Moonday

Gomma boss and musical impresario Munk is back with a new single on Under The Shade that gets remix treatment from Fabrizio Mammarella, Mercury and Plastic Plates. The German producer is well known as a fine production talent who has teamed up with the likes of James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem fame) and Pachanga Boys in the recent past, and his sounds are never less than electrifying.
The EP kicks off with an extended mix of ‘Intimate Stranger’. Based around a classic sounding, fat bottomed bassline, plenty of squelchy house percussion fleshes out the groove, but it’s not ‘til the pitched up female vocal drops that the tune really takes off. It lends a soulful and uplifting edge to the warm, melodically colourful track that simply makes you feel good.
As well as an instrumental edit, there are some fine remixes included. The first is from Italian talent Fabrizio Mammarella, who is also one third of Clap Rules and has been releasing great music on labels like Slow Motion and Bear Funk for a decade. His version is laced with acid lines, has more driven drums underpinning it and is generally that bit darker and moodier.
Mercury goes next and transforms the track into a nicely bouncing, long form bit of prog-flavoured house with heavily treated vocals and various rasping analogue lines. Finally, New York’s Plastic Plates, who has worked with Kitsune in the past, reworks the track as a slow, hip swinging and deep bit of disco funk with chopped vocal samples, dazzling chords and plenty of organic warmth.
Munk is an expert at crafting dancefloor dynamite and this is no different, especially when backed with such varied and vicious remixes from a range of top talents.

Munk - Intimate Stranger (Fabrizio Mammarella remix)

Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Candidat Remix)

Kasper Bjørke -Apart (ft. Sísý Ey)

As If We Never Won

Rock U

Along with @Seekae and @VictoriaKimMP3, Charles Murdoch remixed the sounds of the Sydney Opera House as part of this year's VIVID Live Festival. 

Download Charles' mix here for free: http://www.unlock.fm/3zr

Thanks to @FactMag, the Sydney Opera House and George Nicholas from Seekae for putting this together. 

FREE DOWNLOAD

SOH (Charles Murdoch Remix)

DJ Koze's 2013 album opus Amygdala has continued to bewitch all who encounter it since its release. Tipped as his own personal Sgt. Pepper, the sublime long-player revealed a fully-realised and personal body of work, complete with a classic songwriting at its core, House in its heart, and veins coursing with psychedelic color. La Duquesa' was the album's dreamy single standout, a journey into deep, tropical ecstasy. XTC' begins in the same spirit, and captures the all the blissful allusions of its name, but its initial gentility belies the deep intensity to come. Floating pads glow with celestial ambience as a kick drum is gradually coaxed into solid form, and the introduction of spoken text begins the second act. Many people are experimenting with the drug Ecstasy,' it says, ...is the drug like the lie and meditation the truth Or am I missing something that could really help me". XTC' then transforms: sweetly imploring tones become demanding, gentle gradients between chords turn hard-edged, and sharp hi-hats cut through the haze. Complete with Koze's signature percussive quirks, it drives towards the track's final pay off: an undeniable, all-consuming, irresistible high. Knee On Belly' recalls Koze at his most tongue-in-cheek and overt, it is bright, bold and literally brassy, using cut-up horns of all shapes and sizes to patchwork together his own unique arrangement. With the highs and mid ranges accounted for, Koze adds in a swollen, thrumming bass line to mix to bring this floor-filler to life. Knee on Belly' recalls a raw, filtered and funky approach to groove, with a nod to disco house and the art of artful sampling, as it orbits between its own neon highs and simmering lows.

Pampa024A DJ Koze -  XTC

Hugo Gerani - GCR001 

A1 About Face
B1 Baited Drum Lines (Deep Sea Dub)
B2 Freeze Action (Desire)

Released August 2015
Mastered by Matthew McQueen
Distribution via allearsdistribution.com

Direct from the deepest corner of the southern hemisphere, a.k.a. Perth, Western Australia, Good Company Records is a new outlet for the music of our "West Coast Underground", born out of four years of parties and a newly-opened specialist record store of the same name.

For GCR001, we have worked with local fishing outfitter Hugo Gerani to offer a grab bag of quality night-time tackle sure to land you the big one! From the deep jacking "About Face" to the VIP 'deep sea' dub of his classic "Baited Drum Lines" through to luminescent throbber "Freeze Action (Desire)", there's something for every condition and skill level.

Born on the Aegean Sea but now calling the Indian Ocean home, in retirement Mr Hugo Gerani supplies local jocks with the very best gear money can't buy - most handmade in his modest atelier - but with this record his products are finally available to discerning deejays worldwide!

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Hugo Gerani - Freeze Action (Desire)

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Roisin Murphy - Evil Eyes (Catz 'n Dogz Remix)

Can't Help But Wait (Instrumental)

New band Seahawks turn in this swirling, psychedelic post-punk beauty, that's just made for hazy lazy summer evenings. Read about it at http://www.headsdown.org/

Moonday

William Howthehell