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PSB - Left To My Own Devices (Frankie Knuckles Royal Piano Dub)

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The Summer Cure (Cole's Bajalearic Mix)

1999 (Purple Vein Edit)

ROXY MUSIC - Lover (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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SWS001 - Greg Wilson Featuring The Reynolds 'Summer Came My Way', the first release on the new Super Weird Substance label - release date June 22nd 2015. 

Vinyl & Digital available here: http://bit.ly/SWS-001
Compilation CD available here: http://bit.ly/SWS-CD001

This is the Walter Ego mix. Hear the Luxury club version here: https://soundcloud.com/super-weird-substance/greg-wilson-featuring-the

Having been one of his biggest festival tunes in the summer of 2014, the Luxxury mix of Greg Wilson’s 'Summer Came My Way' - which originally surfaced on last year’s 'Schooled In The Classics' 12” - was put on the back burner throughout the winter in readiness for a full 2015 release. Juxtaposed by Walter Ego’s equally sublime take on the track, the release marks the first of eight records to be issued over the summer months.

Sometimes composition is a long and arduous process, other times a song arrives fully formed. The latter was the case for Greg when he imagined 'Summer Came My Way' as a vehicle for hitherto unknown vocal forces of nature, The Reynolds - twins Katherine and the song’s lead singer Carmel - who, by beautiful serendipity happened to live within a mile of Greg’s Merseyside home.

Bursting out of LA with a lavish twelve-part re-edit series last year, Luxxury’s brand of hazy, slo-mo reworks - a West Coast Balaeric fusion - has catapulted him onto the world stage. Opening his mammoth eight- hour Berghain set in 2013 with Luxxury’s 'Hotel California' rework, Greg helped bring his Los Angeles vibes to wider attention, bolstered by his subsequent support of other reworks; 'Night Fever' and 'Riders On The Storm'.

A victim of his own success, 'Hotel California' gained Luxxury a little too much notoriety and, after a Wall Street Journal interview began circulating, Warner came down on him like a ton of bricks on finding out he’d used The Eagles’ multitracks. All was resolved however and he’s currently recording his forthcoming album, with great things expected for 2015 and beyond. The Luxxury approach perfectly fitted Greg’s vision of the song and the result is a glorious nine-minute epic, just in time for the summer.

With releases on the legendary Ninja Tune, San Francisco’s murky Symbols and Kerri Chandler’s jackin’ MadTech, Walter Ego’s appeal stretches across the board; from forward thinking house to rough and ready grime. Having got to know the Sheffield musician during recent years, Greg was impressed by what he heard, especially an as yet unreleased project he was working on in collaboration with London singer, Obenewa. Inviting him to remix the track, Walter returned an ethereal yet mechanical take on 'Summer Came My Way', his delicately decaying synths and cold hydraulic rhythm giving the track a brooding quality and placing The Reynolds in an entirely new context.

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Greg Wilson Featuring The Reynolds  'Summer Came My Way' - Walter Ego Mix

I Got You (Retro Pop)

Mashup remix featuring Michael Jackson's Billie Jean with Indeep's "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life".  Remix and additional production: Haus of ill Repute

Last Night A DJ Saved Billie Jean (A Haus of ill Repute White Label)

I Still Remember (master)

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!!!

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

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

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

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West End Gurlz (Cole's Mezcla Bajalerica)

whatever gets you through the lockdown.

sleazy abba apparently is what i need

Abba - Lay All Your Love (FH 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

ROXY MUSIC - Lover (Space Duke edit)

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