Sonar Kollektiv are very proud to present a sweet slice of obscure Philly soul with deep connections to our very own Berlin family. Shirley Turner’s 1965 recording of I Wish You A World Of Happiness has long been a crate digger’s delight and now receives a very special reissue, alongside a rather stunning cover version from Hamburg based quartet, The KBCS, featuring the vocal talents of Nora Becker. 

Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and Virtue Records (headed up by musician and music producer Frank Virtue) had become prolific in releasing soulful underground hits like The Horse by Cliff Nobles & Co. and Boogaloo Down Broadway by Fantastic Johnny C. as well as producing a number of somewhat less popular, more low-fi soul and garage records that were slept on at the time but have remained highly sought after records to this day. 

One of those records was I Wish You A World Of Happiness, which started life as a popular 60s instrumental cut Bird Walkin’ by Emanon’s Orchestra. The song was written by Weldon A. McDougal III and Johnny Stiles, with lyrics by Eddie Holman, of Hey There Lonely Girl fame. Virtue had been looking for someone to record a vocal version of the tune for some time, and having had a rough demo recorded by an uncredited singer, somehow said demo found itself in the hands of seventeen year old gospel vocalist Shirley Turner. The young, aspiring soul singer learned the lyrics from the dubplate by heart, and on the night she turned eighteen, went into Virtue Studios to record her version of the song. Several takes were laid down and three dub plates produced all on the same night, one of which was taken home by the eighteen year old hopeful, where it remained for years to come. 
The recording was largely forgotten about as Shirley grew up and had a family, that is until her son started playing with the dubplate as a child. Shirley's son is Sonar Kollektiv’s very own Hollis P. Monroe - now a producer, composer and DJ as well as being responsible for the late 90s hit, I’m Lonely. Hollis took an interest in the record from an early age with the dubplate being one of the first records he learned to scratch with! 

Some years later, and with the help of the internet, Hollis’ continued interest in his mother’s recording led him to a number of specialist soul blogs and in particular to UK based DJ Andy Rix who posted about a dubplate he had found which sounded very familiar! The 45 was widely credited as featuring vocalist Ann Robinson, but Hollis was soon able to set the record straight which enabled him to tell the true story behind this fascinating recording. 

Some fifteen years later, and taken directly from Shirley’s personal dubplate, Sonar Kollektiv were finally able to restore and remaster this rare take from that session. Not only that, we commissioned Hamburg four-piece The KBCS to deliver their own interpretation of this timeless piece of music. The result is a sophisticated, balladic reworking that respects the original but gives it a very different twist that should please lovers of modern and two-step soul alike.

Digital Bonus - The KBCS - I Wish You A World Of Happiness (Instrumental)

B - Shirley Turner - I Wish You A World Of Happiness

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Hollis P Monroe is responsible for classic songs in both the Deep Houseand Funky Breaks genres. Since 1994, Hollis has made significant musical contributions on highly respected labels including Ovum,Defected, West End, Stickman, Soul Candi, and Jive Electro.

Since 2012, Hollis has been refueled by Noir Music's highly acclaimed remixes of his timeless track, "I'm Lonely" and rejuvenated by talented music veteran but newcomer to House music, Overnite.

Overnite brings his vast experience as a vocalist and producer into the musical direction, DJ sets, and live performances as they swiftly move forward as The Black 80s.

Sometimes billed as Hollis P Monroe & Overnite, The Black 80s have already made a big impression on the House community with releases on Freerange, Compost Black Label, Defected and N A U as well as stand-out collaborations with Rampa for Keinemusik, KiNK & Sierra Sam for UponYou Recordings, Trickski for Suol, Kevin Over and Marc DePulse both for Noir Music.

2016 and 2017 were also big years for Hollis as a solo artist as well as TheBlack 80s duo with a strong stream of releases and remixes, most notably being their acclaimed debut album "Heart To Art" being released on the highly respected Sonar Kollektiv imprint.

Hollis P. Monroe >> BEST WORKS AGENCY << Exclusive mix No.1. / Nov. 2023

Find My Balance is the latest offering from Alexander IV - pseudonym of the eclectic Dutch producer, multi-instrumentalist and illustrious tunesmith, Joris Feiertag, who uses the Macedonian monarch’s title to delve into the more soulful side of his sonic output - taking in hip-hop, boogie, jazz and funk influences along the way.

