October 2016

With release nr. 11, Luv Shack Records are once again eager to exalt the diversity of their releases, while keeping up the quality.

LUV011 is the split EP of the two up and coming electronic music duos "Manhooker" and "Space Echo". Whilst both projects are still relatively new to the scene, they have equally made a stir with their first releases.

Manhooker consists of the two Berliners by choice Tomasz “Guiddo” Switala and Sebastian “Mavin” Magassouba. Their first release appeared on Ostgut Ton´s sublabel 'Unterton' and their second EP was recently released on german heavy hitters 'Sonar Kollektiv' - a collab with ex New Yorker Snax, featuring a remix by Justus Köhncke.

With 'Pushin & Shovin', Manhooker are once again evoking the spirit of classic soulful house hymns. It's an uplifting mix of 90s organs, filtered arpeggios and thick drums all held together by an acid bassline and Mavin´s shimmering vocals. And not to forget the trumpet solo!

The remix of 'Pushin & Shovin' comes from Brazilian wunderkind ROTCIV (who has already remixed Manhooker on their Unterton release). He strips off the smoothness of the original in favor of a more raw and analogue vibe. Its groove seems like a merger of modern electro and classic house, and although ROTCIV´s trademark stabs and pads are used quite ecstatically on this remix, the song structure remains just as strong as in the original.

On The flipside we have Space Echo, the duo of Viennese producer caTekk and (Luv Shack`s very own) Lee Stevens. Their first ever production as a duo was a remix for none other than Austra on Domino Records.

They're offering two equally powerful cuts on the B-side; 'Soul Power' is nothing short of a club burner. A mighty and continuously building ride of funk organs and disco drums, all with a delightfully modern touch. When the vocal kicks in for the first time, ringing in the break, the audience will surely fall into a frenzy when exposed to it! The disco guitars are just the icing on the cake.

'Soul People' takes a slightly more sensual path. Expect dreamy rhodes, dubbed out percussive organs, an almost reggae worthy bassline, a painfully sweet vocal hook and a sharp rhythm that make this track a perfect choice for every warmup, after-hours and daytime set!

With all its ingredients, LUV011 will provide something for everyone who loves electronic music with soul!

Vinyl tracklisting LUV011:

Manhooker - Pushin` & Shovin`
Manhooker - Pushin` & Shovin` (ROTCIV remix)

Space Echo - Soul Power
Space Echo - Soul People

Digi tracklisting:

LUV011-1DIG
A1. Manhooker - Pushin` & Shovin`
A2. Manhooker - Pushin` & Shovin` (ROTCIV remix)

LUV011-2DIG
A1. Space Echo - Soul Power
A2. Space Echo - Soul People

Mastered by Patrick Pulsinger at Feedback Studio Vienna.
Mastercut by Dubplates & Mastering Berlin.

Out on vinyl on Oct. 11th, 2013, digitally on November 1st, 2013

Soul Power EP

A1. Space Echo - Soul Power - LUV011

After the very successful foray into split EPs, Luv Shack Records continues to explore this concept with LUV013. The EP sees upcoming duo Space Echo make a return after their smash hit "Soul Power", while the B-side is conducted by Wahlberliner ROTCIV.

"Come Back Home", the opening track by Space Echo, is a slowly building but effortlessly captivating piece of hypnotic house music with a raw funk attitude. The gently evolving synth line and the strong vocal hook are the spine of this anthemic track.

The seemingly laid back "Hangover" just oozes b-movie sleaze and might be Space Echos little hommage to 60's lounge music, with an array of distorted guitars and soft pads coming to good use. That is until the synth theme kicks in mid-track and turns the piece into a late night weapon.

