Latin Freestyle - one of the important cornerstones of my middle school music education when I was growing up in Puerto Rico. I didn't realize until much later that it was a genre that very deliberately threaded themes of traditional Latin dance music,  like salsa and merengue, into electronic dance music structures of the time. It was born out of the 80s club music scene in NYC, thriving in the urban Latino and Italian-American neighborhoods, then spreading to other parts of America.

Those horns and orchestral hits, mixed with the syncopated percussion very specific to Latin Freestyle have always had a place in my heart. Lyrics anchored in lost love, broken hearts, and longing totally hit my melancholic sweet spot. It's a genre that I thought never got the credit it deserved as it added greatly to the fabric of dance music history and development.

The electronic glamour of Latin Freestyle, here is a short sample of some of my fav tracks.

Latin Rascals - It Must Be You (12" mix)
Lil Suzy - Take Me in Your Arms
Stevie B - I Wanna Be the One
TKA - Tears May Fall
Rockell - In a Dream
Buffy - Give Me a Reason
Information Society - Running

xoxo


photo: Magali Duzant

Latin Lovers (a mix by Trust in Love)

Trust In Love - Obliquity Series EP (AMDD163) - released 4th June

Download the whole album here (from 4th June.) - http://amdiscs.com/shop/tilobliquityseries

Trust In Love’s Obliquity Series EP is a form of mathematical magic, a precise number of dance steps moving us into indirect spheres of divergent persuasions. 

Tracklist:
01 Primal (Instrumental) (02:19)
02 Hyperreal (04:16)
03 Future Perfect (03:22)
04 Stage 4 (02:43)
05 Memory Drives (u:) (04:09)

Raphael Radna: Producer on track 2 & 4
Josh Allen: Producer on track 1 & 3
Maria Dessena: Producer on track 5
Mixing: Josh Allen (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4); Maria Dessena (track 5)
Mastering: Josh Allen

Photography: Magali Duzant
Design: Elsa Chiao
Hair/Make Up: Melissa Roth

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Trust In Love - Memory Drives (u:) - 2015

First remix from Trust In Love - Obliquity Series EP by James Booth

His cult debut on Los Angeles-based label 100% Silk was constructed, tested and gently refined over time, walking the line between dub disco to brooding soundscapes. His sound is awash in mystery and melancholy, yet possesses enough power and hooks to transfix any broad minded dancefloor. He continues in 2015 with a batch of releases that delve into the twilight of his sound. 

https://soundcloud.com/jboothmusic
https://www.facebook.com/jamesboothmusic

While music making is his focus, he also runs a non-profit arts organization, called Modular Music School, that gives the chance to people of all ages a chance to focus on electronic music creation and development. Last year they designed a residency programme in Manchester (UK) for 5 laptop musicians where they spent 2 weeks collaborating and designing a unique live performance. Many more projects are planned for the upcoming year. 

https://www.facebook.com/modularmusicschool

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Trust In Love - Obliquity Series EP
Download the whole album here - amdiscs.com/shop/tilobliquityseries

Trust In Love’s Obliquity Series EP is a form of mathematical magic, a precise number of dance steps moving us into indirect spheres of divergent persuasions.


Trust in Love - Future Perfect (James Booth Remix)

2nd remix from Trust in Love - Obliquity Series EP by Firedrill

At some point there was so much good music coming from netlabels in Japan of which Tony Miller, aka Firedrill, knew he wanted to be a part. Impressed by the work people were putting into pirate radio in the UK, he decided to could create something similar in order to spread music that he was into, particularly music from Japanese netlabels like Maltine, and niche scenes like Skweee.

He created Datafruits.fm, an internet radio station and label that broadcasts live music as well as releases new artists and compilations. He runs this from Tokyo, where he is currently based.  He is also helping run the Tokyo branch of a Seattle-based city pop event, City Hunter. 

http://datafruits.fm/

Besides curating eclectic music on Datafruits, he creates music under the name Firedrill with a sound that, is lying somewhere between 1980s italo disco, chiptune, UK garage and j-pop. Tony is is working on a solo EP that will be released on the Datafruits netlabel, along with collaborations with Kosmo Kat.

https://soundcloud.com/firedrill

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Trust In Love - Obliquity Series EP
Download the whole album here - amdiscs.com/shop/tilobliquityseries

