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Ruben Mandolini 
Great Stuff Grooves 6 
Great Stuff Recordings

Italian producer Ruben Mandolini lands on Great Stuff Recordings with a tasty 3-tracker, after having made appearances on Toolroom Trax, Riva Starr&#8217;s Snatch! Records and Mario Piu&#8217;s Fahrenheit Recordings. Channelling his country&#8217;s techno heritage, he&#8217;s come up with an excellent little collection.

Freaky Deaky is drenched in droning, atonal bass and super-snappy beats, moodily stomping its way through trippy vocal snippets and mind-bending FX on its way to a huge breakdown and drop combo. Carefully examine the layers of murkiness and you&#8217;ll find some low end funk there too.

Inside Me takes that tinge of funk and pushes into the track&#8217;s rhythm, discordant synth and percussive sounds punctuating the groove in infectious fashion as some seriously low slung bass throbs away. Super-sized breakdowns provide respite and contrast and help to complete a succinct but highly effective DJ weapon.

Orange County rounds off with more urgency and heavy beats, pounding the listener into submission with its punchy swagger. Clever little fills and phat drum programming sass things up, and the result is pure dancefloor gold with a brilliantly swung groove.

Ruben Mandolini - Orange Country (Original Mix)

Ruben Mandolini - Freaky Deaky (Original Mix)

Ruben Mandolini - Inside Me (Original Mix)

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Ever the one to whip up a quirky little number, Swedish talent Zoo Brazil returns to Great Stuff with a typically bizarre cut. Ground centers around a warbling horn section refrain, whose playfulness is augmented by a heavily-swung, almost swingbeat style groove and incessant offbeat synth bouncing. It&#8217;s warped, wonky and a lot of fun - and sounds like little else around right now. 

Whomi&#8217;s remix strips things back to a more subtle level, with succinct beats underpinned by a throbbing bassline and a slow-burning approach to melodic development. Its warm melody and gradually unfolding refrains have a hint of the progressive about them, and it provides a distinctively different and more mellow vibe to the original.

Completing the package, Fronter&#8217;s chunky remix provides a slab of turgid techno - using those horns in the breakdown to power some immense builds, but focusing on his own percolating percussive style for the most part. Thick, undulating bass drives this stadium-sized beast along with hefty intensity.

Zoo Brazil - Ground (DJ Fronter Remix)

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Australian upstart Bass Kleph is back with a sizable banger for those sweaty summer floors in the shape of Back To The Funk. 

His galloping groove is laden with feisty horn and piano samples, looped in highly effective fashion to create a carnival atmosphere as deranged FX pumps away rhythmically. The bassline is simple but effective, allowing the high-octane elements to do the damage, his masterful production skills whipping the whole thing up into one mighty peak-time frenzy. 

Rober Gaez chunks things up considerably, with syncopated jazzy drum fills adding some infectious rhythm atop his weighty sub bassline. He chops up the horns into bitesize checks and peppers them across his bouncing, swirling concoction, making for a more hard-hitting rework with some subtle touches along the way. Oh, and a huge build-up and drop, of course.

Bass Kleph - Back to Funk (Rober Gaez Remix)

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UK producer team Egoism and Moscow based Max Bett land on Great Stuff Recordings, with a bass heavy 2-tracker. With &#8220;Duplo&#8221; Egoism &amp; Max Bett are not trying to imitate or reanimate classic house ideas, instead they are focusing on a forward thinking and fresh approach. The title track &#8220;Duplo&#8221; is wrapped around buzzing bass sounds, cleverly programmed percussions and mind-bending layers of FX. The female vocal snippets provide the track with an extra amount of erotic energy. The slighty deeper &#8220;Give It To Me&#8221; track sucks you into a groove of hypnotizing cow bell patterns, pounding snare rolls and an interesting bassline construct. Lush synth leads punctuate at the right moments and leave just enough space for the added vocal flavor.

Egoism & Max Bett - Duplo (Original Mix)

Egoism & Max Bett - Give It to Me (Original Mix)

Where did the time go?

199 releases and 10 years after label owner Tomcraft released the label-founding anthem Great Stuff with Eniac, Great Stuff Recordings proudly presents its 200th release. One of Resident Advisor&#8217;s Top 20 Most Charted Labels of all time, they&#8217;ve had countless underground and overground successes alike, blending the two sides of the commercial coin in a way few others have managed for such a duration.

Harking back to a funkier time in house music, its hard-grooving bassline and chunky beats provide the perfect counterweight to its euphoric melodies. Those Depeche Mode-esque, trance-tinged breakdown chords pointed a finger to the future of stadium-sized house, while gliding orchestral and sampled strings alike added yet more class. Epic &#8216;80s rock style guitars completed the package, all woven into nine minutes of electronic epicness. Remastered in all its glory here, it&#8217;s sounding fresher than ever.

