Normal service is resumed... more or less, with lots of dance-oriented stuff this week. I really like Bixiga 70, who open this week's list, another track from the excellent Afrobeat Brasil album. Then it's pretty much dance/trance yourself dizzy, in the company of at least a few familiar names, and with a few more nods to African music. The transition comes with the psych pop of The Eves, before the excellent Warm Digits and the beautifully mesmerising Lost Horizons take things home. Just nosing in front for track of the week, though, is Bixiga 70's "5 Esquinas".

Jul 21 - Aug 03 2017

112 KBPS FILES - DON'T BE A DUNCE!

Stream & Buy - https://razor-n-tape.fanlink.to/BeamMeUpPrinsThomas

Midnight Magic’s perennial disco anthem “Beam Me Up” announced itself as an instant classic from the moment of its release in 2010, and at long last the fellow Brooklynites joined us for a 10-year-anniversary package (minus one lost year) that once again establishes the timeless quality of the song with a fresh and versatile package of new remixes.

Norwegian space-disco don Prins Thomas delivers a sprawling and elegant mix, grounding melodic and psychedelic elements over a bumping percussive disco rhythm treatment, stretching out over 8 minutes of blissful breakdowns, delays and driving bass lines. Kim Ann Foxman takes the song to a darker and dubbier place with her “Beam Me To The Basement Mix,” layering samples of singer Tiffany Roth’s vocal and insistent acid synths over a heavy and pulsing low end. Each Other, a new project by Max Pask and NYC club royalty Justin Strauss, crafts an extended peak-time stormer of a mix, with churning analog drum and synth production that is somehow ravey, New-Wavey and lush all at once.

These three mixes truly capture an entire club night in one record, each a beautifully unique interpretation that showcases the inimitable talent and creativity of the remixers, and is also a testament to the enduring perfection of the original. Grab this record immediately and beam yourself back to the dance floor!
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RNTR037 - Beam Me Up Remixes

Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

Kapote - Delirio Italiano

https://hotmood.bandcamp.com/track/africa

Hotmood - africa (Bandcamp Exclusive)

Oracle

Order on vinyl, CD or digital formats: https://bbemusic.lnk.to/afrobeatbrasil
The African beat has always been essential to Brazil’s music. But now the new generation of musicians, singers and rappers are tweaking the basics of Fela’s funk to fit with samba swing, bossa tempo and nordestino nous.
John Armstrong’s new compilation Afrobeat Brasil features 14 blazing tracks from 2011 to 2017 that nod towards Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mali and beyond – with feet firmly in Brazil.
For the first time outside Brazil, a careful selection of modern Afrobeat- inspired tunes from across several Brazilian genres, taking in cutting-edge players from Rio, São Paulo, Salvador, Porto Alegre –and even Paris. No slavish Fela Kuti copycats these, but rather Afrobeat and other specific African tempos and rhythms used as a blueprint, a building- block for new directions in Brazilian music.

About John Armstrong:
John started playing records in and around London in the late 70s, after a Eureka moment at one of the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals in the mid-70s, from which he returned with interviews from everyone from Allen Toussaint to Betty Carter (many of which were published in the now-defunct Jazz & Blues Review).
In 2008/9, John wrote, devised, and presented BBC Radio 2’s Viva Latino – which brought a fully-dedicated latin music show to the BBC airwaves for the first time , with worldwide listening figures for the 14-part series reaching 9 million at one point.
Over the last 30 years, he’s put together approximately 200 compilations of latin, afro, zouk, Brazilian music, soul, flamenco, Irish traditional music, and even rockabilly, Cajun, zydeco and rock & roll – making him one of the three or four most prolific compilers in the UK.

John Armstrong presents Afrobeat Brasil

Bixiga 70 - 5 Esquinas

@les-yeux-orange sister label @good-plus unleash another dynamite edit release. 'Avidio' takes things back to 80s South Africa with a kwaito groove, packed full of synth marimbas, rapturous vocals and even a clarinet solo.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/07/20/les-yeux-orange-avidio/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/good-avidio

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Les Yeux Orange - Avidio (STW Premiere)

https://BBEmusic.lnk.to/EverythingHappensForAReason
Title track from Kiko Navarro’s latest album, released in March 2017 on BBE, ‘Everything Happens For A Reason’ is presented here in its original 7 minute incarnation, alongside remixes from Kyodai and Myles Bigelow, plus an edit by Vince Watson.

