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ONLY VINYL Limited 230 copies, numbered & hand stamped.

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A1. Soul Element feat Peven Everett- How Bad I Want Ya	
A2. Soul Element feat Peven Everett- How Bad I Want Ya - GU remix
B1. Owen Jay & Melchior Sultana - Memento
B2. Ernie - Tormenta Tropical

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Soul Element, Peven Everett, GU Remix... Los Dedos Cortados - Mnd27#230 - PRE ORDER NOW

My take on Fish Go Deep' 'The cure and the cause'
Originally produced by JDilla

Cure & The Cause

For five years, Friends of Friends has been at the forefront of Los Angeles' independent music culture, propagating a rich catalogue of innovative releases from across the electronic music spectrum. This year, FoF is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a massive compilation featuring classic songs from the likes of Shlohmo, Salva, LOL Boys and Tomas Barfod alongside B-sides, rarities, remixes and brand new tracks from the extended Friends of Friends family. Disparate sounds from Rome Fortune, Shigeto and Nicolas Jaar find a home on 5oFoF: Five Years of Friends of Friends, drawing together the label's eclectic past with its exciting, genre-melding future. 

Includes unlimited streaming of 5oFoF: Five Years of Friends of Friends via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Water Collides - Shigeto X Kyson

Lapalux - Closure (ft. Szjerdene) 

From the new Lapalux album 'Lustmore' out 7th April 2015 on @BRAINFEEDER. 

Pre-order Lustmore and get an instant download of Closure (feat. Szjerdene): http://smarturl.it/lustmoreit

Closure (feat. Szjerdene)

South London has become an endless wellspring of creativity. Our very own Bradley Zero continues to make things happen with the vinyl-only debauchery of Rhythm Section, and just around the corner 22a Records are turning their penchant for half-slung beats and soul-flecked rhythms into a full blown movement. 

Henry Wu is a member of the latter making steadfast advances with his output. Rewind back to last February's delectable two-tracker for Natural Complexion and the back-to-back Jean Bassa cut for home stable 22a as evidence.

"Just Negotiate" is one of five groove-inducing jams from the Negotiate EP, housed by Alex Nut's HoTep imprint and out on February 16th. Powered by Simeon Jones' lush vocal sways, it teeters gracefully between the crevices of soul and synth-oozing funk. Groove on.

Henry Wu "Just Negotiate" - Boiler Room Debuts

EP3 is out 13th/14th April 2015
Limited edition vinyl coming soon
You can buy digital here:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/last-light/id973941550?i=973941885

Last Light

After their first big “Things I Didn’t Mean” EP on Dirt Crew back in 2013 the Cali boys Urulu & Steve Huerta teamed up again for another release full of bliss Deep House cuts. Both relocated to Berlin last year and have since then been extremely busy with their solo output on labels like “Let’s Play House”, “Needwant”, “Shabby Doll” and Urulu’s own imprint “Amadeus”.

Here they are giving us a clean cut of both their styles, combined it is truly an all original blend of deep and raw House music. The A side features two club bangers while the
B side explores the deeper side of things with more laid back vibes and dubbed out jazzy elements. One of our personal favourites is the irresistible D.E.G.L. that best describes
the “Urulu & Huerta” Sound. All in all the guys managed to deliver a well rounded package with all elements a good EP needs.

We are quite sure this new release will be a great follow up to their successful first EP that Became a Dirt Crew Classic and one of our best selling tracks ever.

Buy @ Decks

B2 Steve Huerta | Jamais Vu (Preview) | Dirt Crew Recordings

Outplay’s third vinyl release will be from young Mancunian artist Loz Goddard. With releases on Large Music and Editorial he has been making a great impression with his combination of disco and beatdown house. A well balanced blend between samples and synth work makes this a varied EP and a great showcase for Loz’s sound. Outplay’s own Fouk takes care of the remix, turning the lush “It Will Come To Me” into a solid dance floor track with added bass line groove.

Pre order:
www.juno.co.uk/products/loz-godd…ams-ep/568054-01/ 
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A2 Loz Goddard - It Will Come To Me (Fouk Remix)

wrote this one quiet, saturday night whilst babysitting (kiddies were asleep!). iphone headphone mic was the only thing convenient at the time.

prod. @louisthechild :)


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something

Pre-order Fated on iTunes // hyperurl.co/NTfated

Nosaj Thing
3rd studio album Fated 
Out May 4, 2015 
Innovative Leisure / Timetable Records

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Fated

Don't Mind Me (feat. Whoarei)

A lil quick remix for the homie @NoMBe. Free download!

<3 on Hype Machine: http://hypem.com/track/2ahec/NoMBe+-+California+Girls+%28Slackin%27+Beats+Remix%29

DOWNLOAD

NoMBe - California Girls (Slackin Beats Remix)

Redbird

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Till Von Sein - Booty Angel feat. Kid Enigma
Out April 22, 2015 on Suol
Remixes by Jimpster, Johnjon, & Tender Games

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Produced by one of electronic music’s most exciting voices, NYC’s Machinedrum, "Like a Drum" is the second cut from Roots Manuva's new single Facety 2:11.

