energetic DJ sets.

The accompanying remix EP is out now, featuring contributions from a host of star producers and underground favourites. Berlin’s rising star @marlonhoffstadt turns ‘More Cowbell’ into a breezy extended house jam - just the sort you could imagine spiralling away forever into infinity.

4x4 (Remixes)

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Bawrut - More Cowbell (Marlon Hoffstadt's Aloe Vera Mix)

GLBDOM's next release showcases the talented New Zealand duo 2XM of Benjamin and Liam a collaborative effort with Scheme. The emotional four track EP "Fading" including remix from Jesper Tjarnfors proves once again that these guys really developed their own signature and unique sound. This EP has a rare sensitivity, elegance and slightly wistful with melancholic notes, so it's good to meet autumn with it! 

https://soundcloud.com/2xmurrays
https://soundcloud.com/glbdom

PREMIÈRE: 2XM & Scheme - Transcendent

Lots of great music coming out these days

Load Management pt. 1

Bandcamp - https://bernardomota.bandcamp.com/track/sound-of-crash

Sound Of Crash

This time the a.k.a of mexican boy Ulises Romher, Odysseus, is back to Filth Inc. to present this little track with a electro garage house and lo-fi aesthetic.

Follow Odysseus:
SoundCloud: @ulisesromher
Facebook: facebook.com/odysseusodysseusmusic
Instagram: instagram.com/ulisesromher

Free Download

FREE DOWNLOAD: Odysseus - Astronaut

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Mind Power (Joint4Nine Edit) [PHREEK010]

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Nico Lahs
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Adeen Records
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Make Up - The Edits

Novela Das Nove (Nico Lahs Edit)

PREMIERE: Wally Badarou - Novela Das Nove (Nico Lahs Edit)[AR007]

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Mind Power (Joint4Nine Edit) [PHREEK010]

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