MIMS Premieres

Music Is My Sanctuary presents this brilliant Scott C remix of Jacob Collier's "Don't You Worry Bout A Thing" 

from Scott C: "I discovered the Youtube life of Jacob Collier only about a month ago. This amazing 19 year old London-based musician has mastered a gang of instruments, and combined with his vocal chops, has caught the ear of heavyweights like Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock. 

After playing his video cover of Stevie Wonder’s "Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing" about a million times over, I decided to do an edit so I could run it on the dancefloor at our monthly party, The GOODS here in Montreal. I hope you enjoy it."

More about Scott C at @The_Incubator

please check out  Jacob’s work at http://www.jacobcollier.co.uk
Buy the original here http://jacobcollier.bandcamp.com/track/dont-you-worry-bout-a-thing-2

Jacob Collier - Don't You Worry Bout A Thing (Scott C's GOODS Touch Up)

Song For My Lady - Louiz Banks

Koy Yolu - Jazz Semai

Sobre El Orinoco - Virgilio Armas Y Su Cuarteto

We’re happy to present an exclusive download track from CAIN, one of our favorite new talents who releases music on Fine Grains Records which also happens to be one of our favourite young record labels.

@finegrainsrecords don’t release a ton of projects (three official EP’s so far) but everything they release is quality, has an original sound and a purpose. I think the boys have a masterplan!

This September, Fine Grains Records take to the road for showcase events in Moscow, Trondheim and Oslo. Featuring artists who have released with the label (My Dry Wet Mess & Cain), frequent collaborators (OL & Purple) and label founder Uraki Riddim. Ahead of the tour and his forthcoming Savann EP on Fine Grains, CAIN offers the epic ‘Undergate‘ as a free download.

CAIN - Undergate (Fine Grains Records)

Kenlo Craqnuques - Hey U

@kidsublimemusic
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PEDDLIN' TRAX is the new house orientated series on hot shot sounds. Music to keep you riding all day and into the night.

Volume 1 welcomes Amsterdam house and hip hop legend KID SUBLIME with his 'Ringtone EP'. Pure adrenaline from start to finish, music to put you in a trance, uplift the mind and body, quench the thirst when the dancing over takes the soul. "Real Hipsters Dont Dance" starts the vibe - after kid spearheaded the bboy house movement with his basement trax series, the evolution comes full circle on this one, set to create unity on the dancefloor.

The title track "That Ringtone Shit" an ode to the corny motherfuckers out there with no clue, real gutter shit, feel me?!!!? The b side uplifts with "Get High" &amp; "One For Ibiza" - jams to get you in a sweat and forget about the afformentioned. all of this is polished off with a bonus track from the vaults "S.E.X.X.X Met Jouwww" - a basement soul era head nodder from boogie down amsterdams finest!

Exclusive Premiere: KID SUBLIME "Real Hipsters Don't Dance" (Upcoming EP on Hot Shot)

Anthony Fade prepares to drop 4 lo-fi ghetto houz jams on House Crime with an exclusive first taste!

Nothin' but some raw and uncut rhythms to get things going! HC006 comes in bangin' and leaves bangin'. Sometimes you have to push subtleties aside and just let it all hang out.

House Crime Vol 6

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Exclusive Premiere: Anthony Fade "Bout It" (House Crime Records)

Octo Champ prepares the release of his second release of 2017, "Southern Uplands".

This upfront four-track release is a selection of dance floor ready disco and house and sits boldly apart from a lot of other music within these genres. Lacuna is the EP's funkiest cut, featuring a killer bass hook, percussion, guitar chops, claps and more vocals to carry it along.

Octo Champ is one-half of DJ/promoter duo Rigid Disco, running parties and radio shows across both London and Glasgow and booking rising stars such as Tom Blip, FYI Chris, Hector Plimmer and the Rye Wax crew.

Octo Champ has remixed Soundway's Flamingods and CHPLN as well as contributing to the CDR x Dimensions Sounds 2016 project. Most recently, his music was picked up by Let's Go Swimming who released the Not quite there yet EP.

@shapesofrhythm is a south London-based label founded by Tom Central and BodyMoves with the aim of releasing music they love regardless of tempo. Now three releases in the label has seen support from Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft, Dom Servini, Jazzy Sport, KCRW LA and many more.

