https://soundcloud.com/chrismasseymusic
https://soundcloud.com/danwainwrightmusic
https://soundcloud.com/sprechenmusic
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🔊 https://youtu.be/il9P3jtmPSU

Well its been a while but amongst the many studio sessions of working on other artists releases as well as lots of video & visual creating we are pleased to shout that our very own Sprechen CEO Chris Massey aka 'Massey' has found the time to drop his 3rd release on the label with 'It's Stretford, Not Berghain'.

Inside My Head sees the mutant disco flags flying high with a twisted Italo synth bass melody of epic throbbing proportions partnered up with the squelchiest of ear worm style synth stabs that goes truly into head mess territory. A proper 2am, peak time serotonin spanker that sounds like Roman Flügel Geht's Noch? having a session with Fad Gadget.

Named after the legendary party spot in South Manchester (if you know then you know), Gnome Terrace sees Massey step into jacking house territory with an initial deeper journey that features some suitably cosmic-esque strings & synth work form the legend that is Dan Wainwright! Oh and it all explodes in a massive hands aloft piano breakdown for a hefty dose of 'wooooowweeeeee!'

Full props & love to Richie V from Supernature for coming up with the E.P. name on this one, drop us a line or buy us a beer and we'll tell you how it came about.

Tracklist:

1. Inside My Head
2. Gnome Terrace feat. Dan Wainwright

PREMIERE: Massey & Dan Wainwright - Gnome Terrace [Sprechen]

Peaking Lights - Suitcase - Massimiliano Pagliara Vocal Dub

During the years he spent living in Amsterdam, when his DJ career seemed to become an unstoppable juggernaut, Tom Trago was a regular visitor to Deco Sauna, a local institution that helped him “decompress” and de-toxify his body. Eventually, a more extended period of “decompression” was needed, with Trago moving to the coast to reassess his priorities and spend more time with his young family.

‘Deco’, his sixth album and first for Rush Hour in a decade, was recorded following an extended absence from club dancefloors, as Trago cut back on DJ commitments to prioritise family life. When he returned to the studio, often with his daughter by his side, Trago initially struggled to get back into the groove. The desire to make dancefloor-focused music had – temporarily, at least – deserted him; instead, he found himself drawn towards a desire to create “electronic lullabies” and music that reflected his more pastoral environment (his home backs on to a patch of woodland in which he would walk every day).

Returning to his most familiar synthesisers – and specifically the first synthesiser he bought, on credit, as a young DJ and wannabe producer – Trago set about navigating different musical routes without the straight-jacket of club-focused dancefloors. Occasionally, old friends from Amsterdam would join him in the studio – Tracey and Maxi Mill, both of whom are part of his Voyage Direct label roster, contributed to tracks on the album – but for the most part the production process was a solo endeavour: musical therapy for an artist determined to do things differently after years spent making club hits and sweat-soaked peak-time workouts.

The results are rarely less than spellbinding. Trago sets his stall out with opener ‘Dark Oak’, a gorgeous, colourful, sun-bright scene-setter co-produced by Tracey that layers tumbling lead lines, chiming melodic motifs and kaleidoscopic chords atop the gentlest of bubbly beat patterns. Maxi Mill lends a hand on ‘Central Park’, a deep and hypnotic excursion marked out by rhythmic bleeps, minimalistic beats and layered melodies, and the summer sun-down rush of ‘Never Peace a Puzzle’, where kaleidoscopic synth sounds, meandering solos and looped electronic stabs rush towards a dancefloor of the mind.

Trago’s desire to create “electronic lullabies” for his young daughter comes to the fore on ‘To Be Left Unlocked’, a hypnotising fusion of spacey electronic motifs, Steve Reich style (synth) marimba melodies and slowly building musical intensity, while the echoing Fender Rhodes riffs, squelchy synth-bass, glistening guitar notes and sparse, snappy post hip-hop beats of ‘When The Sky Is Watching Us’ doff a cap to the producer’s roots as a bedroom beat-maker.

