RushHourVibes

Good news folks ! 
Now available on Itunes. Yeah !

Follow the guide: https://soundcloud.com/trocadero/sets/nrj-club

Womack & Womack - MPB (Missin' Persons Bureau) by Frankie Knuckles ♫ ♫♫

Fur Coat - Feel Free

Prism EP

The Journey

Sistagurl

https://phosphor-records.bandcamp.com/album/php001-exploration-begins

@koltercologne
@phosphor-records

Premiere : Kolter - Electronic Mind (PHP001)

Side A:
A1 Ricardo Baez - Tears of Joy (04:56)
A2 Ricardo Baez - My Thursday Night (04:41)

Side B:
B1 Ricardo Baez - Arroz Con Leche (05:17)
B2 Ricardo Baez - La Isla De Margarita (Johannes Albert Remix) (06:19)

About Ricardo Baez:
Florence’s very own tastemaker Ricardo Baez has always been immersed in music. On one hand, he had his Italian father's extensive collection of old blues and jazz records. On the other hand, the 80’s pop cassettes his Venezuelan mother used as the soundtrack for her dance classes.

This melting pot gives Baez a different way to make his musical mark, as shown at his legendary party Tropical Animals in Florence, which has been running weekly since 2010. Tropical Animals has been cited as one of the most important drivers in the evolution of club culture in Italy, broadening people’s music tastes. Ricardo Baez’s trademark sets are unique- genre blurring, technically excellent and full of surprises. Ricardo Baez always leaves his audience wanting more.

And then there’s the sensational guests he books week in, week out. From Avalon Emerson to Marshall Jefferson, Vladimir Ivkovic to Jayda G (just to name a few). Ricardo Baez’s knowledge of electronic music is incredible.

It didn’t take long for his eclectic style and boundless enthusiasm to start turning heads internationally. Soon after hearing about Tropical Animals, the world wanted a piece of Ricardo Baez. Berlin came calling through Tresor, Watergate and Renate. Then Frankfurt’s Live at Robert Johnson, New York’s House of Yes and Le Bain, and London’s XOYO and Corsica Studios.

Ricardo Baez is also a well accomplished producer, taking all of his musical savoir faire and impeccable taste as a selector and making something new, that is instantly recognisable as his own. After releasing on some of the most prestigious labels in electronic music, he realised his music needed a place to call home. Since 2018, that home has been his own label, also called Tropical Animals. Other exotic creatures and musical chameleons that share his hot house include Whitesquare, The Cyclist, Robert Owens, Rebolledo, and the pioneer of Italian disco, Daniele Baldelli.  
Recently, he has appeared on compilations for Running Back, Correspondant, Polifonic, and Hotmix Records, as well as outstanding releases on Mule Musiq, Permanent Vacation, Bordello a Parigi and Correspondant.

Winter 2024 brings Ricardo Baez’s pièce de resistance: His stunning debut album, Tutto Passa, available on Live at Robert Johnson. Every track filled with meaning, an anthology of the most important moments in Baez’s life. Stay tuned - the lucky few who have heard it say this work of art is going to be yet another outstanding contribution to music. We’d expect no less.

Check Social Media.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ricardobaez__
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/o1Rw1Nn4iZbu3f7v6
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2g9Ig4tDO…5jQ4egw_NjEhpHgQ
Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/15dJPggtbV/?mibextid=wwXIfr

About Johannes Albert:
Certified Hit-Producer & DJ from Berlin. Running the Frank Music label for a decade, playing all over and being a pillar in Berlin night clubs made him a mainstay in the global dance music circuit.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/johannes_albert_
Soundcloud: @johannesalbert
Spotify: open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5…e5800c0b78154d95
credits

released January 31, 2025

Written & Produced by Ricardo Baez.
Published by Copyright Control.
Mastered by Lopazz.
Distributed by Kompakt.
Artwork by Angelo Guttadauro.
Refined by studio mizuiro.
Version: Johannes Albert Remix

Live At Robert Johnson, 2025

Tears of Joy

A1 Tears Of Joy

spinning some old and new  vinyl and digital dance stuff at home

Cosmic Dancer Mix

available here

Transit - Kenny Dixon Jr.

Shadow Dancing

Edit by an unknown artist, credit to whoever cut together this extended version of a classic from '84.

Disclaimer:
Uploaded for promotional purposes, if you know the original artist please contact us so credit can be given where it is due

Flic - Freak D'Afrique (Unknown Artist Edit) [Promo]

This player previews the 80s Italo disco /proto-house classic  Klein & MBO - The MBO Theme with a heavy South African version on the flip. 
Out now!

BUY: https://RushHour.lnk.to/MBOTheme

“The MBO Theme” (1983) has been a dance floor favorite since decades, created by Mario Boncaldo and Tony Carrasco - the legendary Italian/US duo Klein & MBO. The track got support in NYC and Chicago by greats as Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy. 

The rare version on the flip is created by a South-African band called Warrior. Rush Hour explain how the track came across: “We bumped into this version on a South African record digging trip. It took us a few months to realize the scarcity of this version. Ian Osrin, a well respected engineer in South-Africa who was involved in many 80ties and 90ties Bubblegum, Kwaito and South African disco records, explained us about music distribution in South Africa during apartheid. Because the country was culturally banned at the time, a lot of releases weren’t imported or exported. Even when a track was huge, like “The Klein & MBO Theme”. So South African musicians would create their own versions which were sold locally. 

We got in contact with Tony Carrasco from Klein & MBO. He also hadn’t heard Warrior’s version before, but he liked it. And so do we!!”

TRACKLIST
1. Klein & Mbo - The MBO Theme
2. Warrior - The MBO Theme

KLEIN & MBO - THE MBO THEME (RH RSS 24)

This player previews the title track of Masalo - New Dance
cat no: RH-STORE JAMS012
Release: February, 2019

PRE-ORDER VINYL: bit.ly/RHSTOREJAMS012
PRE-ORDER DIGITAL: http://rushhourmusic.bandcamp.com

Upcoming Amsterdam DJ /producer debuts on Rush Hour with a loud 12-inch two-tracker, New Dance. After his remix for Bassekou Kouyate on Joe Claussell's label and the strong "Testify" track co-produced with Jamie 3:26, he now goes solo with these two Italo infused dance floor igniters.

Tracklist:
1. New Dance
2. Cycles

MASALO - NEW DANCE (full preview)

This mix is also available in hi-fi version on cassette on @forestjams and can be ordered through forestjamsrecords@gmail.com. Custom cassette artwork by Pinchy Don (http://pinchyandfriends.com). 

72 9 27

Albion - Mixtura 27 (2018)

17 (James Brown – The Payback [Rhythm and blues, funk, soul])

on the dancefloor / snippet

aka James First aka Soulution Entertainment aka björn petrikat

on the dancefloor / snippet

koenig saatgut

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