In his inimitable words, the single is "a wee spring warmer in voodoo coptic dialect shape shifting: the remit the same as ever in awakening one’s inner, modern-day Sun Ra, ODB and Kate Bush on an overdrive of 'doing because we can't help ourselves…’"

Buy the single here:
iTunes - found.ee/facety-it
Ninjashop - found.ee/facety

Like A Drum - Roots Manuva

One year anniversary of Hot Digits Music… Coming in May 2015 :)

Voodoo Whiskey - Hot Dogs & Hot Sauce (Snippet) Year One Collection

Over three decades after "Rhythm Of Life", James Mason rediscovered tapes with more recordings from the same late seventies period. “The Dance Of Life” (ft. Bernard Purdie on drums and Fonda Rae on backing vocals) and “Up Jump” are the first two tracks taken from the "Recollection Echo" album that Rush Hour are very proud to release on vinyl.

James Mason only made one album, that got acclaim years after it’s release. “Rhythm Of Life” became a soul-jazz cult classic, recorded in around 1978/79 with musicians such as Narada Michael Walden and Gene Torres, and featuring Clarice Taylor’s beautiful, characteristic vocals. The multi-instrumentalist recorded far more tracks around the release of “Rhythm Of Life”, but his music became out of fashion because musical trends shifted. Another album never arrived, and the recordings ended up in a box. Today the release of James Mason’s second album is finally set, and will be an collection of these forgotten tracks.

"Following a sense of disbelief that I could have ever forgotten about this music, for me the first echo was recollection, a flood of memories. I had poured all of the passion I could muster into this music. I labored tirelessly and thoroughly loved what I was doing. I thought I was creating my future and that this was my big chance. My idealism is evident in the lyrics. The first echo carried with it a recollection of the process of making this music. The nights in the studio. The learning curve. The equipment I borrowed. The effort and the passion. The exhilaration of a young man’s immersion in an act of self actualization is difficult to put into words. I was making the music that I loved and was engaged in an act of ‘proving myself to the world’. As it turned out, the affirmation I was seeking would only arrive as an echo — as recognition and acceptance of “Rhythm of Life” built gradually over the decades”, James Mason states in the "Recollection Echo” album release.

 "[...] I am proud of much of this collection, but this is not "Rhythm of Life". Narada Michael Walden does not play on any of these tracks and I definitely would have liked to have had a lot more of Justo Almario. Most of it was created with zero budget and was intended to be redone with an appropriate budget and higher production values supported by a record deal. I wish you could hear these songs with the production treatment they deserve. For those of you that have enjoyed “Rhythm of Life” I sincerely believe that there are moments and motifs in this collection that can take you to those same inner spaces. Otherwise I would not have approved this release.”

"[...] When I listen to this music I experience a recollection of the passionate execution of the production process, a young man engaged in an act of self-actualization and the dissolution of my relationships with these musicians who were once my friends. But, I also experience a profound reaffirmation of my belief in myself as an artist. With the benefit of the hindsight of my current sensibilities, even in the midst of its various defects, I hear in this music what I always believed I had in me as an artist. Some of this shit's really good! I hope you think so too..."

James Mason - The Dance Of Life / Up Jump (RH RSS 17)
1 The Dance Of Life 
2 Up Jump

Vinyl release:
http://bit.ly/TheDanceOfLife

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James Mason - The Dance Of Life / Up Jump (RH RSS 17)

“It's 'so simple' to write a great song when you have such a genius as Jamie on the mic. This is almost a 'naked' song, the handbrake is applied when you expect it the least and that irresistible combination of a stripped-down bassgroove and Jamie's soul makes it 'nothing quite like it' (quote Jamie Lidell).”  - Michael Fakesch und Chris de Luca (Funkstörung)

taken from Funkstörung's upcoming album "Funkstörung"
(MTR059)

Release date: June 26, 2015
Pre-order here: http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/releases/view/144/funkst-rung/monkeytown059-funkst-rung


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Funkstörung "So Simple (feat Jamie Lidell)"

Jstowee (single edit) from the forthcoming album Hud Dreems – May 5, 2015 
http://stonesthrow.com/store/album/knx/hud-dreems

Hud Dreems 

on vinyl

Knxwledge - Jstowee

Purchase the full compilation here : 
Digital : smarturl.it/OnAndOn101
CD or 4LP vinyl Boxset : www.onandon-records.com/en/7-all
23 beatmakers - 23 exclusive tracks

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Mastered by Damien Bolo @ Spectrum Studio
Artwork by Ursidae Studio (bit.ly/UrsidaeStudio)

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