With his latest, effortless outing Alexander IV transports us to the south of France courtesy of plaintive piano and handclaps making way for breezy beats and lonesome brass, complemented perfectly by the soulful vocals of young singer-songwriter Leonard Luka.

Hailing from The Netherlands, with Indonesian roots, Luka is something of a rising star on the electronic end of the R&B scene. His understated, sophisticated delivery belies his tender years, and here provides the perfect foil to Joris’ carefree instrumentation.

Alexander IV’s music fuses organic and electronic elements with ease, which isn’t surprising given the artist’s experience not only as a consummate dance music maker, but also as drummer of choice for Dutch superstars Kraak & Smaak. His music delivers something brand new yet retro; uncomplicated yet masterful.

Alexander IV - Toulouse

Our radio studio is back with a new episode of "The Space In Between" directly from the label office.

The Space In Between is a celebration of the spaces that exist between musical genres, where artists are free to experiment, innovate, and push the boundaries of what's possible. From jazz to electronica, from funk to soul, house to disco, this series will showcase a diverse range of musical styles, united by a spirit of creativity and exploration.

We invited Joel Holmes, a remarkable musician who has achieved widespread acclaim for his unique fusion of jazz and electronic music. Over the years, he has collaborated with some of the most relevant artists in jazz, earning four Grammy nominations for his contributions. We’re very happy to have him for this show and to get to know more about his brand new album on Kryptox, "Into the Abyss" and upcoming concerts.

Be sure to follow us on Twitch, YouTube and Mixcloud and all that good stuff!

Catch us broadcasting live on YouTube and Twitch every Friday from 11hr-13hr from THE SPACE IN BETWEEN at the Sonar Kollektiv Office.

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Joel Holmes w/ Daniel W. Best & Marian Tone from The Space In Between // 05-05-2023

Ingenious and restless musical soul, Feiertag, returns to Sonar Kollektiv with club-ready single 'Colorball.'

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Premiere: Feiertag - Colorball [Sonar Kollektiv]

TRACKLIST: https://plus.inflyteapp.com/in-the-basement-004

In the Basement Episode 4 drops some brand new material from Bristol collective Ishmael Ensemble alongside Dutch producer Feiertag’s latest number on Sonar Kollektiv. Chambord make an appearance on Around Midnight, while Kraak & Smaak turn out a killer remix for Tonique & Man, before Ben Gomori closes things out with his brand new offering on True Romance.  Paul Inflyte is at the controls as usual.

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TRACKLIST

In The Basement: 004 - with Paul Inflyte

Modumodi Mix - Music for hot summer days pt.14
(Swound warm-up sun downer mix)

recorded @ Usus am Wasser 11.7. 2024
broadcasted @ FM4 Liquid Radio 11.8.

playlist: https://fm4.orf.at/radio/stories/3042830/
Cyma, Loli Cosmica, Cuerva Cuerva - Musiquita / Ritmos del Sur
Mente Organica - El Guapachoso Invierno 
Baget - Baia / Serafin Audio
Yemanjo - Fuerza De Bondad / Urban Cosmonaut
Oonga - Moontribe Raza / Ritmos del Sur
Alexander IV - That Blew my Mind / Sonar Kollektiv
Eric Hilton - Nico / Montserrat House
B.Visible - Rubberlegs / Data Snacks
Matija - Willie was a poor Guy / down.
Terror Cactus & Pahua - Sueno Tu Canto
Porangui - Danza del Viento  
Be.Lanuit - Hippie Picasso / Music for Dreams
El Buho - Corazon de Rubi
Akuba - Kusura Bakma Yani / Sounds of Sirin
Captain Planet - Mirage feat. Taj Bethel / Bastard Jazz

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MODUMODI MIX - Music For Hot Summer Days Pt.14

Leon Raum is a prolific German producer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist and creative who has worked with several live bands and music projects across a number of different genres. These include instrumental electronic outfit Bokoya, whose style ranges from ambient to drum & bass and dub, as well as hip hop duo Wyl, a downtempo collaboration with DJ and producer Felix Fleer, and soul jazz project Wukan. Leon’s debut EP offers up snapshots of different periods of the producer’s process. Its title, 'Basement Meditation', comes from the fact that these tracks were made alone in the studio, where the emerging loops often created a trance-like meditative state. The loops are a mixture of analog instruments and synthetic sounds, and whilst the music is very much an independent, individual project, the artwork that accompanies it is drawn by Leon’s sister, Penelope.

