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Futureboogie Recordings is calling time after ten years with a 20-track compilation that sums up the sound of the lovingly curated Bristol label. From throbbing arps and noirish guitar twangs to errant analogue blips and ceaseless, rolling grooves, it’s a different sound to what you might have heard five years back on the Summer Riot IV compilation, and certainly a long way from the early days. Consider Futureboogie 10² an ode to evolution as much as a toast to all the great tracks and the family of artists that have passed through the wide-reaching Futureboogie sphere since before the label was even a sparkle in the disco ball.
 
Originally founded by Dave Harvey and Steve Nickolls, the roots of Futureboogie lie in an intimate Bristol party called Seen. Started in 2002, this open-hearted session invited the likes of Metro Area, Attica Blues, Carl Craig, Maurice Fulton, Moodymann and Gilles Peterson – based on that heavyweight list, you can see the foundations were laid for what was to come. Futureboogie evolved off the back of these parties as a many-limbed operation – an artist management and booking agency as much as a club night, with Harvey and Nickolls consolidating the sound as DJs around Bristol and beyond. The progression to a record label was a logical one.
 
When Futureboogie Recordings launched in 2011 with Julio Bashmore and Javeon McCarthy’s ‘Father Father’, it represented an extended circle of friends close to the label from Bristol’s deep pool of talent and beyond – amongst them Eats Everything, Waifs & Strays, PBR Streetgang, Behling & Simpson and Crazy P. The reach of the label grew in tandem with its reputation, not to mention the endeavours of the team in other areas of the music game. The Boogiefuturo label became a vital entity on its own terms, carrying a lauded DJ Nature remix of Typesun which encapsulates two distinct generations of Bristolian house music at its best. DJ Nature, who cut his teeth as DJ Milo in the Wild Bunch days, has gone on to become a regular feature on Futureboogie, helping define its soulful, adventurous spirit.

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A1 East Vision by Milanese’s finest Uabos uncovers an extraordinary musical experience with a lot of twists and twirls that are skilfully crafted. Constructed of mouth-watering synth textures and dusty melodic samples that hover over the rolling bass engine, Uabos surely delivers a dancefloor killer.

Herzel’s Transformation as the A2 track adds deep blue melodic depth on top of icy rhythmic pattern. It tickles the senses as sharp leads and powerful kicking stabs appear above the grinding bass line, providing mesmeric effect.

Flute Power’s Discothalia heats up the B side. Lush breaks and ripples meet a cloud-bursting bass line, intertwining with the ethereal vocal traces that unveil throughout the composition and into infinity.

Metropolitan Soul Museum in the closing B2 track Former Glory introduces a delicately structured musical narrative that has blocks of steady rhythmic percussion accompanied with unforeseeable melodic samples and tender vocal cut-ups.

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PREMIERE : Herzel - Transformation

Taking the controls for our first podcast of 2022 is Younger Than Me.

With early turns on labels such as Bordello A Parigi, XXX, Bar Records and Dischi Autunno, it's safe to say Francesco is doing the business and hitting the sweet spot with us at Viscera HQ. 

Delivering a modern crossover of ‘90s influenced progressive house, trance, EBM, breakbeat and techno within his productions, his DJ sets are not dissimilar, riding along a fun yet forceful sound and we just cannot get enough.

For today's mix, Younger Than Me dives headfirst into the cosmos, gripping brash breaks and aggressive melodies along the way. 

Time to feel the g-force. 

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Tech Support was live with Lithuanian based DJ/producer Zakmina. For two hours they run through a selection of leftfield house and techno. Chuggy selections from the word go.

Tech Support w/ Zakmina - January 2022

Collective Leisure say goodbye to another totally normal  year with an eponymous debut EP from Northern dreamer Limoux.

Three tracks of drifty space house, and bassy, freeform broken beat, all of it seemingly coming from places far away from here, and now.

Onwards to 2022 : ( 

Vinyl to follow @ some undetermined point in the near-to-mid future.

PREMIERE : Limoux - Set It

Beau Zwart "Rusty Lewis" (incl. Art Of Tones Remix)
BUY LINK: https://lazydaysrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rusty-lewis-incl-art-of-tones-remix
Label:  Lazy Days Recordings (https://soundcloud.com/fredeverything)
https://soundcloud.com/beauzwart

For the first release of 2022, we have another newcomer to the Lazy Days family.
Beau Zwart, is a young talented producer from Rotterdam. Classically trained from an early age, he discovered Jazz and Electronic Music in his teenage years and started to incorporate his new influences in his compositions and in performances and DJ sets.
He graduated bachelor in Music & Technology at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in 2019 and released music on labels such as Midnight Riot, Boogie Cafe and Fluid Funk. He’s also a succesful film composer. He scored the music for “Independent Boy” (IDFA, 2017), “Vieze Film” (VPRO, 2017), “Alone Together” (IDFA, 2018), FENIKS (NFF Wildcard, 2019) and his latest feature length score for “Drama Girl” (Tiger Competition, IFFR, 2020) which was released in 2020 on his own record label: Narrative Identity. The score was nominated for the Buma Music in Motion award in the category Best Original Feature Length Score.

