Essential 60s & 70s Soul / Funk / R&B / Mod / Motown - part 2

Traxsource Soulful House 2021 - Part 1

2014

Buchla 01

Matthew Prain

After a super long hiatus, Discobelle Records is back with a brand new string of releases to keep you up in 2014. Arriving this month, the High Steppin' EP from Austrian house-maestro, Dizzy Womack, is a slick little 4-tracker featuring three original cuts from Womack and remix duties from Look Like.

As the follow up release to his 2013 EP, Black Ice, on Top Billin', we find Dizzy in fine form with opening cut, "French Sin." A hypnotic groover with dancing, French-spoken-word vox peppered thru-out. Contrary to its name, "High Steppin'" gets deep, down and dirty with a booty-chakra rumbling bass and pitched down vocals. "She Goes Back" is the deepest of the bunch with stuttering vox and filtered pads, the accompanying remix from Look Like version amps up the more "garage-y" elements which lends the tune a more menacing vibe.

Releasedate is January 31st. Thanks for starting you new year out right with Dizzy Womack and Discobelle Records!

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Dizzy Womack - High Steppin (Original Mix)

Release date (vinyl & digital): 17th of February 

Token started 2014 with the great Eschaton project, a new 

collaborative project between Orphx & Ancient Methods.
Now, only a few weeks later, Danish Token representative Ctrls 

returns.
Movements EP contains 3 fierce new tracks. Mechanical rhythms, 

whip-crack electronic riffs, insistent robot vocals: Ctrls proved to 

master these sounds very well on his past EP’s and he only seems to 

perfect his skills on this 4th instalment.

Conventional? Never. Powerful? Always.

TRACKLISTING
A Shift 		
B1 Sweep 
B2 Stop

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Movements

Ctrls - Stop

Diablo (prod. Larry Fisherman)

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Beyonce party reggae remix

Four Tet + Terror Danjah - Killer/Nasty 12" (TEXT028)

Four Tet + Terror Danjah - Killer (TEXT028 A)

This EP was recorded mostly with the Buchla Music Easel during a period of time in 2014. Each track title is a thought I had at one point in that time.

Written and produced in THE GAP by Matthew Prain.

You Should Have Told Me (From The Beginning)

Menace & Tracid - Buchla 200e

Hitsville USA - The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game (Mono Single)

23 Greatest Hits

Please Mr. Postman (Single Version / Mono)

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Single Version / Mono)

Every Great Motown Hit Of Marvin Gaye

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

United

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

QTZ100
Diephuis & Eastar featuring 
Jocelyn Brown“Don't Quit (Be A Believer)”

Written, produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by Barend-Jan Beljaars & Geronimo Latumeten.
Vocals Written & Performed by Jocelyn Brown & Lorraine Lucas. 
Vocals recorded by Lorraine Lucas.
Keys and strings by Geronimo Latumeten
Drums programming by Barend-Jan Beljaars
Guitar by Samir Bashir
Bass by Erich Römer 
*Remix Produced, Arranged and Programmed by Soulfuledge & DJ Spen
Drums and Keyboards by Soulfuledge
Addition Drums and Programming and Mix Down by DJ Spen
**Remixed By DJ Spen
Photography: www.stoyanovandjones.com; Hair:vickilord.co.uk, Balmain hairpieces; MUA:www.sianduke.com
Sean Spencer and Thommy Davis Executive Producers

Don't Quit (Be A Believer)

Diephuis & Eastar feat. Jocelyn Brown - Don't Quit (Be A Believer) (Original Mix)

Buchla italy sketch1.2

S.E.L

“You Gotta Be”

Produced D.J Spen

Co-Produced by Mike Patto and Toni Economides

Music Composed by Mike Patto

Guitars by

Vocals Performed by S.E.L

Engineered by Toni Economides

DJ Spen & Thommy Davis Executive Producers





UK soul artist, Soulful Emma Louise (S.E.L), has released her new single, a cover of Des’ree’s wonderfully uplifting song You Gotta Be. Produced in collaboration with famed American DJ and Executive Producer, DJ Spen, S.E.L’s adaptation resonates with authentic old skool hip-hop and 1990’s soul characteristics.

 A soothing and lilting melody, S.E.L has retained the essence of Des’ree’s original, and the rich rhythm will ensure S.E.L’s You Gotta Be appears on many club and radio playlists. Added texture and depth is added by way of gentle harmonies and vocal layers, which frame S.E.L’s lyrics perfectly. The result is a single about which both artists say they feel extremely proud and excited. This is S.E.L’s third time working with DJ Spen.

British R and B singer Des’ree originally released You Gotta Be in 1994 and 1995 and enjoyed worldwide acclaim for both the original and remix single. An upbeat track that inspires personal strength and self-confidence, the lyrics say You Gotta Be bad, bold, wise, tough, calm -  and advise us to stick together and hold our heads high as we challenge the future. 

The affirmations and aspirations within the track, then, are perfectly in line with the themes of S.E.L’s previous releases to date, which include Necessary, Elevation and Flowered Tears. 

Described by Jazzie B, OBE, as sounding like Spring, Necessary is fresh and full of light and draws on nature’s beauty to encourage us to appreciate life’s worth. To achieve life's purpose, enthuses S.E.L in Elevation, let your senses guide you, cast your pain aside, embrace positivity, hold on and live your dreams. In Flowered Tears, S.E.L reminds us that we are more powerful and stronger than we know and we must keep on pushing and reaching higher to achieve our finest hours. S.E.L collaborated with DJ Spen and Michele Chiavarini for upbeat remixes of her third single, Elevation, and Flowered Tears.

