You should be checked if you ain't head boppin to this stuff... THE FINEST from Chris Malinchak, releasing April 1st (no joke)!

Chris Malinchak - The Fourth

Music across the spectrum, from past to present

Social Music - 1/28/2022 - Ft. Peter Vaughan

Part Of: Beacon of Light EP
Catalog: FRD273
Release Date: 18.03.22
Buy Link: https://crackazat.bandcamp.com/album/beacon-of-light-ep

Crackazat
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Freerange Records
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Website | https://www.freerangerecords.co.uk

Release Text:
Freerange Records are happy to present the first of two EP’s taken from Crackazat’s forthcoming long-player, ‘Evergreen’. Featuring a stunning remix from Chicago house innovator, Ron Trent, the jazz-soaked EP serves as a tantalising preview of the tour de force that will soon follow.

Blending the purest forms of deep house with authentic jazz sensibilities, EP opener 'Beacon Of Light' bursts with themes of positivity and gratitude. The virtuoso instrumentation endows the track with a distinctly live feel, while Jacobs’ inspired vocal charges the track with soul-rich sentiment. Intelligently crafted to bring the heat in all-manner of settings, its floor-focused beats and compelling arrangement combine to affect maximum impact whether played in the clubs, bars, or on the airwaves.

Next up, deep house luminary Ron Trent steps in with his awe-inspiring take on Crackazat’s modern jazz ballad, ‘Simple Things’. Trent needs little in the way of introduction, a bonafide Chicago house legend whose spiritually-infused sound is unmistakably his own and never fails to mesmerise. Lifting elements of the Robert Glasper-inspired original while spacing out the stirring falsetto vocal, Trent stretches the track into a meandering deep house epic. Voyaging through waves of Latin percussion, ethereal piano keys, and psychedelic synth sweeps, Trent takes us on a profoundly affecting dancefloor journey as only he can.

Next to arrive is Crackazat’s ‘Maritime Dub’ take on ‘Beacon Of Light’. Evolving over skippy house drums and thick bass, chords rise in to caress the looped and filtered vocal, periodically opening up into the full chorus line to add shimmer to the heads-down house bump. Aimed squarely at moving dancefloors while delicately tripped-out, this simmering groove sure to hit home with fans of the trademark Crackazat sonic.

Finally, the LP’s title track 'Evergreen’ launches with a sprightly jazz swing before dusty drums add weight to the sophisticated instrumentation. Here we find Jacobs presenting jazz and house as a single entity, with carefully orchestrated wind instruments, keys and mallets dancing over an improvised walking bass line, as the distant vocal elevates the track far into the stratosphere.

This four-track collection is destined to turn heads, alerting the extended dance community to the sheer scope of Crackazat’s forthcoming album and offering a glimpse into the breathtaking musical universe that awaits. 

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FR273

PREMIERE: Crackazat - Evergreen [Freerange Records]

Here’s the new song by Chino Corvalán and Victor Alvarez titled Sadunas. A beautiful and intense jazz production that feels original and refreshing. Sadunas is the first single and great introduction taken from Chino Corvalán’s new album project titled Endless Era. The project is modern jazz at its finest, every song was written and mixed by Chino himself and he invited incredible musicians to perform such as Ted Taforo, Victor Alvarez and Telemakus among others.

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Chino Corvalán - Sadunas (feat. Victor Alvarez)

The 'Otherside' mix series returns with a brand new mix and a brand new look.

If you don't already know, The ‘Otherside' mixes represent another side of what i’m about as a DJ and artist, showcasing styles that either I've been into for years but don't always get to play out, or that have nods to genres that have influenced my sound and direction, or are perhaps just more obscure types of vibes that are geared more towards listening than dancing. 

As a DJ and music fan before anything else, and as a music collector and lover of such a broad range of music, it really made sense to curate these mixes in terms of mood and theme. I mix them completely live and a lot of the time I've never played the tracks before so it’s all new in terms of how I attempt to make it all flow. I also try not to play a record more than once in any episode of this series.

