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R$N Premieres: March 2017

March 2017

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Extended: https://soundcloud.com/lepmusicmaking/stolen-dance-le-p-remix-extended-milky-chance/s-9JhoG

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Stolen Dance (Le P remix) - Milky Chance

We first introduced these strapping young house aficionados from Sligo, Ireland, with their debut EP as a pair, “Street Urchin”, a little over a year ago. Since then the guys have been busy with a massive release on Detroit Swindle’s label Heist, not to mention their unbridled musical passion lead them to launch their own label Splendor & Squalor beginning of this year, kicking things off with a sell out vinyl only pressing of another four track EP of their own imaginings featuring a hot remix from Session Victim. 

We’re pleased to share with you their latest creation, the stunning “Lamaj’s Secret EP”. Now, we’re not sure who Lamaj is exactly, but the mystery, funk and raw sex appeal in these four jams certainly has us wondering. 

First up we meet “Lamaj”, this track drips with delicate melodic samples, jazz tainted drums and bass driven funk galore. We asked our long time friend, Australian Andy Hart, to give it a flip for us on A2. He opened things up, deepened the vibe and brought some bass toms to deliver a final punch. The B-side begins with “Four Lights”, here the guys slow things down a little and remind us of their gift for nostalgia touched soul and groove samples. Finally, “Garlic Fist Pump”, as the name suggests, takes us straight back out to the dance floor, between the dynamic live drums, subtle vocal snips cry to the hip hop Brame & Hamo draw so much inspiration from. Welcome to the House of Lamaj, we hope you’ll take off your coat and stay a while.

Brame & Hamo 2014/2015

Lamaj

Frits Wentink has repeatedly showcased his desire to go against the grain through the left-field electronic music explored in his full-length Rarely Pure, Never Simple album and an almighty eleven EPs. Frits now returns to Detroit Swindle's Heist Recordings – after a two-year hiatus from the label as well as last year's launch of his own imprint, Bobby Donny – with his twelfth single and Heist's fourteenth catalogue number, Rising Sun, Falling Coconut.

On this new venture, Frits brings four totally original and moreish takes on electronic music as we know it. The title track lies in penultimate place on the release takes top place for us. Pitch-bent laziness and purple tinged synth countermelodies sets the laid back tone, with the skippety hi-hat occasionally making timely appearances every so often to keep the loose-natured track chugging along nicely. Another signature, dusty groove from the name that's also behind techno outpost, Will & Ink. As the label put it themselves – the release is basically a case of "classic Heist, classic Frits."

Keep an eye out for Rising Sun, Falling Coconut dropping on vinyl and digitally on 25th January, as well as news of Fritz' project with some legendary and likeminded producers in the pipeline. All coming soon.

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Frits Wentink "Rising Sun, Falling Coconut" - Boiler Room Debuts

You can file this one under house and it's easily one of the heaviest on Kaytronik's new album. 

Once it explodes, big, rugged basslines emerge alongside some gangster vocals and sharp, funky chords.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Kaytronik 'Ain't No'

Buy: https://dirtcrew.bandcamp.com/album/the-sunday-club-ep

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Felix Leifur | The Sunday Club EP | Dirt Crew Recordings

Cat No. : DIRT097
Rel Date : 23.05.16

Track list: 
A1 – Berg Toppur
A2 – Giving
B1 – The Sunday Club
B2 – Berg Toppur (Hidden Spheres „Rocky Top“ Remix)
Digi Only – Wait

Release Info: 
Introducing Felix Leifur, Dirt Crew’s latest discovery, an all new, raw and savvy talent from Reykjavík, Iceland. Reykjavík has a population of just over 120,000, so the disco, hip hop and soul sampling, house music community that Felix rolls with is pretty tight knit, giving him a unique and inspired perspective on the sound. Remixing is friend of the label, Manchester’s Hidden Spheres. After breaking through on our ‘Deep Love 10’ compilation, he went on to drop his ‘Waiting’ EP last summer on ‘Distant Hawaii’ (the dreamy offshoot of ‘Lobster Theremin’).

On the A, ‘Berg Toppur’, is a dance floor workout, a sublime balance of shimmering rhodes and vibrant arps with slamming organic percussion. ‘Giving’ is a spirited and warbling cut, crooning vocals and gritty horn blasts punctuate it’s steady groove and loose live clap. This one’s got open air written all over it.

