Beautiful work! I featured the EP on my blog as well as in the music show here: https://soundcloud.com/kono_vidovic/363-telephones-mitiko-shee-kousto-retromigration-kassian-herr-krank-armless-kid

- a rhetorical question: who in the world needs answering machines, when we have Telephones?!

Reissue number three for https://soundcloud.com/heelsandsouls combines the Balearic bliss of Paprika Soul’s, ‘Come With Me’, with Soft Sugar’s dream house gem ‘Métro’ and an unreleased version of the tripped-out groover ‘Swampin'. A cherry picking of the best of three rare and
sought after ‘90s EPs from the minds of High Wycombe’s Alan Barnes, Andrew Spiller and Andrew Hughes.
Paprika Soul saw Barnes, a DJ in his own right who regularly worked with the likes of Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay, join forces with Andrew Spiller, keys player for UK jazz funk band Push. Spiller was also co-owner of Radar Studios out of which Barnes and Hughes were making music as Soft Sugar.
About as anthemic as they get, Paprika Soul's 'Come With Me (Sea
Breeze)' is an otherworldly electronic interpretation of Tania Maria’s
beloved Brazilian jazz funk classic from '83. Vocalist Sarah Newell's
unique delivery combines with a euphoric blend of Barnes’ and
Spiller’s crisp drum machine programming and cosmic synthwork.
Complete with crashing waves and Balearic birds, it’s a timeless,
endorphin-tingling track that feels even more relevant than ever. The
A-side also features the brilliant street soul flavoured ‘The Chill’ mix
and the ‘Bossa Mix’, the most true in form to the original.
On the flip, an earlier meeting of minds between Barnes and Andrew Hughes, that culminated in Soft Sugar’s dream house flavoured ‘Métro (Funk Mix)’ - a homage to time spent cruising the Parisian train system. Sighted by Barnes as his favourite of their productions, it blends that riviera feel of classic M1 stabs and sweeping pads with a dreamy bassline and stuttering breaks. Sadly it didn’t get the recognition it deserved at the time and has since become hot property for the eagle-eyed digger out there.
Closing it out, an unreleased alternate version of ‘Swampin’, made in the following session to the mix found on the Basement Records House Department EP. Mesmerizingly smooth, this 110bpm house-groover busts the brain with wigged out chants and intoxicating
arpeggiations.
Fully licensed from Alan Barnes himself and remastered by Cicely Balston, 20% of profits from Heels & Souls Recordings and Prime Direct Distribution will be donated to Zaatari Radio – a humanitarian collective working with war-affected communities around the world.

PREMIERE : Paprika Soul - Come With Me (Sea Breeze)

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Following their debut album ‘Visions Of Ultraflex’, the Norwegian-Icelandic electro-duo serves up a mouthwatering extended remix 12" with two of Norways most distinctively renowned underground producers and DJs. Telephones twists ‘Work Out Tonight’ into a bubbly Balearic Pop block-party, fusing the vibe of NYC Peech Boys, Quincy Jones' 80s productions and Larry Levan's infamous take on Nami Shimada/Soichi Terada, all rounded off with a decadent beatless ambient acid outro mix. On the flip, the norse force that is DJ Sotofett, heavy-handedly rubs ‘Secret Lover’ into an uncompromising chunk of Cosmic Electro, with growling vocoders, rugged drums and stratospheric synths, progressively evolving into a tripped out dub-disco electro-mutant. Each side clocking in at approx. 12 minutes.. do not miss!

PREMIERE: Ultraflex - Work Out Tonight (Telephones' Jigokudani-Ashiddosauna Version)

A bright, muscular Italo cut from Aussie duo Donald's House on party-turned-label, Wax’o Paradiso Recordings.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2022/06/08/premiere-donalds-house-budge-e-beat/
Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/DonaldsHouse

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Donald's House - Budge-E Beat (STW Premiere)

This one has secretly been on the sticks of some of your favourite Balearic/Disco D.J.s for quite some time now. Guaranteed dancefloor ecstasy! Finally available for the first time, in season for Summer & festivals. Enjoy!

