Jump Cutz - Meditate On This (1993)

Heels & Souls Recordings hit release number nine, looking across the pond to Toronto in the mid-'90s to reissue two blissfully Balearic house gems from 100th Monkey. Alongside remastered versions of ‘Raindance’ and ‘Nyika Nyika’, the flip features a pumping remix of ‘Raindance’ courtesy of dream house hero Manuel Darquart and a previously unreleased ‘90s stunner, ‘River Ride’.
 
100th Monkey were most known under their Boomtang Boys moniker, a killer Canadian production trio and record label. In the early ‘90s, with a release already out as Fun Wow, brothers Tony and Paul Grace were introduced to Rob DeBoer. With respective backgrounds as a drummer, DJ and keys player and inspired by the sounds coming across from the UK, they began producing releases for the label under a variety of different monikers. From the street soul grooves of ‘Love Trip’ as Boomtang Boys, to the hip house flavours of D.S.B. and the progressive rhythms of The Riders of the Soundguard.
 
Their only release as 100th Monkey though is a jewel in this Canadian crown. Cooked up in their home studio, packed with synths, samplers and drum machines, ‘Raindance’ is a hit of summertime heat that instantly transports you to sandy shores. A slice of mid-tempo, Balearic deep house anchored by shuffling hats and a spine-tingling bassline, the African vocal samples, dreamy strings and goose-bumping chords merge to send you floating out across the horizon.
 
Picking up the pace, ‘Nyika Nyika’ is another dream-inducing house cut, equally adept at soundtracking a sunset, as it is at powering a dancefloor. Shimmering arps and looped African vocal samples glisten through the haze, with a punchy bass and enveloping strings reeling you in.
 
On the B side, Manuel Darquart puts his trademark spin on ‘Raindance’, looping up elements from the OG with a dash of that Darquart hot sauce. The kick gets an injection, steamy synthlines are laid down and a salacious sax is slipped in the mix.
 
Finally, plucked from the 100th Monkey vaults, ‘River Ride’ is an unreleased cut from 1996. Washing over you with a wave of floating pads, trickling arps, a laidback breakbeat and grooving bassline, it’s the perfect warm-down or warmup material, that rightly sees the light of day for the very first time.
 
Licensed from The Boomtang Boys and remastered from the original DATs by Justin Drake.

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100th Monkey - Raindance (Manuel Darquart Remix)

Track from Far East Recording. Year 1991.

Ripped from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCi8fKaPyY

Soichi Terada & Shinichiro Yokota - Shake Yours

Soul in Photochrome

Soichi Terada & Shinichiro Yokota -- Got To Be Real

JLM and Chris Wang started the party Love Dancing in 2009 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Love Dancing, along with Jesse Proudfoot and Chris Allen’s Good Faith,  was a formative dance experience for many of us in Vancouver and an essential ingredient in the Mood Hut stew. The music on this disc dates from that period and captures some of the energy of the Love Dancing parties. We hope you enjoy it.

A - Better
B - Fever

Distributed by Rubadub.
Available in August.

MH013 - A - Better

I Know You Like It

Timeless

Do it again and again

Right Here Right Now

Not much info on this one. Trust your head & your heart!
"Paraíso '89" from the short-lived group Azura. This mysterious gem finally sees the light of day!
Crashing waves (check). Sexy nylon licks (check). Cheeky chimes (check).
Big dumb grins on the dance floor! Essential breezy Balearic biz!
Tasty Mediterranean flavors. A joint on the beach w/ friends.
Eyes closed, head in the sky...

SIDE A

Paraíso '89     (7:51)

Produced, Mixed And Edited by Azura
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann @ Complete Mastering

LABEL: WORLD BUILDING
CATALOG: WB 005-12
ARTIST: AZURA
TITLE: PARAÍSO '89
PUBLISHER: WORLD BUILDING MUSIC PUBLISHING (ASCAP)
COPYRIGHT: WORLD BUILDING, INC.

AZURA - Paraíso '89

Delectable Detroit music producer, record label owner and producer Anders has bottled Summer with this Balearic anthem, New For U. Become familiar, wherever you are wind the window down, recline or get ready for a weekend full of hot weather. Forget work, it's Friday.

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Andrés - New For U

Manhooker - Club Anonymous (Rotciv Extended Club Mix)
(c) Unterton / Ostgut Ton 2013 | Kompakt Distribution

The third U-Ton release enters the merry world of post-disco and proto-house, mirror ball fantasies, baby powder dreams and rays of sunshine. Manhooker are Guiddo (music) and Mavin (vocals) who were brought to the attention of Ostgut Ton by nd_baumecker. “Wheels In Motion” and “Club Anonymous” both got the club remix treatment by Rotciv (The Rimshooters, Mister Mistery) who delivers clever and respectful dance floor adaptations without destroying their peppy pop appeal – comes with a bonus instrumental on the digital edition. Now work!

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Soichi Terada & Shinichiro Yokota -- Got To Be Real

Ebe Tourette