Listen in disbelief as two (and sometimes 3) tracks are mixed for far longer than anyone can possibly care to continue listening. A prize will be sent anyone who listens to this mix from beginning to end by regular postal mail.

SHARIF LAFFREY MIX - HIGH BUTT PLEASURE

33 MINUTES OF A MIXX

ALWAYS

ALWAYS - SHARIF LAFFREY

Recorded LIVE at Sunset Campout, 102’F♨️  - California, USA

Sharif Laffrey at Sunset Campout

"And Dance" was the 1st release [SF-1] on Special Forces Records

Support from:   CARL CRAIG,   ANDREW WEATHERALL, THE JUAN MACLEAN, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS,  DIXON,  2MANYDJS, TREVOR JACKSON,  IVAN SMAGGHE,   MANFREDAS,   JENNIFER CARDINI,  MOZHGAN,   HUGO CAPABLANCA,  MAGDA,   MIKE SERVITO,   SOLAR,   CHIDA,   SETH TROXLER,  JUSTIN STRAUSS,  many…more

'And Dance' Sharif Laffrey

AND DANCE

"AND DANCE" •  SHARIF LAFFREY

SUNSET CAMPOUT in the Highlands of Northern California.
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/982391

𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐘 Live at SUNSET • CAMPOUT {PT ll}

"Much sought after releases for Discos Capablanca & Love On The Rocks in recent years have elevated the cult status of this unsung Detroit DJ and producer. This hypnotic 13-minute beast of a track and hallucinatory B-side "EVERYTHING IS NICE" will solidify that status."   

"In dirty production and layers of inexplicable spoken-word samples (a Sharif calling card by now)we're lead to a melancholy place. With his ESP Institute debut, Sharif leaves you mentally unhinged. . ."

[ESP079] SHARIF LAFFREY - Tangier / Everything Is Nice

EVERYTHING IS NICE

SHARIF LAFFREY  'Everything Is Nice'  on ESP Institute ESP079

"To date, long serving but low key Detroiter Sharif Laffrey has specialised in delivering epic cuts that prioritize hypnotic grooves, raw drums and subtle musical shifts. For his debut on Lovefingers' ESP Institute label he ratchets up the intensity by a few dozen notches, basing fearsome A-side "Tangier" around a druggy, full-throttle groove, wild and psychedelic acid lines, snaking Middle Eastern horn solos and the kind of rumbling bassline that will sound awesome blasting out of a meaty soundsystem."

[ESP079] SHARIF LAFFREY - Tangier

SHARIF LAFFREY  'TANGIER'     < released on ESP Institute ESP079 >

"Responsible for this extended mix of ADSX & Hanobens 'Scream' is the Motor City's Special Forces General:  Sharif Laffrey.  He needs little introduction to discerning raver ears as the man behind instant acid classics 'Turn It Up' & 'Always'.  Here Laffrey delivers what is possibly his best work to date - an unstoppable 13-minute long Dancefloor Annihilator."

"This is almost 13 minutes of the sickest dirtiest acid house out there...
...Filtered down EQs, a sexy 16 beat and a bassline which is guaranteed to shake your spine out of place."

ADSX w/ HANOBEN / PHONE SEX (SHARIF LAFFREY NIGHTWORK)

'Scream' (SHARIF LAFFREY NIGHTWORK)

'SCREAM'〔 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐘 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 〕

TESTPRESSING REVIEW
"...Next up steps Sharif Laffrey to remix ‘Techno Cave’. For me Sharif’s productions are like a modern take on the Ron Hardy vibe. It literally is mental edits, fat as you like analogue house, and a sound that makes me want to go and hear them out in a club. For me he sort of (massively accidentally) seems to pull together some of the best music of the last 30 years in a modern way. It’s like the cuts and edits from the Latin Rascals meets the aforementioned Ron Hardy vibe of cut and paste disco with mad bottom end and fx in a modern and warm production style. He’s ace. Ah yeah the mix… Again its proper messed up edited house for the heads that would weirdly work on any dancefloor."

