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The final release of music from Noel Williams' solo recordings reaches an apex, with Music Street. Electro as he would do it, with hooks and touches of an ear for pop, with added bass and swing, giving it that boogie.

Written with his wife, the late Betty Wright, appearing in 1983 on his Tashamba label - a spin off from Konduko - and some three years before her own, "pop" version was released.

Music Street pulses, a story of Downtown in song, with snap hats and programmed bass highlighting the shift from the Ex-tras "band" to a studio focus. Vocal and instrumental are a DX soundclash, as vocoder hits the Boogaloo beat.

The final Discomix moves close to the source, welcoming Philadelphia's Universal Cave collective of Brian Cassidy, Shawn Ryan and Ryan Todd to step up State side. The collective, party and label have been releasing cassettes, CDRs and 7" edits since 2012, featuring the in-house's crew, as well as the likes of The Beat Broker, Jaz and DJ Duckcomb.

Their remix extends, loops, flips and dubs with respect and eyes on the floor. Teasing the intro, before vocal is loops and whirled, reverb and echo to fall through. That's where I want to be.

After a first year of activity with 3 beautiful single reissues, SOL DISCOS presents its first album, with the compilation Message In Our Music, selected by WAXIST. Focusing on Modern-Soul genre, the selection ranges from 1976 to 1983 and gathers a nice selection of independent and private press records, all officially licensed.

From the David Nathan's downtempo previously unreleased version of "Ain't Nothing Like The Love", to the beautiful Glen Missick's gospel dancer "Message In Our Music", the album aims at providing to the listener a glimpse of the wide spectrum of productions that exist in this musical genre.

Some of these beauties are officially reissued on vinyl for the very first time, including some highly sought after records such as "Deep Inside Of You" by The Harden Brothers, "My Dream" by Harvell Guiton, or "Love With Me" by Don Scott.

The album has been fully remastered by The Carvery in the UK, and features liner notes for each of the songs, plus exclusive pictures provided by the involved artists & producers.

Nearly two years on from their last Casino Edits outing and marking six years of the label itself, Casino Times return for Casino Edits #5.

The A is a beefed-up take on a punchy European disco staple.
An infectious groove is coupled with fluttering arpeggios and a rigorous bassline that builds tension throughout to deliver some peak-time power.

Meanwhile on the flip, B1 brings synthesised and organic voices together with eerie melodies and a low slung beat, creating a rock-infused haze.
B2 finishes the release off on a house tip, with a relentless percussive loop that bends between mind-melting FX and an uncompromising square wave bass..

Obscure & Obsolete strike again with another collection of rare grooves featuring classic remakes & unreleased versions. 5 cuts in all. Two mixes of Patti Boulaye on the A-side and hard to find mixes of Juan Torres, Kikrokos, and Methusalem on the flip.

Re issue of Timmy Thomas's long sought after "Afrcaino" 12" excavated from the deepest realms of the TK Disco vaults.

When it comes to this Deep Disco cut, Africano is one of those tracks that became a dancefloor favorite of Danielle Baldelli who during the 80s played Disco, African records, American R&B, and reggae to create what has been since become known as the Afro-Cosmic scene at the height of Club culture in the discotheques of Northern Italy.

Remastered, represented and brought back into focus for 2017's DJ bags and dance-floors!

As usual, these TK represses are always done in the proper manner. 100% legit re-edits, from the archive, remastered and released in conjunction with Henry Stone Music / TK Disco - Miami FL.

The Sound of Detroit by one of its unsung heroes, Amp Fiddlers new album Motor City Booty coming straight off the D Funk assembly line, a full on dance floor affair from Motown to P-Funk, Techno and Neo Soul. This 12 track album produced by Amp Fiddler & Yam Who includes the massive 'Soul Fly' sounding like a Mark Ronson production had he been hanging out with George Clinton's Parlet followed by the bonafide P-Funk anthem 'Steppin' both featuring the stunning vocals by the Dames Brown girls.
Amp Fiddler is credited for taking both a young J Dilla and also Q-Tip under his wing teaching them his Akai MPC techniques, setting the path for some of Hip Hops finest recordings which have defined the shape of things to come.
His musical collaborations & current duties include: Moodymann's musical maestro, keyboard wizard for Theo Parrish's live band, a longstanding Funkadelic member, co-writer for Sly & Robbie, Prince, Maxwell, Jamiroquai & Seal to name a few.
The LP features and exclusive Live version of Superficial only available on this format!

