Last Nubian & Dougan - Mommy What's A Boujee CLIP

Coucher De Soleil (DOR Project)

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DJ Eef - Coucher De Soleil (DOR Projects )

Coucher De Soleil (DOR Projects )

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Ethyène - 'Static' EP
Wool Fabric's first release to be issued at the end of March 2018.
12" - 500 copies.
Chez Émile Distribution
Masters by @mangabey-1
Art by L'Atelier Std.

WFAB001 - Ethyène 'Static' EP - 12" forthcoming April 2018

Marching through the tropical forest there was very little to do but to sigh begrudgingly and embrace the heat. In spite of the ridiculous temperatures there was a pleasant breeze blowing softly between the deep green leaves. They were marching onwards and upwards in search of the blue lagoon, a mythical break point amidst the trees which would guarantee happiness and a decent night's rest. Until then they would continue to dance and weave amidst the toweing giants. 

K2 is a producer you may or may not be familiar with. An alias of sorts for a mystery man who is very much in demand at the moment. He delivers two edits for Version Galore.

PREMIERE: K2 -  In Spite Of (Re-Edit) [Version Galore]

Suuuuuuuuuuper proud and happy to present you my next 12" via Lumberjacks in Hell that's out today!!! As maybe Mendel and Adrien will be able to testify I have been struggling with BROWN CURLS (performed by Khalil Anthony) for a couple of years, as I always had something that egged me about it. I dont see myself as a perfectionist but there is a certain line that mustn't be crossed . So it might come as no surprise that my favourite (released) version is actually not by myself but the restless genius Patchworks who transformed it into a perfect boogie bomb!!! Try it, it will work 100% !!!
But that's not even the title track! The EP is called IF YOU LIKE , hey? The track has been around just as long as the beginning of Brown Curls really and started as a remix, that morphed and morphed and morphed into what it is now, my take on a Afro-Boogie track. Thanks to everyone involved foremost Jan van Mastrigt on Bass, Derek van Beelen on Drums, Jair Wix on Guitar and Tim Jules on Keys.
Big shout and much love to Alma Negra for their epic remix!!! And big up to myself for my own remix featuring SENSATIONAL !!!! and Julien Dyne on additional drums !!!
That's it!! I think I am a grown up now!!! take it away and much love !!!
Marcel

A2 - Marcel Vogel feat Khalil Anthony - Brown Curls feat Khalil Anthony (Patchworks Remix)

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Meet Me On The Corner is taken from the album ‘Orange Whip’ which was BBC 6 Music’s Album of The Day on its release.  It follows previous singles ‘Whatever You Do’ and ‘Sinner’, supported by Craig Charles, Tom Ravenscroft and Huey Morgan. The song showcases ‘Honeyfeet’ at their funkiest. A pounding beat beefed up by bass, guitar and brass, propels forward while ‘Ríoghnach Connolly’ (pronounced Rainer) sings lyrics that could be straight out of the playground, but suggest something a little deeper.

Remixes on this more foot friendly single come courtesy of homegrown legends of funky house music, ‘Crazy P’ with both vocal and dub versions. Turning Honeyfeet’s latest opus into a straight up soulful disco monster by ‘Hot Toddy’ and ‘Ron Basejam’, with Rioghnach’s rasping vocals playfully meandering over crisp beats and trademark live bass.   Much hyped Russian production don ‘I Gemin’ delivers his take still aimed at the dance floor, but a deeper house affair based around jazzy keys and chopped up vocals that take the song into more sonorous territories.

As a bonus the 12” package features the acclaimed remix of previous single ‘Sinner’ courtesy of  Polish Innocent Sorceror ‘Envee’.  His shuffling, moody take only previously being available on 7inch vinyl via a super limited (and now impossible to find) release late last year.

For the last couple of years Honeyfeet (whose name comes from a line in the Blues Brothers film) have been a conduit for the ideas and expressions of an exotic mixture of Manchester based musicians. This genre-defying band incorporate styles including jazz, folk and hip hop into their Music.

B1 Honeyfeet - Meet Me On The Corner (I Gemin Rework)

A few months after the release of the first reference of his own imprint 'Night Shift Records' and after selling all the stock quickly, Madrid DJ and producer Javi Frias is back again with the second EP on his label. During this time he was number 1 sales at Juno with his first 7" on Disco Pocho and got a big success with his edit of Susana Estrada classic 'Quitate El Sosten'.

This time he's back to the razor blade to deliver a four track 12"" entitled 'Move To The Groove', keeping the spirit of classic editing art in good shape. The EP includes four songs that have never been edited before, wisely chosen from among those hidden gems that surely needs some light and love. On the A side we have 'Tender Feeling', an amazing groove based on a soulful sample over a disco house rhythm with perfect vocal harmonies, and 'Move To The Groove', the perfect example of a dancefloor tune, furious disco funk full of horns and percussion.AThe B side starts with 'Supah Stah', classic disco sound with a wonderful female vocals and strong rhythm section plenty of breakdowns and funky basslines. The EP ends with 'Swahili Dance', and obscure afro disco tune retouched and extended for the maximum dancefloor pleasure.

Move To The Groove EP

Javi Frias - Tender Feeling [Night Shift Records]

Track composed & produced by Mindbuster (Di Saranno) for Sure Cuts Records

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Mindbuster - Feel My Love [SCR042]

112 KBPS MP3 FILES - DON'T BE A DUNCE!!!

Known for releases on Apron, Misterio and Stillove4Music, Devin Dare join RNT with a 4-tracker of straight dance floor heat. The production alias of NYC's @dj-duane-harriott and Sean Marquand, Devin Dare produce disco edits with a driving, almost techno-like sensibility, and this 12' showcases their ability to coax every last drop of energy from a chopped and looped sample. From the rolling thump of 'Clash and Burn,' to the percussive and bass-driven 'Stop,' the low-slung gospel organ groove of 'Dust,' to the explosive and exuberant 'KOHO2' this record pretty much defines what a rework can, and should be. In a word, PROPER!

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Devin Dare Edits

Devin Dare - Dust (Edit)

It’s a rare thing but sometimes it happens...a tune! You know one of those jams you just want play over and over again because it embodies something truly special, something undefined but authentic that just makes perfect sense to your ears but also gives you that warm goose bump feeling. This is exactly how we felt when we first heard the demo of “Speak To Me”. With a classic spiritual Chicago house feel, a thumpin’ (not pumpin’) 4/4 production it’s all topped with a melodic vocal sample that brings back memories to classic jams like Seven Grand Housin’ Authority “Love’s Got Me High”. It’s simple yet powerful house music jam-packed with honest emotions. Just play it, we promise it will make sense to you!

In order to make this release even more powerful and valuable we asked Ricky to step in to his James L’Estraunge Orchestra pseudonym and transform (remix sounds so limiting) the track into something completely different. The result is something truly magical, a huge live jazz-funk escapade that sounds like if The Rotary Connection and Charles Stepny went on an orchestral late 70s jazz-funk-fusion journey...its big, epic and full of musical surprises!

Soul Renegades

Scottish producers Ricky Reid (The James L’Estraunge Orchestra, RK Fusion, The True Rebels) and Craig Smith (6th Borough Project, Fifty Fathoms Deep) are Soul Renegades, a duo that between themselves has more house history than most of us. With early releases dating back to the 90s they previously got music out on labels like Restless Soul and Rainy City.

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Exclusive Premiere: Soul Renegades "Speak To Me "(The James L'Estraunge Remix)

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