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Groovy

Never Enough

After 'Je ne bois pas beaucoup' last summer and African Typic collection recently on Calamar Records, we're back for another afro tune with the Crew, this time Mòo & Jo took an amazing track from the legend Papa Wemba. Yolele from Congo, a huge tune from 1995. Adding his secret groove as usual, he collaborate with Gabsy a fabulous trumpetist who add that jazzy touch on the track. This track is the perfect addition for the end of the summer 2021. As usual, Calamar Records impress us with many different colours into them releases.

Moojo ft. Gabsy - Papa Wemba (Original Mix)

Still Sleepless

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Welcome To The People

California Dreamin'

California Dreamin' (feat. High Jinx)

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Currently riding on the crest of a rainbow coloured wave, BLOND:ISH hits top gear with her recent club smash ‘Sete’ with Francis Mercier, Amadou & Mariam, as well as the endless energy infused into her recent DJ sets.

On ‘Aye Aye’, BLOND:ISH teams up with Cameron Jack, an exciting new talent and fresh producer who is teeing up further releases on ABRACADABRA. The London born artist has developed his style whilst DJing and residing on the Balearic Isle of Ibiza, and on ‘Aye Aye’, the pair conjure up some serious magic with a little help from Nigerian vocalist and drummer Akindimeji “Akin” Onasanya whom provides the uplifting vocal delivery to BLOND:ISH & Cameron Jack’s deep and transcendental house production.

Cameron explains how the collaboration with BLOND:ISH came to fruition; “I had been sending Viv my music via Instagram messages last year, but rather stupidly forgot to put my name on any of the tracks.  Viv loved them so much she put a message out to her social followers to find out who made the tracks, and someone sent me this message and I of course instantly got back in touch, I could not believe it!  So, we finally connected and collaborated on new music which she dropped in her recent Cercle set, and I was invited to play an ABRACADABRA label showcase in Tulum, which is where we met in person for the first time”.

Essential vibes for the summer months!

Aye Aye

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Blond:ish & Cameron Jack - Aye Aye (ABRA032) [Edit]

Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me

For a few years now, Lisbon has been a better place with the presence of french keyboardist, composer, beat maker and DJ Julien “Larry Quest” Berland. When Julien arrived he had just released his debut EP on the revered Delusions of Grandeur label (headed by one of the UK’s greats, Jimpster).

Hot on the heels of this love, Ka§par met Julien and both started a long and fruitful relationship that would place Julien at the top tier of Lisbon-based producers and DJ’s with a string of impressive releases, some of them on PERCEBES MÚSICA: “Faíscas”, “Austro” and now his final
piece as a Lisbon resident “Entrega” - as he prepares to head back to Paris in search of bigger and better conquests.

In this, his final opus for Percebes in 2023, Julien crafts another tryptic of incredible funky technosoul bangers! All three tracks present common features: fast paced tempo, latin-themed rhythms on top of bumpin’ four-to-the-floor stompin’, full and delicious chord stabs and pad progressions and a feeling of timeless soul and jazzfunk music printed into their melodies. These tracks will be incredible picks when played against 313 classics or soulful nuyorican house vibes.

- “Loop Hall” is a tense and dubby techno soul slammer. Luscious pads spiked by stabby organs, aided by a resonant squelchy 303 funk bass and lot’s of smart percussion. Clear, clean cut production and a solid, club heavy mix and master for the win. Very evocative of some of Carl
Craig’s most classic work.

- “Father Fader” has a housier feel: a few smartly picked sampled vocal bits and smart key chops looped into a very raw analog sounding beat, while a heart racing narrative evolves around the stacking of stabs and organs that keep building on an ever increasing galvanizing tension. Peak time, fast paced deep winner.

- “Worshipping Express” brings faith and spirituality into the fold, by respectfully borrowing a classic gospel, organ driven house template and pressing it against Quest’s usual corrosive bubble-rubber 303 lines. The surprise comes when the honky tonk piano dresses the whole affair
in a southern fried funk! It’s a clear Los Hermanos/Gerald Mitchell tribute delivered with great transparency and we know it’s going to be a special option for the discerning dance floor minded DJ giants of this world. Reel rite!!

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PREMIERE : Larry Quest - Loop Hall

Drum Reworks 

Work - SMIFF Hard Drum

Sorry I Am Late

Sorry I Am Late (Extended)

Here are 18 instrumentals of sample-based pocket groove instrumentals for you to get your groove on. As always, thank you to all of the artists involved in collaborating on this project with me as well as all of the listeners who have shown an overwhelming amount of support over the years. It truly means a lot.

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don't lose the feeling (Album Now Out!)

Megacity Servant

Things We Might Have Said

Domino

Pump the Brakes

Now a familiar face on the Cowgate club circuit, 24-year-old DJ and producer SMIFF has made quick moves in the past couple of years: finding his feet at Headset’s long-running parties, holding down a Sneaky Pete’s club residency and more recently hopping on the decks to play a b2b with Skrillex. SMIFF’s sets are adeptly packed with heavyweight belters and more subtle textural sounds, exploring the crossroads between breakbeat, dubstep and other soundsystem influences. With a growing catalogue of releases and regular slots behind the decks at venues all over the city, you can party in comfort of knowing the future of Edinburgh’s dance music is glaringly bright.
- Chiara Wilkinson, Time Out Magazine