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Two lesser-known but super funky Bobby Thurston tracks get The Reflex Revision treatment, taking these down and dirty boogie album originals and exposing both the Go-Go soul and house roots buried in the mix. Prelude stalwarts Willie Lester, guitarist/songwriter Rodney Brown and engineer Bob Dawson had brought their Washington D.C. sound to the label’s biggest successes, including those of Gayle Adams (“Your Love is a Life Saver”) and Sharon Redd (“Can You Handle It.”) For these slightly grittier Bobby Thurston tracks, Lester and Brown’s band feel every one of their slower beats (102 BPM for “I Know You Feel Like I Feel” and a hypnotizing 78 BPM for “I Want Your Body.”) From 1981’s The Main Attraction, “I Know You Feel” seduces you with old school brass and a traditional structure; it practically begs you to find a dance partner. Isolating the vocals and backbeat, The Reflex makes Louie Oxley’s filthy Go-Go Moog bassline the star of his Revision. He also reveals Theodore “Sugarbear” Jones’s fabulous but hidden Chic-esque guitar riff. 1980’s “I Want Your Body” features a more radical Revision from The Reflex, starting by exposing the lush strings and brass and holding off the “drop” of the funky drummer until the final minute of the song, by which time the sexual tension has reached breaking point.

I Know You Feel Like I Feel (The Reflex Revision)

I Want Your Body (The Reflex Revision)

Bobby Thurston - I Want Your Body (The Reflex Revision)

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Reel People Music expands the fizzing dynamic between highly accomplished label associates Opolopo (AKA Peter Major) and Angela Johnson with the release of their brand new album Best of Both Worlds. The nine-track record is a sublime meeting of soulful musical minds, building on the pair’s previous ‘track-by-track’ collaboration, as well as influences ranging from Quincy Jones and The Gap Band to Ohio Players and The Isley Brothers, with purpose, poise and punch. Opolopo’s vibrant live-sounding studio craft meets Johnson’s rich and deliciously textured vocals – nuff said!

“Angie and I didn’t have any agenda when making this record other than just living in the feeling. The vibe between us was easy, as always, so the grooves and songs flowed organically,” Major explains. “The quality and range of Angie’s vocals blow me away. They add so much soul and feel-good energy to the tracks we create. More than that they pull everything together and take you on a journey. Best of Both Worlds is funky, driving, danceable… but it also has honesty and depth.”

“We didn’t want to make anything obvious,” Johnson adds. “This album looks to connect with the themes that concern and inspire people around the world right now. Peter challenged me. His musical ideas are really wide-ranging, which was a breath of fresh air in terms of pushing me to perform in different ways – from soul beats to uptempo to my gospel roots. We’re from different parts of the musical spectrum but fit together perfectly. It really is the best of both worlds, hence the album title.”

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, DJ-producer Opolopo continues to fruitfully explore the frontiers of funkiness after some two decades of productions right across the soulful dancefloor spectrum for labels such as Local Talk, Z Records and Defected. His remix discography includes Gregory Porter, Jungle, Leroy Burgess and Mother’s Favorite Child. New York native Angela Johnson was a member of acid jazz group Cooly’s Hot Box before enjoying solo success via a string of acclaimed R&B albums including They Don’t Know, It’s Personal and Naturally Me. During the Noughties, Johnson featured on Reel People singles Can’t Stop, In The Sun and You Used To Hold Me So Tight. Most recently, she has collaborated with Opolopo on hit Reel People Music singles Stay This Way, Good Lover and Sunshine.

Reel People Music is a label borne out of the success of acclaimed collective Reel People but representing so much more. Launched in late 2009, the imprint has built a fiercely loyal international fanbase through its passion for artist development, musicianship, song-craft and soulful groove.

Produced in Sweden and the US last year, Best Of Both Worlds marks the latest shining output from a renowned record label and talented studio partnership with so much soulfully to say. It’s a joy to listen.

Best Of Both Worlds

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Plans For Tonight

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30 Aug 2024

Ash Reynolds - Plans For Toinight - Chuggin Edits Remix

Russian disco don Alexander 'Sunner Soul' Chebankov joins forces once more with fellow countryman Unclepasha and the mysterious TSDC on this three-tracker for his own Vintage Music label. 'Level Vibes' gets the ball rolling, a pleasingly unhurried deep disco house instrumental from Chebankov that more than lives up to its name. He then ropes TSDC in to lend a hand on the slightly more energetic 'Nice', with its fluttering six-strings and haunting, floaty fragments of female vocal, before Unclepasha steps up with 'No Dancing', another smooth groove (with more female vocal snips) whose bassline nods to 'Disco Inferno'. Good stuff as ever!

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Ash Reynolds - Plans For Tonight (Get To Know  Remix)

Friday the 6th Sept 2024 we release our 10 year anniversary compilation 
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Since launching a decade ago, Slightly Transformed has become one of the most productive and - quality wise - most consistent nu-disco imprints around, with a catalogue packed with ear-catching original productions and on-point re-edits. Naturally the label's founders wanted to do something to mark their first decade, so decided on an expansive retrospective highlighting dancefloor hits, personal favourites and slept-on treats.
There's plenty to set the pulse racing throughout the 32 action-packed tracks on show, from the tactile, head-nodding '80s soul transformation that is Basement Love and Tuuwa's 'Promise', and the glossy electrofunk-goes-slow-house flex of Vigi's 'Acid Lies', to the infectious, bass-heavy disco-funk vibes of Chuggin Edits' 'Ain't No Love, Ain't No Starshine' and the piano-powered Latin house loveliness of Delfonic's 'Hangin' Tough'. And so it goes on, with highlights continuing to pop up at a furious rate. For proof, check the down-low swamp funk of Oldchap's 'What's The Use', the funky and chunky house pressure of Kid & Loop's 'You and Me', and the Tiger & Woods-in-dub headiness of 'Say Goodnight' by Ash Reynolds.

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