uk orientated house/techno & electro cuts from trouble maker label owner adam curtain. his first solo outing on the label provides three genre-benders in and around the 130bpm bracket. heavy 2-step, garage and electro influences seep through on all tracks.
the fifth release from the bunte kuh label is another winner: it comes from bardia salour and features three fresh originals with a remix from peter schumann. it s also set to be available on vinyl release too. salour is a german artist who runs his own esteemed events in hamburg and has played all over europe from watergate in berlin to culture box in copenhagen. his dub infused style is utterly distinctive and these new cuts prove that once more. north scapes opens up with a molten, acid tinged bassline. as it grows more wild there are icy hi hat loops layered in with some big piano chords to finish it in style and mean the floor will really go wild. liquid lava is more direct, with hard hitting techno kicks and deft synth sounds colouring in the grooves. then comes the excellent urban signals, a dramatic, dubbier cut with cavernous bottom ends and subtle, supple synths layering in warmth and atmosphere. last of all, peter schumann s lsd25 restyle of north scapes pairs it back to a warm, bubbly warm up house tune that will get you moving with its sonar blips and nice, deep cut and churning drums. all four of these tracks are fresh and classy efforts sure to make their mark.
bedrock whiskey disco contributor and deep house veteran, yse, returns with his next ep, and its destined to follow in the same steps as previous hits like his beards, swimwear and ladykillers eps. the funk is on fire again!
we’re back with our fourth offering, welcoming british up-and-comers swales and tom jarmey for a v/a packed with deep house music of the highest order.
repress 2019 - all that jelly and no toast - like when you find a bomb tune that s unavailable on 12-. the new sublabel of smile for a while is exactly about this. clubby house music by well-established producers as well as from lesser-known guys. french guy alex agore opens the ep with the lowtone remix of -what did i do- - cut-up garage house to the maxx. max chapman from london delivers another belter, a bassline-driven organ house tune with a minimalistic but very effective set-up. oleg poliakov - aka skat and one of the guys behind circus company - comes up with a sublime but powerful tech house tune, in the original sense of the genre name. -jazzve- is a tune by russian producer mutenoise. it s maybe the most original, innovative tune on this ep. full of surprises and cutting-edge elements - hard to compare to anything else around these days.
180gr , depth & weight out of ireland deliver with 4 fresh across the board tracks fitting house, electro, experimental and leftfield guises. with support across the board among the underground key players in 2018, dw001 is a various artist release representing the sound that started the journey of depth & weight. lovingly mastered by sven weisemann, berlin.
two house music powerhouses terry hunter & barbara tucker present the first single from terrys imagine no music lp. the anthem holding on is an ode to the power of love & includes a club and dub mix. support from major deejays. long live the queen of house barbara tucker!
2019 repress - this year kevin saunderson, ann saunderson and paris grey, collectively known as the legendary band inner city, release >future<, their first entirely new material since parting company in 2001, written and produced in collaboration with another detroit legend, namely kenny larkin. the track marks a welcome return for a group that combined the tough, futuristic grooves of the detroit scene with the vocal energy of r&b and gospel and helped to define the period in which house and techno moved from underground phenomena to top 10 material, paving the way for hundreds of dance hits to come. >future< is devastatingly catchy and highly emotional, exhibiting all the soulful flavours and qualities you would expect from these celebrated producers and singers. masterfully re-edited by carl craig this track ascends to a higher place whilst kenny larkin is on remix duties, beautifully reworking the original into a techno infused monster with intoxicating staccato vocals.
deadly groovin new stug record! jazzy house sounds & cool sampling from chocky. the uk composer already remixed for the imprint in 2018, but now returning with a full four track ep >thinking cat< in 2019.
look like makes his debut on clone royal oak with a great four track ep! a fresh take on classic house music. italo house, balearic beat, chicagos stomp and detroits funk all stirred up into a nice loose hybrid that seems to become look likes signature sound. lovely stuff!! if you havent heard from him just yet... also check out his cool releases on dvs1s misstress label and drum poet society!
for the faithful skudge follower, number 13 brings back memories from when skudge combined and reduced both techno and house in a flawless way. something that they have been able to do since the beginning. they also manage to utilize samples, that in another context would have felt misplaced, in a very classy manner
zissou is ringing in the summer early this year with its second release, starring stockholms very own ari bald & infamous lucky charmz from lehult, germany. swedish house muscle as far as your ear can hear feel free to join in for a sundown schwitz.
coming in fresh for 2019 is athens native g.u.s with his 4 track ep mind reflection released as elm 1012. both sides of the vinyl are equally as strong and set the pace for a ride through early uk breakbeat sounds and continue beyond into house with a nostalgic feel but with a futuristic edge.
black loops teams up with seven davis jr. and nikoss for a killer ep of deep soulful house tracks. often times, spontaneity in the studio can lead to moments of pure creative flow, and if these tracks are any indicator, that was certainly the case here.
it is a four-track ep divided in a bright side and a dark side. the first side has a disco-house flavour, the other one is more electronic with strong synths.
auf der a-seite haben wir einen minimalen schnitt mit grooviger bassline, was dem track ein house-feeling verleiht. bei -sentinel- verfolgt dead rail einen anderen ansatz und liefert einen trippigen, minimalen cut mit glitzernden vocals
d.ko records is back with a new v.a. featuring 4 absolute bangers by d.ko superstar & red lebanese head honcho mad rey, parisian house golden boy & long time friend of the label leo pol, lyon’s very best producer lb aka labat, & last but not least d.ko’s german connection, the man, paso. don’t sleep on this one !
tyrs first release of 2019 is 6 g-house bangers featuring originator parris mitchell. each one a heater, philthtrax label boss ghostwhip goes back to back with newcomer garneau each bringing their own unique interpretation to the legendary genre.
shout out to my barrys da mix, leon, vonnett, james, tilde, jamie k, edem, mr2, fugee, 88.2 crew, leon at music house, loxy, mike p, logos, parris, mickey pearce, scratcha, all the silent listeners and all the bedroom ravers. run out groove etching im oldskool like stratford rex, i’m oldskool like templ
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