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Whisper it quietly, but Andrew Meecham’s ninth album as The Emperor Machine, Island Boogie, may well be the long-serving producer’s strongest set to date. Of course, all his albums ripple with vintage synth sounds, colourful lead lines, dub-flecked electronic disco and lashings of cosmic intent, but this one just feels a little more special.

Island Boogie is certainly special. Meecham’s “most personal” full-length to date was inspired by his experiences at the Rotation Garden Party – a beloved micro-festival promoted by a group of friends (including sometime Bizarre Inc and Chicken Lips partner Dean Meredith), renowned for the quality of its custom-built Klipschorn soundsystem. “The album’s title sums up the vibe that you get from Rotation,” he explains. “It may be held in a landlocked venue but it gives a wonderful sense of isolation – it is an audiophile paradise.”

Meecham road-tested rough versions of the album’s eight tracks at Rotation 2023, with the feedback and dancefloor reaction guiding the sound and arrangement of the final mixes. Fittingly, Meecham will return to the event to showcase the album at Rotation 2024 this July. Given the inspiration he’s drawn from previous editions of the festival, that will be a very special occasion.

Musically, Island Boogie offers the most fully functioning and expertly constructed expression of The Emperor Machine sound yet, a style Meecham describes as “electronic cosmic disco-boogie”. It’s a sound that takes cues from early ‘80s NYC punk-funk and dub disco, vintage electro, proto-house and left-of-centre synth-boogie, but one that’s instantly recognisable to those who have followed Meecham’s career over the last three decades.

Island Boogie also sees Meecham continue his blossoming working relationship with Séverine Mouletin, whose stylish and distinctive vocals previously graced his popular ‘Dance Par Amour’ and ‘Your Own Style’ singles. Here Mouletin features on four tracks: the acid-flecked retro-futurist wave-boogie of ‘La Cassette’ (featuring additional percussion by Rupert Brown); the infectious, bleep-sporting headiness of recent single ‘Dévoilez-Vous’; and the squelchy analogue synth-funk of ‘Wanna Pop With You’ and ‘Vas-y-Le Chat’.

Meecham also finds space for a cover of Fox’s 1976 pop-rock classic ‘S-s-s-single Bed’, one of the Stafford-based artist’s all-time favourites. His version, featuring lead vocals by Michelle Bee and guitar from Dave Atherton, re-imagines the track as a subtly Chic-influenced slab of infectious electro-pop rich in kaleidoscopic synth sounds, sing-along choruses and shuffling drums.

The instrumental foundations of the classic Emperor Machine sound come to the fore on the album’s three other cuts. There’s the jazz-funk-flecked warmth of the LP-opening title track; the sparse squelches, bleeps, TB-303 style bass and brightly coloured electronics of ‘Walk The Dog’; and the exotic, slow-motion cosmic electronica of ‘Cha Murrah Etem’, a warm but poignant affair dedicated to his late father. Heady and intoxicating, with hints of Balearica and digital reggae, it offers a fittingly beautiful and tactile conclusion to Meecham’s most expressive and accessible album yet.

Island Boogie

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Emperor Machine - La Cassette feat. Séverine Mouletin

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Hey guys! Here's a brand new remix we just did for house and disco legend Joey Negro on his excellent Z-Records imprint. 
Some phuturistic dance music for your soul and feet :-)
J&Tom
 
DJ Reactions:
 
Deetron - Beautiful Spirit Catcher remix!
Ewan Pearson - The JN dub and Spiritcatcher doing it for me
Hector Romero - You guys brought the funk - really feeling this
Faze Action - Quality peak time boogie biznizz
Michael Mayer - loving that bassline and will test it for sure
Miguel Migs – Diggin’ the Dub, wicked bassline biz
Tony Humphries - Spirit Catcher and Yass remixes are very good
Robert Owens – Cool tracks
Bonar Bradberry - Spirit Catcher mix really cool !!
Geoff M - Nice one guys, some really cool mixes here
Hernan Cattaneo – Excellent
Graeme Park – This is absolutely huge
Bill Brewster – Hard to pick a favourite here
Oliver Lang – Lovely stuff
Jask - Nice batch of mixes...Love them all
DJ Meme – Great
Andrea Belli – Good stuff, thanks
GoDeep - Spirit Catcher mix works best for me
Richard Earnshaw - Now this is what it's all about!
The Layabouts - Spirit Catcher mix is the one for us, overall good release
Orde Meikle – Strong release
Hed Kandi – Cool
Tony Rodriguez – All good tracks here
Rocky (X-Press 2) - All good. Spirit Catcher for me
Groove Armada - Like the Joey Negro Dub best
  