For more information and feedback, email:
info@shapesofrhythm.net
shapesofrhythm.net

Southern Uplands EP

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Exclusive Premiere: Octo Champ "Lacuna" (Shapes of Rhythm)

Fresh of the back of his recent ‘Environments Ten’ release on @XVI-Records, South London based producer and Brownswood Future Bubblers alumni Munro returns to his own imprint @ArkenRecords, bringing a few friends along for the ride.
 
Following on from his debut @ArkenRecords 12”, (a limited- to 100 run which gained him support from the likes of Bradley Zero, Jimpster & more) Munro enlists the help of long time friends @UmRiver & Bard, and fellow Future Bubblers participant Revenu; delivering four upfront, forward-thinking and uncompromising tracks. From the deep, acid driven, broken beats of Bards “Tatala” to the cavernous, unrelenting energy of Munro’s “Fall” - each cut seems to feed from the energy of the other, twisting and turning into constantly unexpected directions.
 
A dark modular synthesis induced atmosphere hangs heavy throughout the record creating an almost dystopian soundscape at times. It’s overpowering grooves transmit through empty space, perfect for soundtracking moments of nocturnal transcendence.

ARKEN002

Exclusive Premiere: Um River "Night Ceremony" (Arken Records)

Osage (pronounced Oh-Sage) is the electronic music making alter ego of Philadelphia based dj/producer lil'dave. The man behind Osage is best known as a veteran DJ on the Philly nightclub scene and as a member of the highly respected dj crew Illvibe Collective. He has also been a fixture on the radio as the co-host of the internationally known broadcast Eavesdrop Radio. As a recording artist, he has released music under various aliases for record labels such as BBE Records, Tru Thoughts, Record Breakin' Music, Soulspazm, and First Word Records. He has collaborated with and remixed a diverse range of artists such as RJD2, Lady Alma, Ty, Ryat, Captain Planet, Foremost Poets, and more.

The Osage sound is an amalgamation of musical influences such as deep house, samba, African rhythms, futuristic r&b, boogie, uk garage, salsa, broken beat, and soul. His music is built from slightly unorthodox drum programming, layers of synthesizers, and a focus on bringing the soulfulness out of the machines he is working with. Over the years, he has been building a solid reputation by creating a catalog of clever dance floor edits, remixes, and original tracks which have been supported by notable tastemakers such Gilles Peterson.

As you listen to Osage's upcoming EP, AlgoRhythm Vol. 1, you will find a collection of tunes that take a lighthearted and adventurous approach to modern dance music. On "I Found U", which features Atlanta based singer Dezaray Dawn, he creates a bubbling house beat that gives Dezaray the perfect backdrop to sing about searching for love.
Purchase EP > https://osagesound.bandcamp.com/album/algorhythm-vol-1

AlgoRhythm Vol. 1

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Exclusive Premiere: Osage feat. Dezeray Dawn "I Found You" (Bastard Jazz)

Sol Power Sound (@solpowerdc) adds a fifth release to its catalogue with 'Rising Tides,' a blazing EP from London producer, Aroop Roy (@aroop-roy). Aroop has delivered a string of hit records on Gamm, Basic Fingers, House of Disco, and Kampana, and is a welcome addition to the growing Sol Power Sound family. On 'Rising Tides', he offers two stunning visions of global house music which have already received outstanding feedback. The EP begins with 'Tembandumba', an epic and spiritual tribal dance (and fully licensed) reinterpretation of a Totó la Momposina classic. This journey of shifting rhythms, evolving filters, layered synths, and visceral percussion gradually builds into a fiery climax. The 'vocal mix' builds more patiently and is a natural opener, while the 'club mix' is arranged to mix perfectly into the peak time of any set.

Rising Tide

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Exclusive Premiere: Aroop Roy "Tembandumba (Club Mix)"

@Sunlightsquare’s first single of 2017, Oyelo, is a mixture of Jazz, Cuban and House music in its most authentic form. Starting with moody latin-jazz piano and sun-drenched live percussion played by master percussionist Giovanni Imparato, the track is driven by the classic house beat of the TR-909 - the legendary 1980's drum machine. Ronnie Scott’s resident Cuban singer Rene Alvarezdelivers the impassioned vocals, followed by the main man Claudio Passavanti’s heated Montuno piano riffs, which combine seamlessly to create a blissful, dance-floor experience. It's a perfect marriage of organic grooves, lush beats and soulful vocals, joining the dots between different generations of latin dance music.
Purchase: https://sunlightsquare-records.lnk.to/oyelo

