2015

Available from Beatport: http://smarturl.it/rinse031bp

Maison Sky - Glamour

2 Much Booty In The Pants

Hitem With the Juke

Juke Dat

It's Time For The Perculator

Weiss "I Believe" (Soundcloud Edit)

Vincenzo & Florian Kruse - All About You feat. Lisa Shaw (John Monkman Remix)

Whores In This House

Speaking to THUMP last year, before the release of his Carry On EP, producer Ben Hackman explained how growing up in the countryside played an important role in shaping his music taste. “In the middle of nowhere you have a different set of influences,” he told Nick Yim. Much like the man himself, Hackman's THUMP mix is a mishmash of influences drawing on classic house, boogie, funk interspersed silky-smooth R&B vocals as well as a couple of his own tracks. While he might have long since relocated to the city, Hackman clearly still has a knack for weaving various musical threads into a sumptuous and pleasing whole. 

Hackman is playing at XOYO next week together with Klaves. You can buy tickets here: http://www.xoyo.co.uk/events/MUSIC-REMEDY-PRE/index.html

THUMP // Hackman mix

ITS TIME FOR DA PERCULATOR

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All Hail the Queen

Come into My House

Cajmere - It's Time For The Percolator

Buy on 7" vinyl or digital formats: https://bbemusic.lnk.to/BrighterDays

BBE are excited to present the first in a new series of strictly limited 7” pressings exploring some of the most iconic House tracks of all time, as chosen by DJ Spinna and Kai Alce. With global interest in ‘45s on the rise, ‘Foundations’ aims to fill those frustrating gaps in all our collections by releasing specially crafted edits of classic house tracks on 7” vinyl for the very first time.

Part one of the ‘Foundations’ series celebrates Chicago producer Cajmere’s early masterpiece ‘Brighter Days’ featuring Dajae. Best known in recent years by his ‘Green Velvet’ moniker, Curtis Jones has been blazing a trail through House and Techno since launching his Cajual imprint back in ’91. Reaching #2 on Billboard’s dance chart in 1992, ‘Brighter Days’ was Cajmere’s breakthrough hit and continues to educate and inspire producers, DJs and dancers to this day.

With artwork lovingly adapted from the original 12”, the record’s ‘North Side’ features a deft Kai Alce edit of the monstrous 10 minute Masters At Work ‘Brighter Days’ remix. Introducing those distinctive skipping, syncopated rhythms later adopted by UK Garage pioneers, Louie’s MAW mix has lost none of its dance-floor impact over the last 25 years. Lurking on the ‘South Side’ you can find the raw, potent ‘Underground Goodies Mix’, a production credited by Rashad and other pioneers as the catalyst for Chicago’s ‘footwork’ movement.

Cajmere feat. Dajae - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)

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Shake That Ass Bitch

ENVOY | DARK MANOEUVRES (Slam Remix)
[Soma 360D]

 
1.	Envoy – Dark Manoeuvres (Slam Remix)
2.	Envoy – Dark Manoeuvres (Original Mix)


Slam get to grips with Envoy’s 1996 classic, ‘Dark Manoeuvres’ in this latest EP release. Soma have been bringing some of Envoy’s classic releases up to date with Slam following Ricardo Villalobos in reinterpreting the earlier work, all of which leads to May’s release on Soma of new material by Envoy. 

Dark Manoeuvres is a track which lives up to its name, the original expressing pumping, dark and crunchy sounds interspersed with string arrangements and overdubs which move the track in various different directions. The 1996 original is a great example of some production techniques of the time and is of interest in identifying the direction of the Techno sound in that era, as well as being eminently listenable. 

Slam were very much involved in the progression of Techno at the same time as Envoy was creating tracks such as Dark Manoeuvres and as such they have a real handle on how things have evolved, enabling them to bring a classic release such as this bang up to date. 

The distinctive hook, attention-grabbing melody and strings which are distinctive elements of the original are all incorporated in a full and fresh dynamic which sees some of these elements regrouped in individual sections such as the strings or moulded with deeper, darker resonance into a new expression. The hi-hat and kick drum interplay still drives the rhythm keeping that element as a prominent part of the track, setting a strong foundation that was integral to the original. Some of the more idiosyncratic elements of the original such as the aquatic overdubs, highlighting production, are reconstructed with use of modern technology to provide waves of highly imposing, building sound at crucial points in the track.

This is a great remix by Slam elevating the original track and elements within it to provide a new and totally engaging release which still expresses all the great qualities of the original. This will be a firm favourite with old and new fans of both Envoy and Slam.  

    


Envoy - Dark Manoeuvres (Slam Remix) (Soma 360d)

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