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The street was alive with hustle and bustle as people shouted from apartment windows down to friends below and music played loud from boomboxes on the corners. It was a hot day in the city, the type that might make you sweat. The rumble of the trains could be heard all day long, people being taken from place to place, wherever that might be. He sat there taking all this in, perched upon his park bench, smoking a cigarette, watching as the world went wearily by. This was his city, his funk. 

Black Loops appear on a new compilation for Hudd Traxx, a celebration of the fifteen years that the label has been in existence. It's an impressive feat, especially considering the consistency and dependability of the imprint which has released music by the likes of Dj Sneak, Iron Curtis, Nightmares On Wax, Chez Damier, Rick Wade and many more. 

This track is an ode to house in the deepest, truest of senses.

PREMIERE: Black Loops - Forster Funk [Hudd Traxx]

Mano Le Tough - Primative People (Tale Of Us Remix)

Jose Vizcaino - Panty Droppa (Original Mix)

Solomun is a genius when it comes to sexy club music.
This remix is already rated one of his best to date and perfectly refletcs his flair for the sub-heavy downtempo funk and club-feel. Expect the cool underground clubs to have the Solomun remixes running for the entire summer season 2011.

2 weeks exclusive at Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/378135/Around

Early support by:
Soul Clap, Tiefschwarz, Deetron, Ame, Wolf + Lamb, Gorge, Jimpster, Audiofly, Dubfire, DJ T, Gel Abril, Stephan Bodzin, Adam Port,
David August, Mihai Popoviciu, Patlac, Kruse &amp; Nuernberg, Kolombo, Aki Bergen, Uner, Einmusik, Martin Dawson, Axwell, Chris Lake,
Wally Lopez, ATFC, Tom Novy, Timo Garica, Nick Warren, Doomwork, Alex Dobly, The Junkies &amp; H.O.S.H.

Noir and Haze - Around (Solomun Vox) 128kbit - Noir Music

For our final record of the year, we turn to Glasgow's man of the year - Denis Sulta.

Like a good chunk of the Numbers family, he has earnt his stripes working at the coalface of techno aka Rubadub. He has crafted two excellent twelves for our bare-chested cousins at Dixon Avenue Basement Jams and is beginning to carve himself out a reputation as a DJ of some repute, expertly blending in the bangers with Sulta-certified weirdness. Denis is part of a new wave of Glaswegian artists who are doing amazing things and whose music is continuously exciting us.

‘It’s Only Real’ created by Sulta during a burst of inspiration one Sunday, takes us back to a time when techno was intricately melodic but still kicked hard in the club. Made with only the purest of intentions and a dedication to the art of moving heads and feet.

It's Only Real is released on vinyl and digitally on 1st Dec / 4th Dec

Buy Vinyl and Digital from
Bandcamp: https://nmbrs.bandcamp.com/album/its-only-real-2
Bleep: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-bleep
Boomkat: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-boomkat
Clone: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-clone
iTunes: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-itunes
Phonica: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-phonica
Redeye: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-redeye
Rubadub: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-rubadub
Rushhour: http://nmb.rs/denis-sulta-rushhour

It's Only Real

Denis Sulta - It's Only Real

The secrets of the crypt would stand the test of time. The sirens called from the cliffy peaks up above as the waves crashed against the rock face. Boats would pass upon the murky waters but none would manage to charter the stormy seas. They would not get near, not now, not ever. Nobody would find the sirens crypt. Nobody. 
Released on Emerald & Doreen, Freudenthal unveils 'Sirens Crypt' featuring Kike and a Damon Jee remix. It is the Damon Jee remix which we are elighted to be able to share.

PREMIERE: Freudenthal - Sirens Crypt feat. Kike (Damon Jee Remix)[Emerald & Doreen]

Scouse footie nutter Rothmans teams up with his Antipodean associate Dawn Again on the forthcoming 'Pele EP'. On this remix, acid urchins from the other end of the M62 Clandestino provide a surprise. Falling in like some fluffy cloud, the driving bass and tribal excursion soon blows away any hazed ambience. Pushing further into CinemaScope territory than other Rothmans releases, a piano refrain and delayed FX keep it sci-fi before the snares roll and the bassline wriggles it home.

Pre-order here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/dawn-again-rothmans-the-pele-release/655681-01/

PREMIERE: Dawn Again & Rothmans - Woman For A Day (Clandestino 'Desert Trance' Remix)[Rothmans]

The wizard from Madrid is back with a new EP - his third on the label. '4x4' is out now on Ransom Note Records: https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/4x4

@bawrut

Buy Here

Bawrut - I Hear Voices

Mexican producer Fernando Luna returns next week with a new release under his Colossio alias (which has become his permanent creative output of late). Out 18th June, 'Moto' marks his debut on Calypso Records, the label run by Thomass Jackson and Iñigo Vontier. It contains three new originals and a pair of ace remixes from Man Power and Jonathan Kusuma.

The title track is our pick - its dark, driving beat shows off Colossio's krautrock and psychedelic influences, and is bound to ensure this EP becomes a mainstay in numerous record bags.

Moto

PREMIERE: Colossio - Moto [Calypso Records]

The brain was a complicated organ, it has the capacity to love, forgive and forget. It also had a passion for hatred and jealousy depending which way the wind blew that day. Phase memory was a complicated burden and it had led him down many a dangerous path across the years. Whilst he was settled now he still feared that one day it might reappear to haunt his very being and dismay. Others watched on as he danced high and mighty upon the stage but little did they know of his inner turmoil. 

Gene Tellem is a producer and dj very much on the rise. Having previously released on Project Pablo's Sounds Of Beaubien Ouest she now takes aim with a new EP for London based imprint Wolf Music.

WOLFEP048

PREMIERE: Gene Tellem - Phase Memory [Wolf Music]

A Girl Between Two Worlds

What's a Girl to Do

Fatima Yamaha - What's A Girl To Do

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

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