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Feeling like the first shot of sunshine after a long winter, Cousin Kula sound instantly recognisable yet gloriously renewed on their second album ‘Vitamin D’. If their debut album ‘Double Dinners’ was the soundtrack to your heartbreak then this is the sound of falling back in love again. Even the titles of the tracklist - 'Clothes Off', 'Staying With You’, 'Good Feeling' - boldly set the coordinates for this new body of work. From the opening wash of searing synth chords, bouncing bass, wailing guitar lines and flutters of flute, it's abundantly clear this is a feel good album. Label boss Bradley Zero exclaims “I think it’s fair to say that the band have shaken off the collective cobwebs and are ready for a summer of love!”.

Singer Elliot Ellison explains “We really wanted this album to be playful and fun, not taking itself too seriously. Be representative of us as a group and the energy we have when just goofing around, for that to be something you feel in the music too. Lyrically it covers many themes but especially steps into “Happy Love Songs”, which feels like a new venture for us”.

‘Vitamin D’ is for the lovers, but also for the dancers. Cousin Kula have expanded their vocabulary but also learnt when to just sit back in the groove. Funk and disco has permeated their psychedelic indie-soul sound and it’s all the better for it. A quintet of virtuosic musicians, flexing when necessary but more often than not stripping it right back and reveling in the pocket. It’s a rare case of perfect thematic and musical synergy.

Elliot continues "We explored more instrumentation on this album and stretched previously underused corners of our ability. Will and Elliot play trombone and trumpet on a few tunes, Doug plays flute on the whole album (and strangely, no saxophone!), and there's a whole lot more percussion. It's been fun experimenting with the vocals on this album too, we wanted to really lean into the ‘weird’. Likewise with the vocal harmonies, we wanted to make that feature of our sound even more of a thing on this album, like going a bit more sexy BeeGees on it".

Living together, nestled in the sun-drenched hills on the outskirts of Bristol, Cousin Kula released their first full length 'Double Dinners' on Rhythm Section Intl. in 2021. The album received praise from BBC 6 Music, Boiler Room, Clash, Crack, and The Guardian, to name a few, and saw the band tour the UK with Mildlife on top of their own non-stop live escapades. 
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released March 15, 2024

Cousin Kula are:
Elliot Ellison - vocals, trumpet, guitar
Will Wells - keyboards, trombone
Doug Cave - synths, flute
Jordan Woollgar - guitars
Joe Milkinson - drums

Mastered by Bill Sellar
Mixed by Doug Cave

Artwork by Elliot Ellison

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Our next mix  crafted by our resident DJ - Luca Olivotto

Our next SMALL GREAT HOUSE "April Edition" event: (6th April @ Oxi)
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Small Great Mixes: Luca Olivotto (Spring 2024)

Gerry Read & DJ Koze - Highly Recommended

Tracklist 🥞

Inflo - No Fear  
Surve - Lagos To Bamako 
95 North - Let Me Tell Ya (Maslow Unknown Edit) 
Double Exposure - Everyman (Dam Swindle Remix)  
Marcel Vogel - I Got Jesus 
Apparel Wax - 004B2  
Clive From Accounts - Gravitate 
Ministers De La Funk feat. Jocelyn Brown - Believe (Kurd Maverick Extended Revamp) 
Basile de Suresnes - U All Disco Lovers. Fuck  
Mara Lakour - Casablanca 
Brooklyn Baby - For the Soul 
Jonas Rathsman - Tobago  
Bauhouse - Lotus 
Ari Bald - That Lonely Night 
Tom Misch, Supershy - Take My Time feat. Vula  
Prince - I Wanna Bee Your Luver (CMAN Party Edit)

one hour disco-house mix when i've just put my daughter to bed

Czołowy polski reprezentant muzyki disco/house/deep house, który równie często sięga po klasyczne, parkietowe killery, co po światowe świeżynki. Zaczynał od minimal techno, co czasem pobrzmiewa w jego setach. Współtwórca cenionego duetu wants i gazetki szkolnej w czwartej klasie. Dzielił scenę z takimi tuzami jak m.in. Mall Grab, którąś tam żona Wiśniewskiego, Leon Vynehall, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs czy Stephan Bodzin. Zaliczył z̶g̶o̶n̶y̶ sety w najważniejszych polskich klubach i na
festiwalach, w tym Audioriver Festival czy Open'er Festival. Zdobywca 1. miejsca i tym samym tytułu "Łowca Roku" w plebiscycie ”Niezależne Nagrody Klubowe”, w kategorii "DJ (house/elektronika/techno/granie za najniższą stawkę)". Prowadzi autorską audycję SPA House w RadiuKampus.

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Dancing through the clouds, it seemed as if they might never find their way back to earth. Up above the world below, they felt at home wandering amidst the deep blue, watching as the fluffy pillows floated on by beneath them casting shadows down upon a dense green planet. From time to time they’d catch a glimpse of where they had arisen from, only to become re-emerged in the density of the fluffy white orbs.

They wandered atop a rainbow road, in the search of something more, something far more than what was beneath. They danced amidst the stars upon a highway of technicolour dreams.

This was the vision of a new future.

Anna Schreit is a Berlin producer and DJ who has dedicated an EP to close friends. Forthcoming on Compost Records this one showcases elegant House music with a nod to Detroit and beyond.

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We've really missed our big bro @scruscru and he pleased us with a very special greeting from sunny Yerevan: an ultra-funky, super-groovy, metacosmic, intergalactic live by his new project Scru’s Crew, recorded in May at the Esthetic Joys Embassy club as 13th edition of our jazzcasts. 
A complete Scruniversal 🪐🪐🪐

@Scruscru - Teenage Engineering KO 2 @scruniversal-records
Danya Danya - Elektron 
Nikolay Zheltuhin - saxophone

Мы очень соскучились по нашему обожаемому Скрускру, и он нас порадовал совершенно особенным приветом из солнечного Еревана: ультрафанковый, супергрувовый, метакосмический, межгалактический лайв его нового проекта Scru’s Crew записанный в мае в клубе ПЭУ. Полный Скруниверсал!

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Scru's Crew ~ Jazzcast #13 Live @ Esthetic Joys Embassy Yerevan

With recent tracks like "Jazz Reflection" and "Life is a Journey," released through Scruniversal (@scruscru // @scruniversal-records), La Riff (@la-riff) demonstrates his commitment to pushing musical boundaries.

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