For the next installment of Manc institution El Diablo’s Social Club’s ‘To Rack & Ruin’ edits series comes from local Manc lads Out of the Basement who bring us two late summer bombs.
These tracks have both been kicking around for over a year now in slightly different forms but now we bring them to you fully refined and suitably mastered heavily for the dancefloor.

Out of the Basement are Steve Leggat and James Ellis. Both have been involved in Manchester's colourful music scene - amongst other things Steve has been running legendary Beat Club with The Stone Roses Mani and James is the founder of Manchester's now defunct deep house label ‘Drenched’.

Side A is a splendid edit of lost soul classic with beats and instruments added for full effect. Side B is a sleazy slo mo cut up of the Brothers Johnson version of the Shuggie Otis anthem 'Strawberry Letter 23'.

300 ltd handstamped vinyl available from all good record stores late September.

RR005 - Out of The Basement - Take Me With You

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Up next on Soul Clap Records, the label that brought you the funk and all that stomping to move your trunk, we're smoothing it out with something truly deep. Presenting the break out debut of talented young David Marston. His roots reach back to his city of birth, Chicago, then spread to the island of Jamaica, where he grew up fascinated with the new world of sound around him. Early guitar training and eclectic musical influences exposed him to classic rock, the blues, jazz, reggae and dub; inexorably the emotive power of music took its hold on him. Now he represents the city of Philadelphia and strives to make music that combines varied, contrasting, and diverse musical elements in a manner that is both intricate and elegant. 

We originally took notice of David a couple years back when he sent us "Gruv", a deep saxophone driven bomb that became the A side of the Jamaicalia EP. Then it took over a year for him to feel ready with his next body of music, which included the future Deep 4 Life anthem "I Don't Want", "My Love Will Be Crying" and "Trust Me". For this EP we also have the world premier of Gemini Love aka Crew Love's three headed and two faced monster, Eli Goldstein, Gadi Mizrahi and Nick Monaco, who have gotten together to present a punky, funky remix of "I Don't Want". 

About his EP, titled Jamaicalia, in David's words: 
"Jamaicalia is a marriage of Jamaica and Tropicalia. I first encountered the term Tropicalia as the caption of a photograph taken in Jamaica. Intrigued, I discovered that Tropicalia was an avant-garde art movement that was started in the 1960s in Brazil. The movement came to exemplify cultural hybridity. It encouraged cultural syncretism: the merging of various and divergent artistic influences with the purpose of creating something novel and powerful. I am fascinated by Brazilian music, and the songs that are featured on this EP undoubtedly have strong Brazilian influences. My music, to a great extent, is the result of fusion; it is a creolized music, a pastiche of diverse styles. While my music is not typically Jamaican, Jamaican culture has had a significant influence on my approach to music creation. For me, Jamaicalia is an apt title for this body of music, because it embodies an experimental amalgam of world and dance musical elements."

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David Marston - My Love Will Be Crying

L'équipe du son - Lesson 1 (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra Remix)

FLOW HIGHER

The arrangement took 4 hours.  The mixing...a lot longer - like hanging on the beach until you realize high tide is going to grab you

Friday Shorebreak

@Razor-n-tape pushes the boundaries of their ever-expanding Reserve imprint once again, bringing the tropical soul of @Fatnotronic into the fold.
Released world-wide April 16 for Record Store Day 2016

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PREMIERE : Fatnotronic & In Flagranti  - Botoque [Razor-n-Tape]

The titel track from my forthcoming album "Premiere Classé" - out on music for dreams the 24th of July 2016.

http://musicfordreams.dk

Premieré Classe

Premiere Classe (Beat Mix)

Kenneth Bager - Premiere Classé

Courtesy of @thoma-cher

"To celebrate summer and at same time my first EP release, I decided to give away a "secret weapon"  private edit of mine. The original track is from a French singer, Veronique Sanson, pretty famous in France in the 80s / 90s for her pop song. But in the late 70's, from a collaboration with producer Bernard Saint Paul, she came out with this fantastic slow disco funk track that very few people know about (I think). Myself, I have heard the original track by chance 1 or 2 years ago, fell in love with it and knew right away I wanted to do a serious re-work of it. Besides new arrangement, and new drums, I re-build a totally new 2 minutes intro for it to shine when Veronique's voice comes in. Special mixing trick and mastering by my friend Benjamin L'hotelier. Here we go."

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BERNARD - SONG (V - SANSON) Thoma Cher Edit (FREE DL)

Bertrand Burgalat 
"Variations sur les choses qu'on ne peut dire à personne"
Tricatel / 11.10.17

remixes and alternative versions by Chassol, Yuksek, Pieuvre, Michael Garçon and many more.

Bertrand Burgalat - Etranges Nuages (Yuksek Remix)

I'm proud to showcase my interpretation of "Riders On The Storm" by one of the biggest rock'n role bands of all time "The Doors" almighty to today's Dance Music. Having on board Kiko Navarro from Spain, Socio Robots from Dubai and RedDub from Tehran with their massive remixes... Enjoy the ride  

Rassek- Riders On The Storm (RedDub Remix)

Rising star Kalson's cosmic take on Cameroonian Esa's 1986 classic A Muto.
@kalson

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Esa - A Muto (Kalson Cosmic Rework)

Put your headphones on, sit by the window and enjoy the journey.

L'équipe du son - Lesson 1 (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra Remix)

Nile Express