Three killer remixes bring this 2002 classic up to date. D-Nox &amp; Beckers keep things simple and respectful, with delicate synth arpeggios and the original&#8217;s glorious strings paired with a warm bassline and consistent rhythmic energy. Alex Kenji &amp; NKDj up the bounce factor with offbeat stabs doing battle with those string blasts and seriously pumping beats, while all manner of huge FX and builds bring the track up to fever pitch. Prince Club round off with a more demure effort, skippy classic house beats and rugged low-slung bass building a dark atmosphere around the sampled strings. All three remixes bring something different to this classic and make this milestone package an unmissable piece of house music history.

Look out for another two special celebratory releases, coming soon.

Here&#8217;s to the next 200!

Deux - Deux (Prince Club Remix)

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Returning to Great Stuff after his huge Inside Me on Great Stuff Grooves 6 earlier this year, Italian talent Ruben Mandolini brings another banger to the label in Automatic. Having also appeared on Toolroom, Defected and Riva Starr&#8217;s Snatch! in 2013, he&#8217;s on serious form.

Automatic centres around a turgid, hard-jacking beast of a slinky techno groove, with punchy, heavily swung beats thumping away around atonal womps of sub bass. It barely needs anything more to make it an irresistible proposition, but Mandolini&#8217;s chopped and screwed vocals, epic pads and breakbeats in the breakdowns and warped pitch-bending synths take this to another level entirely. Seductive, dirty and cool, it&#8217;s everything you could want from a cutting-edge tech romper.

Piemont are left with a formidable task on the remix - but hey, this is Piemont we&#8217;re talking about. Throwing a load of metallic percussion, a rugged bassline and much FX trickery into their kit bag, they set off on a mission to pump the track up into something with a more atmospheric, hypnotic and haunting feel - and succeed in very impressive fashion.

Ruben Mandolini - Automatic (Original Mix)

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Returning to Great Stuff after his huge Inside Me on Great Stuff Grooves 6 earlier this year, Italian talent Ruben Mandolini brings another banger to the label in Automatic. Having also appeared on Toolroom, Defected and Riva Starr&#8217;s Snatch! in 2013, he&#8217;s on serious form.

Automatic centres around a turgid, hard-jacking beast of a slinky techno groove, with punchy, heavily swung beats thumping away around atonal womps of sub bass. It barely needs anything more to make it an irresistible proposition, but Mandolini&#8217;s chopped and screwed vocals, epic pads and breakbeats in the breakdowns and warped pitch-bending synths take this to another level entirely. Seductive, dirty and cool, it&#8217;s everything you could want from a cutting-edge tech romper.

Piemont are left with a formidable task on the remix - but hey, this is Piemont we&#8217;re talking about. Throwing a load of metallic percussion, a rugged bassline and much FX trickery into their kit bag, they set off on a mission to pump the track up into something with a more atmospheric, hypnotic and haunting feel - and succeed in very impressive fashion.

Ruben Mandolini - Automatic (Piemont Remix)

Buy it on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/out-of-africa/id725527490

PHNTM 
Out Of Africa
Great Stuff Recordings

New York techno legend Bryan Cox dons his PHNTM guise once again for the latest slice of Great Stuff, returning to the imprint after his 2011 collaboration with Christian Cambas, Inferno. With releases on imprints like Toolroom, 1605 Music Therapy, Blu Fin and Hotfingers, his alter-ego has been blazing a trail through the world of new skool tech in recent years.

Out Of Africa falls just the right side of moody, with its brooding, dramatic tones and bombastic tribal percussion. With plenty of chunk for your Euro, it layers percussion in thick layers, driven by droning atonal bass and unrelenting rhythm. Ominous horns sound at key moments of tension during the track, creating a dramatic slab of dancefloor gold.

On the flip, Njabulo is phatter still, with a plump arpeggiated bassline chugging away beneath snappy beats and powerful but never-OTT builds raising the energy further. Little flecks of tribalism pepper the groove, and rousing drum fills punctuate the track&#8217;s progression. It&#8217;s a taut, meaty track that&#8217;s executed with expert finesse.

PHNTM - Out of Africa (Original Mix)

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PHNTM 
Out Of Africa 
Great Stuff Recordings

New York techno legend Bryan Cox dons his PHNTM guise once again for the latest slice of Great Stuff, returning to the imprint after his 2011 collaboration with Christian Cambas, Inferno. With releases on imprints like Toolroom, 1605 Music Therapy, Blu Fin and Hotfingers, his alter-ego has been blazing a trail through the world of new skool tech in recent years.

Out Of Africa falls just the right side of moody, with its brooding, dramatic tones and bombastic tribal percussion. With plenty of chunk for your Euro, it layers percussion in thick layers, driven by droning atonal bass and unrelenting rhythm. Ominous horns sound at key moments of tension during the track, creating a dramatic slab of dancefloor gold.

On the flip, Njabulo is phatter still, with a plump arpeggiated bassline chugging away beneath snappy beats and powerful but never-OTT builds raising the energy further. Little flecks of tribalism pepper the groove, and rousing drum fills punctuate the track&#8217;s progression. It&#8217;s a taut, meaty track that&#8217;s executed with expert finesse.

