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Erykah Badu - On & On (Booty Fade Remix)

Chantae Cann Feat Snarky Puppy

Available from 13th September: http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

1. Micky More Super Jazz Funk Mix
2. Antonello Ferrari Make Room For The Dub Mix
 
Joey Negro's Extended Disco mix of "Make Room For Me" reached number 1 on Traxsource earlier this year. 

Now ZR release producer Antonello's own synth heavy version plus Micky More's excellent jazz funk rework.

DJ Reactions:

Glenn Underground - Crazy Hot
Tony Humphries - Feeling this new Micky More Mix!
ATFC - Bongos!
Graeme Park - I'll make room for this baby... oh yes
DJ Booker T - Nice vibes, will support on my radio show 
Carl Hanaghan (Hed Kandi) - Full support from me
Justin Winks/Casio Social Club – This is f**king great!
CJ Mackintosh - Bellissimo
Jask - Nice mixes. Lovin' the Micky More version
Pete Haigh - Yes deffo Micky More mix is the one 4 me


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Antonello Ferrari feat. Jennifer Wallace - Make Room For Me (The Italian Mixes)

Released on Expansion records by Beggar & Co, this is the Boogie remix done for us by DJ Friction. Now available on iTunes worldwide and including a Boogie Dub mix by DJ Friction and an electronic mix by Luismi Valles.

If You Really Love Me (DJ Friction Boogie Remix)

Creole soulful track "On Favè" (A chance)produced by the DC genius Diggs Duke off of new "Moon Reflection EP".
Also available on http://meemeenelzy.bandcamp.com

On Favè (produced by Diggs Duke)

Snarky Puppy & Lalah Hathaway - Something

<b>TOY - Join The Dots</b>

'Join The Dots' is the title track taken from TOY's forthcoming second album. 

The single edit - backed with an instrumental of the track - will be released as a limited edition 7" (300 copies) on 21st October 2013. Each copy will feature a screen-printed sleeve by artist David Chatton Barker (www.davidchattonbarker.com).

'Join The Dots', the album, will be released through Heavenly Recordings on Monday 9th December 2013.

It follows TOY's self-titled debut album which was released in September 2012, also recorded with Dan Carey in his South London studio.

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM:
http://heavenlyemporium.greedbag.com/buy/join-the-dots-7/

<b>Album tracklisting</b>

1.   Conductor
2.   You Won’t Be The Same
3.   As We Turn
4.   Join The Dots
5.   To A Death Unknown
6.   Endlessly
7.   It’s Been So Long
8.   Left To Wander
9.   Too Far Gone To Know
10. Frozen Atmosphere
11. Fall Out Of Love

http://toy-band.com
https://www.facebook.com/toy.band
https://twitter.com/thebandtoy

Join The Dots

TOY - Join The Dots

Music written/composed by: André Hayrapetian ©
Lyrics written by: André Hayrapetian ©

Performed by:
Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion - André Hayrapetian
Backup vocals - Mikael Engström, Sofia Svensson, Melanie Hayrapetian

Mixed/Mastered by: Martin Wiklund

Revelations

Clubbing

Snarky Puppy - Free Your Dreams ( Feat. Chantae  Cann )

Buy limited 7" vinyl: http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/263
Buy from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/vfbt-itunes

With their second album "Waiting For Something to Happen," London quartet Veronica Falls progressed remarkably from the ramshackle charm of their critically lauded eponymous debut to create something sleeker, more polished but no less poignant and affecting, packing an emotional punch even as the choruses and hooks were more infectious and addictive.

The band has been nothing but busy since the album’s release in February, touring the US and Europe several times, releasing two singles and wrapping up the summer with a series of festival appearances. Also on the horizon is a UK with Bleached and another set of US dates, to be announced.

In keeping with our penchant for perfect pop, we’re now releasing one of the album’s highlights, “Broken Toy,” as a limited edition 7” vinyl single. It’s the kind of song that singles were invented for -- driving and catchy, an ideal distillation of what makes Veronica Falls such an exciting young band. It’s timeless and, dare we say, classic. On the b-side we’ve included an exclusive demo version of the moody “If You Still Want Me.”

