second part of the communicatons sampler by swedens andreas saag aka swell sessions. cool cooperations with domu and mark de clive lowe for these 2 moody grooves

jazz house 4 tracker produced by andreas saag - collaborated by mr scruff/seiji/landslide & lyricl !

andreas saag is a busy man. he just did some wonderfull remixes and he is now working on a special album for jimpsters freerange featuring collaborations with slum village, marc de clive-lowe, mr. scruff, domu, kyoto jazz massive and many more! in between he found the time to produce this fine broken anthem for 4lux. a heavily jamaican influenced party banger with funny lyrics. this rocks every crowd for sure! on the flip side there is a hot remix by the delgui crew that comes with a wicked broken-ska remix on the flip. another winner!

diggers with gratitude presents the swellsville sessions ep

an enticing taste of the upcoming debut album ‘eventual reality’ by the james l’estraunge orchestra. brainchild of scottish producer ricky reid, pianist on both 6th borough project albums and one half of the soul renegades alongside craig smith, the james l’estraunge orchestra is “the band that never was”, lovingly pieced together from a series of late-night studio sessions with some incredibly talented jazz and classical players. best described as jazz arranged with dance music sensibilities, the james l’estraunge orchestra sound is warm and organic, atmospheric and at times somewhat bleak, a perfect reflection of the remote log cabin in which it was created. immediately iconic both musically and lyrically, ‘closer’ is a powerful commentary on today’s self-regarding, materialistic world with a strong message of hope for a better tomorrow. combining lush, live instrumentation and climactic, cinematic composition, closer’s emotive, almost springsteen-like vocals are performed by ricky reid himself. ‘groovin’ you’ covers a classic from harvey mason: a bass led, heavyweight instrumental jazz-dance workout featuring some impressive brass and woodwind solos bolstered by spine- tingling string swells and tight, rolling drums.

mule electronic welcome to our old friend andreas (aka swell session / statless / andreas saag). andreas is well known artist in nu jazz scene and have released many great stuff. recently he moved to berlin from goethenburg, sweden and into more electronic stuff. this time he teamed up with friend cazuma. cazuma released two single on berlin label kurbits records

this is textured tasteful music thats designed to stimulate the mind and soothe the soul, incorporating broad strokes of jazzy keys, warm electronics, retro funk, deep house and more into an intoxicating swirl of sounds.

here is a big one for gamm from saag (aka swell session). already feat. on gilles show and we ve had plenty of requests for it already..., great rework and remix of the rose rouge classic!!!

after a long silence, soulution makes its come back with yet another top notched production from allen hoist, gorgeous vocals, splendid instrumentation..another true house music record gracing our page this week. a must have !!! allen hoist >you ll never know< - swell session version - dan electro version - back to the roots version

raise the curtain once more on a very special orchestral performance. how could highgrade records better celebrate its 100th release than with twelve tracks from the highgrade disharmonic orchestra? the creative combo featuring both label bosses tom clark and todd bodine, alongside philip bader, daniel dreier and dale, began over a year ago with the intention of celebrating the tenth birthday of the berlin label. and the resulting gift: a musical experiment. the five artists have bundled their creativity together into a symphony unparalleled in the techno scene. every performance is like a jam session: all five laptops are interconnected, so each of the artists has the opportunity to react to the others and modify each track as desired. thus, new arrangements are created and constantly re-interpreted. drum machines and synthesizers are also in play, to further stretch the improvisational possibilities. no wonder then, that the 100th release follows in this creative vein. the highgrade disharmonic orchestra, with multilayer, kiddnaps us away into vastly different musical worlds: from deep influences and custom recorded vocals to an array of technoid sounds and effects. then back to groovy, swinging beats reminiscent of a balmy summer evening on the beach. therefore the record is something of a rollercoaster ride, where we never know what might be waiting behind the next curve. typically highgrade