sounds great - reminds me of Dave Angel's "Funk Music", especially the DJ Tonka remix

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Robert and Lyric Hood return as Floorplan to Classic Music Company with another double release of divine house goodness. 'We Give Thee Honor' is a high energy rave number with an instantly recognisable hook as a syncopated organ stab is juxtaposed with a wild vocal loop and unpredictable gospel interjections, creating the unique energy of worship in full flow. The second cut, 'Makes Me Wanna', has a more minimal approach to production, playing to Floorplan's club expertise. Both tracks are packed full of powerful, feminine vocals that celebrate the duo's spiritual influences.

‘Makes Me Wanna’

Floorplan ‘Makes Me Wanna’

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Hitting the music press headlines recently was news of a second Floorplan album.  Now M-Plant delivers a first taste of this highly anticipated release with two tracks from the album, ‘Music’ and ‘Tell You No Lie’.

Floorplan is already well known as Robert Hood’s house, disco, funk and gospel outlet, which this year evolves into a family affair with co-production alongside his daughter, Lyric.  ‘Victorious’ will be the second Floorplan album and follow-up to 2013’s ‘Paradise’ which spawned ‘Let’s Ride, ‘Baby Baby’ and the massive ‘Never Grow Old’.

Set to replicate the success of ‘Paradise’, ‘Victorious’ will be released in June.  To precede it, the single released at the end of April is comprised of the bumping house groove of ‘Music’ (which received it’s first global airing on B.Traits’ BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra show in February) and the disco rotations of ‘Tell You No Lie’. 

Both tracks are exceptionally infectious, with tough beats, glorious vocal reprises and sure not to disappoint.

Victorious

Floorplan - Music (preview)

After the bold statement of the triple-vinyl Studio r° 003 release that saw Fred P, Mike Parker, DJ Spider and more alongside newer artists, the label returns with a single that continues the mission of the Berlin-based broadcast and record label project. Dealing in the most adventurous and heartfelt corners of contemporary house and techno, Studio r° 004 once again pairs established artists with unsung talent.
XDB has built a thoroughly respected reputation over the past ten years without resorting to releasing excessive amounts of music. That he has been signed to labels as respected as Echocord, Dolly, Sistrum and Story says it all, and so he contributes the slow-simmering acid cut “Basscored” to this compilation with its sharp drum jack and subtly rising intensity.
youANDme is a collaboration between Daniel Ströter and Martin Müller, having previously appeared on Snork Enterprises, Cocoon and collaborated with the likes of Mark Broom. On “Daemon” the pair bring the drums in heavy for a heads down, immersive house cut that matches club-ready functionality with swooping textures that pulse with a metallic energy.
Qindek has been rising to prominence through releases on Wavereform and Wolfskuil. The Dutch artist equally has past form on labels such as Savoir and Manual Music under his Thomas Laurén alias, but in this current guise he immerses himself in the warm chords of dub techno. “Like A Groove With A Bang” keeps the energy levels up with a forthright tempo and undulating dynamics that make for a track that thrills as much as it satisfies.
From his roots on Pastamusik through to breakthrough releases on Ornaments, two albums and more recent outings on Rotary Cocktails, The Analog Roland Orchestra has gone from strength to strength with his one man band of drum machines and synths. Bringing an especially aquatic mood to this record, he closes out the B-side with the hypnotic throb of “VX600”, channeling the spirit of classic dubwise electronic music in a manner that anything but basic.
Across the four tracks the Studio r° approach is further refined, balancing the desire for solid rhythmic constructions with a more introspective, soul-stirring musical message that makes for the most timeless, meaningful electronic music.

B1. Qindek - Like A Groove With A Bang

Butch’s newest offering ‘Retechno 2’ is a bass-heavy, dark, two track techno delight. The kick drums are intense, the samples interesting and the synths apparent – Butch’s quirky style of production can be heard throughout. Magnetic, holding a futurist edge with it’s spaceship sounds, cuts a deep groove with eager crescendos and heavy drops. Antimatter is packed with energy, a driving bass line and fierce drops. Butch’s productions are raw, powerful and robust - a release not for the faint hearted.


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Though it would be presumptuous to predict a *Track of Summer 2016* in the modest month of April – sod that, we're going to do it anyway. After a short while finely tuning the sample-based house and disco ReGraded sub-label, Midland reopens the doors to his original Graded imprint with a release that's well worth shouting about. Catalogue number #003 comes in the form of three-track Blush EP, with an opening title track that highlighted Midland's own BR set at Dekmantel last summer. A token example of Midland's ability to create authentic, instantly catchy dance music – with a hook that's guaranteed to woo hearts across many dancefloors worldwide.

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Following the great ep from Doomwork, Italy strike back with the duo Reform! Two guys who joined their mind together to create music, testing new electronic paths, playing with external machines to creates their own sounds, after only one release and one track on a compilation you can see that the duo have a lot to say into techno.Reform bring here with 'Chaotic dimension ' a very complete release who take from techno madness with chaotic dimension to deep techno for extremis passing by a super funky vibe for dancewear with this vocal who drives you, to end with treasure who deliver a mind blowing experience.