EnjoI!!!!

S.E.L You Gotta Be (DJ SPEN'S SELSOUL REMIX SNIPPET)

Quantize Recordings is excited about our new Thomas Brenner release featuring the incredible talents of Natasha Watts. “Going Under” is everything you could possibly want from a dance tune.  Natasha’s powerful vocal performance is laid quite nicely over an exceptional production that drips soul from top to bottom.

Leading this release is Thomas’ Original Mix along with a beautifully constructed Instrumental and Rhodes Version.  These mixes encompass everything you’ll need to capture audiences that love real soulful dance music. Then, pushing the tune into the stratosphere, DJ Spen & Will ‘Reelsoul’ Rodriquez present an off the hook, 4 to the floor House mix that is sure to devastate dancefloors across the globe. These mixes are amazingly produced with musicianship that is second to none.

We believe “Going Under” is a song that is destined to be played throughout 2019!!!!

Enjoy!!!

THOMAS BRENNER & NATAHSA WATTS - GOING UNDER (DJ SPEN REELSOUL REMIX)

Charles Cohen: Buchla Music Easel
Sean Hart: Buchla 200

18 Jan, 2013

Charles Buchla Music Easel, Sean Buchla 200

House Of Buchla (Alt Take)

L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/sixty-four-week-2/129053

Release date: 13/08/2008

Marc Houle follows 2007’s Techno Vocals EP with a string of releases that experiment with the true potential of the digital download age, 3 tracks released per week for one month.

The project aptly titled Sixty-Four represents an exciting phase in Marc Houle’s production cycle with most of the year having been spent testing ideas for his album. As a result, these twelve tracks were only ever meant to represent ‘work in progress’, functioning primarily as DJ tools for Magda, Troy Pierce and Richie Hawtin over the summer with Marc also performing them live on the road and during the Contakt shows. However, exactly because of their 'in-between' nature, their inherent quirkiness and route one approach the crowds have really taken to them and other DJs have been desperate to get their hands on them. To satisfy demand, Minus has put together this very special series of digital releases for August, before a double pack 12" hits the shops in September featuring seven carefully selected tracks.

They contain such a wealth of unique and twisted sounds that it’s a challenge finding adjectives to describe them. Houle attacks each idea with verve and tenacity, constantly varying the unconventional line up of machines at his disposal, in fact there’s a vast collection of equipment on display here - early analogue synths, sequencers and drum machines, 80s digital synths, modern buchla synths, samplers, vocals, acoustic drums, electronic trigger pads, bass guitar - even a vst! The result is a plethora of sound encapsulating different styles and multi – coloured dimensions as each track revolves around a musical motif that’s subsequently stretched, contorted and wrenched in every direction possible. It all works perfectly as Houle never loses sight of the basic orthodoxies needed to make a techno track kick.

Week 1 sees the digital release of Sands, Deathray At You and Jouster, and the depth and quality of sound generated from his arsenal of machines is immediately apparent. Just check out the heavily treated raw bleeps and blips that usher in the huge, filtered bass loop on Sands. Every element is given space to breathe as the slow techno groove constructs around a dark acid bassline before the 808 hats introduce more beautifully crafted sounds, creating a lush analogue landscape. The beginning of Deathray At You reflects the title perfectly. A four-note descending bassline then takes the floor and Houle starts running amok with a selection of modulated effects that literally pull the sound inside out while the unobtrusive beats keep everything ticking over. Jouster combines more classic beats with laser cheeky unquantized toms and a low slung, warbling bassline in a rough and ready style including a classic, sampled vocal section.

There’s a strong reference to 80s computer and video game culture during week 2 with Buchla9 as it leaps and cavorts across the sonic spectrum - Just wait for the bass to kick in. Steeplechase is another high-end mixing tool continuing the theme of machines in meltdown with a fuzzy bassline slowly warping up and down while the loose groove speaks with a lazy tongue. Door Nobula then rounds off the instalment with a more aggressive techno workout. The beat hammers the point home with lethal precision as a twisted, freaking acid line dominates the majority of the track.

Week 3 returns to a slightly more sedate state of affairs with Flapping Around displaying some distinct early techno tendencies although its not long before Houle launches the unassuming riff and we’re off again. Selection 12 contains authentic bass guitar work, looped and filtered against a backdrop of delayed drum rolls and thick, reverberating swathes of guitar. The post punk overtones bring a dark, brooding quality to the project making it a welcome but not entirely out of place departure. Ketchup and Beans then kicks in with a tasty electro-funk groove. It’s an infectious dancefloor warmer complete with bouncing, elastic bassline and hypnotic hook taking control and ordering you to dance.

As we enter the home straight of this mammoth release, the fantastically titled Meatier Shower rains down as the title implies, complete with raw sampled hook line and creative interplay between the bass and a Magda vocal. It’s a bomb that detonates with insane harpsichord riffing at the end and a deeply meaningful last note. Investments instigates more mischief with shifting time signatures and delay effects that disorientate the dancefloor before What Are You Doin brings the curtain down. Drifting amid a haze of classic beats and a self referencing cut up vocal, it revolves around a programmed sequence, chattering in a way that reaffirms Marc Houle’s complete and almost unnerving control over his machines.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

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www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marchoule 
www.dj.beatport.com/marchoule 
www.juno.co.uk/artists/Marc+Houle/
www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
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