MR002

Kirik - MR002#1

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Radio Slave's 'Venti' is released on Rekids on May 17th and is a twelve-track celebration of Matt Edward's most prominent alias' history. Starting life as a series of singles that began in 2023, 'Venti' sees Edwards explore lower tempos, House, Disco, and the Pop reinterpretations that birthed the moniker back in 2001.

'Like everyone else, my life slowed down during the pandemic, and then I decided to move from Berlin with my family after being in the city for 15 years. This all led to a new perspective, and 'Venti' is a direct result of that - a new perspective on my career, history, future, and the current state of dance music.’ - Radio Slave

From Venti’s opening track onwards, a glistening piece of piano-led house that's become an anthem at Sean Johnston and the late Andrew Weatherall's lauded ALFOS parties, it is clear that Edwards is keen to celebrate the past but through the lens of now. A Radio Slave favourite, 'Wait A Minute', is updated to include a powerful vocal from Nez. Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' - a track that kicked Radio Slave into the modern dance music consciousness is reinvented as an Italo-inspired cover featuring Michael Love Michael delivering glorious vocals. 'Wild Life' and 'Wake Up', another two tracks that, as singles, dominated house and disco sets of the great and good in 2023, feel simultaneously fresh while paying homage to the origins of House - message-heavy vocals and all. A cover of Audion's 'Mouth to Mouth' and Edwards' tribute to Terry Hall, the Fun Boy Three reimagining 'The Lunatics' are keen displays of Radio Slave's knack for taking on beloved tracks and making them his own.

The lasers-set-to-stun cut-and-paste nu-disco of Radio Slave’s 'Jaws' is a muscular and timely reminder that the punch of a track lies in its feel rather than tempo, while Edward's command of dub aesthetics and unmatched ability to stretch grooves into a tension-filled journey shines through on 'New Balance' and the epic closer, 'Thirty-Six'. Never one to entirely give into the throes of the 4:4, the cinematic electro of 'Stranger In The Night' and Balearic Cagedbaby collab 'Amnesia' round out 'Venti' as the whole Radio Slave experience - as intense as it is subtle.

One of the most prolific and critically lauded electronic music artists of the past two and half decades, Matt Edwards was born in Catford, London, in the early 1970s. When acid house hit the city, Edwards was deep in the scene, and he's remained there since. Residencies at the groundbreaking Ministry of Sound and an 'unofficial' residency that has seen him become one of Panorama Bar's most booked DJs during his 15-year stint living in Berlin have provided the grounding for an enviable tour diary that continues today.

His Rekids imprint, a label that has platformed some of dance music's biggest names, has been regarded as a high benchmark for two decades with Matt as sole A&R. Collaborations with legendary artists such as DJ Hell and Robert Hood, releases for Running Back, R&S, Innervisions, Figure and more, and a remixography that simply couldn't be repeated in modern music show just how important Radio Slave is.

Radio Slave - Strobe Queen

Subsonik Instrumentals, Vol. 2

Bu Agi (Instrumental Mix)

WE STARTED THIS BACK IN 2014 AS AN EDIT FOR OUR ESSENTIAL MIX - LAYERING DRUMS, SYNTHS AND BASS OVER THE EXCELLENT 2020:VISION ACAPELLA (CREDIT RALPH LAWSON AND CARL FINLOW FOR THAT.) SADLY WE COULDN'T FIT IT IN BUT WE CONTINUED TO WORK ON IT MORE AND HAD SOME GREAT REACTIONS PLAYING IT OUT. WE SENT IT TO BLAZE AND MANAGED TO LICENSE IT FOR OUR OWN RECORD LABEL - FMB

HAPPY THAT ONE OF OUR MANY EDITS IS SEEING A RELEASE... MORE TO COME!

RELEASED DIGI/12" 26TH AUG 2016

12" 
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PHONICA http://bit.ly/FMB006-PHONICA

DIGITAL 
http://bit.ly/FMB006-DIGITAL



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BLAZE | LOVELEE DAE (BICEP REMIX)

Kevin Yost - Messing With My Soul (Benorys Remix)

Moonraker 2008

Moonraker (Magik J's Back To My House Mix)

Emanuel Satie feat. Billy Cobham - Don't Forget To Go Home [Rebirth Records]

My Favourite PETS vol. 6

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My Favourite PETS vol. 6

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

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Matthias Meyer - Infinity

Maceo Plex - Stop Your Hate

Finally Gorge delivers his first 8bit release this year with the brandnew 'Rai' and a 2020 update of his classic 'Erotic Soul' plus new versions from the winners of our remix contest: Crimsen, Sensoreal and Hazner. Great work!

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Gorge - Erotic Soul (2020 Rework)

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