House News

Greece born Thanasis Voulgaris is the person hidden behind the moniker Kindimmer and the 17th release on Local Talk.
Having released on Resopal Schallware and Diaphan Music earlier his sound can be described as a the perfect blend of deep techno and raw house.Those expecting another vocal house style track will be surprised! This is where we take Local Talk into a more raw and darker territory.The title track "Shadow and Construction" is a straightforward heavy hitter with it's whipcracking beat and slammin' hi hats, it's pure simplicity makes it simply irresistible.
On the flip, Deep, Stripped Down n' Dirty' continues on the same vibe driven by a gritty acid line that's tweaked for several minutes, executed perfectly.Finishing the 12" is Rthoms, a track with simple yet clever variations that never loses any of its dancefloor appeal.

What happens if you ask two up and coming and highly talented UK producers to create a track for Local Talk, then get a hyped house duo from Manchester to remix it

You get the Bitter Love EP from The True Rebels together with a fierce remix from Deep Space Orchestra.
Its two very different takes in both tempo and energy.
The original version is a battle of piano stabs with a bouncy yet filthy bassline that results in midtempo house burner with a slight techy feel.
The Deep Space Orchestra remix takes us straight to Detroit, fusing classic Techno sounds together with modern house.
Basically its simple yet impeccably executed house music, perfect Local Talk material!

A two tracker featuring remixes from PN17.

Fred P approaches the anthemic Techno cut 'Redbrook' by Truss with hypnotic effect like only the Soul People Music label boss can.
A combination of bleeps twists and swoons that still retains the bite and punch of the original.

XDB on the other hand takes Massimo Di Lena's off-kilter masterpiece to a new level with stripped back pulsating synths that beg for main floor play.
He retains the funk of the original yet keeps you in a relentless loop wanting more.
2 mixes so unique in their own right that you forget you're listening to a remix 12.

Making his debut on the label, DeMarzo is next up to release on the unstoppable Hot Creations with his groove and funk fueled 'Draw A Line' three original tracks that are straight up solid dance-floor weapons, highly infectious and perfect for the summer sun.

All three tracks have been heavily featuring in Jamie jones, Richy Ahmed and Lee Foss's sets. 'Draw A Line' features on Richy's forthcoming Rinse Album. All three slick solid deep-house cuts that evoke a traditional house feel whilst being forward thinking.

DeMarzo has had recent releases on Noir, This IS Recordings, Warung Records, Glasgow Underground, Resonance Records, Nurvous, Acid Fruits, Loulou Records & Nasty Funk.

Inheriting his passion for music through his father, DeMarzo enrolled into the Yamaha Keyboard School at the age of 8 where he got his first taste of creativity.

Years of writing and performing live became natural and nights spent watching Jazz improv's became highly influential. Whilst studying music technology at college he began producing his own material. As a multi-instrumentalist, his obligation to inject 'groove' into both his productions and sets began to arouse more and more interest. DeMarzo's sound is a meticulously crafted one. His toxic perfectionism and shrewd sense of rhythm lead him naturally to where he is today. His well-revised sets include anything from underground deep house to main room deep tech.

The new split 12" released on Flaneur Audio comes from label owner L'estasi Dell'oro, alongside two soaring grooves by the Belgian hero named Ozka.

Continuing to prove it's a label with two fingers very much on the pulse, the fast-divers- ifying Retrofit imprint offers up a thoroughly varied EP from French producer DJ Steef aka Frederic Berthet. The Marseille based producer crafts everything from deep, sample-laden disco to warm grooving house for labels like Gomma and Toy Tonics while picking up ample support from DJ's like James Murphy, Andrew Weatherall, and Tim Sweeney.

Steef's Retrofit debut kicks off with 'Ghost Producer.' Infectious motown-esque vocals, energetic piano and a stripped but jacking groove make it ripe for summer dancefloors. 'Como Un Dios Del Olimpo' takes things down a much deeper road - a hypnotic Spanish chant is the guide while a disco bassline chugs under soaring pads and arpeggios.

Australian producer Mic Newman (aka Fantastic Man) of FINA, Freerange, and Murmur takes the original vox and pads, and weaves them into a shuffling, melodic number that manages to sound lazy and low slung while maintaining a direct-to-the-dancefloor feel. On 'Soul of Calypso,' Steef rounds out the package with a percussive workout that still retains an understated musicality about it.

Rising star John Dimas is up next on One Records with two killer club cuts backed up by remixes from Argentine house master Guti and label boss Adam Shelton. 'Rhythm Trap' is a peak time hypnotic affair with a propulsive groove building into a teasing acid line. Second original track 'Let It Go' feat. Jose is another analogue banger with serious bounce and techno swagger. The vinyl includes four exclusive locked grooves.

Greek/Berlin based producer John Dimas is fast becoming a name to watch after the stunning and diverse 'Living Lies EP' on La Vie En Rose and a recent release on Dame Music. This offering on One Records is set to cement 2013 as a breakthrough year for the artist.

John gained a reputation in his native Thessaloniki, Greece for his three turntables DJ sets and an ear for digging out the hottest, rare tracks. Soon John was on the international club circuit and a first foray into the studio came with duo Actor One in 2008. Now John is concentrating on solo production and developing his more experimental live sets.

