Last playlist for 2019... another month of all things new and tasty that have crossed my ears over the last few weeks.

Hope you like it!

December 2019

Pre order vinyl and digital and get this track now - https://smarturl.it/REGRD005 

The final chapter in the ReGraded story culminates with the release of the double A side of “Get Close” / “Pressure of Desire” by @the_elvin_t. Both staples in Midlands sets for the last 3 years, no Hyperboles needed for this one.

Mastered by Matt Colton @ Metropolis 
Distributed by Unearthed

Get Close

Elvin T - Get Close [REGRD005]

The_More_I_Want

Releasedate: 03-09-2021
After a parentship hiatus, Richard Zepezauer´s n s y d e imprint is back to push new boundaries and save some souls. 
This release is a special one for us. In loving memory of our dear friend who has died too early, n s y d e is putting out this limited Edition Vinyl with Mike Huckaby´s Remix of Skymark - Easy Saturday Night EP (Kevin Reynolds & Mike Huckaby Remixes), which will come out next on n s y d e015.1.
After Mike Huckaby´s tragic death n s y d e had decided to postpone the release in humble respect of the mourning time for this outstanding musician, human and soul. 
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To pay tribute to Mike Huckaby´s high sonic standards, his work its presented in the highest quality, full sided, 45rpm, 180 gram, clear Vinyl, in a limited quantity.

This Remix is in our opinion amongst Mike Huckaby´s best productions.It touches the classic soulfulness of a Larry Heard piano and blissful vocals combined with clear hints of Basic Channel´s eternal electrificationing waves of sound. 
This is a perfect testament to Mike Huckaby´s unparalleled knowledge and wide musical range, and not only those who knew him will feel his clear precence while listening to this beauty. 

N s y d e will continue to bring back the family by unifying diverse artists from all angles of the electronic music familytree. House Nation under a Groove. 

Next release on n s y d e will be the full release: 
Skymark – Easy Saturday Night EP (Kevin Reynolds & Mike Huckaby Remixes) 


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Skymark - Easy Saturday Night (Mike Huckaby Remix) nsyde01505

Skymark - Easy Saturday Night (Mike Huckaby Remix)

From the collective brain of Craig Smith & Saleem Andrew McGroarty comes a new 'live' outfit called Sound Signals.

Together with keyboardist Stevie Christie, bass-man Cameron Bradley and percussionist Paulo Riddle they served up a deep, warm and jazzy basement house workout. 

In order to increase the musical value we got something special on this version.  Here Craig teams up with his Scottish soul brother Ricky Reid for a remix under their Soul Renegades moniker with a big-stringed late night house fanfare. It kinda reminds us of those tasteful and melodic deep house productions coming out of Italy in the mid/late 90's...think Don Carlos :)

Stevie's Groove

Sound Signals - Stevie's Groove (Soul Renegades Remix)

You know that long hot days are fast approaching when it is Brazilian music that you crave. Thankfully the Scruniversal has got us covered with a second release that is as scorching as the first. It pairs MPB, samba and Latin flair with hard-edged hip-hop and funk stylings across a pair of tunes from Scruscru, each one a different collaboration. The first is alongside Tony Lavrutz and has gorgeous vocals and organic percussion paired with cut-up beats and jazzy keys that will ignite any floor on 'Rave Du Brazil.' It is Los Protos's jazz funk groover 'Primavera' that gets the good vibes going on the flip.

Scruscru & Los Protos - Primavera (7'')

From Hungover to another victim of the session, as Carlo teams up with German producer Hauke Freer on ‘Maison.’ Deep, low slung vibes on this ode to the sound we all love. Beautifully constructed, from its patient creamy bassline to its bright rimshots and tender vocal. This is our house. Our home. Come on in.

Versus

Pre Order

PREMIERE: Carlo & Hauke Freer - Maison

We are very excited to welcome 4004 to the Selections Label family with his exquisite “Mother Emerge” EP.

Based in Tijuana, Mexico, Gerardo Tepetitlan aka 4004 has had a steady string of top tier deep house records on various labels including FACES Records and MCDE ❤️

This ep has been a while in the making and I am so happy to have this incredible EP on Selections. 

4004 - Mother Emerge EP

A1 - Mother
A2 - father

B1 - Sister
B2 - Brother

RESPECT TO THE UNDERGROUND

Buy 4004 Mother Emerge

A1 - MOTHER CLIP

Ghosts

Buy Stream: https://orcd.co/kennebec_departure

Seeking a respite from the noise and clamour of New York City, Eric Phillips and some friends moved for a time out to a remote area on the Olympic peninsula. With no fixed plan in mind, this period of adventure and discovery spent in the beautiful Pacific Northwest gradually seeped into an organically evolving musical vision for Kennebec.  

In many ways, ‘Departure’ catalogues this time of his move out west. Eventually moving to Portland to find work as a teacher, film composer, and mentorship under Mark Orton (Nebraska, Tin Hat.) Kennebec’s producing of ‘Departure’ began in Spring 2017. It took two long years of patient, daily labour to complete the album, during which time influences such as Studio Ghibli soundtrack composer Joe Hisaishi, cult hip hop artist Nujabes as well as Australia’s Taylor Crawford and Tycho’s ambient electronica began to permeate the soundworld. On February 14th 2020, Night Time Stories, sister label of acclaimed Late Night Tales, will release his much anticipated debut album and Kennebec will become part of an internationally respected roster including Khraungbin, Leifur James and Ash Walker. 

He scored parts for classical guitar, ngoni, kalimba, bass, piano and Rhodes all of which he plays himself on ‘Departure’. Phillips began writing violin and viola parts for friend and collaborator Mirabai Peart (Joanna Newsom, Alela Diane, Ryan Francesconi), whose balkan inflections and beautiful tone became a defining sound of the record — and eventually tied the album together. All tracks on the album were mixed by Phillips. 