Link:
@sonar-kollektiv
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Basement Meditation EP

APPAREL PREMIERE: Leon Raum - All Night [Sonar Kollektiv]

Resident Mix for Passion Ibiza Radio. Airing live on 94.4FM Ibiza/Formentera and passionibizaradio.com every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 3pm IBZ.

Follow me: @wahine_dj on IG

Tracklist:
1	Clive From Accounts- It's Not That I Don't Care	[Razor-N-Tape]
2	Barrio Joyride - Cool It [Colemine]
3	Dina Ögon - Håll avstånd [Playground Music]
4	Kenichiro Nishihara - Nebulosa (Album Mix)	
5	Yuksek, Julia Jean-Baptiste - Chega de Saudade - Souvenirs d'été  [Partyfine]
6	Tony Adams - India [Chit Chat Records]
7	Qwestlife, Andre Espeut	Universal Love (Extended Mix)	[Glitterbox Recordings]
8	Shamako	- I Like To Love [Samosa Records]
9	Orchestra Los Van Van -	Y que se sepa [Sonar Kollektiv]
10	Nu Guinea - Ddoje Facce [NG RECORDS]
11	Pedro Guinu - Haja Fé (Faze Action Remix) [Razor-N-Tape]
12	SunPalace - Rude Movements (Moodymann Remix)	
13	Metro Area - Piña	
14	Sentimental Animals (Dicky Trisco & Jkriv) - Sammy	
15	Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Che Che Cole (Makossa)	[Daptone Records]
16	Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love	[Numero Group]

Ep. 35 - Passion Ibiza Radio (air date 28.12.24)

DJ Makossa & Mc Sugar B present their legendary weekly saturday night radio dj mix show on Austrian nationwide radio station FM4 since 18.1.1992 (every sat 10 - 12 pm m.e.t. on air)
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Sonar Kollektiv is an independent label from Berlin, founded by Jazzanova in 1997. Known for its eclectic blend of jazz, soul, electronica, and beyond, the label has released 600+ genre-defying tracks from artists like Âme, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Benny Sings, Modha, Feiertag, Pete Josef, Jono McCleery, The KBCS, RAH & The Ruffcats, Magro, WAAN, and TTeo. From and for music lovers.

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'The need to explore this genre arises from the idea of bringing something new to the electronic scene. The two dogs in our logo are the yin and yang, day and night, good and bad, the contrast generated by everything... but above all love.'

Apparel Music ® was created by @KiSk in 2010 following a quest for the most diverse musical styles. @Apparel-Tronic' mother, @Apparel-Wax & @AppaRec 'father.

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Since 1996 Berlin-based agency Best Works serves as a powerhouse for booking, staging, staffing and publishing. We represent about 40 talents of manifold musical styles and formations. Besides touring DJs and live bands around the globe, we have long-time experience in corporate booking and music planning.

As a music activist and DJ, XJAZZ Festival, Berlin co-founder and booker Daniel W. Best has more than three decades of experience behind the decks. The sound with which he brings his audiences worldwide into ecstasy constantly changes between jazz, soul, reggae, rare groove, disco and house - sometimes all in one set. He has released several compilations incl. Polish Jazz (JCR) , Best Seven Selections 1,2,3 (Sonar Kollektiv), GIDisco compiled together with Kalle Kuts (BBE) and released electronic music under the Winnie & Somow moniker. He also runs the weekly XJazz radioshow on Flux FM, Berlin.

Please send your booking request to: booking@best-works.com
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🗣 Pronounced WAH-HEE-NEH
BOOKINGS: hello@wahinedj.com
GENRES: house, disco, funk & world music

🏆 Defected Croatia Mix Contest 2019
Only Good Vibes Music Awards 2021
🥇 Spin City - Winner ‘Best Radio Show’ 
🏅 Nominated ‘Best Emerging DJ’

 * Co-host of Spin City on MyHouseRadio.FM
 * Resident - Passion Ibiza Radio
 * Founder of Wahine’s Hideaway 
 * Resident - Disco Waltons Sunday Service
 💃🏽 Dancer for life

UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
 May 2nd - Soul Service @ MJQ
 May 9th - Soul Service w/ Nicodemus
 May 10th - Disco Dust @ Cherry, Seattle

Wahine–an award-winning radio show host, music blogger, interviewer, and event producer–has worn many hats since returning to the decks after a 10-year hiatus. Her comeback began with winning the Defected Croatia Mix Contest in 2019, making her international debut at the festival and reigniting her DJ career.

