The Balearic Gabba Soundsystem is back, back with a new EP that features three more leftfield remixes from curious electronic specialist Enzo Elia that have all been licensed officially by Irma Records. The source material for his three unhinged reworks is a track by 90s Italian house duo Soft House Company and two from cult Italian DJ and producer Don Carlos.

Soft House Company released only two EPs, both in 1990, but made a big impact with them: pretty much everyone has heard ‘What You Need’ and that’s the track that gets remixed here. Elia turns it into a slightly more bouncy and disco leaning cut with raw silvery drums, huge vamping piano chords and those classic vocal cries and already Eddie C and Gerd Jansen have been playing it. At the breakdown there is the sound of waves breaking on a beach before pianos go wild: It’s a freewheeling and sure fire party starting track that still does the trick nearly quarter of a century after original release.

Don Carlos was behind such seminal club tracks as 1991’s ‘Alone’ and produced five studio albums in the nineties and naughties. He fuses Afro rhythms with deep house vibes and has DJed all over the world since the 70s. The first of his to get re-worked is ‘Overture’, which starts with tropical bird cries, whistles and loon calls. It’s the sound of a humid jungle that gets slowly consumed by lush pads, delicate piano melodies and stirring string sounds. With a truly magical atmosphere and uplifting joyousness permeating the whole thing, it cannot fail to make you feel on top of the world.

Finally, Elia tackles ‘Chicago’ (a track that’s already been supported by Soft Rocks) and does so with swathes of mesmeric effects. Organic hand congas, breathy vocal snippets and a bristling nebula of synths, pads and strings all dance around each other in reservedly euphoric symphony.

This might just be one of the most beautifully and bizarrely Balearic releases yet from the ever unhinged Balearic Gabba Soundsystem.

Soft House Company - What You Need (Enzo Elia Balearic Gabba Style)

Turntable Orchestra - You´re Gonna Miss Me (Fingerman´s Classic Edit)

Roach Motel   Movin On  Fire Island Mix

Direct Me

Direct Me (Extended Mix)

feel

SOFT GUNGE RECORDS PRESENTS….

Ravi Gunslinger - Slug Man (Slug FM Edition)

As you all know Ravi loves to push boundaries. It's kinda his thing. 

A year ago, whilst searching for some answers to questions, Soft Gunge Records offered Ravi the opportunity to spend the year as a slug. In return for spending a year as a slug Ravi would be given a lifetime of perfect health. As part of the deal Ravi also agreed to record an EP about slug year (rather than the previously agreed Malcolm in the Middle album - Ravi is a *huge* malcolm-head, or malc-head as is the usual convention in malc-head online communities such as r/malc-head).

For many, spending a year as a slug would be at minimum undesirable. The slug life is no easy feat. You don't have limbs, nor any effective methods of communication. It's a lonely existence. Especially if you have to live it with the memories of being able to walk with legs and eat with hands.

But not for Ravi. This is his art. I mean, what's more punk than metamorphosis? A John Lydon endorsed pale ale at a Brew Dog pub? Maybe. But apart from that, there isn't anything else more punk than turning into a slug and then back into human again in exchange for a lifetime of perfect human health. In any case John Lydon isn't really punk any more. A bit like a neatly stroked cover drive isn't really cricket anymore. Or how using a Jamie Oliver cookbook for inspiration isn't considered to be "proper" cooking. 

This record documents Ravi's year as a slug.

Side A is the originally planned Slug Man EP and on side B, the infamous Slug FM broadcast (presented by Morgan Slugman) featuring a re-working of The Many Days of Slug Year, a Parquet Courts cover as well as some special appearances from friends of Ravi G.

Available on cassette, vinyl, CD and .wav/streaming.

Buy a tape/vinyl here!

Psychological Tinnitus - Slime Night

Productions that have been nesting on the hard drive for a while. Sounds are influenced by 80's boogie basslines, along with inspirations taken from UK garage and house music.

Boogie Bass Bounce

Out now on MURK 

Beatport:
https://pro.beatport.com/release/been-a-long-time/1602047

Traxsource:
http://traxsource.com/track/2742816/been-a-long-time-original-mix

The Fog - Been A Long Time

Its Just Another Groove - Mighty Dub Katz

NY's Finest prod by. Victor Simonelli - Do You Feel Me (Club Mix)

Produced, Mixed and programmed by Oliver Stumm

Sound Engineer Dave Darlington helped me mix this version.

This song got into the top 20 of the official UK singles charts in the U.K in 1996. This was a remake of the 1986 version with the same singer Billie. 

Direct Me (Extended Mix)

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