Space Coast & JP Soul feat. Audio Angel - The Way (Roam Recordings)

“The world gets smaller every day. We keep getting caught up trying to find our way.” These are the lyrics from the latest offering on Roam Recordings -- a slick multi-mood original vocal dance floor burner of a single featuring a lot of heavy hitters in the biz giving a take on it. "The Way" is an east (space?) coast meets west coast project. Florida's Sleazy McQueen and Jorge Collazo are Space Coast, composers of the soundtrack for the not-so-distant space travel in our futures. They pair up with the Roam bossman, JP Soul, a San Franciscan and role-player in the 40 Thieves gang. And Audio Angel, also from the Bay Area and a long time label familiar, lends her lovely vocals to the single.

The original collaboration between Space Coast, JP Soul, and Audio Angel is a smooth groover perfect for the more sultry of sets. Sleazy McQueen’s remix pushes the energy into main dance floor attraction territory with a galloping low end that rattles the bass bins. The Dub keeps it tight with chopped up and stuttering elements from the original making for a more hypnotic vibe.

Rounding off the EP are two new remixes with a few surprises by Wolf+Lamb and Nick Monaco. Zev and Gadi from Wolf+Lamb are two characters synonymous with a slyer and often slowed-to-a-passionate-pulse side of dance music. They're self staters and their music shows for it. Playful claps lend their remix all the cheekiness it needs while the hand percussion provides a primal dance groove that builds with off-kilter organs and bass that sputters. When joined by prodigious Northern California talent Nick Monaco for an additional remix, the boys come up with an old world-tinted jam led by a burlesque piano, keeping with the same joyous percussion.

Sunshine Jones (Dubtribe) - “So good it’s just stupid … love it.”
diskJokke (Full Pupp / Smalltown Supersound) - "Nice remix work from Sleazy McQueen and Wolf+Lamb. I'm looking forward to playing both."
Ant Plate (Rhythm Plate / YSE) - “Great vocal … it’s Sleazy McQueen’s mix for me this time.”
Chris Todd (Crazy P / Hot Toddy) - “Wolf+Lamb and Nick Monaco mixes are both really nice.”
Gavin Hardkiss  - “Two great talents making dope music.”
Jask (Thaisoul) - "This is very nice!"
Ben Mono (Undertones Gang / Plant Music) - “Lovely … will definitely play.”
OOFT! (Foto Rec.) - “Nice groove on the Wolf+Lamb mixes.”
Craig Stewart (Montana & Stewart / DCSTrax) - “The original is serious shizzle … great work.”
Distant People (SSRadio / Foliage) - “Oh yeah, nice cheeky groove to this … bumping mix by Sleazy McQueen.”
Ben Gomori (Data Transmission / Nurvous) - “I like the moody Wolf+Lamb mix!"
Sumsuch (Colour and Pitch / Mega Jawns) - “Incredible package this is … warm and smooth original, fantastic remixes, and good vibes throughout. Support is a no-brainer.”
Shane Johnson (Fish Go Deep / Red FM) - “Wolf+Lamb remix doing it for me here … good raw percussion with enough music and vocal going on to keep it interesting throughout.”
Bogdan Taran (Dance Box Radio Show) - “Wolf+Lamb remix is brilliant … that bass part in the middle of the track is perfect!”
SimonG (Deep South Audio) - “Quality in so many areas … the original is a sun soaked dream ready for an afternoon session … the dub will lock down the dance floor later at night.”
Tee Cardaci (Low Down Grooves / Sine Qua Non) - “So much to love about this … Roam continues to go from strength to strength with every release!”

Available now from Beatport and Juno Download.

Honey Claws - Money Jaws Remix EP (Whiskey Pickle Records)

Honey Claws is a new international electronic punk-hop duo formed by American house DJ / producer Thomas Sahs and European-based indie rocker and emcee Jon Von Letscher aka Jov. The Money Jaws Remix EP says it all in the title … once the Whiskey Pickle boys caught a whiff of the original Money Jaws album with its hyper-stylized electro-swagger, it was imperative that remixes be created. Selecting two of the finest cuts from the primary release, “Me A Nude" and "Sleepover,” the Pickle posse went to work tapping a cast of talented characters to provide the needed dance floor treatments.

