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Superfunk - Hold Up (Album)

DEEP & HOUSE

House Disco

Living Room

Livin' on Love

The Storm

Domino (feat. Fitz)

Hot off the heels of the recent Gumba Fire compilation, Soundway selects more sure-fire disco burners: with a 4-track, dancefloor-orientated EP drawing from the short-lived Heads label out of South Africa.

Heads Records - South African Disco-Dub Edits

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William & The Young Five - You Turn Me On (JKriv Rework)

few days ago, something special happened at the end of a show in France where I was playing b2b with mamene S3A.
the sound engineer, waited for the place to be empty and just played this beautiful track for the staff and the artists packing their stuff and it had a really strong effect on me. something beautiful, out of time, lost in a little snowy village, this song I know since I was a kid sounded different and affected me.
the funniest part of the story is that S3A did a France Gall edit few weeks ago to pay his tribute to this wonderful and talented artist, thanks to him for opening the road.
here it is, only three days after the show cause it feels linked to that moment for ever to me.
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hope you'll like it fam.
folam.
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mastering : Mangabey (thx mamene)

France Gall - Ella Elle L'a (Folamour Edit)

Roger Thornhill working his edit magic on 'Need Somebody' for the upcoming 3rd release on French label La Bestiole, where he'll be featured alongside Hysteric, Turbo Boom Boom and label head Baerlz. This one got picked up by the one and only MCDE who dropped it during his set at Coachella, certified fire right here.

Artist: Roger Thornhill
Title: Need Some Friends EP
Label: La Bestiole
Cat#: BEST003
Release Date: 05-2018

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PREMIERE: Roger Thornhill - Need Somebody [La Bestiole]

Mangled Records 019 12" 180g Vinyl
Release date : 18.06.18
Distribution : Juno

Soul Clap Featuring Nona Hendryx - Shine (This Is It) - (The Ray Mang Versions)

A. Ray Mang’s Extended Vocal Version 7.58
Bi. Ray Mang’s Instrumental Version 6.28
Bii. Ray Mang’s Radio Version 4.02

Written by Charles Levine, Eli Goldstein & Nona Hendryx.
 Produced by Soul Clap & Nona Hendryx.
Vocals by Nona Hendryx. Jupiter 8 & Moog Sub37 by Charles Levine. Drums & Yamaha CS50 by Morgan Wiley. Trumpet by Greg Paulus & Kalí Rodríguez. Trombone by Jason Disu.
Mix & Additional Production by Martin Buttrich at Shmeenie Meenie Studios, Barcelona.
Recorded at The Rad Pad (Brooklyn), Red Bull Studios (New York) & Midnight MagicStudios (Brooklyn). Executive Producer: Chuck ‘Da Fonk’ Fishman.
Published by Love The Crew (BMI) & Eat Your Heart Out Music (BMI).

Ray Mang Versions: 
Additional keyboards, drums, percussion and programming by Ray Mang. Produced, arranged and mixed by Ray Mang.

Special thanks to Luke Solomon and the crew at Defected Records.
℗ + © Mangled Records 2018 (Under exclusive licence from Classic Music Company).

‘Shine (This Is It)’ is the first single from Soul Clap’s self-titled second album that features legendary vocalist Nona Hendryx. After Ray met Charles and Eli when all played at LA party institution A Club Called Rhonda this happened..!

Nona Hendryx is an original member of the trio Labelle who’s smash single “Lady Marmalade” is a timeless classic. Her solo singles “Transformation” and “Do What You Wanna Do” from the 80’s are equally prolific to her work as a back-up vocalist for a laundry list of legendary acts including Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads and Peter Gabriel.

There is magic contained in ‘Shine (This Is It)’ and the strength in Hendryx's vocal empowers our sprits and moves us on the dancefloor. Midnight Magic’s Morgan Wiley delivers an outstanding keyboard solo and fellow bandmate Jason Disu teams up with Kalí Rodríguez and No Regular Play’s Greg Paulus to form the Soul Clap horn section.

Taking the magical vocals, horns and keyboard solo from the original, Ray Mang gives it a latin house twist adding an elevating Rhodes motif, bass and battery. Presented here in three versions on 180gram vinyl.

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Soul Clap Ft Nona Hendryx - Shine (This Is It) - Ray Mang Extended Vocal Version (7.58)

Panorama EP

Idol

Chiddy Bang - Mind Your Manners (ft. Icona Pop)

Pacha Ibiza DJ Selection (Volume 2)

Superfunk ft. Ron Carroll  - Lucky Star(Original Mix)

Last Dance In Copacobana (Album Version)

Hold Up (Remastered)

To Marseille from Paris (Interlude By Dimitri from Paris)

Under The Shower With Paul Johnson (Interlude By P. Johnson)

The Young MC

01 1. Get Up In The Morning

04 4. Fresh Like Us

Comeback of the group that helped to explode the french touch with its irreversible soul-garage chorus sung by Ron Carroll, Lucky Star is THE dancefloor hit of the year 2000. 

Behind this hit that sold 900,000 copies (200,000 for the Hold-Up album signed by Virgin): three southerners, Fafa Monteco, Stephane B and Mike 303 who have been fed by the culture of free radio and hip hop and finally the rave party scene, many musical cultures that constitute the identity of the Superfunk sound .Lucky Star ,internationally acclaimed French house track that symbolizes the French sound in the minds of the general public but then the wave fell leaving Daft Punk as the only ambassadors of the French touch . 

Following this phenomenal success, the band separated : while Stephane B and Mike 303 continued the adventure with other musicians, Fafa left the group in 2005 to pursue a solo career. 

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2018, the come back
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Fueled by the rebirth of Black Jack Records, a label that was inactive since the mid-2000s, on which the trio of producers had delivered their first EP, Superfunk resurfaced. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Black Jack returns with new collaborations and new artists: a bridge is recreated between the teachers of Chicago and the leaders of this sound made in France, past successes and new tracks to come with of Paul Johnson, K-Alexis Shelby and the emergence of a new generation of artists like EEEDIOT or Vantage. With Chinatown, it’s new track for BlackJack, Superfunk revisits the synths by Giorgio Moroder and the eternal vibrations of disco with an undisguised jubilation. It is above all the musical imprint of the group that resurfaces: a sound that is sought after but accessible, immediately identifiable while appealing to the musical culture of the listener. Very quickly, the feedbacks were excellent, the track was played on Radio FG, the reference in France on this type of sound. And naturally, new tracks and collaborations are coming : I Like It with Mercer who was a Superfunk fan and rightfully considers the group has a legend. ... 
Superfunk is the come-back-event of an acclaimed sound for music lovers of all ages!

The Young MC

Superfunk [Official]