Jeromy Nail - Dontcha Care (Innerflight Music)

Jeromy Nail returns to Seattle’s Innerflight Music with his latest single "Dontcha Care", featuring remixes from a trio of talented Pacific Northwesterners. Jeromy has had a number of releases for the likes of Viva Recordings, Hype & Soul, House Call, and Uniting Souls, who he's been associated with since the early 2000s. He's been especially busy in the studio lately, and "Dontcha Care" marks Jeromy's second release on Innerflight Music in just a few months.

"Dontcha Care", featuring a fusion of arpeggiated synths over a dynamic bass line, fades in slowly but quickly finds its natural stride. Jeromy keeps the pace moving forward interweaving warm chords, vocal samples, and melodic elements which culminate in a contrast of driving rhythms against fading summer vibes. For good measure, and to help sate the vocal adverse, an instrumental mix is also supplied.

Hanssen (of Jacob London fame, and hot off the heels of acclaimed sophomore full-length Transit on Hush Hush Records) delivers a slower, pitched-down version. A deep, textured four-on-the-floor groove builds over eight minutes. With its superb production, spacious atmospherics, and Hanssen’s signature left-field stylings, this remix is sure to please.

Next up is Liberian-born artist / producer Sam Paye. Cutting his teeth in the 2000s US breakbeat and progressive scenes, Sam toured extensively to support releases on Moonshine and System Recordings. More recently focused on a mélange of hip-hop, dancehall, and electronic soul, Sam turns over a stellar mix which captures the flavor of the original reimagined as a trap-inspired, bass-infused club banger.

Rounding things out with an intricately dubbed-out, tech-house flavored rendition is Portland’s Jon Cates. Known for his work on Om Records as Rocket Empire and Cates & dPL, Jon effortlessly blends snappy, syncopated drums, light percussion, vocal stabs, and melodic synth elements to take the dance floor on a smooth, hypnotic ride deep into the twilight hours.

Nick Warren (Hope Recordings) - “Great original and a killer Hanssen remix!”
Brett Johnson (Bang The Box / Classic Music Company) - “I really like Hanssen’s remix.”
Tyler Stadius (Despite / Dialtone Records) - “I’m feeling the Jon Cates remix.”
Golf Clap (Country Club Disco) - “Dope!”
Sumsuch (Colour and Pitch / Mega Jawns) - “The Jon Cates remix is doing it for me. The original is lovely, too!”
Eric Davenport (Guesthouse) - “Solid futuristic grooves.”
Distant People (Foliage / Seamless) - “This is so cool. It just has a wicked lifted feel to it … so clean and full of feeling.”
Al Bradley (3am Recordings) - “I’m feeling Jon Cates’s remix here … really solid deepness with a subtle warmth. It’s ideal for my mid-sets.”
DJ Firefly (Couch Dancing on WRCT 88.3 FM) - “Every mix of this is good in it's own way … solid release all around!”
Jero Nougues (Deep Essence Radio Show) - “Jon Crates remix is ON POINT! Loving the groove from that track.”
Kid Hops (KEXP 90.3 - Seattle) - “Lovely EP.”
KP London (FEEL Radio Show) - “Supporting Sam Paye remix 100%.”
Simon Kirk (Stag Beetle Radio Show / Proton Radio) - “Another big release from Innerflight … Jon Cates’s beautiful remix has me hooked. I will be all over this for a long time to come.”

Available now from Beatport, Juno Download, iTunes, and Spotify.

Jeromy Nail - Amphibians (Uniting Souls Music)

Uniting Souls Music returns for the imprint's twenty third release with "Amphibians" by longtime Seattleite and Uniting Souls resident Jeromy Nail.

As part of the Uniting Souls Music collective since the early 2000s, Jeromy sharpened his DJ’ing skills on many late night dance floors, including residences at the seminal Flammable Sundays – the West Coast’s longest running house weekly twenty years strong – and the (now defunct) electronic dance music haven See Sound Lounge. With releases and remixes for the likes of Viva Recordings, Build It Records, Bomb Recordings, Hype & Soul, House Call, and, of course, the Uniting Souls label, Jeromy’s been busy on the scene.

Built around chopped vocals and double-bass samples overlaid with moody pads and melodic elements, the "Amphibians" original mix emits a quirky flavor rooted in a four-on-the-floor foundation. The dub mix re-contextualizes the original elements in a deeper, minimal, bass-laden context that could be taken as ‘micro house.’

