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Benjamin Smith and Paul "Mudd" Murphy are back with a Balearic gem - The Distance. Featuring a vocal and instrumental on the A-side, and a remix on the flip by legend and consummate production ace - Ron Basejam. Lyrics and vocals are by Quinn Lamont, who's captivating earthy tones playfully tease us with emotional yearning, and it's Quinn who provides a stunning jazzy guitar performance that will have you air guitaring all over the dance floor, and which sits splendidly alongside the beautiful layers of rich electric piano and Balearic disco grooves. The remix by Ron Basejam recasts the track as an instantly affable yacht-rock-esque anthem, that will fill your hearts and have you reaching for the Campari. This is a sumptuous summer groover, with layer upon layer of blissed out disco warmth. A sublime masterclass in musicianship and production that will bring joy to the most discerning of ears.

For our second foray into the vinyl world, Sprechen label head Massey joins forces with Sir Horatio, 'a certain' band from Manchester on collaboration cut 'Music Control'.

The result is a meeting of musical minds that blends together both parties favoured sounds to create a squelchy sandwich of post-disco/ proto-house with a healthy helping of acid & punk-funk which should appeal to fans of mucky basements and mature mosh-pits as well as those cosmic ALFOS astronauts.

Having shared edit duties on Universal Cave's 10th release, Philadelphia duo Superprince take the reins solo for UC011 with four slices of Philly rework heat.

From the soulful Caribbean funk of 'Mama' to the syrupy, slo-mo boogie of 'Rose', the A side is a sublime double header of slow jams to kick off the e.p.

On the B side, Superprince picks up the pace with delicious, private press disco for the dancefloor in the form of 'Come To Me', before the dubbed-out balearic bliss of 'Buy You A Dream' closes out the affair with a chuggier and cheekier high note.

Zissou is ringing in the summer early this year with it's second release, starring Stockholm's very own Ari Bald & infamous Lucky Charmz from Lehult, Germany. Swedish house muscle as far as your ear can hear - feel free to join in for a sundown schwitz.

RICHARD ROGERS is no stranger to the London House scene. He possesses a lengthy back catalogue that finds it's way into the record boxes of DJ's worldwide.

Kiu D lands back at the Masterworks HQ for his latest release "The Journey - 12 Inch Sampler".

Having steadily climbed the ranks of modern disco producers with consistent releases for the likes of Hot Digits & Special Edition...

He returns to Masterworks with his 4th outing on the label. Rounding up a fierce collection of heavy beats, sampled grooves and lush melodies, Kiu D remains in fine form and is apparently immune to resting on his laurels.

Fully remastered, official reissue of the 1979 Mick Jagger produced reggae influenced funk masterpiece, 'Buk-In-Hamm Palace' by Peter Tosh - originally released on Rolling Stones Records.

This special RSD release also includes a previously unreleased studio version. 12" black with full colour printed sleeve and shrinkwrapped

Neue EP des französischen Disco-Dons Guillaume Atlan aka The Supreme Lovers, der regelmäßig seit 20 Jahren mit einem frischen Mix aus Funk, Disco, Boogie und House begeistert und 2001 mit "Starlight" sogar einen internationalen Hit landen konnte. Limitierte Auflage.

A return to France for L'amour Existe Encore, a young producer named Laroze's debut on LPH.
A giddy jaunt through sun-kissed house with smatterings of filter fiddling, punchy horns, bright strings, chopped-up vocals.
Twenty-five minutes of many DJ sets to come right here.

The Word is one of the better kept secrets of 1980s Austrian disco music. Yet once you put the needle on this record, you notice that it sounds oddly familiar. The awe inspiring signature piece “Lobster” has the same analogue, slow moving aesthetic as Zenit’s timeless “Waiting” that was featured on Edition Hawara’s first release. The same goes for the three other wonderfully unconventional, proto electronic songs: “Easy”, “All My Life” and the eponymous “ The Word”. And there are even more commonalities with Zenit’s LP: The vocals are Linda Sharrock’s, who here teamed up with Karl “Charly” Ratzer and Peter Ponger, the twin brother of legendary Falco producer Robert Ponger. The result of this collaboration is, well, also quite legendary. How this kind of sound emerged in Vienna in 1984 is still a bit of a mystery, but clearly all the stars were aligned when Sharrock, Ratzer and Ponger were jamming in the studio. We are very proud to share this secret with you. Just as there are very few lobsters in landlocked Vienna, there are very few records like this out there.

Coming in strong with an update on another classic track, Glitterbox Recordings presents Krystal Davis 'So Smooth' featuring remixes from Kon and Yam Who alongside the original and an instrumental. One of the last in a rare breed of dedicated crate-diggers, Kon's vast knowledge of the heavily swung rhythms of classic disco make him a reverent remixer for this mid-tempo Krystal Davis disco hit, originally released in 1985 on New York label Urban Rock Records Inc. His version amps up the pace, tailoring the record for any discerning contemporary disco set. Midnight Riot Records head Yam Who goes blissed out with the synths for an irresistible mix that's smoother than smooth.

Mr. K and MEU are back with a definitive issue of one of the greatest ‘80s R&B cuts, René and Angela’s majestic “I Love You More.”

Despite residing in the upper echelon of Billboard’s R&B charts for the entire summer of 1981, twelve-inch copies of “I Love You More” have always been tricky to track down, a promo-only item that meant hearing the extended mix was a rare treat. Back in the early ‘80s, one place you could reliably enjoy it was when Danny Krivit was playing for the skaters at The Roxy in downtown Manhattan. “Not too fast, not too slow,” describes the perfect skating tempo, and “I Love You More” fits the bill to a tee. With this new release, Danny Krivit has revisited an earlier edit of the song and turned in two brand new, epic reworkings, the first time his vocal mix has ever been available.