Florida-based outfit Space Coast is the collaborative effort of analogue wizard Sleazy McQueen and multi-instrumentalist Jorge Collazo. Together, they weave a cosmic tapestry befitting of their nom de plume; the duo launch “Me A Nude” into deep space with an infectious swing. Then Sleazy McQueen takes a solo space-walk on his Dub Remix while fellow moon-cruiser Ursula 1000 engages the hyper-drive core with his usual brand of boogie infusions.

The mysterious Redsean from Dallas, Texas blesses the vibes of “Sleepover” on his first official remix under the moniker. His sultry and sublime retouch is pure 5 AM gold, ladies and gents. Austin-based funkster Off Da Clock is next to lay his hands on “Sleepover” and - be forewarned - it is NSFW! His silky Sex In Da Pool version is a shuffling foot stomper with glossy pads and bubbling leads that’ll have you making new friends (with benefits) on the dance floor. Whiskey Pickle stalwart Zack Highwire is back from his voyage around the sun, bringing the funky solar jams with his Space Garage version. The package closes out with a previously unreleased Can’t Stop The Music Edit of “Sleepover” … something to give any extraterrestrial boppers an authentic taste of pure Honey Claws.

Ursula 1000 - “Smokin’ … but I’m biased!”
Tim “Love” Lee (Tummy Touch) - “I love it.”
Alex From Tokyo (Tokyo Black Star) - “Sleazy McQueen’s mix is my jam!”
Spettro (Crosstown Rebels / Team Records) - “‘Sleepover (Can’t Stop The Music Edit)’ is perfect for Sunday afternoon parties by the pool! Love the stabs and dubby vocal work here.”
Severino (Horse Meat Disco / Dalston Superstore) - “Pretty cool vibe.”
Coyote (… Is It Balearic? / International Feel) - “I love Zack Highwire’s Space Garage mix of ‘Sleepover.’”
Ulysses (Neurotic Drum Band) - “I love the vibe of ‘Me a Nude’ … that’s a great vocal. All the mixes of it are great.”
Stereo 77 (Plimsoll Records) - “Ursula 1000 takes the prize. Killer remix!”
Al Bradley (3am Recordings) - “A really strong selection of beats here; the Space Coast, Sleazy McQueen, and Ursula 1000 mixes are all wicked, likewise with the Off Da Clock and the bumpy Zack Highwire versions of ‘Sleepover.’ But the pick here for me is the Redsean version, which is effortlessly gorgeous, managing to be both ultra-smooth but also packing a whopping dance floor punch. I’m down with that! Skills on this release.”
DK Watts (Short Bus Kids / Bounce House) - “Eclectic stuff, and a great group of remixers.”
Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco Radio Show) - “The Sleazy McQueen dub remix is brilliant! Love it.”
Dado Funky Poetz (Radio Monte Carlo) - “Yeah! Disco-punk for fashion’s next victim.”
Michael Stukes (Mystic Vybes Radio Show) - “High powered hipness here!”

Available now from Beatport and Juno Download.

Lonely Boy - Love Wanted (Dance:Revolt Recordings)

Dance:Revolt comes clean with its sophomore release featuring the forlorn yet funky sounds of the mysterious Lonely Boy. This forsaken lad has cozied up next to his most faithful friend, the blinking lights of a dark studio, and produced the evocative “Love Wanted” for not-so-lonely dance floors. “Love Wanted” cries out for spins as its ’80s dance beat references, plucky guitars, spacey echo flourishes, and stylish hooks make the swoons of the Lonely Boy come alive. So the Lonely Boy can finally have some company, Dance:Revolt enlisted a diverse cast of characters to flip up and rub down “Love Wanted.” Included are interpretations from the globe-trotting Paolo Mojo (Oosh Records), Patrick Podage (Noir, Circle Music), Sleazy McQueen and Jorge Collazo’s Space Coast (Lost Paradise), Subtron (Get Physical), and Brian Morse (Shelving Music). It’s a stellar package from Dance:Revolt that should find a home with DJs of many different stripes and earn Lonely Boy an army of new friends.

