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Sergey Funkyjaws launches a new series of releases on his own label. The release will be available in limited edition and vinyl only.

“Want Me” – 80’s funk vibed groover with a chunky drum bed, live bass and looping, filtering lead vocals.

“If You” – slinky funk re-edit vibes with soulful vocal snippets and a groove to swing ya hips and do ya dips!

Love Creation 004 keeps the bar high with 3 diverse Creations edited with love.

The A side keeps it chunky with a touch of acid on 'Land Of Hunger' and a slo-mo groover with a deft vocal touch with 'Luther's Jam'. 'Spacetalk' is given the whole of the B side for a more playable re-edit of this left of centre funk gem.

PHILLIP BALLOU Pittsburgh-born Phillip Ballou’s earliest years were spent in the gospel field; after he moved to New York City in the ‘70s, he teamed up with Bennie Diggs and Arthur Freeman, founding members of The New York Community Choir and singer Arnold McCuller to form the group Revelation. The quartet recorded for RSO Records, scoring some R&B success in the US with tracks like “Get Ready For This” and “You To Me Are Everything,” touring the Bee Gees among others. Phillip also sang on albums by NYCC recorded for RCA Records and continued with Revelation until 1982. Frequently hired for sessions in and around New York, Phillip teamed up with UK soul music journalist David Nathan (who he’d met in 1974 during Nathan’s first US visit) and John Simmons, formerly a member of The Reflections, another New York vocal group to write a series of songs for his own proposed solo record deal. Although a contract did not materialize, one of the songs – “Ain’t Nothing Like The Love” – got some interest from famed Philadelphia producer Thom Bell who presented it to The O’Jays. Ultimately, the tune was turned down by Kenny Gamble and John Simmons, by then musical director for Stephanie Mills, recorded his own version for a small independent label in 1981. Phillip continued his own musical journey, touring and recording with James Taylor and Todd Rundgren. In addition, Phillip’s name graced recordings by George Benson, Billy Ocean, Kashif, Nona Hendryx, Jonathan Butler, Teddy Pendergrass and Melba Moore; in 1981, he began recording with Luther Vandross and became a part of Luther’s touring band for many years, as well as singing on productions by Luther on Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and others, continuing his association with him until Luther’s 2003 stroke. Phillip returned to his gospel roots in 2004 as Minister of Music at a Brooklyn church and passed away in March 2005, aged 55 .We are proud to bring you Phillips second single on Super Disco Edits, and perhaps his best! "We'll be together" is an uplifting song with an almost gospel tinged melody. But the songs lyrics portray a love thats just about to blossom.

Robin Lee returns under his Rudy's Midnight Machine guise delivering a sold dose of blissed out Mediterranean Jazz Funk circa 1981! Bringing in all the right sounds to take you away on a sun kissed cocktail dream. The opening track ''Dyane'' is full of light breezy keys cascading over a subtle rhythm track. ''La Rochelle'' is full of sunlight with great melodic hooks and light piano solos drift in and out,''Shy Smile'' takes the tempo down with a seductive breezy style.''Crytsal Dragonfly'' the title is more of a neo classical piece featuring a Korean lute and lush cello and string arrangemnets.Closing off with ''Pre De Minuit'' Robin starts off with the piano and adds dreamy rhythms as the track builds to close off the EP perfectly.