"Yet in the hands of Veronica Falls the familiar approach sounds both innocent and strategic; there’s eagerness in the way the whole band attacks every note, while the tiniest acceleration in tempo feels like a headlong rush, especially as the voices converge. In songs about getting swept up by infatuation the music sounds like a suddenly shared, irresistible impulse." - New York Times

"Veronica Falls matches every dark emotion with a patch of sunlight; sinister guitar riffs, ghostly reverb, and morose lyrics are offset by feel-good hooks, sweet harmonies, and surf-pop pep." - The New Yorker

"While both Veronica Falls albums make pleasant listening, and the details are well-crafted, what came across Wednesday was robust and bristling, underpinned with an urgency that is hard to find on the albums. For a band that is obviously record-collection obsessed, that was a major achievement." - Washington Post

"There's a clarity of texture-- a specificity even-- to every element of the band's sound. Which makes it something of an anomaly: shoegaze that looks you square in the eye." - Pitchfork


Buy 7"

Veronica Falls - Broken Toy

Seemed like a great idea when I started, but tuning the vocals left them sounding really croaky (got'a try a different approach next time). Vocals from Acapella Victrola https://soundcloud.com/acapellavictrola/gabrielle-140-bpm-swing-vocals
[NOTE: Remixed and remastered on 2016-12-27 (was able to remove some of the croakyness in the vocals)]
[NOTE: Rebalanced the master on 2019-10-04 (drop the vocals a bit using rebalance with Ozone9)]

YouAreNotAMonster (feat. Acapella Victrola)

JESSE GANNON / Future Vintage
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Stevie Wonderを彷彿させるソウルフルでスムースな歌声と抜群なボーカル力、そして見事な鍵盤さばきで、キャッチーかつファンキーな爽快感とJazzのスムースさを兼ね備えたAcid Jazzの新スタイルを提唱するマルチアーティストJesse Gannon(ジェシ・ギャノン)。ピアニスト、作詞・作曲、プロデュース、そしてボーカルと、どれも他とは一線を画す高次元の才能を発揮する彼は、セントルイスや海外で多くの音楽活動に参加。The Temptationsや、Steve Ewing、India Arieといった多くの地元アーティスト達とステージを共にしている。そんな彼の10年近いキャリアを集約したデビューアルバム『 Future Vintage 』は、音楽の持つ即興性が生み出すオリジナリティと躍動感に溢れ、遊び心に富んだ楽曲とリリックで1曲1曲がカラフルな輝きを放つ1枚に仕上がっている。あらゆるジャンルを深く掘り下げる音楽への深い理解と、高次元の才能で紡ぐ遊び心に溢れたサウンドを繰り広げるJesse Gannon。Acid Jazzの新時代を切り開くキーマンのキャリアがぎゅっと詰まった、カラフルな輝きを放つ珠玉の1枚が満を持して登場だ！

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Jesse Gannon - Livin' It Up

Sorry for the wait, Had flu, a software crash AND my roof crack and nearly fall in, apart from that all is OK ;-)

Anyhow

Pulling together things with a 'jazz orientated groove'

Ade Brown puts together 30 min shows for your edification… enjoy!

Select Nu-Jazz, Neo-Soul, Jazz, Acid Jazz, Jazzy House … The list could go on and on..

Jazz Orientated Groove Show 002

Ida Sand - Brutal Truth

buy here http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/product-detail/Compilations/48/Z+Records/Various+Artists/Remixed+With+Love+by+Joey+Negro/cd/292

Princess Freesia – Freesia (Joey Negro Cookie Dough Mix)

Snarky Puppy Feat. Malika Tirolien - I'm Not The One (Family Dinner - Volume One)

LOVE IS THE HERO-Deluxe:  The eagerly anticipated 3rd Studio album from Martin Luther is officially set to be released so thank you Soundcloud and its members for continued support of authentic soul music.