Her appearance at the Defected festival alongside house legends and luminaries propelled her into the spotlight of the international disco and house scene, leading to her current status as a globally celebrated talent. 

She co-hosts Spin City on MyHouseRadio.fm and is a Passion Ibiza Radio resident. She has contributed guest mixes to various platforms including NTS, Mi-House, Sinestesia Ibiza, and Disco Deviance.

Her mashups have charted on Hypeddit, gaining support from radio shows worldwide. She hosts events in Atlanta, including her signature event, Wahine’s Hideaway, featuring international guests like Dicky Trisco, The Silver Rider and The Funk District.

Wahine has supported renowned artists Crazy P, DJ Sneak, Lego, Moodena, Richard Earnshaw and DJ Disciple at events in Los Angeles, Atlanta, London, and Amsterdam. Her radio show has featured guests such as The Reflex, Aroop Roy, and YSE Saint Laur'ant.

Described as “Disco in Paradise,” her sound is sundrenched and full of global influences. Funky licks are spiced with percussive jams. Equal parts brains and brawn with every beat telling a story of rhythm and roots.

Trained in a dozen world dance forms, Wahine is known to spend her last track on the dancefloor in communion with her fellow dancers.

PAST APPEARANCES:
 - Defected Croatia 2019
 - Crazy P @ GA Beer Garden
 - ATL WKNDR
 - Tambor Party @ Future Atlanta
 - Gettoblaster @ Bonfire ATL
 - Shango (Toronto)
 - MMW 2025
    * Moxy Hotel
    * Gates Hotel
 - ADE 2022 (NE)
    * Deck-O-Dance @ Akhnaton (NL)
    * iCulture 10 Year @ Vic's Bar (NL)
    * MyHouseRadio @ Cafe George (NL)
 - ADE 2021
    * NDC Radio @ 50:Hz House Cafe (NL)
    * ADE Club Nights @ George (NL)
 - Wahine's Hideaway I, II, III, IV w/ Dicky Trisco, Fran Deeper, The Funk District, The Silver Rider
 - King King, Hollywood 
 - Vanguard, Hollywood 
 - Avalon, Hollywood 
 - Dragon Bar, Hermosa Beach
 - El Malo, ATL
 - Palo Santo, ATL
 - Chaka Khan Hacienda, ATL
 - Deep South Sunday Service 12th Anniversary, ATL
 - 404 Day @ Piedmont Park, ATL

2021-22 European Tour:
 - Orange Yard Soho w/ Moodena
 - Supermax
 - Discopia @ Moskito Glasgow
 - Black Light Disco @ Mamasan Liverpool
 - The Spin (Live) @ Radio Warrington
 - Some Kinda Disco @ Hideout Warrington

RESIDENCIES:
 - Spin City UK | myhouseradio.fm
 - Passion Ibiza Radio
 - Disco Waltons Sunday Service | NDC Radio, UK
 - SirenSounds
 - Wahine's Hideaway

RADIO/PODCAST/LIVESTREAM
Supporting Spin City guests: The Reflex, Dicky Trisco, Aroop Roy, The Patchouli Brothers, Javi Frias, Dave Mathmos, YSE Saint Laur'ant
 - Radio FG (FR)
 - NTS Radio (UK)
 - Sinestesia | Ibiza Global Radio (ES)
 - Disco Deviance (UK)
 - Monkey Shoulder podcast (UK)
 - BPM Podcast (FR)
 - Deck-O-Dance Radio Show (AU, UK, US, IT, FR) 
 - The Black Light Disco (UK)
 - SWU.fm (UK)
 - Derrick Mackenzie’s Rhythm Sessions(UK)
 - Disco Waltons Sunday Service (UK)
 - DiscoDaze w/ Stephen Richards (IRL)
 - Hot to the Touch (GR)
 - Spa In Disco (ES)
 - Good Custard (UK)
 - Collective Groove (UK)
 - Funkadelic Sessions (UK)

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