Given the project’s genesis, it’s perhaps fitting that Trago chose to conclude proceedings with ‘It Might Be Forever’ and the digital only ‘Blue Dope’, the album’s most rejuvenating, immersive, and vibrant moments. Both feature sustained chords painted with vivid aural brush strokes and come blessed with the merest hint of a rhythmic pulse – a thread that subtly runs throughout Trago’s most mature and musically rich album to date.

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Tom Trago - A Dark Oak (Feat. Tracey)

De Las Antillas a Colombia Edits Vol 1” is our second edit series on the label and the first release of Nico Fatcat who is a dj producer and musician from Bogotá (Colombia).

In the first edit Nico Fatcat decided to work “Rapso Dancing Shoes”(1986) which is a rare jazz afrobeat by Brother Resistance from Trinadad & Tobago Island. In this edit we can notice how Nico Fatcat turned the original track into a more funky and danceable version by adding kicks, hats and percussion.

The second edit is a rare bomb from the colombian caribean called
“Pim Pom” (1976) by Wganda Kenya which evocates the afrobeat genre. In this edit Nico Fatcat turns the original track into a Techno\Upbeat version with a hipnotic bassline which reminds us the classic bass line from colombian cumbia.

Without a doubt in this second edit series we can get into a journey of different and unusual revisted musical genres which will be part of the global dance floor.

PREMIERE : Wganda Kenya - Pim Pom (Nico Fatcat Edit)

Out here in the streets was no place to make friends - you had to keep your wits about you otherwise there might be trouble on the corner and once those blue lights started flashing they weren't ever gonna' stop.

As the sun went down beneath the silhouette of the tower-blocks the whole mood began to change as shops shut up shop and people wandered on home to retreat to the safe haven of their apartments.

Not him though, he would stay. For his shift was only just beginning and there were opportunities lurking around every corner after dark. They called him shorty but that was not to say he wasn't big time...

Felix Laband is reimagined by the ever innovative DMX Krew who has recently focussed his attention toward the dancefloor with a string of releases and remixes which demonstrate his versatile prowess as a producer. This one might be our favourite yet, a deep, moody, sludgy groove packed with attitude on Compost Records. Do dance...

PREMIERE: Felix Laband - They Call Me Shorty (DMX Krew Remix)[Compost]

Trulz & Robin - Out of Sync
Label: Snick Snack Music (https://soundcloud.com/user-874181388)
https://soundcloud.com/trulzandrobin https://soundcloud.com/robert-owens-official

Norway's Snick Snack Music welcomes Scandinavian electronic duo Trulz & Robin for an album of all-new analogue house jams.
This accomplished pair has already released four albums before this one and are masters of cooking up characterful club tracks. They combine classic sounds from house and techno into something funky, hypnotising and entirely their own. They call upon legendary house music vocalist Robert Owens, Kate Pendry, and their longtime collaborator Baseman for guest spots on this sublime LP.

Say the duo of this latest endeavour, “‘Out of Sync’ is for us an album re-connecting us to our roots. We wanted to create the music in the moment. With feeling and rawness. To embrace the imperfections that arose, and leave out the minds analysing and controlling nature.”

Kicking things off is ‘Inside Of Me' featuring Chicago great Robert Owens; it’s a timeless tune that could be a lost Fingers Inc cut. The drums are deep, and the vocal is among his best in years. 'U Get Some' has a similar early era house vibe with rough edge drums and low-slung bass, then Kate Pendry guests on 'This Is Love', a steamy deep acid cut with pounding drums and warped bass. 'Let Yourself Go' is taught but sensual, with bulbous bass offset by sharp, bright hi-hats that cut right through. 'The Wiggler' featuring Tolani & Baseman is one to get rumps moving with fat, wobbly bass and subtle acid twitches and 'Sync' with Baseman is full flavour deep house with a dark soul and muted chords that hook you in.

Robert Owen returns on 'Be There For U' with an ice-cold vocal that sits amongst lithe synths and stark hits; It's old school Chicago house with a contemporary twist. 'Unconscious' is defined by a rousing monologue from Muhammad Ali as turbulent bass sprays about beneath jacked-up drums and Chuc Frazier closes things out on the peak time acid smasher 'Divine Electricity'

‘Out of Sync’ is another irresistible analogue house masterclass from Trulz & Robin. The album drops on June 2nd, preceded by ‘Inside of Me’ on May 5th, ‘U Get Some’ on May 19th and ‘Divine Electricity’ on May 26th.

