sean price and lil fame team up for the price of fame album. features m.o.p., smif n wessun, rock of heltah skeltah, conway the machine & guilty simpson. pressed on green splatter vinyl.
starten sie 2019 mit in the dark again 11! diese neueste folge vereint 5 großartige tracks. die bleak engineers aus st. petersburg (svetlana zombierella und alexander moralez) gehen mit ihrem unwiderstehlichen groove und melancholischen synthie-melodien auf „scientific science“ voran. als nächstes kommt synkronized, der spezialist für dunkle elektronische sounds aus russland, mit einem heavy-hitter namens „ptp“. der dritte platz auf der a-seite ist eine faszinierende finstere ausgangslage mit einem hypnotischen aufbau mit dem titel „electronic humming“, produziert von pablo dissko (geboren in griechenland, lebt in amsterdam). die b-seite sorgt dafür, dass der griechische künstler ksts mit seinem vocodergetriebenen stück „three hundred dark times“ für furore sorgt. abgerundet wird die sammlung durch alavux (geboren in serbien, lebt in mazedonien), einen weiteren wahren electro-meister, der einen banger namens „bender“ liefert, der absolut keine fragen offen lässt.
!! repress 2019 !! der stuttgarter produzent danilo plessow, der kopf hinter motor city drum ensemble, ist stark von jazz, soul, funk, hip hop und house beeinflusst. zu beginn seiner karriere veröffentlichte er zunächst auf pulver records, später gründete er gemeinsam mit joachim tobias das house/broken beat-project inverse cinematics und veröffentlichte sieben 12 inches und ein album. trendsetter wie gilles peterson, rainer trüby, michael rütten oder benji b zählen zu den vielen prominenten fans. danilos solo-projekt motor city drum ensemble ist dagegen so etwas wie die musikalische umsetzung seiner tiefen liebe zu house music, soul, detroit techno und chicago house. der exclusive motor city drum ensemble track für dei dj kicks heisst >l.o.v.e.< für fans von caribou, fourtet, kyle hall, theo parrish...
neues album des britisch-nigerianischen avant-pop-sänger/produzenten tony njoku, der abstrakte elektronik, afro-jazz und art-pop zu einem subversivem kunstgebilde fusioniert und sich in eine reihe mit seelenverwandten künstlern wie yves tumor, thom yorke und young fathers einreiht. njoku tourte bereits mit anna von hausswolf, rival consoles, goat girl, gaika, jacques, ider und kokoko! zu seinen fans gehören u.a. die bbc-radio-djs gilles peterson, tom ravenscroft und huw stephens.
2019 repress - echoes of this summer’s ‘shango’ still shimmer through systems as detroit’s waajeed continues to make good on his promise: to “put paint where it ain’t.” after years of soul, funk and hip-hop explorations as a founding member of the platinum pied pipers (among many other innovative escapades) and, most recently, a soulful remix of amp fiddler on kenny dixon’s mahogany music, waajeed is building on the fresh line of house grooves he commenced this summer. his first pedigree dancefloor tracks in almost 20 years, he taps directly into the source and builds with his own soulful bricks. it’s working, too, dj-wise he’s playing alongside moodyman, mr. scruff and carl craig this fall, while ‘shango’ has enjoyed heavyweight support by the black madonna, carl craig, jackmaster, gilles peterson and many notable selectors.
musical blog and house party craft music from saint petersburg launches a new label. for the first release they ve invited talented musician funkyjaws from grodno. his music has been releaseed by labels such as kolour ltd, shadeleaf music, pusic (austria) and others.
it was memorial day weekend 2016, and the sun shined bright over the detroit river. pontchartrain stepped up to the decks at the red bull stage at movement electronic music festival donning his infamous detroit vs. itself- t-shirt. his first song through the rane rotary mixer was a dubplate made specifically for his set: afterlife. its a brilliantly executed balearic daytime disco rework that warrants the praise of summer anthem that its earning. on the flip is pool an equally sunny slomo beatdown rework from blair french. it s a delightful blend of cerebral and soulful, and is finally getting a release after being originally championed by peter croce on his le mellotron paris set back in early 2018. this 7inch is pressed heavy and cut loud at 33.3 rpm with a normal non-dinked hole.
this classic danny styles track was originally released on lucky spin recordings and the masters have long been lost. danny has managed to find the original disks and has painstakingly recreated the original using those old akai s1000 & atari disks with a borrowed atari 1040ste and akai s1100 (thank to peter argyle for this!). there was also a previously unreleased mix of life is a roll on the disks which has also been brought back to life and can now be heard for the first time in 25 years.
daniel fisher, aka physical therapy, is an artist of many faces. bouncing from techno to jungle, idm to disco often under the moniker physical therapy, elsewhere as house duo fatherhood, and sometimes under a slew of untold aliases his catalogue can be a confounding proposition to decode.
nois land is a collaboration of artists from the detroit area who have come together to create an ep appropriately titled big kahuna. these are studio sessions pulled from a time capsule, reconstructed and brought back to life. a uniquely diverse and original listen, with styles ranging from island grooves to disco screamers to peak hour beatdown bangers. featured artists include blair french, todd modes, peter croce, mike seversion, damon warmack, topher horn, sam beaubien, and lennox karlisle.
the original jazz dance classic is finally re-pressed once again on a beautiful 7inch and with the original label artwork. this cover of pharoah sanders original anthem was one of the biggest records when it was released back in 2002 and was played all across the globe by everyone from gilles peterson to united future organization. proper jap-jazz but recorded in sweden and produced by no other than mad mats himself!
die grammy-nominierte hot 8 brass band bringt auf ihrer take cover ep ihre legendären hip hop- und brass-grooves zu klassikern von joy division, michael jackson, george benson und the jacksons. diese ep enthält die aktuelle single give me the night und love will tear us apart die von rolling stone, songlines, john kennedy (radio x), craig charles (bbc radio 2 und 6 music), ed adoo (bbc 5live), gilles peterson (bbc 6music) und lauren garnier (worldwide fm) unterstützt wird und einen neuen track give me the night.
after releasing three powerful edits of fly free in november 2017, jon dixon is back with a new sampa ep. inspired by the strong culture and rhythmic grooves of sao paulo brazil, dixon delivers 4 tracks sure to be a tool for any dj. with the title track paulista avenue already in the rotation of derrick may, radio slave, and gilles peterson.
mannequin records is elated to start a serie of re-presses dedicated to the legendary nocturnal emissions, one of the best kept secrets of the industrial genre since the 1970s.
after noticed releases and sold out references for the first two, n&b innovates with this various at the edge of the house, between balearic, deep and nu-disco. eager to mix styles and influences by inviting long-time favorites and close entourage, it’s now done. joining the canadian roberto s, a vision of panorama from st. petersburg and the french léon revol and too smooth christ. without forgetting folamour and tell, respectively composers of the first and third opus of the label who reoffend so.
der begnadete afro-futurist auntie flo aus glasgow fusioniert elektronische club-musik mit weltmusik-rhythmen und wird gerne in einer reihe mit daphni, four tet und romare genannt. nach zwei alben auf dem glasgower label huntleys & palmers erscheint sein drittes werk nun auf gilles peterson’s brownswood. mit -radio highlife- gelingt ihm seine bislang ambitionierteste arbeit, an der befreundete musiker aus aller welt wie laurie pitt (golden teacher), der senegalesische multiinstrumentalist mame ndiack, uk-produzent/sänger andrew ashong und der kubanische percussionist yissy garcia teilnahmen.
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