You can buy the EP from the Z shop.
http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/product-detail///Z+Records/Joey+Negro+presents+Akabu/The+Phuture+Ain%27t+What+It+Used+To+Be+%28Joey+Negro%2C+Yass+%26+Spirit+Catcher+Remixes%29/download/131

Akabu - The Phuture Ain't What It Used To Be (Spirit Catcher Remix)

Headroom Collective is a group of hip-hop artists who share a love for funky house & electronic tunes. Their first release ever is produced by the well known beatmaker @philanthrope1 and you can feel the heat of summer "Cozy Nights" in its chill downtempo production. A collective that deserve your attention.

>> Philanthrope
@philanthrope1
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>> Headroom Collective
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PREMIERE : Philanthrope - Cozy Nights [Headroom Collective]

African House Party

P-Coq (feat. Splash, Patricia Majalisa & Dalom Kids)

Name It

DJ Sagol & DJ PoolBoi - On My Mind

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Lying in your lap - Thiells

Fruit Merchant are back, bad and riper than ever, this time with label honcho Hidden Spheres taking the reigns behind the striped tarpaulin. Not balshily shouting discounted Pink Lady prices on the Chatsworth Road, but carefully crafting four smooth as ever cuts for the imprints forth release, fresh for your enjoyment.

'Twelve 4/4' is everything you associate with it's creators past creations. Considered and temperate yet punchy and deep; and as ever, infused with about as many jazzy nuances as Duke Ellington's trumpet oil (a lot, surely?). The record as a whole and 'Twelve 4/4' in isolation provides a little respite from what appears to be a fairly raw and club driven sonic landscape right now. Drift away into the hazy blue on your palm raft with this one - Mañana Mañana.

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PREMIERE: Hidden Spheres - Twelve 4/4 [Fruit Merchant]

Lil Wayne - What About Me b00tl3gg

Ty @eelfmusic !
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Buy <3

All Those Nights

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Think Of Me

rossum universal tracks - there will come soft reigns

Alma Negra - Back In Town

Glenn Davis returns to F*CLR for his 3rd EP on the label and all I can say is that this EP is an absolute killer. It’s been almost impossible to keep the lid on this house track of epic proportions for the last 12 months. Simple, effective and deadly, Ashley Beedle dropped the original on dubplate at one of the now legendary ‘Heavy Disco’ parties at the beginning of 2020 and the crowd lost their minds. Shazam went into meltdown and nobody could find the answer!

Glenn’s original harks back to the halcyon days of classic New York house - think Masters at Work, think Kerri Chandler, think Tony Humphries, think ‘category is taking it to church’. This is what ballroom beats are all about – attitude, realness and taking no prisoners. It really is a thing of beauty and has already gone into the realms of ‘classic’ with all the heads who have had the dubplate. It is the distillation of everything good about true house music – it remains faithful to the early pioneers’ vision of what they hoped house music would become.

Once again, the ‘North Street’ crew, Ashley Beedle, Darren Morris and Jo Wallace, flip the script on their ‘North Street West’ remix of ‘Special’ and inject a late 80’s toughness into the groove while bringing it bang up to date with chopped beats, nasty piano and a jacking tempo that ‘werks’ Glenn’s original track.

Here’s the link to pre-order the limited vinyl on Bandcamp https://fclrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fclr012-glenn-davis-special-ep

Out on both digital and vinyl, Glenn Davis has smashed it. This is ‘Special’.

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