For the next installment of Manc institution El Diablo’s Social Club’s ‘To Rack & Ruin’ edits series comes from local Manc lads Out of the Basement who bring us two late summer bombs.
These tracks have both been kicking around for over a year now in slightly different forms but now we bring them to you fully refined and suitably mastered heavily for the dancefloor.

Out of the Basement are Steve Leggat and James Ellis. Both have been involved in Manchester's colourful music scene - amongst other things Steve has been running legendary Beat Club with The Stone Roses Mani and James is the founder of Manchester's now defunct deep house label ‘Drenched’.

Side A is a splendid edit of lost soul classic with beats and instruments added for full effect. Side B is a sleazy slo mo cut up of the Brothers Johnson version of the Shuggie Otis anthem 'Strawberry Letter 23'.

300 ltd handstamped vinyl available from all good record stores late September.

RR005 - Out of The Basement - Take Me With You

Ignition - Secret Sunday Lover (greg Wilson Edit)

This EP features edits by Bottin, Sleazy McQueen, Albion, The Ivory Boy and Avanti. All tracks are edits from obscure Italian songs released between 1974 and 1980.
Comes in a handmade jacket, limited pressing.

Reviews:
Picadelly Records: Red hot batch of Italian edits including a sweet Bottin rework of Loredana Berte's "Ti Piacerebbe", the original of which currently changes hand for over £100 on the second hand market

Juno: If you're going to launch a new re-edit series, it's probably wise to get some big hitters on board. That's certainly what the people behind Theme From Kaffe have done for their debut offering. Italian heavyweights Bottin lead the way with "Ora La So", a lo-slung, Clavinet-heavy chunk of dirty Balearica blessed with sleazy, whispered vocals. Sleazy McQueen continues the eccentric theme with the chugging reggae-disco bounce of "Back To Hell", before Albion ups the tempo on the dusty, vocoder-laden wonky disco chug of "Experimento". An excellent EP concludes with the sprawling soundtrack disco of Ivory Boy's "Mare" and "Bright Mezcal" by Avanti, a curiously bumpin chunk of dub disco weirdness blessed with alien synths and a brilliantly rubbery bassline.

Distribution / Wholesale
www.groovedis.com/

Sleazy McQueen - Back To Hell

Patrick's Disco ( PashtunDJ Cowley's Rainy Dub)

Mangled Records 017 12" 180g Vinyl
Release date : 26th September 2016
Distribution : Juno

Mozez – Run River (The Ray Mang Versions)

A.   Ray Mangʼs Extended Vocal Version 7.40
Bi.  Ray Mangʼs Instrumental Version 7.00 
Bii. Ray Mangʼs Radio Version 4.00

Written by Osmond Wright and Raj Gupta.
Vocals by Osmond Wright. Backing Vocals by Rebecca Amissah. Guitar in chorus by Chris Dawkins. All other instruments and programming by Ray Mang.
Produced, arranged and mixed by Ray Mang.

Published by Copyright Control and Spectral / Westbury Music Ltd. ℗ + © Mangled Records 2016

Mozez (Zero 7, Nightmares On Wax) teams up with Ray Mang for some gospel disco infused versions of Run River, a track from his new album Wings.

After the success of their collaboration with Mozezʼ girlfriend Mariʼs track Free a couple of years ago, Mozez invited Ray to do some versions of something from his new album Wings recently released on Numen Records. Run River with its powerful gospel vocal harmonies and disco tinged guitar seemed the obvious choice. Presented here on heavyweight 180g 12” vinyl in three versions for your listening pleasure with digital to follow.

Mozez - Run River - Ray Mang's Extended Vocal Version (7.40)

https://airzaire.bandcamp.com/track/relax-rio-2016-boogie-edit

Bandcamp

Relax (Rio 2016 Boogie Edit)

My first full EP on Whiskey Disco.

