afro house

transcending and immersive - the second album from blair french, featuring 14 tracks on double vinyl.

detroit import

brilliant balearic / cosmic house

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.

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.

there are also more frosty cuts that sound like a chilly autumn walk, tracks that feature emotive neo-classical piano pieces and suggestively rhythmic compositions that sooth your mind. the second half of the record touches on church like passages of synth heavy sounds, strikingly sad violins and lo-fi arrangements that sound, one hopes, a little like what you might hear as you pass from this life to the next.

culled over the naïve bedroom sessions of early university, “chillax” is akin to blaring an extra hot mixtape from a junky deck in your car on your way to cape canaveral to see the last space shuttle leave earth, all while trying to speed run kirby’s dream land on your sister’s gameboy color.
heavy sampling tends to drive this jeep and give it some character, many popular/unknown gems lifted from various dusty tapes and wax procured from thrift stores and vinyl throughout northern florida, cheap drum machines are clumsily slammed against it all and keep everything in a familiarly dance-y zone, while amateur chords and melodies are provided via guitar center synths and youtube ripped commodore 64 blips and stabs (note the cheeky nintendo voices as outliers). a fusion of analog discoveries and pixelated memories (melded together by the relentless florida heat), its an apt soundtrack for long and wistful road trips.

supported by laurent garnier

incl kiko navarro, kaidi tatham, blair frech, ezel, cee elassaad, chris coco, john beltran & john arnold mixes

full cover sleeve. balearic summer vibes .. incl huge dj support! tip!

peter croce takes the baton back from blair french for rocksteady disco’s 9th release entitled agape. its vision is similar to standing still is an illusion, with peter’s unique take on this afro­brazilian deep house three­tracker.

cosmic handshakes sees the pairing of 2 extremely talented detroit natives - blair french & todd modes - who take elements of disco, techno, jazz, house, afrobeat, latin music, dub and electronics and filter them through their own unique view of dance music. steeped in soul, live instrumentation, sampling and analogous alchemical studio processes, french & modes give us an exhilarating and fresh take on the deepest smoked out, after hours sounds of the city of detroit. in the mist is the duo s second release, following on from 2013 s the delicate details , released on the m1 sessions imprint. the last 2-3 years has seen the pair individually release music on a plethora of varied and esteemed global labels such as fit sounds, claremont 56, rocksteady discos and more. we at gghq are very excited to finally share with the world what we feel is hands down one of our favourite releases yet. a compelling body of work from front to back, the tracks on in the mist work perfectly as a self contained home listener, or as we ve found, just as well on a darkened dancefloor, leaving the choice up to you, the listener.

waxwork records presents the deluxe soundtrack vinyl re-issue of the excorcist. directed by the legendary and prolific william friedkin (the french connection, sorcerer, cruising, to live and die in la) and starring linda blair, the excorcist remains one of the most important, and scariest films in cinematic history. . deluxe features include exclusive liner notes from director william friedkin, re-mastered audio, old style tip-on gatefold jackets with soft touch coating, a 12-x12inch booklet, 180 gram colored vinyl, and all new artwork by justin erickson of phantom city creative.

celebrated ambient artist john beltran jointly release not one but two vinyl compilations on delsin records in association with his own dado label.