This has always been my favorite remix!!! 🥰

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Mos Def- Umi Says (Zero 7 Remix)

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We're so happy to announce the next arrival in our 7” series with OUTTA SIGHT, two incredibly unique and loving treatments of a soul classic.

On the A side we have Kan Sano’s signature future soul approach, accentuating the beautiful original vocals with lush pianos and sparse boom-bappity drums. Freddie Joachim flips it for the B side, channeling the juke-joint energy of the OG into a soulful house killer!!

Early support from Hot Toddy, Soul Clap, Roberto Rodriguez, Tall Black Guy, Rahaan, OOFT!, Get Down Edits, Roy Dank (Wurst Music Co.), Free Magic (Discovery), Jeff Craven (Large), Satin Jackets...

JUNO: bit.ly/1jq8GLm

PHONICA: bit.ly/1jEwAAo

DECKS.DE: bit.ly/1mx8Gq3

Outta Sight (Freddie Joachim Remix)

Last Chance To Dance EP out on
Year One Recordings (UK & ROW) / Honeymoon (US)

http://facebook.com/weareEKKAH
http://twitter.com/EKKAH

EKKAH - LAST CHANCE TO DANCE

For all you jazz/funk/disco heads out there! enjoy!

Lonnie Liston Smith - Peaceful Ones (Daco Rework) - FREE DOWNLAOD

Remind Me [Patrice Rushen] - Cro-Magnon

In The Sky by smokethatdank

Edit off my recent Soul & Disco Mix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGu0MnFKxyY

Free Download

Eddie Kendricks - Intimate Friends (DJ XS Edit)

Hear the track live on #TightSongs hosted by @freshselects https://www.mixcloud.com/FreshSelects/tight-songs-episode-108-july-2nd-2016/

** FREE DOWNLOAD : https://www.toneden.io/cosmic_children/post/marvin **

This Ain't Livin (Marvin Edit)

Banks - This is What it Feels Like (Vzion Remix)

Additional Musicians:  
RIDA ZM (https://soundcloud.com/ridazm)
Beat Le Juice (https://soundcloud.com/beatlejuicemusic)

Additional Producers: 
Yoseff E Yvel
Ben Jacobs (https://soundcloud.com/the-aardonyx)
  Adam Crawford

https://youtu.be/N0wXqzJW10U

BANKS - This Is What It Feels Like (Vzion Remix)

Remix & additional instruments by Karmasound.
From the Atcq´s "Beats, rhymes & Life" album.

1nce Again feat. Tammy Lucas (Karmasound Rmx)

"I love The Expansions their futuristic leanings inject new life into the form. Fresh material!" Ian Merchant (Black Acre)

“Exudes all the qualities I cherish most in music, warmth, integrity and a dedication to the groove… it’s a hard road to travel when you step in the footprints of giants, The Expansions are treading that path with ease and assurance.” Patrick Forge

"Coming off something like the UK's more jazz-funk fueled answer to BBNG, all four quarters of this monstrous unit are on point on this hugely anticipated release. There's got to be a very special long-player in the works, and I for one can't wait to immerse myself in that!" Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s) 

“The Expansions, very funky! Headhunters/Weather Report inspired, and definitely worth checking out. My new favourite band.” Steve White (Style Council, Paul Weller)
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When The Expansions self released their first single in 2013, the laid-back jazz funk of Lavender, it quickly gained strong support from soul and rare-groove aficionados including Kenny Dope, Dom Servini, Patrick Forge and Andy Smith. A run of shows followed and before long, when someone was asking if there was a soul-jazz band around to play with, “The Expansions” was the answer. 

Although this popularity meant a hiatus in releasing music, the band have been constantly busy, playing around Europe with legendary British-Ghanaian soul singer, Andrew Ashong and the exceptional, upcoming talent Connie Constance. 

Murmuration, recorded over three days at Big Noise in Southend, is constructed of single takes, with minimal overdubs, as the band attempt to capture the feeling and energy they create live. 

Debut single Breakthrough introduced the insanely catchy but deeply soulful blend of synths and groove, but here on the album that is explored to the fullest with longer breakdowns and more expansive, experimental solos. Pocket 5 displays the, possibly unexpected, influences of broken beat and almost combative rhythm playing – particularly in the complex guitar and keys breakdown where Koor and O’Keefe layer conflicting time signatures and battle to ride it out to the heavy drum return. 

Cannonball brings warm mellowness that delicately evolves through beats, touching on bossas alongside their fundamental hip-hop sensibilities. But even here there is a raucous zenith before the band sublimely recede into the silence of the a-side ending. 

Colossal album highlight Ivory Mountain is truly an epic. Evoking moments of 4Hero, there is a lightness of groove in the first half of this soulful exploration. But at the halfway point, all restraint is let go as a live string section joins the four quarters of the band for three glorious minutes of soulful disco. Evoking sounds of Quincy Jones, George Benson and Johnny Hammond, all the way through to a beautifully cacophonous finale. 

Dragonfly undoubtedly reflects on the work of Herbie Hancock and is the most direct throwback to the band’s earlier work, which is a welcome marker of how far they have come. A quintessential jazz funker. 

The album closes with the thoughtful and introverted shuffle of Miles Away. In the final eight minutes of Murmuration, The Expansions allow space and time to take precedence, with once-more-restrained peaks and developments. It becomes clear though, that the band cannot resist one last explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line. 

You can hear the influences of Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington, even parallels with South London peers Yussef Kamaal and Ruby Rushton. But The Expansions have tirelessly worked to create a sound of their own and are very proud, along with label Albert’s Favourites, to finally share it.

Murmuration

The Expansions - Cannonball

run this city

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The original version of Rare Candy! To celebrate 100k streams on here (!) a remastered version is now on Spotify andApple Music. TYSM 💖

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/65AR0Ssj1KQntM9XhHbRUP?si=4e2ce5e69111420c

Apple https://music.apple.com/gb/album/rare-candy-single/1637860364

Rare Candy ft. Ayesha Erotica - Original Version

one of the tracks off my upcoming EP. trying some new stuff out, learning a lot of sound design & theory. hope you all enjoy

Blu_Dream

Free download

Shades of Patrice Rushen from vocalist Falyra Bloom show Vzion at his collaborative best on ‘Magic’. 
Working with her effortlessly soulful verses, he constructs a chart-happy weekend anthem that is guaranteed to get even the most reluctant barfly on the dancefloor.

Magic

Magic (Feat Falyra Bloom)

Flowers - dudley perkins

Producer & Vocalist - Mobilee, Get Physical, Kindisch, Claremont 56 & KMS Records
Featured on 'If You Want To' & 'Hatred' with Dimension
One third of @https://soundcloud.com/setberlin

As a producer, her influences range from early 90s Ambient House, the Manchester 'baggy' sound, Shoegaze, Electronica and Ambient, with a focus on layered lyricality and cinematic mood.

e11e's Dj sets range from Balearic, Disco, Jazz Funk, South African Boogie,  Afro-Latin grooves and rare re-edits all the way to late-night voyages into expansive electronic music with soul, jazzy house, break, and undeniable mood enhancers.

e11e runs night Disco Sister which focuses on Jazz, Soul, Disco & sounds from afar with an emphasis on booking womxn, POC and queer DJs to even out the playing field in the music industry.
www.instagram.com/disco_sister/
e11e has a regular show on Reform Radio.
https://www.reformradio.co.uk/play/T.H.E.R.A.P.Y_e11e_11th_June_2019/NTYRHhWiJzvugAGN2
https://www.mixcloud.com/e11e/

Bio on Secret Music: http://www.secret-music.net/elle-holgate

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