Trust in Love - Stage 4 (Firedrill Remix)

Obliquity Series EP by Trust in Love (2015)

Tracklist:

01 Primal (Instrumental) (02:19)
02 Hyperreal (04:16)
03 Future Perfect (03:22)
04 Stage 4 (02:43)
05 Memory Drives (u:) (04:09)

Raphael Radna: Producer on track 2 & 4
Josh Allen: Producer on track 1 & 3
Maria Dessena: Producer on track 5

Mixing: Josh Allen (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4); Maria Dessena (track 5)
Mastering: Josh Allen

Photography: Magali Duzant
Design: Elsa Chiao

Trust In Love – Obliquity Series EP is available for purchase via Itunes, Spotify, Amazon,…

http://amdiscs.com/shop/tilobliquityseries/

Trust in Love - Future Perfect - 2015

Trust in Love - Hyperreal - 2015

YYIOY is a Madrid-based Japanese producer.

He studied classical music and jazz piano. He is influenced by music that takes from RnB, Hip Hop, Bass Music, Juke, Jersey Club, House, J-Pop etc.

His first album “Pastelism” came out on Egypitian Maraccas, and his second album "Hyper Pastelism" was released by Seiho's Japanese label Daytripper Records. 

https://soundcloud.com/yyioy

YYIOY's music has been promoted by Joseph Marinetti (Luckyme), Donky Pitch, Cosmopolyphonic Radio, Yukibeb (Soulection), Juxtapoz Magazine, DJ Mag among others. He has also remixed work from Russian producer Pixelord (Tumblr Girl from Montreal-based, Infinite Machine Records label), Japanese producer Broken Haze, Japanese collective Pa's Lam System (Stand and Dance from the most powerful netlabel, Maltine Records) and Spanish duo BSN Posse and Amati, for their EP from Freshmore Records.

He has played shows with Benji B, Daedelus, DJ Dodger Stadium, Eloq, James Ferraro, etc.

Along with his music, YYIOY runs fashion label, SHOOP, out of Madrid with his partner. SHOOP is an aesthetic inspired by sports, street style and rave culture. It expresses minimalism in elegant lines and cuts, with a tough current feel. The AW 15 Collection reflects the intention of living like and 'Outsider' wanting to move forward in the current dimension.

http://www.shoopclothing.com

Trust In Love - Hyperreal (YYIOY Remix)

Trust in Love presents the Under the Covers series. Carefully selecting tracks from 3 important musical influences on her work, she covers songs that were originally produced as solos to re-contextualize them into duets. 

These personal professions and confessions of love are then shifted into a new space of dialogue. 

Lamentations of heartbreak and narrations of desire now flow between these conceived lovers, companions, partners in the crimes of love in her series. What is created is a tension that opens up the listener to the vulnerability of a lovers' discourse.

Trust in Love collaborates with Brooklyn electropop poetic duo Confetti Armor for this first entry of her series, as they cover Erasure's How Many Times? released on their Wild! album in 1989. 

Confetti Armor: https://confettiarmor.bandcamp.com

Production: Garrett Miller
Photo: Magali Duzant
Design: Sasha van Dorp
MU: Melissa Roth

Trust in Love + Confetti Armor - How Many Times?

Trust in Love presents the Under the Covers series.

Carefully selecting tracks from 3 important musical influences on her work, she covers songs that were originally produced as solos to re-contextualize them into duets.

These personal professions and confessions of love are then shifted into a new space of dialogue.

Lamentations of heartbreak and narrations of desire now flow between these conceived lovers, companions, partners in the crimes of love in her series. What is created is a tension that opens up the listener to the vulnerability of a lovers’ discourse.

Trust in Love collaborates with Zoom Lens' textural pop artist Tallinn, for this second entry of her series, as they cover New Order’s Mr. Disco released in 1989 on the Technique album.

Tallinn: https://soundcloud.com/xtallinnx

Production: Tallinn
Photo: Magali Duzant
Design: Sasha van Dorp
MU: Melissa Roth

Trust in Love + Tallinn - Mr. Disco

Transversal

〰   Debut EP 'Obliquity Series'  〰  

1. Primal (instru)
2. Hyperreal
3. Future Perfect
4. Stage 4 (instru)
5. Memory Drives (u:)

released 2015 on Amdiscs - available via iTunes, Amazon, etc.

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