South Wind, Clear Sky

Scruscru - South Wind, Clear Sky

Broken beat pioneer, Afronaut, returns in full force for Brighton's long established purveyors of fine sounds, Tru Thoughts, with a lesson in dancefloor rocking production.

Afronaut, aka Orin Walters,  founding member of both the bruk supergroup Bugz in the Attic and the pioneering trio Neon Phusion, makes his debut on Tru Thoughts with club-stomper “How It Goes”. 

Following on from his collaboration with mentee and “honorary Bug" WheelUP on the summer-groove “Good Love”, “How It Goes” is the start of a partnership between the bruk legend and Tru Thoughts, a label whose output has been known for championing the West London Sound.

Tru Thoughts honcho had this to say about working with Orin: “I have always been a big fan of Afronaut and many of his songs have been anthems at my club residencies in Brighton. Orin has been mentoring WheelUP so to connect through that album has led to Tru Thoughts now working with him on some forthcoming releases which are sounding amazing. Orin is still pushing musical boundaries and this track is just the start.”

"How It Goes" by Afronaut is out this week. We can't wait to hear what's the next, but we'll certainly be rocking this in the meantime.

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Exclusive Premiere: Afronaut "How It Goes" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

Trev is a producer that brought some serious heat in broken beat in recent times for labels like CoOp Presents, Dance Regular and Super Sonic Jazz. He serves up some pretty serious tackle with  two remixes of Envee's 'Gott Work'.

Gotta Work (Trev Remixes)

Gotta Work

Envee Feat Nick Sinckler - Gotta Work (Trev Remix)

We are pleased to welcome Darryl Baalki into our family. We hope you enjoy this warm summer evening 🌅

"Darryl is a crazy mysterious person. From what I know, he grew up alone with his mother without being much in contact with the rest of the world. His father's music record collection was the only connection with the other cultures and the world. Somehow he got a weird idea in his early childhood that this record collection contained all the music that had been ever created. He persuaded himself that the only way to make new music is to combine bits and pieces from that collection together. So he kept listening to those records and after a while, he was able to recollect their parts and combine them in his head — thus creating new music from what was already there. My role in this process is to communicate with Darryl and transfer his ideas into reality".

Mr. Ultrafino

Format: Vinyl, 12"
Cat Number: DEEPPA003
Release Date: 13th August 2021
All tracks written by Darryl Baalki
Additional production: Mr. Ultrafino
Mixed by Roman Rai & Mr. Ultrafino
Mastering by SALZ Mastering
P&D by www.primedirectdist.co.uk
Artwork by Deeppa Music
www.deepparecords.com

Mr. Ultrafino
https://soundcloud.com/mr-ultrafino

Last Night I Dreamt About The Sun EP

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PREMIERE: Darryl Baalki - Last Night I Dreamt About The Sun [DEEPPA03]

After huge support and love for their MGIC EP, this beautiful EP from Edseven & Tan Brown receives a heavy weight remix treatment from Jonny Faith (Tru Thoughts), Steve Spacek (Ninja Tune), Kid Sublime (BBE) and Peret Mako! Sultry vibes on this one!

Exclusive Premiere: edseven "Heart Wars" (feat. Tan Brown) (Steve Spacek Remix)

Broken beat meets house on Beau Zwart's brand new dance floor banger, "Varispit". Taken from Boogie Cafe Records' new compilation 'Rotterdam On The Move'.

Pre pandemic, Boogie Cafe released a compilation of various emerging artists from Bologna titled 'Bologna On The Move' . This time the focus is on a new wave of amazingly talented producers coming through from Rotterdam NL. The album is dedicated to the more soulful, jazz influenced sound emerging from the city, in contrast to the city's reputation for techno, electro and the harder edge of dance culture.

Artists featured on 'Rotterdam On The Move' include the increasingly prolific bruk acolyte Kofi The Unknown, soulful house head Dikkens, the multi-talented Sykes and of course, Beau Zwart. 

Beau is a Rotterdam based artist, producer, filmcomposer and DJ. He combines his classical background with jazz, house and experimental electronica.

Beau Zwart's track is a fine slab of effervescent broken beat. 'Zarispit' boasts wonderfully crisp drums, a weighty bassline, heady organ stabs, and some quirky electronic touches.

Exclusive Premiere: Beau Zwart "Varisplit" (Boogie Cafe Records)

We're going a little off piste with something new on SB this week... We welcome returning mad scientist Scruscru with his buddy Mike Fot who came to us with the beginnings of a weird and wonderful new off shoot series called Spliff Jamz. 

Following a series of visits to Moscow between 2018 and 2020 to play at Powerhouse club, Scruscru would swing by Mike Fot’s apartment for a smoke and a jam session, working with a variety of Roland and Korg gear late into the night. The results of these sessions have led to a series of EPs; with the first four tracks ready for your ears right now.

BUY VINYL, SAVE LIVES

Scruscru & Mike Fot - Lazy Daydreaming

MIMS is always excited to premiere new music from Byron The Aquarius,  and this time no less, as he applies his significant talents to remixing fellow Alabama resident, producer, rapper, singer Anthony Jamal aka VRGO.

Jamal takes pride in basing his music on feelings and emotions, rather than targeting specific genres and audiences. Something that certainly can be felt in his productions, often lying somewhere between hip hip and house.

Byron The Aquarius turns "Time" into smooth grooving jam, perfect for bumping in April. The EP also features a pumping mix from label boss, Flat White Chris.

The "Fake! EP" is due for release November 19 on vinyl and digital.

Exclusive Premiere: VRGO "Time" (Byron The Aquarius Remix) (Forthcoming on Flat White Records)

Energy of Life

(The Alpine Project)  Side B ..DJ Charlie 2nd Sun recordings...wav

Stefan Ringer - Otw
Part of "The Difference EP"
Quintessentials

Atlanta’s hot shot Stefan Ringer is the man for the last Quintessentials release in 2020. He has been building up his reputation with eclectic music on NDATL Muzik, People of Earth or his own FWM Entertainment label and he now makes „The difference“ for Quintessentials. Stefan Ringer offers up a loose and soulful take on MPC-made house full of deep tips and sci-fi tricks. „Otw“ and „Shakyabody“ are a well balanced mixture of smooth and raw with catchy rhythms, subtle vocals, warped synths and dirty claps. „Evolution“ is an 11 minutes long monster of a ambientish track - deep, dreamy and the perfect sound to reflect on a turbulant year. This is the difference! By Stefan Ringer!

Stefan Ringer | @rekchampa

HSM PREMIERE | Stefan Ringer - Otw [Quintessentials]

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Exclusive Premiere: Afronaut "How It Goes" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

Music Is My Sanctuary