Episode 008 is dedicated to the goodness of gospel house. Whether it's the church-soaked soul of DJ Spen, party praise jams from the likes of Moodymanc or the genius sampling in Patrick Topping's 'Look Sharp Say Nowt', there's little more uplifting, joyous and life-affirming than a great gospel house record. I've curated about 30 of my favourites here. Enjoy!

Please drop me a comment or a message if you'd like any track ID's.

Scott Diaz Presents Otherside 008 - Gospel Grooves

Don't think I ever uploaded this anywhere. James brown meets a rented BassStation synth. Enjoy!

Drum practice - Popkorn

Soulection Radio Mixtape: UNTITLED features an eclectic blend of House, Garage, Amapiano, Gqom, Jungle & more curated by some of our favorite artists.

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow
▶ Download / Listen Full Versions at ~ soulection.lnk.to/UNTITLED

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Soulection Radio Mixtape 002: UNTITLED

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Shaka Lion - Color of Love

New collab project from Waajeed + LADYMONIX

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Work That (Winston's Dream Remix)

A Lana is the thirteenth guest of MISS DREAMZCAST, our weekly series celebrating the DJs we love as they grace us with the music that makes us smile and gets us dancing.

Alana Jordan, known by her artist name A Lana, is a brooklyn based deejay and talented up & comer in the New York City underground dance music scene. From her well-loved residency sets for the Flux party at bushwick staple-venue Bossa Nova Civic Club, to appearances at some of Brooklyns bigger clubs like Public Records, she has stood out for her deep & careful selection, symbolic storytelling, and sharp technical skill. All her sets are strictly vinyl, and her record collection runs the entire rainbow of dance music, but with firm roots in classic, uplifting house and disco. It comes as no surprise then, that her style is self-described as "always reaching deeper & deeper".

A few words about the mix: "this is my first true studio mix in a couple years, and it comes at a time when the existence and fabric of the things we cherish are increasingly threatened. I wanted this mix to reflect where I'm at as an artist in terms of technical development, but much more importantly, I set out to play songs that embody the freedom, togetherness and love that have always been the pillars of the dance music world. Reminders of strength, words of encouragement, and important affirmations that we have been dark places before, and we have always journeyed towards the light, together, as we will continue today as well as tomorrow. all my luv n' beats"  - A Lana

Follow #ALana @lanaspinsrecords
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CREDITS
Music by A Lana
Curated by Tiago Luzio @ttttiiiiaaaaggggoooo
Produced by Tiago Luzio @ttttiiiiaaaaggggoooo
Artwork by Viva Ink Stains
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Opening vocals by Sedric Perry
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MISS DREAMZCAST 013 A Lana

Just two 1200s, Pioneer DJM 850, & my lovely records :) Hoping to take you to the brighter side & make you smile... :) Thanks for listening!

1) Mentalinstrum feat. Giant Storm - Trust Yourself - King Street Sounds 95
2) Dj Rhythm feat. Blu - Do for Love - Infinite Soul Recordings 02
3) Reel People feat. Jag - Second Guess -Papa Records 05
4) Cesaria Evora - Carnaval de Sao Vicente - Wave 99
5) The Latin Project - Lei Lo Lai (MAW remix) - Electric Monkey 03
6) Negrocan - Cada Vez (Richard Earnshaw mix) - Swing City 03
7) The Monkey Brothers feat. D'Ongley - Some of what u got (Louis Benedetti's dub) - Yellorange 01
8) Frankie Knuckles feat. Adeva - Walkin' (Grant Nelson's Divine Gospel remix) -VC recordings 95
9) Mass Syndicate feat. Su Su Bobien - You Don't Know (MAS collective gospel club) - Strictly Rhythm 98
10) Ten City - Whatever Makes You Happy (Kerri Chandler remix)- Ibadan Records 96
11) Barbara Walker - Saved Me (Louis Benedetti's Alternate vocal mix) - SoulShine Recordings 03
12) Sunkids feat. Chance - Rescue Me (Original) - Yellorange 99