On the B-side, ‘The Sunday Club’ is a eclectic and somewhat eccentric jam, samples from across decades, weave together to create something altogether new. Next up, Hidden Spheres’ “Rocky Top” remix of ‘Berg Toppur’ eases in with a casual vibe, steamy drums, and a no-nonsense bass line set the pace, while the arps and elated vocals from the original sweep and soar, building to a feverish peak of sun-scorched bliss. Finally, ’Wait’ sets the mood with a dusty jazz piano refrain and a strutting groove, before bringing the playful yet punchy trip home with a solid head-nodding bass line.

Felix Leifur’s diverse ear and distinct style gives ‘The Sunday Club’ EP the perfect blend of breezy summertime spirit and serious night club heat.

The Sunday Club EP

Giving

Buy : https://dirtcrew.bandcamp.com/album/deep-love-100

1 Felix Leifur - Feels Like
2 Dam Swindle - Tori Karaage
3 Ponty Mython - New York, New York
4 Nachtbraker - Busy Bee
5 Harry Wolfman - Rainbow Set
6 Marlon Hoffstadt - Extra Slim Manufactured 7 M.ono & Luvless - Whopa
8 Huerta - Blvd.
9 Good Guy Mikesh – Boiling
10 The Revenge - Narrow Hatch
11 Jun Kamoda - I Know

Dirt Crew’s 100th release falls on this year’s Deep Love Compilation. Set to drop across a double vinyl on 12.09, with 11 all exclusive original tracks from new and old favourites including Detroit Swindle, Nachtbraker, The Revenge and Felix Leifur. Take a sonic trip across deep and straight up house, infused with jazz, disco and funk. This diverse and plentiful outing includes work outs for your dance floor alongside intergalactic analogue synth laden voyages, originating from artists we’ve uncovered from Japan to Iceland and many places in between. A truly great way to celebrate our 100th Release.

Deep Love 100

Tori Karaage

Taken from 8 track split 12" by Samara (Russia) based producers Caapi and Nissan Groove. 

info/buy: www.purelyphysical.bigcartel.com
distro: joe@cargorecords.co.uk
other: conceptualromance@gmail.com

Caapi - Down Latte

DJ Plant Texture & Gnork AKA DJ Shark team up for this split 12 on UTTU.. rough break-beat-houz & jungle pressure for the headz!!

DJ Plant Texture - I Don't Dance - Unknown To The Unknown

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Sliding into French Press Lounge's second 12" in a reasonably priced used car on rain-soaked tarmac is Hollywood, FL producer SAKI, bringing us "Wet N' Wild."

Known for his famously crispy, nearly-obliterated sound and rude-dude attitude, SAKI pulls down the gain (and the sun shades) to provide four hazy coastal house tools fit to blast over the comm system above the lazy river, relying on a no-frills hardware setup (homie needs floppy discs to even play a track!) and a rough-and-ready live recording policy, complete with abrupt endings.

The rhythms and sounds on "Wet N' Wild" come together in a classic way, reminiscent of work released through labels such as Trax Records with smackin' resonant toms, lush pads, dextrous hi-hats and bouncy sub-aquatic basslines, all at a brisk median pace of 120 bpm. 

Rather than mere pastiche, however, these tracks embody the watery signifier of "swamp techno": SAKI cultures a humid atmosphere, whether its an acid egg crackling on the pavement ("Lazy Summer Days"), a dissonant, dubby heatstroke ("Afternoon") or waking up at the crack of dawn to hop on your pals airboat, blowing deep into the mangroves of the Everglades ("Rise N' Shine"). 

Regardless of whether you're easin' in an inner tube or kickin' it with a gator (or both), these are slick, sentimental dance tunes made for those in search of the "Real Florida" underground.

Pre-orders for this 12" are available now through Lobster Distribution, UK; release date March 13th, 2017. 

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FPL002 - SAKI - "Wet N' Wild"



<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/f88ee9'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

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VHS - Alright

Full stream of Laura Jones' remix of Francesca Lombardo's "Remembrance."

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/02/premiere-hear-a-new-remix-from-laura-jones/

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More info

Premiere: Francesca Lombardo - Remembrance (Laura Jones Remix)

forthcoming as part of a mini lp on omena records :~^

plants ft. paul cut

The haunting flowers would struggle to survive the winter months. The ghost orchid would lose its blossom and the cascading petals would fall quite abruptly to the forest floor below. Nature was a cruel mistress by which the jungle must abide, everything was in its place and right where it was supposed to be. The ghosts of winter would soon run riot through this empty trees whilst the animals slept in hibernation between the glow of the distant moon. 

Benjamin Fröhlich recently released music on Permanent Vacation. Now, it is his turn to be remixed, as is so often the way. Lauer, Shan, Jack Pattern and Cleveland all step up to reimagine his work. The latter is who's version we bring to you.

