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House Punkz - Music In The Night (Original Mix)

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House Punkz - Music In The Night (Original Mix)

Into You

Keep On Dancing (feat. Cherri V)

Back Down

Urban Happyness

I Am Grooving

No one has lived a life quite like Marcos Valle. He became an overnight international sensation, fled a military dictatorship, dodged the Vietnam war draft, had his music sung by Homer Simpson, made enemies with Marlon Brando, and became an unsuspecting fitness guru for multiple generations. But to truly understand the great Brazilian composer, arranger, singer and multi instrumentalist, one must listen to his music.

Between the release of his first album in 1962 and today, Marcos Valle has released twenty-two studio albums traversing definitive bossa nova, classic samba, iconic disco pop, psychedelic rock, nineties dance and orchestral music. He has also had his songs recorded by some of the all time greats, including Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, Sergio Mendes, Elis Regina, and (last but not least), Emma Button of the Spice Girls. He has also had his music sampled by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pusha T and many more. With his twenty-third studio album Túnel Acustico, Valle set out to bring it all together.

“I believe my music is many things. It goes in different directions. I have many different ways of writing music, sometimes it’s melodies and harmony, sometimes the groove is the focus. But all the music I have made over my sixty year career is unified. It is all natural and it is all sincere. And this is what I wanted to bring to my new album.”

A prominent feature of Valle’s career has been his dual residence between Brazil and the USA. Originally moving over in the mid-sixties on the back of bossa nova’s international proliferation, Valle toured with Sergio Mendes and became hugely in demand as a composer and arranger. But the Vietnam War loomed and the threat of being drafted saw him return to Brazil. He spent the following years in Rio writing music for TV and film, as well as four cult favourite albums in collaboration with some of Brazil’s most groundbreaking musicians including Milton Nascimento, Azymuth, Som Imaginario and O Terco.

By 1975, Brazil's military dictatorship was at its most oppressive, making living and working increasingly difficult. Valle moved back to the US where he would reside in LA, writing songs for, and collaborating with the likes of Eumir Deodato, Airto Moreira, Chicago, Sarah Vaughn and Leon Ware, amongst others.

Túnel Acústico features two songs originally conceived during Valle’s time on the West Coast: “Feels So Good”, a stirring two-step soul triumph written in 1979 with soul icon Leon Ware, and the sublime AOR disco track “Life Is What It Is”, composed around the same time, with percussionist Laudir De Oliveira from the group Chicago.

On Túnel Acústico, Valle's core band features two members of the renowned Brazilian jazz-funk group Azymuth: Alex Malheiros on bass and Renato Massa on drums. The rhythm section is completed by percussionist Ian Moreira, with additional contributions from guitarist Paulinho Guitarra and trumpeter Jesse Sadoc.

The contemporarily composed music on Túnel Acústico features an impressive lineup of guest lyricists, including renowned Brazilian artists: Joyce Moreno, Céu, and Moreno Veloso, as well as Valle's brother Paulo Sergio Valle.

The album closes with "Thank You Burt (For Bacharach)", a tribute to the legendary composer who passed away in 2023.

Marcos Valle & Leon Ware - Feels So Good

Summertime

Summertime (Original Mix)

Michael Franks - The DoctorSoul Reworks

When Sly Calls (DoctorSoul's Don't Touch That Phone - Extended Re - Therapy)

Chain Reaction (DoctorSoul's You Can't Fake It, Extended Intro Re-Therapy) (DoctorSoul's You Can't Fake It, Extended Intro Re - Therapy)

Euphoria LP

So Tonight

Get Down

Say Yes (feat. Rona Ray)

Say Yes (feat. Rona Ray) [Jimpster Remix]

Giblet Gravy

Groovin'

All the Hits

This Kind of Love (feat. Dee Galdes)

Cool And Steady And Easy

Blow Your Brains Out

We hadn't written an original lyrical song in a while, and initially we weren't sure which direction to take. What came out was a sweet little tune, steeped in nostalgia, with a modern twist. The vocals were originally sang by "Waves" collaborator, Dorian Kitaoka, but while experimenting we stumbled onto a new technique of vocoding that preserved the subtleties or Dorian's performance while delivering the classic robotic tone. We instantly knew that sound was the perfect pair for the tongue in cheek lyrics.