On ‘Departure’, organic beats and soaring string lines envelope the listener with a dreamful kind of optimism. New single ‘Seasons Change’ is a silky myriad of sounds, textures and techniques that melt against a backdrop of subtle electronics, while ‘Kalahari’ glistens with curiosity and adventure as magnetic strings meet with a mosaic of horns. Elsewhere, the melancholic and wistful moods of ‘Wellspring’ provide a moment of reflection before the warm, fuzzy, feel good grooves of ‘Quest’, embellished by flutes and sax, venture into more overt atmospherics and fluid modulations.

“Recording ‘Departure’ was an amazing learning experience for me as a producer, composer and musician. It was a concentrated period of time in my life that was fully dedicated to focusing in on my craft. To me, the songs sound like journal entries — they bring me back to those specific times and places, but I also write music in an active, intentional way to try and summon the better parts of myself day to day to come to life and fruition. I have to be doing something new and experimenting to be inspired musically and I also wanted the music to be evocative of that sense of discovery in an almost physical sense —  a sense of journey, motion and exploration of new spaces. The passing of time, setting out,” says Phillips. 

He adds, “I wanted to make something bold and ambitious that sounded fresh and different. I think I took a big swing with this album, and, while I feel it’s impossible to fully nail the vision and intention, I’m really proud of it and the sense of idealism, even if naive at times. Hopefully it’s just fun to listen to someone take a big swing like that.”

In addition to the Kennebec project, Phillips has enjoyed working on and composing the music for numerous feature films, shorts, national parks films, documentaries (including 2017’s National Geographic ‘From the Ashes’), advertisements and video games. Films Phillip’s has worked on have screened and are set to screen at the Toronto, Napa Valley and Big Sky film festivals as well as National Geographic and more.

Departure

Kennebec - Seasons Change

Recordiau Côsh Records
Clawr // Cover: Llion Gethin

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18- Olion (Ifan Dafydd Remix)

Melancholic experimental pop reminiscent of early Imogen Heap, encased in lo-fi electronica from Future Bubblers alumni Elsa Hewitt.

Part of our 2019 charity Advent Calendar in aid of War Child.

Download & Donate: http://bit.ly/Day6_Elsa

All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to War Child, so please give generously.

Download + Donate

Day 6: Elsa Hewitt - Vastness of a Darkness

Kin , a piece from Yonda LP
 
[+] You can still grab a 12" vinyl with a bonus track
+ a bundle with a poster, stickers & more, over here:
www.blumarten.com/product/kimyan-law-yonda-lp/
Bless✨

Yonda

GQ - Lies (Theo Parrish Ugly Edit #7)

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aFv-Nl8fRWk
* Pre-order: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/121829-fandr-009-nebraska-fandr-009-drum-tracks

Nebraska’s ninth release on his Friends & Relations label presents further explorations of his ‘old records spun in new directions’ ethos. Opener ‘Deep Tune’ places a classic Memphis soul-man monologue in a new, resonant, percussively hypnotic setting. ‘Drum Track 01’ is spacious dub workout, all bass, drum and atmospherics. Side B brings us ‘Shift’; tranced-out 80s soul examined in microscopic detail. ‘Drum Track 02’ is a reframing of a crackly, wild percussion workout with dive-bombing bass drops. 

As per previous F&R releases, this is limited to 300 copies on vinyl and is available from 20th July.

PREMIERE: Nebraska - Deep Tune

Buy / Stream it here: https://orcd.co/rudemovementsremixes

Production heroes Moodymann and Kenny Dope revisit one of electronic music’s foundation records, Rude Movements by SunPalace, with brand new remixes issued on BBE Music’s vinyl-only offshoot imprint ALIM.

Presented on strictly limited 7” vinyl, Moodymann and Kenny Dope pay tribute to a New York Loft classic first made famous by David Mancuso, which strongly influenced both artists early in their careers, as well as helping to shape the early House Music movement in the hands of Larry Levan, Nicky Siano, Frankie Knuckles and Danny Krivit among many others.

Two of the modern electronic scene’s most consistent innovators and elevators, Moodymann and Kenny Dope were selected by SunPalace producer Mike Collins himself to rework the track. Sadly, Mike passed away in late 2018 before either version was completed, but as a fan of both artists, we’re sure Mike would have been excited by both of these loving and reverent revisions to his iconic work.

Recorded in 1981s at Mike’s home studio in London, ‘Rude Movements’ was originally released as the B-Side to a track called ‘Winning’. A true Brit-funk oddity, the track’s improvised nature and lack of vocal hooks initially consigned it to obscurity, until its pristine sonics and irrepressible groove caught the ear of David Mancuso and he presented it at his already influential Loft Party.

Moodymann’s remix retains the ‘jammed’ feel of Rude Movements, introducing stellar flute, sax and piano solos over the groove, while remaining utterly faithful to the original vibe.

Kenny Dope’s ‘Dancefloor Powder’ version adds a vintage Afro-Latin drum break into the mix, while showcasing the original’s epic synth solo.

A deluxe double vinyl package containing extended versions of these remixes, plus several more, is planned for release on BBE Music in 2021. ...

Rude Movements (Moodymann & Kenny Dope Remixes)

SunPalace - Rude Movements (Moodymann Remix)

The In Sound From Way Out 

Residents: @aaronl_dj ≈ @original-hp ≈ @miazs-1 ≈ @peachystw ≈ @rosie-ama-cain ≈

Day 6: Elsa Hewitt - Vastness of a Darkness

Stamp The Wax

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