Full Review: http://bit.ly/testpressing_review

Ruffy’s Island

Techno Cave (Sharif Laffrey Nightwork Remix)

"Techno Cave" (Sharif Laffrey Nightwork) (FBR064)

Recorded on July 19 2016 at Beats In Space w/ host Tim Sweeney in New York City on WNYU 89.1 

Beats In Space #843 with Sharif Laffrey

Originally released on Discos Capablanca in 2013. Future vinyl pressings will be released on Special Forces.

TURN IT UP

TURN IT UP (A-Side) - SHARIF LAFFREY

B-Side of TURN IT UP... Acid Dub Not Dub Version

TURN IT UP (Acid Dub Not Dub) -SHARIF LAFFREY (B-Side)

OUT April 10 on PHANTASY SOUND

"Detroit producer and DJ Sharif Laffrey provides one of the most memorable and original releases in Phantasy’s history, followed by a simmering take from the duo themselves.

Chugging with schizophrenic glee for nearly fifteen minutes, Laffrey masterfully combines his own flavour for obscurities and offbeat samples with no less than three tracks from the Cowboy Rhythmbox archive. Mixing element upon element into a somewhat absurdist masterpiece, this uncategorizable rework injects waves of weirdo energy and a little menace into the small hours..."

read full RANSOM NOTE Premiere: https://bit.ly/6AMCOWBOY-RANSOMNOTE

  ". . .a mind-bending cut from Detroit's Sharif Laffrey, plus a remix of the remix from the London-based duo, with their ‘Deviation Variation'.  Our pick ‘Sharif Laffrey’s Deviation’ is a 14-minute reworking of Cowboy Rhythmbox's ‘Terminal Madness' EP, with it’s best elements stitched together in this Frankenstein’s monster of a  track"

[side-A]
SHARIF LAFFREY DEVIATION 
[side-B]
COWBOY RHYTHMBOX DEVIATION VARIATION (A Remix)

SIX-O-CLOCK COWBOY DEVIATION

6AM COWBOY (PH82RMX)

'6AM COWBOY'  SHARIF LAFFREY DEVIATION (PHANTASY SOUND)

"SOUNDS TO COME" (SF-2) is the 2nd release on Special Forces by SHARIF LAFFREY.
AVAILABLE ON VINYL FEBRUARY 14 / ON DIGITAL MARCH 6

TESTPRESSING.ORG REVIEW:
"Detroit transplant Sharif Laffrey has surely found a niche - the long-form intelligent banger. On this, the second release on his own Special Forces imprint, he's honed his 'thing' to the nth degree. For this is lethally effective body music and no mistake. Taking a handful of elements and deploying them with razor sharp precision, 'Sounds to Come' is that rare thing, a functional 11 minute dance track that you'll want to play all the way through. A trancey techno chassis with constantly shifting and switching elements combined with his now trademark vocal samples. This time maybe with a slightly more tongue in cheek bent - where is that "Start the intro tape" from? Monty Pythons Contractual Obligation LP?! It's doing my head in! It all adds up to way more than just the sum of its spartan parts.

Also refreshing in a world of dialled in remixes and filler tracks is Sharif's insistence on just giving us one REALLY GOOD track. Justly deserved confidence right here. This record also contains one of the coolest noises I've heard in recent times, a kind of sci-fi, whirring that is used so sparingly that it has an addictive edge. Close adherence to the first rule of showbiz - to always leave them wanting more - is the name of the game. The structure is another very clever thing as broadly the record starts and ends in the same place, with all the tension coming from a meticulous game of subtraction / reduction and a neat handling of negative space.

This here is sneaky, crafty work from a producer out there by himself right now. Check it!
https://testpressing.org/review/sharif-laffrey-sounds-to-come

SOUNDS TO COME

SOUNDS TO COME (SF-2)

SOUNDS TO COME - SHARIF LAFFREY (SF-2)

Opium of the People

Villainous

And Dance

Sounds To Come

Worldwide Booking:
Caroline Hayes caroline@spunoutagency.com

Born in Detroit, Michigan - Sharif Laffrey has been playing records and making records under various aliases for 25 years. - he's worked on the line checking camshafts for Chryslers & with Submerge+Underground Resistance for Mike Banks. 
Now releasing music on his own 
label: SPECIAL FORCES. 
Recent releases on Phantasy Sound, ESP Institute, Discos Capablanca & Love on The Rocks.

𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐘

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