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Radio Slave drops new single ‘You Don’t Know’ this December on Rekids as part of ‘The House of Rekids’ Comp.

On his latest single, ‘You Don’t Know’, Radio Slave enters House mode, employing hooky vocal snippets, chunky drum hits, and filtered synths to hypnotic effect across the deep 9-minute track. Accompanying the single is the streaming-only compilation ‘The House Of Rekids 2022’, which comprises 13 House tracks released on the label this year from the likes of Mark Broom, Ian Pooley, Alinka, and many more.

Radio Slave, aka Matt Edwards, is responsible for some of the biggest underground dance tracks of the past 20 years, including ‘Grindhouse’, ‘Don’t Stop No Sleep’, ‘Another Club’, and many other timeless cuts. As an A&R, his work curating Rekids has seen the label release music from some of dance music’s most acclaimed artists, consistently pushing the envelope of House, Techno, and beyond.

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Don’t You Know

Radio Slave - Don’t You Know

The famous Nu Groove is about as influential as they come when you're talking about early house music. It had its own distinctive New Yorkian twist with much material on it produced by the legendary Burrell Brothers. Here we are reminded why it is such a vital label with an EP from Acid Jerks that embodies everything that made it so: warm kick drums, musical melodies and a sense of soul that is impossible to ignore. After a smooth opener, 'Distant Power Plant' has a more raw and menacing bassline tearing up the raw drums and 'A Thousand Kisses' then leans into a serene techno vibe but still with house music as the foundation. The warm late-night chords of closer 'Organ Grinder' make it the standout.

Acid Jerks - Distant Power Plant

Active since the early ‘90s, House & Techno mainstay @SteveBug requires little introduction, having contributed to the likes of Bedrock, Knee Deep In Sound, Minus, Cocoon, and Defected, alongside running his own Poker Flat and Sublease Music labels, amongst others. Now making his return to Will Saul’s Aus Music following his ‘Back To ‘95’ EP in 2022, the Berlin-based DJ/producer readies three
bumping House tracks across his new EP, ‘Piano FM’.
Title track ‘Piano FM’ leads the release, bringing thumping kicks, soaring vocal samples, and piano stabs
together for a chunky house jam topped off with deep, rubbery bass. ‘The Moment’ forms a shuffling groove,
peppered with dubbed-out samples and rolling chord progressions for a heads-down groover. ‘Use Me’ combines swirling keys and pitch-perfect drums with bouncing low-end, emotive vocal snippets, and subtle synth licks, rounding out a standout EP from one of the best to do it. Steve Bug ‘Piano FM EP’ drops via Aus Music on 10th March as a Beatport exclusive, followed by a worldwide release on 24th March 2023

Piano FM EP

Piano FM

Steve Bug - Piano FM

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Radio Slave drops ‘Wild Life’ on Rekids this April. 

Following the recently dropped ‘Strobe Queen’, which picked up support from Honey Dijon, Sean Johnston, Laurent Garnier, BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong and Danny Howard amongst many more, Radio Slave returns with another standout House cut ‘Wild Life’, turning in two exceptional Disco and Dub mixes. 

“I’ve always adored the “Wildpitch” era of DJ Pierre, Roy Davis Jnr, DJ Duke and labels like Power Music It’s definitely influenced my work as Radio Slave and “Wild Life” started out as a nod to that early nighties sound. Conceived during the pandemic, I had the track mapped out and then with help of a good friend I decided to add live bass, loads of analogue keyboards and record the whole thing live and it became this super funky disco jam.” - Radio Slave 

Radio Slave aka Matt Edwards is one of dance music’s undisputed heavyweights. Having made his name as a DJ in the 90s, he went on to become the king of edits, twisting pop, R&B and indie cuts into essential versions that consistently set clubs alight. Since the mid-2000s, Edwards’ originals have helped define modern dance music, tackling techno, house, breakbeat, minimal and disco whilst exploring dub, balearic sounds and ambient across the myriad of other aliases and projects. 

Tracklist: 
01 Wild Life (Disco Mix) 
02 Wild Life (Dub Mix)

Radio Slave - Wild Life (Dub Mix)

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Oliver Dollar debuts on Rekids with disco-fuelled three tracker, ‘Strings for Life’ EP. 

Initially appearing on Rekids as a remixer in 2012, Berlin-based Oliver Dollar returns to Radio Slave’s imprint with the Spring-time funk of his ‘Strings for Life’ EP this April. 

The rich, stiring strings of the title track open ‘Strings for Life’ with real soul. Warm, euphoric and built atop a rocksteady discoid groove, it’s a track that’s familiar, new and classic all at the same time. ‘School Daze’ follows with rhythmic shakers, funk-infused chopped guitar and bass licks while nifty vocal samples and cosseting chords provide the hooks. Closing out is ‘Sophisticated Funk’ which sees Dollar double down on the disco with an epic, emotive beatdown. 

With releases from Radio Slave, Eddie Fowlkes, Cromby, Dave Angel, Star B and Alinka on Rekids in recent months, Matt Edward’s imprint is as fresh as ever and Oliver Dollar’s ‘Strings of Life’ EP joins the catalog in fine style. 

Tracklist:
1. Oliver Dollar - Strings For Life
2. Oliver Dollar - School Daze
3. Oliver Dollar - Sophisticated Funk

Oliver Dollar - School Daze

The release opens with the titular ‘Proto Call’. A thoroughly diverse track ‘Proto Call’ melds disco percussion with elements of vintage Italian house, squelching acid and progressive all whilst chugging along with propose, a key feature of many efforts in Life And Death’s back catalog.

Demi Riquísimo - Proto Call

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Hailing from Melbourne Australia, longtime friends and established producers/DJ's in their own right, Luke Alessi and Jordan Brando come together to deliver a fresh 2-tracker for DJ Tennis' Life and Death, sonically sitting in the middle of both their sounds. It's dance floor and headphone ready, whatever time of day.

Luke Alessi & Jordan Brando - N64

👽Inside has gritty club vibes, rolling bass, dark vocals, and techy drums to bring the party! Get Inside!  Let me know what you think in the comments!  If you enjoy it, please hit the like button! Or even share it!👾

🔥https://www.beatport.com/release/inside/4559411🔥

Inside (Original Mix)

Inside [Original Mix]

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Still high, still alive, still dirty as hell: Demuir continues his incredible vein of form with this powerful Pets debut. Two originals, one dub, all acid, all ‘Black Soul’. 
‘Black Kids Luv Techno’ sets the tone with clarity. Industrial strength jacking beats provide a pounding canvas while the spiky 303 funk and robotic speak’n’spell splashes paint the picture. Full-on in widescreen width; it’s Detroit, it’s Chicago, it’s London, it’s one of the heaviest cuts Demuir has given us. This black kid freaking loves techno and techno loves him all the way back. 
‘Something Inside Of Me’ continues the timeless, venomous 303 theme. Once again, we’re led by an elasticated 303 lead that morphs and mutates the way all good acid lines should. But this time it’s backed by more of a shuffled, groovier drum set and warp-speed chords landing at all the right moments. Rolling, hypnotic, deadly; be it with the spoken word original or the instrumental dub, this absolutely shells. Just like his recent cuts on Robsoul, Desolt and Hot Creations have in the last few months alone. Something tells us there’s plenty more inside this Toronto talent’s mind… Show some luv.

Black Soul + Techno

Demuir - Something Inside of Me

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