Lyrics: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Funk-Leblanc/One-of-a-Kind

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One of a Kind

Smoove is the archetypal B Boy made good. Despite his huge international success with Smoove & Turrell and his ability to craft jazz, soul, latin, hip hop and funk into world beating dancefloor killers – he can still be found every weekend he’s not playing live jumping on a plane or a train to go and DJ in Germany , Russia , Italy, Ibiza or just down to Manchester,  Bristol or London wherever his diary tells him he has to go..

Wherever it is, his incredible skills behind the decks mean that he gets asked back and the breadth of the music seamlessly joined by his turntablist skills jumps from disco to funk, jazz to soul, hip hop to house and back again. 

The endless flights, trains and hotel rooms are dead time to some DJ’s but Smoove is always creating new tunes for his set on the fly and working his different influences into the remixes and productions he is currently on. There were at least 40 remixes that could have been  included on this album but in the end he chose the ones that worked best together and made the album flow like one of his legendary DJ sets.

The album contains a number of exclusives including the Smoove remix of the new Third Degree track and a killer smoove remix of Afrka Bambataa, Charlie Funk and King Kamonzi. The Smoove remix of Da Wiesel has only ever been available on vinyl before and his amazing remix of Electric Empire remains unreleased (unbelievably) in many European territories.

Smoove started his recording career for the legendary Acid Jazz label releasing two albums as a solo artist before signing to Jalapeno Records with partner John Turrell to release two hugely successful Smoove & Turrell albums. Their last album was playlisted extensively at Radio 2 and tracks from the album have been used in more than ten film and TV syncs – making Smoove & Turrell  the new darlings of the LA film community.

Smoove is touring with the Smoove & Turrell live band, recording the next S&T album, DJ’ing every weekend and he also just became a dad.   Where does he find the time ?


Electric Empire – Baby Your Lovin’ – Smoove Remix

Feel the Same

Feel the Same (Xtended Mix)

Push Communications turn their focus back to the fresh sounds of new disco for this extensive and inspiring compilation. Following on from volume one in 2011, this release catches up with recent major players and true dance floor destroyers, treating us to exceptional cuts from some of the leading lights of the scene.
As with Push’s hugely popular My Tech House and My Deep House series, this focus on new disco pulls together a wide-ranging selection of sounds under the same flag. Classic 70’s and 80’s disco elements are fused with cutting edge production techniques, tweaked and primed for contemporary ears, and incorporating the deeper end of the house spectrum.
Tracks by Soul Clap, New York disco dons Still Going, Erdbeerschnitzel, Iron Curtis and Kasper Bjørke all feature heavily, along side underground smashes like Jamie Anderson & Owain K, Tiger Fingers and Rocco Raimundo. What’s more, be sure to check out ‚Seaside‘, a track exclusive to this release by Hamburg’s hotly tipped Cassara.

Stephane Deschezeaux: Standing Room

Serving up some feel-good Disco House to fire up the WMC dance floors and beyond are The Lewis Project with their stellar replay of the Teddy Pendergrass soulful classic 'The More I Get, The More I Want'. This high class cover comes with lush sweeping strings and sparkling beats, armed with a potent soul-brother vocal from band leader Vernon Lewis. The release marks the debut for The Sheffield (UK) based collective on Galleria Records, who came together after touring the world working alongside the likes of Jocelyn Brown, Soul II Soul, Jackie Graham, Edwin Starr and Trickster, to name a few. Also on the package, Galleria label boss Sandy Turnbull crafts a smooth and seductive slice of disco dynamite.. HOT!

Early supporters include Josh Milan, DJ Meme, Jazzie B, Richard Earnshaw, Mark Doyle, CJ Mackintosh, Soulmagic, DJ Yass, Shane D, Andy Ward, Hippie Torrales, Terry Jones and many more!
Out Now exclusively at traxsource.com
http://www.traxsource.com/title/211879/the-more-i-get-the-more-i-want

The Lewis Project - The More I Get, The More I Want (preview)

Dreams

Dreams (Definitive Swing Vocal Mix)

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