marquis hawkes returns with a new ep for houndstooth, sweet. pairing up a sugary r&b sample with his signature swinging but slamming beats, opening cut when i get home is a return to the flavour of last year s summer smash cant find a reason, although this time around, it s more tracky and introspective. next up, a different facet of hawkes production talents is reprised with at the witness stand, a trippy take on classic ny freestyle. opening the b-side, title track sweet furthers hawkes trademark rough and ready house sound with distinctive vocal hooks and a hip-twitching rhythm, whilst bringing up the rear, what a relief is a raw but inescapably funky drum workout that would make the likes of traxmen & eric martin proud.

fatsouls records is proud to present the 12- vinyl of the -popular side- jovonn remixes. if you are a genuine dance music supporter, you are no doubt familiar with jovonn s trademark gritty sound, phat bass lines and jazzy chords. jovonn brings his production qualities together in the superb fatsouls records -popular side- remixes featuring two tracks. the jovonn soulfrican remix on side a is a pure treat with afro soul vocals by adeniji heavywind. on the flip side, you have the sidestrumental remix which is an instrumental version of the same mix. here, the vocal starts later in the mix and it s striped down a bit. popular side is supported by many international djs and producers. among the supporter are : ron trent, kerri chandler, jerome sydenham, alton miller, tiger stripes, rainer truby, bob james, marcia carr, jojo flores,charles spencer, marques wyatt, & masterkev to name a few. this is an uplifting afro jazzy house jam at its very best, enjoy

hot on the heels of the release of neville watsons songs to elevate pure hearts album, crme organization releases a three track ep of remixes from the longplayer. drawing on diverse names, each of the remixers transforms their given track into something quite different from the original. the first is by watsons frequent collaborator, bulgarian producer and live specialist kink. he tackles songs to elevate pure hearts and laces it up with some lazy old rave breakbeats and plenty of lucid synth and melody pattern before fast rising dixon avenue basement jams associate marquis hawkes takes on against the tide . he imbues it with what is fast become a trademark sonic weirdness, with wrought iron synth bars interlocking with molten synth lines and a slow, purposeful and predatory mood. finally, american moon b turns in a trippy outsider house version of son of house with off kilter claps, see-sawing synths and organic drums.

good guy mikesh is well known for his track -milk & honey- which was on the fabric 51 by dj t. and formerly released by liebe*detail spezial. with the single spare, good guy mikesh proves his talent for contemporary club- and popmusic. a rough and sometimes dark baseline layer underlines the magnificent detuned vocals. spare is a song that can enchant us listeners either in the club context or at home. remixes come in courtesy of christian löffler, axel boman, marbert rocel and mano le tough. christian löffler gives the original his trademark sound and makes it a melancholic piece of deep techno. axel boman is going straight to the floor with his remix of spare. adding clubsuited sounds and clicks this makes it a deep house version of the original for the djs to play out loud. marbert rocels version of >spare< is a playful one, the disco elements and the added sax line gives the track its distinctive sound of marbert rocel . mano le tough adds a few synth-lines to the original and makes it good for both: homelistening and club. supported by: marquese, tristen, john roberts, soul clap, dj sneak, lexy, tobias thomas, paul loraine, m.a.n.d.y., anthony collins, paulo olarte, alex tepper, butane, ripperton, nuno dos santos, milly de mori, sven tasnadi, eddy richards, nooncat, guy j, david keno, murat kilic, jesse rose, simon beeston, someone else, patrick zigon, chris lattner and elektrosalz