Completing a fantastic triptych of LPs for 2016, Will Saul's Aus Music is delighted to announce a debut full length from Youandewan. The Berlin based Brit's ten track 'There Is No Right Time' lands in October 2016 and shows a very real development of his deep house style. Youandewan is Ewan Smith, a DJ and producer who has quietly but consistently gone about fomenting his own tender brand of deep house. He has been doing so since 2009 and most recently settled on this label with tracks that are shy but seductive, and full of both motive and emotive forces. This album stays true to that narrative, but really sees the producer finding his feet with his most accomplished and elegant work to date. Much of the music was sketched out during a wintery Berlin three years ago. Having left London, hungover from a breakup, Smith found himself broke and secluded in an apartment for four months. All this lent the music he wrote a melancholic vibe, one that nods to the lonely nature of the job and to the darker side of constant partying and all that comes with it. A swelling, expansive piece of melodic atmospherics starts things off, then the soft hues of some analog chords bring a neon glow to the weightless whirl of 'Be Good To Me, Poly'. Soaring synths marry with a raw drum and bass combo on 'Waiting for L',
then 'Time To Leave (Can't Mix)' resets to a piano laced beatdown vibe that is willfully wallowing. '10405 (Alice)' is a
shimmering, crescendoing piece, and from there the second half of the album begins to take an upward and optimistic swing through the floating, graceful harmonies of 'Our Odyssey'.
'Something Keeps Me Real Quiet' is a concession to the floor with its rusted electro slither, 'Left On Lucy' calls upon friend Huerta for a flailing bit of hi-tek soulful house Derrick May would be proud of, and 'Earnest Kelly' nods to the '80s with its stomping retrosynthesis. Finally, '4D Anxiety' allows all pent up emotion and energy to dissipate via a playful hip-hop jam effortlessly tapped out on an MPC. Essentially, this is a listening album that proves deep house done needn't be reserved for the club. It is
vulnerable and musical, and stays with you long after it finishes playing.

Limited remastered edition of an all time italo classic gem from 1983. Today is one of the rarest italo releases in big demand by collectors, now reissued in the right form including both vocal and extended instrumental versions.

Italo disco rarity from 1984 with Also Playable Mono and Longdrink remixes

Japan's Dai San returns with his second EP on GAMM and this time he goes on a jazzy escapade with three cuts ranging from Disco-Jazz, Fusion-Funk and deep Rare Grooves.

The A side begins with Sundance, a peak time Jap-Fusion Disco jam sounding like if it was Azymuth's Jazz Carnival twin sister...a definitive dancer for the jazzier crews.
On the flipside, Dai San goes deeper with a fusion-funk edit and a spaced-out jazz-glide.

Sweat drops on naked skin, gloss high upon the white blue sky. Take me to the top, white wash seashore break on the rock. Seduction mainstream leftfield of the Balearic dream. No shadowseater, boardwalk sunfeeler

French electronic trio Jabberwocky are back with bangers. After 2 albums released on Polydor/Universal Music, 4 years of touring, and millions of views on streaming platforms and Youtube, the group of long time friends independently released a series of EPs with italodisco and 80's clubs high energy influences. The producers are now imposing their italo-disco shift by announcing a new album to come in June 2021. "Feeling Dancing Tempo" is saturated with powerful beats and analog sounds inspired by space music and guaranteed to make you dance.

Named after a Lewis Carroll poem and consisting of three friends in Camille Camara (piano conservatoire), Emmanuel Bretou (self-taught guitar and bass), and Simon Pasquer (sampling and MAO), there's a wonderfully organic sense of chemistry between each member. Best known for their hit single "Photomaton", Jabberwocky are now looking to evolve past their previous sounds into wholly new territory.

Equally inspired by sci-fi films, Italodisco, and Salvador Dali, there's multidimensional layers to Jabberwocky's music that reveals new details with every listen. They've also been influenced by the energy accrued from years of touring alongside a recent move to Paris that's engulfed them in the city's long-standing culture.

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Kon steps back up to the plate with a sumptuous 12" offering, digging into his stash of disco, funk and boogie to bring us more heat!

'Alright' kicks things off, a huge anthemic soulful piano led disco stomper that will undoubtedly be a real highlight in your DJ set. This is some peak time feel good music for the dancefloor, London even gets a shout-out! 'Stars' is our B-side, and it's beamed right in from the cosmos into our eardrums, it has it all from cosmic synth melodies to ultra heavy drums and beyond! Get lost in space to this one, you won't regret it.

Both cuts here definitely bring it, and as always - they sound amazing. File under 'must cop'.

In true Kon fashion, these tracks have been respectfully remixed by Kon from source, and they won't stick around for long. Don't sleep!

While there is a wealth of young, fresh talent on the house music scene right now, few have cultivated such a polished sound as Mark Laird. Hailing from Ireland but already enjoying success on the international scene, Laird joins Shall Not Fade's Killer Cuts series for the diverse and invigorating Random EP.