Rude Remixes

PREMIERE: Benjamin Fröhlich - Ghost Orchid (Cleveland Remix)[Permanent Vacation]

The difficulty with language is that it can be hard to articulate, decipher and change. What is said cannot be erased and taken back, it stands firm in the passage of time for a life to come. This is why such holy books have paved the way across the ages, they cannot be taken back. Nowadays it is all about a turn of phrase, depicting what may come next and rephrasing that which was mistaken. Perhaps in the future we will learn better, and take our time. 

Teniente Castillo is set to release a new EP on Playpal Music. Operating out of Madrid he creates tripped out electronic music rife with drive and bass. He is remixed by Undo.

PREMIERE: Teniente Castillo - Rephrased (Undo Remix)[Play Pal Music]

As he charged victoriously towards the finish life he reflected upon a charmed life. Hardship? No. Pain? No. This was all far too easy, in the distance he could hear the echo of a tannoy blaring out loudly to a crowd of onlookers. 

"We are here today..." 

All that nonsense got old pretty freakin' fast when you were running your socks off upon the bareback concrete in extreme temperatures. Little did they know that he would be just fine. 

Kiwi features as part of the latest edition of the Mushroom House series on Toy Tonics Records. He contributes alongside Ponty Mython, Tom Trago, Munk and The Barking Dogs.

Mushroom House EP 3

PREMIERE: Kiwi - We Are Here [Toy Tonics]

Frank Wiedemann - co-founder of Innervisions and one half of German deep house duo Âme alongside Kristian Beyer - is launching a new label called BIGAMO, focused on music from outside the house spectrum.

Out 8th March, the first record on the label comes from Fred und Luna - an alias for German artist Rainer Buchmüller - who has previously released an EP on Optimo and remixed Prins Thomas for Innervisions. New album 'Im Klanggarten' is rather different - a new style which Buchmüller describes as 'Elektrokraut' or 'Krautelektro' - essentially modern Krautrock with an emphasis on beautiful melodies and modern electronic sounds.

We're premiering the opening track, 'Minisong'. It's a haunting, moody number with a slowly evolving melody that could soundtrack a misty morning by the lake.

Im Klanggarten

Buy here

PREMIERE: Frank und Luna - Minisong [BIGAMO]

Wolfstream was made in wintry St. Petersburg and absorbed the "cold of abandoned manufactories and the sound of empty railroad depot". The duo makes hasteless and mesmerising music full of analog synths, percussions and live basslines. On this cut taken from their new four track EP, they collaborate with a certain Mister Gray. Creeping out of the darkness of one of those ghost town monoliths above, it fills up with swirling ethnicity, military snares and sitar styled vibes. Coiled and apprehensive and ticking like a Soviet time bomb, it grows more menacing as you step closer. Beware.

Pre-order here: http://www.junodownload.com/products/wolfstream-i-am-god/3340808-02/?=tcs

I Am God

PREMIERE: Wolfstream - Precious Bodily Fluids (with Duncan Gray)[Mange_Moi]

One of our favourite labels, Local Talk, are putting out a 12" from the "Telephone Man" himself, Terrence Parker. One of the second wave Detroit pioneers alongside Carl Craig and Jeff Mills, but on the house side of things rather than techno, his moniker derives from the fact that he uses a telephone handset instead of headphones when DJing.

In the past TP has released on labels such as Nervous, Defected, Planet E Communications and his own Intangible Records. His new 12" sticks to his classic sound, and we're very happy to be premiering one of the tracks. 'Unconditional' takes its name from the arresting vocal sample which weaves its way through keyboard stabs and funky synth blips.  Perfectly encapsulates that smoky Detroit skyline.

Gratiot Avenue Piano

PREMIERE: Terrence Parker - Unconditional [Local Talk]

The jungle was within his mind and his dreams were under a spectacular attack. This was a sleeping assault which would leave his senses shaken and stirred, he was under arrest. The last he could remember was sitting on a speeding train as it roared through the English countryside, now he was amidst rocky mountains being stalked by rapturous beasts. The sky fell dark so suddenly and the nightmare began to warp his perception of all that was around. 

Arnaldo has long since been a favourite of ours here at Ransom Note, a stalwart of all that is deep and splendid. We were delighted to hear that he had launched his own imprint. Naturist is now open for business and Arnaldo releases its second.

PREMIERE: Arnaldo - Heritage On The Sign [Naturist]

Bobby Womack - Love Is Gonna Lift You Up (Julio Bashmore Remix)

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