Space Echo - Hangover - LUV013

Get Space Echo's 'Journey' here: 
▸▸▸ iTunes: http://bit.ly/1IXwVe4
▸▸▸ Beatport: http://btprt.dj/1BQqEQK

Artist: Space Echo
Release Title: Journey
Label: Light My Fire
Catalogue No.: LMF032
Release: 23.01.2015

The Viennese producers Space Echo have been responsible for one of the biggest and brightest disco house tunes of the past years, 'Soul Power', released 2013 on Luv Shack. With 'Journey' we now welcome them on Light my Fire to kick the new year off in ample style. While 'Phobus Grunt' is a deep, cosmic affair, 'Buzz Lightyeah' nods to italo disco with amazing swing and bright melodic touches. 'Journey', on the other hand, centers around funky guitar licks and muted female vocal touches. Ken Hayakawa then gives 'Phobus Grunt' a UK funky twist, while Teenage Mutants delivers an earth shattering deep house rendition of 'Journey’. Happy New Year! 

▸▸▸ Homepage: http://www.lightmyfiremusic.com
▸▸▸ Facebook: http://facebook.de/lightmyfirerecords
▸▸▸ Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/light-my-fire
▸▸▸ Youtube: http://youtube.com/LightmyFireRecords

Space Echo - Phobos Grunt [Full Track | 128 kbit/s]

♬ Click for more ☞ http://trndmusik.de/2015/01/space-echo-neue-ep-kommt-auf-light-my-fire/

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Get LMF032 Space Echo's Journey here: 
➟ iTunes: bit.ly/1IXwVe4

Nachdem das österreichische Duo Space Echo am gestrigen Mittwoch einen Edit von der Afro Cuban Band verschenkte, feiert ihr Stück “Buzz Lightyear” heute auf trndmsk Premiere in voller Länge. Der Track ist Teil ihrer EP “Journey”, die am 23. Januar 2015 über das Sublabel von Stil vor Talent – Light My Fire – erscheint. Wir sprachen mit Chris und Stefan über ihre neueste Veröffentlichung.

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Space Echo - Buzz Lightyear

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The return of time travelling disco afficionados Space Echo is immanent, and their 3rd contribution to the Luv Shack catalogue is a very special one indeed. The three tracks on the 'Rare Function EP' are boasting with dusty 70s blues magic!

The first track 'Go Down' is somewhat more akin to earlier Space Echo tracks, with a disco loop that steadily builds in the background, funky house drumming and a big beefy bassline. However the gospel vocals and the evolving synth strings in the second break take ' Go Down' to another level of dancefloor goodness.

'Rare Function' sees Space Echo take a moody excursion into southern funk. With an insanely addictive rhodes hook, shimmering strings and a soothing vocal line that hits right in the guts, this piece is well suited to liven up any house set.

The final track is called 'Rainbow Power' and its probably the most uncanny Space Echo track to date. Its a full on party rendition of a lesser known early 70s funk piece that just blasts off after being introduced to a fat acid line!

The EP is a testament to the musical development of the Space Echo project and we're excited to hear what the future holds.

www.luvshackrecords.com/space-echo
www.facebook.com/SpaceEchoMusic

Rare Function EP

Space Echo - Rare Function | LUV019

Space Echo - Rainbow Power | LUV019

Piano Weapon (Disco Up Mix) 96k

African Night Extended 96k

Track list:
A1 – Tell – Hope Springs Eternal
A2 – Darko Kustura – Messier Object
B1 – Loz Goddard – Home
B2 – BAL 5000 – The Acid Is Mine But I Share

Release Info:

The ring master’s voice booms through the arena’s speakers. “Ladies and Vagabonds. Round Three just kicked off and both teams seem bent on wrapping this up with brute force. The Good Guys seem to be cornering their malevolent adversaries there, but wait! a swift jab to the jaw and Team Decent hits the canvas...

Rising talent Tell (Beat-x-Changers, Banoffee Pies) from Paris handles the opening play for the Good Guys on the third missive of the fledgling Quartet Series imprint. Tell seems to confirm Paris is rapidly reclaiming its former status as a hotbed for raw and moody house music by offering up a delectable blend of lavish chords, distorted sounds and melancholic vocals. Darko Kustura (Pole Jam, What’s in the Box) throws in some additional punches for the Good Guys. The Croation beatsmith might not be the most prolific but made a name for himself with an amazing ep on Legendary Sound Research under his Teleskop moniker and treats the crowd to a wobbling groovy baseline and sugary sweet chords.

