February 2012
10 posts
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Neiro - Park Authority EP (Uniting Souls Music) →
Starting in 1997 as an influential outfit organizing top notch west coast house music events, Seattle’s Uniting Souls has confidently ventured into the music-making realm with the label sharing their name. Having already issued a series of excellent releases featuring the likes of Johnny Fiasco, Brett Johnson, LawnChair Generals, and Pezzner, Uniting Souls bounce forward into 2012 with a lush...
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AM/TM - Who's Afraid Of Monty Luke (Aniligital... →
AM/TM are San Francisco pro bros Anthony Mansfield and Tal M Klein. “Who’s Afraid Of Monty Luke” is a VERY SERIOUS song Anthony and Tal wrote about their friend Monty Luke who left San Francisco and moved to Detroit so he could live closer to his techno friends and run A&R at Planet-E Communications for someone named Carl Craig who AM/TM think may be related to Carl Cox because they...
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Thomas De Lorenzo - In My Heart (Fresh Cream... →
After the success of Steeve Mask’s “Sweet Romance,” Fresh Cream Records immediately issues its second top notch single, this time from label don Thomas De Lorenzo. After releasing memorable deep, soulful house tunes on labels such as Defected and Purple Music in the last couple years, as well as his well-received “Remember My Name” for Gooseneck Records, Thomas...
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Wyndell Long - Shikago Love (Full Flavor Music) →
Full Flavor Music is honored to welcome Wyndell Long onto the label with the Shikago Love 4 track EP. A devoted music fiend since the age of 7, Wyndell Long grew up on a steady diet of black radio during the P-Funk era in Chicago. In college Long befriended Mike Dearborn, then releasing records on DJAX, who passed the early Wyndell Long productions to Pete Hutchison over at Peacefrog Records in...
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Kenny Summit - Not Just Talk (Mile End Records) →
Mile End Records is proud to present five stand-out deep house tracks from Kenny Summit’s upcoming full length album Not Just Talk. Kenny Summit is a New York City staple having DJ’ed for almost two decades in the ‘city that never sleeps.’ He’s played with pretty much all of the city’s big wigs and has forged long lasting relationships with some of the biggest...
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Sid Vaga - Brazuca (Wonderwheel Recordings) →
There’s eight million stories in New York City, and if you’re in the know, there’s a refreshing movement of bodies several stories above the Manhattan street bars and clubs in secret lofts and apartments. One of these reoccurring parties is Roland’s Six Degrees, with Sid Vaga providing the sonic backbone. After over ten years of heavy dance-floor smashing, Sid steps into...
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Chuck Love feat. Demonica Flye - The Voice (Vino... →
Minneapolis house music yogis Vino Recordings are pleased to announce the relaunch of the seminal indie house label founded in 2003. ‘Nordeast’ Minneapolis soul brother Chuck Love’s long lost feel good single “The Voice” leads the charge in a string of 2012 Vino Recordings releases. The track showcases Minneapolis house diva Demonica Flye and her plea for Chuck to save the state...
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Gurhan - Between Us EP (Deep House Proposal) →
From Istanbul comes Deep House Proposal, an enterprise that organically evolved from a Turkish club night to a well-received podcast and then eventually an ambitious label focusing on the deeper side of the house music spectrum. The idea was conceived in 2009 by DJs Berk Doan and Baris Bergiten who simply wanted to promote a style of music they wanted to hear, and were not hearing enough of....
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Sandman & Riverside - It's Too Late (FastFWD) →
FastFWD releases its ninth excursion into bold deep house and broken beat sounds with “It’s Too Late,” the latest single from in-house production duo Sandman & Riverside. The pair are known for their fine previous work for the label, embracing originality and creative expression through soulful, jazz-influenced sounds for the dance floor. Here Sandman & Riverside...
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Autoband - Autoband EP (Beatservice Records) →
Autoband is the solo project of Gudmund Østgård, a prolific member of the music scene in Tromsø, Norway. With his warm Scandinavian electronica he blends ambient, glitch and jazz to a surprising and soothing mix. The album sounds a bit like The Cinematic Orchestra snow skiing on the Arctic Circle, meeting up with Boards of Canada and Tycho, and jamming in the hotel room with Ane Brun.
This...
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John Collins - The Introspective EP (Vision... →
From East Cork, Ireland comes John Collins, a house music producer for the last twenty years who has just recently started releasing his original tracks. Releases on Soulshift Records and Freche Fruchte have followed, as well as remixes for other artists and producers. Collins is also the promoter of the Brighter Days party in Ireland showcasing electronic music live performances and DJ sets...