Beats, Strings & Life

Bubblin' Up

Strings, Beats & Life (Reprise)

Shur-I-Khan returns to Lazy Days Recordings with 'Beats, Stings & Life' a killer new EP , full of infections deep house and broken beat. "Shut This Down" is a vocal-led broken banger, dedicated to the memory of the late great Phil Asher.

Singer and songwriter Anna Stubbs may be familiar to broken beat fans from her work with Brotherly, who first surfaced on Bugz In The Attic own Bitasweet label. Shur-I-Kan is no newcomer to the bruk side either, having written and released songs with a West London swing, such as "Generations", many years ago.

Elsewhere on the EP, the title track is classic SIK, pumping deep house with gorgeous piano and string arrangement, complemented by clever reprise version which builds and builds. The dark and hypnotic "Bubblin' Up" rounds off this solid EP.

Vinyl and digital drops later this week, so pre-order now on Bandcamp.

Shur-I-Kan "Beats, Strings & Life" EP

Exclusive Premiere: Shur-I-Kan "Shut This Down" (Lazy Day Recordings)

Artist: Milton Jackson
Title:  House Arrest EP
Release 3rd December 2021
Format: Digital
Cat No: FRD272

Following hot on the heels of the brilliant collab release with Shur-I-
Kan, the man like Milton Jackson steps up for his first solo release for
Freerange since 2009.  With just a couple of recent and forthcoming
releases for Closer To Truth and Housewax, we welcome the Scotsman back with open arms as he delivers a five track EP which we’re sure you’ll agree has been well worth the wait!

Opening track Remember reminds us why we first fell for MJ’s music all
those years ago.  Filmic strings add that deep, widescreen mood whilst a
punchy house groove and bouncing square wave bassline satisfy the low end junkies.

Lockdown Love continues with a brilliant flip of a familiar sample, loaded with a positivity that can’t fail to lift the floor and with that crunchy, raw production courtesy of MJ’s beloved EMU sampler.
For the third track he drops the BPM for the blissed-out slice of heaven
entitled Adriatica.  Here we get a good listen of Milton in musical mode
as he goes heavy on lush Rhodes, 80’s Moog lines and sun-soaked strings.

On Birdsong we’re treated to a twitchers delight as things head deep into a tropical oasis with another slo-mo house groove to smooch n’ sway to.

Wrapping up the release we head full on Balearic with Miami Voice,   a nod to the synth pioneers Vangelis and Moroder and just the kind of retro beauty to reduce a grown man to tears as the sun rises over a Glasgow afterparty.

FRD272

Buy on Bandcamp

Milton Jackson - Adriatica [Freerange Records] (96Kbps)

The Time Is (Now)

Paintings

Back to Deepness with this mix highlighting tracks from Prince Ivyson, Kgoro, FTH, Saine, 6th Borough Project, Tukz Ancestral, Allstarr Motomusic, Purple Velvet, Offshore and Coen, Art of Tones, Francesco Panettone, Kez YM, Antonio Rafael and Finest Wear.

House Atmosphere | 2022-08-14

Available here
https://wip-music.bandcamp.com/album/erotic-sonics-trinidadian-deep-mikekon-remix

Erotic Sonics (Original Mix) - Trinidadian Deep

work in progress (feat. Sqwa)

Here's a little snippet our live set at DiY's 30th birthday bash in Nottingham, in Nov 2019

Playground (live at DiY's 30th party)

Addi Thor Ingvasen, otherwise known as Intr0beatz, first came to our attention last year when we ran a couple of premieres for the talented Icelandic house head. Needless to say they were tasty.
We then had the pleasure of partying the day away at the famous Wintergarten in Berlin's best outdoor club, Sisyphos. So after a few beers, it felt only natural to invite him to unfurl 62min of quality music for your ears this Friday. Keep it locked. 

Tracklist:

Darkness (Feat. Samantha Thornhill) - Jullian Gomes
Fourth Dimension feat. Harry Wolfman - Goddard
Melöncholia (Kevin Over Remix) - Kassian
All About Lovin' Me (Big M. Reeemiix) - Max Graef, Peven Everett
Wax Love - Cassettes For Kids
Heard It - Madcat
Light Rhythm - Lebedev
If You Hear It - AtLows
Postcards from the Future (Feat. Luv Juice) - Vibe Called, Luv Juice
Don’t Care - Jus Tadi
Dreams - Mathew Ferness 
All I Need - Jeff The Fool, Wilt
Two - Sondrio & Jason Hodges
Steam Engine (Broke One Remix) - Jolly Mare

Artist: @intr0beatz

Listen on Spotify

SlothBoogie Guestmix #221 - Intr0beatz

Part Of "Dub Come Down EP"
Release Date: 11.12.20
Buy Link: https://freerangerecords.bandcamp.com/album/dub-come-down-ep

Jimpster
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Matt Masters
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Freerange Records
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Release Text:
If there’s one good thing to come out of the Covid lockdown it’s some fruitful musical collaborations and a little more time for extra projects that might never have materialised. Jimpster and Matt Masters have been good friends and musical allies for almost 20 years now, since Matt started helping out at the label back in 2003.

The duo aren’t exactly strangers in the studio with Jimpster lending his production ear to Matt’s Never Ending Nights LP which dropped last year, but this is the first time they’ve joined forces for a full release. We love the way each producer has bought elements of their own sounds to the three tracks, bringing something fresh to the table and being pulled outside their comfort zones in the process.

On title track Dub Come Down we’re treated to a percussive, dubbed out, live-sounding pass with the space echo being tweaked heavily throughout. A live bass loop played by Nick Cohen adds a touch of raw ESG vibes to the track whilst a mutating analogue synth line and sweeping Juno chords add just enough melody without taking away any of the driving energy from the rhythm section.

Up next we have Area E3 which works up a crunchy, syncopated groove with a twisted bassline bouncing around the four four kick drum and claps. Jamie’s Juno 106 gets a proper workout on this one taking on chord and stab duties as well as some extra white noise rhythmic elements.

Closing out the release things head deeper with No Normal. Here the duo create a sense of widescreen beauty emanating from within the shuffling groove, lush pads and skipping synth lines. An intimate, whispering vocal adds to the otherworldly atmospherics developing into some kind of hypnotic mantra that transports us from the here and now.

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Berlin House Music
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