Being Bad can be a good thing sometimes as well. The dark side has cookies, after all. Mancunian Loz Goddard (Dirt Crew, Outplay, Razor-n-Tape) steps out of his comfort zone and delivers a sonic uppercut with a mad piece of swinging acid. Accompanying him on the team is our Hungarian BAL 5000 (SPIEL) who flexes his acid muscle to disorientate and a dubby bass to sedate. The acid is his, but he’s willing to share.

All in all we’ll have a very interesting fight ahead of us. DING DING!
Quartet Series is a fresh imprint, run by Maurits Verwoerd (Nachtbraker), with four releases in the pipeline, featuring four different artists and commissioned storyboard comics on the sleeve. To see how the story unravels, you’ll need to catch them all... Special thanks to Giuseppe D’Alessandro (KiSk).

www.quartetseries.com

BUY VINYL

B2 - BAL 5000 - The Acid Is Mine But I Share

Ethyène
https://soundcloud.com/ethyene
https://www.facebook.com/Ethyène-188435467852317
https://twitter.com/Ethyenemusic

Moonrise Hill Material
https://soundcloud.com/moonrise-hill-material
https://www.facebook.com/moonrisehillmaterial

PREMIERE : Ethyène - Shine On [Moonrise Hill Material]

http://www.soulclap.us
http://www.crewlove.us

Up next from from Soul Clap’s self-titled sophomore LP is an uptempo house jam featuring  Phil Celeste of Life On Planets. Originally written as homage to the swing and bass of UK Garage,  ‘Timespent’ is a collaboration between Soul Clap’s beats/melodies and the creative male vocal stylings of Baltimore based Celeste , the singer and guitarist of Life On Planets.

“The chords, bassline, melodies and sound effects for ‘Timespent’ were made almost exclusively with the Yamaha DX100, an FM synth from the 80’s which gives the song a real throwback feel. The drums bring it to the future, swung hard, using Roland TR-8. On top of the track, Phil Celeste brings his distinct jazzy/R&B approach to tell the story of relationships gone wrong and time wasted on love abandoned. The result is one of our favorites from the album, a piece of music clearly influenced by the past, but sounding even m  ore fresh in the present.” -  Soul Clap

Starting out cutting their teeth in the early rave scene in Boston,  Soul Clap soon found fame through a series of pop music edits and became household names through notable releases including a DJ Kicks alongside close allies Wolf + Lamb. In the ir second album, ‘Soul Clap’, we can hear four years of maturing technique since their first album, carefully crafted and supported by a whole community of musical talent. In the words of Charles Levine, one half of the duo, “ it  digs deep into our funky souls and turns our wildest dreams into sound.  If ‘EFUNK’ [their first album] was an attempt to create a blueprint using our past inspirations, then “Soul Clap” is the beautiful skyscraper, standing tall as it looks to the future.”

Soul Clap The Album Tour 2016
Thursday, September 29th - Princes Charles -  Berlin
Friday, September 30th - The Grand Social - Dublin
Saturday, October 1st - Terminal - Birmingham, UK
Sunday, October 2nd - Michelberger Festival - Berlin
Thursday, October 6th - Jaeger - Oslo
Friday, October 7th - Chateau Motel - Copenhagen
Saturday, October 8th - Slakhuset - Stockholm
Sunday, October 9th - Village Underground - London
Friday, October 14th - Nuits Fauves - Paris
Saturday, October 15th - Wall - Milan
Sunday, October 16th - Coropuna - Rome
Thursday, October 20th - Disco Dolly - Amsterdam
Saturday, October 22nd - Wintershuiven - Amsterdam 
Friday, October 28th - Smart Bar - Chicago
Sunday, October 30th - Output - New York
Thursday, November 3rd - Stereo Bar - Montreal
Friday, November 4th - Electric Pickle - Miami
Saturday, November 5th - Flash - Washington DC
Thursday, November 10th - Q Nightclub - Seattle
Friday, November 11th - Los Globos - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 12th - It’ll Do Dallas - Dallas
Thursday, November 17th - Bang Bang - Seattle 
Friday, November 18th - Habitat Living Sound - Calgary 
Saturday, November 19th - Public Works - San Francisco
Wednesday, November 23rd - TV Lounge - Detroit 
Saturday, November 26th - Ascend - Boston
Sunday, November 27th - Output - Brooklyn
December 3rd - Electric Pickle - Miami (Art Basel)
Friday, December 9th - Beam - Bangkok
Saturday, December 10th - Contract - Tokyo
Sunday, January 8th - BPM Festival - Playa del Carmen
January 10th - Holy Ship - Florida
Friday, March 10th - Laruche - Brisbane
Saturday, March 11th - Randwick - Sydney
Sunday, March 12th - Sets on the Beach - Perth
Monday, March 13th - Pitch Festival - Melbourne

