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Tastemaking modern labels Apparel Music and The Dub have hooked up to put out one release on two labels on the same day, with both having different covers but featuring the same two hot tracks.

Apparel Music owner Kisk is behind one cut here and is an accomplished Italian who has multi-cultural roots that really show in his music. He has DJed everywhere from fabric to Tresor and has collaborated with a wide range of artists on his label. His ‘Blissanova’ track* is as the name suggests - perfectly summery and breezy with rich melodies, tooting instruments and loose, louche drums. Full of top trumpet vibes, flowery motifs and humid chords, it’s a perfect outdoors house track to get people moving. 
Then comes fellow Italian Claudio Coccoluto who boasts a collection of more than 70,000 records, is a widely published music writer, skilled DJ who plays all over the world and has created soundtracks for some of the world’s biggest brands. His contribution here is the delightful ‘Unbelievable.’ It’s a real jumble of percussive sounds, vocal ad libs and piano keys all driven by a house kick and noodly saxophone patterns. As lush as you like and stuffed with effusive musical vibes and emotions, it’s a sure fire winner. 
The cover image for this great release is by Massimo Mariotti, and the EP has been mastered by Stefan Eichinger aka LOPAZZ, and the music is beautifully original.

This is a super tidy two track package that is perfectly mastered and offers some truly standout music from two modern Italian greats.

* Mixmag (Editorial)
Starting with a half bar bass hook that sounds a little like Solomun's 'Country Song', 'Blissanova' is a funk laden groove, even moreso when an off kilter sax comes into the picture. The track then takes an unexpected turn as a unrelenting synthwall that reminds us of a Los Hermanos UR track hits us for a full four minutes. The bassline drops back in and before you know it you've gone from lighthearted disco to techno in the space of five minutes. 9/10

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Kisk - Blissanova

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quintessentials 53: ponty mython - grooff machine (remixes by chrissy, soul of hex and pointy mython).
12"/digital out april 2017.

Originally released on the V.A. Quintessentials 50 and making rather big waves, “Grooff Machine” from Ponty Mython gets the remix treatment for some more dope grooffs! Chicago hotshot Chrissy (The nite owl diner, Classic, Razor n’ Tape) puts enough Disco and Acid in it and offers a great clubby alltime classic. Ponty himself fuses lost of House, Disco, Funk and 808 busines so that you can grooff to the max. And our mexican buddy Soul of Hex (Vicario Ltd, Freerange) keeps it dark and loopy before adding some splendid riffs. Time for the Grooff Machine!

quintessentials 53: ponty mython: grooff machine (soul of hex remix)

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/A_aeSyd6Pnc

Label: Toy Tonics
Artists: Various (Jacky Mingo & Kapote)
EP Title: Mushroom House EP5
Cat. Number: TOYT076
Release Date: February 09th, 2018

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PREMIERE: Jacky Mingo & Kapote - Make It Hot [Toy Tonics]

The still fresh Label "Foul & Sunk" is about to release their fifth EP, and still not an year old! This time ist is the debut single from Oldschool-House affictionado Borrowed Identity. Though still young, you could easily believe that he was there since the beginning, producing a fusion of Detroit- and Chicago- Style House with his own up-to-date Flavour.

And he got the fantastic Mark E to finish the A-Side of this 4-Track Record with a remix!

The A Side starts with "Stimulation". And that's a perfect name for this track that comes with a really dry and classic combination of smashing snairs and a bumping bassline, soon accompanied by a spheric synth that sends you flying on the dancefloor. This one's a soon to be classic that feels like produced with the trippy afterhours of grimey underground clubs in mind, but can be played at every part of your set – if you play it right, that is.

The A2 is the Mark E Remix No.9 of "Stimulation". And it draws a clear line between everything called "edit" and a proper remix. His own Interpretation of this track reminds of a steam machine, gaining force as it rolls forward, using the sounds of the original mix to build up a totally different energy – one that is demanding but at the same time keeps you going and wanting more.

The B Side doesn't come short, either.
"Faith", the first track on the Flipside (if you're a vinyl lover) is a bit more laidback, but on the dancefloor a huge shaker! Smooth keys and soothing vocals paired with a straight kick, thriving drums and a perfect snair to top it off . Smooth, but sill made to dance to.

The B2, "Enter the Void", is a track that's more than worthy to finish off this wonderful record. It's the deepest of the pack and an 8-minutes monster of a track that takes it's time. Dub meets House and shows how Deephouse can and should sound like.

All in all a true gem that will not go out ouf style as long as there is House.

A1 Borrowed Identity - Stimulation (Original Mix) (FASM-005)

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Created by Kapote & Munk in 2013, Toy Tonics is providing some of the funkiest german dance music around. Home of COEO, Black Loops, Jad & The, Rhodes & Brown & more recently Phenomenal Hand Clap, the Berlin based label is in constant evolution with already some classic dance released on their path.

Kapote's new album perfectly reflects the essence of Toy Tonics, a condensed overwhelming mix of funk, disco, jazz and House music.

Kapote : 
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PREMIERE: Kapote - Spacedrum [Toy Tonics Records]

For their fourth release Made In Glasgow Recordings are delighted to welcome Manakinz to their roster, a new project from James ‘Harri’ Harrigan and Max Raskin aka Affi Koman.

Harri is synonymous with Glasgow’s vibrant House scene. His much loved and record-breaking 29-year residency, Subculture at the Sub Club, is the foundation for the venue’s growth into one of the UK’s premier dance clubs. With a long list of releases as The Pa Pa Washington Trio, Daddy’s Favourite, H Foundation, DJ Harri & The Revenge and Burnt Island Casuals, his production credits are literally mind-blowing. Keeping it well and truly in the family, Harri’s son Jasper James is one of house music’s rising stars.

PREMIERE: Manakinz - What Must I Do [Made In Glasgow]

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quintessentials stands for essential deep and raw house music. quintessentials tracks are raw, but they have soul. it’s what we all loved about those old house records: raw yet soulful music. quintessentials will help to keep underground house music on the map.

out now: 
QE96: ralph session feat. juliet mendoza - mad deep (incl. jerome sydenham remix)

contact: qemusic@gmail.com

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