The Sound of Detroit by one of its unsung heroes, Amp Fiddlers new album Motor City Booty coming straight off the D Funk assembly line, a full on dance floor affair from Motown to P-Funk, Techno and Neo Soul. This 12 track album produced by Amp Fiddler & Yam Who includes the massive 'Soul Fly' sounding like a Mark Ronson production had he been hanging out with George Clinton's Parlet followed by the bonafide P-Funk anthem 'Steppin' both featuring the stunning vocals by the Dames Brown girls.
Amp Fiddler is credited for taking both a young J Dilla and also Q-Tip under his wing teaching them his Akai MPC techniques, setting the path for some of Hip Hops finest recordings which have defined the shape of things to come.
His musical collaborations & current duties include: Moodymann's musical maestro, keyboard wizard for Theo Parrish's live band, a longstanding Funkadelic member, co-writer for Sly & Robbie, Prince, Maxwell, Jamiroquai & Seal to name a few.
The LP features and exclusive Live version of Superficial only available on this format!

Tasty Brazil Disco Funk for the second Ufo Edits stryke.

Amigos, Hotmood are on fire and there are few people who can deny it. Disco de los Muertos fits the tongue-in-cheek ethos of Whiskey Disco by way of groovy bass, Rhodes and subtle spoken samples. Each of the four songs in this group will work the floor day and night.

More vinyl remixes from Psychemagik with the long awaited official 'Dancehall Days' remix sanctioned by Jack Hues from Wang Chung himself. Jack liked Psychemagiks re-edit of Dance Hall Days so much he contacted the duo and offered them the parts for an official remix.

The result is a monster dancefloor friendly beast that is true to the original edit but with some extra magik! 'Psychemagik stand out from the crowd with high production values and innate musicality. I usually find remixes tedious, but this takes you on some off-world journey - very cool.' Jack Hues (Wang Chung).

The Black Pearl is very proud to present a real 80´s futuristic proto club banger from the STRÖER Brothers, with lots of clubby remixes by buddies & friends. The original track "Night Falls" was only released on a very limited hand-spread promo 12inch, which was especially pressed for the Kunstdisko art-project for the 24th Olympic games in 1988 in Seoul / South-Korea. Together with the Goethe Institut they created the "Kunstdisco" project for germany, which was located at the Yoido Ankara Square and took part for the german Seoul Olympic Art Festival. The Ströer Brothers, who were responsible for the video & music sector, invided and encouraged 25 young german composers and producers (among of them was the young DJ West Bam) to produce new music for the Kunstdisco between Rap and new electronic club music from the end of the 80´s. The Ströer Brothers, together with Howard Fine & Nadeen Holloway, were presented  through many DJ´s who played their music that they espacially created for this event. Next to the in-house project Mudegg, the single audio tracks of "Night Falls" were givin to musical buddies like First Touch, Enzo Elia, DJ Rocca, Siggatunes and Manelet to remix them and Black Pearl is more than proud to present a great variety of remixes, styles and visons on the original track. 

Belgium’s Krewcial takes the reins for the latest Riot Records release with a four tracker of gospel, soul and funk inspired disco house anthems.

Starting out as a beatmaker and MC in his late teens, Pascal Garnier has truly been here, there, everywhere and done it all. Now favouring the soulful sounds of nu disco and disco tinged house he’s released on the likes of BBE, GAMM, We Play House and Lumberjacks In Hell.

For ‘His Name EP' the A side is taken by two hands raised, gospel leaning house cuts readymade to bring elation to any floor they’re put before. The flip sees a soulful disco number sit side by side with a funk fuelled jam giving you four peak time cuts that ring the ‘All Killer, No Filler’ bell with complete confidence.

