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WS026: Jac The Disco - Highest Heights EP

Jay Rossi, aka East London DJ stalwart Jac The Disco, returns with the Highest Heights EP, which is available digitally on US label Wonder Stories. 10 years of DJing all over London at venues like fabric, XOYO, 93 Feet East and the Queen of Hoxton has left Rossi with an instinctive grasp of what works on the dancefloor. 

The Highest Heights EP consists of two brand new tracks plus two remixes. First off we have the title track, ‘Highest Heights’, a throbbing disco / house paean to Rossi’s love of rolling basslines and sharp claps, chock-full of moody flavour thanks to some shimmering synth work atop those pumping tribal drums at its core. When you want to move the dancefloor into peak-time misbehaviour, this is the one you reach for. 

Meanwhile the In Flagranti remix doubles down on the hypnotic qualities of the original, making it a real 3am chugger complete with even tighter drums and hypnotic chords that can power a dancefloor well past dawn, in the right hands. Rossi’s signature warm sound gives way to a tougher approach as In Flagranti summons more of a jacking, machine-funk vibe. 

Next comes ‘Good Times’, a low-slung underground disco number that really speaks to the hips as its lazy, sun-drenched vibes echo through the ether. Anchored by a sinuously tropical guitar bassline, soaring FX and scintillating claps, this number really highlights the warm groove-led aesthetic that’s central to the whole Jac The Disco sound. 

Then on the remix, Wonder Stories boss Aimes adds some weight to the laidback original by toughening up the rolling bass and spacing out the guitar riffs further into cosmic disco territory. If the OG is about getting the dancers going, then this version is about sending them straight into the stratosphere, via the squelchy acid synths that punch up the outro and aim straight for the heavens. 

Jac The Disco - Highest Heights EP | WS026 | Wonder Stories

01. Jac The Disco - Highest Heights
02. Jac the Disco - Highest Heights (In Flagranti Remix)
03. Jac the Disco - Good Times
04. Jac the Disco - Good Times (Aimes Remix)

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Highest Heights EP

Highest Heights

Highest Heights (Original Mix)

Austrian imprint @LuvShackRecords starts a new chapter in 2018 by welcoming Irish House and Techno afficionado and Misfit resident Andrew Johnston AKA @Moodtrax with his own-brand of super warm, brooding sounds to their stable. Featuring 3 originals and a remix by Berliner duo Longhair.

'Running Number' starts as a no-nonsense house track, carried by a beefy unisono bassline and a 16th note heavy drum pattern, yet it trancsends into 80s territory with the help of a deeply emotional chord progression that might just make you forget you're in a club. Longhair dig deep into that chord progression and build a melody and synth-bell infused italo-house track around it that should make this years festival crowd weep and rejoice alike.

Release Date – 25/05/2018

Perfect Illusion EP

PREMIERE - Moodtrax - Running Number (Longhair´s Luv Remix) (Luv Shack Records)

@wonderstories heads over the pond for their 24th release finding the Aussie/UK collaboration between @dawn-again (returning from his excellent EP on WS019) and UK underground champion @rothmans (known for his vinyl only label of the same name). Psychedelic, melodic, and grooving are the name of the game here with 'Timeless Odyssey' venturing into melancholic ethereal territory

SB PREMIERE: Dawn Again & Rothmans - Timeless Odyssey [Wonder Stories]

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Taken from the 4 track vinyl EP on the excellent @notananimalrecords label Japanese producer @que-sakamoto Kamakura is a superb slice of funk heavy slo mo house. Smooth keys and robotic synths come together beautifully to create a chuggin dancefloor jam of the highest order.

Check out our review of the whole Ep on LV online via the link below.
http://levisiteuronline.com/music/que-sakamoto-kamakura-lv-premier-ep-review/

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LV Premier - Que Sakamoto - Kamakura [Not An Animal]

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Her eyes were fixated upon the distance, it were as if her whole face had been cast in stone and would not flinch. She was modest yet pointed and purposeful, looking outwards upon the water towards the horizon where the clouds met with the ocean far away. She was not phased by the passing boats or the wild wind which roared all around her for she knew that one day all of this would be gone, replaced by a bittersweet memory of something else. This was her demure. 

Julian Bainbridge is set to release a new EP on Sounds Over Seas, this track taken from the forthcoming EP is a beautiful cosmic voyage through the unknown. Wonderful arpeggios are paired with deep, moody pads in what is a beautiful realisation.

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PREMIERE: Julian Bainbridge - Demure [Sounds Over Seas]

Excited to share with you 'Politique' - out today on @shield-rebirth-records. A summer psychedelic roller that will take you back to those loved-up late nights and early hazy mornings on a beach somewhere in Europe, something we're all sorely missing this year. 

Love to Shield for putting this one out, some killer music from Camelia + Shelf & Max Scanu also included.

Rebirth Records: https://soundcloud.com/shield-rebirth-records

Juno Download: https://www.junodownload.com/products/camelia-shelf-max-rebirth-lab-vol-7/4586762-02/

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Casino Times - Politique [Rebirth Lab Vol.7]

The sounds of Norway are back with us as Karl Fraunhofer (now going under Karl F) drops an E.P. of insane sounds...if you was after something that ticks the 'acid house-warehouse rave-arcade machine soundtrack' boxes then this is the E.P. you've been looking for.

Title track Altered Beats is one of the most unique things we've ever heard, pumping, broken beat, acid rave style vibes leads into a monster chug drop with insane synth work throughout.

Future Express retains the uniqueness and goes straight in for the italo/cosmic vibe with a stunning breakdown that is straight out of Streets Of Rage but with added whallop & thud...this has got to be heard to be believed.

Timothy Clerking teams up with Massey to deliver a warp factor peak time acid slammer rework of Altered Beats whilst Karl's fellow country men Rolf Royce & Oddvar Bråk tackle Future Express and drizzle it in that cool unique Norwegian charm with the result being an almost hi-nrg Norwegian Disco makeover...mega!

Support & love from:

Robot 84: "Quality release, Clerkin & Massey Remix is serious... Future express also Funkin sweet, midtempo electronic funk!!!"

HiFi Sean: "Nice bit of freak out Italo vibes here!"

Hardway Bros/ALFOS: "Future Express - OG - Yeaaas Mate!"

Jon Dasilva: "Love this! Great EP! All mixes really cool..that's rare!"

Altered Beats

Future Express (Rolf Royce & Oddvar Bråk Remix)

Karl F- Future Express (Rolf Royce & Oddvar Bråk Remix)

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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PREMIERE: Julian Bainbridge - Demure [Sounds Over Seas]

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