First up on remix duties, Philadelphia’s Pete Moss delivers an extended, stripped-down mix of the original that’s sprinkled with the vocal and melodic phrasing and fortified by a tougher bass line. Portland-based Jon Cates, best known for his work with Om Records as part of Cates&dpL, also provides a take on "Amphibians" with a deep, driving tech-house infused version, keeping the energy level high with layered percussion and drum elements, thick bass, and subtle textures that capture the essence of the original but take it down a fresh new path.

Gene Farris - "Deep!"
Chris Fortier (Fade) - "The Pete Moss remix is just right, and the Jon Cates mix is good, too."
DJ Craig C (Pound Boys) - "Good deep stuff here!"
Craig Whitfield (The HHA / Restless Soul) - "I really like the Pete Moss remix. Sounds great up loud with that killer bass line."
Inland Knights - "The original's got a nice swing to it … also digging the Pete Moss remix."
Nutritious (SpinSpinNYC) - "'Amphibians' is excellent. Swimming. The remixes are great, too."
Al Bradley (3am Recordings) - "Very nice … the dub and Pete Moss remix shade it for me, but it's a cool package all round."
DJ Nova (Nova Planet Radio Show) - "I love the sound of the dub … it's so trippy and reminds me of '90s house music."
DJ Zach (Subtronic End Radio Show) - "Solid house music. I love the pulsing bass on Jon Cates' mix."
Tariq Ziyad (New Urban ERA) - "Lovely deep sounds to get lost in."
Eric Davenport (Guesthouse) - "Top notch production on all versions. House music at its best."

Available now from Beatport and Traxsource.

Jon Cates - Wibbly Bibbly (Shameless Audio)

Shameless Audio is proud to present "Wibbly Bibbly", a spacey and driving bass house affair by Jon Cates (Cates&dpL) with impressive and diverse remixes from MO7S (Monism Music) and Caloris (the duo of Joe Bellirngham and Traeger Evans).

Cates' original is a serious genre-spanning dance floor crusher that bridges classic and contemporary house vibes. Cates deftly combines bass house low end and melodic leads with classic deep house hi-hat grooves, vocal samples, and filtered synth lines. The track starts with a heavy sub-bass and stripped down, but quickly crescendos into a tripped-out, peak hour journey into some 'really strange' and extremely hooky music.

The MO7S remix takes the track deeper and and in more melodic directions. MO7S brings out some of the original's melody and groove then layers them with all sorts of percussion and a rich, organ-like synth. Most of the track's core drive comes from a warm and moving bass line and a subtle yet grabbing use of the original's key hook. Like Cates, the M07S remix builds up in all the right ways, but is always DJ and dance floor friendly.

The Caloris' Reflection mix harnesses the original's drive and channels it into a deep and stripped-down big room tech-house banger. A sonar-like synth, trippy filtered leads, and deconstructed vocals from the original gallop over Joe Bellingham's signature spacey pads and driving low end. The interplay between the kick and bass line makes subs, DJs, and dancers move in all the right ways.

Joeski - "Dope!"
Anthony Pappa - "Cool release … some nice tracks here that will be used."
Tensnake - "The original is nice."
Larry Tee - "Groovy!"
Tom Lown (Lucky Sun / Savoir Faire) - "Nice vibe on the original … warm, bubbly and deep."
Pete Moss - "Excellent!"
Ivan Garci (Vlosfer Records / Deepwit) - "Fantastic release with some great sounds."
Denite (Diynamic / Get Physical) - "Nice tracks … the original is the one for me."
Chris Fortier (Fade) - "This sounds good!"
Pete Williams (Natural Rhythm) - "Jon's original is the one. Its driving groove and atmospheric elements makes this release."
Pat Lezizmo (Conya Records / Karmaloft) - "A very nice original!, a cool MO7S remix, and an excellent Caloris remix. Nice package!"
Lorenzo al Dino (7th District Inc. / Royal Plastic) - "All three tracks are well done and get my support."
Tyler Stadius (Deepsite / Dialtone Records) - "I love the hypnotic original … I'll play it soon."
Simon Kirk (Stag Beetle Radio Show) - "Wow … this is serious. Great remixes but the original is simply awesome with its driving bottom end, bright percussion, and cool spoken vocal."
Sandro Bianchi (Ibiza Sonica) - "Nice tracks … I especially like the MO7S remix."
Michael Fossati (Spirit of House) - "The original is a truly glamorous slice of atmospheric late night bliss."
Strictly Underground Music - "Really good EP! 'Wibbly Bibbly' is our pick here but we really like the deeper and darker vibe on the Caloris’ remix."

Available now from Beatport, Juno Download, iTunes, and Spotify.