I remember Mellow, hi-tech soul movement ;)) Please, reimagine more of those classics ☺️

Brooklyn’s @laurenritter invites Octo Octa, Jenifa Mayanja, Lawrence and Rrao to remix her Rift Vision label debut. Hear @octoocta's dazzling dancefloor rework of ‘Vespers’ now 

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-lauren-ritter-vespers-octo-octa-s-dancing-moon-dusk-mix

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Premiere: Lauren Ritter ‘Vespers (Octo Octa’s Dancing With The Moon At Dusk Mix)’

Marianne Faithful - Sex With Strangers (Regfant Refizz)

Lee Wei from Xiamen joins JIN re-edit series for your pleasure

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Young Marco - I'm Still Mellow - Safe Trip - ST018

a1. I'm Still Mellow
b1. Wollem Llits M'i

https://safe-trip.org/products/young-marco-im-still-mellow-single
https://youngmarco.bandcamp.com/album/im-still-mellow

An echo through the ages, channelled and tuned by Young Marco. Feelings of tactile, loved-up naivety, transferred to musical waves of colour, rhythmic energy, and hallucinatory aural visions. This is ‘I’m Still Mellow’ and the psychedelic yin to its’ yang, reverse alternative version ‘Wollem Lits M’I’.

Both are imaginative 21st century takes on ‘Mellow’, a long-forgotten Amsterdam-born sub-genre of dance music that took the house template and re-imagined it for Dutch dancefloors in the early ‘90s.

ST018 - Young Marco - I'm Still Mellow (Snippets)

Morgan Huggins’ Strange Hills South of Alice pairs syncopated percussion with precision, building in momentum and atmosphere at each turn, a track that takes a few shapes as it transforms itself into its final form. Its coda is a surprising, elegant,  warbling synth interposed with euphoric, ethereal vocals, constantly revolving, resolving itself with an ellipsis…

Morgan Huggins - Strange Hills South Of Alice (Finding Figaro Premiere)

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Download track here: https://bigzen.bandcamp.com/album/prayer-bass

Big Zen makes his entrance on Mood Hut records with Prayer Bass, a freely focused collection of euphoric funk-splashed club-cuts from the much-loved Vancouver underground legend. Those who have seen him play at free parties in the park or at the many under-cover basements of Vancouver City will already know what Prayer Bass is all about. 

After many sessions and years of friendship both on and off the dance floor we are pleased to finally work with Big Zen. Following up his recently self-released 'Mirror Cut' 12" here Big Zen continues to swim out into the technicolour deep: Prayer bass is purple, Sugar Coated is frosty cream, Cash Splash is lightning blue, Rumble Ball is tangerine.

Prayer Bass

Big Zen - Prayer Bass

Valencian producer Pépe's (@pepmanpepe) love of iridescent melodies, velvety pads and complex rhythms has seen him skilfully combine house, bass music and breakbeat in recent years. His music is globally reaching, having garnered attention from top artists including Ben UFO, Peggy Gou, Shanti Celeste, Moxie, Mount Kimbie and Disclosure.  

His heartfelt, mercurial and emotive sound is ever present on his new album for Lapsus, which also incorporates a lush sonic forest, resplendent in detail and jam packed with influences. Album Reclaim' opens the door to experimentation and sound design, while embracing the braindance and hyperpop sphere with surprising maturity. It is an amalgamation of electronic sounds and pulsating structures in which orchestral sounds, folk music, ambient textures and a strong vocal presence, both synthetic and authentic, sparkle. 

Reclaim' imagines a post-human future, where nature once again reclaims lost ground and is free to flourish and take root around manmade structures. Pépe exhibits his personal reverence for the work of Antonio Cortés Ferrando, the architect behind the Espai Verd building, which broke architectural and urban planning norms by using computation to create structures that promote the organic growth of foliage. It is a building designed for the future, where flora cultivates indefinitely.

In Pépe’s own words, "At a time when we have witnessed how nature strives to regain ground, once humans are removed from the streets, it is important to start thinking critically about new techniques in the creation of art and design, and imagining a future where posterity is embodied in the rejuvenation of a greener world".

Reclaim

Pépe - Reclaim [LPS35]

Pre-order: https://sleep-d.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-arts

Naarm alchemists @sleepd’s revelatory new synthetic ‘Electronic Arts’ LP is due for release on June 9 via the duo's @buttersessions label.

Largely built on road-tested material from their live performances, Sleep D's debut LP tactfully shifts through different sounds and styles, pushing the threshold to 150 BPM from docile canine dreamscapes to full-tilt Space Invaders in AR mind games.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Sleep D 'Punch Drunk' ft. YL Hooi

Written &amp; Produced by The Brothers of Funk and Darren Chapman Mixes from Spoon Wizard and Sensei

While on tour in the US last October to promote his mix CD 'Beatz &amp; Bobz Vol 1' Darren Chapman teamed up with Florida's breakbeat bad boys 'The Brothers of Funk' to produce his first record. Three days in the studio with Johnny, Kimmi (owners of Freakin Music) and Oscar and the first collaboration between Freakin Music and Functional Breaks is ready to rock the dancefloors of the world in the shape of 'G13' Mixes come from Functional Break's Spoon Wizard who funks the tune up, with the other mix coming from Florida outfit Sensei (who are Johnny Dangerously and electro DJ/Producer BFX) take tune a bit harder and darker. Sensei will be releasing one of their own productions 'I'm The Only one' on Functional Breaks in the near future. G13 gets a full release on Functional Breaks in June 2000 and was promo'd on vinyl at this year's Winter Music Conference in Miami Florida with excellent reactions.

Reviews

IDJ Magazine
Functional breaks, famous for their wicked Beats and Bobs night in Exeter, are consistent with their releases and continue their UK - US connections and collaborations. Darren Chapman teams up with the Freakin label artists Brothers of Funk for a deep, meaty and beaty Breakbeat stormer. Drivin' and relentless this track is a ruthless addition to the dancefloor, comes complete with an excellent Stabilizer mix. 4.5

24/7
Brothers of Funk v Darren Chapman G 13 (Functional Breaks) The collaboration between Exeter and Florida has resulted in the best FB release for a while. The original is a funky take on the breaks scene with a driving bassline. The first remix from Spoon Wizard takes it funkier. Leaving the electro beat to the side. Sensei then get on the remix duty and go on all out attack. A thumping kick drum electro style meets a bassline that comes at you like the tornadoes that rip through Florida itself.

WOSW
Brothers of Funk v Darren Chapman G 13 (Functional Breaks) **** Another Quality release for Exeter's premier beat freaks, this is collaboration between the local DJ and Florida breakbeat duo, Brother of Funk. An electro - esque creation, the skippy breaks take a back seat to the driving acidic riff, low resonating b-line and synth stabs reminiscent of old school euro techno. Fear not its not full on hoover house and is subtle enough for breakbeat and prog house DJs alike. Spoon Wizards mix strips it down into a funky minimalist groove, while Florida's Sensei take it into darker techno territory. A solid Ep for all break heads and prog housers out there

ST018 - Young Marco - I'm Still Mellow (Snippets)

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