The House Hookup - Aya Foley (Austin)   Walkin   HH092

Cool Ghouls - a band fledged in San Francisco on house shows, minimum wage jobs, BBQ's in Golden Gate Park and the romance of a city’s psychedelic history turns 10 this year. What better a decennial celebration than the release of their fourth album, At George's Zoo!

How did San Francisco's fab four arrive at George's Zoo? The teenage friendship of complimentary spirits Pat McDonald (Guitar/Vox) and Pat Thomas (Bass/Vox) serves as square one. The Patricks were munching on Eggo-waffle-sandwiches and downing warm Taaka in suburban Benicia years before McDonald would hear George Clinton address his fans as "Cool Ghouls". The boys played their debut gig as Cool Ghouls at San Francisco's legendary The Stud in 2011, but there's no doubt the musical moment cementing the band's trajectory was much earlier at the 18th birthday party for boy-wonder Ryan Wong (Guitar/Vox) - at the Wong household.

You might remember the Ghouls' earliest days... McDonald’s hair hung luxuriously past his waist, Thomas dreamt of no longer having to crash on friends' couches to call SF home and Wong looked forward to turning 21. Cool Ghouls' Pete Best, Cody Voorhees, thrashed wildly - but briefly - on the drums and Alex Fleshman (Drums), who still claims he's not really "a drummer", turned out to be a really good drummer. Thomas would sleep pee on tour. Those were golden days!

Flash forward to today and everything is up in flames. No shows, parties or bars. Cool people are streaming out of SF. It's been 2 years since the last time Cool Ghouls have even played. The STUD is gone, The Eagle Tavern is for sale and The Hemlock has been demolished for condos. Your boss is an app. Fascism is no-knocking down the door. There's a pandemic.

Fortunately for us, the ghouls got an album in before it all went to shit, and they made it count. At George's Zoo includes 15 of the 27 tunes they managed to eke out while simultaneously working through major life moves. It was a 5-month, all out, final sprint down the homestretch (to Ryan's moving day) with affable engineer Robby Joseph, at his makeshift garage studio in the Outer Sunset (pictured on the cover). Instead of recording the entire album over a few consecutive days - like they'd done with Tim Cohen, Sonny Smith and Kelley Stoltz for the first three LPs - the band took it slow by working through a few songs each weekend after rehearsing them the week before. Robby would cue up the tape, McDonald would throw some steaks on the grill and they'd get to work - much to the neighbor, George's, chagrin.

These guys have a real commitment to elevating as songwriters, musicians and ensemble players. It's always been for the music with Cool Ghouls and this long-awaited self-produced outing is a track by track display of the ground they've covered and heights they can achieve. Their vocals and trademark harmonies are front and center and out-of-control-good. Ryan's guitar solos are incredible. The horns by Danny Brown (sax) and Andrew Stephens (trumpet) hit in all the right places. Maestro, Henry Baker (Pat Thomas Band / Tino Drima), plays keys throughout. There's even a mesmerizing string section ("Land Song") by sonic polyglot, Dylan Edrich.

None of this growth is to the detriment of the fun, natural, feeling that fans have come to expect from the band. This is a fully realized Cool Ghouls album. It paints a remarkable portrait of SF's homegrown heroes and the many corners they've explored over the last decade. The songwriting, harmony and playing are nothing if not solid. The lyrics are keen. Robby's recording and mixing sound great start to finish and even better after mastering by Mikey Young. It's a triumphant addition to their catalogue. Recommended for Stooges and Beach Boys fans alike. Listen and see!

At George's Zoo

Cool Ghouls - Helpless Circumstance

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