Oyelo

Exclusive Premiere: Sunlightsquare "Oyelo (Original Mix)"

We're pleased to welcome The Showfa inside the Excursions kitchen, to cook us up something sizzling for your mind, body & soul. Wielding a nifty set of disco scissors, he's selected the finest of gospel cuts and brought them neatly to the boil, serving up three delectable dishes of hot spiritual gumbo. Soul food of the highest calibre. Taking us to church straight off the bat, 'Thankful' builds and builds along an infectiously uplifting piano-heavy hook; an edit that bubbles away effortlessly akin to a Moodyman-esque disco groove, perfectly crafted for the dancefloor.
https://theshowfa.bandcamp.com/album/a-gospel-excursion-vol-1

A Gospel Excursion Vol. 1

Exclusive Premiere: The Showfa "Thankful (The Showfa Rework)"

Music continues to evolve and lions continue to roar!  Thus is the case with Michael The Lion and his first EP on Soul Clap Records. Great music often pays homage to its foundational past and Michael’s original music accomplishes this with his sample-based focus rooted in a disco-funk-soul core but with a keen sensibility for today’s dance floor. His incorporation of live vocals from Amy Douglas’ gutsy performance on the modern funk monster “Get It On” results in original songs vs. the “one hour bedroom tracks” that proliferate today. 

Bosq was put on remix duty for the EP, and here he describes his process - "I decided to approach this remix a little different and write an entirely new song under Amy's vocals. I took her (incredible) performance and just jammed along, I think I started with piano. It ended up being I think the most instruments I've ever played on a single track. From piano, Rhodes, percussion, drums, bass and once I mustered the courage for saxophone and trumpet too. It was a different approach to remixing for me. I treated it more like writing an original track than a remix. In my head this track lives on a dance floor somewhere like the loft in the early 70s, I hope it can take y'all there too!"

Preorder EP: http://shop.crewlove.us/michael-the-lion.html

Michael The Lion

Exclusive Premiere: Michael The Lion "Get It On feat. Amy Douglas (Bosq Remix)" (Soul Clap Records)

"The overall concept of BLK Muzak was to combine a beat maker aesthetic to a historical and political landscape of afrofuturism. I wanted BLK Muzak to be a conversation with our iconic symbolism. The symbols that have always sustained marginalized people and those that are at the very heart of black music." - Ra of Mourning [A] BLKStar

Creating songs of both eulogy and revolution, the expansion of 21st century black consciousness is felt in waves through Ohio's Mourning [A] BLKStar. A force that has deep conviction, purpose, and weight, songs are voiced through the lens of chopped up drum grooves, stark melodies, and historic sample pulls. Afrofuturism is felt in paramount form within the group, scheduled to give the world their sophomore LP BLK Muzak (Glue Moon Records) July 14th, 2017. The album will land on LP and digital formats, followed by select touring in their region. Mourning [A] BLKStar is bringing forth a conversation that aligns with the political and emotional state of this world, drawing together modern day spirituals of reverence and despair.

Formed behind the vision of group leader Ra Washington, BLK Muzak paints a vivid picture of the complexities surrounding the human condition. A survey of life is distilled through the fabric of the album's soul, encompassing themes such as spiritual ascension, structural counter balances in society, diverse communal values, the unchaining of the spirit, love for self, and revolution. Every word and lyric is galvanized into the diaspora of 21st century African-American culture, serving as both a force of light and a schematic to survival and independence.

Taking on influences as wide ranging as Eddie Gale's late '60s spiritual jazz opus Ghetto Music and the world-renowned works of poet, playwright and essayist June Jordan, BLK Muzak is life through sound. With the group comprising vocalists LaToya Kent, Kyle Kidd, and James Longs, a full spectrum of knowledge and harmony is offered. Scintillating vocal runs spiral over smoldering synth bass and hard hitting snares and kicks. An arena where the presence of a Dead Prez and a Gil Scott-Heren are pulled into the same tapestry of culture. The name of the group finds a shared passageway to multiple worlds and reflects the importance of the music, showing honor and acknowledgement to the lives that've died at the hands of police, along with the beauty and expressive legacy of African-American artistry.

