Trips #1: In Africa EP

Abidjan (feat. Yakomin)

A hypnotic electronic edit blending Brazilian rhythms with mysterious Persian tones a unique fusion reflecting KEESH’s inner journey and power

ǨEESH - Shab Bood

Nothing Good

Lovedancing is a hedonistic, unabashed bear hug of sample-leaning, 909-loving house music. 

Ponchartrain, Detroit's fresh-faced editor, delivers three songs for our inaugural outing. 
Each one rallies behind out ethos, the eponymous, Lovedancing.

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To our delight, African funk master Jagger Botchway has been busy in the studio, getting to work on a rare soca and highlife record with a number of musicians he collaborated with from various points of his career. Cultures of Soul have striven to find a host of relevant remixers to match up to Jagger's achivements. These names, already schooled in the colourful sounds of Afro-funk, feature Berlin's Africaine 808, Switzerland's Alma Negra, New York's Names You Can Trust and Manchester's Ruf Dug – whose "Tight Disco Dub" of "Moko Le Dzen" trumps the rest as our favourite. Heavily led by a percussive backbone, the rework takes us on an intercontinental journey of instruments, between African drumming patterns and a conventional Western drum kit. This is further invigorated by a reverb-rich trumpet line and a synth line peppered by chordal stabs throughout. A surefire way to ensure a workout on any dancefloor.

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Jagger Botchway Group "Moko Le Dzen (Ruf Dug Tight Disco Dub)" - Boiler Room Debuts

Taken from Jack Pattern's "Ponteloco EP", soon to be relased on Drumpoet!

Jack Pattern - Melting Oceans

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9.15

Release: 02.07.2021

In October last year Pete Josef's second album «I Rise With The Birds» came out. Now Sonar Kollektiv has decided to release four remixes of three different songs off the fantastic album. First of all there is the Jazzanova remix of «Giants», which almost completely gets rid of the vocals, but all the more absorbs the zeitgeist - a remix probably working perfectly for a group of battling breakdancers. The program continues with a remix by Pete Josef himself. The Englishman strips down «This Sun» to its basic structure, then simply building a modern Salsa track out of it. Which brings us to the remix by Friend Within. The Liverpool producer and Pete Josef have been friends for many years, dating back to a 2013 collaboration («The Work») that made it onto Disclosure's Mixmag mix CD. «Mainframe» sounds super fresh after Friend Within's rework and seems like the party banger we've been looking forward to for months! But what Feiertag finally takes the liberty of doing with his remix of «Giants» is beyond imagination. Far away from the original Feiertag's interpretation moves in dark downtempo realms - dubby and spheric at the same time. In short: Each of the four remixes is a small masterpiece on its own.

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