Almunia is a new signing to us here at United and we couldn't be happier to have the duo on board! With some fantastic releases on No Static Recordings and Claremont 56 we were very excited to see what would be delivered to the United Recordings HQ.

Easing you in to the single, the duo have started off with 'The Shiny River', this elegant, soft hearted track compiles energetic synth lines over back seated drum patterns. The whistful vocal contrasts the melodic over tones with slightly warped edges, all gently culminating together for this blissed out introduction.

Next up is 'Feel Love' which drifts out into the open with a down tempo groove, the mood enhances with some pokey disco synths that have a full embodiment of style. Guitar riffs dart around the back of the mix and create a masterful texture split.

Rounding off the single is 'The Meaning Of Time' which combines the softer sides of acoustic flare with the easy listening of relaxed disco rhythms. The progression builds into a sublime break down, introducing the vocals which carry you through to a suitably relaxed round off of the single. 

The Shiny River

Feel Love

The Meaning Of Time

RELEASE DATE:  28th August 2015

Situation are a collective of Disco DJs, producers, editors and musicians hailing from the The Five Valleys in the UK. Here at United we are pleased to welcome their smooth, cool brand of downtempo chill-house back onto the roster. 
“Here Comes The Sun” is one part laid-back and smooth, one part a jazzy groover and one part lounge house.   All wrapped up with the pure vibe of summer.  Perfect for the time of the season. 

The track comes in three perfectly formed flavors. The original mix is first up. Jazzy Rhodes, mellow bass and poolside groove all form the perfect back drop to the sultry vocal from Lauren Rimell.  The “Pool Side Remix” strips things back by flipping back on the grooves and upping the synthwashes, smooth guitar and mellow Rhodes keys. Perfect for the early evening warm up.    To round off the package collective member “Mr Mulatto” chips in his “Rise Mix” which is a groovy houser.  It adds in vibey drum machine grooves and elaborates on Laurens soulful vocal for the perfect 10pm slot. 

Enjoy the summer. United


Situation - Here Comes The Sun (Mr Mulatto S Rise Mix) [CLIP]

Situation - Here Comes The Sun (Pool Side Remix) [CLIP]

Situation - Here Comes The Sun [CLIP]

Up next on United we have the début release from Audio Affair. An Italian 3 piece comprising of Tony Carrasco, Maurizio Giannotti and Nicola Calgari.

The original is a dreamy downtempo cut, perfect for those late summer nights on the beach. Ilya Santana turns in a trademark nu-disco roller. Audio Affair & Klein & MBO's own Tony Carrasco, delivers two slices of chilled, blissful ambience to round us off.

Audio Affair - Primavera (Tony Carrasco Dawnlight Remix) [CLIP]

Audio Affair - Primavera (Tony Carrasco Spotlight Remix) [CLIP]

Audio Affair - Primavera (Ilya Santana Spring On Mars Remix) [CLIP]

Audio Affair - Primavera [CLIP]

RELEASE DATE: 15th Jan 2016

Audio Affair return to United Recordings, with their second single ahead of a forthcoming album.

We don't know about you, but the winter has really kicked in over here, so when Audio Affair told us they had a new single ready we were over the moon.

'Meriem' set's the balearic boat a sail, hand drums, guitar stabs and warm, lush pads, delivering a small slice of summer sun for those of you, like us, sorely missing it and a big warm smile for the rest of you.

Domestic Technology turn in a more housey retouch, twisting the vibe of the original and setting it up for a late night jam session a la Café Del Mar.

Audio Affair - Meriem (DomesticTechnology Remix) [CLIP]

Audio Affair - Meriem [CLIP]

Up next on United we are pleased to feature the 3rd single from the Italian collective, Audio Affair. Audio Affair are three friends, sound designers & musicians who work together in a famous recording studio in Milan called "Bips Studio". They are Tony Carrasco (of Klein and MBO fame), who takes care of the sound direction, programming and keyboards, Maurizio Giannotti who plays guitar and keyboards and Saxophonist and knob twiddler Nicola Calgary.    The trio meet up in their studio to create smooth, accessible and interesting downtempo and Balearic music.   

Audio Affair return to United Recordings, with their third single ahead of a forthcoming album. "Chasma Boreale" may be named after a canyon on Mars but the music is a pure Asian / Balearic cross over bliss fest.  The tune features as its centre point a Rhodes based keyboard riff.  On top of this the trio have added a, pensive string pads, vocal chants, Asian percussive shakers and beats and tabla. While it may not work on paper is all works on the record and aurally it is a real treat.  

For the remix Macedonian based Marga Sol strips things back into a chilled groove.  She adds on lazy-summer guitar, smoldering trumpet and lethargic rhythms.  All the while keeping the catchy keyboard riff and vocal chants at the forefront of the track.

Stay tuned for the upcoming Audio Affair album on United Recordings.

02 - Audio Affair - Chasma Boreale (Marga Sol Sunny Remix) [CLIP]

01 - Audio Affair - Chasma Boreale [CLIP]

Next on United we take a short detour to Belarus to interface our circuits with him smooth chill out vibes. 
The two track release opens with "Summer Rain".  It is a slow and relaxing start a soft voyage to heaven with piano, smooth guitar  and atmospheric breaks. A track that definitely has the music following from its title.  Next, "Wind Of Change" has those mystic vibes and emotional chords that create a relaxed moment that only Daminika knows the secret of.