[PP-UTI-12] HYSTERIC "LOMBARDONI TOOL" (snippets)

#PF004 "Itria Vol. II" brings together artists from different cultures and ethnicities to create a seamless blend of sounds with diverse influences 🌍 Encompassing genres like house, Balearic beat, and acid, harmonized through ambient arrangements and 4-to-the-floor rhythm patterns to chill and groove to, this record is a material embodiment of the multicultural and polyhedric approach that we adopt throughout the multiple extensions of our projects.

A1 Lipelis & Andy Butler - Generations Of Sunsets
A2 Eternal Love - Kuasi Riviera
B1 Yu Su - Oil
B2 Benedek - Desperado

Out on August, 26th 2022
Pre-order on Bandcamp.

Distributed by @waswordandsound 
Artwork @alessandro_cripsta

VA Lipelis & Andy Butler, Eternal Love, Yu Su, Benedek - Itria Vol. 2

DC Promo Tracks #1012: "Plaza Latina (Tucan Discos Edit)" by Plaza Latina is part of the release "Bongosynth 2Y VA" on Bongosynth  

Buy Now: https://bongosynth.bandcamp.com/album/bongosynth-2y-va 

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DC Promo Tracks: Plaza Latina "Plaza Latina" (Tucan Discos Edit)

Pacific Rhythm returns with a heady new offering entitled the “Deep Hows EP" from NYC based Producer and DJ, @arsenii under his Bliss Street Queens moniker. The EP effortlessly trips through the cosmic and psychedelic sounds of the hazy and hopeful 1990's in a refreshing and modern style, all while shining a light on Arsenii’s undeniable ear for rhythm, energy, and feeling on the dance floor. 

This one can carry you from the chill-out room to the main stage and is an essential pick-up for all of the Interesting Audio enthusiasts out there looking for machine funk of the highest caliber!

Available physically and digitally worldwide on October 28, 2022

Distributed by Rubadub

Deep Hows EP

Vinyl Pre-Order

Bliss Street Queens - Deep Hows EP

The room was hot and balmy making it impossible to sleep through the entire night, instead she writhed around in a semi-sleepless state. There was something on her mind, it didn't just plague her waking hours, it infiltrated her dreams too. Shaking the anxiety and moving forward was proving difficult, it didn't matter how hard she tried to block it out and bury it way back in her subconscious. Sooner or later somebody would find out the truth - her karma was definitely in the post. 

Manuel Darquart have made a name for themselves with their laidback take on Balearic, house and boogie. EPs for the likes of Wolf Music, Semi Delicious and Childsplay have been the vessels for their creations over the last five years, and now, in what we'd say is something of a match made in heaven, they make their debut on Mike Who's Planet Trip. In The Post is the London-based duo doing what they do best: a hunk of smooth boogie, hot house jams and dreamy Balearic bliss.

PREMIERE: Manuel Darquart - In The Post [Planet Trip]

Inspired by one of the best DJ's I know and a genre she introduced me to.

Lady Rush

12" EP out 29.05.2020 - Distributed by Rubadub.

BRIEF: Taking cues from balearic, old-school hip-hop, breaks and cosmic, this 5-track EP conjures up a nostalgia-fueled hypothetical mutation of eclectic early influences from Pal Joey, Sade, Ace Of Base and Bone Thugs n Harmony to Lil Louis, Baldelli, Weatherall and N.W.A.. Reports from sources already familiar with the material claim "..it sounds exactly like today-Telepohones, just minus 20 BPM, plus skateboard-mushroom-hairdue (think Louie Barletta) and baggy Droors". 

12" Vinyl in stores now!

Point Breaks / Beach Breaks EP

Telephones presents: Point Breaks / Beach Breaks EP - Taster (EC04)

https://basicspirit.bandcamp.com/album/heart-sphere-e-r-emergency-relief-ep

Heart Sphere - E.R. (Emergency Relief) (Piano Mix) 7:48

DJ Booking: 
ben@higher-ground.de (General)
samy@mihn.hk (Asia)

Telephones presents: Point Breaks / Beach Breaks EP - Taster (EC04)

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