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New for Midnight Riot Volume 8…

Sneak preview of my contribution for the next instalment of the best selling contemporary underground various album… 

Release December 2014 

Cheers, GB. xx

JUNO

GOLDBOY - Scopin'4Love /// Midnight Riot Volume 8

Elite Vessel

Yourself

DUFF DISCO - I GOT HOSE (D-FUNK)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - I'm on fire (Space Duke edit)

GWEN McRAE - Let's staighten in out (Space Duke edit)

When Featurecast & The Gaff got a chance to play together recently, it didn't take long to get to talking about their mutual love for Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" and how the world needed an edit of it, and just like that, a few sleepless nights, some dusty records and a little bit of finesse: "Ain't Got Time" was born! The ultimate Marvin Gaye meets Stevie Wonder track that never existed......So why did a collabo between these two legends never happen? They both recorded for Motown at the same time and were fans of each other!....Here's a little history lesson: 
 "Too busy thinkin bout my baby" was written by the Motown team of Whitfield, Strong, and Bradford in 1965, and first recorded by The Temptations a year later.
Marvin's cover of the tune came out a few years later, and was his 2nd biggest hit of the 60's, right after "Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1969 at the age of 30...Curious who was in Marvin's heart as he was singin this? If You do the math, it's none other than Tammi Terrel, who he fell deeply in love with as they began working on their tracks ("ain't no mountain high enough) around the same time....Unfortunately, Tammi wasn't into Marvin in that way! She was much younger, early 20's, and apparently favored "darker men", Marvin was a light skinned brother, and perhaps wasn't what caught her eye? Well, that's the breaks, Tammi put on a good show for sure...
Now, Marvin Gaye was 11 years older than Stevie Wonder, who, at the time, was about to breakthrough to his hugely successful crossover lp's at only 19 with "Signed Sealed Delivered"! 
Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" had come out on his album "Down TO Earth" in '66, at only 16, and a dope version was covered later by SoulSister Bettye Lavette, You should check it! Not many know about that cover :-)
So, there was a big age gap, with marvin bringout out songs of soulful love in his 30's, and Stevie bringin the Funk in his 20's!!!
in 1991, almost 25 years after it was released, De La Soul would flip "Hey Love" into "Talkin bout Hey Love" where it was brought back all over again for a new generation of Hip Hop heads around the world (a young skateboarding gaffer and a LIl Featurecast being 2 of them :-) 
25 years after that, we added in the horns from an early Serge Gainsbourg record so this tune would appeal to fans of De La Soul, be enjoyed by Motown lovers, and any fans of DJ's with dope cuts.....Sampled the OG records to provide the instrumental parts used...
We kept this mix so classic, for old and young alike, even your grandma can still appreciate it, nod her head to the fatback drums, dope cuts and scratches....we hope this version makes its rounds for a long time to come, giving you the Marvin & Stevie collaberation that you always wished for.......cheers! 
Gaff and Featurecast, June 9th 2015....
                                             
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Featurecast & The Gaff Ain't Got Time

Thanks amigos Juan, Baz (Dicky Trisco) and Ejay for calling me out to be part of this jam... OUT 24th November 2015

Sould Out - Over Me (Julian Sanza Remix)

Taken from Remixed with Love by Joey Negro Vol.2

Double CD & Vinyl available now from ZR - www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

Digital - https://zrecords.lnk.to/JoeyNegroRemixedLove2

Just a taster of the 8 min remix. This all time classic finally gets the 12" remix it never had, straight from the 48 track multi. Coming in late Feb/early March on Remixed with Love Volume 2


CHRISTOPHER CROSS "RIDE LIKE THE WIND" JOEY NEGRO EXTENDED DISCO MIX

Buy Digital on Bandcamp
https://souldout7.bandcamp.com/track/sould-out-the-funk-district-love-2-dub-u