First on the 5-tracker is "Bet", and it's an immediate onslaught of breaks and heavy kicks, a chunky melody that follows choppy vocals to create a cheeky bit of dancefloor action. "I Just Wanna" takes on a noughties fidget house style, cascading vocal samples that are somehow hypnotic.

On the B-side, Laird shows the breadth of his production abilities, moving away from the hard-hitting club beats for a moment on "4 Cruisin'" and instead crafting a pulsing, spaced out house track that feels like sunshine dazzling on some far-off beach. This blissful energy grows in the next track, "Woosh" - a euphoric warehouse rave-tinged number that showcases the best of classic piano house. Closing off the EP is the edgy, energetic "Ghetto Booty", with flavours of early American house sounds and a groove that is impossible not to move to.

Ray Mang brings his signature Disco heat to these two New York Jams! CHO AND RANDOM IMPETUS is a New York based multi piece band. Collaborating with local musicians and recording with analog equipment, CHO AND RANDOM IMPETUS utilizes jazz, funk, soul and disco melodies to create rich 1970s esque sounds. Gouranga - Be Happy!

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One of the most sought after releases by Larry Heard aka Mr Fingers aka Disco D!! For the very first time in almost 25 years this is available again on vinyl, remastered from one of the remaining rare vinyl copies! An essential valuable reissue!

A big move in a new direction to start a big, new-direction year, 2021!

The debut single from Saidera, a trio comprised of Alex Pasternak, formerly of Lemonade; Mike Cheever, a.k.a. Le Chev, previously of Avan Lava; and Brazilian samba school leader, Osvaldo "Vadinho" Luiz Freire de Araújo, on vocals and songwriting duties.

The two tracks here meet somewhere in the middle of where the three members come from: they're laden with electronics and tuned for the club, but they're also distinctly Latin, crackling with joyful Carnaval energy, and everything's sung in Portuguese.

Following this is a string of instrumentals and remixes, and, eventually, a second record we're keeping the lid on for now.

Please, don´t try to hurt my feelings!!

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Lego Edit still provides 3 killer cuts for the dj's! Essential 12"
ready to smash the dancefloor!

There has been a musical changing of the guard in Vienna the last years. Over due too some would
say. Out with old crusty chilled downtempo and elevator music and most definitely in with new
exciting and innovative electronica, be it Hip Hop or House or Techno. Much of this has been
because of the new breed of club and party people who have taken risks and brought over from
overseas very cool underrated and forward thinking producers and DJ's to play at their parties. This
has influenced a new generation of likeminded musical factions and cliques in Vienna who are now
producing passionate and quality beats too. One such label is Luv Shack Records and apart from
organising some of the cities best parties, they now see fit to express themselves through the
medium of vinyl and digital downloads with a roster of local talent.
LeSale opens things up on the EP with 'Make Me Feel So Good'. Strong Disco overtones that hark
back to the days of the Garage and the Loft. Disco in its purest and most sensible form was always
just about a groove, and this has a groove. Minimal piano and vocal loops take nothing away from
this gorgeous groove either.
Burnin Tears continue the Nu-Disco theme with 'Confessions'. A punchy almost reggae trance
with the big claps and a massive gospel shout out that really do light up this energy laden track.
Vienna is definitely in the house though with some tight echo and reverb filling the holes.
On the flip, we get more sophisticated and deeper with Jakobin & Domino, two very exciting
producers that have had some nice sounds recently on Easymoods out of Graz. These guys always
add plenty of atmosphere to their music and 'Night Glow' just oozes the savoir-faire with some
soft acid and a little late night Detroit.
Last but not least, Lee Stevens & The Beautiful People drop one of those mid tempo monsters that
never feel out of place these days. Dropping the odd cowbell and with short and thick basslines that
really do stick, this ends up being a really tight channel and groove.

Jazz, Funky, Soul, Brazilian, Electronic...are some of the
musical genres that make up the Afro sound, in the 80s .
DJ plays Afro Sound at that time, and the vinyl mix sometimes
could last even several minutes. A journalist of a well-known
newspaper in Rome wrote “Disco and DJs world is changing!
The most exciting thing about DJ mixing between 2 tracks, is
that the mix itself causes new vibes to open...is like the born of
new track!"
The 80s is the revolution that paved the way for future
generations…