Name: Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This by Natalie Valentine
Duration: 8 min 38 s
Description: One of my favorite songs. I had to put this out there . Real Classic

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First Word Records is pleased to welcome back Souleance with a brand new single for Summer 2022! 'GUILI GUILI' is a double AA side 7" single, with an additional remix by Art Of Tones on the digital version.

French slang for "tickle", 'GUILI' is an epic disco-funk piece inspired by the likes of Azymuth, Herbie Hancock and Marcos Valle, but incorporated with Souleance's trademark sounds of fuzzy bass-heavy electronica, synths and samples, giving the track a fresh contemporary twist. Meanwhile, the (digital only) Art Of Tones mix ramps up the disco elements heavily, incorporating some vocals, strings and horn stabs to create some sure fire heat for the summertime.

The flipside 'TORO' is amuch more tweaked-out, synth-heavy bomb, influenced by artists such as Prince, Parliament and French electronic club music. All tracks mark the evolution of the duo into a full live band, whilst remaining true to their sonic mission of producing music crafted especially for the dancefloor.

The band have been performing live at various festivals and venues across Europe, with upcoming appearances scheduled at the Pura Vida Festival, Greece in August and Jazz à Vienne in July.

This two-track vinyl 7" / three-track digi-single is released on First Word Records, worldwide on May 27th 2022.

Another essential one for your record bags.

Credits:
Bass guitar, synths and programming by Fulgeance
Scratches and programming by Soulist
Wurlitzer, Moog, ASM Hydra synth & Roland Juno 60 by Vincent Choquet.
Mastered by DJ VAS

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Guili (Art Of Tones Remix)

Soundway Records present a special summer tribute double a-side 12" with two tracks from African musicians that both passed away within a couple of months of each other at the end of 2013 / start of 2014. Both tracks are perfect summer tropical DJ fodder for the dancefloor.

On the first side South African singer Shaluza Max's massive Mashkandi / house anthem from 2002 gets a first release on vinyl. This track was a huge hit in South Africa and around the world on its release. With a soaring Zulu vocal and big sound it's a fitting reminder of a very talented musician who worked as a very well respected producer, composer and arranger. He died tragically young at the age of 47 in January of 2014.

On the flip we drop a fairly unknown track from the mid 1980s from one of the biggest names in African music, Tabu Ley Rochereau. A kind of almost balearic proto-house congolese pop cut with drum machines and trademark sweet congo horn section, Hafi Deo is a beautiful track that fell into obscurity outside The Congo by perhaps being too smooth for the 'world music' crowd in the mid 80s. Tabu Ley passed away in November 2013 in his late 70s with over 250 albums and 3000 songs to his name. A true pioneer of the congolese soukous sound, he was also one of the most influential African musicians of his generation.

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Tabu Ley Rochereau - Hafi Deo (Extract)

Bibi Flash - Histoire D'1 Soir (Secousse Edit)

One of my favorite songs. I had to put this out there . Real Classic

Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Lee Alfred - Rockin’ Poppin’ Full Tilting

1 of 4 tracks on the Brazilian Compilation Series Vol.2

Other artist include: Fatnotrocnic & Poolside, TonyAdams, Daniel.T. and a Special Guest.

Vinyl released soon

Brazilian Compilation Series Vol.2

Joutro Mundo - Nao Force

Pasteur Lappe - Na Real Sekele Fo Ya

Tiger & Woods - Gin Nation

Top lads Krywald & Farrer are launching their own label 'Top Pocket' and have gifted us this delightful edit of the classic Kio Amachree track 'Ivory'. Berlin's Sameed has given a respectful and classy re-rub, supplying you with a club friendly version to quench the dancefloor's Afro Disco thirst. 

Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TIFcxN

Artist: Kio Amachree
Remixer: @sameed
Label: @toppocketrecords

SB PREMIERE: Kio Amachree - Ivory (Sameed Edit) [Top Pocket Records]

Age of the Ego

Step into the Light

Soundway Records present ’24 Hours in A Disco 1978 - 82’, 7 cuts of relentless disco grooves from the sublimely gifted Kiki Gyan. Hailed as Africa’s answer to Stevie Wonder, Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Kiki Gyan was a musical wunderkind who by 1975 had risen from the lowly status of high school dropout to being ranked eighth in a poll of the greatest keyboardists in the world (occupying the rarefied air of the top ten with heavyweights like Steve Winwood, Billy Preston, and Stevie Wonder) as well as becoming an in-demand session player in the top recording studios of London - all before his twenty-first birthday. 

Out on his own, he produced a series of highly ambitious disco records aimed at positioning him as an international star, but weighed down by the excesses of the era, Gyan saw his meteoric rise matched by an equally swift fall back into obscurity. 

Loved dearly by his contemporaries and sorely missed since his death in 2005 the story of the life of Kofi Kwarko ‘Kiki’ Gyan is one often told with warning by his friends to the new generation of aspiring Ghanaian popstars.

Soundway Records now collects the best of Gyan’s work as a frontman and solo artist, featuring an array of electrifying disco grooves that still sound contemporary (and in some cases futuristic) decades after their initial release.

Released on CD and 2xLP both formats are accompanied with detailed liner notes written by Uchenna Ikonne. LP version comes with a free MP3 download of the release. 

Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Natalie Valentine

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