PHNTM - Njabulo (Original Mix)

Buy it at iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gr/album/great-stuff-grooves-vol.-4-ep/id615275478

Great Stuff Grooves Vol. 4 
Various Artists 
Great Stuff Recordings

You can&#8217;t hold a good thing down, and that&#8217;s exactly why the acclaimed Great Stuff Grooves series is back with another four hot slices of house and tech this month. Drawing on producers from across the world, it&#8217;s another feisty package. 

English talent Filthy Rich continues his fine run of form (see a recent contribution to Hot Creations&#8217; Hot Waves compilation) with the infectious Drop This. Drawing heavily on house heritage once again, he welds woozy organs to head-nodding skippy beats and a plump, acid house-tinged bassline. Those held string notes in the breakdown hark back to the mid-&#8216;90s, and highlight this track&#8217;s succinct blend of old and new.

Hungary&#8217;s Muzzaik were once known for their tribal and progressive grooves, but Face It is pumping straight-up house music through and through. Again, there&#8217;s a nod to a bygone era with diva vocal snippets, filtered disco loops and big cymbal hits, but it&#8217;s all brought bang up to date with their immense production prowess. The low end undulates wildly, with occasional Daft Punk-esque descending bassline fills, and the breaks build things up to giddy heights with huge snare builds and hypnotic synth motifs. A very large track indeed, and one for those who like their filtered funk with a little techy urgency.

Don&#8217;t be fooled by Deepdisco&#8217;s name - Put Your Sunglasses On is a pure twisted techno romp. A stomping, heavily-swung groove is what this track&#8217;s all about, with just a dash of tribalism thrown in. A delicate piano scale provides contrast in the breaks, while subtly growling synths and dissonant sounds do battle in the main sections. An absolute beast of a track, it combines heads-down funk with just the right amount of deft little flourishes.

Bongo Jack rounds off the package with PHNTM - the percussion he gets his name from lacing a sidewinder of a bassline and afro guitar licks. A huge disco loop is filtered into submission before finally revealing itself in glorious fashion, the urgent percussion driving things along potently. A rasping synth motif and more bongo rhythms complete the high-energy feel, with some huge builds taking the track to fever pitch.

PHNTM - Bongo Jack (Original Mix)

Deepdisco - Put Your Sunglasses On (Original Mix)

Filthy Rich - Drop This (Original Mix)

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When Mauro Picotto&#8217;s enormous New Time New Place landed in 2003, it came as one of the pioneering Italian techno producer&#8217;s most stunning tracks yet. 10 years on and it still sounds incredibly fresh and unlike any other track, fizzing with rampant synth energy, thumping beats and delightfully warped, ultra-melodic riffs. It&#8217;s lost none of its charisma or power over time, and still does the damage on a contemporary dancefloor. Great Stuff are bringing back this classic for a new generation, along with three immense remixes.

Dosem comes fresh from big releases for the likes of Intec Digital armed with an absolutely killer groove, laden with chugging sub bass and bouncy percussion. He teases the original&#8217;s soaring chord progression in and out of focus, making for a tensely contrasted version.

Holland&#8217;s Egbert goes heavy on the cowbell and makes the most out of the original&#8217;s manifold refrains, extracting the maximum energy from the sounds therein and fusing them to a funk-fuelled groove that fans of Joris Voorn will likely appreciate. His remix builds pleasingly, utilising the original&#8217;s parts in gradual fashion to reach a fever pitch.

Gary Beck has other ideas, however. He loops the riffs into submission, slowly building a steamroller of a groove that&#8217;s got pace and lots of classic techno weight. The cymbal rides are tough, the bass is murky and dark, and it&#8217;s one for those who likes things tough and heads-down.

Mauro Picotto & Riccardo Ferri - New Time New Place (Dosem Remix)

Mauro Picotto & Riccardo Ferri - New Time New Place (Gary Beck Remix)

DJ PP & Do Santos - The Lost Track (Original Mix)

DJ PP - Dark Side of the Moon (Original Mix)

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Hoxton Whores 
Great Stuff Recordings

London heroes Hoxton Whores have been doing their thing together for a decade now, but there are no signs of slouching on their hot new EP. 

Things Happen on the flip channels uplifting &#8216;90s euro-house and welds it to seductive funk-fuelled contemporary 4/4 to excellent effect. A cute chime melody provides the main hook, with a dreamy female vocal recalling euphoric classics of yesteryear and a huge bassline doing the damage where it matters. Subtle strings and sidechained pads create a spacious atmosphere, with plenty of clever FX trickery along the way to keep things interesting. The sound of summer is very much here. 

Male vocalist Terri B joins them for Beat In My Head, a lively bit of house music that&#8217;s ripe to usher in the Ibiza season ahead. Terri&#8217;s deep voice serves up a soulful, hypnotic vocal refrain, which the Whores splice between analog bass funk and bright synth stabs. Mysterious, shimmering guitars add texture and drama, with head-nodding bongos completing the compelling blend of sounds.

Great stuff

scroob