Somebody Superstar

Too Hot To Last (with Snarky Puppy 2013)

1. JillErykahtro
2. Cross My Mind
3. Next Lifetime
4. Easy Conversation
5. In Love With You (b.blend)
6. Didn't Cha Know
7. Crown Royal
8. Time's A Wastin'
9. A Long Walk
10. On and On
11. Epiphany
12. Kiss On My Neck (Hesi)
13. Honey Molasses
14. Otherside Of The Game
15. Whatever (Live)
16. Cleva
17. It's Love (b.blend)
18. Try
19. Bump It
20. Love Of My Life (Ode To Hip Hop)
21. Love Rain (Coffee Shop Mix)
22. Think Twice
23. Whenever You're Around
24. Sometimes
25. I'm Not Afraid
26. Soldier
27. Slowly Surely
28. Back In The Day (Puff)
29. Golden (Remix)
30. Me (Live)
31. I Want You
32. The Way
33. Do You Remember
34. Green Eyes

Inspiration   Jill Scott & Erykah Badu

Am I Wrong - Anderson .Paak feat. ScHoolboy Q  prod. by POMO

2 The Death (feat. Mela Machinko) [M-Phazes Remix]

04 - Flower Girl (feat. Dwele)

Default - Out Now
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/default-ep/id487005655?uo=4
Remixes from Dan Carey, Tom Furse (The Horrors), JD Twitch and Walls out January 16th.

Debut album out 30th January 2012
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/django-django/id485436065?uo=4
Because Music

Django Django - Default

Fred Wesley - Funk for your Ass

brand new on ZR some old school vocal pressure

Mistura feat Kendra Cash "Smile"

Mac's debut '2' will be available worldwide October 16th on Captured Tracks. 

Mac DeMarco // Ode to Viceroy

Cover of Gretchen Parlato's "Weak" done by:
Mark Minoogian- Bass
Balam Garcia- Guitar
Joanna Teters-Voice
Oscar Suchanek- Drums
Giorgi Mikadze- Piano

Mixed and Mastered by Alan Hokom

Weak (Gretchen Parlato/Robert Glasper Cover) - Mixed and Mastered by Alan Hokom

A song for those who have been talked about and criticized because they dare to be different. Pay no attention to the "nay-sayers". Be yourself. Don't compromise. Be encouraged.



CREDITS:
Produced by H. Doobie Powell for Chip Off The Block Productions; Co-Produced by C. Williams; Written by C. Williams and H. Doobie Powell for HPPsalms Publishing

LA LA LA

Hiroshima - Aniki

Available now from: http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

This new track from Akabu features the soaring neo soul croons of Alex Mills (who you might recognize from Miguel Campbell's ‘Something Special’).

The Joey Negro Strip Mix is unashamedly feel-good with its bouncing, skewed and spraying synths and driving bassline, with pristine production putting many imitators to shame.

The Akabu Warehouse Mix is built on chunky drums and classic claps before rave indebted synths swoop into the mix. Building the tension slowly, the whole thing comes alive with a bobbling bassline and the carefully chopped and spliced diva vocals of Miss Mills.

Yet another timeless and easy to love offering from the studio of Dave Lee.

Released: 1st April 2013

Joey Negro Strip Mix
Akabu Warehouse Mix

DJ Reactions:


Tony Humphries - Nice deeeep tune!
Gramophonedzie - Love both mixes. Thanks!
Tensnake - Alex's voice is "something special", and she proves that again
Lovebirds - Joey Negro going deep - nothing wrong with that!
Doc Martin - Superb production as usual
Def Mix - WOW!! Absolutely love it!!
DJ Meme - Superb!
Shur-i-kan - Very cool!
Moodymanc - Both mixes brilliant
Seamus Haji - Cool!!
Robert Owens - Great track!
Tony Rodriguez (Brothers' Vibe) - Sweet release!
Norm Talley - Both mixes are nice!! Good Vocals as well!! Support from Detroit!!!
Hed Kandi - Love it!
DJ Booker T - Love the strip down mix pure fire will support Groove Assassin - Warehouse mix is the pick for me. Slam JAM!
ATFC - Smooth
Richard Earnshaw - Right up Spiritchaser's alley!!
Jask - Lovely!
Ralf GUM - Nice!
Scott Wozniak - Sexy as all hell. Full support from The Woz Man!
Golf Clap - Once again the new Z Records promo is my favorite song I own at the moment.
Stuart Patterson - Will be a big record!
Fierce Angel - Quality house music as always!
Justin Winks aka Casio Social Club - YES... this is my kinda House groove and that portamento 'solid bass' has got me in a spin!! Full support!
Terry Farley - Reminds me of one of those secret tracks Tony Humphries used to weave in and out all night.
Ricardo Miranda (Rush Hour) - Love it. Real nice cut.


