delano smith and derwin hall join forces for three tracks of deepest house delights. the thesis fuses a boppin latin beat with beautiful jazz flute licks!! ultra ltd repress

tireless producer, tronic boss and top international dj christian smith here steps up for his first release on plus 8. over the years christian has offered up a high volume and high quantity of techno inclined singles for myriad labels (bedrock, systematic, 100percent pure, soma), so it only makes sense he now finds himself on one of the scenes most reliable outposts for such material. the two track ep kicks off with house is house which is, as the name suggests, a little house-ier than the flip, but still deals in plenty of heavy bass weight and slick repetition. the devil is in the detail filtered, dark voices, rattling cowbells, washes of white noise synths and long, thin, forward looking pads - all of which are married to a mid-tempo groove. the more forceful indulge me then follows. taught kick drums start immediately as claps and subtle synth stabs swell in volume until they eventually fill out the whole airwaves. squirming behind are thin and icy steel lines until the first drop when the deliciously bouncy groove sets in proper. far from aping the usual detroit and chicago tropes, christian smith has once again crafted two classy dance floor joints that are not only exquisitely produced, but that bare all the usual hallmarks of christian smith, one of the most consistent producers in the game.

ltd coloured vinyl

2022 2xvinyl compilation incl ed sheeran, stromae, imagine dragon & amny more !

soul classics on double vinyl.

a collection of great male soul artists on double vinyl.

the 70s pop annual 2 is the latest exclusive to vinyl release on demon records. 4 sides of vinyl containing 30 tracks of essential classic pop of the seventies. the 180 gram double vinyl is housed in a gatefold sleeve with original artwork.

bill browns super rare brownstone release is one for the deep heads, less well known than label mate everyday people but just as rare and collectable. shuffling sunshine soul its all about the groove and feeling. 500 copies only. one for the heads. bill brown and al hall jr met around 1971, they were both in south central l.a and shared the same apartment building, also in the same building was doug carn and brownstone singer billy wilson. these studio sessions were done at paramount studios hollywood where al hall jr was working for producer art smith a&c music. the main distributor for a&c was accent records.

20 american anthems on 180 gram double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

apollo are proud to present a stunning new project from nyc / berlin based artists soundwalk collective aka the trio of stephan crasneanscki, simone merli and kamran sadeghi. formed in manhattan to produce concept albums, sound installations and live performances, they create immersive audio excursions from field recordings which they gather from all over the globe - previous works have seen them collaborate with berghain, nan goldin, the films of jean-luc godard and patti smith.

die r&b/soul-legende andre “mr rhythm” williams veröffentlicht mit “i wanna go back to detroit city” sein langerwartetes neues studioalbum. der 79-jährige amerikaner kann auf eine beachtliche karriere zurückblicken, williams, mittlerweile 79 jahre alt, ist seit den 50er jahren im musikgeschäft aktiv. er schrieb songs für u.a. parliament, funkadelic, stevie wonder, produzierte ike turner und managte soul-star edwin starr. er veröffentlichte alben und singles bei fortune records, epic, chess records und seit ende der 90er jahre auf bloodshot records. auf seinem fünften album für bloodshot liefert uns andre williams einen gelungenen potpourri aus psychedelic soul, r&b und blues. mit an bord sind u.a. dennis coffey (funk brothers), matthew smith (outrageous cherry, rodriguez), dan kroha (gories, demolition doll rods) und jim white (dirty three, cat power).
das album erscheint auf 180 gramm vinyl inklusive downloadcode.

news of the record first broke back in december, when omar-s, real name alex omar smith, contributed a three-hour mix for ra’s 500th podcast. the lp will be smith’s fifth full-length release, and arrives three years after his most recent album, 2013’s thank you for letting me be myself. like almost all of the detroit artist’s catalogue so far, the best lands on smith’s own fxhe records. it comprises 11 tracks, featuring collaborations with fellow motor city acts such as norm talley, ob ignitt and kyle hall.

bright sounds marks its fourth release by unearthing a hidden late-nineties techno gem: having been a long term fixture of kennedy smith s record bag, the bright sounds label owner leapt at the opportunity to reissue swedish producer henrik johansson s 1997 plug research ep as smyglyssna. carrying all the hallmarks of the dense, cerebral techno that has established the bright sounds catalogue so far, the reappearance of the dold ep on the label makes perfect sense as it continues to cement its place among the most exciting techno labels to emerge in the past 18 months. vinyl only release

the new album by paul hartnoll of orbital fame under his 8:58 moniker.

rockabilly was the name given by american trade papers between 1956 and 1959 to describe a new kind of music.

nice price deal !!! souled are back after a years break to build their studio and get their record label fresh minute music rolling and it seems to have done the trick with support for the label from radio 1s annie mac, gilles peterson, rod da bank and toddla t and plays on kiss 100, 1 xtra and galaxy as well as where it really matters on the worlds dancefloors from heavy weight djs benji b, karizma, martyn, floating points, joy orbison, kyle hall, kode 9, louie vega, osunlade, recloose and rainer truby. the labels tracks have also landed on fabric, ministry of sound and soul jazz compilations and have been licenced to america, south africa and japan. not bad for a years work and now their first 4 track album (finished in the newly built studio) is getting some heat. support so far from gilles peterson (radio 1), phil asher, simbad, mad mats (raw fusion), rocky (xpress 2), craig smith (6th borough project), julio bashmore, kay suzuki, green money, sy sez (aprodisiax), robert owens and patrick forge.

the b.t.s are a detroit deep house live act crew. this is there first release in the world. the ex-member of underground resistance, derwin hall bang the dam walls down with this groove. this remake track with the late ron banks vox sample >treat me like man< is a detroit killer! derwin had some extra production on the drums by delano smith. this track is so hot, me (eddie fowlkes) and my momma had to get this for the cityboy music. what a great track for their first release.the black exterrestrials come back with >the journey< on the flip side. this deep minimal soul house groove has that element of a underground banger with euro flavor - with lead vocal by angie sexy ass!

here is a limited repress of the 1st ep in detroit beatdown volume two. called the black ep, it was a fine opener for the second detroit beatdown series. the repress is limited to 300 copies.

part 1 of 2 of the second volume with brill spacin and very soulful deep detroit house tunes !! ltd re-release !!

huge release from rising star dj preach. massive remixes by marco v and eric sneo. support by andy farley, christian smith, danny howells, dave pearce, eddie halliwell, fergie, john askew, judge jules, paul van dyk, pete tong, valentino kanzyani and many more.

16 soulig, funkige interpretationen der sanften klassiker der west coast aor/yacht laurel canyon hippies (tracks von fleetwood mac, doobie brothers, the beach boys, toto, steely dan, hall & oates u.v.m.) werden u.a. gecovert von quincy jones, chaka khan, aretha franklin, greg phillinganes, the brothers johnson u.v.m.!