Heavy, heavy, heavyweight Boogie here from the legendary Salsoul catalogue!
The man - Leroy Burgess - with his frequent collaborator 'Red' Greg Carmichael turned in this insane 2 sider in 1981 ('Dancing into the stars' on the b-side!), both cuts just ooze that synthed out disco soul that Burgess is known for, super deep and with flawless production. Extended jams on both sides, tracks that go on and on in the best possible way! Simply put, this one's is an ESSENTIAL! Leroy's influence on House and Garage music should not be understated and it's records like this one that prove this over and over again!
Record's like this still get spin in the clubs, they still have people losing it on the dance-floor! Timeless dance music from one of the most legendary artists and labels in the game. This record is all about having fun, partying & losing yourself in the music, an essential classic that has stood the test of time for the last 30+ years & is now available again, legitimately remastered & repressed for 2017 in conjunction with Salsoul Records, NYC. You NEED this one!

Onda Nova is a new label brought to by hip-hop and boogie producers
Lordfunk (from Boogie Butt Records) & Moar (from Trad Vibe Records). With this new 7inch, they wanted to offer two top Brazilian Disco House tunes. “Corcovado” is a Deep Disco House tune for beach times under the sun. On the flip, you’ll find “Caminho”, a Disco Samba House track for party dancefloors. Moar & Lord Funk just added their touch of magic with respect to the original songs!

For the 25th instalment from House of Disco we see Munich duo and Toytonics regulars COEO explore pastures new with an EP bathed in the neon glow of the 1980’s. Inspired by cheap karate films and old Baywatch episodes the duo hone in on something new for them along all the old machines and familiar sounds.

‘Habibi Dub’, the opening track elevates the forgotten about pan pipe to joyous summer perfection for slow motion running on that honeymoon in Hawaii. The second of three originals ‘Sharks, Lies & Videotape’ takes the dune buggy for a blast along the beach looking for trouble while the next third offering ‘Joe Armstrong Theme’ defends your dojo from unwanted nighttime intruders.

Alongside the originals are two superb remixes from one of our favourite producers Lauer and young Irish team Mix & Fairbanks.

Beware: Schnitzels Cuts 4 in outer space! Coming back to you with laser-fried perfection, rebranded in a cosmic blend and revamped to deep space perfection.
Imagine a twist of Afro-synth history combined with a roller skate jam from the U s of A, re-rubbed with chopped vocals, disco bleeps and arpy baselines.

Now available at any intergalactic reseller for only '412457 space credits or an equivalent in your currency of choice.

Flevans returns with a killer 45 for the funky dancefloor! Leading the way is 'Who's Got Me' - an up tempo disco/boogie cut with more slap bass than a clone army of Larry Grahams... It's a tasty dancefloor number with a BIG top line from none other than Laura Vane (MJ Cole, Gnarls Barkley, Laura Vane and the Vipertones) who absolutely owns the vocal duties as anyone who is familiar with her work would expect. Oooh Weee!

Over on the other side we have more classic-sounding Flevans material with the party starting funk breaks of 'Take Your Money'. His signature jazzy keyboard and guitar licks converse with cheeky vocal samples all flying in and out of this slick production in a delightful fashion. It's all about the beats on this one - it's a guaranteed foot mover!

Two Fresh Dancefloor-friendly Cut-ups From South London's Nebraska. 'the Guitar' Flips Addictive Jazz Guitar Loops Over Golden-era Hardcore Hip Hop Breaks. 'the Vocoder' Obsessively Re-thinks A Tiny Fragments Of Harmony From A Less Well-known Version Of A Disco Classic.

Drum-heavy disco-dub vibes from south london sample master Nebraska. Spacey, trippy, exploratory jams reminiscent of Jamaica's influence on early 80s NYC dance floors . Get loose, people.

Paxton Fettel embodies everything we're about at Kolour LTD. "Will it Berghain" is the culmination of a vision that was designed with paying homage to the reason(s) we all started doing what we do. With previous releases on Apersonal & his debut LP on Greta College Workshop - we're pleased to finally welcome Paxton Fettel to our family at Kolour LTD in 2016
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