Daminika - Wind Of Change (Chillout Mix) [CLIP]

Daminika - Summer Rain [CLIP]

Johannes Huppertz - Floating [CLIP]

Next up on United we are pleased to welcome prolific Cologne born producer Johannes Huppertz to the label. Johannes channels the musical zeitgeist, the aural landscape and his personal emotions into the music.  Here at United we are pleased to be recipients of two fine pieces of music. It must have been a relaxing day when he came up with these two.

First up is "Floating".  The music describes the feeling perfectly.  Lazy guitar, dreamy percussion and synthwashes melt all worries away. "Beyond Blue" is next. This melancholic wanderer leads with a slow groove guitar bassline overlaid with dreamy chords and keys.  Pensive and thoughtful but with positivity shining through.

Johannes Huppertz - Beyond Blue [CLIP]

Sunharbour are a London based collective of 14 musicians based around guitarist and producer Simon Kusnierek. Their varied sounds mixes organic jazz grooves, an onboard string section, acoustic-guitar based song based sensibilities and layers of intricate musicianship. Vocals are provided by a Tnisha Johnson, Rachel Huggins, Nancy J Brown & Junior Williams. 

As you would expect from a 14 member pool of influences the Sunharbour sound is wide and expansive.  The music is downtempo and grown up….   part Zero 7 sheen, part Penguin Café presence, part trip-hop groove, part summer beat movie soundtrack but all focused around a core of great songs.
   
Opening things up is “Ain’t All That” a wandering excursion into summer days, uplifting strings and Nick Drake guitars. “Mind Echoes” trips into melancholy territory with London based Junior Williams delivering a finely mood setting vocal over fluid grooves and triphop beats .   Insurgence is all about the building of musical tension via jazzier, musical textures.  “Welcome Home” juxtaposes programmed beats and bass with free flowing chamber orchestra string washes. 
Recent single, “Wisdom” creates a haunting and poignant pause in the record before 'Sailing' mixes in some earthy picked-guitar and mellow synth-lines to create a summers day Penguin-Café style soundtrack. “Anticipation” returns to summer days this time with Tnisha pairing with Spanish guitar and themes. “Mirrors” takes the album down a darker, haunting crescent.

With 'A Spark' Junior once again takes on the lead vocal duty, to deploy his breathy, soulful swinging presence to bear.  “Strange” mixes in swinging beats, Celtic strings and moody brass stabs.   The record finishes off with the darkly brilliant “The Night” and the forlorn “Alone”. 

Their debut album has been years in the making but resulting record (which was recorded at Abbey Road) was definitely worth the wait.

Welcome Home (CLIP)

Wisdom (CLIP)

Sailing (CLIP)

Anticipation (CLIP)

Mirrors (CLIP)

Dimitry Raschepkin is a Russian based guitarist in the John Williams mould. For his debut release on United we present his airy and sunwashed "Diamond".  As soon as you hear the chilled vibes, masterful fretwork and laid back melody it instantly makes you drop down a gear or two and see the world through relaxed eyes.  The fine original with keyboards and textures is backed with an acoustic only performance.  

Diamond (CLIP)

Diamond (Acoustic Solo) (CLIP)

After a string of records for the likes of Nang and Cyclo Records plus their own imprint, Collective Situation arrive on United Recordings for a sumptuous 6 track EP of smokey vocal house titled 'Midnight'.

The title track sounds effortless in its execution, an enviable blend of wispy vocal phrases from Lauren Rimell, restrained chords and sturdy low end. As the name suggests, it's the perfect edit for those late-night intimate club sessions. 

Griffen provides the first of 5 mixes. It's a funky, complex rendition, doffing it's cap to broken beat with some strong switch-ups and excellent drum work. Next up we have the Space Coast dub, bringing that laid back summer vibe to an otherwise twilight-orientated release. Watch out for the otherworldly synth motifs! 

The package is complete with an instrumental of the original and a sneaky little original B-side titled 'Feel Like A Queen'. It's an altogether cheekier affair with some playful but equally as effective vocals from Rimell accompanied by some peak-time crushed disco funk. the keys are fire on this one! 

 


Midnight (Original)

Eren Erdol is a jazz producer based out of Istanbul. His professional music career began after he started playing drums at a young age, a skill that took him across the continent as a live player as well as a session musician. Like many, his aspirations turned to production after years of work with prominent engineers and studios.  In July 2011, Erdol completed his first EP “Late Night Dreams”.  

A year later and Eren has honed his craft further and found his way to United Recordings. We present a double A-Side single featuring the tracks 'Alone In Brugge' and 'Addicted'. As you can imagine, both tracks are lead predominantly by strong rhythmic content.  'Alone In Brugge' is steered by a elastic backbone of Jazz grooves, bold piano chops and warm bass tones. It's complex and layered with saxophone solo and synth under-currents to complete a sound that we can only describer as 'augmented live Jazz'.

'Addicted' continues in a similar vein, but the harmonic content is all more dissonant, creating an ebb and flow of stasis in the keys that ring out over the swung beats. The production is some of the best we've heard. Enjoy!

Alone In Brugge

Situation are back with us again at United, bringing with them some warming smooth house music to ease out those late winter blues and kick spring time off with a smile!

'Bring Your Love Back' is an easy groover of a lounge style house track that gives out nothing but that sunshine feeling, which is a safe bet to make you think about getting your love back to a dance floor in warmer climates!

The sunsine aura that emits from the original is enhanced in the Poolside Mix, a beatless version that utilises those bouncy stabs from the synth to give you that ultimate poolside vibe - cocktail in hand. 

The Dom Thompson Dub remix comes at you with a slightly more beefed up version of original, a solid bass line gives more inclination towards throwing those shapes on the dance floor with that full bodied vocal, beautifully shaped into the mix to keep your smile as big as the synths that surround it.


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