quintessentials 68: goshawk - strictly bungalow ep
12"/digital our early/mid november

Time for another new face on Quintessentials: Goshawk! Been around with differnt projects for ages, this East Midlands lad has always been one of the finest exponents of eccentric deep house. Releasing tons of quality music on labels like Hudd Traxx, Boogie Café, DiY Discs or his co-owned Pressed for Time and Atjazz forthcoming, we simply couldn’t resist signing Goshawk. The „stricly bungalow ep“ offers classic house music and 110 slowdown tunes and is full of fun and vibes, rough yet smooth! „Never let me go“ is an uplifting, sexy vocal track, „why I sing“ is one of two slowdown tunes with a nice dosage of funk, „all I have to give“ is a rather dark club banger and „time is just a loop“ is a minimalistic slowish chugger. Yes, strictly bungalow!

quintessentials 68: goshawk - strictly bungalow ep

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quintessentials 42: james fox & naomi jeremy - living different (incl. borrowed identity remix)
12"/digital out mid january/early february

For their first release of 2015 Quintessentials are proud to present the debut EP from Bristol duo James Fox (Needwant, Futureboogie, Delayed Audio) and Naomi Jeremy (vocalist for fellow Bristolian house duo Outboxx). 

‘Living Different’ blends stripped back drums, warm Rhodes chords and deep analogue bass, with Naomi’s smooth and soulful vocals providing the perfect accompaniment. The first half of the track develops with driven guitar notes and subtle dub horns before a bouncing Juno chord riff comes in after the breakdown to give renewed drive and energy.

Borrowed Identity has had a strong 2014 with a trio of releases for Fina, Home Taping Is Killing Music and of course Quintessentials, as well as featuring on Ryan Elliot’s stunning Panorama Bar 06 mix. His epic remix toughens the drums up and adds a jacking 909 groove, adding extra dancefloor punch
whilst retaining the musicality and vocal of the original.

quintessentials 42: james fox & naomi jeremy - living different (borrowed identity remix)

quintessentials 47: borrowed identity - red light jackers ep
12"/digital out late february/early march 2016.

Borrowed Identity – the man who makes music non stop – when not travelling the world! 
Borrowed Identity – the man who lives in the geman black forest - maybe that’s why his music sounds so black!
Borrowed Identity – the man who already released two superb EPs on Quintessentials and won’t stop! 
Borrowed Identity – the man who enjoys nature as much as playing techno, house or disco!
Borrowed Identity – the man who we love!

quintessentials 47: borrowed identity ft. albert vogt - the spirit

quintessentials 67: greymatter - sans rouge EP
12/digital out late august/early September

The „Sans rouge EP“ is a return to Greymatter’s sampling roots reminiscent of his early works on WOLF Music. A record that sits half way between house and hip hop, in terms of style and tempo. „Sans Rouge“ epitomises that mood: starting out with a hip hop groove that drops into a beat-down house chugger. „Royale“ drops things down to an even slower motion with another tough beat down groove, chopped and driven key samples and a catchy vocal chop. The B-side start with a nice goodie: this is the first time that the full length/12” mix of „Move Slow“ has a proper release (the short version appears on the „7 years who cares?“ 2x7“ on WOLF Music). Greymatter’s most popular track of recent years - more heavy soul chops this time pitched more towards peak time. „Billy O“ finishes things off with a slamming, choppy club jam laiden with strings and vocals. Another mighty fine Quintessentials release that shows all the talent of Greymatter!

quintessentials 67: greymatter - billy o

quintessentials 67: greymatter - move slow (12" mix)

quintessentials 67: greymatter - sans rouge

quintessentials 68: goshawk - time is just a loop

quintessentials 68: goshawk - all I have to give

quintessentials 68: goshawk - why i sing

quintessentials 68: goshawk - never let me go

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