In honour of Friday's gig at Birthdays the EX Presidents deliver some serious heat with this huge rework.

Tapped present: Principal Records

For our summer season party we've rustled together something special for your ears…. Messrs Rob Fahey (aka Alphabet City) and Jeff Daniels earlier this year launched Principal Records. Forged from a love of house music with raw driven arrangement, yet with a core rooted in soul. The initial blue 12" release received much acclaim, particularly Medlar's '86 remix', an elongated acid tinged workout, with mixmag given it a hearty 8/10 and suggesting we "keep an eye on this imp...See more

Squarehead (5andSeven): 19year old Oliver Ledger has had an exceptional past couple of years, achieving more than most producers do in a lifetime, with releases on Manucci's Mistress, 5andSeven and Wolf Music… as well as forthcoming releases on Principal and Waze & Odyssey Street tracks. Even with a prolific string of releases, the quality has remained consistently high, and he's only getting started. Expect lashings of jackin' house, spanking 808 claps, warbling acid rifs, and baselines that wouldn't be out of place in 90's Chi-town.

Principal also bring further support in the the form of Scott 'thatmanmonkz' Moncrieff, one half of production duo S&M from Principals first release, to even up the numbers, and of course we'll have the full compliment of Debonair, Slothboogie, KMG & Timmy from the Tapped stables to join the dots.

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Br4ndy 'Slower' (EX P's Rework) (Free download)

OUT NOW - PR002 

A. You Got Me 
B. You Got me (Squarehead Remix)
Out 10" September 9th 

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You Got Me (Squarehead Remix) [PR002]

OUT NOW - PR002

A. You Got Me
B. You Got Me (Squarehead Remix)
Out 10" September 9th 

You Got Me [PR002]

S&M - Too Much Not Enough (featuring Dnae)

S&M - Mmmm

S&M - Too Much Not Enough ft: Dnae [ Magnuss Magnusson Remix]

With its first three releases, Brit label Principal Records has set out its stall with a quality house and disco sound, and that continues here with a fantastic new EP from emergent talent Danimal Swainger. Swainger is a Wigan pure breed with a love of Northern Soul and Warp Records. He has released a number of edits that found plenty of favour with selectors everywhere, has appeared on the Kandinsky Grey label and was a resident DJ at Sheffield’s Dulo for four years. His 
relationship with this label started with an excellent EP as one half of S&M (with thatmanmonkz) and in solo mode Swainger is just as essential. 

Opening his account here is ‘Muzik’, the laid back and deeply entrenched house groove that is awash with golden chords and sensual vocal ad-libs. Bobbling drums prop things up and the vibes remain warm, organic and inviting throughout, even when a lively bassline and whip snapping percussive flourish joins the fray.

Next up, ‘T&A’ is a beautifully louche and jazzy house number with real, live and organic sounding drums, a humid ambiance and long tailed pads that wistfully linger in the air. Raw, dusty hi hats and finger clicks pepper the lazy, melody strewn groove and place you right at the heart of some smoky basement club. It’s a fine place to be. 

Last but not least, the loose sounding drums of ‘UUU” stop and start, building atmosphere as they go. Lazy Rhodes chords, clipped one word vocal snippets and tumbling drum fills all sound like they were recorded live and are stuffed with human feeling as a result. 

This is a terrific EP of vibe laden house music that very much announces the arrival of a hot new talent in Daminal Swainger.


Muzik

S&M - In My Mind feat. Dnaë (Medlar 86 Mix)

S&M - In My Mind feat. Dnaë

We set up the label as an outlet for new and established artists, bringing together, House, Disco, & Soul inspired music that we 
love with heavy influences from Detroit, Chicago, New York and beyond to deliver quality Underground music, whilst remaining true to our dance roots and pushing it forward too. Keep the faith. \o/

Bookings & Inquiries: info@theprincipalrecords.com

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