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soul kiss ep by around7

around7 follows up his two laidback funk/jazz albums for robsoul jazz with his first ever venture into house music. his double crossing ep released through the main robsoul recordings imprint on 4th april 2014. the parisian, who previously delivered the back to basics and soul on wire lps to critical acclaim, continues his production style of sampling complemented by live, organic sounds. producer influences such as j dilla and dj premier continue to be in evidence, alongside the jazz of miles davis, bill evans and the legendary blue note records, all given a 4/4 twist.the result is four stripped back tracks with a low slung, smoky atmosphere, packed pull of acoustic sounds and live instrumentation. those who remember joss moogs early outings on robsoul will also find parallels here around7s music career began as a bassist and trumpet player in a jazz/funk band. after learning to play keyboard and discovering the akai mpc sampler and software such as cubase, he merged all of his skills together to create his own tracks based around live instrumentation and samples.

for this new release on the parisian label ondule recordings, three new producers join the crew. hideto omura from japan invite us for his deep journey through berlin, his adopted city . next step, bordeaux in france, with the young producer suburb beat associating joss moog to offer us the catchy melody of -c est la vie-. for the b side , let s go to argentina with the ufo groove by pedro d alessandro to finaly loosing you in the out tempo break of -ming- produced by around7...let s get lost!!

the parisian label starts with the ondulé family crew. and it starts well!! joss moog, around7, paul cut & hatelate feat his disco lady claire lennox. four tracks and a breath of fresh air for your future nights in club!! catchy melodic lines, dancin’ hooks & raw beats are on the menu. in short, this ep is gourmand, flavored with soul & groove served only on wax. all the ingredients that will make those guys ep an unlimited pleasure…