Laced throughout with artfully matched additional instrumentation, from the reverb drenched solo piano that opens and closes the song, to the spacey synth improvisations that ripple throughout (both courtesy AK), to the touches of just right extra percussion, nothing is heavy-handed or overdone. Even with the vocal version clocking in at a generous nine minutes, the captivating groove and revamped arrangement leave listeners wanting more. Fortunately the flip side instrumental opens up endless possibilities for creative DJs to take things even farther.

“I Love You More” was originally produced by Bobby Watson, Rufus bassist and an A-list L.A. studio veteran also responsible for the bass line in MJ’s “Rock With You.” Watson brought in many of those same studio pros for this session, including legendary engineer Bruce Swedien, who put an equally luxurious gloss on “I Love You More” as he did with “Off The Wall” two years earlier. Bobby Watson also happens to be René Moore’s older brother. In a touch of familial echo, AK, the keyboardist on this new landmark rework, happens to be the wife of Danny Krivit.

Most Excellent Unlimited is releasing Mr. K’s “I Love You More” edits as a special Valentine’s day twelve-inch vinyl release, complete with red label, a first for the modestly monochromatic MEU.

Seemingly unstoppable, Palermo Traxx Vol 2 is the third release from The Home Current for Castles in Space during 2019. Following the polished industrialisms and eighties inspired grooves of LP “Civilian Leather” and an immediately sold-out 7”, Martin Jensen returns with his final record of the year recorded in praise of a long deceased nightclub called Candy Junction. Recalling the euphoria and positivity of a club night, this towering work shift gears from “Civilian Leather” to full on, futuristic, air cooled dance floor assault. The original plan for this record was to release a white label promo with a facsimile DJ feedback sheet. Straight from 1991 with love. However, as the music developed, it was agreed that this needed a full official release with all the tinsel and trimmings.

Soundtracks and dark, sinister disco. He has amassed a massive fanbase and has a fantastic discography stretching all the way back to his first releases in 2008. Currently residing in The Hague, Bristolian Anton Maiof makes music that is beautifully dark, yet wonderfully uplifting. His “British Interrail” EP is his first release for Castles in Space since the long sold out “British Summer/Russian Winter” double 7”.Anton delivers a beautiful sequence of frosty electronic disco tracks on the 30+ minute E.P. release, “British InterRail”. Written and produced in The Hague between 2017 and 2019, these tracks bring together some of Anton’s most stirring work executed with his usual affecting and direct production. Fantastic stuff.

Sometimes a single is released that reaches such dizzying heights of success that it becomes a pinnacle of the decade they're indelibly tied to. "Groove Is In The Heart" by dance-house trio Deee-Lite is one such single. The infectiously quirky, and eminently danceable track is prominently based around samples of "Bring Down The Birds" by Herbie Hancock, and "Get Up" by Vernon Burch, among many others, (Courtesy of dual producers DJs Dmitry and Towa Tei) paired with top-tier guest contributions from JB's veterans Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, background vocals from Parliament-Funkadelic's own Bootsy Collins, and even a guest rap from Q-Tip, not to mention frontwoman Lady Miss Kier's own siren-like vocals. All disparate and disconnected elements, but ones that would come together to form dancehall greatness, and chart-topping success worldwide for Deee-Lite. "Groove Is In The Heart" managed to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but excelled at its best on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached to the #1 spot. On top of its success in America it was a smash internationally, climbing the heights of the charts in the UK, Canada, Australia, and a vareity of other countries. It remained in heavy rotation for much of 1990 on MTV as well. As the decades went on, "Groove Is In The Heart" would be ranked among the greatest dance tracks of all time, as well as one of the greatest songs of the 1990s by VH1, Pitchfork, Buzzfeed, and many more. "Groove Is In The Heart" was a potent single for Deee-Lite to lead with, but the album bearing it was nothing to slouch at either. The group's debut record, 1990's World Clique was released to major commercial and critical success, owing just as much to its addictive hybrid of seductive retro aesthetics, modern dancefloor flair, and esoteric, socially conscious messaging, on the back of celebratory club staples like "Power Of Love", "Good Beat", "E.S.P.", and of course "Groove Is In The Heart." World Clique would reach top 20 charts in the US, UK, and Canada in sales, as well as earn rave reviews from NME, Chicago Sun-Times, Rolling Stone, and Slant Magazine, who called it an "essential pop album."

LIMITED 300 COPIES / FULL PICTURE SLEEVE / 1ST COPIES IN 180 GR SPALTTERED VINYL ! We all know Fred Ventura, and itís nice to see that he is coming back again with a new track, co-written and co-produced with Phil R., who along with having been a respected deep house and electronic music producer for years, is now wellknown for owning the only Italian factory of vinyl records: Phonopress. The track is a classic italo disco anthem, and there is an alternative, more ìitalo-funky-discoî version in the B-side. The sound and the trackís structure overall are the typical ones from the mid 80ís. This record is a must-have for all italo-disco lovers, oldtimers, Fred Venturaís fans and collectors. The finishing is high-end, with a cover coated with opaque UV, black innersleeves, and shrinkwrapping. The limited, multicolored splatter 180g edition manufactured with manual presses comes with a special sticker in the upper-left corner.

Limited 300 copies - 1st copies on transparent green vinyl ! Official Remastered Reissue of the 1983 Original Recording .

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