Akabu feat Alex Mills "Everybody Wants Something" Joey Negro Strip Mix

Buy Now From:

ZR: http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/spread-love-alex-kenji-remixes/1081443

Traxsource: http://www.traxsource.com/title/221180/spread-love-alex-kenji-future-disco-mix

Doug Willis's discotastic "Spread Love" has been an enduringly popular release from the ZR back catalogue.
 
Now it has been subtly pumped up for 2013 by Mr Alex Kenji . Expect some peak time dancefloor action on this new mix, which emphasises the boogie synths and octave bassline. 

Keep still if you can!!

DJ Reactions:


Miguel Migs - Sounds cool
David Penn - Nice one!
DJ Spen - NICE!!!! Will work well for me
Hector Romero - Party tune!!! Love it! 
DJ Mes - Sound as a pound!
Ron Carroll – Big
ATFC – V cool, thanks
Jask – Very cool
StoneBridge – Love it
Seamus Haji – Nice
Maurice Tamraz – Dope
Syke'n'Sugarstarr – Sounds nice
Richard Earnshaw - Top job!
Scott Wozniak - Superb cut from Alex Kenji. Full support from NYC!
Casio Social Club  - The track that keeps on giving... wonderful stuff!
Jay Vegas – Nice update
Mannix – Nice
Johnny Fiasco - Will spread like butta!
Dario d’Attis - this one will be in my box for a long time
Roog – Big
Golf Clap - Really good single. Per usual. thank you
DJ Booker T - Nice Disco Vibes feelings This Will support
Cherokee - SUPER! Radio & Club play coming right up! Great new mix, thanks! 
Dave RedSoul - Biggest tune out there right now!
Julius Papp - I'm always a sucker for most anything"disco."


Doug Willis - Spread Love (Alex Kenji Future Disco Mix)

Available now from: http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

Hailing from Turin Italy Antonello Ferrari makes his début on ZR with the beautiful "Make Room For Me" featuring the voice of Jennifer Wallace. 

Label boss Dave Lee delivers an unashamedly musical full length disco workout, on which you can hear the influence of early 80s Prelude/West End in the boogie synths, clipped guitars and extended breakdowns. 

If you like disco house this is the real deal!!


DJ Reactions:

Danny Krivit - This is great
Danny Rampling - Summer infused Disco vibes excellent production
Hector Romero - Love it
CJ Mackintosh - Love this tune
Glenn Underground - Major Service as we say when something is great
Groove Assassin - Heavy boogie vibes
DJ Booker T - Nice vibes and disco heat
Faze Action - Yes very sexy, loving the Strings and general live feel
ATFC - Good stuff
Sean McCabe - Pure disco heat. This is massive!
Dave RedSoul - RidiculouZly good!
Graeme Park - Make Room For Me? Please? Oh yes. Yes indeed
Casio Social Club - Utterly brilliant... the boy wonder has done it again!
Julius Papp - An instant classic
Ricky Morrison - Absolutely Fabulous!!!
Craig Stewart - Nobody does this sheeet better than JN - stunning


Antonello Ferrari feat Jennifer Wallace "Make Room For Me" Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix

Available now from: http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

Joey Negro's The Sunburst Band Record Store Day EP was a special remix EP released to tie in with that celebration of shiny round black plastic. Now we make some of the tracks available digitally.
 
Hot Toddy turns the vocoder led broken beat funk of "Taste The Groove" into a chunky driving nu disco delight. While Al Kent does his best Walter Gibbons impression for some dubbed out versions of the string led Philly-style "Why Wait For Tomorrow"
 
DJ Reactions:
 
Ashley Beedle - It's all about the Al Kent mix for me. Strong!
Spiller – This is great
Danny Krivit – Classy, wonderful build
Hector Romero - So goooooood!! Can't wait to play!!
ATFC – Nice
Faze Action - Very nice, loving the Al Kent mix
Bill Brewster - Great mix from Chris, a bit 80s, a bit modern, love it
Louis Benedetti – Full support
Mannix - amazing, will supp both
Danny Rampling - Excellent cosmic funk
Graeme Park - Oh Lordy, Lordy Lord. I think I might just melt. Right now
Casio Social Club - Herbie style vocoder bizness over Toddy beats... yes!
Soulmagic - Hot Toddy and Sunburst Band = Match made in heaven. Love it!!



Snarky Puppy - Free Your Dreams ( Feat. Chantae Cann )

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