B1 - Reform - Dancewear (Original Mix)

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David Macias aka Cratebug is the latest addition to the Classic Music Company family. Luke Solomon, Derrick Carter and Honey Dijon have been championing Cratebug edits for a few years now, whilst among the DJ edits world he has become a bit of an enigma, his most notable edit being one with Jamie 3:26 entitled ‘Hit It n Quit It’. Looking for a perfect opportunity to feature Cratebug on the label, Classic jumped at the chance when David sent Luke ‘Melondrop’. The track carries all the flavour of one of Cratebugs’ classic edits but with some added madness to boot. Re-edited by Luke Solomon himself, this is set to be added to the list of Classic pumpers for life.

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Cratebug 'Melondrop' (Chicago Mix)

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“Feel The Rhythm” es una pista enérgica con elementos que suman intensidad a cada beat. Presenta un sample vocal que, además de darle nombre al track, complementa muy bien la base sólida de una canción con claro destino de pista. Son casi seis minutos con un inteligente juego de elementos que desembocan en una bajada y posterior drop para desatar la locura.

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Beard Man label boss Mark Broom returns to Radio Slave’s Rekids with a swinging techno focused four-tracker entitled ‘Raver EP’

Since the early 90s, renowned UK artist and DJ Mark Broom has been cherished for his consistent output of rhythmically charged techno and energy spiking performances with releases on Warp, R&S, Soma, Hardgroove and Blueprint alongside collaborations with artists such as Baby Ford, James Ruskin, Discrete Circuit and Gary Beck. ​A regular on Rekids, Broom's contributed numerous releases and remixes to Matt Edwards' label - notably last year's massive 'Break 97 EP' - and his next outing sees the prolific producer return with four more versatile club-focused cuts.

‘Raver’ opens with boomy kicks, splashing cymbals and aggressive stabs until ‘Insta’ trembles the floor with rolling snares, driving rides, distorted claps and arpeggiated synth patterns. On the flip, ‘Midnight’ takes retro sounding keys and adds peak time drive with lofi drums, distant vocals and a sleek funk line sample before ‘Hear Me’ electrifies with a tease of classic 90s-esque lyrics, bouncing toms and elated chords.

Mark Broom - Midnight

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Before I got into this music I wanted to be an originator ; I wanted to be original".
Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister Of Information' with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks & Jeff Mills, his seminal works on Jeff Mill's Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno's path throughout the late Nineties.
Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. 

"Growing up in Detroit, I grew up with Motown in the house - a lot of Motown and Philadelphia soul, artists like Marvin Gaye of course and Curtis Mayfield. I remember Isaac Hayes, the soundtrack from ‘Shaft’ had come out. My father was a jazz musician; he played piano, trumpet and drums. My mother was in an R’n’B group.
We listened to a lot of Motown - in fact, my grandfather’s first cousin is Berry Gordy.
"I was influenced by my father - I wanted to play trumpet like he did."
Robert's father tragically died when he was just 6. The photo of Robert siting down holding a trumpet is his fathers.
"I had to beg my grandmother to let me borrow the trumpet to take a picture with it"

In the early 90's he began to concentrate on his own production 'Vision EP', the 'Riot EP' and X-102 were big stepping-stones for him as they were the first releases he worked 100% on his own. The X-101 to X-102, were Waveform Transmission projects with Mills for Tresor. He slowly progressed to work more and more on his own, but collaberated on some of the first Axis releases with label owner Jeff Mills as H&M (Hood & Mills) with ‘Tranquilizer EP’ and ‘Drama’.

He soon decided it was time for him to start his own label to focus on what was in his soul musically. M-Plant started in ’94. I had developed this “grey area” sound - what I mean by that is that in Detroit, even when the sun is out, there’s something in the atmosphere. I don’t know if its pollution or whatever, but the sky has that grey haze over it. It’s got to be something from the industrial factories there. I’d never really heard a sound like that before and it came from a Roland Juno - it was a chord sound that really went along with my depiction of what Detroit was at that time. A lot of buildings were abandoned and there was a lot of lifelessness in the city, especially downtown. The M-Plant, in minimalism, kind of reflected that. I remember thinking of Detroit like a museum. You know, like a work of art standing still, suspended in time. There wasn’t a whole lot of activity going on.

Releasing singles such as "Internal Empire,", “The Protein Valve” "Music Data," and "Moveable Parts", "The Pace", more recently "Range", "Alpha" and that isn't even touching his other monikers Floorplan, Monobox, The Vision, etc.
"M-Plant is what I've always wanted to hear: the basic stripped down, raw sound. Just drums, basslines and funky grooves and only what's essential. Only what is essential to make people move. I started to look at it as a science, the art of making people move their butts, speaking to their heart, mind and soul. “It's a heart-felt rhythmic techno sound. M-Plant is just M. minimal. “

Although his desire to remain underground has been replaced by an urge to reach a wider audience, mainly via his housier, disco, gospel moniker Floorplan with his daughter Lyric Hood,   Hood remains fiercely critical of artistic and economic movements destructive to inner-city communities and has combined his musical enterprises with outreach and social activist ends.

Floorplan - Music (preview)

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