Various Artists - The Ohana Project Vol. 1 (Pelvic Movements)

The Hawaiian concept of 'ohana'—family—takes on urgent meaning in this compilation EP spearheaded by Scottie Soul, a DJ who planted house music seeds in Hawaii's volcanic soil three decades ago. Conceived as a fundraiser for Maui wildfire recovery, this five-track collection brings together electronic music veterans with deep Pacific connections.

Scottie Soul opens proceedings with "Love Love Love," threading chunky rhythms through a dirty 303-like bassline while speech drops fragment across late-night warehouse drums. The Ward Mix, a collaboration with legendary DJ Spun (Rong Music), transforms the original into a four-on-the-floor dancefloor destroyer, complete with echoed vocals and a breakbeat surprise ending.

San Francisco tribal-house maestro John Howard contributes two characteristically off-kilter journeys. "MMOO" layers cosmic percussion with strange orchestral synths, while "Discedit" channels NYC's avant-disco spirit through whistles, shouts, and clever quotations from classic tracks—a street-side jam that's pure vibe.

The closer from Orangutan Tiddies ft. Symphony delivers. "MAUI (Piano Dub)" marries full-throttle funk bass with old-school piano magic, as a female vocal explicitly connects the track to its beneficiary. The result lifts spirits through lush production that's equal parts garage-disco and hopeful joy.

Beyond its musical merits, The Ohana Project Vol. 1 succeeds as community action draped in electronic music. Each track pulses with purpose, transforming dance music's escapist tendencies into the profound—healing through rhythm, recovery through warehouse communion.


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Kenny Knight - Sing Your Love (Coastline Recordings)

Kenny Knight's latest single on Coastline Recordings, "Sing Your Love," combines analog warmth with digital precision for maximum house music fireworks. The three-mix package opens with Knight's Original Mix, where echoed guitar fragments dance across filtered synthesizer landscapes, creating spaces for male and female vocals to intermingle. The production radiates a charm that recalls the golden age of deep, soulful house while working it out for modern sound systems.

Knight's own Analog Dawn Mix strips away the organic elements, replacing them with squelchy synthesizer work that wouldn't sound out of place in a Chicago warehouse circa 1988. The transformation feels like an alternate reality where Knight chose different instruments to express the same emotional resonance.

Demarkus Lewis rounds out the package with his Deez Raw Life Remix, demonstrating why he's earned his reputation across 1,500+ releases. Lewis reconstructs the track from the ground up, letting the drums lead the way while organ stabs provide harmonic counterpoint. It's the kind of mix that makes more sense at 2 AM than 2 PM, but that's precisely the point.

"Sing Your Love" showcases Knight's musical background as an instrumentalist and DJ, resulting in a release that works equally well for late-night listening and club deployment. Each mix offers its perspective, creating a complete package that'll stay locked in DJs' digital crates.

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Dj Daniel D - What Is House (294 Records)

DJ Daniel D's latest single on 294 Records poses the genre's most fundamental question ... the Brazilian producer's "What Is House" arrives as a three-track exploration, each version offering its own compelling answer through sound rather than words.

TheOriginal Mix serves as a love letter to house music's golden age, where staccato piano chords dance atop filtered disco basslines. Its buoyant synth riffs and incendiary drum programming capture the essence of those transcendent dance floor moments when time seems to stand still.

The duo Paul et Luc transform the track with their signature touch, injecting Moroder-inspired bass patterns and soaring string arrangements that build to euphoric heights. Meanwhile, Nytron, son of Brazilian music royalty Pepeu Gomes and Baby, takes the track into deeper territory. His remix growls with subsonic intensity and spatial awareness, nodding to UK garage while maintaining the original's celebratory spirit.

This release demonstrates how house music's seemingly simple formula continues to yield fresh interpretations, adding another distinct chapter in an ongoing conversation about the house music's endless possibilities.

Rory Hoy (Super Hi-Fi) – “Sho nuff funky, the Paul et Luc remix is - great stuff!”
Tommy D Funk (Good For You Records) – “Wicked track. The Original Mix is the one.”
Lönya (Asymmetric Recordings) – “Great single. All of the the mixes are cool.”
Delmar Browne (The BK Basement) – “One of a kind affair.”
Klaus Benedek (Fortunea Records) – “Paul et Luc remix is massive!”
Soulfuledge (House FM) – “Original & Nytron Remix for me... I'll give them a spin on next week's Colourful show!”

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DJ Samuel Lawrence - Used To Hold Me (R Side Recordings)

DJ Samuel Lawrence's latest offering on R Side Recordings speaks to those twilight moments when the club becomes a sanctuary of shared consciousness. The two-track release showcases Lawrence's masterful understanding of deep house's spiritual DNA while pushing the dancefloor into fresh territory.

"Used to Hold Me" centers on a masterfully engineered kick drum that anchors floating vocal fragments and precise stereo stabs. The production achieves that elusive sweet spot where technical excellence meets pure dance floor magnetism. Lawrence then orchestrates layers of tribal percussion and crisp snare hits into the moody warehouse burner, "Light Dark." Like watching storm clouds gather through factory windows, the track's ominous breakdown creates tension before unleashing its rhythmic payload.

Both tracks demonstrate R Side Recordings' commitment to releasing house music that prioritizes sonic innovation and DJ utility. Lawrence's careful attention to the subtleties of sub-bass and atmospheric space allows these tools to work in both peak-time slots and deeper sets. Dig in.

John Ferris (Transitions Sydney) – “Both tracks are amazing. Used To Hold Me is a huge classic and done well.”
PillowTalk (PillowTalk Music) – “Great work! Full support.”
Joey Silvero (Distant People)** (Seamless) – “Vocal is working nice here.”
Zack Hill (TribeRadio Podcast) – “What a nice surprise! Used To Hole Me is dope.”
Jon Barnes (KZSU 90.1 FM) – “Love the groove and mood of Light Dark.”
Yogi Haughton (DJ Mag reviewer) – “Always loved the original of You Used To. This is a fierce rub.”

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