PREMIERE : Trulz & Robin Feat. Robert Owens - Inside Of Me (Club Edit)

https://soundcloud.com/cosmica-bandida
https://soundcloud.com/terra-magica-rec
🛒 https://terramagicarec.bandcamp.com/album/l-grimas-saladas
🔊 https://youtu.be/uvCFsALk7t0

Cosmica Bandida's debut studio album "Lagrimas Saladas" is an amalgam of sounds influenced by the diverse backgrounds of the members, who find themselves in Munich a city where the leftovers of cosmic music and 70s disco meet cumbia and tropical vampirism. Dark cumbia and psychedelic music collide with the moods of space disco in an album that engages the body. The first two songs that open the record, "5K Caballo" and "Lágrimas Saladas" explore the textures of synthesizers and the atmospheres of Colombian public pools in incandescent villages, while "Pájaro del Desierto" paints desert landscapes influenced by Turkish and Egyptian psychedelic music. Closing the A-side with "Salsa Bandida" the band pays tribute to the basic and classic salsa rhythm in a Lo-fi reinterpretation with the Bogota fashion of cold and mountainous tropical music making.

On the flip side, a group of eight remixers has united to deliver remixes for all the Club enthusiasts out there. Lipelis sets vinyl lovers on fire with his Dubby Disco Remix of "Salsa Bandida", while MaSpaventi, Volta Cab, Los Pulpitos, and Hektisch Sprengen DJs bring their soulful and dubby trip-hop torch songs to the release. Prepare yourself for Grischerr & Heap's glitchy and deconstructed industrial reggaeton remix of "Pájaro del desierto", along with a powerful deconstructed club beatdown by Kobermann. Jacques Satre's psychedelic stupdep remix adds the perfect finishing touch to the package.

In addition to the vinyl release, we offer a collection of
exclusively digital remixes of:
▨ Desierto (Volta Cab’s Dub Mix)
▨ 5k Caballlo (MaSpaventi Remix)
▨ Salsa Bandida (Kobermann REMIX)
▨ Salsa Bandida (Jacques Satre STUPDEP MIX)

The B-side and some of the digital remixes occasionally pays homage to the influential sounds from the 1990s era, think Rockers Hi-Fi, K&D, Nightmares On Wax, and Warp, but with a fresh and bold twist that brings a super fat sound to the entire release. Dropping this October 2023 for an endless summer 4eva exclusively on vinyl.

Tracklist: 

1. 5k Caballo
2. Lágrimas Saladas (Salty Tears) 
3. Pájaro Del Desierto 
4. Salsa Bandida 
5. Pájaro Del Desierto (Grischerr And Heap Remix) 
6. Lágrimas Saladas (Hektisch Sprengen DJs Estrich Dubbb)
7. Salsa Bandida (Lipelis Dub) 
8. 5k Caballo (Los Pulpitos Remix) 
9. Desierto (Volta Cab's Dub Mix) 
10. 5k Caballos (MaSpaventi Remix) 
10. Salsa Bandida (Kobermann REMIX) 
11. Salsa Bandida  (Jacques Satre STUPDEP)

PREMIERE:Cosmica Bandida - Lágrimas Saladas(Hektisch Sprengen DJs Estrich Dubbb)[Terra Magica Rec.]

BUY: https://fullpupp.bandcamp.com/ 
(official release date 15.09.2023) 
One of Oslo´s most curious and forwardthinking house producers, Ivaylo, releases his new dubby deep house track ´Chill Bill´ on legendary Full Pupp, a label he himself is curating in collaboration with Prins Thomas. And Bill certainly have made a good friend in Thomas, as his remix of the track takes new directions in comfort house. Sonic landscapes, like a whale swimming south looking for someone to share a drink. The Prins Thomas acclaimed percussive and dubby disco touch, allthough without getting too dirty. Pure late summer bliss!

Ivaylo - Chill Bill /Prins Thomas Remix (Full Pupp) [OCC PREMIERE]

Pichicatita - Pomi

The Days - Swisstea

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