Sunshine Jones (Dubtribe) - “Amazing original version … love!”
Chris Todd (Crazy P, Hot Toddy) - “The original for me all the way … great production!”
Jay West - “Pure class. I’m loving this.”
Severino (Horse Meat Disco) - “Super cool release … I like the vocals.”
Ilya Santana - “Nice ’80s feel … I love the bass line.”
Chris Fortier - “The Space Coast mix is the one for me.”
Chris Udoh (Tigerhook) - “Tune! Paolo Mojo brings it!”
Phunktastike - “Great release! The Patrick Podage remix is my pick.”
Q-Burns Abstract Message - “Insanely catchy vocal line that sounds nice when dubbed out a bit in the original. The slinky Space Coast version gives it even more of a groove injection. Choice.”
diskJokke - “Thumbs up!”
DZeta N’ Basile (Tsuba) - “The Paolo Mojo mix for us!”
Rick Preston - “I love this … every mix!”
So Called Scumbags (Subliminal, Defected) - “Great EP! Such a good original with killer mixes right through.”
Sarah Favouritizm (Southport Weekender) - “Love it … full support!”
Will SumSuch (DeepWit, Etoka) - “Just brilliant! The original is lovely, and if there was any justice in this world it would be a pop hit. Great, varied remixes here, but Space Coast’s version has just completely blown me away. Evocative and fragile, yet powerful. The Subtron version is nice, too. Top release … oh, and great artwork!”

Available now from Juno Download and Beatport.

Kurt & Russell - Looking For The Real Thing (Mr Kim's Records)

In the wise words of Mr Kim (Five time Shaolin Kung-fu karaoke world champion): “Welcome to Mr Kim’s Records. May you have good fortune, good friends, good times, and good music!” Which brings us to introducing Kurt & Russell‘s “Looking For The Real Thing.”

Post Disco pop? Its vintage warm strings, funky bass line, and catchy lead line and vocoder melody may lead you to think it is but Mr Kim would like to call it ’Double Happiness Disco’ as it not only makes you want to dance, it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Along with the original are 3 enlightened remixes from the western world:

Chicago born-and-bred house music heavyweight James Curd (especially renowned for Greenskeepers, behind the scenes work in TV and film, and having remixed the likes of Groove Armada, Flight Facilities, and Kaskade) has teamed up with Empire of The Sun’s bassist, and fellow DFA mate, Sidwho? on this remix. They take things up a notch, and rework it to a house-eee dancefloor-peak-hour groove. Will easily fit into a range of DJ sets that both Aeroplane or Jesse Rose can work with.

Flip it over and you have another 2 solid remixes:
The first is by Australian electronic producer Harris Robotis. Shouts to underground Berlin. It’s pitched down (Mr Kim is certain Harris got the devil to re-sing the vocals), stripped back and deeper, which is super-characteristic of his unique style. The low wobbly bass-line and steady groove will be just the thing for Jamie Jones, Audiojack, and Art Department lovers.

The final remix comes from Florida (not Flo-rida), and is courtesy of Space Coast, the collaboration of Sleazy McQueen and Jorge Collazo. Space Coast whole-heartedly believe in space travel and plan on providing the sound track to it. They haven’t strayed too far from the original, beefing it out with some extra atmospheric disco sounds and an added heartfelt sub-bass.

Mr Kim would like to leave you with one thought when you are “Looking For The Real Thing”: “Squirrel who runs up woman’s leg not find nuts!”

Aeroplane - “The Space Coast mix is great, as is the James Curd & SidWho? mix.”
Tom Findlay (Groove Armada) - “I really love this.”
Will SumSuch (DeepWit / Etoka) - “If Crazy P and Daft Punk smoked a few pipes and had a jam session, it might sound a little something like this. Sublime!”
Sleazy McQueen - “Heavy!”
Sunshine Jones - “Go, Mr. Kim!”
Luke Solomon - “Great bass in the Harriss Robotis Remix. Full support.”
Danny Ashenden (C90s / Earl Grey) - “Bang! I love this!”
Chrissy Murderbot (Planet Mu / Loose Squares) - “So good!”
Black Alley (In Control Radio Show) - “i like this kinda modern take on disco … fresh!”
Deadbeat Disco Radio Show - “Harris Robotis gets the gold star for his authentic sounding bumper, sounding like it was found in the vaults at the old House Of Music label offices in the early–80s in Italy, via the medium of Italo-electro-time-travel.”
Chang Bang (Red Bull Music Academy) - “Lots of nice remixes here. I’m diggin’ the sinister bass line on Harris Robert’s remix. Space Coast delivers a nice journey to Mars.”

Available now from Juno Download and Beatport.