Esa joins the Dekmantel ranks with his Aweh EP, which employs traditional Gogo vocals and modern kwaito beats while paying homage to Cape Town’s 1990s importer of early house music. ‘Rent-A-Disc’ on the B-side takes its name from the aforementioned music outlet, which was a key source of music discovery for Esa's father.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/05/16/premiere-esa-rent-a-disc/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/rent-a-disc

Listen on Youtube

Esa - Rent-A-Disc (STW Premiere)

The door slammed leaving a resounding echo within the empty halls of the house. Upstairs she lay on the bed pondering what on earth had gone wrong and why it was that she was never good enough. Outside the cold wind howled, it was as if winter were out to get her let alone her own personal life. Rain lashed against the window with a dull thud, what would have been a usually comforting sound became a repetitive reminder of the empty world outside and that of which she had lost. 

Lay-Far steps up to release a stellar EP on In-Beat-Ween Music featuring the collaborative vocals of Stee Downes. This one has been supported widely with the likes of Mark Seven, Gilles Peterson and more all behind it.

Never Good Enough For You

PREMIERE: Lay-Far - Never Good Enough For You feat. Stee Downes [In-Beat-Ween Music]

Family Grooves EP

Marcel Lune - Unknownz

Another super groovy tune from Jad & The (@jad-lee). Layers of synths cascade over a tight 808 kick, underpinned by a conga rhythm and multiple synth licks. 

Support Dominica here, where Hurricane Maria rendered 90% of the population without a roof: https://wearerhythmsection.bandcamp.com/album/compilation-for-dominica

Compilation For Dominica

Buy/ hear whole EP now

Jad & The - Sweet Sensual Onion Layers

Axis is out now as part of the Times Were Simpler EP on @silverbearrecs

Available here: smarturl.it/TimesWereSimplerEP

Louf
FB - https://www.facebook.com/louislouf/ 
Insta -https://www.instagram.com/loufvalbyrotary/

Axis

Dutch deep house producer has a wonderful new EP coming out on the native Dievegge label. Three tracks of deep & wobbly disco with us grabbing the funkiest of the bunch 'The Great Escape'. Based around the famous Fatback bassline, Ouvrijster adds in some big gated chord stabs, doubles down on the disco drums and cuts up some clever vocal play. Heavy Max Graef vibes on this we feel.

Artist: @ouvrijster
Label: @dievegge

SB PREMIERE: Ouvrijster - The Great Escape [Dievegge Recordings]

Habibi Grooves - Jazzville (Blend & Soul Remix)
Part Of "Jazzville EP"
Release Date: 16.08.19

Blend & Soul (Audioblend & Papa Soul)
Audioblend
Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/audioblendofficial
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/audioblendmusic/

Papa Soul 
Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/papagotsoul
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/papagotsoul/

Habibi Grooves
Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/habibigrooves
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Habibigrooves

Feedasoul Records
Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/feedasoulrecords
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/feedasoulrecords/

Berlin House Music 
Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/berlinhousemusic
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/berlinhousemusic

Habibi Grooves returns to Feedasoul Records with 'Jazzville', a stellar two-track EP. As the name suggests, the title track is a jazz-oriented masterpiece. With vocal shops, soul-stirring piano chords and saxophone samples layered over a 4/4 rhythm, the end result is a beautiful jazz-inspired deep house track. On the flip side, Lebanese groove-setter Nader Yunes, aka Audioblend and Feedasoul's head honcho Papa Soul provide a sterling rework of Jazzville. The combination of rolling basslines, emotional piano chords and a percussion section give the track that extra groove as well as a glimpse into the mindset of two of Lebanon's finest.

PREMIERE: Habibi Grooves - Jazzville (Blend & Soul Remix) [Feedasoul]

Ventil by Third Attempt is a nice Jazzy House track with a cool breakbeat! Enjoy

World Is Too Loud

Premiere - Third attempt - Ventil

quintessentials 70: nenor - carefree ep
12"/digital out early/mid april

Is Nenor (or perviously Obas Nenor) Tel Aviv’s best kept secret? We don’t know yet, but we will find out some day. What we know is that Nenor has a small but very impressive list of labels that he already released for: Strictly Rhythm, Moodymann’s Mahogani Music and Detroits Swindle’s Heist Recordings to name the elite ones! The „Carefree EP“ is another strong release to be added to his discography. „Your love is mine“ is a splendid builder of a track feat another talent, Omri Smadar. More great basslines, crafty rhythms and sweet vocals on the flip side with two equal impressive cuts, „Carefree“ and „December day“. Keep an eye on Nenor!

quintessentials 70: nenor - december day

https://soundcloud.com/nico-jean

Grenoble - Nico Jean

Nico Jean - Grenoble

Tilman teams up with Rhode & Brown on the dancefloor driven ‘Three Of Us’ EP for Shall Not Fade

Limited edition purple vinyl:
shallnotfade.co.uk/album/three-of-us-ep

‘Three Of Us’ sees Tilman come together with duo Rhode & Brown for the first collaborative project between the artists. The six track dance disc delves deep into all things House & Disco, with dusty drum sequences and funky synth patterns forming the groove.

‘Three Of Us EP drops October 30th via Shall Not Fade.

Tilman x Rhode & Brown - Aywo [Shall Not Fade]

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