Guti is the musician with the Jazz and Latin roots who turned to techno and has since bestowed his intense musicality to a solid cannon of productions on home label Desolat (including debut album 'Patio De Juegos') Crosstown Rebels and Wolf + Lamb.

One Records' boss Adam Shelton has been delivering some worldclass Remixes of late including the massive 'What I Might Do' by Ben Pearce and Subban's 'Rain' on Visionquest. Watch out for his next EP on One Records 25th release featuring Italian producer/vocalist Francesca Lombardo.

Das Münchener Label Compost beweist abermals, dass es einen ausnehmend guten Riecher für Newcomer hat. Hinter dem Namen Macpac verbirgt sich der aus Estland kommende Musiker und Produzent Madis Pähno, der sich üblicherweise zwischen Electronica und Jazz bewegt. Philipp Stoya aus der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt ist ein weiterer hochinteresssanter Newcomer auf dem Black Label von Compost. Er hat aus Madpacs "Angry Nerds" einen trippigen Track für die besten Stunden einer Clubnacht gemacht.

Including tracks by Lucretio, Steve Murphy and DJ Octopus, Chevel, Caio and Madí Grein. 5 tracks of gritty house music by the members of the Riviera project, showcasing the suburban sound that has been flourishing from the muddy banks of the Brenta river. All the tracks have been arranged, mixed and produced with outdated agricultular machinery. Mastered by Frank Merritt at the Carvery (London).

Treating the Hot Creations imprint to a dose of pure and unadulterated house, the rising partnership of Darius Syrossian & Hector Couto deliver a 4-tracker of Chicago bumpin' rowdyness. Big, bad and heavy basslines are the order of the day and forthcoming EP 'Who's The Douche' is guaranteed to destroy the dancefloor.
Darius Syrossian was crowned DJ Mag's Best British Breakthrough producer of 2012 and has been blowing up with big releases on VIVa music, OFF Recordings and Get Physical. A strong advocate for 'True House Music', Leeds based Darius is a core artist in Steve Lawler's VIVa music family, runs his own record label and is a monthly resident at Sankeys Nightclub in Manchester. Darius recently remixed the Freaks for Hot Creations to great effect
Young Spanish talent Hector Couto is another VIVa music family member also with releases on Saved Records, his own imprint Pura Music and now set for major success with Darius on Hot Creations. Hector was one of Resident Advisor's top 100 charted producers in 2011 and was nominated for DJ awards in Deejay and Vicious Mag.

Amazing collaboration between Arttu and Detroit's Jerry the Cat. Two tracks recorded in spontanious live jams in Arttu's studio.

Recording artists Jimi Tenor & Nicole Willis who are life partners as well as past collaborators, reunite for their new project, artist name Cola&Jimmu, 'Cola", a kind of pseudonym of Nicole and 'Jimmu", associated with the legend of the first emperor of Japan, Jimnu Tenno. Both Tenor and Willis have fronted their own projects over the past decade, Willis most recently working with Helsinki - based group the Soul Investigators, for their albums Tortured Soul & Keep Reachin' Up, Timmion Records 2005, 2013. The Helsinki Sanomat recently called Willis & the Soul Investigators 'the world's best on the stage of Tavastia". The title track of Keep Reachin' Up was chosen in February 2012 for POTUS, Barack Obama's Re - Election Spotify Playlist. Tenor also contributed horn arrangements to the 2 albums in the collaborative effort of Willis & the Soul Investigators. Tenor & Willis also wrote and recorded tracks from release of Tenor's Call Of The Wild, from the LP Out Of Nowhere, Warp Records 2000. As of late, Jimi Tenor collaborated with Tony Allen for their LP on Strut Records 2009, Inspiration Information, eclectic 'outsider' Itetune on Temmi Kongi 2011, with Abdissa Assefa, & the self titled Soft Focus with Lary 7 on Tommi Grönlund's Puu/Sähko Recordings 2013. Willis & Tenor have roots in dance - floor music with there separate success' such as Tenor's techno classic Take Me Baby, & Willis' neo - soul New York based project Repercussions, Promise Me Nothing which peaked at # 6 on Hot Dance Music, Club Play chart of Billboard Magazine, with remixes from Master's At Work and Supa DJ Dmitry. Cola&Jimmu revisit 1990 house, which bares so many monikers. Cola & Jimmu title it 'deep house revival", drawing influences from Bobby Konders releases on NuGroove to Yellow Magic Orchestra's Firecracker, with vocal styles comparable to Gwen Guthrie & CeCe Peniston.

One of the UK's most established and consistent deep house producers, Jimpster, is due to drop his eagerly anticipated Porchlight And Rocking Chairs LP on 20th May 2013. His first studio album in six years sees him continue where he left off on the 2006 masterpiece Amour by taking the blueprint of House music and infusing it with an attention to detail and musicality often lacking in much of today's more disposable dance music.

