Priz-Smthng nice 12/23

Lounge around to the sound...

Bby Eco - *incoming* [LUSTRE]
Viscardi & Il Duo Magnetico - Elka Mare [Cosmic Romance] 
Soshi Takeda - Same Place, Another Time [mulemusiq]
Olof Dreijer - Flora [AD-93] *
Bullion - Rare (ft. Carly Rae Jepsen) [Ghostly International]
topographies - Face Of Another [Dark Entries]
Angel Corpus Christi - The Watermelon Song
W.A.T. - Les Enfants [STROOM.tv]
André Ethier - Doodah Man [Telephone Explosion Records]
Charles Murphy - The Foot That's Holding Me Down [Efficient Space]
Sasha Renkas - Carrier [World Of Paint]
Coral D - Alright [TEARS]
Sangre Voss - Ersatz Terrasse [Third Place] *
Oro Azul - Atlantis [Mood Hut]
Mad Professor - H2S04 [Isle of Jura]
Bosa 2 Bosa (Moving Still Sunrise Edit) [No Bad Days] *
Banja (Moving Still Edit) [No Bad Days] *
Yodel-Ay-Hee-Ho (RFX Edit) [Fauve Records]
New Jackson - Out Of Reach [Permanent Vacation] *
Kennedy - To Paradise [Pacific Rhythm]
Stump Valley - Lunatica [Toy Tonics]
New Composers - Вы должны всё забыть [Maschina Records]
Odessa - Private Disco Show [Bordello A Parigi]
Limit Blau - Mi Yoyo (Luna Remix) [Klasse Wrecks]
Will Hofbauer - Moss On [Aus Music] *
Fantastic Man - Antiboudi [mulemusiq]

* denotes forthcoming

No Bad Days with Hollick - February 2024

📻 Kroken Radio w/ @christophe-boulmer
📅 Recorded May 3rd 2024

More at www.kroken.radio

Kroken Radio 05: Christophe Boulmer

Pour l’épisode de mai, on revient aux sources et on part sur une sélection exclusivement Soul/Disco/Funk.

Rinse France Podcast

Ygal Ohayon : Back To Basics Vol. 3 : Soul/Disco/Funk Special - 09 Mai 2024

www.linktr.ee/scissorandthread

New Jersey-born Ali Berger is a drum machine specialist and low-key US electronic music standby, now based in Pittsburgh after spending the 2010s in Boston and Detroit. His catalog of original music runs deep, with over 60 releases on his Trackland label and EPs on imprints like Spectral Sound and Sequencias, all resulting from a lovingly-cultivated studio approach which respects improvisation as a spiritual practice. 

Here with this sublime release on Scissors and Thread, Ali shares a multitude of sounds and atmospheres across the five tracks. As Ali himself puts it “This record collects tracks from the last three years, plus 0221 (Serious Mix) which is from 2018. There's a full cross-section of production techniques represented here, from one-take jams to multi-tracked compositions, but through it all there's a deep melancholy which (I hope) is tempered by enough groove to be uplifting. Maintaining emotional balance takes constant, caring attention; music is a part of that process for me and these tracks reflect that.”

This balancing of melancholic atmospheres and groove is evident throughout -  Rhythm & Simplicity is a low key thoughtful banger for the more discerning dancefloors, while A New World To Forget also exhibits a deep love of cultured house music and analog drum machines. Tape Jam Pt 2 is the perfect mix of improvisation and pure groove, put down in a rough and gritty fashion. 0221 (Serious Mix) merges a breakbeat with pads and synths that give off a balearic sunrise vibe, while Motion Anthem wraps up the EP with a tougher groove coupled with wistful melodies and oceans of feeling.

Serious

0221 (Serious Mix)

Ali Berger - 0221 (Serious Mix)

Broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (17.05.2024)

Artist: @vios

Vio PRG @ Radio TNP 17.05.2024

Heels & Souls Recordings hit release number nine, looking across the pond to Toronto in the mid-'90s to reissue two blissfully Balearic house gems from 100th Monkey. Alongside remastered versions of ‘Raindance’ and ‘Nyika Nyika’, the flip features a pumping remix of ‘Raindance’ courtesy of dream house hero Manuel Darquart and a previously unreleased ‘90s stunner, ‘River Ride’.
 
100th Monkey were most known under their Boomtang Boys moniker, a killer Canadian production trio and record label. In the early ‘90s, with a release already out as Fun Wow, brothers Tony and Paul Grace were introduced to Rob DeBoer. With respective backgrounds as a drummer, DJ and keys player and inspired by the sounds coming across from the UK, they began producing releases for the label under a variety of different monikers. From the street soul grooves of ‘Love Trip’ as Boomtang Boys, to the hip house flavours of D.S.B. and the progressive rhythms of The Riders of the Soundguard.
 
Their only release as 100th Monkey though is a jewel in this Canadian crown. Cooked up in their home studio, packed with synths, samplers and drum machines, ‘Raindance’ is a hit of summertime heat that instantly transports you to sandy shores. A slice of mid-tempo, Balearic deep house anchored by shuffling hats and a spine-tingling bassline, the African vocal samples, dreamy strings and goose-bumping chords merge to send you floating out across the horizon.
 
Picking up the pace, ‘Nyika Nyika’ is another dream-inducing house cut, equally adept at soundtracking a sunset, as it is at powering a dancefloor. Shimmering arps and looped African vocal samples glisten through the haze, with a punchy bass and enveloping strings reeling you in.
 
On the B side, Manuel Darquart puts his trademark spin on ‘Raindance’, looping up elements from the OG with a dash of that Darquart hot sauce. The kick gets an injection, steamy synthlines are laid down and a salacious sax is slipped in the mix.
 
Finally, plucked from the 100th Monkey vaults, ‘River Ride’ is an unreleased cut from 1996. Washing over you with a wave of floating pads, trickling arps, a laidback breakbeat and grooving bassline, it’s the perfect warm-down or warmup material, that rightly sees the light of day for the very first time.
 
Licensed from The Boomtang Boys and remastered from the original DATs by Justin Drake.

Pre-order

100th Monkey - River Ride

Artist: Seb Jay
Title: INTHEPIT02
Track Title: ITP02 A1
Label: In The Pit Records
Cat #: ITP02
Release date: 07.06.2024
Format: vinyl, digital

@seb-jay

In The Pit returns, again with four tracks from label boss Seb Jay hailing from Adelaid e/Tarndanya, Australia. Two years on from the inaugural release, Seb Jay draws his newest works from the local scene's expansion beyond clubs & into Adelaide's House & Techno landscape of thriving bar culture, sprawling inner city parklands parties & warehouse shows.

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Premiere | Seb Jay - ITP02 A1

MERC025 Available now:

Leon Vynehall: 
Whole release is brilliant Mark, Love it!
Yvan Smagghe:
Amazing as usual, First thing is superb.
Lovefingers:
Fucking gorgeous.
Sonns:
Its a mega bomb - the full meal, not just the olive on the plate.
Luke Unabomber:
Twilight Fade is a thing of real beauty, buggin soul music from outer space.
Tobias Local Talk:
Super Tasteful.

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/mark-e-first-thing/697840-01/
http://www.vinylunderground.co.uk/first-thing.html
https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/product.php?pid=124947
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/mark-e-first-thing-pre-order-merc/154297

A1. Twilight Fade 192

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*originally appeared on Radio 1BTN courtesy of Middle Floor Records & Tech Support

A1. Twilight Fade 192

M.E.

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