First song is an edit of Loi
Second song is an edit of Salsoul Orchestra
Third song is an edit of Brian Briggs

Lots and lots of work by myself in between. Edits should be something you're proud to present as a new piece of work and I hope these do the originals justice.

Date Night EP

Pre-order

Lambrusco

New remix from me and Dicky Trisco of L'Impératrice "Séquences ''
out now on Microqlima

L'Impératrice 'Séquences' (Pete Herbert/Dicky Trisco Remix)

Valparaiso (Pharao Black Magic Edit)

Free Download

Hot off the heels of the recent Gumba Fire compilation, Soundway selects more sure-fire disco burners: with a 4-track, dancefloor-orientated EP drawing from the short-lived Heads label out of South Africa.

Heads Records - South African Disco-Dub Edits

Buy Now

William & The Young Five - You Turn Me On (JKriv Rework)

Quality late-night balearic grooves, erotic soundtracks and crafted disco reworks is what you can expect from Hot'n'Spicy. On this one, HOLDTight focuses on music with a SOUL : A1, a warm club disco-soul anthem with « i got troubles ». On A2, a sensual-erotic tasty hymn « Oh oui, plus fort ». On B1 « is there any love », a luminous gospel slow "delice" and on B2, a dreamy 80's rework for melancholic lovers. 

As always, the perfect companion for a tasty selection.

Hot'n'Spicy 02 

Buy on Bandcamp

HOLDTight - A1 I got troubles Hot'n'Spicy VOL2

Ray Mang is Laj is Raj Gupta. One of the premier disco producers since way back when and still clocking forwards in a future fashion with no sign of letting up. He landed his first 12” Number One in ’96 on Noid Recordings gaining widespread support in the clubs and on compilations. He has taken that wonky party sound and kept it moving on ever since.  He also runs the label Mangled and has released across too many labels to mention. He is prolific with the quality control on high.

He launched his own label Mangled in ’98 with a slew of killer 12-inches. Two albums followed: ‘Mangled’ (Eskimo) and ‘Mangled Again’ on his own imprint, as well as singles on R&S, Smash Hit and Bear Funk. Recent hits include ‘Bullet Proof’ on DFA featuring Lady Miss Kier, a disco-house reimagining of a P-funk classic; and the blissed-out Balearic gem ‘Look Into My Eyes’ which instantly became a firm favourite for many.

His many talents as a musician and producer have driven a wealth of collaborations: in bands Block 16 and Motif on seminal ’90s label Nuphonic; as Laj with the Idjut Boys on U-Star, or with Quakerman on their own Fiasco imprint; and with close musical acquaintances The Glimmers, Foolish Felix, Lee Tong and Nathan D’Troit.  More recently Ray has teamed up with Bill Brewster to form Mang Dynasty.  In all his guises Ray Mang is one of the most prolific contributors to the UK disco/house canon.

As a remixer his phone never stops ringing.  He’s notched up credits for  Lassigue Bendthaus, Banda Black Rio, Gorillaz, Shirley Bassey, Grand National, Beck, Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry, Doves, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Freddie Mercury, Bloc Party, Munk, Rob Garza, Friendly Fires, Classixx, S-Express, Daniel Grau & Los Amigos Invisibles with Dimitri From Paris to name just a few.
 
As a globe trotting DJ he plays at festivals, clubs, bars and on beaches in some of the most beautiful locations around the world.  His incendiary sets blend house, disco, boogie, cosmic, balearic, latin, afro, along with anything that takes his fancy and sneak previews of his own forthcoming monsters.  As happy playing peak time Saturday night as he is providing the soundtrack to your sunset moment in paradise.  Recent trips have taken him to Brazil, USA, Bali, Japan, Australia, Mexico, Croatia, Ibiza and all over Europe. He has also become a regular at festivals like Electric Elephant, Festival No 6, Campo Sancho and Mareh & O/NDA in Brazil. 

For bookings or other enquiries please email fergus@solarmanagement.co.uk or send a message

Mozez - Run River - Ray Mang's Extended Vocal Version (7.40)

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