Editorial Wax #16

Up next on Editorial 16- is a sampler featuring some Editorial crew regulars delivering a couple dancefloor jams on :
Dr Packer's  "Love is U" and Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee's " Like U Do"
and  featuring  equal measures  of slo-mo joints , perfect for a lounge mood 
from Ponchartrain's  - " Luv 2 U"  and Sould Out & The Funk District's  - " Love 2 Dub You"

The Love & You EP   - hitting record shops in a few weeks!

is out now on digi! 
get a copy here: http://bit.ly/2c5LSQk

-Editorial Records

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Sould Out & The Funk District - Love 2 Dub You

Two Tons O' Fun

Just Us

We all need heroes right? Among mine, American director & scriptwriter David Simon holds a pretty good ranking. We owe him some of the best thought-provoking, humanist & politically-conscious drama series of the modern TV era. Starting with the best of all (an unquestionable fact validated by...myself:), The Wire (2002/2008, HBO). 
Resonating all the more with me, music plays an integer part in David's work. That's obvious in his remarkable heartfelt appeal to post-Katrina New Orleans ("Treme", 2010/2013, HBO), but is also a common thread in all his productions.
His latest gem, "Show Me A Hero" (2015, HBO), is no exception to the rule. This mini-series evokes a true story from the late 70's/early 80's, depicting the struggles of a young Mayor in a NYC suburban town, to deal with social & racial cohesion in a stressed budgetary situation. 
Unsurpringly somehow, considering the "deep America" social themes at play here, Bruce Springsteen was a great fit to fill a spot in the show's soundtrack. His beautiful melancholic ballad, "Secret Garden", is omnipresent in each of the the miniseries 4 episodes. Here is a deep, balearic/slo-mo style rework I made of it.

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Bruce Springsteen -  Secret Garden (V4YS "Show Me A Hero" Rework)

The b-side to our new single 'Wonderland' available as a free download.

'Wonderland' will be released on 28th November 2016.

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Du Tonc - Keep Movin'

J.Gale Gaymon-Study Wrong (CALL ME CLASSIC rework)!!!FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/b204b8'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

J.Gale Gaymon-Study Wrong (CALL ME CLASSIC rework)!!!FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

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Joan Bibiloni - The Boogie - (Ray Mang Edit)

JAMES ROD-Freeze Love Re-Edit !!!!!!FREE DOWNLOAD!!!!

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JAMES ROD-Freeze Love Re-Edit !!!!FREE DOWNLOAD!!!!

Randy Crawford - Cajun Moon (RedSoul Edit)

Ramsey Hercules - Hit The Road ( If You Want )

Another Thing

Re-up one of my fav soul tunes! reworked 



Gwen McCrae - Let's Straighten It Out  (Disco Tech edit)

Space Duke musical career started in the year 1994 when he decided to focus on djing. He and his close friend Chimo Bayo changed the scene in the "ruta del bacalao" with their infectious vibes. After some years playing in the best spanish clubs as chocolate, puzzle, scorpia,... he pushed his set to the next level using his clasical music training (cajon flamenco, pandereta, flauta dulce) to deliver a sound never listened before.
Afterthat, he made some collaborations with some of the coolest spanish bands as camela, andy &amp; lucas, and "el koala", with absolute success... (several #1 in the loca fm radio chart). 
In the year 2000, he started to try new sounds, sampling merengue, bachata, and cha cha chatunes, and mixing it with drum &amp; bass, opening the gate to a new style: miniton latino.
As a producer, Space Duke is the man behind: Locomia, Tamara, Falete, and almost all the latin techno samba bands in the last 20 years in spain.
Not happy with this, he spended some years developing a new dance style (latin tecktonik) and teaching it to all the clubbers in his area. 
His residency at Revolution, and "Azucar" inspired other dj´s in Madrid, and made him the legend we all know.
Nowadays, he think headphones and mixers are over rated, so he is playing his dj sets with a laserdisc and his old motorola 8700 phone (without cover).
Space Duke: Soul &amp; Fun