As Jimpster himself admits, much of the inspiration for Porchlight And Rocking Chairs came from the countless hours spent exhausted or hungover in airport lounges on the way back from gigs. It's during this early morning never never land that he would seek solace in his ipod or start creating tracks on his laptop. Anything too challenging or abstract would be an irritation. Anything too ambient could sedate to the point of missing flights. So normally it would be the kind of lo-slung, emotive, deep shit with enough groove to get into but also just the right amount of warmth and soul to keep spirits lifted in those tiring, and often solitary hours.

On returning to his studio we see Jimpster lean heavily on his hardware synths and drum machines, rediscovering their quirks and foibles after too many years working with convenient but sometimes sterile plugins. This hands on approach runs right through tracks such as Brought To Bare, featuring the vocals of Jonatan Bäckelie, where a simple, sparse and honest quality help make this one of the LP's highlights. Hold My Hand or Rollergirl show off Jimpster's innate talent for dubbed out, late-night deep house whilst elsewhere we find more raw and bass heavy downtempo tracks such as Cracks In the Pavement and The Glowing Embers. A true journey from start to finish, the LP draws to a close with an alternate LP version of Jimpster's recent single These Times featuring Beauty Room vocalist Jinadu. Here we see the producer incorporating acoustic guitar for the first time ever on a glitchy yet beautiful reworking of this future classic, making a fitting close to a fresh and forward-looking album from a long-standing yet still completely relevant artist.

New Yorker Steve Moore crushes summer with this one, hot on the heels of his recent LIES record. These are songs for the next day people, music for those still dedicated to after daylight hits. "Zen Spiders" heads for the Outback with cresting waves and eureka moments set against a blinking synth sculpture. On the flip, "Lwaxana" turns slow motion into no motion at all as the track hovers and forms into a cloud, at sleaze tempo. In a way, this 12" finds Steve expanding in the mode of his "Volatile Memory" track off our recent Vibe 2 compilation. Feel the sun on your face all day. TIP!
*the sound clips are unmastered*

The second in this series of collaborations focusing on live improvised hardware jams, again from Bookworms and Steve Summers..cool and heady stuff once again - these two get RIGHT in the zone! TIP!

Tone Control Music proudly introduces thatmanmonkz 2nd EP, Overproof. This follow up to debut solo EP, The Man continues 'monkz exploration into Detroit, disco, and soul influenced deep house. Lead track, Overproof takes mid-tempo, modern boogie from soul into darker territories, while Right On gives a nod to Detroit old and new, before closing out in percussive Yoruba style with long time collaborator, Pete Simpson. Throughout this EP thatmanmonkz utilises his MPC, Rhodes, Bass Guitar and a multitude of synths to raw, rocking effect. Martin "Atjazz" Iveson lends his hear on mastering duties to complete another solid EP in the series.

Nick Woolfson makes a return under his AKRA guise to his fledgling Teng imprint this June, with

'TunnelVision', backed with remixes from two heavy hitters in the world of deep electronic music,

namely Matthias Vogt and Iron Curtis.

Teng Records was launched by Nick Woolfson one half of the electronic outfit, Mock & Toof, in 2012 as a

platform for Nick to release a newly formed house and techno sound under the AKRA alias. Now seven

releases deep the imprint has spread it's wings and blossomed into an already reputable label, with Neville

Watson, Matthias Vogt and Nubian Mindz on the roster, and the likes of Ewan Pearson, Kerri Chandler, 6th

Borough Project, Chicken Lips, 2Bears, The Revenge and Groove Armada supporting, testament to it's quality.

Yoruba Record's own Git is back with his acclaimed song 'Higher' which features the silky vocals of Brooklyn Red. Together Git and Red explore the evolution of love. Adding to this evolution are remixes from the Afefe Iku and label head Osunlade with his signature Yoruba Soul Remix.
Afefe Iku's remix sonically transports the listener into the middle of tribal beats and heart driven Afro rhythms with a ¾ rhythm you can't fake. Osunlade's classic Yoruba Soul Mix delivers an upbeat lyrical approach, effortlessly overlaying melodic guitar rhythms with pulsating drums.
Git's transformed sounds are certain to ignite dance floors around the globe. We at Yoruba are proud to deliver a higher standard of sound with this release.

After years of honing his craft as one half of UK
House duo Homepark, newcomer Fold continues
his prolific run of solo work following on from his
debut outing on George FitzGerald's
ManMakeMusic imprint earlier this year with the
'Slime EP'.
He now makes his first appearance on electric
minds with the 'Upstairs For Thinking, Downstairs
For Dancing EP' - armed with an arsenal of four
tracks that are tailored to suit all moods of the
dancefloor and that have already been given the
thumbs up from the likes of Joy Orbison and
Midland.
Lead track 'Crumbs' is a trailblazing cut of jacking
techno with a stuttering acid bassline that
effortlessly intertwines with the thumping 4/4 kick
drum - no surprise then that it has been a firm
crowd favourite at electric minds parties in London
and abroad over the last few months.
Proving that he is able to slow things down a notch,
'Bun Dem' is a more restrained effort that's
littered with a vocal sample that loops over the
crunching drums and delayed chords for
altogether more cerebral affair.
On the B-side 'Dread' picks up where 'Crumbs' left
off....