Moved by Steve Reich’s ‘Music For 18 Musicians’, which he caught live at a concert in SIngapore, then impressed by Kerri Chandler’s ingenious re-imagining of ‘6 Pianos’ (also by Steve Reich), Kiko Navarro was inspired to utilise the piano’s percussive attack as the main rhythmic device in a House track. Calling on his regular collaborator (and piano teacher) Isis “Apache” Montero, Kiko explained his concept and the two gradually built up a compelling, syncopated and potent groove. Taking in tribal, orchestral, latin, afro and tech sounds, ‘Everything Happens For A Reason’ is a moving and poignant piece of House music, topped off with spine-tingling vocals added by Isis “Apache” Montero which call to mind the lyric-free, syllabic singing style made famous by Karl Jenkins’ ’Adiemus’ records.

German duo Kyodai have been making major waves on the global House scene for some years now with releases on Freerange, Compost, Pokerflat and Mad Mats’ high flying Local Talk label. Their remix transitions from tough percussion groove into anthemic piano house workout and back again, dispensing a carefully metered dose of dance-floor magic. Multitalented Canadian musician and DJ Myles Bigelow delivers an uplifting version, adding eastern percussion and vivid synth lines. Vince Watson’s subtle edit introduces a smooth melodic techno atmosphere, extending the arrangement out into a vast sonic expanse. An instrumental version is included in the package for the purists, as is a ‘Beatless’ mix, which makes for an intriguing DJ tool, or simply a powerful sunset soundtrack for those chilled terrace sessions.

Kiko Navarro - Everything Happens For A Reason (Vince Watson Edit)

Afrobeat trumpet and sax fanfares are wrapped up in an 808 groove, part of the third volume of Afro Edits from Dublin label Orange Tree Edits.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/07/24/orange-tree-edit/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/litmus-groove

Orange Tree Edits - Litmus Groove (Jimmy Rouge Edit) (STW Premiere)

Planet

TBE1202 - Tugboat Edits Volume 2

B1. Girlfriend (JKriv Mix)

Bootleg edit of Gepy & Gepy's "African love Song"

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**Re-upload fixed a few mix issues

African Love Song (George's Earthly Edit) - Free Download

A remix of @rafrundell Ft Show Boy - Sweet Cheeks from the recent long player Stop Lying.  Out September 7th 2018 on very limited vinyl...

https://www.discogs.com/Raf-Rundell-Sweet-Cheeks-Remixes/release/12480908
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/raf-rundell-sweet-cheeks-remixes/702632-01/

Digital is here : -

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sweet-cheeks-remixes-single/1381218346

Raf Rundell Ft Show Boy - Sweet Cheeks - Ray Mang Remix

Kildare's finest, Mix & Fairbanks go all out on this 3rd part in the Pleasure Of Love edits series. Prepare for some amazing African peak time madness as 'Bee Side' turns out to be an 80's-style weapon of epic proportions.

Artist: Mix & Fairbanks
Title: Pleasure Of Edits 3 EP
Label: Pleasure Of Love
Cat#: POLR003
Release Date: 11-2018

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Pleasure Of Edits 3

Bee Side

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Arrivals: Part 2 

Fresh off the back of our debut EP Arrivals: Part 1 (which had amazing support including a 10/10 from DJ magazine, may we present Arrivals: Part 2!

Support from Tensnake, Hot Toddy, Danny Tenaglia, FOUK, Red Rack 'Em, Ashley Beedle, PBR Streetgang, Ooft, Jamie Jones, Roberto Rodriguez and many more <3

SouI GIo

Phreek Plus One - La spirale - j's loveboat mix

Long-time (3+ years!) curator of a regular weekly 10 track playlist of legit, (mostly) new tracks from Soundcloud, dug up here, there and everywhere. The lists always start out as 10 tracks, but some subsequently get pulled from Soundcloud by the band/artist or the label, so don't blame me for any short lists!

The In Sound From Way Out 

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Orange Tree Edits - Litmus Groove (Jimmy Rouge Edit) (STW Premiere)

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