On his debut EP on Lazy Days, Beau shows his ability to play with different styles that inspire him. From the Broken Jazzy vibe on Rusty Lewis, through the slower and emotionally driven Safe Shave & Bambino Breaks to the Electro tinged No exit, we are clearly in presence of of burgeoning talent.

For the remix on the title track, we once again asked one of our favorite artist on the label and friend, Art Of Tones. Fresh from a very prolific and succesful year and landing at #3 in the Traxsource Nu Disco Best Artists of 2021 and remixing everybody under the sun and launching his own imprint PALP, Art Of Tones turns Rusty Lewis into an euphoric uptempo Jazz Funk bizness the way only he can do. It screams “party” from the first synth line!

Beau Zwart "Rusty Lewis" (incl. Art Of Tones Remix)

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PREMIERE : Beau Zwart - No Exit

A bowl of the juiciest looking fruit sat in the middle of the table, its contents inviting her to take a bite. It was a case of look but don't touch, though it challenged every inch of her not to reach out and grab a piece. A succulent bunch of grapes sat beside a vibrant pile of strawberries and an abundance of ripe pears, plums and bananas, how could she possibly resist? One bite wouldn't hurt anyone...

Marco Passarani's discography stretches back over nearly three decades including long players on well-respected imprints like Peacefrog, Running Back and Offen Music. For his next release, which marks his sixth LP, he heads over to Aus to make his debut with The Wildlife Of The Quieter Ones. Once again flexing his dexterity at moving between genres and styles, the 16 tracks showcase his timeless sound: a cocktail of glimmering electro, techno, house and IDM.

PREMIERE: Passarani - Strawberry Strings [Aus]

Limited 12" LP 180g records, single press, individually numbered, no repress, no digital.

A1 - Turn - La Mano Feat Andrew Maxwell Morris
A2 - Turn - La Mano Feat Andrew Maxwell Morris (Vyvyan Remix)
B1 - Be My Fire - La Mano Feat Andrew Maxwell Morris
B2 - Be My Fire - La Mano Feat Andrew Maxwell Morris (Local Suicide and Wiener Planquadrat Remix)

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ECLECTICS RELEASE OCIO DE HOY EP BY CANEBRAKE 

Straddling styles and formats like a Balearic Colossus, Eclectics come correct once again. With ‘Ocio de Hoy’ by Canebrake, you get both a digital and vinyl release of a pitch-perfect EP that will worm its way into your ears and earn a place in your heart. 

Two searing originals leading the charge while two carefully crafted remixes cover the ground left unchartered is fast becoming the M.O. for the Bournemouth-based Balearic label. 
This EP, from Canebrake Sam Bruce (AKA Mallorquin), is no exception.  

“Borne Upriver” opens proceedings with bursts of bass tentatively testing the water. Once we’re ready to dive in and go with the flow, we’re rewarded with guitar licks full of crisp lines and delay that repays again and again as the pedal shows its mettle. 
If you need a steer as you drift downstream, think of the Idjut Boys jamming with Pete Shelley. But with all the rough lines delicately rubbed out. 

Eclectics mainstay James Bright throws caution to the wind as he finds a new tributary and sails upstream powered by disco drums and piercing acid lines. Snatches of guitar and cleverly handled melody mutations let us know that it’s the same vessel, but taken in a new, exciting direction.  

The second original, “Contento de Saber”, puts us on a firmer footing as the bass goes deep to take root while an 808 snare leads the way to the dancefloor. It combines classic sounds and elemental building blocks, to create something new, yet familiar. Searing synths, persuasive percussion and laid-back guitarist side-by-side, never overwhelming, complementing rather than competing. It is, to use the parlance of the age, an absolute banger.     

Another friend of the label, Joe Morris, takes up remix duties on “Contento…” and conjures up the kind of exotic, intricately patterned musical topography that has become his fingerprint - a sonic seal of quality. 

If you’re looking for something to leave you rocking and reeling between the dark and the dawn, this EP has it all - music for the day and the night, the sun and the shade, the body and the soul. 

For more info on Sam Bruce (plus an excellent mix) go to: https://soundcloud.com/eclectics28/eclectics-mix-118-sam-bruce-aka-mallorquin
For more on Palms and Charms, go to https://soundcloud.com/palms-charms
For more on James Bright, go to: https://soundcloud.com/eclectics28/sets/james-bright-pacific-bright-ep
For more on Joe Morris, go to: https://joemorrismusic.bandcamp.com/
Join the Eclectics family hub and get everything we make – and then some! 
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Ocio de Hoy

04. Canebrake - Contento De Saber (Joe Morris RMX)

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