Soul Clap

Timespent ft. Phill Celeste

taken from: https://soundcloud.com/apesgobananas/sets/apes-go-bananas-all-we-have-ep

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The second release on the vinyl only series of Apes Go Bananas finally drops. The label is the new imprint from Steve Bug and Clé, who together make up the production team for the releases.

As with the well-received first EP, 'All We Have ' is straight-up, no-nonsense, dancefloor-filling house tracks.

Lead cut 'All We Have' settles right into the groove with crisp and funky percussion, chitown chords and amazing vocal samples. It’s got peak time written all over it.

'She Cargo' makes its influences pretty clear via the title, and the track certainly references some of the iconic sounds of the home of house. Thick, rubbery bass lines, squiggly synths and firing percussion combine to deliver a suitable a homage to the windy city.

'Ape Parade' is built from some similar materials, but the chords are a little more lush and deep - synth strings and keys add a sense of the epic, and everything is tied together with a sick kick / snare / hat pattern. Three modern killers for the floor, infused with the spirit of classic house.

All We Have

PREMIERE: Apes Go Bananas - All We Have

A new collaboration with Africaine 808 and Umeme Afrorave on @wearemawimbi, nodding to 70's Caribbean disco thanks to the steel drums, plus rich horn arrangements and a dancehall backbeat.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/10/04/premiere-vs-flamingo-hangover/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/flamingo-hangover

Listen on Youtube

VS - Flamingo Hangover (STW Premiere)

A sunny, retro-leaning slab of piano house here from @somethingdifferentrecords (and associated labels) boss @jesuspablo and mystery man The Disciple on @monologues Records, with a little Balearic flavor thrown in for good measure.

https://www.gourangamusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/ilovegouranga
https://www.instagram.com/gouranga_music

PREMIERE: Jesus Pablo & The Disciple - Water [Monologues Records]

FREE DOWNLOAD. Ahead of the release: ‘Shir Khan Presents: Dancing & Romancing’ we are giving away few unreleased selected downloads.
Spearheaded by Shir Khan, Berlin label Exploited Recordings is pleased to announce ‘Shir Khan Presents: Dancing & Romancing’, a compilation album featuring some of the best music over the last five years from the label’s most exciting artists.
‘Dancing & Romancing’ will be released as a double CD and triple vinyl - with many Exploited label classics appearing for the first time on wax.

MULTILINK:
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YT:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMsx1eept4viyV54EJ1ZpNlVoGwK3AW5s

DIGITAL RELEASE:

I-TUNES:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/shir-khan-presents-dancing/id1135281738
SPOTIFY:
https://open.spotify.com/album/64iCd05wajnjR9AMRUepPT
BEATPORT: https://www.beatport.com/release/shir-khan-presents-dancing-and-romancing/1800932


D-CD RELEASE:

HMV UK:
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AMAZON UK:
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ROUGHTRADE UK:
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PHONICA UK:
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J-LYRIC JAPAN:
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BOOKS RAKUTEN JAPAN:
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LIGHTHOUSE JAPAN:
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DISCUNION JAPAN:
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STORE JAPAN:
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YESASIA:
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October 2016

Nathan Langston