When looking at the roads that led to the creation of BLK Muzak, it's important to understand the history of the group. Group leader Ra Washington plots out the following timeline, "It was originally just me doing what I've been up to for more than a decade: make a batch of beats and record over them. But this time I wanted some different voices around me, so I invited LaToya Kent, who I've known since high school, and James Longs who I've known for at least five years. We recorded twenty songs and then after listening back to the roughs, we decided that maybe this could be a band. We enlisted a jazz singer named Kyle Kidd and went back to the studio and recorded eleven more and from that we put together BLK Muzak. I think for me it was a real reflective time. One of my best friends had been murdered and I was kind of floundering in making. I didn't know if I should keep going because it hadn't been that much distro of the projects and I felt like maybe the idea of making a living as an artist was a misnomer. LaToya was itching to record and James had never done it professionally with original content. So I think we were all looking for a spark but we didn't want to just make something, we wanted it to be impactful and original."

BLK Muzak will be available July 14, 2017 on Glue Moon Records and will be offered on vinyl and digital platforms.

BLK Muzak 

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Exclusive Premiere: Mourning A Blkstar "Give 'Em What They Want" (Glue Moon Records)

Though beats and fuzzy hip-hop instrumentals may be all the rage, jitwam (apparently from Manipur, but currently based in Brooklyn?) offers something more out of the box with his original slow-motion funk, dusty soul and cassette-spun R&B.

Recent features include Moodymann’s inaugral mix for DJ-Kicks, radio support from the likes of Gilles Peterson (BBC), collaborations with Inkswel and Paul White (MCDE, R&S), and live shows played at the now legendary Low End Theory parties in L.A and with Yuusef Kamaal (Brownswood).
jitwam returns with this 4 track EP in anticipation of his debut album dropping in AUG.
manifested by jitwam.
mastered by matthewdavid (leaving records/stones throw)
Preorder EP > https://thejazzdiaries.bandcamp.com/album/tjd006

TJD006

Exclusive Premiere: jitwam "thejit" (The Jazz Diaries)

"Scrimshire's edits are synonymous with our imprint, and every one has been of the highest quality, often hand-picking the more obscure works you never knew you loved, from some of your favourite soul voices.

And as we turn 21 (release-wise) he pulls it out of the bag once again, rework Chaka's string-laiden "Some Love" into a monstrous dance-floor destroyer; adding some serious sliced and diced funk chops to Merry Clayton's percussion heavy version of "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow"; and finally, subtly and tastefully turning McNeal + Niles' rare slow and soulful treat, "Summertime Love" into a late night Balearic beauty.

The perfect summer soundtrack and another sure-fire Dubplate winner!" -Wah Wah 45s

Scrimshire Summer Lovin' Edits

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Exclusive Premiere: Chaka Khan "Some Love (Scrimshire Edit)" (Wah Dubplate)

“My Connected collaborations album brought together some of the most respected names in electronic music at the end of 2016, and I’m proud to present a giant of a remix package on Food Music, taking the music to the next level. Rimbaudian, DeeJay Astral, MJ Cole, Kry Wolf, Luuk van Dijk, BOT, Tripmastaz and Bodhi bring this remix project together, twisting and turning the music in new fresh directions.. Reconnected is born." -Shadow Child

ReConnected 1

Exclusive Premiere: Shadow Child "Um (Deejay Astral Remix)" (Food Music)

SF Bay Area's TRKRNR (Track Runner) team up with Trailer Limon (one half of SF's The Pendletons) to create two insta-classics for the dance floor and the bedrooms. 

The A side, Stimulate, a a playfull sex-funk exploration that will elevate dance floors and get pulses racing, while on the flip is "No Summer Days", a smooth, vibey Sade-esque track. This record definitely showcases TRKRNR and Limon's love for creating classic sounding songs that would be at home played back to back with Rick James or Blondie. 

TRKRNR (Track Runner) based in Richmond, California, is comprised of childhood friends Saul Vallens (Allen Valenzuela) & multi-instrumentalist and singer Gyrefunk (Vincent Czekus). The two musicians and dancers, who grew up together in San Jose, Ca., draw on deep backgrounds of house, hip hop, rock and pop to create a future facing, genre-busting sound that is both soulful and highly danceable. Employing everything from kalimbas, djembes, synthesizers, guitars, bass and basically anything they can get their hands on, the two continue to turn out friendly, crowd pleasing music that is modern yet classic. They are at home making four on the floor bangers as they are making psychadelic beat pop, dreamy lounge and tightly produced hip hop.

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Exclusive Premiere : TRKRNR feat. Trailer Limon "Stimulate" (Voyage Funktastique)

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