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Berlin-based @eddiec's new EP for Detroit label @motorcitywine (an offshoot of @rocksteadydisco) 'For The People' is a masterclass in beautiful house and disco flavour. This is the EP's chuggiest track, a lazy Balearic, acid-flecked, Blues-infused slice of psychedelia that's the audio equivalent of being too hot to move. Languid, sexy, trippy gear.

PREMIERE: Eddie C - Dubbing Into Darkness [MotorCity Wine]

Seagull Records / Kojak Giant Sounds 2015.

"This is the record I always wished somebody would make. Juju meets Minimal Techno on the dancefloor!" - MONK ONE

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Herman Prime’s debut 12”, “Maajo” is a beautiful ode to spring and new birth. "Maajo" pays homage to Nigerian music, with its borrowed vocals from juju style’s King “Sunny” Ade. The track has a house foundation, which shows in its fat kick drums and sub bass groove, while the hypnotic Rhodes melody harkens to early minimal electronic pioneers such as Manuel Göttsching.

The B-side, “Maajo (Take Four)”, is a track of its own, a mutant revision of the emotional original. This version is not just a slightly altered copy but an electronic dub that takes the original to a completely different direction. Talking drums and a polyrhythm structure maintain the dreamy, Nigerian feel, but the dystopic, detuned synths have the scent of an underground techno bunker.

Jon Thureson, alias Herman Prime, has been open-mindedly DJing and producing music for 15 years. He has a broad understanding of musical language which helps him to infuse his various influences. With his strong background in house and disco, Jon often reaches beyond the limits of both genres towards new frontiers. His love affair with West African styles and electronic Krautrock shows on “Maajo”.

Seagull Records is a spin-off from disco rework factory Kojak Giant Sounds and “Maajo” is a slightly moodier and housier departure from the labels usual repertoire.

Herman Prime - "Maajo" (Take One)

It is the end of a long and dusty road for compilation series, The Wild Army, with Volume 8 the final instalment. Victory can be claimed over, err, something (mediocre music/dance floors/humans).

Flash Atkins' Strolling brings the soul with a track that is as loose and easy as a Mediterranean summer. Amy Collins sings of an early morning walk home after a loved up encounter on the dance floor as Dan Goldman lays the keys and grooves for some disco love.

The Wild Army Vol.8

Strolling

Flash Atkins - Strolling

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After a killer vinyl debut on Piccadilly favourites Aficionado and a serious sophomore release on Music For Dreams, A Vision Of Panorama returns on his own Mellophonia imprint with six coastal grooves for summer moods. "Floral Rhythm" opens the set with blossoming keys, lilting rhythms and a bouyant bassline, overpowering your senses with the lush atmosphere of tropical horticulture. "Seaside Tune" sees the producer slow the tempo and indulge in a spot of diasporic downbeat, layering the yearning chord progression with a combination of Chinese and Caribbean melodies. Closing the A-side out with the dancefloor in mind, Mikhail delivers "Blues 909", a head nodding fusion of compass point instrumentation and pitched down proto house that'll loosen the early doors crowd up no problems before "Heartbeat" takes the night to its next level. A solid beat underpins layer after layer of killer melody played on xylophone, marimba, guitar and arp, while the irresistible Burrell-esque bassline moves those hips like an orthopaedic surgeon. "Message From Library" follows on with the leftfield funk and steady backbeat you'd expect of a KPM classic, marrying stargazing vocoder with cinematic strings, before the stunning "Mosaic Xylos" closes the set out. As beautiful as its name, this Balearic dream brings to mind "C'est La Oate" and "TV Scene" with its sunkissed groove and future primitive instrumentation. Classy, cool and refreshing, this EP is the perfect soundtrack for summer, and yet another essential release from A Vision Of Panorama.

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Floral Rhythm

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Seaside Tune

Magpie (Morgan Geist Remix)

Felipe Gordon’s Mosaico Andino is a sound testimony that both challenges and reinvigorates the burgeoning Colombian House Music movement. His statement is built on resonances inspired by other decades, the cold streets of Bogotá and a messy youth. It's not surprising when we hear pianos and classic acid house lines paired with jazz samples and funky basslines. His ability to mix these complex sounds seamlessly into his own club music has made him a renowned and prolific producer.

Felipe Gordon - Mosaico Andino

Time was of the essence to all who knew, the drought could be punishing for so many who lived in the plains. A crushing thirst was the point break of many a man. The trees blew in the breeze as he looked out upon the sprawling fields. They lay dry, empty and bare: a golden brown mist blowing between the straw. It had not rained in weeks. 
Ron Basejam returns to release on Futureboogie as he delivers two tracks as part of 'The Carrington Spirituals' EP. Dancefloor orientated, club driven tracks.

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PREMIERE: Ron Basejam - Time [Futureboogie]

What a day

SIRS Feat Cinnamon Denise " What A Day" Original Version

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